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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.304 | Historic Homestead Register Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
Any person owning or in possession of an Ohio homestead or tract of land which has been owned or in the possession of the person's family for one hundred years or more may apply to the Ohio history connection to list the homestead or tract of land in a register to be maintained by the Ohio history connection. The Ohio history connection shall provide forms for such applications and shall submit applications received to the Ohio historic site preservation advisory board, which shall rule on the authenticity of the homestead or ownership or possession of the tract of land according to criteria it shall establish and make public.
Upon authentication of the homestead or tract of land by the board, the Ohio history connection shall list the homestead or tract of land on its register and provide the applicant with a plaque of suitable design determined by the Ohio history connection to be affixed to the homestead or tract of land. The plaque shall identify the homestead or tract of land as an historic homestead and specify that it is one hundred years or more old as of the date of recognition. If the date or year of construction of the homestead or purchase of tract of land is known, that date or year may appear on the plaque in lieu of the fact that the homestead or tract of land is one hundred years or more old. The plaque shall not bear the name of any member of the Ohio history connection, board, or any other public official, but may carry an appropriate emblem to be determined by the Ohio history connection.
All costs of administering the historic homestead register program, including maintenance of the register, research into the authenticity of the homestead or tract of land, plaque, and plaque design, and mailing costs, shall be determined by the Ohio history connection and shall be borne by the applicant.
The applicant shall be responsible for displaying the plaque on the homestead or tract of land in a suitable manner, and shall bear all costs of such display.
The Ohio history connection may arrange to present plaques to applicants so desiring at the Ohio history connection's annual meeting.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.307 | Ohio History License Plate Contribution Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio history license plate contribution fund. The fund shall consist of the contributions that are paid to the registrar of motor vehicles by applicants who choose to obtain "Ohio history" license plates pursuant to section 4503.95 of the Revised Code.
The contributions deposited in the fund shall be used by the Ohio history connection to provide grants to historical organizations located in this state. An organization that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant only to host exhibits and increase access to its collection by the public.
The Ohio history connection shall establish and administer all aspects of the grant program, including eligibility requirements for receiving a grant under the program.
Not later than the last business day of January of each year, the Ohio history connection shall prepare and submit to the general assembly a written report, detailing all aspects of the grant program during the immediately preceding calendar year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.308 | Ohio History Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio history fund, which shall consist of money contributed to it under section 5747.113 of the Revised Code for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and of contributions made directly to it. Any person may contribute directly to the fund in addition to or independently of the income tax refund contribution system established in section 5747.113 of the Revised Code.
The Ohio history connection shall use money credited to the fund in furtherance of the public functions with which the Ohio history connection is charged under section 149.30 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.3010 | American-Indian Burial Sites.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The Ohio history connection, in addition to its other functions, may use any land owned by the Ohio history connection, any land owned by the state and in the Ohio history connection's custody and control, any land leased by the Ohio history connection, or any land that the Ohio history connection has agreed to lease to another entity or organization, for the purpose of repatriation of American Indian human remains.
The Ohio history connection shall work with and cooperate with federally recognized Indian tribal governments in the selection, management, and use of burial sites under this section. The Ohio history connection shall implement reasonable standards for the use and maintenance of the burial sites. In the event the Ohio history connection shall deaccession, otherwise dispose of, or no longer have custody and control of a burial site, the Ohio history connection shall retain access and authority to maintain the site or the Ohio history connection shall assign its right of access and maintenance to the person acquiring the site.
Chapters 517., 759., 1721., and 4767. of the Revised Code do not apply to burial sites under this section.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 11:47 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.31 | Archives Administration for the State.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The Ohio history connection, in addition to its other functions, shall function as the state archives administration for the state and its political subdivisions.
It shall be the function of the state archives administration to preserve government archives, documents, and records of historical value that may come into its possession from public or private sources.
The archives administration shall evaluate, preserve, arrange, service repair, or make other disposition of, including transfer to public libraries, county historical societies, state universities, or other public or quasi-public institutions, agencies, or corporations, those public records of the state and its political subdivisions that may come into its possession under this section. Those public records shall be transferred by written agreement only, and only to public or quasi-public institutions, agencies, or corporations capable of meeting accepted archival standards for housing and use.
The archives administration shall be headed by a trained archivist designated by the Ohio history connection and shall make its services available to county, municipal, township, school district, library, and special taxing district records commissions upon request. The archivist shall be designated as the "state archivist."
(B) The archives administration may purchase or procure for itself, or authorize the board of trustees of an archival institution to purchase or procure, from an insurance company licensed to do business in this state policies of insurance insuring the administration or the members of the board and their officers, employees, and agents against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission of the board members, officers, employees, and agents in their official capacity.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the archives administration may establish a fee schedule, which may include the cost of labor, for researching, retrieving, copying, and mailing copies of public records in the state archives. Revisions to the fee schedule shall be subject to approval by the board of trustees of the Ohio history connection.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.33 | State Records Program - Office of State Records Administration.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The department of administrative services shall have responsibility for establishing and administering a state records program for all state agencies, except for state-supported institutions of higher education. The department shall apply efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposition of state records.
There is hereby established within the department of administrative services a state records program, which shall be under the control and supervision of the director of administrative services or the director's appointed deputy.
(B) The boards of trustees of state-supported institutions of higher education shall have full responsibility for establishing and administering a records program for their respective institutions. The boards shall apply efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposition of the records of their respective institutions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.331 | State Record Administration Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The state records program of the department of administrative services shall do all of the following:
(A) Establish and promulgate in consultation with the state archivist standards, procedures, and techniques for the effective management of state records;
(B) Review applications for one-time records disposal and schedules of records retention and destruction submitted by state agencies in accordance with section 149.333 of the Revised Code;
(C) Establish "general schedules" proposing the disposal, after the lapse of specified periods of time, of records of specified form or character common to several or all agencies that either have accumulated or may accumulate in such agencies and that apparently will not, after the lapse of the periods specified, have sufficient administrative, legal, fiscal, or other value to warrant their further preservation by the state;
(D) Establish and maintain a records management training program, and provide a basic consulting service, for personnel involved in record-making and record-keeping functions of departments, offices, and institutions;
(E) Provide for the disposition of any remaining records of any state agency, board, or commission, whether in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of government, that has terminated its operations. After the closing of the Ohio veterans' children's home, the resident records of the home and the resident records of the home when it was known as the soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home required to be maintained by approved records retention schedules shall be administered by the state department of education and workforce pursuant to this chapter, the administrative records of the home required to be maintained by approved records retention schedules shall be administered by the department of administrative services pursuant to this chapter, and historical records of the home shall be transferred to an appropriate archival institution in this state prescribed by the state records program.
(F) Establish a centralized program coordinating micrographics standards, training, and services for the benefit of all state agencies;
(G) Establish and publish in accordance with the applicable law necessary procedures and rules for the retention and disposal of state records.
This section does not apply to the records of state-supported institutions of higher education, which shall keep their own records.
Last updated September 5, 2023 at 5:18 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.332 | Records Management Programs in the Legislative and Judicial Branches of State Government.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Upon request the director of administrative services and the state archivist shall assist and advise in the establishment of records management programs in the legislative and judicial branches of state government and shall, as required by them, provide program services similar to those available to the executive branch under section 149.33 of the Revised Code. Prior to the disposal of any records, the state archivist shall be allowed sixty days to select for preservation in the state archives those records the state archivist determines to have continuing historical value.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.333 | Applying for Record Disposal or Transfer.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
No state agency shall retain, destroy, or otherwise transfer its state records in violation of this section. This section does not apply to state-supported institutions of higher education.
Each state agency shall submit to the state records program under the director of administrative services all applications for records disposal or transfer and all schedules of records retention and destruction. The state records program shall review the applications and schedules and provide written approval, rejection, or modification of an application or schedule. The state records program shall then forward the application for records disposal or transfer or the schedule for retention or destruction, with the program's recommendation attached, to the auditor of state for review and approval. The decision of the auditor of state to approve, reject, or modify the application or schedule shall be based upon the continuing administrative and fiscal value of the state records to the state or to its citizens. If the auditor of state disapproves the action by the state agency, the auditor of state shall so inform the state agency through the state records program within sixty days, and the records shall not be destroyed.
At the same time, the state records program shall forward the application for records disposal or transfer or the schedule for retention or destruction to the state archivist for review and approval. The state archivist shall have sixty days to select for custody the state records that the state archivist determines to be of continuing historical value. Records not selected shall be disposed of in accordance with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.34 | Records Management Procedures.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The head of each state agency, office, institution, board, or commission shall do the following:
(A) Establish, maintain, and direct an active continuing program for the effective management of the records of the state agency;
(B) Submit to the state records program, in accordance with applicable standards and procedures, schedules proposing the length of time each record series warrants retention for administrative, legal, or fiscal purposes after it has been received or created by the agency. The head also shall submit to the state records program applications for disposal of records in the head's custody that are not needed in the transaction of current business and are not otherwise scheduled for retention or destruction.
(C) Within one year after their date of creation or receipt, schedule all records for disposition or retention in the manner prescribed by applicable law and procedures.
This section does not apply to state-supported institutions of higher education.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.35 | Laws Prohibiting the Destruction of Records.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
If any law prohibits the destruction of records, the director of administrative services, the director's designee, or the boards of trustees of state-supported institutions of higher education shall not order their destruction or other disposition. If any law provides that records shall be kept for a specified period of time, the director of administrative services, the director's designee, or the boards shall not order their destruction or other disposition prior to the expiration of that period.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.352 | Replevin of Public Records.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly
Upon request of the department of administrative services, the attorney general may replevin any public records which have been unlawfully transferred or removed in violation of sections 149.31 to 149.44 of the Revised Code or otherwise transferred or removed unlawfully. Such records shall be returned to the office of origin and safeguards shall be established to prevent further recurrence of unlawful transfer or removal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.36 | Authority Not Restricted.

Effective:
October 19, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 737 - 103rd General Assembly
The provisions of sections 149.31 to 149.42, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall not impair or restrict the authority given by other statutes over the creation of records, systems, forms, procedures, or the control over purchases of equipment by public offices.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.39 | Records Commission - Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
There is hereby created in each municipal corporation a records commission composed of the chief executive or the chief executive's appointed representative, as chairperson, and the chief fiscal officer, the chief legal officer, and a citizen appointed by the chief executive. The commission shall appoint a secretary, who may or may not be a member of the commission and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commission may employ an archivist or records manager to serve under its direction. The commission shall meet at least once every six months and upon the call of the chairperson.
The functions of the commission shall be to provide rules for retention and disposal of records of the municipal corporation, and to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by municipal offices. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.40 | Making Only Necessary Records.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly
The head of each public office shall cause to be made only such records as are necessary for the adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency and for the protection of the legal and financial rights of the state and persons directly affected by the agency's activities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.41 | School District Records Commission - Educational Service Center Records Commission.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
There is hereby created in each city, local, joint vocational, and exempted village school district a school district records commission, and in each educational service center an educational service center records commission. Each records commission shall be composed of the president, the treasurer of the board of education or governing board of the educational service center, and the superintendent of schools in each such district or educational service center. The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months.
The function of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by any employee of the school district or educational service center. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.411 | Library Records Commission.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
There is hereby created in each county free public library, municipal free public library, township free public library, school district free public library as described in section 3375.15 of the Revised Code, county library district, and regional library district a library records commission composed of the members and the fiscal officer of the board of library trustees of the appropriate public library or library district. The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months.
The functions of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by any employee of the library. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.412 | Special Taxing District Records Commission.

Effective:
January 30, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in each special taxing district that is a public office as defined in section 149.011 of the Revised Code and that is not specifically designated in section 149.38, 149.39, 149.41, 149.411, or 149.42 of the Revised Code a special taxing district records commission composed of, at a minimum, the chairperson, a fiscal representative, and a legal representative of the governing board of the special taxing district. The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months and upon the call of the chairperson.
The functions of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by any employee of the special taxing district. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
(B) A special taxing district, the territory of which is coextensive with the territorial limits of a county, upon mutual assent between the special taxing district and the board of county commissioners, may designate the county records commission as the records commission for the special taxing district. Such a designation authorizes the county records commission to exercise all of the duties and responsibilities of a special taxing district records commission. The mutual assent may be manifested in an agreement defining the terms and conditions under which the county records commission is to perform public records-related functions, including establishing records retention and destruction schedules, on behalf of the special taxing district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.42 | Township Records Commission.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
There is hereby created in each township a township records commission, composed of the chairperson of the board of township trustees and the fiscal officer of the township. The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months and upon the call of the chairperson.
The function of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by township offices. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.431 | Records of Governmental or Nonprofit Organizations Receiving Governmental Funds.

Effective:
April 5, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 384, Senate Bill 3 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in sections 9.833, 2744.081, and 3345.203 of the Revised Code, any governmental entity or agency and any nonprofit corporation or association, except a corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 1719. of the Revised Code prior to January 1, 1980 or organized pursuant to Chapter 3941. of the Revised Code, that enters into a contract or other agreement with the federal government, a unit of state government, or a political subdivision or taxing unit of this state for the provision of services shall keep accurate and complete financial records of any moneys expended in relation to the performance of the services pursuant to such contract or agreement according to generally accepted accounting principles. Such contract or agreement and such financial records shall be deemed to be public records as defined in division (A)(1) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and are subject to the requirements of division (B) of that section, except that:
(1) Any information directly or indirectly identifying a present or former individual patient or client or such an individual patient's or client's diagnosis, prognosis, or medical treatment, treatment for a mental or emotional disorder, treatment for a developmental disability, treatment for drug abuse or alcoholism, or counseling for personal or social problems is not a public record;
(2) If disclosure of the contract or agreement or financial records is requested at a time when confidential professional services are being provided to a patient or client whose confidentiality might be violated if disclosure were made at that time, disclosure may be deferred if reasonable times are established when the contract or agreement or financial records will be disclosed.
(3) Any nonprofit corporation or association that receives both public and private funds in fulfillment of any such contract or other agreement is not required to keep as public records the financial records of any private funds expended in relation to the performance of services pursuant to the contract or agreement.
(B) Any nonprofit corporation or association that receives more than fifty per cent of its gross receipts excluding moneys received pursuant to Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, in a calendar year in fulfillment of a contract or other agreement for services with a governmental entity shall maintain information setting forth the compensation of any individual serving the nonprofit corporation or association in an executive or administrative capacity. Such information shall be deemed to be public records as defined in division (A)(1) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and is subject to the requirements of division (B) of that section.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to otherwise limit the provisions of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.434 | Public Offices to Maintain Employee Database.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Each public office or person responsible for public records shall maintain a database or a list that includes the name of all public officials and employees elected to or employed by that public office. The database or list is a public record and shall be made available upon a request made pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(B) As used in this section:
(1) "Employee" has the same meaning as in section 9.40 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Public official" has the same meaning as in section 117.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Public record" has the same meaning as in section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 14, 2021 at 12:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.436 | Written Request for Records for Occupant of School Vehicle Involved in Accident.

Effective:
September 28, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 8 - 132nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (A)(1)(gg) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, upon written request made and signed by the parent or guardian of an individual who is less than eighteen years of age and was an occupant of a school vehicle involved in a traffic accident, a public office or person responsible for public records, having custody of any record related to the traffic accident containing the personal information of the individual, shall transmit a copy of that record to the recipient identified in the request.
The written request shall identify the individual on whose behalf the record is requested and the person to whom the record shall be transmitted. The record shall be transmitted only to the person identified in the written request as the recipient of the record.
A public office or person responsible for records responding to a request under this section shall redact any personal information contained in the record of any individual less than eighteen years of age who is not the subject of the request, before providing the record to the recipient.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.44 | Rules and Procedures for Operation of State Records Centers and Archival Institutions Holding Public Records.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly
Any state records center or archival institution established pursuant to sections 149.31 and 149.331 of the Revised Code is an extension of the departments, offices, and institutions of the state and all state and local records transferred to records centers and archival institutions shall be available for use under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The state records administration, assisted by the state archivist, shall establish rules and procedures for the operation of state records centers and archival institutions holding public records, respectively.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.53 | Archaeological and Historic Survey and Salvage Work.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
All departments, agencies, units, instrumentalities, and political subdivisions of the state shall cooperate with the Ohio history connection and the Ohio historic site preservation advisory board in the preservation of archaeological and historic sites and in recovery of scientific information from such sites, and for such purposes shall, whenever practical, by contract or otherwise provide for archaeological and historic survey and salvage work during the planning phases, before work on a public improvement begins or at other appropriate times; and require that contractors performing work on public improvements cooperate with archaeological and historic survey and salvage efforts and notify the Ohio history connection or the board about archaeological discoveries. The director of the Ohio history connection shall determine the disposition of artifacts and skeletal remains discovered on state lands.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.54 | Archaeological and Historic Survey and Salvage Work Permit.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
In order to ensure that archaeological survey and salvage work on public lands, dedicated archaeological preserves, and registered state archaeological landmarks is conducted in a scientific manner, the director of the Ohio history connection shall, in consultation with the Ohio archaeological council and the archaeological society of Ohio, adopt and may amend or rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prescribing minimum education, training, and experience requirements for personnel in charge of or otherwise engaging in archaeological survey and salvage work, and prescribing scientific methods for undertaking such activities.
No person shall engage in archaeological survey or salvage work on any land that is owned, controlled, or administered by the state or any political subdivision of the state, or at any archaeological preserve, dedicated under section 149.52 of the Revised Code, without first obtaining the written permission of the director. To obtain permission, the applicant shall submit written application to the director, which application shall indicate the proposed location, the qualifications of personnel who will be engaged in the archaeological survey or salvage work, the proposed methods of survey or salvage, and such other information as the director requires by rule.
The director shall deny the applicant permission to engage in archaeological survey or salvage work at the proposed location if the applicant's proposed undertaking will not comply with the rules adopted under this section. The director shall by written order approve or deny permission to disturb the site. If the director decides to deny permission, the order shall state the reasons for denial, and the director shall afford the applicant an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The requirements of this section and of any rule adopted pursuant to this section shall not apply to any department, agency, unit, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Whoever violates or threatens to violate this section may be enjoined from violation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records › Section 149.56 | Program to Locate, Identify, and Evaluate Abandoned Property and Other Resources in Lake Erie.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "abandoned property" has the same meaning as in section 1506.30 of the Revised Code.
(B) The Ohio history connection shall establish a program to locate, identify, and evaluate abandoned property and other resources in Lake Erie. The Ohio history connection, in accordance with the authority granted under section 149.30 of the Revised Code, may list any abandoned property it finds to have historical significance on its Ohio archaeological inventory or Ohio historical inventory as the director of the Ohio history connection considers appropriate. In determining whether an item has historical significance, the director shall follow the criteria of the national register of historic places established in 36 C.F.R. 60. The director shall notify the director of natural resources of any abandoned property found to have historical significance. The Ohio history connection may use the services of volunteers to locate, identify, and evaluate abandoned property in Lake Erie. The director shall approve any volunteer programs and may recruit, train, and supervise the services of volunteers.
(C) The moneys credited to the Ohio history connection under division (C) of section 1506.35 of the Revised Code and any appropriations, contributions, gifts, and federal grants made to the Ohio history connection for the purposes of this section and the applicable provisions of sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code shall be placed in a separate fund within the accounts of the Ohio history connection, together with moneys credited to that fund under divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 1506.33 of the Revised Code, to be used solely to implement and administer this section and the duties assigned the Ohio history connection under sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 150 | Venture Capital Program › Section 150.04 | Terms and Conditions for Tax Credits; Security Against Losses.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The investment policy established or modified under section 150.03 of the Revised Code shall specify the terms and conditions under which the authority may grant tax credits under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, subject to that section and division (B) of this section, to provide security against lenders' losses.
(B) Nothing in this chapter authorizes the providing of security against losses on any bases other than the following:
(1) The application first of moneys of the Ohio venture capital fund, created under section 150.08 of the Revised Code, that the authority, under the criteria in its investment policy, determines may be expended without adversely affecting the ability of the authority to continue fulfilling the purpose of this chapter as stated in section 150.01 of the Revised Code; and then
(2) The granting of tax credits pursuant to section 150.07 of the Revised Code, but only to the extent moneys under division (B)(1) of this section are insufficient to satisfy lenders' losses and restore money used to pay losses from reserves established and maintained by a trustee on behalf of an issuer to the extent consistent with an agreement between the authority and the issuer entered into under division (E) of section 150.02 of the Revised Code. Tax credits shall not be used initially to establish such a reserve or to fund a reserve with respect to any lender's loan as to which no loss has occurred. This division does not prohibit establishment of a reserve from the proceeds of any loan or any obligations issued under section 4582.71 of the Revised Code or from other sources available to the program fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 150 | Venture Capital Program › Section 150.051 | Annual Report Regarding Minority Business Enterprises.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Minority business enterprise" has the meaning defined in section 122.71 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Women's business enterprise" means a business, or a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or joint venture of any kind, that is owned and controlled by women who are United States citizens and residents of this state.
(B) The Ohio venture capital authority shall submit annually to the governor and to the general assembly (under section 101.68 of the Revised Code) a report containing the following information:
(1) The name of each program administrator that is a minority business enterprise or a women's business enterprise with which the authority contracts;
(2) The amount of assets managed by program administrators that are minority business enterprises or women's business enterprises, expressed as a percentage of assets managed by program administrators with which the authority has contracted.
(3) Efforts by the authority to increase utilization of program administrators that are minority business enterprises or women's business enterprises.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 150 | Venture Capital Program › Section 150.06 | Status of Authority; Construction of Program Administrator Agreement; Executive Session.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The authority is exempt from the requirements of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code.
(B) The selection of a program administrator and the entering into an agreement under section 150.05 of the Revised Code do not constitute a purchase of services under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code.
(C) Notwithstanding section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the authority may hold an executive session for either of the following purposes, but only after a majority of a quorum of the authority determines, by a roll call vote, to hold the session, and only at a regular or special meeting:
(1) Presenting, reviewing, or discussing proprietary information relating to any person unless that person has consented in writing to disclosure of such information by the authority;
(2) Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiating sessions with any private, for-profit investment fund for the purpose of selecting a program administrator and entering into an agreement under section 150.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 150 | Venture Capital Program › Section 150.08 | Ohio Venture Capital Fund.

Effective:
April 9, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 124th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio venture capital fund, to which shall be credited all payments received by the authority pursuant to division (B)(5) of section 150.05 of the Revised Code and all interest earned on moneys of the fund.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, money in the Ohio venture capital fund shall be used exclusively to provide security against losses as authorized under this chapter.
(C) If the amount in the venture capital fund exceeds the amount reasonably necessary to provide security against such losses, the excess may be used, upon appropriation by the general assembly, to provide scholarships or other financial assistance to students enrolled in a course of study in the fields of physical or natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering at an institution of higher education in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 150 | Venture Capital Program › Section 150.09 | Immunity.

Effective:
April 9, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 124th General Assembly
The state, the governor, or a member of the authority is not liable in damages to any person in a civil action for any loss incurred as a result of any investment made by a program administrator or fund manager employed by the program administrator.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 150 | Venture Capital Program › Section 150.10 | Annual Report - Testimony at Committee Hearings.

Effective:
September 16, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 486 - 130th General Assembly
(A) On the first day of January of the second year after the date of entering into an agreement under section 150.05 of the Revised Code and on the first day of August of each ensuing year, the authority shall file with the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, and the chairpersons of the house and senate standing committees predominantly concerned with economic development a written report on the Ohio venture capital program. The report shall include all the following:
(1) A description of the details of the investment policy established or modified in accordance with sections 150.03 and 150.04 of the Revised Code;
(2) The authority's assessment of the program's achievement of its purpose stated in section 150.01 of the Revised Code;
(3) The value of tax credit certificates issued by the authority under section 150.07 of the Revised Code in each fiscal year ending on or before the preceding thirtieth day of June;
(4) The amount of tax credits claimed pursuant to section 5707.031, 5725.19, 5726.53, 5727.241, 5729.08, 5733.49, or 5747.80 of the Revised Code, as to the respective taxes involved;
(5) The financial status of the Ohio venture capital fund;
(6) The names of venture capital funds in which money from the program fund has been invested and the locations of their principal offices, and the names of the enterprises in which each of those venture capital funds has invested such money and the locations of those enterprises' principal offices;
(7) Any recommendations for modifying the program to better achieve the purpose stated in section 150.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) During each year that a report is issued under division (A) of this section, the chairperson of the authority, or another member of the authority designated by the chairperson as the authority's representative, shall be required to appear in person before the standing committees of the house and senate predominantly concerned with economic development to give testimony concerning the status of the Ohio venture capital program.