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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.25 | Tribal State Gaming Compacts.

Effective:
October 14, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 98 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Tribal-state compact" means a tribal-state compact described in the "Indian Gaming Regulatory Act," 102 Stat. 2472 (1988), 25 U.S.C. 2710(d).
(2) "Class I gaming," "class II gaming," "class III gaming," and "Indian tribe" have the same meanings as in the "Indian Gaming Regulatory Act," 102 Stat. 2472 (1988), 25 U.S.C. 2703.
(B) Neither of the following shall be ratified or take effect until the general assembly approves it by passage of an act:
(1) Each tribal-state compact the governor enters into with an Indian tribe;
(2) Each authorization the governor grants for an Indian tribe to place land into trust to be used for class I, class II, or class III gaming.
(C) Each tribal-state compact approved under this section shall contain an expiration date, which shall be not later than ten years after the compact's effective date.
(D) Each tribal-state compact approved under this section shall contain a binding agreement for the collection and payment of state and local sales, use, or other excise or applicable taxes, or for the payment of amounts that may be in lieu of such taxes, levied on any item sold to any nonmember of the governing tribe by any business establishment located on the land to be taken into trust.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.29 | Gubernatorial Transition Committee.

Effective:
June 25, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 530 - 114th General Assembly
Not later than the third Monday in November in each year in which a new governor is elected, a gubernatorial transition committee shall be appointed. The committee shall consist of the director of budget and management, who shall serve as chairman, and such other members as the governor, and the governor-elect, may select.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.30 | Appropriations for Expenses of Governor-Elect.

Effective:
September 29, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
The general assembly shall make an appropriation, in the operating budget for the fiscal year in which a new governor is elected, to the office of budget and management from the general revenue fund for the purchase of supplies, the payment of salaries for the governor-elect's immediate staff, rental or other charges for office space, the rental or purchase of equipment and furniture, printing and distribution of the inaugural address as required by section 149.04 of the Revised Code, and other reasonable expenses of the governor-elect during the period of transition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.35 | Evaluation of State and Local Workforce Programs.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The governor's office of workforce transformation, with staff support and assistance from the departments of job and family services, education, and higher education, and the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, shall establish criteria to use for evaluating the performance of state and local workforce programs using basic, aligned workforce measures related to system efficiency and effectiveness. The office shall include in the criteria a measure to determine the effectiveness of a workforce program in transitioning individuals participating in any federal, state, or local means-tested public assistance program to unsubsidized employment. The office shall develop and make available on the internet through a web site a public dashboard to display metrics regarding the state's administration of primary workforce programs, including the following programs:
(A) The adult basic and literacy education program;
(B) Programs administered under the federal "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006," 120 Stat. 683, 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq., as amended;
(C) State aid and scholarships administered by the department of higher education;
(D) Programs administered under title I of the federal "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.;
(E) The state vocational rehabilitation program administered under title I of the federal "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 29 U.S.C. 701, et seq.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.41 | Request for Department Goals and Metrics.

Effective:
December 30, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 127th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "department" has the same meaning as in section 121.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Whenever the governor finds necessary, the governor shall direct each department to establish goals and metrics that, when achieved, will further the governor's leadership agenda.
(C) To increase transparency, each department's performance measures, which shall be determined by assessing the department's adherence to the goals and metrics developed pursuant to this section, shall be periodically posted on the governor's web site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.51 | "Agency" and "Draft Rule" Defined; Construction of Sections.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in sections 107.51 to 107.55 of the Revised Code, "agency" and "draft rule" have the meanings defined in section 121.81 of the Revised Code.
Sections 107.51 to 107.55 and 107.61 to 107.63 of the Revised Code are complementary to sections 121.81 to 121.82 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 11:16 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.52 | Draft Rules With Adverse Impact on Businesses.

Effective:
August 18, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly
A draft or existing rule that affects businesses has an adverse impact on businesses if a provision of the draft or existing rule that applies to businesses has any of the following effects:
(A) It requires a license, permit, or any other prior authorization to engage in or operate a line of business;
(B) It imposes a criminal penalty, a civil penalty, or another sanction, or creates a cause of action, for failure to comply with its terms;
(C) It requires specific expenditures or the report of information as a condition of compliance ; or
(D) It would be likely to directly reduce the revenue or increase the expenses of the lines of business to which it will apply or applies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.53 | Business Impact Analysis Instrument.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly
The common sense initiative office shall develop, and as it becomes necessary or advisable shall improve, a business impact analysis instrument that shall be used as required by law to evaluate draft and existing rules that might have an adverse impact on businesses. The instrument shall be in writing, and shall include the following:
(A) Standards that encourage agencies to propose draft rules, and to evaluate existing rules, and proposed revisions thereto, in such a manner that the rules will be as easy to understand as their subject matter permits;
(B) Performance measures that can be applied to evaluate the likely efficiency and effectiveness of a draft or existing rule in achieving its regulatory objectives;
(C) Standards for evaluating alternative means of regulation that might reduce or eliminate the adverse impact a draft or existing rule might have on businesses;
(D) Standards that will promote transparency, predictability, consistency, and flexibility in the implementation and operation of a draft or existing rule, as well as an overall balance in a draft or existing rule between its regulatory objectives and the costs of compliance it imposes on regulated persons;
(E) Standards that require an agency to encourage businesses that might be adversely impacted by a draft rule to participate in the rule-making process, beginning at the earliest practicable stage, and that will encourage businesses that are or may be adversely impacted by an existing rule to offer advice and assistance to the agency when the existing rule is being implemented and administered; and
(F) Any other standards or measures, or any other criteria, the office concludes will reduce or eliminate adverse impacts on businesses and foster improved regulation and economic development in the state.
Alternative means of regulation include, and are not limited to, less stringent compliance or reporting requirements, less stringent schedules or deadlines, consolidation or simplification of requirements, establishment of performance standards to replace operational standards, and exemption of businesses.
The instrument does not need to be adopted as a rule. The office shall publish the current instrument in the register of Ohio.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.54 | Evaluation of Draft Rules; Recommendations.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly
(A)(1) When the common sense initiative office receives a draft rule and business impact analysis from an agency, the office shall evaluate the draft rule and analysis against the business impact analysis instrument and any other relevant criteria, and may prepare and transmit recommendations to the agency on how the draft rule might be revised to eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses.
(2) When the office receives an existing rule and business impact analysis from an agency under division (A)(2) of section 106.031 of the Revised Code, the office shall evaluate the existing rule and analysis against the business impact analysis instrument and any other relevant criteria, and may prepare and transmit recommendations to the agency on how the existing rule might be amended or rescinded to eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the existing rule has on businesses.
(B) The office shall transmit any such recommendations electronically to the agency. If the office fails to make such a transmission after receiving the draft or existing rule and business impact analysis, it is as if the office had elected not to make any recommendations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.55 | Annual Report.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly
The common sense initiative office, annually not later than the first day of February, shall prepare a report of the activities of the office during the preceding calendar year. The report shall include:
(A) A statement of the number of draft and existing rules reviewed during the calendar year;
(B) A description of the recommendations made to agencies with regard to draft and existing rules;
(C) An assessment of the status of the recommendations made;
(D) An explanation of the performance measures developed to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the office;
(E) An evaluation of the work of the office judged against the performance measures; and
(F) Any other information the office believes will explain the work of the office.
The office shall transmit a copy of the report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.57 | Regulatory Restriction Elimination.

Effective:
June 8, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly
(A) In the course of evaluating draft rules and business impact analyses under sections 107.51 to 107.55 of the Revised Code, or at any other time, the common sense initiative office may review any rules containing regulatory restrictions that a state agency is required to include in its inventory of regulatory restrictions under section 121.95 of the Revised Code. If the common sense initiative office determines, based on the criteria described in division (A) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code, that a state agency should eliminate a regulatory restriction, the common sense initiative office shall notify the state agency that it is required to eliminate that regulatory restriction, and the state agency shall eliminate it.
(B) If a state agency objects to the elimination of a regulatory restriction that the common sense initiative office has determined should be eliminated under division (A) of this section, the state agency may appeal that decision to the joint committee on agency rule review. If the joint committee also determines, based on the criteria described in division (A) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code, that the state agency should eliminate the regulatory restriction, the state agency shall eliminate it.
(C) As used in this section, "state agency" has the same meaning as in section 121.95 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:34 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.61 | Common Sense Initiative Office.

Effective:
June 7, 2011
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 129th General Assembly
The common sense initiative office is established within the office of the governor. The governor shall organize, and as it becomes necessary or advisable may re-organize, the office. The governor shall appoint professional, technical, and clerical personnel who are necessary if the work of the office is to be carried out efficiently and successfully. The employees are in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall provide the office with office space, and with furnishings, equipment, and resources, as is necessary if the work of the office is to be carried out efficiently and successfully. References in law authorizing or requiring action by the "common sense initiative office" imply action being taken by relevant personnel of the office. The governor may delegate any or all of the governor's responsibilities under this section as the governor deems appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.62 | Establishment of Comment System.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly
The common sense initiative office shall establish a system through which any person may comment concerning:
(A) The adverse impact on businesses a draft rule might have;
(B) The adverse impact on businesses that a rule currently in effect is having; or
(C) The adverse impact on businesses the implementation or administration of a rule currently in effect is having.
The office shall prepare a plan for the comment system, and shall revise or replace the plan to improve the comment system in light of learning, experience, or technological development. The office shall publish the current plan for the comment system in the register of Ohio.
At a minimum, the plan for the comment system shall provide for communication of comments as follows: The office shall accept comments in writing that are delivered to the office personally, by mail, or by express. The office shall establish a toll-free telephone number that a person may call to offer comments. (The telephone number shall be connected to a recording device at its answering point.) The office shall create a web site that enables a person to offer comments electronically. The web site also shall provide notification to the public of any draft or existing rule that may have an adverse impact on businesses, which notification shall include copies of the draft or existing rule and the business impact analysis of the draft rule.
The office shall forward written, telephoned, and electronically transmitted comments to the state agency having jurisdiction over the rule. The office has no other duty with regard to the comments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.63 | Small Business Advisory Council.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this section, "small business" means an independently owned and operated for-profit or nonprofit business entity, including affiliates, that has fewer than five hundred full time employees or gross annual sales of less than six million dollars, and has operations located in the state.
The small business advisory council is established in the office of the governor. The council shall advise the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the common sense initiative office on the adverse impact draft and existing rules might have on small businesses. The council shall meet at the discretion of the director of the common sense initiative office.
The council consists of nine members. The governor, or the person to whom the governor has delegated responsibilities for the common sense initiative office under section 107.61 of the Revised Code, shall appoint five members, the president of the senate shall appoint two members, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two members. A member serves at the pleasure of the member's appointing authority. The appointing authorities shall consult with each other and appoint only individuals who are representative of small businesses, and shall do so in such a manner that the membership of the council is composed of representatives of small businesses that are of different sizes, engaged in different lines of business, and located in different parts of the state.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 11:16 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 107 | Governor › Section 107.71 | Office of Innovateohio.

Effective:
December 27, 2018
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 296 - 132nd General Assembly
The office of innovateohio is hereby established within the office of the governor. The governor shall appoint a director of the office who shall receive an annual salary equal to the maximum compensation specified in pay range 48 of salary schedule E-2 in division (B)(1) of section 124.152 of the Revised Code. The governor shall appoint necessary professional, technical, and clerical personnel. The employees serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall set the duties of the office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 108 | Lieutenant Governor › Section 108.01 | Election - Term.

Effective:
March 10, 1978
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 115 - 112th General Assembly
The lieutenant governor shall be elected quadrennially, jointly with the governor, and shall hold his office for a term of four years. The term of office of the lieutenant governor shall commence on the second Monday of January next after his election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 108 | Lieutenant Governor › Section 108.04 | Deputy Commander-in-Chief Military and Naval Forces of State.

Effective:
November 6, 1969
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 353 - 108th General Assembly
The lieutenant governor is the deputy commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state, except when such forces are called into the service of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 108 | Lieutenant Governor › Section 108.05 | Member of the Governor's Cabinet - Appointment as an Administrative Department Head.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The lieutenant governor shall be a member of the governor's cabinet and shall preside at its meetings in the absence of the governor.
(B) The governor may appoint the lieutenant governor as an administrative department head listed in section 121.03 of the Revised Code, as the governor's representative on any board, agency, committee, or commission of which the governor is a member and has the authority to appoint a representative, or in an advisory capacity to any nonelective board, agency, committee, or commission in the executive department or may give the lieutenant governor any special assignment as the governor considers in the interest of the state.
(C) When carrying out any of the functions described in division (B) of this section, the lieutenant governor shall be reimbursed from funds of the particular authority for necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of authority business.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.01 | Election - Term.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
The attorney general shall be elected quadrennially, and shall hold his office for a term of four years. The term of office of the attorney general shall commence on the second Monday of January next after his election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.02 | Duties as Chief Law Officer.

Effective:
September 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 21, House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The attorney general is the chief law officer for the state and all its departments and shall be provided with adequate office space in Columbus. Except as provided in division (E) of section 120.06 and in sections 101.55, 107.13, and 3517.152 to 3517.157 of the Revised Code, no state officer or board, or head of a department or institution of the state shall employ, or be represented by, other counsel or attorneys at law. The attorney general shall appear for the state in the trial and argument of all civil and criminal causes in the supreme court in which the state is directly or indirectly interested. When required by the governor or the general assembly, the attorney general shall appear for the state in any court or tribunal in a cause in which the state is a party, or in which the state is directly interested. Upon the written request of the governor, the attorney general shall prosecute any person indicted for a crime.
Last updated August 7, 2023 at 2:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.03 | Appointment of Assistant Attorney General and Chief Counsel - Duties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The attorney general may appoint a first assistant attorney general, a chief counsel, and assistant attorneys general, each of whom shall be an attorney at law, to serve for the term for which the attorney general is elected, unless sooner discharged by him, and each shall perform such duties, not otherwise provided by law, as are assigned him by the attorney general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.04 | Powers and Duties of First Assistant Attorney General.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
During the absence or disability of the attorney general, or when so directed by the attorney general, including all the rights, privileges, and powers conferred upon the attorney general by sections 2939.10, 2939.11, and 2939.17 of the Revised Code, the first assistant attorney general shall perform the duties of the attorney general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.06 | Bond.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, the attorney general shall give a bond to the state in the sum of five thousand dollars, with a surety authorized to do business in the state, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of attorney general. Such bond and the oath of office shall be deposited with and kept by the secretary of state in the secretary of state's office.
The first assistant attorney general shall give a bond to the state in the sum of five thousand dollars, and such other employees as are designated by the attorney general shall give a bond to the state in such amounts as the attorney general determines. Such bonds shall be approved by the attorney general, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices, and shall be deposited with and kept by the secretary of state in the secretary of state's office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.07 | Special Counsel.

Effective:
May 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 210 - 119th General Assembly
Except under the circumstances described in division (E) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, the attorney general may appoint special counsel to represent the state in civil actions, criminal prosecutions, or other proceedings in which the state is a party or directly interested. The special counsel shall be paid for their services from funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.08 | Special Counsel to Collect Claims.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
The attorney general may appoint and authorize special counsel to represent the state and any political subdivision in connection with all claims of whatsoever nature which are certified to the attorney general for collection under any law or which the attorney general is authorized to collect.
Such special counsel shall be paid for their services from funds collected by them in an amount approved by the attorney general. In addition to the amount certified, the amounts paid to special counsel may be assessed as collection costs consistent with section 131.02 of the Revised Code and shall be fully recoverable from the party indebted. The amounts assessed as collection costs under this section are in addition to any amounts authorized under section 109.081 of the Revised Code.
The attorney general is authorized to provide to the special counsel the official letterhead stationery of the attorney general. The attorney general may authorize the special counsel to use the letterhead stationery, but only in connection with the collection of such claims arising out of amounts certified by the state and political subdivisions.
The attorney general may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary for the implementation of this section and section 109.081 of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 29, 2021 at 3:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.081 | Attorney General Claims Fund.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 227 - 131st General Assembly
Up to eleven per cent of all amounts collected by the attorney general, whether by employees or agents of the attorney general or by special counsel pursuant to section 109.08 of the Revised Code, on claims certified in accordance with section 131.02 of the Revised Code, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the attorney general claims fund, which is hereby created. The attorney general, after consultation with the director of budget and management, shall determine the exact percentage of those collected amounts that shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the fund. In addition to the amount certified, the amount shall be assessed as a collection cost consistent with section 131.02 of the Revised Code, and is fully recoverable from the party indebted. The amounts assessed as collection costs under this section are in addition to any amounts authorized under section 109.08 of the Revised Code. The attorney general claims fund shall be used for the payment of expenses incurred by the office of the attorney general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.082 | Problem Resolution Officers for Tax Collection Complaints.

Effective:
September 28, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 390 - 126th General Assembly
The attorney general shall appoint one or more problem resolution officers from among the employees of the office of the attorney general. These officers shall receive and review inquiries and complaints concerning collections made pursuant to Chapters 5733., 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code regarding which the taxpayer has been unable to obtain satisfactory information after several attempts to communicate with the employee of the office assigned to the taxpayer's collection case or the employee's immediate supervisor, or the special counsel assigned to the case.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.09 | Action on Official Bonds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When so directed, the attorney general shall bring an action on the official bond of a delinquent officer, and shall also prosecute any officer for an offense against the revenue laws of the state that come to his knowledge. Such action may be brought by him in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, or of any county in which one or more defendants reside, or can be summoned.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.10 | Proceedings in Quo Warranto.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The attorney general may prosecute a proceeding in quo warranto in the supreme court of the state, the court of appeals of Franklin county, or the court of appeals of any county wherein a defendant company has a place of business, or the officers or persons made defendants reside or may be found.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.11 | Attorney General Reimbursement Fund.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the attorney general reimbursement fund that shall be used for the expenses of the office of the attorney general in providing legal services and other services on behalf of the state. Except as otherwise provided in this division, all amounts received by the attorney general as reimbursement for legal services and other services that have been rendered to other state agencies shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the attorney general reimbursement fund. All amounts awarded by a court to the attorney general for attorney's fees, investigation costs, expert witness fees, fines, and all other costs and fees associated with representation provided by the attorney general and all amounts awarded to the attorney general by a court shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the attorney general reimbursement fund. All amounts paid into the state treasury under division (D)(3) of section 2953.32 or division (B)(3) of section 2953.39 of the Revised Code and that are required under that division to be credited to the attorney general reimbursement fund shall be credited to the fund, and the amounts so credited shall be used by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for expenses related to the sealing or expungement of records.
Last updated February 8, 2024 at 3:05 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.111 | Attorney General Court Order Fund.

Effective:
September 19, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 121st General Assembly
There is hereby created the attorney general court order fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all money collected or received as a result of an order of any court to be received or secured by, or delivered to, the attorney general for transfer, distribution, disbursement, or allocation pursuant to court order. All money in the fund, including investment earnings thereon, shall be used solely to make payment as directed pursuant to court order.
Last updated February 8, 2024 at 3:05 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.112 | Notice of Receipt of Funds; Disposition of Funds.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
If the state of Ohio or any agency or officer of the state is named in a court order to be the recipient of any money collected or received by the attorney general under section 109.111 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall notify the director of budget and management of the amount of money to be collected or received under, and the terms of, the court order. The director, in consultation with the attorney general, shall determine the appropriate distribution of the money to the appropriate custodial fund or funds within the state treasury, consistent with the terms of the order. Upon its collection or receipt, the attorney general shall transfer the money from the attorney general court order fund to the appropriate fund or funds as determined by the director.
Last updated February 8, 2024 at 3:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.113 | Large Settlements and Awards Fund.

Effective:
January 1, 2025
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The large settlements and awards fund is created in the state treasury.
(B) The fund shall consist of:
(1) The proceeds of an award, adjudication, settlement, or compromise of claims collected or received by the office of the attorney general under division (B)(2) of section 109.112 of the Revised Code;
(2) Investment earnings on money in the fund.
(C) Pursuant to Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 22, a specific appropriation shall be made by law before any money may be drawn from this fund.
(D) Appropriations made from this fund shall be consistent with applicable federal or state law.
Last updated February 7, 2024 at 5:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.12 | Legal Advice to State Officers and Boards.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
The attorney general, when so requested, shall give legal advice to a state officer, board, commission, the warden of a state correctional institution, the superintendent, trustees, or directors of a benevolent institution of the state, and the trustees of the Ohio state university, in all matters relating to their official duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.121 | Real Property Title Review and Opinion.

Effective:
November 12, 1969
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 205 - 108th General Assembly
Prior to the acquisition by the state of any right, title, or interest in real property, except highway rights-of-way, evidence of such right, title, or interest shall be submitted to the attorney general for his review and opinion. Such evidence shall be that customarily and generally used in the community in which the real property is situated and may consist of, but not be limited to, attorneys' opinions of title, abstracts of title, title guarantees, or title insurance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.122 | Review of Entertainment or Sponsorship Contracts of Expositions Commission.

Effective:
July 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The attorney general may review for form, content, and legality and provide legal advice concerning any proposed entertainment or sponsorship contracts of the Ohio expositions commission that the commission provides as required by section 991.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) The commission shall reimburse the attorney general for all legal expenses associated with reviewing proposed entertainment or sponsorship contracts under division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.14 | Attorney General Shall Advise Prosecuting Attorneys and Township Law Directors.

Effective:
September 20, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly
When requested by them, the attorney general shall advise the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties respecting their duties in all complaints, suits, and controversies in which the state is, or may be a party, and shall advise the township law director of a township that has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.15 | Forms of Contracts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The attorney general shall prepare suitable forms of contracts, obligations, and other like instruments of writing for the use of state officers, when requested by the governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, or treasurer of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.16 | Suits May Be Brought in Franklin County.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The attorney general may prosecute an action, information, or other proceeding in behalf of the state, or in which the state is interested, except prosecutions by indictment, in the proper court of Franklin county, or of any other county in which one or more of the defendants reside or may be found. No civil action, unless elsewhere specially provided, shall be commenced in Franklin county, if one or more of the defendants do not reside or cannot be found therein, unless the attorney general certifies on the writ that he believes the amount in controversy exceeds five hundred dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.17 | Writs in Other Counties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In all cases instituted by the attorney general under sections 109.01 to 109.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the writ may be sent by mail to the sheriff of any county, and returned by him in like manner. For such service, the sheriff shall be allowed the same mileage and fees as if the writ had been issued from the court of common pleas or the court of appeals of his county, and made returnable thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.18 | Service by Publication.

Effective:
October 7, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly
If a writ or mesne process in proceedings in quo warranto is returned "not found" by the sheriff of the county in which the company is authorized by law to have its place of business, the clerk of the court in which the information or other proceeding is filed shall issue a notice of the filing and substance thereof, and cause it to be published once a week for six consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in and of general circulation in the county wherein such company is authorized to have its place of business. An affidavit of the publication together with a copy of the notice shall be filed in the office of the clerk. If the defendant company fails to answer or plead to such information or proceeding within thirty days from the filing of the affidavit and copy, judgment shall be given upon the default as if the writ or mesne process had been served and returned.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.19 | Security for Costs and Verification of Pleadings.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No undertaking or security is required on behalf of the state or an officer thereof, in the prosecution or defense of any action, writ, or proceeding. In an action, writ, or proceeding it is not necessary to verify the pleadings on the part of the state or any officer thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.20 | Actions to Be Taken Out of Their Order.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon motion of the attorney general, embodying a statement that the public interests require it, a civil action, brought or prosecuted by him on behalf of the state, or an officer, board, or commission thereof, or an action in which the state is a party, shall be taken out of its order upon the docket and assigned for trial at as early a day as practicable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.21 | Moneys Paid Into General Revenue Fund.

Effective:
January 15, 1998
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 164 - 122nd General Assembly
The attorney general shall pay all moneys collected or received by the attorney general on behalf of the state into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.22 | Registers Shall Be Kept.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The attorney general shall keep a register of all actions, demands, complaints, writs, informations, and other proceedings, prosecuted or defended by him, noting therein the proceedings under each, and a register of all official opinions in writing given by him. He shall deliver to his successor the registers, papers, documents, books, and other property belonging to his office .
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.23 | Charitable Trust Defined.

Effective:
November 19, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 347 - 111th General Assembly
As used in sections 109.23 to 109.33 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Charitable trust" means any fiduciary relationship with respect to property arising under the law of this state or of another jurisdiction as a result of a manifestation of intention to create it, and subjecting the person by whom the property is held to fiduciary duties to deal with the property within this state for any charitable, religious, or educational purpose.
(B) "Charitable trust" includes the fiduciary relationship, the entity serving as trustee, the status as trustee, the corpus of such trust, or a combination of any or all of such meanings, regardless of the primary meaning of any use of the term, that is necessary in any circumstances to effect the purposes of such sections.
(C) An executor, administrator, guardian, or other conservator of the estate of a decedent, incompetent, or other similarly protected person is, when holding assets in which a charitable trust has a vested or contingent interest and to the extent that such sections are not clearly inapplicable, to be considered a fiduciary of a charitable trust.
(D) The fact that any person sought to be charged with fiduciary duties is a corporation, association, foundation, or any other type of organization that has, under judicial decisions or other statutes, been distinguished from a charitable trust does not provide a presumption against its being a charitable trust as defined in this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.232 | Amendment of Governing Instrument of Trust.

Effective:
July 15, 1972
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 533 - 109th General Assembly
(A) The governing instrument of a trust described in division (A) of section 109.231 of the Revised Code may be amended to permit the trust to acquire the characteristics of a trust described in section 664 (D)(1) or (2) of the internal revenue code of 1954, or to conform to the requirements of, or to obtain benefits available under, section 507, 508, or 509 of the internal revenue code of 1954. Such amendment may be made by the trustee with the approval of the attorney general, of the trustor, and, if one or more beneficiaries are named in the governing instrument of such trust, of each named beneficiary. If the trustor is not then living or is not then competent to give such approval, such amendment may be made by the trustee with the approval of the attorney general and, if one or more beneficiaries are named in the governing instrument of such trust, of each named beneficiary. If one or more of said required approvals is not obtained, the trustee may apply to the court having jurisdiction over such trust for approval of such amendment. Said governing instrument may also be amended in any respect and by any method set forth therein or as otherwise provided by law.
(B) Nothing in this section impairs the rights and powers of the courts or the attorney general of this state with respect to any trust.
(C) For the purposes of sections 109.231 and 109.232 of the Revised Code, all references to sections of the internal revenue code of 1954 include all amendments or reenactments thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.25 | Attorney General Is Necessary Party to Charitable Trust Proceedings.

Effective:
November 19, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 347 - 111th General Assembly
The attorney general is a necessary party to and shall be served with process or with summons by registered mail in all judicial proceedings, the object of which is to:
(A) Terminate a charitable trust or distribute assets;
(B) Depart from the objects or purposes of a charitable trust as the same are set forth in the instrument creating the trust, including any proceeding for the application of the doctrine of cy pres or deviation;
(C) Construe the provisions of an instrument with respect to a charitable trust;
(D) Determine the validity of a will having provisions for a charitable trust.
A judgment rendered in such proceedings without service of process or summons upon the attorney general is void, unenforceable, and shall be set aside upon the attorney general's motion seeking such relief. The attorney general shall intervene in any judicial proceeding affecting a charitable trust when requested to do so by the court having jurisdiction of the proceeding, and may intervene in any judicial proceeding affecting a charitable trust when he determines that the public interest should be protected in such proceeding.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 109 | Attorney General › Section 109.26 | Registration of Charitable Trusts.

Effective:
January 10, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 659 - 112th General Assembly
Except as provided in this section, every charitable trust established or active in this state shall register with the attorney general. The attorney general shall prepare and maintain a register of such charitable trusts. The following are not required to register under this section:
(A) Charitable remainder trusts created after July 31, 1969, gifts to which are deductible for federal income, gift, or estate tax purposes;
(B) Charitable trusts in which all charitable interests are contingent and will vest only upon conditions which have not occurred;
(C) Decedent's estates;
(D) Such other classes of charitable trusts as the attorney general may exempt from registration by regulation pursuant to section 109.27 of the Revised Code.
County or independent agricultural societies organized under Chapter 1711. of the Revised Code are not charitable trusts.
Every charitable trust shall be registered with the attorney general in accordance with this section within six months after the effective date of this section, November 19, 1975, within six months after the creation of such trust, or within six months after occurrence of an event by reason of which such trust is required to register by this section, whichever is later, provided that all registrations of charitable trusts made prior to November 19, 1975, shall be deemed in full compliance with this section and no further registration shall be required.
No trustee of a charitable trust shall willfully fail to register such charitable trust as required by this section.