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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 175 | Housing Finance Agency › Section 175.20 | List of Federally Subsidized Residential Rental Property.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "federally subsidized residential rental property" has the same meaning as in section 5713.031 of the Revised Code.
(B) The Ohio housing finance agency shall prepare and maintain a list of all federally subsidized residential rental property in the state. The list shall be organized by county and include the following information for each individual property:
(1) The owner of the property;
(2) The address and permanent parcel numbers associated with the property;
(3) The type of federally subsidized residential rental property the property is, as described in divisions (B)(1) to (7) of section 5713.03 of the Revised Code;
(4) For federally subsidized residential rental property described in division (B)(1) of section 5713.031 of the Revised Code, the name and primary business address of any person allocated the credit under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code on the basis of such property.
Upon the request of the agency, a metropolitan housing authority shall provide any information necessary to enable the agency to prepare or update the list. The agency shall certify the initial list to the auditor of state, the board of tax appeals, and the tax commissioner not later than the thirty-first day of January first occurring after the effective date of this section. The list shall include such properties as of the preceding first day of January.
The agency shall update the list annually and certify, not later than the thirty-first day of January, the updated list to the auditor of state, the board of tax appeals, and the tax commissioner. Each updated list shall include such properties as of the preceding first day of January.
The tax commissioner, upon receipt of a list prepared or updated under this section, shall certify it to the county auditor of each county. Each list prepared under this section is a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 1, 2024 at 2:55 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 175 | Housing Finance Agency › Section 175.30 | Definitions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in sections 175.30 to 175.32 of the Revised Code:
(A) "First home" or "home" means the first residential real property located in this state to be purchased by a recipient who has not owned or had an ownership interest in a principal residence in the three years prior to the purchase.
(B) "Graduate" means an individual who has graduated from an institution of higher education and who is eligible under division (B) of section 175.31 of the Revised Code to apply for a grant, financial assistance, or down payment assistance awarded under the grants for grads program.
(C) "Institution of higher education" means a state university or college located in this state, a private college or university located in this state that possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the chancellor of higher education under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or an accredited college or university located outside this state that is accredited by an accrediting organization or professional accrediting association recognized by the chancellor.
(D) "Ohio resident" means any of the following:
(1) An individual who was a resident of this state at the time of the individual's graduation from an Ohio public or nonpublic high school that is approved by the department of education and workforce, and who is a resident of this state at the time of applying for the program;
(2) An individual who was a resident of this state at the time of completing, through the twelfth-grade level, a home study program approved by the department of education and workforce, and who is a resident of this state at the time of applying for the program;
(3) An individual whose parent was a resident of this state at the time of the individual's graduation from high school, and who graduated from either of the following:
(a) An out-of-state high school that was accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the United States department of education and met standards at least equivalent to those adopted by the director of education and workforce for approval of nonpublic schools in this state;
(b) A high school approved by the United States department of defense.
(E) "Program" means the grants for grads program created under section 175.31 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Recipient" means an individual who has been awarded a grant or has received financial assistance or down payment assistance under the program.
Last updated September 5, 2023 at 5:21 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 175 | Housing Finance Agency › Section 175.31 | Grants for Grads Program.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the grants for grads program for the purpose of providing grants or other financial assistance or down payment assistance to Ohio residents who have received an associate, baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, or other postgraduate degree, which grants or assistance shall be used by a recipient to pay for the down payment or closing costs on the purchase of a first home. The program shall be administered by the Ohio housing finance agency using moneys available to it. The program shall not be subject to the income limits established by the agency under section 175.05 of the Revised Code. Participation in the program shall require a graduate to be eligible under division (B) of this section.
(B)(1) A graduate is eligible to participate in the program if the graduate:
(a) Is an Ohio resident who has received an associate, baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, or other postgraduate degree from an institution of higher education within the eighteen months immediately preceding the date of application for the program;
(b) Is able to provide to the agency evidence documenting the graduate's Ohio residency and documenting graduation from a high school and an institution of higher education;
(c) Intends to live and work in this state for at least five years after the graduate's graduation or completion of a degree described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section; and
(d) Intends to purchase a first home in this state.
(2) A graduate who is married to an individual who has previously received a grant or financial assistance or downpayment assistance under the program is ineligible to apply for a grant or assistance under this section.
(C) A graduate who has been found by the state to be delinquent in the payment of individual income taxes is ineligible to receive a grant or other assistance under the program.
(D) A graduate who is eligible for the program shall receive down payment assistance and a reduction in the interest rate of the mortgage offered by the Ohio housing finance agency.
(E) The down payment assistance shall be provided to the recipient when the recipient obtains a qualifying mortgage loan through a participating lender in the agency's first time home buyer program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 175 | Housing Finance Agency › Section 175.32 | Down Payment Lien.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A)(1) At the time a first home is purchased under the program, the Ohio housing finance agency shall secure the amount of the down payment assistance by a lien on the home for a period of five years. Such lien shall attach, and may be perfected, collected, and enforced in the same manner as a mortgage lien on the home, and shall otherwise have the same force and effect as a mortgage lien, except that it shall be subordinate to a mortgage lien securing any money loaned by a financial institution for the purchase of the home.
(2) If the agency finds that a recipient failed to comply with the first home ownership criteria in division (A) of section 175.30 of the Revised Code, or otherwise used fraudulent information to obtain down payment assistance, the agency shall enforce the lien.
(B)(1) If a recipient becomes a resident of another state and does not reside at least five years in a first home purchased with down payment assistance awarded under the program, the amount of the lien created in division (A) of this section that may be collected shall be determined as follows:
Months resided in first home
Collectable amount as per cent of down payment assistance
Less than 12 months
100%
12 months and a day to 24 months
80%
24 months and a day to 36 months
60%
36 months and a day to 48 months
40%
48 months and a day to 60 months
20%
The lien created under division (A) of this section shall be extinguished upon collection pursuant to this division.
(2) A lien created under division (A)(1) of this section shall be extinguished if the recipient, within the five-year period, moves to another residence located in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 176 | Housing Advisory Boards › Section 176.02 | Service From Board of Contiguous or Overlapping County.

Effective:
October 10, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 339 - 119th General Assembly
In lieu of establishing or designating its own housing advisory board, any municipal corporation or township may enter into an agreement with an overlapping county or with a contiguous municipal corporation or township to receive the services of the county housing advisory board or the housing advisory board of that other municipal corporation or township. Any two or more counties may enter into an agreement to establish a joint-county housing advisory board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 176 | Housing Advisory Boards › Section 176.03 | Membership Status and Compensation.

Effective:
October 10, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 339 - 119th General Assembly
Membership on any housing advisory board under section 176.01 or 176.02 of the Revised Code does not constitute the holding of a public office or employment by a political subdivision. The legislative authority of the political subdivision that appoints members of a housing advisory board shall determine what, if any, compensation the members of the board shall receive.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 176 | Housing Advisory Boards › Section 176.06 | Number and Dollar Amount of Mortgage Loans.

Effective:
March 24, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 372 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Each municipal corporation, county, and township shall compile and make available, in accordance with this section, to the public for inspection and copying for a period of five years, the number and total dollar amount of mortgage loans that were originated, for which completed applications were received and applicants were rejected, and that were purchased by that municipal corporation, county, or township during each fiscal year. Information regarding each mortgage loan category described in this section shall be itemized to clearly and conspicuously disclose the following:
(1) The number and dollar amount of mortgage loans insured under Title II of the "National Housing Act," 48 Stat. 1246 (1934), 12 U.S.C.A. 1707 et seq., or under Title V of the "Housing Act of 1949," 63 Stat. 413, 432, 42 U.S.C.A. 1471 et seq., or guaranteed under the "Veterans' Loan Act," 58 Stat. 284 (1944), 38 U.S.C.A. 1801 et seq.;
(2) The number and dollar amount of mortgage loans made to mortgagors who did not, at the time of execution of the mortgage, intend to reside in the property securing the mortgage loan;
(3) The number and dollar amount of home improvement loans;
(4) The number and dollar amount of mortgage loans involving mortgagors or mortgage applicants grouped according to census tract, income level, race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, disability as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, military status as defined in that section, and national origin.
(B) The information described in this section shall be made available to the public in raw data form and updated quarterly. Within four months after the end of each fiscal year, each municipal corporation, county, and township shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report containing the information described in this section for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(C) As used in this section, "mortgage loan" means a loan secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of single-family residential housing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 176 | Housing Advisory Boards › Section 176.07 | Developing Regulations for State Housing Loan, Loan Guarantee, Loan Subsidy and Grant Programs.

Effective:
July 1, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly
The director of development, in consultation with the public and the housing trust fund advisory committee created under section 174.06 of the Revised Code, shall develop regulations applicable to all existing and future state housing loan, loan guarantee, loan subsidy, and grant programs. The regulations shall require recipients of financing from state housing programs, that provide or assist in providing multi-family rental housing, to do both of the following:
(A) Reasonably ensure that the multi-family rental housing will be affordable to those families and individuals targeted for the multi-family rental housing for the useful life of the multi-family rental housing or thirty years, whichever is longer;
(B) Prepare and implement a plan to reasonably assist any families and individuals displaced by the multi-family housing in obtaining decent affordable housing.
The department of development shall distribute a copy of these regulations to each local housing advisory board to serve as a guideline for carrying out the requirements of divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 176.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 176 | Housing Advisory Boards › Section 176.08 | Unlawful Discriminatory Practices.

Effective:
October 10, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 339 - 119th General Assembly
Each municipal corporation, county, and township shall monitor its exercise of housing authority under Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, to ensure that it does not encourage, contribute to, or participate in an unlawful discriminatory practice under division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code or discriminate against families with children.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 177 | Investigation and Prosecution of Organized Criminal Activity › Section 177.011 | Organized Crime Commission Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the organized crime commission fund. The fund shall consist of moneys paid to the treasurer of state pursuant to the judgment of a court in a criminal case as reimbursement of expenses that the organized crime investigations commission or an organized crime task force established by the commission incurred in the investigation of the criminal activity upon which the prosecution of the criminal case was based. All investment earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The organized crime investigations commission shall use the moneys in the fund to reimburse political subdivisions for the expenses the political subdivisions incur when their law enforcement officers participate in an organized crime task force.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 177 | Investigation and Prosecution of Organized Criminal Activity › Section 177.05 | Law Enforcement Trust Fund.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 227 - 131st General Assembly
A law enforcement trust fund shall be established by the organized crime investigations commission for the purpose of receiving reimbursement of expenses the organized crime investigations commission incurred in the investigation of the criminal activity through a task force.
There is hereby created in the state treasury the organized crime law enforcement trust fund. The fund shall consist of moneys paid to the treasurer of the state for purposes of this section. All investment earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The organized crime investigations commission shall use the moneys in the fund to purchase, replace, update, or maintain equipment used by task forces or law enforcement agencies for the purpose of investigating organized criminal activity. The organized crime law enforcement trust fund shall not be used to meet the operating costs of the organized crime commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 181 | Criminal Sentencing Commission; Criminal Justice Services › Section 181.23 | Studies to Recommend Comprehensive Criminal Sentencing Structure.

Effective:
March 23, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) The state criminal sentencing commission shall study the existing criminal statutes and law of this state, sentencing patterns throughout the state, and available correctional resources. The commission shall use the results of its study to develop and recommend to the general assembly a comprehensive criminal sentencing structure. As part of its study, the commission shall do all of the following:
(1) Evaluate the effectiveness of the sentencing structure of the state;
(2) Systematically review each criminal statute to determine if the penalty provided is proportional to the seriousness of the offense committed and to penalties provided for other offenses;
(3) Review any existing sentencing guidelines;
(4) Determine the number, capacity, and quality of all available state, regional, and local correctional facilities and resources, including, but not limited to, detention facilities, probation services, pretrial diversion programs, and other nonfacility correctional programs;
(5) Collect a profile of the populations of state, regional, and local correctional facilities, services, and programs;
(6) Coordinate available correctional facilities, services, and programs with the criminal sentencing goals of the state, including, but not limited to, punishment, deterrence, fairness, rehabilitation, and treatment;
(7) Identify any additional correctional resources that are necessary to balance the needs of criminal sentencing and the available correctional resources.
(B) The commission shall develop a sentencing policy for the state that is based upon the findings and conclusions of its study under division (A) of this section. The policy shall be designed to enhance public safety by achieving certainty in sentencing, deterrence, and a reasonable use of correctional facilities, programs, and services and shall be designed to achieve fairness in sentencing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 181 | Criminal Sentencing Commission; Criminal Justice Services › Section 181.27 | Commission Designated a Criminal Justice Agency.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) In addition to its duties set forth in sections 181.23 to 181.26 of the Revised Code, the state criminal sentencing commission is hereby designated a criminal justice agency, as defined in section 109.571 of the Revised Code, and as such is authorized by this state to apply for access to the computerized databases administered by the national crime information center or the law enforcement automated data system in Ohio, and to other computerized databases administered for the purpose of making criminal justice information accessible to state criminal justice agencies.
(B) In addition to its duties set forth in sections 181.23 to 181.26 of the Revised Code, the state criminal sentencing commission shall do all of the following:
(1) Within ninety days after the effective date of this section, pursuant to section 181.23 of the Revised Code, commence a study of the impact of sections relevant to the act in which this section is enacted, including but not limited to, changes to sections 109.11, 2929.15, 2951.041, 2953.31, 2953.32, 5119.93, and 5119.94 of the Revised Code, and continue studying that impact on an ongoing basis.
(2) Not later than December 31, 2021, and biennially thereafter, submit to the general assembly and the governor its findings regarding the study described in division (B)(1) of this section, in a report that contains the results of the study and recommendations.
Last updated April 14, 2022 at 2:58 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 182 | Oneohio Recovery Foundation › Section 182.02 | Oneohio Recovery Foundation.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) "OneOhio recovery foundation" means the nonprofit corporation receiving payments under the settlement agreement in State of Ohio v. McKesson Corp., Case No. CVH20180055 (C.P. Madison Co., settlement agreement of October 7, 2021) and its constituent regional boards.
(B) The OneOhio recovery foundation is not any of the following:
(1) A state agency as defined in section 1.60, 9.28, 121.41, or 149.011 of the Revised Code;
(2) An executive agency as defined in section 121.60 of the Revised Code;
(3) A public office as defined in section 9.28, 9.74, 102.01, 117.01, 149.011, or 1331.01 of the Revised Code;
(4) A state entity as defined in section 113.70 of the Revised Code;
(5) A public employer as defined in section 4117.01 of the Revised Code;
(6) Departments, offices, and institutions as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) An employee, officer, or appointed member of OneOhio recovery foundation is not any of the following because of employment with, office held, or appointment to the foundation:
(1) A public employee as defined in section 145.012 of the Revised Code;
(2) An employee as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code;
(3) A public official as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.
(D) The offices, positions of trust, or persons employed with OneOhio recovery foundation are not engaged in or included in the definitions of "service of the state" or "civil service of the state" as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code because of holding the office, position, or employment with the foundation.
(E) The OneOhio recovery foundation is not subject to section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
(F) Meetings of the full OneOhio recovery foundation board of directors shall be open to the public unless the board, by a majority of a quorum of directors present, vote to hold an executive session.
(G) The attorney general, when requested by OneOhio recovery foundation, shall provide legal advice in all matters to OneOhio recovery foundation or its employees, officers, or appointed members who are a party to a legal action when those individuals are acting within the scope of their official capacity as a member of OneOhio recovery foundation. The attorney general shall do all things necessary under the laws of any state or federal government to properly conduct any case in which OneOhio recovery foundation or its employees, officers, or appointed members are a party to a legal action when acting within the scope of their official capacity as a member of OneOhio recovery foundation, including bringing an action for equitable relief or recovery of damages.
Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:40 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 183 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement › Section 183.01 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Definitions.

Effective:
June 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Tobacco master settlement agreement" means the settlement agreement (and related documents) entered into on November 23, 1998 by the state and leading United States tobacco product manufacturers.
(B) "Southern Ohio" includes any county in this state where tobacco has traditionally been grown.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 183 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement › Section 183.021 | Prohibited Expenditures.

Effective:
December 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) No money from the tobacco master settlement agreement fund, as that fund existed prior to the repeal of section 183.02 of the Revised Code by H.B. 119 of the 127th general assembly, shall be expended to do any of the following:
(1) Hire an executive agency lobbyist, as defined under section 121.60 of the Revised Code, or a legislative agent, as defined under section 101.70 of the Revised Code;
(2) Support or oppose candidates, ballot questions, referendums, or ballot initiatives.
(B) Nothing in this section prohibits the members or employees of the third frontier commission or the members of the third frontier advisory board from advocating on behalf of the specific objectives of a program funded under this chapter.
Last updated February 7, 2024 at 11:52 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 183 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement › Section 183.18 | Ohio's Public Health Priorities Fund.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Ohio's public health priorities fund is hereby created in the state treasury. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the director of budget and management may credit to the fund any money received by the state, director of health, or department of health as part of a settlement agreement relating to a pressing public health issue.
(B) Money credited to the fund shall be used by the director of health for the following purposes:
(1) To conduct public health awareness and educational campaigns;
(2) To address any pressing public health issue identified by the director or described in the state health improvement plan or a successor document prepared for the department of health;
(3) To implement and administer innovative public health programs and prevention strategies;
(4) To improve the population health of Ohio.
The director may collaborate with one or more nonprofit entities, including a public health foundation, to meet the requirements of division (B) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 183 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement › Section 183.19 | Biomedical Research and Technology Transfer Trust Fund.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The biomedical research and technology transfer trust fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Money credited to the fund shall be used as provided in sections 184.01 and 184.02 of the Revised Code. The third frontier commission shall administer the fund in accordance with those sections. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Last updated September 11, 2023 at 10:08 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 183 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement › Section 183.29 | Depositing Receipts.

Effective:
June 2, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 192 - 123rd General Assembly
The treasurer of state shall, except for any petty cash funds, keep all money received from tobacco master settlement agreement payments or from distributions under this chapter that is needed to meet current demands for the money under this chapter, in public depositories of the active deposits of public moneys of the state, as such terms are used in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 183 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement › Section 183.30 | Payments for Expenses Related to Administration of Awards.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Payments may be made from the biomedical research and technology transfer trust fund for third frontier commission expenses related to the administration of awards made from the fund prior to the effective date of this section. No such payments shall be made after June 30, 2013.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 183 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement › Section 183.33 | Prohibited Acts Concerning General Revenue Fund.

Effective:
December 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
No money shall be appropriated or transferred from the general revenue fund to the law enforcement improvements trust fund, biomedical research and technology transfer trust fund, or education technology trust fund.
Last updated December 30, 2021 at 4:01 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 183 | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement › Section 183.34 | Tobacco Settlement Oversight, Administration, and Enforcement Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the tobacco settlement oversight, administration, and enforcement fund, which shall consist of amounts transferred under division (I) of section 183.02 of the Revised Code prior to the repeal of that section by H.B. 119 of the 127th general assembly. The attorney general shall use the fund to pay costs incurred in the oversight, administration, and enforcement of the tobacco master settlement agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.02 | Third Frontier Commission - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) In addition to the powers and duties under sections 184.10 to 184.20 and 184.37 of the Revised Code, the third frontier commission may perform any act to ensure the performance of any function necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of, and exercise the powers granted under, sections 184.01 and 184.02 of the Revised Code. In addition, the commission may do any of the following:
(1) Adopt, amend, and rescind rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code for the administration of any aspect of its operations;
(2) Adopt bylaws governing its operations, including bylaws that establish procedures and set policies as may be necessary to assist with the furtherance of its purposes;
(3) Appoint and set the compensation of employees needed to carry out its duties;
(4) Contract with, retain the services of, or designate, and fix the compensation of, such financial consultants, accountants, other consultants and advisors, and other independent contractors as may be necessary or desirable to carry out its duties;
(5) Solicit input and comments from specialized industry, professional, and other relevant interest groups concerning its purposes;
(6) Facilitate alignment of the state's science and technology programs and activities;
(7) Make grants and loans to individuals, public agencies, private companies or organizations, or joint ventures for any of the broad range of activities related to its purposes.
(B) In addition to the powers and duties under sections 184.10 to 184.20 and 184.37 of the Revised Code, the commission shall do all of the following:
(1) Establish a competitive process for the award of grants and loans that is designed to fund the most meritorious proposals and, when appropriate, provide for peer review of proposals;
(2) On or before the first day of August of each year, submit to the governor and the general assembly a report of the activities of the commission during the preceding fiscal year;
(3) With specific application to the biomedical research and technology transfer trust fund, periodically make strategic assessments of the types of state investments in biomedical research and biotechnology in the state that would likely create jobs and business opportunities in the state and produce the most beneficial long-term improvements to the public health of Ohioans, including, but not limited to, biomedical research and biotechnology initiatives that address tobacco-related illnesses as may be outlined in any master agreement. The commission shall award grants and loans from the fund pursuant to a process established under division (B)(1) of this section.
Last updated September 11, 2023 at 10:08 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.10 | Commission Support Awards - Definitions.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
As used in sections 184.10 to 184.20 of the Revised Code:
(A) "In-state entity" includes individuals, public and private entities, agencies, and institutions, private companies or organizations, partnerships, business trusts, or other business entities or ventures, or research organizations, whether for profit or not for profit, that have substantial presence in Ohio.
(B) "Research and development projects" means projects or activities in support of Ohio industry, commerce, and business, which include, without limitation, research and product innovation, development, and commercialization through efforts by, and may include collaboration among, Ohio business and industry, state and local public entities and agencies, public and private institutions, research organizations, or other in-state entities specifically formed for the sole purpose of both investing in and providing direct management support to any one or combination of any of the foregoing entities or any other in-state entities. Those projects and activities also include projects and activities supporting any and all matters related to research and development purposes including: attracting researchers and research teams by endowing chairs or otherwise; developing and commercializing products and processes; promoting, developing, and securing intellectual property matters and rights such as copyrights and patents; promoting, developing, and securing property interests, including time sharing arrangements; and promoting, developing, and securing financial rights and matters such as royalties, licensing, and other financial gain or sharing resulting from research and development.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.11 | Commission Awards for Research and Development.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The third frontier commission may award support to individuals, public and private entities, agencies, and institutions, private companies or organizations, partnerships, business trusts, or other business entities or ventures, research organizations, whether for profit or not for profit, or combinations or consortiums of any of the foregoing for the purpose of supporting research and development projects. The support may be in such manner as the commission determines, including by any one or a combination of grants, loans, including loans to lenders or the purchase of loans, subsidies, contributions, advances, or guarantees, or by payment or reimbursement from available money, or by providing staffing or other support including computer or other technology capacity, or equipment or facilities, including interests in real property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.111 | Support Awarded Only to In-State Entities.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
Except with respect to support subject to an agreement under section 184.114 of the Revised Code, the third frontier commission may award the support described in section 184.11 of the Revised Code only to in-state entities. If an entity awarded support is collaborating with any entity that is not an in-state entity on the research and development project for which the support was awarded, the in-state entity may provide any portion of that support to the other entity only if the commission, in its discretion and only under exceptional circumstances that the commission determines, permits it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.112 | Competitive Process for Support Awards.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The third frontier commission shall establish a competitive process for making awards of the support described in section 184.11 of the Revised Code that is designed to fund the research and development projects that have the most merit. The commission, on completion of that process, shall make a recommendation to the controlling board asking for approval to award support for the research and development projects selected by the commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.113 | Support Award Recipients to Enter Agreement.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The third frontier commission shall require each individual, public and private entity, agency, and institution, private company or organization, partnership, business trust, or other business entity or venture, research organization, or combination or consortium of any of the foregoing that the controlling board approves to receive the support described in section 184.11 of the Revised Code to enter into an agreement governing the use of the support for the research and development project. The agreement shall contain terms the commission determines to be necessary, including provisions stating that any support given by the commission may be used to pay costs of or in support of or related to research and development purposes, including, without limitation, capital formation, direct operating costs, costs of research and facilities, including interests in real property, and support for public and private institutions of higher education, research organizations or institutions, and private sector entities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.114 | Required Terms of Agreement With Recipient.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
If the third frontier commission intends to award support for a research and development project under section 184.11 of the Revised Code to an individual or private entity, agency, institution, company, partnership, business trust, or other business entity or venture, or organization, the agreement governing the use of the support entered into under section 184.113 of the Revised Code shall require both of the following:
(A) The project shall primarily benefit this state.
(B) If the recipient of the support is not an in-state entity, it shall become an in-state entity not later than six months after entering into the agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.115 | Forfeiture of Award for Violation of Agreement.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
An individual or private entity, agency, institution, company, partnership, business trust, or other business entity or venture, or organization that has received support under section 184.11 of the Revised Code for a research and development project and that violates the requirements of section 184.114 of the Revised Code forfeits the support and must repay the support amount or the equivalent in money plus interest at the rate required by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code to the third frontier commission. If all or a portion of the support forfeited is other than in the form of a grant, recovery of the support shall be governed by the agreement entered into under section 184.113 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.116 | Commission Use of Independent Reviewers.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
If the third frontier commission utilizes independent reviewers to review the merits of proposed research and development projects and to make recommendations to the commission concerning which projects should be awarded support under section 184.11 of the Revised Code and the commission takes one of the following actions, the commission shall provide a written explanation of the reasons for its action and present the explanation at one of the commission's regularly scheduled public meetings:
(A) Awards support for a project that the reviewers do not recommend;
(B) Refuses to award support for a project the reviewers do recommend;
(C) Makes a support award that varies substantially from the reviewers' recommendation.
The commission, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules necessary and proper to govern explanations required under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.12 | Collaboration on Research and Development Projects.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
Individuals, Ohio businesses and industries, local public entities and agencies, public and private education institutions, including state-supported and state-assisted institutions of higher education, the state and state agencies, and research organizations and institutions may collaborate on research and development projects.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.13 | No State Interest in or Liability for Funded Projects.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The state shall have no ownership interest in any business or private entity, agency, institution, company, partnership, business trust, venture, or organization that has received support for a research and development project under section 184.11 of the Revised Code, and shall assume no shared risk or shared liability.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.14 | Public Inspection of Support Awards and Processes.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The third frontier commission shall establish procedures that permit public inspection of all support awarded under section 184.11 of the Revised Code for research and development projects and the processes used to determine which projects shall receive support.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.15 | Biannual Report of Support Awarded.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The third frontier commission shall publish a report twice each year detailing all support awarded under section 184.11 of the Revised Code for research and development projects, including the amount or type of support and the progress and performance metrics for the projects. A copy of each report shall be delivered to the governor, speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and president and minority leader of the senate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.151 | Biannual Public Meetings on Latest Report.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The third frontier commission shall conduct public meetings twice each year at which a representative of the department of development shall testify regarding the number of applicants for support for research and development projects and the other information contained in the most recent report made by the commission under section 184.15 of the Revised Code. The representative shall also testify regarding the monitoring activities of, and data obtained by, the department pursuant to section 184.16 of the Revised Code. In addition to oral testimony, the representative shall provide a written report of all the information for which testimony is required under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.16 | Department to Monitor Projects Receiving Support.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The department of development shall monitor each research and development project receiving support under section 184.11 of the Revised Code to ensure the following:
(A) Fiscal accountability, so that the support is used in accordance with the agreement entered into under section 184.113 of the Revised Code;
(B) Operating progress, so that the project is managed to achieve the requirements of the agreement entered into under section 184.113 of the Revised Code and so that problems may be promptly identified and remedied;
(C) Desired outcomes, including job creation and other anticipated economic impacts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.17 | Outreach Activities - Minority Defined.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
As used in sections 184.171, 184.172, and 184.173 of the Revised Code, "minority" means an individual who is a United States citizen and who is a member of one of the following economically disadvantaged groups: Blacks or African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics or Latinos, and Asians.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.171 | Minorities to Be Included in Outreach Activities and Projects.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The third frontier commission shall conduct outreach activities described in section 184.172 of the Revised Code that seek to include minorities in the various projects and initiatives sponsored, funded, encouraged, or otherwise promoted by the commission. The commission shall direct the activities at faculty and students involved in science and engineering disciplines, professional scientists and engineers, technical assistance providers, the investment community, minority-owned businesses, and minority entrepreneurs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 184 | Third Frontier Commission › Section 184.172 | Outreach Activities Conducted by Commission.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The outreach activities the third frontier commission shall conduct under section 184.171 of the Revised Code shall include the following:
(A) Identifying and partnering with historically black colleges and universities to solicit and implement a minority technology demonstration project funded by the national science foundation;
(B) Working with all institutions of higher education in the state to support minority faculty and students involved in science and engineering;
(C) Developing a plan to contact by telephone minority-owned businesses and entrepreneurs to notify them of and encourage them to participate in the various third frontier projects and initiatives;
(D) Identifying minority professional and technical trade associations and economic development assistance organizations and notifying them of the various third frontier projects and initiatives;
(E) Partnering with regional technology councils to foster local efforts to support minority-owned technology businesses or otherwise identify networks of minority-owned technology businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals operating locally;
(F) Identifying minority technology firms and marketing them to the investment community including the Ohio venture capital authority created under section 150.02 of the Revised Code and the managers of all investment funds receiving third frontier project support.