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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.80 | Minority Business Enterprise Loan Fund.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the minority business enterprise loan fund. The fund shall consist of money deposited into the fund from the facilities establishment fund pursuant to section 166.03 of the Revised Code and all money deposited into the fund pursuant to section 122.81 of the Revised Code. The director of development shall use the fund to pay operating costs of the minority development financing advisory board, make loans to minority business enterprises as authorized in division (A) of section 122.76 of the Revised Code, loan guarantees to small businesses as authorized in division (A) of section 122.77 of the Revised Code, and for transfer to the capital access loan program fund established in section 122.601 of the Revised Code to be used solely for minority business enterprises or minority businesses certified by the minority business supplier development council for deposits specified by division (D)(1)(b) of section 122.603 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.81 | Default on Loan, Guarantee, or Lease.

Effective:
June 30, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
In the event of a default with respect to any loan, guarantee, or lease, the director of development shall take such action as he considers proper in the circumstances to enforce and protect the rights of the director, and such actions as may be required, which may include any appropriate action at law or in equity, enforcement or waiver of any provision of any mortgage or security agreement or lease, or reinstatement of any forfeited or canceled right, title, or privilege.
Any moneys received from the repayment of a loan, guarantee, or lease authorized pursuant to sections 122.77 and 122.78 of the Revised Code, and any moneys recovered in the event of a default with respect to any such loan, guarantee, or lease, shall immediately be deposited in the minority business enterprise loan fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.82 | Moneys, Funds, Properties, and Assets Held in Trust.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the director of development shall be held by the director in trust to carry out the director's powers and duties, shall be used as provided in sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code, and shall at no time be part of other public funds.
Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:37 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.83 | Prohibiting Misrepresentation.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
Any person who intentionally misrepresents that person's self as owning, controlling, operating, or participating in a minority business enterprise for the purpose of obtaining funds, contracts, subcontracts, services, or any other benefits under sections 122.71 to 122.85 or 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code is guilty of theft by deception, pursuant to section 2913.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.861 | Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant and Loan Programs.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Certified engine configuration" means a new, rebuilt, or remanufactured engine configuration that satisfies divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) and, if applicable, division (A)(1)(c) of this section:
(a) It has been certified by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or the California air resources board.
(b) It meets or is rebuilt or remanufactured to a more stringent set of engine emission standards than when originally manufactured, as determined pursuant to Subtitle G of Title VII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 838, et seq.
(c) In the case of a certified engine configuration involving the replacement of an existing engine, an engine configuration that replaced an engine that was removed from the vehicle and returned to the supplier for remanufacturing to a more stringent set of engine emissions standards or for scrappage.
(2) "Section 793" means section 793 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 841, et seq.
(3) "Verified technology" means a pollution control technology, including a retrofit technology, advanced truckstop electrification system, or auxiliary power unit, that has been verified by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or the California air resources board.
(B) For the purpose of reducing emissions from diesel engines, the director of environmental protection shall administer a diesel emissions reduction grant program and a clean diesel school bus program. The programs shall provide for the implementation in this state of section 793 and shall otherwise be administered in compliance with the requirements of section 793, and any regulations issued pursuant to that section.
The director shall apply to the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency for grant or loan funds available under section 793 to help fund the diesel emissions reduction grant program and the clean diesel school bus program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.87 | Minority Business Bonding Program Definitions.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
As used in sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Surety company" means a company that is authorized by the department of insurance to issue bonds as surety.
(B) "Minority business" means any of the following occupations:
(1) Minority construction contractor;
(2) Minority seller;
(3) Minority service vendor.
(C) "Minority construction contractor" means a person who is both a construction contractor and an owner of a minority business enterprise certified under division (B) of section 122.921 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Minority seller" means a person who is both a seller of goods and an owner of a minority business enterprise listed on the special minority business enterprise bid notification list under section 125.08 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Minority service vendor" means a person who is both a vendor of services and an owner of a minority business enterprise listed on the special minority business enterprise bid notification list under section 125.08 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Minority business enterprise" has the meaning given in section 122.71 of the Revised Code.
(G) "EDGE business enterprise" means a sole proprietorship, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, or joint venture certified as a participant in the encouraging diversity, growth, and equity program by the director of administrative services under section 122.922 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:39 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.88 | Minority Business Bonding Fund - Minority Business Bonding Program Administrative and Loss Reserve Fund.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the minority business bonding fund, consisting of moneys deposited or credited to it pursuant to section 169.05 of the Revised Code; all grants, gifts, and contributions received pursuant to division (B)(9) of section 122.74 of the Revised Code; all moneys recovered following defaults; and any other moneys obtained by the director of development for the purposes of sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be administered by the director. Moneys in the fund shall be held in trust for the purposes of sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code.
(B) Any claims against the state arising from defaults shall be payable from the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund as provided in division (C) of this section or from the minority business bonding fund. Nothing in sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code grants or pledges to any obligee or other person any state moneys other than the moneys in the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund or the minority business bonding fund, or moneys available to the minority business bonding fund upon request of the director in accordance with division (B) of section 169.05 of the Revised Code.
(C) There is hereby created in the state treasury the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund, consisting of all premiums charged and collected in accordance with section 122.89 of the Revised Code and any interest income earned from the moneys in the minority business bonding fund. All expenses of the director and the minority development financing advisory board in carrying out the purposes of sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code shall be paid from the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund.
Any moneys to the credit of the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund in excess of the amount necessary to fund the appropriation authority for the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund shall be held as a loss reserve to pay claims arising from defaults on surety bonds underwritten in accordance with section 122.89 of the Revised Code or guaranteed in accordance with section 122.90 of the Revised Code. If the balance of funds in the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund is insufficient to pay a claim against the state arising from default, then such claim shall be payable from the minority business bonding fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.90 | Guarantee of Bonds Executed by Sureties for Minority Businesses and Edge Business Enterprises.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The director of development may guarantee bonds executed by sureties for minority businesses and EDGE business enterprises certified under section 122.922 of the Revised Code as principals on contracts with the state, any political subdivision or instrumentality, or any person as the obligee. The director, as guarantor, may exercise all the rights and powers of a company authorized by the department of insurance to guarantee bonds under Chapter 3929. of the Revised Code but otherwise is not subject to any laws related to a guaranty company under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code nor to any rules of the department of insurance.
(B) The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish procedures for the application for bond guarantees and the review and approval of applications for bond guarantees submitted by sureties that execute bonds eligible for guarantees under division (A) of this section.
(C) In accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this section, the director may guarantee up to ninety per cent of the loss incurred and paid by sureties on bonds guaranteed under division (A) of this section.
(D) The penal sum amounts of all outstanding guarantees made by the director under this section shall not exceed three times the difference between the amount of moneys in the minority business bonding fund and available to the fund under division (B) of section 169.05 of the Revised Code and the amount of all outstanding bonds issued by the director in accordance with division (A) of section 122.89 of the Revised Code.
(E) The director of development, with controlling board approval, may approve one application per fiscal year from each surety bond company for bond guarantees in an amount requested to support one fiscal year of that company's activity under this section. A surety bond company that applies for a bond guarantee under this division, whether or not the guarantee is approved, is not restricted from also applying for individual bond guarantees under division (A) of this section.
Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:40 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.923 | [Former r.c. 123.153, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110, 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Report on Programs.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Minority business enterprise" has the same meaning as in section 122.921 of the Revised Code.
(2) "EDGE business enterprise" has the same meaning as in section 122.922 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Women-owned business enterprise" has the same meaning as in section 122.924 of the Revised Code.
"Veteran-friendly business enterprise" has the same meaning as in section 122.925 of the Revised Code.
(B) Not later than the first day of October in each year, the director of development shall submit a written report to the governor and to each member of the general assembly describing the progress made by state agencies in advancing the minority business enterprise program, the encouraging diversity, growth, and equity program, the women-owned business enterprise program, and the veteran-friendly business enterprise program. The report shall highlight the initiatives implemented to encourage participation of minority-owned, socially and economically disadvantaged, women-owned businesses, and veteran-friendly businesses in programs funded by state money or federal money received by the state. The report shall also include the total number of procurement contracts each agency has entered into with certified minority business enterprises, EDGE business enterprises, women-owned business enterprises, and veteran-friendly business enterprises.
Last updated October 14, 2021 at 5:22 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.93 | Accepting Gifts and Other Aid.

Effective:
December 17, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 584 - 113th General Assembly
The minority business development division may receive and accept gifts, grants, loans, or any other financial or other aid from any federal, state, local, or private agency or fund for any of the purposes of sections 122.92 to 122.94 of the Revised Code, and may enter into any contract with any agency or fund in connection with receiving the aid, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any other source of money, property, labor, or things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which the grants and contributions are made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.94 | Rules - Annual Report.

Effective:
September 16, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 486 - 130th General Assembly
The director of development services shall:
(A) Promulgate rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the conduct of the minority business development division's business and for carrying out the purposes of sections 122.92 to 122.94 of the Revised Code;
(B) Prepare an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on or before the first day of August of its activities for the preceding calendar year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.941 | Annual Report.

Effective:
September 16, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 486 - 130th General Assembly
(A) On or before the first day of August in each year, the director of development services shall make an annual report of the activities and operations under the assistance programs of the development services agency for the preceding fiscal year to the governor and general assembly. The annual report shall include a detailing of those grants, guarantees, loans, and other forms of state assistance to women-owned businesses.
(B) As used in this section:
(1) "Women-owned business" means any individual, partnership, corporation, or joint venture of any kind that is owned and controlled by women who are United States citizens and residents of this state.
(2) "Owned and controlled" means that at least fifty-one per cent of the business, including corporate stock if it is a corporation, is owned by women and that such owners have control over the day-to-day operations of the business and an interest in the capital, assets, and profits and losses of the business proportionate to their percentage of ownership. In order to qualify as a women-owned business, a business shall have been owned by such owners at least one year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.95 | Definitions - Industrial Site Improvement Fund Grants.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
As used in this section and section 122.951 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Commercial or industrial areas" means areas zoned either commercial or industrial by the local zoning authority or an area not zoned, but in which there is located one or more commercial or industrial activities.
(B) "Eligible county" means any of the following:
(1) A county designated as being in the "Appalachian region" under the "Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 5, 40 U.S.C. App. 403;
(2) A county that is a "distressed area" as defined in section 122.16 of the Revised Code;
(3) A county that within the previous calendar year has had a job loss numbering two hundred or more of which one hundred or more are manufacturing-related as reported in the notices prepared by the department of job and family services pursuant to the "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act," 102 Stat. 890 (1988), 29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq., as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.951 | Grants From Industrial Site Improvement Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) If the director of development services determines that a grant may create new jobs or preserve existing jobs and employment opportunities in an eligible county, the director may grant up to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to the eligible county for the purpose of acquiring commercial or industrial land or buildings and making improvements to commercial or industrial areas within the eligible county, including, but not limited to:
(1) Expanding, remodeling, renovating, and modernizing buildings, structures, and other improvements;
(2) Remediating environmentally contaminated property on which hazardous substances exist under conditions that have caused or would cause the property to be identified as contaminated by the Ohio or United States environmental protection agency; and
(3) Infrastructure improvements, including, but not limited to, site preparation, including building demolition and removal; streets, roads, bridges, and traffic control devices; parking lots and facilities; water and sewer lines and treatment plants; gas, electric, and telecommunications, including broadband, hook-ups; and water and railway access improvements.
A grant awarded under this section shall provide not more than seventy-five per cent of the estimated total cost of the project for which an application is submitted under this section. In addition, not more than ten per cent of the amount of the grant shall be used to pay the costs of professional services related to the project.
(B) An eligible county may apply to the director for a grant under this section in the form and manner prescribed by the director. The eligible county shall include on the application all information required by the director. The application shall require the eligible county to provide a detailed description of how the eligible county would use a grant to improve commercial or industrial areas within the eligible county, and to specify how a grant will lead to the creation of new jobs or the preservation of existing jobs and employment opportunities in the eligible county. The eligible county shall specify in the application the amount of the grant for which the eligible county is applying.
(C) An eligible county may designate a port authority, community improvement corporation as defined in section 122.71 of the Revised Code, or other economic development entity that is located in the county to apply for a grant under this section. If a port authority, community improvement corporation, or other economic development entity is so designated, references to an eligible county in this section include references to the authority, corporation, or other entity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.9511 | Siteohio Certification Program.

Effective:
September 4, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 436 - 129th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Eligible applicant" means a person or a political subdivision.
(2) "Eligible project" means a project that, upon completion, will be a site and facility primarily intended for commercial, industrial, or manufacturing use. "Eligible projects" do not include sites and facilities intended primarily for residential, retail, or government use.
(3) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 5701.01 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, township, county, school district, or any other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.
(5) "SiteOhio certification program" means the program created under this section.
(B) There is hereby created the SiteOhio certification program to certify and market eligible projects in the state. The program shall be administered by the department of development.
(C) An eligible applicant may apply to the director of development on forms prescribed by the director for the director to certify an eligible project. In addition to the application, the applicant shall submit any additional materials required by the director. The director shall establish scoring criteria, scoring instruments, and materials for use by the department of development in reviewing applications under the SiteOhio certification program. The content of the scoring criteria, scoring instruments, and materials shall be at the discretion of the director and may include, where practicable, evaluation of certain quality of life indicators and community assets. The scoring criteria, scoring instruments, and materials shall be published and made available with the application.
Subject to any limitations imposed under division (E)(2) of this section, the director shall approve an application and certify the applicant's eligible project if the applicant meets all of the scoring criteria established by the director.
(D) After the director of development certifies an eligible project, the project shall be listed on the department's web site. The director shall market certified eligible projects to interested persons.
(E) The director of development shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement and operate the SiteOhio certification program. The rules may provide for eligible applicants for certification to be charged fees to cover administrative costs incurred by the department in the administration of this section. Any fees collected under this section shall be credited to the SiteOhio administration fund. The director may do either of the following:
(1) Contract with one or more persons to administer all or part of the SiteOhio certification program.
(2) Limit the number of eligible projects the director certifies according to the available resources and capabilities of the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.9512 | Siteohio Administration Fund.

Effective:
September 4, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 436 - 129th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the SiteOhio administration fund. Money collected from the fees remitted by applicants for certification under section 122.9511 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund. The director of development shall use the fund to pay the department's administrative expenses for administering the SiteOhio certification program under section 122.9511 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.96 | Delegation of Authority.

Effective:
April 19, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 238 - 120th General Assembly
The director of development may delegate to officers and employees of the department of development any of the powers, duties, and functions of the director, other than the promulgation of rules or the making of reports to the governor or the general assembly, in connection with the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations, the making or entering into of loans, guarantees, inducement agreements, and other contracts, agreements, assignments, certifications, and undertakings pursuant to Chapters 122., 140., 165., and 166. of the Revised Code, except that the authority to adopt resolutions thereunder and to sign bonds and notes may be delegated only to the assistant director or to a deputy director of the department. Each such delegation shall be in writing, shall state the functions delegated, the individuals to whom or the offices or employment positions to which delegated, and the duration, not exceeding one year, of the delegation, and shall be entered in the journal of the director. Any such delegation may be extended or revoked prospectively by writing signed by the director and entered in his journal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.98 | Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Technology Committee.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio aerospace and aviation technology committee, consisting of the following members:
(1) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate, not more than two of whom may be members of the same political party;
(2) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than two of whom may be members of the same political party;
(3) Fifteen members representing the aviation, aerospace, or technology industry, the military, or academia. One such member shall be appointed by the governor, and fourteen such members shall be appointed by majority vote of the six members representing the senate and house of representatives.
The legislative members of the committee shall be appointed not later than September 1, 2014, and the remaining members shall be appointed within ten days thereafter. The initial term of all members shall end on December 31, 2016. Thereafter, the term of all members shall end on the thirty-first day of December of the year following the year of appointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment.
The first legislator appointed to the committee by the speaker of the house of representatives after the effective date of H.B. 292 of the 130th general assembly, September 17, 2014, shall serve as the first chairperson of the committee and shall serve until December 31, 2016. Every general assembly thereafter, the committee shall select a chairperson from among its legislative members.
(B) The duties of the committee shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Studying and developing comprehensive strategies to promote the aviation, aerospace, and technology industry throughout the state, including through the commercialization of aviation, aerospace, and technology products and ideas;
(2) Encouraging communication and resource-sharing among individuals and organizations involved in the aviation, aerospace, and technology industry, including business, the military, and academia;
(3) Promoting research and development in the aviation, aerospace, and technology industry, including research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles;
(4) Providing assistance related to military base realignment and closure.
(C) The Ohio aerospace and aviation council shall serve as an advisory council to the committee.
(D) The committee shall compile an annual report of its activities, findings, and recommendations and shall furnish a copy of the report to the governor, president of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year.
Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:46 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.011 | Department of Administrative Services Powers.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The department of administrative services may:
(1) Fix, alter, and charge rentals and other charges for the use and occupancy of its buildings, facilities, and other properties;
(2) Provide for the persons occupying its buildings, facilities, and other properties, health clinics, medical services, food services, and such other services as such persons cannot provide for themselves; and, if the department determines that it is more advantageous, it may enter into contracts with persons, firms, or corporations or with any governmental agency, board, commission, or department to provide any of such clinics or services.
(B) Any person may possess a firearm in a motor vehicle in the parking garage at the Riffe center for government and the arts in Columbus, if the person's possession of the firearm in the motor vehicle is not in violation of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised Code. Any person may store or leave a firearm in a locked motor vehicle that is parked in the parking garage at the Riffe center for government and the arts in Columbus, if the person's transportation and possession of the firearm in the motor vehicle while traveling to the garage was not in violation of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.02 | Director of Administrative Services - Control of Public Works.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
The director of administrative services shall be appointed superintendent of public works and shall have the care and control of the public works of the state and shall protect, maintain, and keep them in repair.
Subject to the approval of the governor, the director may purchase on behalf of the state such real or personal property, rights, or privileges as are necessary, in the director's judgment, to acquire in the maintenance of the public works or their improvement.
The document that evidences the vesting of any right, title, or interest in real property, other than public lands, belonging to or used by the state shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated. When recorded, such document and related papers shall be deposited with the director of administrative services and kept in the director of administrative services' office, except that evidence of title to highway rights-of-way shall be deposited with the director of transportation and kept in the director of transportation's office. The director of administrative services shall register the document, except title to highway rights-of-way, in a record system prepared for that purpose and open for inspection by all persons interested.
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.
Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:48 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.03 | Director May Maintain an Action.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of administrative services may maintain an action in the name of the state for violations of any law relating to the public works for an injury to property pertaining to the public works, or for any other cause which is necessary in the performance of the director's duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.04 | Rules and Regulations.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of administrative services shall have supervision of the public works of the state and shall make such rules and regulations for the maintenance and operation of the public works as are necessary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.05 | Regulation and Collection of Tolls, Rentals, and Other Revenues.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of administrative services shall regulate the rate of tolls to be collected on the public works of the state, and shall fix all rentals and collect all tolls, rents, fines, commissions, fees, and other revenues arising from any source in the public works, including the sale, purchase, or rental of property, except that the director shall not collect a commission or fee from a real estate broker or the private owner when real property is leased or rented to the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.06 | Office Space for Veterans Organizations, Auxiliary Organizations and Veterans' Home Agency.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The department of administrative services shall assign and make available, at state expense, suitable office space in state-owned facilities to accommodate the office operations of the state headquarters of both of the following:
(1) All veterans organizations in this state that either are incorporated and issued a charter by the congress of the United States or are recognized by the United States department of veterans affairs;
(2) The auxiliary organizations of veterans organizations described in division (A)(1) of this section.
(B) The department may situate office space for each auxiliary organization of a veterans organization with or near the office space of that veterans organization.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.07 | Preferential Parking for Carpools, Vanpools and Buspools.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Each state agency and any county, township, or municipal corporation owning, leasing, or controlling the operation of parking spaces for use by its employees may provide preferential parking for those vehicles used in carpools, vanpools, and buspools. The department of administrative services shall coordinate the efforts of the state agencies in providing preferential parking for such vehicles.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.08 | Appointment of Employees.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of administrative services shall appoint such forepersons, patrol officers, lock tenders, inspectors, engineers, and all other employees as are necessary for the maintenance and operation of the public works. They shall be assigned to duty under the supervision of the director, under rules and regulations prescribed by the director. Any such employee, when deemed necessary by the director, shall give proper bond to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of the employee's duties. Such bonds may, in the discretion of the director, be individual, schedule, or blanket bonds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.09 | Claims Paid Upon Order of Director.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
All claims against the state for the repair, maintenance, and operation of the public works of Ohio, including salary and expenses of all employees engaged in such work, shall be paid upon the order of the director of administrative services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.10 | Authority to Contract; Declaration of Public Exigency.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and section 123.11 of the Revised Code, "public exigency" means an injury or obstruction that occurs in any public works of the state and that materially impairs its immediate use or places in jeopardy property adjacent to it; an immediate danger of such an injury or obstruction; or an injury or obstruction, or an immediate danger of an injury or obstruction, that occurs in any public works of the state and that materially impairs its immediate use or places in jeopardy property adjacent to it.
(B) When a declaration of public exigency is issued pursuant to division (C) of this section, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall enter into contracts with proper persons for the performance of labor, the furnishing of materials, or the construction of any structures and buildings necessary to the maintenance, control, and management of the public works of the state or any part of those public works. Any contracts awarded for the work performed pursuant to the declaration of a public exigency may be awarded without competitive bidding or selection as set forth in Chapter 153. of the Revised Code.
(C) The executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission may issue a declaration of a public exigency on the executive director's own initiative or upon the request of the director of any state agency, a state institution of higher education as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, or any other state instrumentality. The executive director's declaration shall identify the specific injury, obstruction, or danger that is the subject of the declaration and shall set forth a dollar limitation for the repair, removal, or prevention of that exigency under the declaration.
Before any project to repair, remove, or prevent a public exigency under the executive director's declaration may begin, the executive director shall send notice of the project, in writing, to the director of budget and management and to the members of the controlling board. That notice shall detail the project to be undertaken to address the public exigency and shall include a copy of the executive director's declaration that establishes the monetary limitations on that project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.11 | Power to Take Lands and Materials.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
When a public exigency, as defined in division (A) of section 123.10 of the Revised Code, exists, the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission may take possession of lands and use them, or materials and other property necessary for the maintenance, protection, or repair of the public works, in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.12 | Written Approval Required for Lease or Sale of Land.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
No land lease or sale of state lands shall be made by the director of administrative services except upon the written approval of the governor and the attorney general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.13 | Custodian.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by law, the director of administrative services shall have the custody and control of the books, records, papers, surveys, maps, plats, and documents that pertain to any of the public works of this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.15 | Rules Pertaining to Lands Under Department's Supervision.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The department of administrative services may adopt, amend, and rescind rules pertaining to lands under the supervision of the department in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.16 | Filing of Bids, Proposals and Contracts.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
All bids, proposals, and contracts received by the director of administrative services shall be indorsed, filed, and preserved in his office.
Copies of contracts for work or materials, water privileges or lands on which such privileges are to be used, leases, and all other contracts entered into by the director shall be filed and recorded in his office within thirty days from their execution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.17 | Lease of State University Land - Development.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The department of administrative services may lease land belonging to or under the control or jurisdiction of a state university, not required nor to be required for use of the university, to a developer in accordance with this section. "Developer," as used in this section, means a person, partnership, association, corporation, or community improvement corporation established pursuant to Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code who or which submits a development plan to the department as provided in this section and requests the department to enter into a lease.
Such a lease of university land shall be for the purpose of development of the land by establishing, constructing, altering, repairing, expanding, and improving industrial, distribution, commercial, or research facilities. A developer desiring to lease land of the university for such development shall prepare and submit to the department of administrative services and to the board of trustees of the university a plan for such development. Plans shall include provisions for roads, streets, sewers, water lines, waste disposal, water supply, and similar matters to meet the requirements of state and local laws. The plans shall also include provision for protection of the property by insurance or otherwise and plans for financing the development, and shall set forth details of the developer's financial responsibility.
The department of administrative services may employ as employees or consultants, persons needed to assist it in reviewing the development plans. Such persons may include attorneys, financial experts, engineers, and other necessary experts. The department of administrative services shall review the development plans and may enter into a lease if it finds that:
(A) The best interests of the university will be promoted by entering into a lease with the developer.
(B) The development plans are satisfactory.
(C) The developer has established the developer's financial responsibility and satisfactory plans for financing the development.
(D) The university board of trustees approves the lease.
A lease may be entered into pursuant to this section for an annual rent agreed to between the department and the developer for a maximum term of forty years and may be renewed for a like or lesser term. The lease shall contain a provision that construction of buildings, structures, roads, and other necessary facilities shall begin within one year after the date of the lease and shall proceed according to a schedule agreed to between the department and the developer or the lease will be terminated. Moneys received by the state pursuant to such leases shall be paid into the state treasury as an addition to the appropriation made to the university which has control or jurisdiction of the land or to which the land belongs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.18 | Power to Administer Oaths.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of administrative services may administer oaths to persons required by law to file affidavits or statements in the department of administrative services and to witnesses who are examined in matters pertaining to the administration of the public works.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 123 | Department of Administrative Services - Public Works › Section 123.19 | Theater Equipment Maintenance Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
There is hereby established in the state treasury the theater equipment maintenance fund. All appropriate theater-related revenues of the department of administrative services, as determined by the department, shall be credited to that fund and to any accounts created in that fund with the department's approval. All appropriate theater-related expenses of the department, as determined by the department, including reimbursement of, or payment to, any other fund or any governmental agency for advances made or services rendered to or on behalf of the department, shall be paid from that fund as determined by or pursuant to directions of the department. All investment earnings of that fund shall be credited to it and shall be allocated among any accounts created in the fund in the manner determined by the department.