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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.381 | Family and Children First Dispute Resolution Process.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A parent or custodian who disagrees with a decision rendered by a county family and children first council regarding services for a child may initiate the dispute resolution process established in the county service coordination mechanism pursuant to division (C)(9) of section 121.37 of the Revised Code.
Not later than sixty days after the parent or custodian initiates the dispute resolution process, the council shall make findings regarding the dispute and issue a written determination of its findings.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:22 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.382 | Services Continued Pending Dispute Resolution Process.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
Each agency represented on a county family and children first council that is providing services or funding for services that are the subject of the dispute resolution process initiated by a parent or custodian under section 121.381 of the Revised Code shall continue to provide those services and the funding for those services during the dispute resolution process.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.401 | Adoption of Recommended Best Practices When Volunteers Have Unsupervised Access to Children.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and section 121.402 of the Revised Code, "organization or entity" and "unsupervised access to a child" have the same meanings as in section 109.574 of the Revised Code.
(B) The Ohio commission on service and volunteerism shall adopt a set of "recommended best practices" for organizations or entities to follow when one or more volunteers of the organization or entity have unsupervised access to one or more children or otherwise interact with one or more children. The "recommended best practices" shall focus on, but shall not be limited to, the issue of the safety of the children and, in addition, the screening and supervision of volunteers. The "recommended best practices" shall include as a recommended best practice that the organization or entity subject to a criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.57, section 109.572, or rules adopted under division (E) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, all of the following:
(1) All persons who apply to serve as a volunteer in a position in which the person will have unsupervised access to a child on a regular basis.
(2) All volunteers who are in a position in which the person will have unsupervised access to a child on a regular basis and who the organization or entity has not previously subjected to a criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation.
(C) The set of "recommended best practices" required to be adopted by this section are in addition to the educational program required to be adopted under section 121.402 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.402 | Educational Program for Volunteers Having Unsupervised Access to Children.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The Ohio commission on service and volunteerism shall establish and maintain an educational program that does all of the following:
(1) Makes available to parents and guardians of children notice about the provisions of sections 109.574 to 109.577, section 121.401, and section 121.402 of the Revised Code and information about how to keep children safe when they are under the care, custody, or control of a person other than the parent or guardian;
(2) Makes available to organizations and entities information regarding the best methods of screening and supervising volunteers, how to obtain a criminal records check of a volunteer, confidentiality issues relating to reports of criminal records checks, and record keeping regarding the reports;
(3) Makes available to volunteers information regarding the possibility of being subjected to a criminal records check and displaying appropriate behavior to minors;
(4) Makes available to children advice on personal safety and information on what action to take if someone takes inappropriate action towards a child.
(B) The program shall begin making the materials described in this section available not later than March 22, 2002.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.403 | Powers of Commission - Gifts and Donations Fund - Use of Moneys.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The Ohio commission on service and volunteerism may do any of the following:
(1) Accept monetary gifts or donations;
(2) Sponsor conferences, meetings, or events in furtherance of the commission's purpose described in section 121.40 of the Revised Code and charge fees for participation or involvement in the conferences, meetings, or events;
(3) Sell promotional items in furtherance of the commission's purpose described in section 121.40 of the Revised Code.
(B) All monetary gifts and donations, funds from the sale of promotional items, contributions received from the issuance of Ohio "volunteer" license plates pursuant to section 4503.93 of the Revised Code, and any fees paid to the commission for conferences, meetings, or events sponsored by the commission shall be deposited into the Ohio commission on service and volunteerism gifts and donations fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund may be used only as follows:
(1) To pay operating expenses of the commission, including payroll, personal services, maintenance, equipment, and subsidy payments;
(2) To support commission programs promoting volunteerism and community service in the state;
(3) As matching funds for federal grants.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.41 | Inspector General Definitions.

Effective:
February 18, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 121.41 to 121.50 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Appropriate ethics commission" has the same meaning as in section 102.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Appropriate licensing agency" means a public or private entity that is responsible for licensing, certifying, or registering persons who are engaged in a particular vocation.
(C) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes any officer or employee of the state or any political subdivision of the state.
(D) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code and includes the Ohio casino control commission, but does not include any of the following:
(1) The general assembly;
(2) Any court;
(3) The secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general and their respective offices.
(E) "State employee" means any person who is an employee of a state agency, or any person who does business with the state including, only for the purposes of sections 121.41 to 121.50 of the Revised Code, the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
(F) "State officer" means any person who is elected or appointed to a public office in a state agency.
(G) "Wrongful act or omission" means an act or omission, committed in the course of office holding or employment, that is not in accordance with the requirements of law or such standards of proper governmental conduct as are commonly accepted in the community and thereby subverts, or tends to subvert, the process of government.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.421 | Investigation of Casino Control Commission Enforcement Personnel.

Effective:
June 11, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding division (D)(3) of section 121.41 of the Revised Code, in order to determine whether wrongful acts or omissions have been committed or are being committed by present or former employees, the inspector general shall investigate employees of the office of the attorney general who are contractually vested with duties to enforce Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code, including any designated bureau of criminal identification and investigation support staff that are necessary to fulfill the investigatory and law enforcement functions of the Ohio casino control commission. The inspector general and any deputy inspector general may administer oaths, examine witnesses under oath, and issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to employees of the office of the attorney general to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of all kinds of books, records, papers, and tangible things deemed necessary in the course of any such investigation.
(B) The inspector general may enter into any contracts that are necessary to complete an investigation. The contracts may include contracts for the services of persons who are experts in a particular field and whose expertise is necessary for successful completion of the investigation.
(C) If the authority of the attorney general terminates or expires, the authority vested in the inspector general by this section terminates upon the conclusion of ongoing investigations or upon issuance of the final report of the investigations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.43 | Subpoena Power - Contempt.

Effective:
October 31, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
In performing any investigation, the inspector general and any deputy inspector general may administer oaths, examine witnesses under oath, and issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of all kinds of books, records, papers, and tangible things. Upon the refusal of a witness to be sworn or to answer any question put to him, or if a person disobeys a subpoena, the inspector general shall apply to the court of common pleas for a contempt order, as in the case of disobedience to the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court of common pleas, or a refusal to testify in the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.44 | Reports of Investigations.

Effective:
October 31, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the report of any investigation conducted by the inspector general or any deputy inspector general is a public record, open to public inspection. The inspector general, or a deputy inspector general, with the written approval of the inspector general, may designate all or part of a report as confidential if doing so preserves the confidentiality of matters made confidential by law or appears reasonably necessary to protect the safety of a witness or to avoid disclosure of investigative techniques that, if disclosed, would enable persons who have been or are committing wrongful acts or omissions to avoid detection. Confidential material shall be marked clearly as being confidential.
(B) The inspector general, free of charge, shall provide a copy of each report of an investigation, including wholly and partially confidential reports, to the governor. In addition, the inspector general, free of charge, shall provide a copy of the report of any investigation, including wholly and partially confidential reports, to a prosecuting authority who may undertake criminal prosecution of a wrongful act or omission described in the report, an ethics commission to which a wrongful act or omission described in the report was reported in accordance with section 102.06 of the Revised Code, and a licensing agency, appointing authority, or public or private employer that may take disciplinary action with regard to a wrongful act or omission described in the report. The inspector general shall not provide a copy of any confidential part of the report of an investigation to a person as required by this division if that person allegedly committed the wrongful act or omission described in the report. The governor, a prosecuting authority, ethics commission, licensing agency, appointing authority, or public or private employer that receives a report, all or part of which is designated as confidential, shall take all appropriate measures necessary to preserve the confidentiality of the report.
(C) The inspector general shall provide a copy of any nonconfidential report, or the nonconfidential parts of any report, to any other person who requests the copy and pays a fee prescribed by the inspector general. The fee shall not exceed the cost of reproducing and delivering the report.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.45 | Cooperating in Investigations.

Effective:
October 31, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
Each state agency, and every state officer and state employee, shall cooperate with, and provide assistance to, the inspector general and any deputy inspector general in the performance of any investigation. In particular, each state agency shall make its premises, equipment, personnel, books, records, and papers readily available to the inspector general or a deputy inspector general.
The inspector general and any deputy inspector general may enter upon the premises of any state agency at any time, without prior announcement, if necessary to the successful completion of an investigation. In the course of an investigation, the inspector general and any deputy inspector general may question any state officer or state employee serving in, and any other person transacting business with, the state agency, and may inspect and copy any books, records, or papers in the possession of the state agency, taking care to preserve the confidentiality of information contained in responses to questions or the books, records, or papers that is made confidential by law.
In performing any investigation, the inspector general and any deputy inspector general shall avoid interfering with the ongoing operations of the state agency being investigated, except insofar as is reasonably necessary to the successful completion of the investigation.
Each state agency shall develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures that prevent or reduce the risk of wrongful acts and omissions by its state officers or state employees.
Other state agencies that also are responsible for investigating, auditing, reviewing, or evaluating the management and operation of state agencies shall negotiate and enter into agreements with the office of the inspector general for the purpose of sharing information and avoiding duplication of effort.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.46 | Filing Complaint - Form.

Effective:
October 31, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
Any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a state officer or state employee has committed, or is in the process of committing, a wrongful act or omission may prepare and file with the inspector general, a complaint that identifies the person making the report and the state officer or state employee who allegedly committed or is committing the wrongful act or omission, describes the wrongful act or omission, and explains how the person reporting knew or came to his reasonable cause to believe that the state officer or state employee committed or is in the process of committing the wrongful act or omission. The preparation and filing of the complaint described in this section is in addition to any other report of the wrongful act or omission the person is required by law to make.
The inspector general shall prescribe a form for complaints under this section. The inspector general shall provide a blank copy of the form to any person, free of charge. No complaint is defective, however, because it is not made on the form prescribed by the inspector general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.47 | Confidential Information.

Effective:
October 31, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
No person shall disclose to any person who is not legally entitled to disclosure of the information, any information that is designated as confidential under section 121.44 of the Revised Code, or any confidential information that is acquired in the course of an investigation under section 121.45 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.481 | Special Investigations Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
The special investigations fund is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of paying costs of investigations conducted by the inspector general. In response to requests from the inspector general, the controlling board may make transfers to the fund from the emergency purposes appropriation of the board, subject to the following conditions:
(A) The inspector general shall not request a transfer that would cause the unobligated, unencumbered balance in the fund to exceed one hundred thousand dollars at any one time;
(B) In requesting a transfer, the inspector general shall not disclose any information that would risk impairing the investigation if it became public, provided that after any investigation using money transferred to the fund from an emergency purposes appropriation has been completed, the inspector general shall report to the board the object and cost of the investigation, but not any information designated as confidential under section 121.44 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.483 | Status of Deputy Inspector General as Peace Officer.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
A deputy inspector general appointed under section 121.48 of the Revised Code, who has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, or municipal peace officer basic training program, shall, during the term of the deputy inspector general's appointment, be considered a peace officer for the purpose of maintaining a current and valid basic training certificate pursuant to rules adopted under section 109.74 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.49 | Qualifications.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, only an individual who meets one or more of the following qualifications is eligible to be appointed inspector general:
(1) At least five years experience as a law enforcement officer in this or any other state;
(2) Admission to the bar of this or any other state;
(3) Certification as a certified public accountant in this or any other state;
(4) At least five years service as the comptroller or similar officer of a public or private entity in this or any other state;
(5) At least five years service as a deputy inspector general in this or any other state.
(B) No individual who has been convicted, in this or any other state, of a felony or of any crime involving fraud, dishonesty, or moral turpitude shall be appointed inspector general.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:24 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.50 | Administrative Rules.

Effective:
October 31, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
The inspector general, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, those rules he finds necessary for the successful implementation and efficient operation of sections 121.41 to 121.48 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.531 | Signs Specifying Arra Funding Prohibited.

Effective:
June 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly
No recipient or distributor of funds received under the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, shall spend such funds to purchase, produce, erect, or maintain signs identifying the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as the source of specific project funding.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.61 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective:
May 12, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly
(A) No person shall knowingly fail to register as required under section 121.62 of the Revised Code.
(B) No person shall knowingly fail to keep a receipt or maintain a record that section 121.63 of the Revised Code requires the person to keep or maintain.
(C) No person shall knowingly fail to file a statement that section 121.63 or 121.64 of the Revised Code requires the person to file.
(D) No person shall knowingly file a false statement that section 121.63 or 121.64 of the Revised Code requires the person to file.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.621 | Disqualification as Executive Agency Lobbyist for Certain Offenses.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) No person shall be permitted to register as an executive agency lobbyist under division (A) or (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code if the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to committing on or after the effective date of this section any felony offense listed or described in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 101.721 of the Revised Code in the circumstances specified in the particular division.
(B) If an executive agency lobbyist has registered with the joint legislative ethics committee under division (A) or (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code and, on or after the effective date of this section and during the period during which the registration is valid, the executive agency lobbyist is convicted of or pleads guilty to any felony offense listed or described in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 101.721 of the Revised Code in the circumstances specified in the particular division, the joint legislative ethics committee immediately upon becoming aware of the conviction or guilty plea shall terminate the registration of the person as an executive agency lobbyist, and, after the termination, the ban imposed under division (A) of this section applies to the person.
(C) The ban imposed under divisions (A) and (B) of this section is a lifetime ban, and the offender is forever disqualified from registering as an executive agency lobbyist under section 121.62 of the Revised Code.
(D) For purposes of divisions (A) and (B) of this section, a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or after the effective date of this section " if the course of conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the subject person's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or more of the multiple acts continues, on or after the effective date of this section .
Last updated May 12, 2022 at 11:48 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.64 | Statement of Financial Transactions.

Effective:
May 12, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Each executive agency lobbyist who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public officer or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint legislative ethics committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code. The statements shall be filed at the times specified in section 121.62 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed.
(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each employer who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public officer or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed at the times specified in section 121.62 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed.
(C) At least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed, each employer or executive agency lobbyist who is required to file a statement describing a financial transaction under this section shall deliver a copy of the statement to the public officer or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made.
(D) No employer shall be required to file any statement under this section or to deliver a copy of the statement to a public officer or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made if the financial transaction to which the statement pertains is reported by an executive agency lobbyist engaged by the employer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.65 | Disputed Expenditure or Transaction.

Effective:
May 12, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly
If a dispute arises between an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this division and an employer or executive agency lobbyist with respect to an expenditure or financial transaction alleged in a statement to be filed under section 121.63 or 121.64 of the Revised Code, the public officer or employee, employer, or executive agency lobbyist may file a complaint with the Ohio ethics commission. The commission shall proceed to investigate the complaint as though it were filed under section 102.06 of the Revised Code.
The complaint shall be filed at least three days prior to the time the statement is required to be filed with the joint legislative ethics committee. The time for filing a disputed expenditure or financial transaction in any statement of expenditures or the details of a financial transaction shall be extended pending the final decision of the commission. This extension does not extend the time for filing the nondisputed portions of either type of statement. The commission shall notify the parties of its final decision by certified mail. If the commission decides that the disputed expenditure or financial transaction should be reported, the employer or executive agency lobbyist shall include the matter in an amended statement and file the amended statement not later than ten days after receiving notice of the decision of the commission by certified mail.
An employer or executive agency lobbyist who files a false statement of expenditures or details of a financial transaction is liable in a civil action to any public officer or employee who sustains damage as a result of the filing or publication of the statement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.66 | Exceptions.

Effective:
April 10, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly
(A) Sections 121.62 and 121.63 of the Revised Code do not apply to efforts to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity by any of the following:
(1) Appearances at public hearings of the committees of the general assembly, at court proceedings, at rule-making or adjudication proceedings, or at other public meetings;
(2) News, editorial, and advertising statements published in bona fide newspapers, journals, or magazines, or broadcast over radio or television;
(3) The gathering and furnishing of information and news by bona fide reporters, correspondents, or news bureaus to news media described in division (A)(2) of this section;
(4) Publications primarily designed for and distributed to members of bona fide associations or charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations.
(B) Nothing in sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code requires the reporting of, or prohibits an elected executive official from soliciting or accepting, a contribution from or an expenditure by any person if the contribution or expenditure is reported in accordance with Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.67 | Prohibiting Contingent Fees.

Effective:
February 18, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall engage any person to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity for compensation that is contingent in any way on the outcome of an executive agency decision and no person shall accept any engagement to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity for compensation that is contingent in any way on the outcome of an executive agency decision.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit and shall not be construed to prohibit any person from compensating the person's sales employees pursuant to an incentive compensation plan, such as commission sales, if the incentive compensation plan is the same plan used to compensate similarly situated sales employees who are not executive agency lobbyists.
(C) No state elected officer or staff member shall receive or agree to receive directly or indirectly compensation other than from the agency with which the person serves for any service rendered or to be rendered by the person personally in any case, proceeding, application, or other matter that is before the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, "state elected officer" means any elected officer of this state and "staff member" means any staff as defined in section 101.70 or in section 121.60 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.68 | Statements Are Public Records.

Effective:
May 12, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The joint legislative ethics committee shall keep on file the statements required by sections 121.62, 121.63, and 121.64 of the Revised Code. These statements are public records and open to public inspection, and the joint committee shall computerize them so that the information contained in them is readily accessible to the general public. The joint committee shall provide copies of the statements to the general public on request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the statement.
(B) Not later than the last day of February and October of each year, the joint committee shall compile from the registration statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered executive agency lobbyists and their employers, and distribute the list to each elected executive official and the director of each department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, who shall distribute the list to the appropriate personnel under his jurisdiction. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the list.
(C) The joint committee shall maintain a list of all executive agencies. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public on request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the document.
(D) The joint committee shall prescribe and make available an appropriate form for the filings required by sections 121.62, 121.63, and 121.64 of the Revised Code. The form shall contain the following notice in boldface type: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FILES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE."
(E) The joint committee may adopt rules as necessary to implement sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code, and any such rules it adopts shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.
(F) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that explains in clear and concise language the provisions of sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code and make it available free of charge to executive agency lobbyists, employers, and any other interested persons.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.69 | Investigations.

Effective:
January 1, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 538 - 118th General Assembly
The attorney general and any assistant or special counsel designated by him may investigate compliance with sections 121.60 to 121.68 of the Revised Code in connection with statements required to be filed under these sections and, in the event of an apparent violation, shall report his findings to the prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, who shall institute such proceedings as are appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.71 | Incorporation by Reference in Rule Definitions.

Effective:
August 18, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly
As used in sections 121.71 to 121.75 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Agency" means an "agency" as defined in section 111.15 or 119.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Rule" means a new rule or an amendment to an existing rule. "Rule" includes an appendix to a rule.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.72 | Incorporating Rule by Reference.

Effective:
August 18, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly
An agency incorporates a text or other material into a rule by reference when it refers in the rule to the text or other material as if it were spelled out or otherwise reproduced in the rule. The agency shall accompany the incorporation by reference with a citation that provides information sufficient to enable a reasonable person to whom the rule applies readily and without charge to find and inspect the text or other material that has been incorporated by reference. The citation shall specify the date of the text or other material or identify a particular edition or version of the text or other material and, if available, the date of the particular edition or version. The citation may include a web site address to the text or other material and may include other information that will enable the text or other material to be found readily and without charge.
An agency that incorporates a text or other material by reference into a rule is presumed to have incorporated by reference a version of the text or other material that is in existence at the time of its incorporation by reference. An agency may not incorporate by reference a future version of the text or other material that is not in existence at the time of its incorporation by reference.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.73 | Filing Material Incorporated by Reference Electronically.

Effective:
August 18, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly
When an agency files the original or a revised version of a rule in proposed form under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03, or a rule for review under section 106.03 of the Revised Code, that incorporates a text or other material by reference, the agency also shall file in electronic form, one complete and accurate copy of the text or other material incorporated by reference with, or otherwise shall make the text or other material available to, the joint committee on agency rule review only if the accompanying citation is not such as reasonably would enable the joint committee readily and without charge to find and inspect the text or other material that has been incorporated by reference.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.74 | Access to Material Incorporated in Rule in Final Form.

Effective:
August 18, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly
When an agency files a rule in final form that incorporates a text or other material by reference, the agency, prior to the effective date of the rule, shall ensure that the text or other material is available from the agency. The agency promptly and without charge shall make the text or other material available to any person who requests access to the text or other material.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.75 | Sufficiency of Citations.

Effective:
August 18, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly
(A)(1) Sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code do not apply to the incorporation by reference into a rule of any of the following:
(a) A section of the Revised Code;
(b) An uncodified statute of this state;
(c) An act of this state in the Laws of Ohio;
(d) A rule in the Administrative Code;
(e) A rule in the Monthly Record; or
(f) A rule in the Register of Ohio.
(2) Sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code do not apply to the incorporation by reference into a rule of any of the following:
(a) A section of the United States Code;
(b) An uncodified federal statute appended as a legislative note to a section in the United States Code;
(c) A federal act in the Statutes at Large;
(d) A federal regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations; or
(e) A federal regulation in the Federal Register.
An agency that incorporates a text by reference into a rule under division (A)(2) of this section shall specify the date of the text that is being incorporated by reference.
(B) Sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code do not apply to the incorporation by reference into a rule of a text or other material insofar as the text or other material has any of the following characteristics:
(1) It addresses the internal management of an agency;
(2) It obtains or maintains authorization of a federally delegated program in this state;
(3) It addresses or provides for the receipt of federal funds by the state under a federally funded program;
(4) It is a form to be filled out or a digital application into which data is entered to fill out a form or its equivalent, but only if the form or application merely collects information and does not establish principles of law or policy;
(5) It states or restates federal legislative or administrative conclusions, such as interest rates or poverty levels, that are readily ascertainable from reliable sources, and that are not reasonably susceptible to state legislative or administrative variation;
(6) It states or restates generally accepted commercial, industrial, building, fire, plumbing, electrical, safety, or other codes or standards that are readily available to or ascertainable by the persons the standards are likely to affect; or
(7) It is copyrighted text or other material with regard to which permission to use has been obtained.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.81 | "Agency" and "Draft Rule" Defined; Construction of Sections.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in sections 121.81 to 121.82 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Agency" means a state agency that is required to file proposed rules for legislative review under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Draft rule" means any newly proposed rule and any proposed amendment, adoption, or rescission of a rule prior to the filing of that rule for legislative review under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code and includes a proposed amendment, adoption, or rescission of a rule in both its original and any revised form. "Draft rule" does not include an emergency rule adopted under division (B)(2) of section 111.15 or division (G) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, but does include a rule that is proposed to replace an emergency rule that expires under those divisions.
Sections 121.81 to 121.82 and 121.91 of the Revised Code are complementary to sections 107.51 to 107.55 and 107.61 to 107.63 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:45 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.811 | Applicability of Business Review Provisions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, auditor of state, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general shall comply with the business review provisions of sections 106.03 and 106.031 and 121.81 to 121.82 of the Revised Code, but are not required to submit any document to the common sense initiative office or to prepare any document that would have been prepared in response to recommendations of the common sense initiative office, but rather shall prepare all other documents required under the business review provisions and submit them directly to the joint committee on agency rule review along with the proposed or existing rule. The offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, auditor of state, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general are subject, however, to section 106.05 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:46 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.82 | Evaluation of Draft Rules; Business Impact Analysis.

Effective:
June 30, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
In the course of developing a draft rule that is intended to be proposed under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, an agency shall:
(A) Evaluate the draft rule against the business impact analysis instrument. If, based on that evaluation, the draft rule will not have an adverse impact on businesses, the agency may proceed with the rule-filing process. If the evaluation determines that the draft rule will have an adverse impact on businesses, the agency shall incorporate features into the draft rule that will eliminate or adequately reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses;
(B) Prepare a business impact analysis that describes its evaluation of the draft rule against the business impact analysis instrument, that identifies any features that were incorporated into the draft rule as a result of the evaluation, and that explains how those features, if there were any, eliminate or adequately reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses;
(C) Transmit a copy of the full text of the draft rule and the business impact analysis electronically to the common sense initiative office, which information shall be made available to the public on the office's web site in accordance with section 107.62 of the Revised Code;
(D) Consider any recommendations made by the common sense initiative office with regard to the draft rule, and either incorporate into the draft rule features the recommendations suggest will eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses or document, in writing, the reasons those recommendations are not being incorporated into the draft rule; and
(E) Prepare a memorandum of response identifying features suggested by any recommendations that were incorporated into the draft rule and features suggested by any recommendations that were not incorporated into the draft rule, explaining how the features that were incorporated into the draft rule eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses, and explaining why the features that were not incorporated into the draft rule were not incorporated.
If the draft rule requires liability insurance, a bond, or any other financial responsibility instrument as a condition of licensure, the agency shall conduct a diligent search to determine if the liability insurance, bond, or other financial responsibility instrument is readily available in the amounts required as a condition of licensure, and, when the agency transmits the draft rule to the common sense initiative office, shall certify to the office that the search was conducted.
An agency may not file a proposed rule for legislative review under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code earlier than the sixteenth business day after electronically transmitting the draft rule to the common sense initiative office.