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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.27 | Administrative Rules.

Effective:
November 19, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 347 - 111th General Assembly
The attorney general shall make such rules subject to the provisions of sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, as are necessary to administer sections 109.23 to 109.33 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.28 | Inspection of Register of Charitable Trusts.

Effective:
October 14, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 196 - 100th General Assembly
The register established by section 109.26 shall be open to the inspection of any person at such reasonable times and for such legitimate purposes as the attorney general may determine; provided, however, that any investigation of a chairtable trust shall not be open to public inspection.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.29 | Courts to Furnish Information Relating to Charitable Trusts.

Effective:
November 17, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 347 - 111th General Assembly
The clerk of each court of common pleas or the judge of the probate division thereof, and of each court of appeals shall furnish copies of papers and such information as to the records and files of his office relating to charitable trusts as the attorney general may require.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.30 | Notice of Creation of Charitable Trust to Attorney General and Specified Persons After Probate of Will.

Effective:
May 31, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 118th General Assembly
After admission to probate of a will creating or purporting to create a charitable trust that must be registered under section 109.26 of the Revised Code, or containing a gift valued in excess of one thousand dollars to any charitable trust, notice shall be given to the attorney general, as well as to the persons specified in division (A)(1) of section 2107.19 of the Revised Code, in accordance with that section. If probate of a will creating or purporting to create any charitable trust is refused by interlocutory order under section 2107.181 of the Revised Code, notice of the further hearing under that section shall be given to the attorney general as well as to the other necessary parties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.32 | Charitable Law Fund.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) All annual filing fees obtained by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.31 of the Revised Code, all receipts obtained from the sale of the charitable foundations directory, all registration fees received by the attorney general, bond forfeitures, awards of costs and attorney's fees, and civil penalties assessed under Chapter 1716. of the Revised Code, all license fees received by the attorney general under section 2915.08, 2915.081, or 2915.082 of the Revised Code, all fees received by the attorney general under section 2915.15 of the Revised Code, and all filing fees received by the attorney general under divisions (F) and (G) of section 2915.02 of the Revised Code, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the charitable law fund.
(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, the charitable law fund shall be used insofar as its moneys are available for the expenses of the charitable law section of the office of the attorney general.
(2) All annual license fees that are received by the attorney general under section 2915.08, 2915.081, or 2915.082 of the Revised Code, and all filing fees received by the attorney general under divisions (F) and (G) of section 2915.02 of the Revised Code, that are credited to the fund shall be used by the attorney general, or any law enforcement agency in cooperation with the attorney general, for the purposes specified in division (H) of section 2915.10 of the Revised Code and to administer and enforce Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code.
(3) All fees received by the attorney general under section 2915.15 of the Revised Code that are credited to the fund shall be used for the purposes specified in that section.
(C) The expenses of the charitable law section in excess of moneys available in the charitable law fund shall be paid out of regular appropriations to the office of the attorney general.
Last updated July 23, 2021 at 8:12 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.33 | Employees.

Effective:
April 9, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 831 - 116th General Assembly
The attorney general may appoint, with salaries fixed pursuant to section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code, such assistants and may employ such stenographers and clerks as may be necessary to carry out sections 109.23 to 109.33 of the Revised Code. The attorney general may also employ experts for assistance in any specific matter at a reasonable rate of compensation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.36 | Defense of Officers and Employees Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
As used in this section and sections 109.361 to 109.366 of the Revised Code:
(A)(1) "Officer or employee" means any of the following:
(a) A person who, at the time a cause of action against the person arises, is serving in an elected or appointed office or position with the state or is employed by the state.
(b) A person that, at the time a cause of action against the person, partnership, or corporation arises, is rendering medical, nursing, dental, podiatric, optometric, physical therapeutic, psychiatric, or psychological services pursuant to a personal services contract or purchased service contract with a department, agency, or institution of the state.
(c) A person that, at the time a cause of action against the person, partnership, or corporation arises, is rendering peer review, utilization review, or drug utilization review services in relation to medical, nursing, dental, podiatric, optometric, physical therapeutic, psychiatric, or psychological services pursuant to a personal services contract or purchased service contract with a department, agency, or institution of the state.
(d) A person who, at the time a cause of action against the person arises, is rendering medical, nursing, dental, podiatric, optometric, physical therapeutic, psychiatric, or psychological services to patients in a state institution operated by the department of mental health and addiction services pursuant to an agreement with the department.
(2) "Officer or employee" does not include any person elected, appointed, or employed by any political subdivision of the state.
(B) "State" means the state of Ohio, including but not limited to, the general assembly, the supreme court, courts of appeals, the offices of all elected state officers, and all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, and other instrumentalities of the state of Ohio. "State" does not include political subdivisions.
(C) "Political subdivisions" of the state means municipal corporations, townships, counties, school districts, and all other bodies corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities only in geographical areas smaller than that of the state.
(D) "Employer" means the general assembly, the supreme court, courts of appeals, any office of an elected state officer, or any department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality of the state of Ohio that employs or contracts with an officer or employee or to which an officer or employee is elected or appointed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.361 | Defense of State Officer or Employee in Civil Action.

Effective:
May 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 210 - 119th General Assembly
Upon the receipt of a written request by any officer or employee, the attorney general, except as provided in section 109.362 of the Revised Code, except under the circumstances described in division (E) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, and except for civil actions in which the state is the plaintiff, shall represent and defend the officer or employee in any civil action instituted against the officer or employee. All expenses and court costs, including the reasonable compensation of special counsel, incurred by the attorney general in the defense of an officer or employee shall be paid by the employer that employed the officer or employee at the time the alleged act or omission occurred.
The defense of the officer or employee may be rendered by the attorney general, an assistant attorney general, or any special counsel appointed by the attorney general, who, in addition to providing the defense of the officer or employee, may file counterclaims and cross-claims and engage in third-party practice on behalf of the officer or employee. If the officer or employee recovers any money pursuant to any counterclaim or cross-claim so filed, the officer or employee, to the extent of the recovery on the counterclaim or cross-claim, shall reimburse the attorney general for all expenses and court costs, including the reasonable compensation of assistant attorneys general and special counsel, incurred in bringing the counterclaim or cross-claim. The officer or employee shall cooperate fully with the attorney general's defense. Sections 109.36 to 109.366 of the Revised Code do not deprive any officer or employee of the right to select counsel of his own choice or settle his case at his own expense at any time, and, except under the circumstances described in division (E) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, do not prohibit the attorney general from entering his appearance in a case to protect the interest of the state even though no request for the appearance has been made by the officer or employee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.362 | Investigation as to Whether Action Was Manifestly Outside Scope of Duties or With Malicious Purpose or in Bad Faith.

Effective:
March 13, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly
(A) Prior to undertaking any defense under section 109.361 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall conduct an investigation of the facts to determine whether the requirements of this section have been met. If the attorney general determines that any officer who holds an elective state office was acting manifestly outside the scope of his official responsibilities or that any other officer or employee was acting manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner, the attorney general shall not represent and defend the officer or employee. An initial determination to represent and defend the officer or employee does not prohibit a later determination that the requirements of this section have not been met.
(B) The attorney general shall also deny a request for representation upon a determination that the requesting officer or employee is covered by a policy of insurance purchased by the state requiring the insurer to provide counsel in the action and that the amount of the claim against the officer or employee is not in excess of the amount of coverage under the policy of insurance. If the amount of the claim against the officer or employee is in excess of the amount of coverage under the policy of insurance, the state is not the plaintiff, and the officer or employee is not otherwise prohibited by this section from being represented and defended by the attorney general, the attorney general shall represent and defend the officer or employee for the amount of the claim in excess of the amount of coverage.
(C) If the attorney general denies representation to an employee or officer who makes a request in accordance with the provisions of section 109.361 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall notify the requesting officer or employee in writing of the denial setting forth the reasons for the denial within a reasonable time after the attorney general's receipt of the written request from the officer or employee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.363 | Employer to Provide Written Report and Information.

Effective:
March 13, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly
The employer of the defendant officer or employee shall provide the attorney general with a written report indicating the present or former position, job title, or classification of the officer or employee with the state and, citing pertinent facts, whether in its opinion the officer or employee meets the requirements of section 109.362 of the Revised Code. In addition, the employer shall provide any additional information that is requested by the attorney general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.364 | Denial of Representation.

Effective:
March 13, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly
If the attorney general denies representation to an officer or employee who made a request for representation under section 109.361 of the Revised Code, the officer or employee may, upon the termination of the action for which he requested the representation, commence an action in the court of claims against the employer pursuant to sections 2743.01 to 2743.20 of the Revised Code for the reasonable expenses incurred in providing his own defense.
An action brought pursuant to this section shall be commenced no later than two years after the cause of action arising under this section accrues. A cause of action arising under this section accrues upon the conclusion of the civil action instituted against the officer or employee for which the attorney general denied the officer's or employee's request for representation if the time for filing an appeal in the action lapses without the filing of an appeal or upon the conclusion of the final appeal in the civil action instituted against the officer or employee for which the attorney general denied the officer's or employee's request for representation if an appeal is filed in the action.
If the court of claims finds that the officer or employee was entitled to have the attorney general represent and defend him under section 109.361 of the Revised Code, the court shall enter judgment against the employer in favor of the officer or employee in the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred by the officer or employee in providing his own defense and in bringing the action authorized by this section. The reasonable expenses may include, but are not limited to, payment of court costs, attorney's fees, investigative costs, and expert witness fees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.365 | Information Obtained Is Privileged.

Effective:
March 13, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly
Information obtained by the attorney general pursuant to his investigation to determine whether to defend an officer or employee is privileged and is not admissible as evidence against the officer or employee in any legal action or proceeding and no reference to the information may be made in any trial or hearing. The decision of the attorney general to defend or not defend an officer or employee is not admissible as evidence in any trial or hearing. This section does not apply to any trial or hearing to determine the right of an officer or employee to reimbursement pursuant to section 109.364 of the Revised Code or to any trial or hearing held as a result of an action filed pursuant to division (F) of section 9.87 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.38 | Solicitor General.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created, as a section within the office of the attorney general, an office of the solicitor general. The attorney general shall set the duties of the solicitor general.
(B) There is hereby created, as a section within the office of the attorney general, a Tenth Amendment center. The center shall actively monitor federal executive orders, federal statutes, and federal regulations for potential abuse or overreach, including assertion of power inconsistent with the United States Constitution. The center shall have at least one attorney dedicated to the center whose primary job responsibility is to monitor federal executive orders, federal statutes, and federal regulations for possible overreach. If the center determines a federal executive order, federal statute, or federal regulation is not supported by law, the center shall prepare and make a recommendation to the office of the solicitor general. The solicitor general shall advise the attorney general about possible causes of action. Regarding such actions, the attorney general has discretion to act on the attorney general's own initiative or based on the recommendation of the solicitor general.
(C) The attorney general shall provide adequate office space, staff, equipment, and materials to the office of the solicitor general and to the Tenth Amendment center.
Last updated March 9, 2023 at 5:05 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.40 | Compilation of Statutes Relative to Obscenity.

Effective:
November 5, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 24 - 103rd General Assembly
The attorney general shall compile all statutes relative to obscenity in a convenient pamphlet or paper and may distribute this compilation, without charge, to such sheriffs, police chiefs, county prosecutors, city prosecutors, mayors, constables, judges of the courts of common pleas, county court judges, municipal judges, and other interested parties, as may request such distribution, and make available a reasonable number of such compilations to fill such requests.
The attorney general shall, from time to time, supplement and keep the compilation current and he may, upon request, distribute such supplemental material in the manner provided in this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.41 | Claiming Escheated Property.

Effective:
January 1, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 800 - 110th General Assembly
Whenever any state begins procedure to escheat property of any person who is an Ohio citizen, corporation, firm, or resident, or whose last known address was in Ohio, on the ground that the property has been abandoned, or on any other grounds, the attorney general may, after making diligent effort to notify the owner of the property and failing in the same, act as attorney in fact for the Ohio owner to claim the property. Upon taking custody of the property, the attorney general shall deposit same in the general fund of Ohio, or if the property be in kind, the attorney general shall cause the same to be sold pursuant to section 2113.40 of the Revised Code, and deposit the proceeds of the sale in the general fund. Claims to the property shall thereafter be made in the manner provided for in Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.46 | Domestic Violence Program Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "domestic violence program" means any of the following:
(1) The nonprofit state domestic violence coalition designated by the family and youth services bureau of the United States department of health and human services;
(2) A program operated by a nonprofit entity the primary purpose of which is to provide a broad range of services to victims of domestic violence that may include, but are not limited to, hotlines, emergency shelters, victim advocacy and support, justice systems advocacy, individual and group counseling for adults and children, or transitional service and education to prevent domestic violence. The program may provide some or all of the services described in this division.
(B)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the domestic violence program fund consisting of money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly or donated to the fund. The attorney general shall administer the domestic violence program fund. The attorney general may not use more than five per cent of the moneys appropriated or deposited into the fund to pay costs associated with administering the fund, and shall use at least ninety-five per cent of the moneys appropriated or deposited into the fund for the purpose of providing funding to domestic violence programs under this section.
(2) The attorney general shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that shall establish procedures for domestic violence programs to apply to the attorney general for funding from the domestic violence program fund and procedures for the attorney general to distribute money out of the fund to domestic violence programs.
(C)(1) Priority of funding from the domestic violence program fund shall be given to the domestic violence programs in existence on and after July 1, 2017.
(2) A domestic violence program that receives funds from the domestic violence program fund shall use the funds received for the following purposes:
(a) To provide training and technical assistance to service providers, if the program that receives the funds is the nonprofit state domestic violence coalition specified in division (A)(1) of this section;
(b) To provide services to victims of domestic violence, including, but not limited to, education to prevent domestic violence, if the program that receives the funds is a nonprofit entity described in division (A)(2) of this section. Funds received under this division may also be used for general operating support, including capital improvements and primary prevention and risk reduction programs for the general population.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.51 | Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation Created.

Effective:
September 24, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 105th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the office of the attorney general, a bureau of criminal identification and investigation to be located at the site of the London correctional institution. The attorney general shall appoint a superintendent of said bureau. The superintendent shall appoint, with the approval of the attorney general, such assistants as are necessary to carry out the functions and duties of the bureau as contained in sections 109.51 to 109.63, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.511 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "felony" means any of the following:
(1) An offense committed in this state that is a felony under the law of this state;
(2) An offense committed in a state other than this state, or under the law of the United States, that, if committed in this state, would be a felony under the law of this state.
(B) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall not appoint or employ any person as an investigator or a special agent on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.
(C)(1) The superintendent shall terminate the employment of an investigator or a special agent who does either of the following:
(a) Pleads guilty to a felony;
(b) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the investigator or special agent agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the investigator or special agent under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(2) The superintendent shall suspend from employment an investigator or a special agent who is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the investigator or special agent files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the investigator or special agent does not file a timely appeal, the superintendent shall terminate the employment of that investigator or special agent. If the investigator or special agent files an appeal that results in that investigator's or special agent's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against the investigator or special agent, the superintendent shall reinstate that investigator or special agent. An investigator or a special agent who is reinstated under this division shall not receive any back pay unless that investigator's or special agent's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the investigator or special agent of the felony.
(D) This section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.
(E) The suspension from employment or the termination of the employment of an investigator or a special agent under division (C) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.52 | Operation and Maintenance of Bureau.

Effective:
September 24, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 105th General Assembly
The bureau of criminal identification and investigation may operate and maintain a criminal analysis laboratory and mobile units thereof, create a staff of investigators and technicians skilled in the solution and control of crimes and criminal activity, keep statistics and other necessary data, assist in the prevention of crime, and engage in such other activities as will aid law enforcement officers in solving crimes and controlling criminal activity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.521 | Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation Asset Forfeiture and Cost Reimbursement Fund.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 227 - 131st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the bureau of criminal identification and investigation asset forfeiture and cost reimbursement fund. All amounts awarded to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation as a result of shared federal and state asset forfeiture and state and local moneys designated as restitution for reimbursement of the costs of investigations and all amounts received by the bureau under section 2981.13 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into this fund. The moneys in this fund shall be used in accordance with federal and state asset forfeiture rules, regulations, and laws. Interest earned on the money in this fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.53 | Equipment of Bureau.

Effective:
September 24, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 105th General Assembly
The bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall be supplied with furniture, fixtures, apparatus, vehicles, and materials necessary to carry out the functions and duties of the bureau as contained in sections 109.51 to 109.63, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.542 | Investigative Personnel Are Peace Officers.

Effective:
August 29, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 427 - 124th General Assembly
If an officer or employee of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation is investigative personnel of the bureau and has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the officer's or employee's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program, both of the following apply:
(A) The officer or employee shall be considered a peace officer during the term of the officer's or employee's appointment or employment with the bureau in that capacity for the purposes of maintaining a current and valid basic training certificate pursuant to rules adopted under section 109.74 of the Revised Code.
(B) Sections 109.71 to 109.77 of the Revised Code apply to the officer or employee as if the officer or employee was included in the definition of "peace officer" set forth in section 109.71 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.55 | Coordination of Law Enforcement Work and Crime Prevention Activities.

Effective:
April 9, 1985
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 321 - 115th General Assembly
The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall recommend cooperative policies for the coordination of the law enforcement work and crime prevention activities of all state and local agencies and officials having law enforcement duties to promote cooperation between such agencies and officials, to secure effective and efficient law enforcement, to eliminate duplication of work, and to promote economy of operation in such agencies.
In formulating and recommending cooperative policies, the superintendent shall emphasize the provisions of section 2901.30 of the Revised Code.
The superintendent shall develop procedures and forms to implement section 2901.30 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.56 | Training Local Law Enforcement Officers in Crime Prevention, Detection, and Solution.

Effective:
September 24, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 105th General Assembly
The bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall, where practicable, assist in training local law enforcement officers in crime prevention, detection, and solution when requested by local authorities, and, where practicable, furnish instruction to sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law officers in the establishment of efficient local bureaus of identification in their districts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.574 | Volunteers Have Unsupervised Access to Children Definitions.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in sections 109.574 to 109.577 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Organization or entity" means a religious, charitable, scientific, educational, athletic, or service institution or organization or local government entity that provides care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children.
(B) "Unsupervised access to a child" means that the person in question has access to a child and that either of the following applies:
(1) No other person eighteen years of age or older is present in the same room with the child.
(2) If outdoors, no other person eighteen years of age or older is within a thirty-yard radius of the child or has visual contact with the child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.575 | Information Provided by Volunteers Having Access to Children.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly
At the time of a person's initial application to an organization or entity to be a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis will have unsupervised access to a child, the organization or entity shall inform the person that, at any time, the person might be required to provide a set of impressions of the person's fingerprints and a criminal records check might be conducted with respect to the person. Not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section, each organization or entity shall notify each current volunteer who is in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child that, at any time, the volunteer might be required to provide a set of impressions of the volunteer's fingerprints and a criminal records check might be conducted with respect to the volunteer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.577 | Immunity From Civil Liability.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) If an organization or entity uses a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child and if the volunteer has been subjected to a criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.57, section 109.572, or rules adopted under division (E) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, the organization or entity, and its officials and employees, are immune from civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for any death or any injury or loss to person or property that is caused by any act or omission of the volunteer and that results from or is related to the volunteer having unsupervised access to a child on a regular basis. This immunity does not apply to a person, organization, or entity that has immunity from civil liability in accordance with section 9.86, 2744.02, or 2744.03 of the Revised Code for the good faith compliance, attempted compliance, or failure to comply.
(B) This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a person, organization, or entity and does not affect any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law, to which a person, organization, or entity may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.58 | Standard Fingerprint Impression Sheet.

Effective:
December 31, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 342 - 122nd General Assembly
The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall prepare standard impression sheets on which fingerprints may be made in accordance with the fingerprint system of identification. The impression sheets may provide for other descriptive matter that the superintendent may prescribe. The superintendent shall furnish the impression sheets to each sheriff, chief of police, and person in charge of every county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional institution within the state. Upon the request of the board of education of a school district or of the principal or chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school, the superintendent shall provide standard impression sheets to the district or school for use in their fingerprinting programs under section 3313.96 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.59 | Fingerprint Impressions and Other Descriptive Measurements.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
The sheriff, chief of police, or other person in charge of each prison, workhouse, or state correctional institution shall send to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, on forms furnished by the superintendent of the bureau, any fingerprint impressions and other descriptive measurements that the superintendent may require. The information shall be filed, classified, and preserved by the bureau.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.61 | Sheriff or Chief of Police to Forward Information to Bureau.

Effective:
January 1, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 122nd General Assembly
Each sheriff or chief of police shall furnish the bureau of criminal identification and investigation with descriptions, fingerprints, photographs, and measurements of the following:
(A)(1) Persons arrested who in that sheriff's or chief of police's judgment are wanted for serious offenses, are fugitives from justice, or in whose possession at the time of arrest are found goods or property reasonably believed to have been stolen;
(2) Children arrested or otherwise taken into custody who in that sheriff's or chief of police's judgment are under eighteen years of age and have committed an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult.
(B) All persons in whose possession are found burglar outfits, burglar tools, or burglar keys, or who have in their possession high power explosives reasonably believed to be intended to be used for unlawful purposes;
(C) Persons who are in possession of infernal machines or other contrivances in whole or in part and reasonably believed by the sheriff or chief of police to be intended to be used for unlawful purposes;
(D) All persons carrying concealed firearms or other deadly weapons reasonably believed to be carried for unlawful purposes;
(E) All persons who have in their possession inks, dies, paper, or other articles necessary in the making of counterfeit bank notes or in the alteration of bank notes, or dies, molds, or other articles necessary in the making of counterfeit money and reasonably believed to be intended to be used by them for those types of unlawful purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.62 | Cooperation With Interstate, National, and International System of Criminal Identification and Investigation.

Effective:
September 24, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 105th General Assembly
The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall co-operate with bureaus in other states and with the federal bureau of investigation to develop and carry on a complete interstate, national, and international system of criminal identification and investigation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.63 | Superintendent May Testify.

Effective:
September 24, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 105th General Assembly
The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and his assistants employed in accordance with section 109.51 of the Revised Code may testify in any court in this state to the same extent as any law enforcement officer in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.64 | Periodic Information Bulletin Concerning Missing Children Who May Be Present in State.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall prepare a periodic information bulletin concerning missing children whom it determines may be present in this state. The bureau shall compile the bulletin from information contained in the national crime information center computer. The bulletin shall indicate the names and addresses of these minors who are the subject of missing children cases and other information that the superintendent of the bureau considers appropriate. The bulletin shall contain a reminder to law enforcement agencies of their responsibilities under section 2901.30 of the Revised Code.
The bureau shall send a copy of each periodic information bulletin to the missing children clearinghouse established under section 109.65 of the Revised Code for use in connection with its responsibilities under division (E) of that section. Upon receipt of each periodic information bulletin from the bureau, the missing children clearinghouse shall send a copy of the bulletin to each sheriff, marshal, police department of a municipal corporation, police force of a township police district or joint police district, and township constable in this state, to the board of education of each school district in this state, and to each nonpublic school in this state. The bureau shall provide a copy of the bulletin, upon request, to other persons or entities. The superintendent of the bureau, with the approval of the attorney general, may establish a reasonable fee for a copy of a bulletin provided to persons or entities other than law enforcement agencies in this or other states or of the federal government, the department of education and workforce, governmental entities of this state, and libraries in this state. The superintendent shall deposit all such fees collected into the missing children fund created by section 109.65 of the Revised Code.
As used in this section, "missing children," "information," and "minor" have the same meanings as in section 2901.30 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.66 | Publication of Statistical Data on Trafficking in Persons.

Effective:
June 27, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 262 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The attorney general, with assistance from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, annually shall publish statistical data on violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code. The first annual publication of this data shall occur one year after the effective date of this section.
(B) Each state agency and each agency of each political subdivision that investigates violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code or acts of human trafficking shall collect and submit to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation on or before a date to be determined by the attorney general the following information relevant to those violations or acts:
(1) The number of investigations, arrests, prosecutions, and successful convictions of persons for a violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code;
(2) The estimated number and demographic characteristics of persons violating that section, as well as those persons who purchase or receive a commercial sex act, sexually explicit performance, labor, or services from victims of violations of that section;
(3) Statistics on the number of victims of violations of that section and statistics on the nationality, age, method of recruitment, and country, state, or city of origin of the victims of violations of that section;
(4) Trafficking routes and trafficking patterns used in violations of that section;
(5) Methods of transportation used in violations of that section;
(6) Social and economic factors that contribute to and foster the demand for all forms of exploitation of persons that leads to trafficking in persons.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Commercial sex act" means any sex act on account of which anything of value is directly or indirectly given, promised to, or received by any person.
(2) "Labor" means work of economic or financial value.
(3) "Services" means an ongoing relationship between persons in which a person performs activities at the behest of, under the supervision of, or for the benefit of another person.
(4) "Sexually explicit performance" means a live, public, private, photographed, recorded, or videotaped act intended to sexually arouse, satisfy the sexual desires of, or appeal to the prurient interests of any person.
(5) "Human trafficking" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.67 | Public Awareness Publications on Elder Fraud and Financial Exploitation of the Elderly.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 158 - 132nd General Assembly
The attorney general shall distribute at least six public awareness publications each year that provide general information on elder fraud and financial exploitation of the elderly. The awareness publications must include information on all of the following:
(A) Warning signs that may signal that fraud or financial exploitation are occurring;
(B) Methods for reporting elder fraud or financial exploitation including a list of agencies that handle those reports;
(C) Services and resources that may be available to prevent or remedy elder fraud or financial exploitation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.72 | Members - Organization.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Ohio peace officer training commission member terms shall be for three years, commencing on the twentieth day of September and ending on the nineteenth day of September. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term to which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. An interim chairperson shall be appointed by the governor until such time as the commission elects a permanent chairperson.
Any member of the commission appointed pursuant to section 109.71 of the Revised Code as an incumbent sheriff, incumbent chief of police, representative of the state highway patrol, state department of education and workforce, federal bureau of investigation, and bureau of criminal identification and investigation, shall immediately, upon termination of holding such office, cease to be a member of the commission, and a successor shall be appointed.
The commission shall meet at least four times each year. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson and shall be called by the chairperson at the request of the attorney general or upon the written request of five members of the commission. The commission may establish its own requirements as to quorum and its own procedures with respect to the conduct of its meetings and other affairs; provided, that all recommendations by the commission to the attorney general pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code shall require the affirmative vote of five members of the commission.
Membership on the commission does not constitute the holding of an office, and members of the commission shall not be required to take and file oaths of office before serving on the commission. The commission shall not exercise any portion of the sovereign power of the state.
The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
No member of the commission shall be disqualified from holding any public office or employment, nor shall the member forfeit any such office or employment, by reason of appointment to the commission, notwithstanding any general, special, or local law, ordinance, or city charter to the contrary.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.74 | Attorney General May Adopt and Promulgate Rules and Regulations.

Effective:
December 2, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly
The attorney general, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, has discretion to adopt and promulgate any or all of the rules and regulations recommended by the Ohio peace officer training commission to the attorney general pursuant to section 109.73 of the Revised Code. When the attorney general promulgates any rule or regulation recommended by the commission, the attorney general shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the secretary of state.