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2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 7 | Process; Publication › Section 7.10 | Legal Advertisements, Notices, and Proclamations.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
For the publication of advertisements, notices, and proclamations, except those relating to proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution, required to be published by a public officer of the state, a benevolent or other public institution, a trustee, assignee, executor, or administrator, or by or in any court of record, except when the rate is otherwise fixed by law, publishers of newspapers may charge and receive for such advertisements, notices, and proclamations rates charged on annual contracts by them for a like amount of space to other advertisers who advertise in its general display advertising columns.
For the publication of advertisements, notices, or proclamations required to be published by a public officer of a county, municipal corporation, township, school, or other political subdivision, publishers of newspapers shall establish a government rate. The government rate shall not exceed the lowest classified advertising rate and lowest insert rate paid by other advertisers.
Legal advertising appearing in print, except that relating to proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution, shall be set up in a compact form, without unnecessary spaces, blanks, or headlines, and printed in not smaller than six-point type. The type used must be of such proportions that the body of the capital letter M is no wider than it is high and all other letters and characters are in proportion.
Except as provided in section 2701.09 of the Revised Code, all legal advertisements, notices, and proclamations shall be printed in a newspaper of general circulation and shall be posted by the publisher of the newspaper on the newspaper's internet web site, if the newspaper has one. A publisher of a newspaper shall not charge for posting legal advertisements, notices, and proclamations that are required by law to be published in a newspaper of general circulation on the newspaper's internet web site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 7 | Process; Publication › Section 7.101 | Publication of Proposed Amendments to the Ohio Constitution.

Effective:
August 15, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly
For publication of proposed amendments to the Ohio constitution, ballot language, and explanations and arguments both for and against proposed amendments, referenda, or laws proposed by initiative petitions, publishers of newspapers may charge and receive rates charged on annual contracts by them for a like amount of space to other advertisers who advertise in its general display advertising columns.
Legal advertising of proposed amendments to the constitution shall be printed in display form and shall meet the following specifications. The advertisements shall contain a headline entitled "proposed amendment to the Ohio constitution" printed in not smaller than thirty point type. The ballot language, and explanations and arguments both for and against the proposed amendments, shall be printed in type not smaller than ten point type. For referenda and laws proposed by initiative petitions, the advertisement shall contain a headline entitled "referendum" or, when appropriate, "proposed law" printed in not smaller than thirty point type. All advertisements shall contain such normal spaces and blanks as contribute to clarity and understanding and the entire section of each publication shall be enclosed by a black border line of the same point type size as corresponds to the type size of the ballot language. The notice shall be printed in two or more columns if necessary to contribute to clarity or understanding or if necessary to accommodate the black border outline.
All legal advertisements or notices under this section shall be printed in newspapers published in the English language only.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 7 | Process; Publication › Section 7.11 | Publication in Newspaper of General Circulation.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
A proclamation for an election, an order fixing the time of holding court, notice of the rates of taxation, bridge and pike notices, notice to contractors, and such other advertisements of general interest to the taxpayers as the county auditor, county treasurer, probate judge, or board of county commissioners deems proper shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in section 7.12 of the Revised Code at the county seat. In counties having cities of eight thousand inhabitants or more, not the county seat of such counties, additional publication of such notice shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in such section, in such city.
The cost of any publication authorized by this section, which shall be printed in display form, shall be the government rate established by such newspaper under section 7.10 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 7 | Process; Publication › Section 7.12 | Qualifications for Newspapers Publishing Legal Notices.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Whenever a state agency or a political subdivision of the state is required by law to make any legal publication in a newspaper, the newspaper shall be a newspaper of general circulation. As used in the Revised Code, "newspaper" or "newspaper of general circulation," except daily law journals in existence on or before July 1, 2011, and performing the functions described in section 2701.09 of the Revised Code for a period of three years immediately preceding any such legal publication required to be made, is a publication bearing a title or name that is regularly issued at least once a week, and that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) It is printed in the English language using standard printing methods, being not less than eight pages in the broadsheet format or sixteen pages in the tabloid format.
(2) It contains at least twenty-five per cent editorial content, which includes, but is not limited to, local news, political information, and local sports.
(3) It has been published continuously for at least three years immediately preceding legal publication by the state agency or political subdivision.
(4) The publication has the ability to add subscribers to its distribution list.
(5) The publication is circulated generally by United States mail or carrier delivery in the political subdivision responsible for legal publication or in the state, if legal publication is made by a state agency, by proof of the filing of a United States postal service "Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation" (PS form 3526) with the local postmaster, or by proof of an independent audit of the publication performed, within the twelve months immediately preceding legal publication.
(B) A person who disagrees that a publication is a "newspaper of general circulation" in which legal publication may be made under this section may deliver a written request for mediation to the publisher of the publication and to the court of common pleas of the county in which is located the political subdivision in which the publication is circulated, or in the Franklin county court of common pleas if legal publication is to be made by a state agency. The court of common pleas shall appoint a mediator, and the parties shall follow the procedures of the mediation program operated by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 7 | Process; Publication › Section 7.13 | Publishing Expenses Allowed as Costs.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The publication of an advertisement, notice, or proclamation, required by law to be published in a newspaper by a trustee, assignee, executor, administrator, receiver, or other officer of the court or a party in a case or proceeding, shall be approved by the court or clerk thereof and allowed as a part of the costs in the case or proceeding.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 7 | Process; Publication › Section 7.15 | Deposit to Cover Costs of Publication.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In any action brought in any court, other than the probate court, in which service by publication is made, the party causing such publication to be made shall deposit with the clerk or other proper officer of such court an amount of money as determined by the clerk to be sufficient to cover the cost of such publication, and the clerk may pay from such deposit the cost of such publication upon its completion and the filing of proof of publication. If court costs are taxed against a party to such action, other than the party making such deposit, the clerk or other proper officer may, upon the payment of such costs, return said deposit to the party who made it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.08 | Improper Internet Access - Private Correctional Facilities.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Computer," "computer network," "computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Contractor" means either of the following:
(a) A person who enters into a contract under section 9.06 of the Revised Code.
(b) A person who enters into a contract under section 9.07 of the Revised Code to operate and manage a correctional facility in this state for out-of-state prisoners.
(3) "Private correctional facility" means a correctional facility that is operated by a contractor under a contract pursuant to section 9.06 or 9.07 of the Revised Code.
(B) No officer or employee of a contractor who is operating and managing a private correctional facility shall provide a prisoner in the private correctional facility access to or permit a prisoner in the private correctional facility to have access to the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply:
(1) The prisoner is accessing the internet solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's institution or by the managing officer's designee.
(2) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) No prisoner in a private correctional facility shall access the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply:
(a) The prisoner is accessing the internet solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's institution or by the managing officer's designee.
(b) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code.
(2) Whoever violates division (C)(1) of this section is guilty of improper internet access, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Last updated July 23, 2021 at 8:11 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.10 | Facsimile Signature Defined.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
As used in sections 9.10 to 9.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "facsimile signature" includes, but is not limited to, the reproduction of any authorized signature by a copper plate or by a photographic, photostatic, or mechanical device, but does not authorize the use of a rubber stamp signature by the official or authorized employee referred to in section 9.11 of the Revised Code on the face of any instrument mentioned in such section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.11 | Public Officials Using Facsimile Signature.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any elected or appointed public official of this state or of any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or any member, agent, or employee of any board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law, who is permitted or required in the performance of his duties to affix his signature on any check, draft, warrant, voucher, or other instrument for the payment of money, may adopt a facsimile thereof, in lieu of such manual signature, and affix such facsimile to any such instrument. Notice of the adoption of any such facsimile shall be given in writing to the depository from which funds are to be withdrawn, which notice shall include a description of the device to be used and a specimen of such facsimile signature. Prior to use of such facsimile, the written approval of such depository must be obtained.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.12 | Validity of Instrument With Facsimile Signature.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any check, draft, warrant, voucher, or other instrument for the payment of money bearing a duly adopted facsimile signature as authorized by section 9.11 of the Revised Code, even though such facsimile signature was affixed without the authority or knowledge of the person whose signature it purports to be, is as valid as if the genuine manual signature of such person were affixed thereto as to any depository, bank, or other person which gave value for such instrument in good faith.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.14 | Loss of Funds Occasioned by Use of Duly Adopted Facsimile Signature.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Sections 9.10 to 9.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not release the liability of any public official, employee, or other person for loss of funds occasioned by any authorized use of a duly adopted facsimile signature. Any public official, board, commission, bureau, or public body mentioned in section 9.11 of the Revised Code may protect itself and its agents and employees from loss, damage, or expense occasioned by the unauthorized use of such facsimile signature by purchasing at public expense a surety bond in such amount as is approved by its legal adviser.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.15 | Burial or Cremation of Body at Expense of Township or Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
August 31, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 240 - 131st General Assembly
As used in this section, "legal residence" means a permanent place of abode used or occupied as living quarters at the time of a person's death, including a nursing home, hospital, or other care facility.
When the body of a dead person is found in a township or municipal corporation, and such person was not an inmate of a correctional, benevolent, or charitable institution of this state, and the body is not claimed by any person for private interment or cremation at the person's own expense, or delivered for the purpose of medical or surgical study or dissection in accordance with section 1713.34 of the Revised Code, it shall be disposed of as follows:
(A) If the person was a legal resident of the county, the proper officers of the township or municipal corporation in which the person's body was found shall cause it to be buried or cremated at the expense of the township or municipal corporation in which the person had a legal residence at the time of death.
(B) If the person had a legal residence in any other county of the state at the time of death, the superintendent of the county home of the county in which such body was found shall cause it to be buried or cremated at the expense of the township or municipal corporation in which the person had a legal residence at the time of death.
(C) If the person was an inmate of a correctional institution of the county or a patient or resident of a benevolent institution of the county, the person had no legal residence in the state, or the person's legal residence is unknown, the superintendent shall cause the person to be buried or cremated at the expense of the county.
Such officials shall provide, at the grave of the person or, if the person's cremated remains are buried, at the grave of the person's cremated remains, a metal, stone, or concrete marker on which the person's name and age, if known, and date of death shall be inscribed.
A political subdivision is not relieved of its duty to bury or cremate a person at its expense under this section when the body is claimed by an indigent person. As used in this section, "indigent person" means a person whose income does not exceed one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line, as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C. 9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of the person's family.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.16 | Governmental Use of Distributed Ledger Technology.

Effective:
March 2, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 177 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Governmental entity" means the state or a political subdivision.
(2) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 9.48 of the Revised Code.
(3) "State" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) A governmental entity may utilize distributed ledger technology, including blockchain technology, in the exercise of its authority.
Last updated December 9, 2021 at 5:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.17 | Competitive Bidding Threshold Amount.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The amount for purposes of a provision of the Revised Code that references this section shall be as follows:
(1) Beginning on the effective date of this section through calendar year 2024, seventy-five thousand dollars;
(2) For each calendar year thereafter, the amount for the previous calendar year increased by three per cent as determined and published by the director of commerce.
Last updated September 13, 2023 at 12:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.20 | Receipt of Gift, Devise, or Bequest Moneys, Lands, or Other Properties by Public Authority.

Effective:
October 26, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly
The state; a county, a township, or a cemetery association or the commissioners or trustees of a county, township, or cemetery association; a municipal corporation or the legislative authority, a board, or other officers of a municipal corporation; and a benevolent, educational, or correctional institution, wholly or in part under the control of the state, or the board of directors, trustees, or other officers of the institution may receive by gift, devise, or bequest moneys, lands, or other properties, for their benefit or the benefit of any of those under their charge and may hold and apply the moneys, lands, or properties according to the terms of the gift, devise, or bequest. The gifts or devises of real estate may be in fee simple or of any lesser estate and may be subject to any reasonable reservation. This section does not affect the statutory provisions as to devises or bequests for such purposes.
Any instrument by which the state or an agency of the state acquires real property pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.22 | Use of Debit Card Accounts.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 312 - 132nd General Assembly
As used in this section, "political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.
No political subdivision may hold or utilize a debit card account, except for law enforcement purposes. Possession or use of a debit card account by a political subdivision except for law enforcement purposes is a violation of section 2913.21 of the Revised Code.
This section does not apply to debit card accounts related to the receipt of grant moneys.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.23 | Disbursements by Government Entities Definitions.

Effective:
February 20, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 31 - 132nd General Assembly
As used in sections 9.23 to 9.238 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Allocable nondirect costs" means the amount of nondirect costs allocated as a result of actual expenditures on direct costs. "Allocable nondirect costs" shall be calculated as follows: direct costs actually incurred for the provision of services pursuant to a contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code divided by the minimum percentage of money that is to be expended on the recipient's direct costs, as specified in the contract, minus the direct costs actually incurred.
(B) "Contract payment earned" means payment pursuant to a contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code for direct costs actually incurred in performing the contract, up to the minimum percentage of money that is to be expended on the recipient's direct costs, as specified in the contract, plus allocable nondirect costs associated with those direct costs.
(C) "Direct costs" means the costs of providing services that directly benefit a patient, client, or the public and that are set forth in the contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code. "Direct costs" does not include the costs of any financial review or audit required under section 9.234 of the Revised Code.
(D)(1) "Governmental entity" means a state agency or a political subdivision of the state.
(2) "Contracting authority" of a governmental entity means the director or chief executive officer, in the case of a state agency, or the legislative authority, in the case of a political subdivision.
(E) "Minimum percentage of money that is to be expended on the recipient's direct costs" means the percentage of the total amount of the contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code that, at a minimum, has to be expended on the recipient's direct costs in performing the contract in order for the recipient to earn the total amount of the contract.
(F) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.
(G) "Recipient" means a person that enters into a contract with a governmental entity under section 9.231 of the Revised Code.
(H) "State agency" means any organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government.
(I) A judgment is "uncollectible" if, at least ninety days after the judgment is obtained, the full amount of the judgment has not been collected and either a settlement agreement between the governmental entity and the recipient has not been entered into or a settlement agreement has been entered into but has not been materially complied with.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.232 | Contract for Disbursements.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
A contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code shall, at a minimum, set forth all of the following:
(A) The minimum percentage of money that is to be expended on the recipient's direct costs;
(B) The records that a recipient must maintain to document direct costs;
(C) If some of the recipient's obligations under the contract involve the performance of any of the types of services described in division (B)(2)(a), (c), or (f) of section 9.231 of the Revised Code, the name and telephone number of the individual designated by the governmental entity as the contact for obtaining approval of contract amounts for purposes of division (A)(2)(a)(ii) of section 9.235 of the Revised Code;
(D) The financial review and audit requirements established under section 9.234 of the Revised Code and by rules of the auditor of state adopted under section 9.238 of the Revised Code or, with respect to any contract described in division (A)(3) of section 9.231 of the Revised Code, any financial compliance requirements established for purposes of that contract;
(E) The provisions established by rules of the attorney general adopted under section 9.237 of the Revised Code;
(F) Permissible dispositions of money received by a recipient in excess of the contract payment earned, if the excess is not to be repaid to the governmental entity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.233 | Recipient of Disbursements Entitled Only to Contract Payment Earned.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) A recipient shall be entitled to the contract payment earned. In no event shall a recipient be entitled to more than the contract payment earned. A recipient shall repay any money received in excess of the contract payment earned to the governmental entity or, if a different disposition is provided for in the recipient's contract with the governmental entity, dispose of that money in accordance with the terms of the contract.
(B) In order to determine the contract payment earned, all financial books and records open to inspection pursuant to section 9.235 of the Revised Code shall be held to standards consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.237 | Rules Governing Terms of Disbursement Contracts.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
The attorney general shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the terms of any contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code. The rules shall set forth all of the following:
(A) A definition of permissible components of direct costs, including a list of expenditures that may never be included in direct costs and a nonexclusive list of expenditures that may be included in direct costs pursuant to agreement of the parties;
(B) Permissible methods by which a recipient may keep records documenting direct costs and how long those records must be retained;
(C) Remedies not inconsistent with section 9.236 of the Revised Code in the event of a breach of the contract;
(D) Terms to be included in contracts between recipients and persons other than the governmental entity, including the notice of the remedies available to the governmental entity if the money under the contract with the governmental entity is not expended on direct costs or retained as allocable nondirect costs or, with respect to any contract described in division (A)(3) of section 9.231 of the Revised Code, is not earned under the terms of the contract with the governmental entity;
(E) Any other provisions that the attorney general considers necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 9.23 to 9.236 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.238 | Form for Financial Reviews and Rules for Audit Reports.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The auditor of state shall prescribe a single form of the financial reviews required by divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 9.234 of the Revised Code to be used for all governmental entities.
(B) The auditor of state may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the form and content of the audit reports required by division (B)(3) of section 9.234 of the Revised Code and may prescribe a single form of the report to be used for all governmental entities. Upon request made by a recipient, the auditor of state shall, to the extent possible, require all governmental entities that have entered into a contract with that recipient under section 9.231 of the Revised Code to accept a particular audit report.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.239 | Allocation of Federal Energy Efficient Building Deduction.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 259 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Public building" means a building owned by a public entity.
(2) "Public entity" means a subdivision, the general assembly, a court, any department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau or other agency of instrumentality of the state, the five state retirement systems, or any other governmental entity.
(3) "Subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) A person that is primarily responsible for designing energy efficient commercial building property installed in a public building may seek allocation of any deduction allowed under section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code in connection with that installation by submitting a written request to the public entity that owns the building and the tax commissioner. Within fifteen days of receiving such a request, the public entity shall respond and, if merited, formally allocate the deduction as required under that section and any associated rules or guidance of the internal revenue service or the United States department of the treasury. The public entity shall send to the commissioner a copy of the response and, if applicable, the document or documents formally allocating the deduction.
(C) If a public entity does not respond within fifteen days of receiving a request under division (B) of this section, the entity shall be considered to have approved the request. The commissioner shall provide the person that submitted the request with any documentation necessary to formally allocate the deduction.
(D) No public entity and no employee or agent of a public entity acting in the employee's or agent's official capacity shall seek, solicit, charge, or accept a fee, payment, or other consideration in exchange for allocating a deduction allowed under section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code or providing documentation of such an allocation as required under that section and any associated rules or guidance of the internal revenue service or the United States department of the treasury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.242 | Debarred Vendors; Participation in State Contracts.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "State agency" has the meaning defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code.
(2) "State contract" means any contract for goods, services, or construction that is paid for in whole or in part with state funds. A state contract is considered to be awarded when it is entered into or executed, regardless of whether the parties to the contract have exchanged any money.
(3) "Participate" means to respond to any solicitation or procurement issued by a state agency or be the recipient of an award of a state contract, or to provide any goods or services to any state agency.
(B) No vendor who has been debarred by any state agency shall participate in any state contract during the period of debarment. No vendor who has been prohibited under section 102.99 of the Revised Code from participating in a contract with a public agency, as defined in section 102.01 of the Revised Code, shall participate in any contract with a public agency during the period provided in that section.
(C) State agencies shall exclude any vendor debarred under section 125.25, 153.02, or 5513.06 of the Revised Code, or any other section of the Revised Code from participating in state contracts. A public agency, as defined in section 102.01 of the Revised Code, shall exclude any vendor who is prohibited under section 102.99 of the Revised Code from participating in a contract with a public agency from participating in any contract with the public agency.
(D) After the debarment period or prohibition period expires, the vendor may be eligible to respond to any solicitation or procurement, provide goods or services to, and be awarded contracts by state agencies if the vendor is not otherwise listed on a list of debarred vendors applicable to state contracts, prohibited under section 102.99 of the Revised Code, or otherwise debarred or prohibited under any section of the Revised Code.
Last updated January 24, 2024 at 8:31 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.25 | Purchase of Surplus Commodities From Federal Government.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
Whenever the superintendent of purchases and printing or the director of transportation finds that personal property can be obtained from the federal government at prices less than would be obtained by taking bids as provided by law for the purchase from private persons, said superintendent or said director may purchase, lease, or obtain the use of said property directly from the federal government without the necessity of advertising to obtain bids, without notice, and upon such formalities and such terms as are required by the federal government.
Any political subdivision of the state may likewise purchase such surplus commodities from the federal government without the necessity of advertising to obtain bids irrespective of the amount of money involved. Such purchase may be made through the superintendent or directly from the federal government.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.26 | Gifts or Grants of Federal Property.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The state or any of its political subdivisions may receive any gifts or grants of federal property that are needed or required by requesting them in the manner similar to that required by section 9.25 of the Revised Code for purchases.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.28 | Competitive Solicitation as Public Record.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 227 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Competitive solicitation" means a request for proposal or any other solicitation or announcement by a public office requiring bids or proposals for the provision of goods or services to that office.
(2) "Public office" includes any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government. "Public office" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "State agency" includes every department, bureau, board, commission, office, or other organized body established by the constitution and laws of this state for the exercise of any function of state government, including any state-supported institution of higher education, the general assembly, any legislative agency, any court or judicial agency, or any political subdivision or agency of a political subdivision. "State agency" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, materials submitted to a public office in response to a competitive solicitation shall not be considered public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code until the date the public office announces the award of a contract based on the competitive solicitation or the cancellation of the competitive solicitation.
(C) If a public office rejects all bids or proposals received in response to a competitive solicitation and, concurrently with the announcement of the rejection gives notice of its intent to reissue the solicitation, the materials submitted in response to the original competitive solicitation and the materials submitted in response to the reissued competitive solicitation shall not be considered public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code until the date the public office announces the award of a contract based on the reissued competitive solicitation or the cancellation of the reissued competitive solicitation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.29 | Multi-Year Asset Management Professional Service Contracts.

Effective:
June 30, 2010
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 85 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The following political subdivisions may enter into, by direct negotiation or through the solicitation of requests for proposals or requests for qualifications, a multi-year, asset management professional service contract for the engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, and maintenance of a water storage tank and appurtenant facilities owned, controlled, or operated by that political subdivision, but only if the contract complies with division (B) of this section:
(1) A board of county commissioners, board of directors of a conservancy district, board of directors of a sanitary district, or board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district;
(2) A municipal corporation through its director of public service, mayor, city manager, board of trustees of public affairs, village administrator, or other contracting officer, commission, board, or authority as authorized by ordinance of the municipal corporation's legislative authority.
(B) A contract entered into pursuant to division (A) of this section shall include provisions that do all of the following:
(1) Provide that the contracting political subdivision is not required to make total payments in a single year that exceed the excess of (a) the political subdivision's water utility charges over (b) the operating expenses of the water system payable from such charges and the principal, interest, and other debt charges, including reserves and coverage requirements, for outstanding debt due in that year;
(2) Require that the work performed be done under the supervision of a professional engineer licensed under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code, who certifies that the work will be performed in compliance with all applicable codes and engineering standards;
(3) Provide that if, on the date of commencement of the contract, the water tank or appurtenant facilities require engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, or service in order to bring the tank or facilities into compliance with federal, state, or local requirements, the party contracting with the political subdivision must provide the engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, or service. The cost of the work necessary to ensure such compliance shall be itemized separately and may be charged to the political subdivision in payments spread over a period of not less than three years from the date of commencement of the contract. The charges shall be paid after provision is made to pay operating expenses and the principal, interest, and other debt service charges, including reserves and coverage requirements for outstanding debt due in that year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.30 | Public Utility Service Without Bidding and Notice.

Effective:
September 29, 1955
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 350 - 101st General Assembly
The appropriate public officer of the state, county, municipal corporation, township, school, or other public body or institution, may acquire the service, product, or commodity of a public utility at the schedule of rates and charges applicable to such service, product, or commodity on file with the public utilities commission, or the applicable charge established by a utility operating its property not for profit, at any location where such public utility service, product, or commodity is not available, from alternate public utilities, without the necessity of advertising to obtain bids, and without notice, irrespective of the amount of money involved.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.311 | Bonds Accompanying Bid to Be Executed by Approved Surety.

Effective:
August 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 119th General Assembly
(A) A bid for a contract with the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency of the state, for the rendering of services, or the supplying of materials, or for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of any public building, structure, highway, or other improvement shall be deemed nonresponsive and shall be rejected if the bidder submits with his bid a bid bond, performance bond, payment bond, or combination of those bonds, executed by a surety not licensed, or a surplus lines company not approved, by the superintendent of insurance to execute such a bond in the state.
(B) All of those bonds shall affirmatively state on their face that the surety is authorized to execute bonds in the state and that the liability incurred is within the limits of section 3929.02 of the Revised Code. Failure to include this statement shall not cause the bid to be deemed nonresponsive and rejected if the surety is in fact authorized to execute bonds in the state and the liability incurred is within the limits of section 3929.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.313 | Reduction of Performance Bond After Substantial Performance.

Effective:
April 16, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 374 - 119th General Assembly
A contract for the rendering of services or the supplying of materials entered into on or after the effective date of this section shall be deemed to include a provision that authorizes the contracting authority, in its sole discretion, to reduce any bond filed by the person contracting to render the services or supply the materials by twenty-five per cent of the total amount of the bond upon demonstration satisfactory to the contracting authority that at least fifty per cent of the services have been rendered or materials have been supplied in accordance with the terms of the contract, and by fifty per cent of the total amount of the bond upon demonstration satisfactory to the contracting authority that at least seventy-five per cent of the services have been rendered or materials have been supplied in accordance with the terms of the contract.
As used in this section, "contracting authority" means an officer, board, or other authority of the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof authorized to contract for the rendering of services or the supplying of materials, but does not include an officer, board, or other authority of the Ohio department of transportation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.315 | Requiring Particular Surety or Insurance Company or a Particular Agent or Broker on Public Bids Prohibited.

Effective:
April 16, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 109 - 124th General Assembly
(A) As used in sections 9.315 and 9.316 of the Revised Code:
(1) "Public authority" means the state or a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, or any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special district of the state or of a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state.
(2) "Self-insured public authority" means a public authority that has been granted the privilege to self-insure a construction project against workers' compensation liability by the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to division (O) of section 4123.35 of the Revised Code.
(B) No officer, employee, or other agent of a public authority, in issuing an invitation for bids or a request for proposals for a contract with the public authority for the rendering of services or the supplying of materials, or for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of any public building, structure, highway, or other improvement, shall, directly or indirectly, require that any bid bond, performance bond, payment bond, or other bond, or any insurance policy, required under the contract be furnished by or acquired from a particular surety or insurance company or a particular agent or broker.
(C) Divsion (B) of this section does not apply to any insurance policy entered into by a self-insured public authority in connection with a contract otherwise subject to this section. This division does not exempt any bid bond, performance bond, payment bond, or other bond from the appropriate application of division (B) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.316 | Injunctive Relief.

Effective:
April 16, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 109 - 124th General Assembly
(A) A person that is likely to be damaged by a violation of section 9.315 of the Revised Code may commence a civil action for injunctive relief against the public authority, and the court of common pleas involved in that action may grant injunctive relief based on the principles of equity and on the terms that the court considers reasonable. Proof of monetary damage or loss of profits is not required in a civil action commenced under this division.
(B) The court may award reasonable attorney's fees and court costs to the prevailing party in a civil action authorized by division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.317 | Purchase of Supplies or Services by Reverse Auction.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
As used in this section, "reverse auction" has the meaning defined in section 9.314 of the Revised Code, and "state agency" has the meaning defined in section 9.23 of the Revised Code.
A state agency shall not purchase supplies or services by reverse auction if the contract concerns the design, construction, alteration, repair, reconstruction, or demolition of a building, highway, road, street, alley, drainage system, water system, waterworks, ditch, sewer, sewage disposal plant, or any other structure or works of any kind.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.32 | Notification of Surety and Agent of Construction Contract Award.

Effective:
August 1, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly
Whenever the state, or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof awards a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement, the contracting authority shall simultaneously notify the surety on the contractor's bond of the award and the agent of the surety who executed the bond on behalf of the surety. The notice shall be given in writing and mailed to the surety and the agent whose names and addresses appear on the bond.