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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.12 | Additional Allowance to Prosecuting Attorneys.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Except for the prosecuting attorney of a county with a population of less than seventy thousand one, there shall be allowed annually to the prosecuting attorney, in addition to the prosecuting attorney's salary provided by sections 325.11 and 325.18 of the Revised Code and to the allowance provided for by section 309.06 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to one-half of the official salary the prosecuting attorney receives, to provide for expenses the prosecuting attorney may incur in the performance of the prosecuting attorney's official duties and in the furtherance of justice.
(B) There shall be allowed annually to the prosecuting attorney of a county with a population of less than seventy thousand one, in addition to the prosecuting attorney's salary provided by sections 325.11 and 325.18 of the Revised Code and to the allowance provided for by section 309.06 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to one-half of the salary specified for a prosecuting attorney with a private practice under sections 325.11 and 325.18 of the Revised Code, to provide for expenses the prosecuting attorney may incur in the performance of the prosecuting attorney's official duties and in the furtherance of justice.
(C) Upon the order of the prosecuting attorney, the county auditor shall draw the county auditor's warrant on the county treasurer, payable to the prosecuting attorney or any other person as the order designates, for the amount the order requires, not exceeding the amount provided by division (A) or (B) of this section to be paid out of the general fund of the county.
(D) Nothing shall be paid under this section until the prosecuting attorney, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, has given bond to the state in a sum, not less than the prosecuting attorney's official salary, to be fixed by the court of common pleas or the probate court, with sureties to be approved by either of those courts. The bond shall be conditioned that the prosecuting attorney will faithfully discharge all the duties enjoined upon the prosecuting attorney, and pay over all moneys received by the prosecuting attorney in the prosecuting attorney's official capacity. The bond, with the approval of the court of common pleas or the probate court of the amount of the bond and the sureties on the bond, and the prosecuting attorney's oath of office enclosed with the bond, shall be deposited with the county treasurer.
(E) The prosecuting attorney shall, annually, before the first Monday of January, file with the auditor an itemized statement, verified by the prosecuting attorney, as to the manner in which the fund provided by this section has been expended during the current year, and, if any part of that fund remains in the prosecuting attorney's hands unexpended, forthwith shall pay the remainder into the county treasury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.13 | Additional Funds for Investigating and Prosecuting Crimes.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When, in the opinion of the prosecuting attorney, an emergency exists by reason of the unusual prevalence of crime or when it appears to be probable that criminal efforts are being made to obstruct the due administration of justice, if the funds available to such prosecuting attorney under section 325.12 of the Revised Code are insufficient for the purposes of the necessary investigation and prosecution of such activities and offenses, he may make application to the court of common pleas for additional funds. Such court, if satisfied that the expenditure of additional funds will be for the public benefit and will promote the administration of justice, may, by an order entered in its journal allow such prosecuting attorney additional funds not in excess of ten thousand dollars in any one year. This fund shall be expended upon the order of the prosecuting attorney in the manner prescribed by section 325.12 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.16 | No Liability for Compensation in Excess of Amount Authorized.

Effective:
October 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly
Sections 325.01 to 325.13, 325.16, 325.17, 325.20, and 325.27 to 325.32 of the Revised Code shall not make a county, or an officer thereof, liable to any of the officers named in such sections, or his deputies, assistants, clerks, bookkeepers, or other employees, for the payment of compensation in excess of the amount authorized, or except in the manner provided by such sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.17 | Appointing and Hiring Employees - Compensation - Bond.

Effective:
August 17, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 235 - 126th General Assembly
The officers mentioned in section 325.27 of the Revised Code may appoint and employ the necessary deputies, assistants, clerks, bookkeepers, or other employees for their respective offices, shall fix the compensation of those employees and discharge them, and shall file certificates of that action with the county auditor. The employees' compensation shall not exceed, in the aggregate, for each office, the amount fixed by the board of county commissioners for that office. When so fixed, the compensation of each such deputy, assistant, bookkeeper, clerk, and other employee shall be paid biweekly from the county treasury, upon the warrant of the county auditor. The amount of the biweekly payment shall be adjusted so that the total amount paid out to an employee over a period of one year is equal to the amount the employee would receive if the employee were paid semimonthly.
Each of the officers mentioned in section 325.27 of the Revised Code may require such of the officer's employees as the officer considers proper to give bond to the state, in an amount to be fixed by the officer, with sureties approved by the officer, conditioned for the faithful performance of their official duties. The bond, with the approval of the officer endorsed on it, shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
From moneys appropriated for their offices, the officers mentioned in section 325.27 of the Revised Code may contract for the services of fiscal and management consultants to aid them in the execution of their powers and duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.18 | Salary Increases for Elected County Officials.

Effective:
December 27, 2018
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 296 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Beginning in calendar year 2020 and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028, the salary amounts under sections 325.06 and 325.11 of the Revised Code shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.
(B) Beginning in calendar year 2021 and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028, the salary amounts under sections 325.03, 325.04, 325.08, 325.09, 325.10, 325.14, and 325.15 of the Revised Code shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.
(C) Notwithstanding this section and sections 325.06, 325.11, 325.14, and 325.15 of the Revised Code, when computing a salary for any elected county officer under any of those sections, if the population range for the class under which the officer is to be compensated is not the same as the population range for that class for any other such elected county office, the class at which the officer's salary is determined shall be the highest class at which any officer from that same county is compensated under the population range applicable to that officer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.191 | Establishing Programs for Staff Development and Continuing Education.

Effective:
September 30, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1296 - 111th General Assembly
(A) The board of county commissioners, by an affirmative vote of at least two members, may authorize each of the several offices, departments, and agencies of the county service to establish programs for staff development and continuing education, to assist employees to more adequately and effectively carry out current job assignments and to prepare for promotional advancements. Each full-time employee in an office, department, or agency adopting such a program shall be entitled to participate pursuant to the rules established by the office, department, or agency for administration of the program.
(B) Expenditures on behalf of staff development and continuing education shall only be made to further the interests of the participating office, department, or agency of the county. Any plan adopted pursuant to this section may include programs for employee orientation, on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, educational material reimbursement, and educational leaves of absence, and may include the expenditure of training funds for special teachers, consultants and educational facilities necessary to implement the program.
Last updated March 9, 2022 at 12:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.20 | County Officer May Attend Convention at County Expense.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided by law, no elected county officer and no deputy or employee of the county shall attend, at county expense, any association meeting, convention, or training sessions conducted pursuant to section 901.10 of the Revised Code, unless authorized by the board of county commissioners. Before such allowance may be made, the head of the county office desiring it shall apply to the board in writing showing the necessity of such attendance and the probable costs to the county. If a majority of the members of the board approves the application, such expenses shall be paid from the moneys appropriated to such office for traveling expenses.
(B) The board of county commissioners shall approve or disapprove any travel outside this state if the travel expenses will or may be in excess of one hundred dollars and will or may be paid for from funds in either of the delinquent tax and assessment collection funds created in section 321.261 of the Revised Code or the real estate assessment fund created in section 325.31 of the Revised Code. The head of the county office seeking approval shall apply to the board in writing showing the necessity of the travel and the probable costs to the county from either delinquent tax and assessment collection fund or from the real estate assessment fund. If the travel is requested by a county auditor, and the board does not approve the travel, the auditor may not apply to the tax commissioner pursuant to section 5713.01 of the Revised Code for an additional allowance for such travel.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.21 | Authority to Join Association or Non-Profit Organization Formed for Improvement of County Government.

Effective:
November 21, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 547 - 108th General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may authorize the county to join an association or non-profit organization formed for the improvement of county government. Such board shall have the authority to appropriate from its general fund an amount sufficient to pay the dues, subscription costs, or membership charges of such association or non-profit organization.
The board may also authorize any elected county official to join an association related to county affairs, at county expense. The board shall have the authority to appropriate an amount sufficient to pay the dues, subscription costs, and membership charges of such association. Before such expenses may be paid, the official's office shall make application to the board in writing showing the probable costs. If the board approves the application, such expenses shall be paid from moneys appropriated to such office. The amount appropriated for such expenses shall not exceed five cents per person for the county's population as determined by the latest federal census.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.22 | No Reduction of Compensation Due to Decline of Population.

Effective:
December 20, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1122 - 113th General Assembly
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, the compensation payable to a county auditor, county treasurer, county sheriff, clerk of the court of common pleas, county recorder, county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county engineer, or county coroner shall not be reduced during the remainder of his term of office on account of a decline in the population of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.23 | No Reduction of Compensation Due to Decline of Population in 1993.

Effective:
December 31, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 356 - 119th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "county office" means the office of county auditor, county treasurer, county sheriff, clerk of the court of common pleas, county recorder, county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county engineer, or county coroner.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, the annual compensation of a person holding any county office on December 31, 1992, who commences a new term of office in that same county office during calendar year 1993 shall not be reduced during that new term of office, because of a decline in the population of the county, from the amount of annual compensation he was receiving on December 31, 1992.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.25 | Program to Recognize Outstanding Employee Performance.

Effective:
April 16, 1998
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 110 - 122nd General Assembly
Upon notifying the board of county commissioners, any appointing authority of a county office, department, commission, board, or body, or of a common pleas court, county court, or county-operated municipal court as defined in section 1901.03 of the Revised Code, may establish a program to recognize outstanding employee performance. The program may include, but is not limited to, cash awards, additional paid leave, or other additional benefits as the appointing authority considers appropriate, so long as the costs of the program do not exceed the total amount of compensation fixed by the board of county commissioners for the office, department, commission, board, or body or for the common pleas court, county court, or county-operated municipal court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.27 | Fees, Costs, and Percentages Shall Be for Use of County.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All the fees, costs, percentages, penalties, allowances, and other perquisites collected or received by law as compensation for services by a county auditor, county treasurer, probate judge, sheriff, clerk of the court of common pleas, county engineer, or county recorder, shall be received and collected for the sole use of the treasury of the county in which such officers are elected, and shall be held, accounted for, and paid over as public moneys belonging to such county in the manner provided by sections 325.30 and 325.31 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.28 | Receipt for Fees.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
Each probate judge, county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county engineer, and county recorder shall charge and collect the fees, costs, percentages, allowances, and compensation allowed by law, and shall give to the person making such payment an official receipt.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.30 | Accounts to Be Kept by Officers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each officer named in section 325.27 of the Revised Code shall keep full and regular accounts of all official fees, costs, percentages, penalties, allowances, or other perquisites charged or collected by him, and such accounts shall be records of the offices, shall belong to the county, and shall be transmitted by such officer to his successor in office. At all times, such accounts shall be subject to examination by the board of county commissioners, the judges of the court of common pleas, or any person appointed for that purpose by such judges, by any person authorized to make such examination, or by any other person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.32 | Reduction or Remission of Fees.

Effective:
July 31, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 5 - 125th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in section 311.171 of the Revised Code, no county officer named in section 325.27 of the Revised Code shall make any reduction, abatement, or remission of any fees, costs, percentages, penalties, allowances, or perquisites of any kind, required to be charged and collected by the officer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.33 | Certificate of Title Administration Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding sections 325.27 and 325.31 of the Revised Code, all fees retained by the clerk of courts under Chapters 1548., 4505., and 4519. of the Revised Code and all fees the clerk of courts receives in the capacity of deputy registrar under section 4503.03 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the certificate of title administration fund, which is hereby created. Fees credited to the fund shall be used as follows:
(1) To pay the costs incurred by the clerk of courts in processing titles under Chapters 1548., 4505., and 4519. of the Revised Code;
(2) To pay the clerk of courts an eight thousand dollar annual pay supplement for performing the duties of a deputy registrar if the clerk is not a limited authority deputy registrar, as described in section 4501:1-6-04 of the Ohio Administrative Code.
(B) If the board of county commissioners and the clerk of courts agree that the money in the fund exceeds what is needed to pay the costs specified in division (A) of this section, the excess may be transferred to the county general fund and used for other county purposes. If the board of county commissioners and the clerk of courts are unable to agree on the amount of any such excess, the county budget commission shall determine the amount that will be transferred to the county general fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 325 | Compensation › Section 325.36 | Prohibition Against Illegal Collection of Fees.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No salaried county official, shall remit a fee or part thereof, or shall collect a fee other than that prescribed by law. The person furnishing the information upon which a conviction results shall receive one half of the fine collected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 327 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 327.01 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In each county owing a bonded debt, there shall be a board, designated as the trustees of the sinking fund, composed of the prosecuting attorney, the county auditor, and the county treasurer. The prosecuting attorney shall be the president of such board and the county auditor shall be its secretary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 327 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 327.02 | Duties of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall provide for the payment of all bonds issued by the county and the interest maturing thereon. All taxes, assessments, and other moneys collected for such purposes, or held in the county treasury to the credit of the sinking fund, shall be subject to investment and disbursement by such board. For the satisfaction of any obligation under its supervision, the board may sell or use any of the securities in its possession or disburse any of the money under its control.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 327 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 327.03 | Report by Auditor to Trustees Semiannually.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Immediately after each semiannual settlement of taxes and assessments, the county auditor shall report to the board of trustees of the sinking fund the amount in the county treasury to the credit of the sinking fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 327 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 327.04 | Investment of Funds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall invest all moneys subject to its control in bonds of the United States, of this state, or of a municipal corporation, school district, township, or county of the state, and shall hold in reserve in cash only such sums as may be needed for effecting the purposes of sections 327.01 to 327.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 327 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 327.05 | Meetings - Decision of Questions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The meetings of the board of trustees of the sinking fund shall be open to the public, and all questions relating to the purchase or sale of securities or the payment of bonds or interest shall be decided by a yea and nay vote, which vote shall be recorded on the journal of such board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 327 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 327.06 | How Moneys Shall Be Drawn From and Paid Into Treasury.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Money shall be drawn from the county treasury for investment or disbursement by the board of trustees of the sinking fund by the issuance of a voucher, signed by all the members of the board and directed to the county auditor, on which a warrant shall be drawn on the county treasurer, payable from the proper fund. All moneys received by such board shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the proper fund, on the certificate of the auditor. All securities held by such board shall be deposited with the treasurer. When securities are so deposited they shall be withdrawn only upon the written application of all the members of the board and in the presence of two of them.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 327 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 327.07 | Record of Proceedings and Transactions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall keep a full and complete record of its transactions, a complete record of the funded debt of the county specifying the dates, purposes, amounts, numbers, maturities, and rates, and maturities of interest installments on such debt, where such installments are payable, and an account exhibiting the amount held in the sinking fund for the payment thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 327 | County Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 327.08 | When Tax Rate Certified.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
On or before the first Monday in May of each year, the board of trustees of the sinking fund shall certify to the board of county commissioners the rate of tax necessary to provide a sinking fund for the payment, at maturity, of bonds issued by the county prior to August 17, 1921, and for the payment of interest on said bonded indebtedness. The amount so certified shall be set forth in the annual budget of the board of county commissioners, without diminution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.01 | County Department of Job and Family Services - Director, Assistants, Bonds.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
In each county, except as provided in section 329.40 of the Revised Code, there shall be a county department of job and family services which, when so established, shall be governed by this chapter. The department shall consist of a county director of job and family services appointed by the board of county commissioners, and such assistants and other employees as are necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the county department. Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of the director's official duties, the director shall give a bond, conditioned for the faithful performance of those official duties, in such sum as fixed by the board. The director may require any assistant or employee under the director's jurisdiction to give a bond in such sum as determined by the board. All bonds given under this section shall be with a surety or bonding company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of such director, assistant, or employee. The expense or premium for any bond required by this section shall be paid from the appropriation for administrative expenses of the department. Such bond shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
As used in the Revised Code:
(A) "County department of job and family services" means the county department of job and family services established under this section, including an entity designated a county department of job and family services under section 307.981 of the Revised Code, or a joint county department of job and family services established under section 329.40 of the Revised Code.
(B) "County director of job and family services" means the county director of job and family services appointed under this section or under section 329.41 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.011 | References to Welfare or Human Services Department or Director Are to Job and Family Services.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
Whenever the county department of welfare, county department of human services, county director of welfare, or county director of human services is referred to or designated in the Revised Code or any rule, contract, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the county department of job and family services or county director of job and family services, as the case may be.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.022 | Employees.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
Within the appropriation for personal services, each county department of job and family services may employ the necessary employees who, except for the county director of job and family services as provided in section 329.02 of the Revised Code, shall be in the classified service. Compensation for positions in each service, group, or grade established by the director of administrative services shall not be less than the minimum nor more than the maximum rates established by the director for such positions. The department of job and family services shall cooperate with the director in establishing the qualifications of persons to be employed and the classification and rates of compensation of county department employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.023 | Hours of Operation Outside County Department's Normal Hours of Operation.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
Each county department of job and family services shall have hours of operation outside the county department's normal hours of operation during which the county department will accept from employed individuals applications for the programs administered by the county department and assist employed program recipients and participants with matters related to the programs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.041 | Meetings With Transit Representatives to Discuss Transportation Needs of Ohio Works First Participants.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
In each county in which there is a county transit board established by section 306.01 of the Revised Code, a county transit system operated under that section, or a regional transit authority created under section 306.32 of the Revised Code, the county department of job and family services shall meet not less than once each calendar quarter with transit representatives of the board, system, or authority. The department and transit representatives shall discuss the transportation needs of the county's Ohio works first participants, review existing efforts and develop new options to meet those needs, and measure the accomplishments of those efforts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.042 | Participation in Federal Food Stamp Program.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
Each county department of job and family services shall certify eligible public assistance and nonpublic assistance households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in accordance with federal and state law to enable low-income households to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and thereby to purchase foods having a greater monetary value than is possible under public assistance standard allowances or other low-income budgets.
Each county department of job and family services shall administer the distribution of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the supervision of the department of job and family services. The benefits shall be distributed by a method approved by the department of job and family services in accordance with the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and regulations issued thereunder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.05 | Administering Other State or Local Family Services Activity.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The county department of job and family services may administer or assist in administering any state or local family services duty in addition to those mentioned in section 329.04 of the Revised Code, supported wholly or in part by public funds from any source provided by agreement between the board of county commissioners and the officer, department, board, or agency in which the administration of such activity is vested. Such officer, department, board, or agency may enter into such agreement and confer upon the county department of job and family services, to the extent and in particulars specified in the agreement, the performance of any duties and the exercise of any powers imposed upon or vested in such officer, board, department, or agency, with respect to the administration of such activity. Such agreement shall be in the form of a resolution of the board of county commissioners, accepted in writing by the other party to the agreement, and filed in the office of the county auditor, and when so filed, shall have the effect of transferring the exercise of the powers and duties to which the agreement relates and shall exempt the other party from all further responsibility for the exercise of the powers and duties so transferred, during the life of the agreement.
Such agreement shall be coordinated and not conflict with a grant agreement entered into under sections 307.98 and 5101.21, a contract entered into under section 307.981 or 307.982, a plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.983, a regional plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.984, a transportation work plan developed under section 307.985, or procedures for providing services to children whose families relocate frequently established under section 307.986 of the Revised Code. It may be revoked at the option of either party, by a resolution or order of the revoking party filed in the office of the auditor. Such revocation shall become effective at the end of the fiscal year occurring at least six months following the filing of the resolution or order. In the absence of such an express revocation so filed, the agreement shall continue indefinitely.
This section does not permit a county department of job and family services to manage or control hospitals, humane societies, detention facilities, jails or probation departments of courts, or veterans service commissions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.051 | Making Voter Registration Applications Available.

Effective:
December 31, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The county department of job and family services shall make voter registration applications as prescribed by the secretary of state under section 3503.10 of the Revised Code available to persons who are applying for, receiving assistance from, or participating in any of the following:
(A) The medicaid program;
(B) The Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code;
(C) The prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.061 | References to County Human Services Planning Committee Are to County Family Services Planning Committee.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
Wherever a county human services planning committee is referred to or designated in the Revised Code or any rule, contract, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to a county family services planning committee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.07 | Duties and Qualifications of Ohio Works First Ombudsperson.

Effective:
June 30, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 245 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in this section, "Ohio works first" and, "Title IV-A" have the same meanings as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code.
Each county department of job and family services shall have at least one Ohio works first ombudsperson. A county department may provide for an Ohio works first participant who resides in the county the county department serves and is qualified to perform the duties of an ombudsperson to be an ombudsperson. If no Ohio works first participant residing in the county the county department serves is qualified to perform the duties of an ombudsperson, the county department shall provide for one or more employees of the county department to be ombudspersons or contract with a person or government entity for the person or entity to perform the duties of an ombudsperson for the county department. To the extent permitted by federal law, the county department may use funds available under Title IV-A to provide for county department employees or a person or government entity under contract with the county department to perform the duties of an ombudsperson.
An Ohio works first ombudsperson shall help Ohio works first applicants and participants resolve complaints the applicants and participants have about the administration of Ohio works first.
The department of job and family services shall maintain a toll-free telephone number an Ohio works first assistance group may call to obtain the telephone number of an Ohio works first ombudsperson.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.09 | Moneys Received Considered Appropriated for Purposes for Which Received.

Effective:
October 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly
All moneys received by each county from the state, or from the federal government under the "Social Security Act," or any act of the congress amendatory of or in substitution for such act, for Ohio works first under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, the prevention, retention, and contingency program under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code, or for any other welfare activity, shall be considered appropriated for the purposes for which such moneys were received.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.10 | Property and Records Transferred to County Department of Job and Family Services.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
All the property, records, files, and other documents and papers used in and necessary for the performance of the functions belonging to or in the possession of any board, agency, or department, the powers and duties of which are transferred to the county department of job and family services, and the proceeds of all tax levies in process of collection for the use of such boards, agencies, or departments shall be transferred to the county department of job and family services, when established. At the time the exercise of any powers and duties of any other board, agency, or department are transferred to the county department of job and family services, or to any other board, agency, or department, all the property, records, files, and other documents and papers, the unexpended balances of all current appropriations, and the unappropriated proceeds of all tax levies then in process of collection for the use of such board, agency, or department shall be deemed transferred to the board, agency, or department to which such duties have been transferred.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.11 | Individual Development Account Definitions.

Effective:
October 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly
As used in sections 329.11 to 329.14 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Eligible education institution" means an institution described in 20 U.S.C. 1088(a)(1) or 1141(a), as amended, or an area vocational education school as defined in 20 U.S.C. 2471(4), as amended.
(B) "Federal poverty line" has the same meaning as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Fiduciary organization" means a nonprofit fundraising organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501 (a) and (c)(3).
(D) "Financial institution" includes a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union authorized to do business under federal law or the laws of this state.
(E) "Funds available" means the amount available to a fiduciary organization for the purpose of matching funds deposited by program participants.
(F) "Individual development account" means a trust created or organized in the United States pursuant to an individual development account program established under section 329.12 of the Revised Code to enable an individual eligible to participate in the program to accumulate funds for the purposes specified in section 329.14 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Nonprofit microenterprise program" means a program under which loans and assistance are provided to low-income persons for the purpose of starting or operating a small business.
(H) "Postsecondary educational expenses" means both of the following:
(1) Tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at an eligible education institution;
(2) Fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction at an eligible education institution.
(I) "Qualified acquisition costs" means the costs associated with acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing a residence, including any ordinary or reasonable settlement, financing, or other closing costs.
(J) "Qualified business" means any business formed for a purpose for which persons lawfully may associate themselves.
(K) "Qualified business plan" means a plan that includes a description of services or goods to be sold, a marketing plan, and projected financial statements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.12 | Establishing Individual Development Account Program.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A county department of job and family services may establish an individual development account program for residents of the county. The program shall provide for establishment of accounts for participants and acceptance of contributions from individuals and entities, including the county department, to be used as matching funds for deposit in the accounts.
(B) A county department shall select a fiduciary organization to administer its individual development account program. In selecting a fiduciary organization, the department shall consider all of the following regarding the organization:
(1) Its ability to market the program to potential participants and matching fund contributors;
(2) Its ability to invest money in the accounts in a way that provides for return with minimal risk of loss;
(3) Its overall administrative capacity, including the ability to verify eligibility of individuals for participation in the program, prevent unauthorized use of matching contributions, and enforce any penalties for unauthorized uses that may be provided for by rule adopted by the director of job and family services under section 5101.971 of the Revised Code;
(4) Its ability to provide financial counseling to participants;
(5) Its affiliation with other activities designed to increase the independence of individuals and families through postsecondary education, home ownership, and business development;
(6) Any other factor the county department considers appropriate.
(C) At the time it commences the program and on the first day of each subsequent program year, the county department may make a grant to the fiduciary organization to pay all or part of the administrative costs of the program.
(D) The county department shall require the fiduciary organization to collect and maintain information regarding the program, including all of the following:
(1) The number of accounts established;
(2) The amount deposited by each participant and the amount matched by contributions;
(3) The uses of funds withdrawn from the account, including the number of participants who used funds for postsecondary educational expenses and the institutions attended, the number of personal residences purchased, and the number of participants who used funds for business capitalization;
(4) The demographics of program participants;
(5) The number of participants who withdrew from the program and the reasons for withdrawal.
Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:53 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.13 | Establishing Individual Development Account.

Effective:
October 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly
A fiduciary organization may establish an individual development account only in a financial institution insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or in accordance with section 1733.041 of the Revised Code.
Not later than the thirtieth day of January of each year, a fiduciary organization shall determine whether the amount it deposited into individual development accounts from contributions made by individuals or entities that are not corporations during the previous calendar year was less than fifty per cent of the funds available from contributions made by individuals or entities that are not corporations for that year. A fiduciary organization may not accept any additional contributions from individuals or entities that are not corporations for the purpose of matching funds deposited by program participants until it has deposited at least fifty per cent of the funds available from contributions made by individuals or entities that are not corporations for the previous calendar year into individual development accounts. Not later than the thirtieth day of January of the year following each fifth year after the effective date of this section, a fiduciary organization shall determine whether the amount it deposited into individual development accounts from contributions made by corporations during the previous five-year period was less than fifty per cent of the funds available from contributions made by corporations during that period. A fiduciary organization may not accept any additional contributions from corporations for the purpose of matching funds deposited by program participants until it has deposited at least fifty per cent of the funds available from contributions made by corporations for the previous five-year period into individual development accounts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.19 | Identification Card for Assistance Program Administered by County Department of Job and Family Services.

Effective:
September 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
Upon determining that a person or persons are eligible for benefits or services under any assistance program administered by the county department of job and family services, the county department may issue an identification card to the person or persons. The county department shall determine the card's material, design, and informational content, which may include a photograph, social security number, name, and signature, and shall prescribe the procedure by which it is issued.
In issuing identification cards under this section, the county department shall comply with any state or federal laws governing the issuance of the cards. All expenses incurred in issuing the cards shall be paid from funds available to the county department for administrative expenses.