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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 151 | Public Facilities Commission › Section 151.05 | Natural Resources Projects Bond Service Fund.

Effective:
September 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly
This section applies to obligations as defined in this section.
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Capital facilities" means any project or capital improvements for any of the following: state and local parks and land and water recreation facilities; soil and water restoration and protection; land management, including preservation of natural areas and reforestation; water management, including dam safety, stream and lake management, and flood control and flood damage reduction; fish and wildlife resource management; and any other improvements that enhance the use and enjoyment of natural resources by individuals.
(2) "Costs of capital facilities" include related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the Ohio department of natural resources.
(3) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of capital facilities.
(B) The issuing authority shall issue obligations to pay costs of capital facilities pursuant to Section 2l of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section. The total principal amount of obligations outstanding at any one time shall not exceed two hundred million dollars, and not more than fifty million dollars in principal amount of obligations to pay costs of capital facilities may be issued in any fiscal year, all determined as provided in section 151.01 of the Revised Code and this section.
(C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited into the Ohio parks and natural resources fund created by section 1557.02 of the Revised Code.
(D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "natural resources projects bond service fund." All moneys received by the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with sections 151.01 and 151.05 of the Revised Code, to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund, and all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund, shall be deposited and credited to the bond service fund, subject to any applicable provisions of the bond proceedings but without necessity for any act of appropriation. During the period beginning with the date of the first issuance of obligations and continuing during the time that any obligations are outstanding in accordance with their terms, so long as moneys in the bond service fund are insufficient to pay debt service when due on those obligations payable from that fund (except the principal amounts of bond anticipation notes payable from the proceeds of renewal notes or bonds anticipated) and due in the particular fiscal year, a sufficient amount of revenues of the state is committed and, without necessity for further act of appropriation, shall be paid to the bond service fund for the purpose of paying that debt service when due.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 151 | Public Facilities Commission › Section 151.11 | Issuing Obligations to Pay Costs of Sites and Facilities.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Costs of sites and facilities" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs of those projects. "Costs of sites and facilities" includes "allowable costs" as defined in section 122.085 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of sites and facilities in Ohio for and in support of industry, commerce, distribution, and research and development purposes as referred to in division (A)(3) of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.
(B) The issuing authority shall issue general obligations of the state to pay costs of sites and facilities pursuant to division (B)(3) of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section. The issuing authority shall issue obligations in the amount determined by the issuing authority to be required for those purposes. The total principal amount of obligations issued under this section shall not exceed one hundred fifty million dollars.
(C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited into the job ready site development fund created by section 122.0820 of the Revised Code.
(D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the job ready site development bond service fund. All moneys received by the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with section 151.01 of the Revised Code and this section, to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund, and all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund, shall be deposited and credited to the bond service fund, subject to any applicable provisions of the bond proceedings, but without necessity for any act of appropriation. During the period beginning with the date of the first issuance of obligations and continuing during the time that any obligations are outstanding in accordance with their terms, so long as moneys in the bond service fund are insufficient to pay debt service when due on those obligations payable from that fund, except the principal amounts of bond anticipation notes payable from the proceeds of renewal notes or bonds anticipated, and due in the particular fiscal year, a sufficient amount of revenues of the state is committed and, without necessity for further act of appropriation, shall be paid to the bond service fund for the purpose of paying that debt service when due. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.01 | Architect Must Submit Accurate Plans, Estimates, Bills of Materials, and Details to Scale.

Effective:
July 1, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Whenever any building or structure for the use of the state or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state or in or upon the public works of the state that is administered by the Ohio facilities construction commission or by any other state officer or state agency authorized by law to administer a project, including an educational institution listed in section 3345.50 of the Revised Code, is to be erected or constructed, whenever additions, alterations, or structural or other improvements are to be made, or whenever heating, cooling, or ventilating plants or other equipment is to be installed or material supplied therefor, the estimated cost of which amounts to two hundred thousand dollars or more, or the amount determined pursuant to section 153.53 of the Revised Code or more, each officer, board, or other authority upon which devolves the duty of constructing, erecting, altering, or installing the same, referred to in sections 153.01 to 153.60 of the Revised Code as the public authority, shall cause to be made, by an architect or engineer whose contract of employment shall be prepared and approved by the attorney general, the following:
(1) Full and accurate plans, suitable for the use of mechanics and other builders in the construction, improvement, addition, alteration, or installation;
(2) Details to scale and full-sized, so drawn and represented as to be easily understood;
(3) Definite and complete specifications of the work to be performed, together with directions that will enable a competent mechanic or other builder to carry them out and afford bidders all needful information;
(4) A full and accurate estimate of each item of expense and the aggregate cost of those items of expense;
(5) A life-cycle cost analysis;
(6) Further data as may be required by the Ohio facilities construction commission.
(B)(1) Division (A) of this section shall not be required with respect to a construction management contract entered into with a construction manager at risk as described in section 9.334 of the Revised Code or a design-build contract entered into with a design-build firm as described in section 153.693 of the Revised Code.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall interfere with the power of the director of transportation to prepare plans for, acquire rights-of-way for, construct, or maintain roads, highways, or bridges, or to let contracts for those purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.012 | Preference to Contractors Having Principal Place of Business in Ohio.

Effective:
October 10, 1983
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 271 - 115th General Assembly
With respect to the award of any contract for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, repair, painting or decoration of a public improvement, including any highway improvement, made by the state or in whole or in part supported by the state, except for a contract for products produced or mined in Ohio or for a contract financed in whole or in part by contributions or loans from any agency of the United States government, preference shall be given to contractors having their principle place of business in Ohio over contrctors having their principle place of business in a state which provides a preference in that state in favor of contractors of that state for the same type of work. Where a preference is provided by another state for contractors of that state, contractors having their principle place of business in Ohio are to be granted in Ohio the same preference over them in the same manner and on the same basis and to the same extent as the preference is granted in letting contracts for the same type of work by the other state. If one party to a joint venture is a contractor having its principle place of business in Ohio, the joint venture shall be considered as having its principle place of business in Ohio.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.013 | Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board - Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract" means a contract for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services that will be delivered by the awarded bidder over a defined contract period.
(B) The executive director of the capitol square review and advisory board, with the approval of the board, may advertise and seek bids for, and may award, an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for an architect or engineer on an on-call, multi-project basis, to advise and consult with the capitol square review and advisory board for a defined contract period. To enter into an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract the executive director shall do all of the following:
(1) Prepare bidding documents;
(2) Establish contract forms;
(3) Determine contract terms and conditions, including the following:
(a) The maximum overall value of the contract, which may include an allowable increase of five per cent of the advertised contract value;
(b) The duration of the contract, not to exceed two years.
(4) Take any other action necessary to fulfill the duties and obligations of the executive director under this section.
(C) The requirements set forth in this section prevail in the event of any conflict with any other provision of this chapter.
Last updated July 30, 2021 at 6:07 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.031 | Rc 153.03 Requirements Limited to State Improvements.

Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 80 - 126th General Assembly
The general assembly intends the drug-free workplace programs required by section 153.03 of the Revised Code to be limited to the constructing, altering, or repairing of public improvements of the state and to be of assistance in ensuring that such public improvements are constructed, altered, or repaired in a manner that protects the safety of the citizens of this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.04 | Forms for Providing Bidding Information - Life-Cycle Costs.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The plans, details, bills of material, specifications of work, estimates of cost in detail and in the aggregate, life-cycle cost analysis, form of bid, bid guaranty, and other data that may be required shall be prepared on such material and in such manner and form as are prescribed by the Ohio facilities construction commission. The life-cycle costs shall be a primary consideration in the selection of a design. The same shall be deposited and safely kept in the office of the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code as the property of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.05 | Actions to Enforce Bond.

Effective:
March 18, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly
The bond required by section 153.08 of the Revised Code may be enforced against the person executing such bond, by any claimant for labor or material, and suit may be brought on such bond in the name of the state on relation of the claimant within one year from the date of delivering or furnishing such labor or material, in the court of common pleas of the county wherein such labor or material was furnished or delivered. Such bond shall not be released by the execution of any additional security, notes, retentions from estimates, or other instrument on account of such claim, or for any reason, except the full payment of such claim for labor or material.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.06 | Form of Bids.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
After the proceedings required by sections 153.01 and 153.04 of the Revised Code have been complied with, the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall give public notice of the time and place when and where bids will be received for performing the labor and furnishing the materials of such construction, improvement, alteration, addition, or installation, and a contract awarded, except for materials manufactured by the state or labor supplied by a county department of job and family services that may enter into the same. The form of bid approved by the Ohio facilities construction commission shall be used, and a bid shall be invalid and not considered unless such form is used without change, alteration, or addition. Bidders may be permitted to bid upon all the branches of work and materials to be furnished and supplied, or upon any thereof, or alternately upon all or any thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.07 | Publishing Notice of Bids.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The notice provided for in section 153.06 of the Revised Code shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, in the county where the activity for which bids are submitted is to occur and in such other newspapers as ordered by the Ohio facilities construction commission, the last publication to be at least eight days preceding the day for opening the bids, and in such form and with such phraseology as the commission orders. Copies of the plans, details, estimates of cost, and specifications shall be open to public inspection at all business hours between the day of the first publication and the day for opening the bids, at the office of the commission where the bids are received, and such other place as may be designated in such notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.08 | Opening Bids and Awarding Contract.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
On the day and at the place named in the notice provided for in section 153.06 of the Revised Code, the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall open the bids and shall publicly, with the assistance of the architect or engineer, immediately proceed to tabulate the bids. For a bid filed electronically, the public bid opening may be broadcast by electronic means pursuant to rules established by the Ohio facilities construction commission. A bid shall be invalid and not considered unless a bid guaranty meeting the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code and in the form approved by the commission is filed with such bid. For a bid that is not filed electronically, the bid and bid guaranty shall be filed in one sealed envelope. If the bid and bid guaranty are filed electronically, they must be received electronically before the deadline published pursuant to section 153.06 of the Revised Code. For all bids filed electronically, the original, unaltered bid guaranty shall be made available to the public authority after the public bid opening, which may be achieved by means of an electronic verification and security system established under rules adopted by the Ohio facilities construction commission under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. After investigation, which shall be completed within thirty days, the contract shall be awarded by such owner to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code.
No contract shall be entered into until the industrial commission has certified that the person so awarded the contract has complied with sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code, until, if the bidder so awarded the contract is a foreign corporation, the secretary of state has certified that such corporation is authorized to do business in this state, until, if the bidder so awarded the contract is a person nonresident of this state, such person has filed with the secretary of state a power of attorney designating the secretary of state as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of summons in any action brought under section 153.05 of the Revised Code or under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code, and until the contract and bond, if any, are submitted to the attorney general and the attorney general's approval certified thereon.
No contract shall be entered into unless the bidder possesses a valid certificate of compliance with affirmative action programs issued pursuant to section 9.47 of the Revised Code and dated no earlier than one hundred eighty days prior to the date fixed for the opening of bids for a particular project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.09 | New Proposals When Necessary - Change in Work or Materials.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
If in the opinion of the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, the award of a contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not in the best interests of the state, the owner may accept another bid so opened or reject all bids, and advertise for other bids. Such advertisement shall be for such time, in such form, and in such newspaper as the Ohio facilities construction commission directs. All contracts shall provide that such owner may make any change in work or materials on the conditions and in the manner provided in sections 153.10 and 153.11 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.10 | No Change in Plans Without Approval of Owner.

Effective:
March 18, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly
After the plans, bills of material, specifications of work, estimates of cost in detail and in the aggregate, life-cycle cost analysis, form of bid, bid guaranty, and other data that may be required are approved and filed with the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, no change of plans, details, bills of material, or specifications shall be made or allowed unless the same are approved by the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code. When so approved, the plans of the proposed change, with detail to scale and full size, specifications of work, and bills of material shall be filed with the original papers. If such change affects the price, the amount thereof shall likewise receive such approval.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.11 | Change of Plans Becomes Part of Original Contract.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Whenever the change referred to in section 153.10 of the Revised Code is approved by the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, accepted in writing by the contractor, and filed, the same shall be considered as being a part of the original contract, and the bond theretofore executed shall be increased or decreased accordingly to include and cover the change in the contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.13 | Estimates of Labor and Materials - Funds in Escrow Account.

Effective:
February 11, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 497 - 114th General Assembly
At the time named in the contract for payment to the person with whom it is made, the owner referred to in section 153.01 or 153.12 of the Revised Code shall approve a full, accurate, and detailed estimate of the various kinds of labor performed and material furnished under the contract, with the amount due for each kind of labor and material and the materials and amount due in the aggregate, which estimate shall be based upon actual measurement of such labor and materials, and shall give the amounts of the preceding estimate, and the amount of labor performed and materials furnished since the last estimate. From the date the contract is fifty per cent complete, as evidenced by payments in the amount of at least fifty per cent of the contract to the person with whom the owner has contracted, except in the case of contracts the total cost of which is less than fifteen thousand dollars, all funds retained pursuant to sections 153.12 and 153.14 of the Revised Code for the faithful performance of work shall be deposited in the escrow account designated in section 153.63 of the Revised Code. After the contract is fifty per cent complete, no further funds shall be retained. When the major portion of the project is substantially completed and occupied, or in use, or otherwise accepted, and there exists no other reason to withhold retainage, the retained percentages held in connection with such portion shall be released from escrow and paid to the contractor, withholding only that amount necessary to assure completion. Funds in the escrow account not heretofore paid, with accumulated interest, shall be paid to the person with whom the owner has contracted thirty days from the date of completion or either acceptance or occupancy by the owner. Such payments shall be in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 153.63 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation upon the authority of the director of transportation granted in Chapter 5525. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.15 | Assessment of Asbestos Hazard.

Effective:
July 22, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 715 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Whenever an asbestos hazard abatement activity is being performed in a building or structure supported in whole or in part by the state, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist certified under Chapter 3710. of the Revised Code shall assess the hazard and determine appropriate response actions. Enclosure or encapsulation, rather than removal, shall be implemented if the asbestos hazard evaluation specialist determines that both of the following apply:
(1) Enclosure or encapsulation would be an appropriate response action;
(2) The cost of encapsulating or enclosing the asbestos hazard would be less than removing it.
(B) As used in this section, "enclosure" and "encapsulation" have the meanings given in section 3710.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) The requirements of this section do not apply to school districts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.16 | Policy and Procedure Guidelines for Contract Documents in Conjunction With Administration of Public Works Contracts.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish policy and procedure guidelines for contract documents in conjunction with the administration of public works contracts that the state or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state enters into for any project subject to sections 153.01 to 153.11 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary, any claim submitted under a public works contract that the state or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state enters into for any project subject to sections 153.01 to 153.11 of the Revised Code shall be resolved within one hundred twenty days. After the end of this one hundred twenty-day period, the contractor shall be deemed to have exhausted all administrative remedies for purposes of division (B) of section 153.12 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.17 | Requisition Upon Contractor for Additional Specific Force or Materials.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) When in the opinion of the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, the work under any contract made under any law of the state is neglected by the contractor or such work is not prosecuted with the diligence and force specified or intended in the contract, such owner may make requisition upon the contractor for such additional specific force or materials to be brought into the work under such contract or to remove improper materials from the grounds as in their judgment the contract and its faithful fulfillment requires.
Not less than five days' notice in writing of such action shall be served upon the contractor or the contractor's agent in charge of the work. If the contractor fails to comply with such requisition within fifteen days, such owner with the written consent of the Ohio facilities construction commission, may employ upon the work the additional force, or supply the special materials or such part of either as is considered proper, and may remove improper materials from the grounds.
(B) When the original contractor has defaulted on a contract and the surety has declined to take over the project, the owner may contract with one or more takeover contractors to complete work that was not finished because of the default of the original contractor. The owner may enter into a contract with a takeover contractor without competitive bidding or controlling board approval.
When the owner has taken over a project after a default has occurred, any moneys that the owner receives from the surety as a settlement for completion of the project shall be deposited in the original fund from which the capital appropriation for the project was made. The executive director, without controlling board approval, may authorize specified additional uses for the moneys related to completion of the project and may increase the appropriation authority in the appropriation line item used to fund the project by an amount equal to the moneys received from the surety.
Last updated September 14, 2023 at 1:57 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.18 | Certification of Additional Force or Materials.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall make separate estimates of all additional force or materials employed or supplied as provided by section 153.17 of the Revised Code, and payment shall be provided for by the director of budget and management. The amount so paid shall be charged against the contractor and be deducted from his next or any subsequent estimate. The amount or any part thereof not so paid may be recovered by action from such contractor and his sureties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.19 | Contract Shall Contain Provision as to Time of Completion.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All contracts under sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall contain provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of work contemplated therein shall be completed and that for each day it shall be delayed beyond the time so named the contractor shall forfeit to the state a sum to be fixed in the contract, which shall be deducted from any payment due or to become due to the contractor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.20 | Duty of Attorney General.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The attorney general shall have charge of and direct the proceedings necessary to enforce contracts authorized by sections 153.01 to 153.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.21 | Building Commission.

Effective:
September 20, 1965
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 81 - 106th General Assembly
When the board of county commissioners has determined to erect a courthouse or other county building, or to make an addition to, or to make an improvement of any existing county owned building, the board may appoint four suitable and competent freehold electors of the county, who shall, together with the board, constitute a building commission and serve until the courthouse or other county building, or the addition thereto, or the improvements thereof are completed. Not more than two of such appointees shall be of the same political party.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.22 | Compensation of Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The persons appointed under section 153.21 of the Revised Code after August 22, 1951, shall receive a reasonable compensation for the time actually employed, to be fixed by the court of common pleas and on its approval paid from the county treasury. Their compensation in the aggregate shall not exceed eight thousand dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.23 | Expenses of Building Commission.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The necessary expenses for stationery, postage, correspondence, and travel out of the county required in the discharge of the duties of the building commission shall be paid from the county treasury on the order of the board of county commissioners and the warrant of the county auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.24 | Oath and Bond.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the persons appointed to the building commission shall each take an oath of office and give bond for the faithful and honest discharge of official duties in the same amount as required of members of the board of county commissioners, with sureties approved by the judge of the court of common pleas. Such bond shall be delivered to the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.25 | Vacancies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any member of the building commission, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the judge of the court of common pleas as provided in section 153.21 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.26 | Contracts.

Effective:
December 9, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 428 - 107th General Assembly
After adopting plans, specifications, and estimates, the building commission shall invite bids and award contracts in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the building and for furnishing, heating, lighting, and ventilating it, and for the sewerage thereof. Until the building is completed and accepted by the commission, the commission may determine all questions connected therewith. The commission shall be governed by sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, relating to the erection of public buildings of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.27 | Architects - Superintendents - Employees.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The building commission may employ architects, superintendents, and other necessary employees during the construction of a courthouse or other county building and fix their compensation and bond.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.28 | Plans, Drawings, and Cost Estimates Filed With County Auditor.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When approved by the building commission, the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of cost thereof shall be filed by the county auditor in his office and shall not be altered, unless such alteration is first drawn, specified, and estimated as required by law for the original plans and approved by the commission. No such change shall be made until the price to be paid therefor has been agreed upon in writing between the commission and the contractor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.29 | Proceedings of Building Commission.

Effective:
August 1, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly
Resolutions for the adoption or alteration of plans or specifications, or for the award of contracts, hiring of architects, superintendent, or other employees and the fixing of their compensation, the approval of bonds or bid guaranties, and the allowance of estimates shall be in writing and shall require for their adoption the votes of five members of the building commission, taken by yeas and nays recorded on the journal of the board of county commissioners. When signed by five members of the commission, the county auditor shall draw his warrant on the county treasurer for the payment of all bills and estimates of such commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.30 | Record of Proceedings.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Full and accurate records of all proceedings of the building commission shall be kept by the county auditor upon the journal of the board of county commissioners. He shall carefully preserve in his office all plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of costs in detail and in the aggregate pertaining to the building.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.31 | Plans and Estimates for Construction - Construction Project Manager or Consultants.

Effective:
October 24, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 367 - 111th General Assembly
When it becomes necessary for the board of county commissioners of a county to erect or cause to be erected a public building, or a substructure for a bridge, or an addition to or alteration thereof, before entering into any contract therefor or repair therof or for the supply of any materials therefor, they shall cause to be made by a registered architect or registered professional engineer the following:
(A) Full and accurate plans showing all necessary details of the work and materials required, with working plans suitable for the use of mechanics or other builders in the construction thereof, drawn so as to be easily understood;
(B) Accurate bills, showing the exact amount of the different kinds of material, necessary for the construction, to accompany the plans;
(C) Full and complete specifications of the work to be performed showing the manner and style required to be done, with such directions as will enable a competent builder to carry them out, and which will afford to bidders all needful information;
(D) A full and accurate estimate of each item of expense, and of the aggregate cost thereof.
In connection with the planning and construction of any public building project, the board may employ a construction project manager or consultants, and fix their compensation. Such construction project manager or consultants shall be expert and qualified in their respective fields. The cost of such services may be paid from the proceeds of bonds and notes issued to pay the cost of such project.
This section does not prevent the board from receiving from bidders on iron or reinforced concrete substructures for bridges the necessary plans and specifications therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.311 | Construction of Public Building in Stages.

Effective:
September 13, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 443 - 109th General Assembly
Nothing contained in Chapter 153. of the Revised Code shall prevent a board of county commissioners from constructing a public building in stages and letting contracts from time to time for various portions of the work, so long as the total cost of construction of a project, which may include more than one building, is reasonably estimated by the board to exceed fifteen million dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.32 | Contracts for Erection and Repair of Superstructures.

Effective:
March 18, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly
When it becomes necessary to erect a bridge, the board of county commissioners shall determine the length and width of the superstructure, and whether it shall be single or double track, and it shall advertise for bids for performing the labor and furnishing the materials necessary to the erection thereof in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.33 | Bids on Other Plans May Be Considered.

Effective:
March 18, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may also invite, receive, and consider bids on any other plan at the option of bidders, and shall require that any such plan together with specifications shall be filed in the office of the county auditor for a period of fifteen days prior to the date for receiving bids. Such plans and specifications shall show the number of spans, the length of each, the nature, quality, and size of the materials to be used, the length of the structure when completed, and whether there is any patent on the bid plan, or any part thereof, and if so, on what part thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.34 | Contents of Advertisement.

Effective:
March 18, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly
In its advertisement, the board of county commissioners shall invite bidders to make bids for furnishing all the materials and performing all the work, or for such parts thereof as bidders deem proper, and include such other matter as is required in section 307.87 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.35 | Plans Shall Be Kept on File in County Auditor's Office.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The plans and specifications upon which the contracts are awarded, shall be kept on file in the office of the county auditor and made a part of the contract with the successful bidder. When it is necessary to alter, repair, or make an addition to a bridge, the board of county commissioners in making contracts therefor, shall conform to sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in relation to the erection of bridges as nearly as the nature of the case will permit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.36 | Approval of Plans for Courthouse or Jail.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications of work, and estimates of the cost thereof in detail and in the aggregate, required in sections 153.31 to 153.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code, relate to the building of a courthouse or jail, or an addition to or alteration, repair, or improvement thereof, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners, together with the clerk of the court of common pleas, the sheriff, and probate judge, and one person to be appointed by the judge of the court of common pleas, for their approval. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited with the county auditor and kept in his office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.37 | Approval of Plans for County Home.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications of work and estimates of the cost thereof relate to the building, addition to, or alteration of a county home, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners. If approved by a majority of the board, a copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of the county auditor and kept for the inspection and use of parties interested.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.38 | Approval of Plans for Bridge.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates relate to the building of a bridge, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners, county auditor, and the county engineer. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited with the auditor and kept for the inspection of parties interested.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.39 | Approval of Plans for Children's Home.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates relate to the building of a children's home, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners and three citizens of the county, to be appointed by a resident judge of the court of common pleas, or a judge residing in the same subdivision of the judicial district. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited with the county auditor and kept by the auditor for the inspection of interested parties. Before such plans are adopted, they shall be submitted to the department of job and family services for suggestions and criticism. The boards of counties composing a district for the purpose of establishing a district children's home, in letting contracts for the necessary buildings or the repair or alteration thereof, shall be governed by the law relating to letting contracts for erecting, repairing, or altering other public buildings.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.44 | Contracts Submitted to Prosecuting Attorney.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Before work is done or material furnished, all contracts that exceed one thousand dollars in amount shall be submitted by the board of county commissioners to the prosecuting attorney of the county. If found by him to be in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and his certificate to that effect is indorsed thereon, such contracts shall have full effect, otherwise they shall be void.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.45 | Commissioners May Annul Old and Make New Contracts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a contractor fails or refuses to proceed with the work specified in his contract in accordance with the plans, descriptions, and specifications attached to and made part thereof, the board of county commissioners may annul such contract, and shall proceed to make another contract for the completion thereof, in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 153 | Public Improvements › Section 153.49 | Duty of County Treasurer.

Effective:
August 27, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 330 - 111th General Assembly
The county treasurer shall pay the warrants drawn for materials and labor furnished on county contracts pursuant to estimates prepared under section 153.14 of the Revised Code, place them on file, and keep a register of the names of the persons to whom they are paid.