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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.91 | Customer Service Standards.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Each state agency shall develop, and as it becomes necessary or advisable may improve, customer service standards for each employee of the agency whose duties include a significant level of contact with the public. The agency shall base the standards on the job descriptions of the positions that the employees hold in the agency. An agency is not required to adopt the standards by rule. A state agency that is created after the effective date of this amendment shall develop its initial customer service standards within six months after the effective date of the statute that creates the state agency.
Each state agency shall reduce the standards to writing, and the standards shall be incorporated into employee policy manuals, job descriptions, and employee performance evaluations.
The agency shall post its customer service standards, and any revisions therein, on its web site or, if the agency does not maintain a web site, on the state public notice web site.
The common sense initiative office, upon the request of an agency, may review the agency's customer service standards and transmit any comments it has with regard to the standards to the agency.
(B) The state agency, and its officers and employees, shall comply with the customer service performance standards that have been developed under division (A) of this section. A state agency's compliance with the standards shall be evaluated, by the director of budget and management and the committees of the senate and house of representatives having jurisdiction over the state operating budget, as part of the consideration of the state agency's biennial budget. (If the evaluation is of the office of budget and management, evaluation by the committees is sufficient.) An employee's compliance with the standards shall be evaluated as part of the employee's periodic performance reviews. A state agency's and employee's compliance with the standards may be evaluated as part of any performance audit of the state agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.933 | Applicability of r.c. 101.352, 101.353, 121.93, and 121.931.

Effective:
August 18, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly
Sections 101.352, 101.353, 121.93, and 121.931 of the Revised Code do not apply to:
(A) The following elected state officers or their offices: the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, and the attorney general;
(B) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; or
(C) The public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the state highway patrol retirement system.
Last updated July 13, 2022 at 12:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.952 | Failure to Reduce Regulatory Restrictions.

Effective:
June 8, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly
(A) If a state agency fails to reduce regulatory restrictions by a required percentage within one hundred twenty days after a reduction deadline in section 121.951 of the Revised Code, the joint committee on agency rule review shall afford the state agency an opportunity to appear before the joint committee to show cause why the agency's required reduction in regulatory restrictions should be lessened. If the joint committee determines that the state agency has shown cause, the joint committee shall determine a lessened required reduction in regulatory restrictions for that agency and shall submit a written report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, indicating the lessened required reduction in regulatory restrictions for that agency and the reason the joint committee determined that lessened required reduction.
(B)(1) If a state agency fails to reduce regulatory restrictions by a required percentage as described in division (A) of this section because the agency's base inventory contains regulatory restrictions that adopt or implement a federal law or rule, the agency may submit both of the following to the joint committee:
(a) A modified inventory of the agency's regulatory restrictions consisting of the agency's base inventory prepared under section 121.95 of the Revised Code minus any rule that the agency identifies as implementing a federal law or rule in a manner that is not more stringent or burdensome than the federal law or rule requires;
(b) A written analysis explaining how each rule identified by the agency implements a federal law or rule in a manner that is not more stringent or burdensome than the federal law or rule requires.
(2) At the appearance before the joint committee described in division (A) of this section, the joint committee may lessen the agency's required reduction in regulatory restrictions based on the modified inventory submitted by the agency.
Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:36 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.953 | Total Permitted Regulatory Restrictions.

Effective:
June 8, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Effective July 1, 2025, the number of regulatory restrictions in this state shall not exceed a number of regulatory restrictions determined by the joint committee on agency rule review in accordance with this section. The joint committee shall determine that number by calculating, for each agency, the number of regulatory restrictions identified by the agency in the base inventory prepared under section 121.95 of the Revised Code, minus the number of regulatory restrictions that represents the percentage reduction the state agency is required to achieve, and then totaling the resulting numbers for all state agencies. The joint committee shall consider any lessened required reductions under section 121.952 of the Revised Code.
(B) A state agency shall contact the joint committee before submitting a proposed rule containing a regulatory restriction, and the joint committee shall determine whether adopting the regulatory restriction would cause the state to exceed the number of regulatory restrictions permitted under this section. A state agency may not adopt a rule if by adopting the rule the state agency would cause the number of regulatory restrictions to exceed the state limit as determined by the joint committee.
Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.954 | Exemptions From Regulatory Restriction Reduction.

Effective:
June 8, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, sections 121.95, 121.951, 121.952, and 121.953 of the Revised Code do not apply to rules adopted by the Ohio casino control commission under Chapter 3775. of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:46 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
May 12, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 121.61 or section 121.67 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 121.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 121 | State Departments › Section 121.991 | Penalty for Disclosing Confidential Information.

Effective:
October 31, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
Whoever violates section 121.47 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.01 | Department of Development Definitions.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in the Revised Code, the "development services agency" means the department of development and the "director of development services" means the director of development. Whenever the development services agency or director of development services is referred to or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the department of development or director of development, as the case may be.
(B) As used in this chapter:
(1) "Community problems" includes, but is not limited to, taxation, fiscal administration, governmental structure and organization, intergovernmental cooperation, education and training, employment needs, community planning and development, air and water pollution, public safety and the administration of justice, housing, mass transportation, community facilities and services, health, welfare, recreation, open space, and the development of human resources.
(2) "Professional personnel" means either of the following:
(a) Personnel who have earned a bachelor's degree from a college or university;
(b) Personnel who serve as or have the working title of director, assistant director, deputy director, assistant deputy director, manager, office chief, assistant office chief, or program director.
(3) "Technical personnel" means any of the following:
(a) Personnel who provide technical assistance according to their job description or in accordance with the Revised Code;
(b) Personnel employed in the director of development's office or the legal office, communications office, finance office, legislative affairs office, or human resources office of the department of development;
(c) Personnel employed in the technology division of the department.
Last updated July 29, 2021 at 4:18 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.012 | Regional State Agency for Jobs and Employment Opportunities.

Effective:
May 6, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 16 - 126th General Assembly
The director of development may designate any governmental entity as an agency of the state to act within a specified region of the state for the purpose of creating and preserving jobs and employment opportunities and financing projects intended to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities. Any such designation shall be in addition to agency designations made for such purpose by, or by the director pursuant to, Section 56.09 of H.B. 298 of the 119th general assembly, the provisions of which pertaining to such designations, and the designations so made, remain in full force and effect as continuing grants of authority. Each agency designated by or pursuant to Section 56.09 of H.B. 298 of the 119th general assembly or this section may exercise any statutory powers it has under any other section of the Revised Code to accomplish the purposes of this section within the agency's specified region. The regions served by agencies shall not overlap. The director may reduce, expand, or otherwise modify the region served by, or limit the authority of, any such agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.013 | Required Postings on Official Internet Site.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
The department of development shall post the following on the official internet site of the department:
(A) Annual reports of the progress and status of eligible projects made as required under division (E) of section 122.0814 of the Revised Code;
(B) The annual report made by the director of development under section 122.0817 of the Revised Code;
(C) Reports made by the third frontier commission under section 184.15 of the Revised Code;
(D) Information on all support awarded under section 184.11 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.014 | Financial Assistance for Gaming Activities.

Effective:
June 11, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "gaming activities" means activities conducted in connection with or that include any of the following:
(1) Casino gaming, as authorized and defined in Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution;
(2) Casino gaming, as defined in division (E) of section 3772.01 of the Revised Code; or
(3) The pari-mutuel system of wagering as authorized and described in Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of development or any other entity that administers any program or development project established under Chapter 122., 166., or 184. of the Revised Code or in sections 149.311, 5709.87, or 5709.88 of the Revised Code shall not provide any financial assistance, including loans, tax credits, and grants, staffing assistance, technical support, or other assistance to businesses conducting gaming activities or for project sites on which gaming activities are or will be conducted.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.02 | Applying for Federal and Private Assistance and Contracts.

Effective:
August 12, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 536 - 114th General Assembly
The department of development may apply for, receive, and accept grants, gifts, contributions, loans and any other assistance in any form from public and private sources, including assistance from agencies and instrumentalities of the United States and including the application for, receipt, and acceptance, on behalf of this state, of assistance from agencies and instrumentalities of the United States for the purposes of Chapter 122. of the Revised Code except that nothing in this section prohibits the minority business development division from exercising its authority under section 122.93 of the Revised Code. The department shall do all things necessary to apply for, receive, and administer such assistance in accordance with the laws of Ohio. It may contract or enter into agreements with any person, governmental agency, or public or private organization, and any local or regional agency or political subdivision of the state may contract with it, to carry out the purposes of Chapter 122. of the Revised Code. The department may require, in all contracts for assistance stipulations that the contractors and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimum wages, hours of work, equal employment, and any other conditions which the United States has attached to its financial aid to the projects.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.03 | Duties of Department - Research Facilities.

Effective:
August 12, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 536 - 114th General Assembly
The department of development shall:
(A) Maintain a continuing evaluation of existing research facilities in the state and their relationship to orderly econmic growth and the solution of community problems of the state;
(B) Prepare and disseminate information relative to research facilities in the state and their availability to industrial activities and the solution of community problems;
(C) Prepare and recommend programs for the coordination of research activities in the state and to assure the maximum use of such facilities in the development of orderly economic growth and the solution of community problems;
(D) Cooperate with educational institutions in the development of educational programs to train technical personnel in the field of research and those other fields related to the solution of community problems;
(E) Carry out continuing studies and analyses of the problems and opportunities of communities, districts, and regions within the state, and of multi-state regions of which Ohio is a part.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.04 | Additional Duties.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The department of development shall do the following:
(A) Maintain a continuing evaluation of the sources available for the retention, development, or expansion of industrial and commercial facilities in this state through both public and private agencies;
(B) Assist public and private agencies in obtaining information necessary to evaluate the desirability of the retention, construction, or expansion of industrial and commercial facilities in the state;
(C) Facilitate contracts between community improvement corporations organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code or Ohio development corporations organized under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code and industrial and commercial concerns seeking to locate or expand in the state;
(D) Upon request, consult with public agencies or authorities in the preparation of studies of human and economic needs or advantages relating to economic and community development;
(E) Encourage, promote, and assist trade and commerce between this state and foreign nations;
(F) Promote and encourage persons to visit and travel within this state;
(G) Maintain membership in the national association of state development agencies;
(H) Assist in the development of facilities and technologies that will lead to increased, environmentally sound use of Ohio coal;
(I) Promote economic growth in the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.041 | Duties of Director of Development as to Encouraging Diversity, Growth, and Equity Program.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
The director of development shall do all of the following with regard to the encouraging diversity, growth, and equity program created under section 122.922 of the Revised Code:
(A) Conduct outreach, marketing, and recruitment of EDGE business enterprises, as defined in that section;
(B) Provide business development services to EDGE business enterprises in the developmental and transitional stages of the program, including financial and bonding assistance and management and technical assistance;
(C) Develop a mentor program to bring businesses into a working relationship with EDGE business enterprises in a way that commercially benefits both entities and serves the purpose of the EDGE program;
(D) Establish processes by which an EDGE business enterprise may apply for contract assistance, financial and bonding assistance, management and technical assistance, and mentoring opportunities.
Last updated July 29, 2021 at 4:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.042 | Foundation of Employment Opportunity Program.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The director of development may found an employment opportunity program that encourages employers to employ individuals who are members of significantly disadvantaged groups. If the director intends to found such an employment opportunity program, the director shall adopt, and thereafter may amend or rescind, rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to found, and to operate, maintain, and improve, the program. In the rules, the director shall:
(A) Construct, and, as changing circumstances indicate, re-construct, procedures according to which significantly disadvantaged groups are identified as such, an individual is identified as being a member of a significantly disadvantaged group, and an employer is identified as being a potential employer of an individual who is a member of a significantly disadvantaged group;
(B) Describe, and, as experience indicates, re-describe, the kinds of evidence that shall be considered to identify significantly disadvantaged groups, the kinds of evidence an individual shall offer to prove that the individual is a member of a significantly disadvantaged group, and the kinds of evidence an employer shall offer to prove that the employer is a potential employer of an individual who is a member of a significantly disadvantaged group;
(C) Specify, and, as experience indicates, re-specify, strategies and tactics for connecting individuals who are members of significantly disadvantaged groups with potential employers of members of significantly disadvantaged groups; and
(D) Construct, describe, specify, define, and prescribe any other thing that is necessary and proper for the founding, and for the successful and efficient operation, maintenance, and improvement, of the employment opportunity program.
In founding, and in operating, maintaining, and improving, the employment opportunity program under the rules, the director shall proceed so that the resulting program functions as a coherent, efficient system for improving employment opportunities for significantly disadvantaged groups. Examples of significantly disadvantaged groups include individuals who have not graduated from high school, individuals who have been convicted of a crime, individuals who are disabled, and individuals who are chronically unemployed (usually for more than eighteen months).
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.05 | Offices in Foreign Countries.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The director of development may, to carry out the purposes of division (E) of section 122.04 of the Revised Code:
(1) Establish offices in foreign countries as the director considers appropriate and enter into leases of real property, buildings, and office space that are appropriate for these offices;
(2) Appoint personnel, who shall be in the unclassified civil services, necessary to operate such offices and fix their compensation. The director may enter into contracts with foreign nationals to staff the foreign offices established under this section.
(3) The director may establish United States dollar and foreign currency accounts for the payment of expenses related to the operation and maintenance of the offices established under this section. The director shall establish procedures acceptable to the director of budget and management for the conversion, transfer, and control of United States dollars and foreign currency.
(4) Provide export promotion assistance to Ohio businesses and organize or support missions to foreign countries to promote export of Ohio products and services and to encourage foreign direct investment in Ohio. The director may charge fees to businesses receiving export assistance and to participants in foreign missions sufficient to recover the direct costs of those activities. The director shall adopt, as an internal management rule under section 111.15 of the Revised Code, a procedure for setting the fees and a schedule of fees for services commonly provided by the department. The procedure shall require the director to annually review the established fees.
(5) Do all things necessary and appropriate for the operation of the state's foreign offices.
(B) All contracts entered into under division (A)(2) of this section and any payments of expenses under division (A)(3) of this section related to the operation and maintenance of foreign offices established under this section may be paid in the appropriate foreign currency and are exempt from sections 127.16 and 5147.07 and Chapters 124., 125., and 153. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.051 | International Trade Cooperative Projects Fund.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the international trade cooperative projects fund. The fund shall consist of all of the following:
(A) Moneys received from private and nonprofit organizations involved in cooperative agreements related to import/export and direct foreign investment activities;
(B) Cash transfers from other state agencies or any state or local government to encourage, promote, and assist trade and commerce between this state and foreign nations, pursuant to section 122.05 and division (E) of section 122.04 of the Revised Code; and
(C) Fees charged to businesses receiving export assistance and to participants in foreign missions to recover direct costs of those activities under division (A)(4) of section 122.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.06 | Planning Duties.

Effective:
August 12, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 536 - 114th General Assembly
The department of development shall:
(A) Assemble, analyze, and make available to governmental agencies and the public, information relative to the human, natural, and economic resources and economic needs of the state;
(B) Prepare and maintain, in cooperation with departments and agencies of the state, comprehensive plans and recommendations for promotion of more desirable patterns of growth and development of the resources of the state;
(C) Assist in the coordination of development plans of federal, state and local governments, regional and local planning authorities, and private agencies;
(D) Provide planning assistance to state departments and agencies, political subdivisions, county planning commissions, regional planning units, councils of government, and local governments of this state. Such planning assistance may be rendered with respect to surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans, technical services and other planning work. In so doing, the department may contract with municipal subdivisions, with regional planning commissions, and with qualified persons, firms, and agencies.
(E) Cooperate with federal agencies and authorities of other states in the solution of community and development problems which cross state lines;
(F) Recommend guidelines for the development and management of new communities;
(G) Prepare and maintain rules concerning certification of workable programs for impacted cities pursuant to division (C) of section 1728.01 of the Revised Code, provided that the department shall consult with officials of municipalities and representatives of statewide organizations of such officials prior to the preparation, adoption, or change of such rules.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.07 | Office of Tourismohio.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created within the department of development an office to be known as the office of TourismOhio. The office shall be under the supervision of a director who shall be of equivalent rank of deputy director of the agency and shall serve at the pleasure of the director of development.
(B) The office shall do both of the following:
(1) Promote the state as a destination for living, learning, working, and traveling, and provide related services or otherwise carry out the promotional functions or duties of the department, as necessary;
(2) Perform an annual return-on-investment study analyzing the office's success in promoting Ohio. A report containing the findings of the study shall be submitted to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate. The report shall also be made available to the public.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:49 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.071 | Tourismohio Advisory Board.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The TourismOhio advisory board is hereby established to advise the director of development services and the director of the office of TourismOhio on strategies for promoting tourism in this state. The board shall consist of the chief investment officer of the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code or the chief investment officer's designee, the director of the office of TourismOhio, and nine members to be appointed by the governor as provided in division (B) of this section. All members of the board, except the director of the office of TourismOhio, shall be voting members.
(B)(1) The governor shall, within sixty days after September 28, 2012, appoint to the TourismOhio advisory board one individual who is a representative of convention and visitors' bureaus, one individual who is a representative of the lodging industry, one individual who is a representative of the restaurant industry, one individual who is a representative of attractions, one individual who is a representative of special events and festivals, one individual who is a representative of agritourism, and three individuals who are representatives of the tourism industry. Of the initial appointments, two individuals shall serve a term of one year, three individuals shall serve a term of two years, and the remainder shall serve a term of three years. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for three years. Each individual appointed to the board shall be a United States citizen.
(2) For purposes of division (B)(1) of this section, an individual is a "representative of the tourism industry" if the individual possesses five years or more executive-level experience in the attractions, lodging, restaurant, transportation, or retail industry or five years or more executive-level experience with a destination marketing organization.
(C)(1) Each member of the TourismOhio advisory board shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member is appointed. Vacancies that occur on the board shall be filled in the manner prescribed for regular appointments to the board. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that predecessor's term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until sixty days have elapsed, whichever occurs first. Any member appointed to the board is eligible for reappointment.
(2) The governor shall designate one member of the board as chairperson.
(3) Members appointed to the board may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with their official duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.072 | Tourism Fund.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the tourism fund consisting of money credited or transferred to it and grants, gifts, and contributions made directly to it. Money in the fund shall be used to defray costs incurred by the office of TourismOhio in promoting this state.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.073 | Promoting State of Ohio.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 314, House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The development services agency may do any of the following:
(1) Disseminate information concerning the industrial, commercial, governmental, educational, cultural, recreational, agricultural, and other advantages and attractions of the state;
(2) Provide technical assistance to public and private agencies in the preparation of promotional programs designed to attract business, industry, and tourists to the state;
(3) Enter into cooperative or contractual agreements, through the director of development services, with any individual, organization, or business to create, administer, or otherwise be involved with Ohio tourism-related promotional programs. Compensation under such agreements shall be determined by the director and may include deferred compensation. This compensation is payable from the tourism fund created in section 122.072 of the Revised Code. Any excess revenue generated under such a cooperative or contractual agreement shall be remitted to the fund to be reinvested in ongoing tourism marketing initiatives as authorized by law.
(B) Records related to tourism market research submitted to or generated by the office of TourismOhio, and any information taken for any purpose from such research, are not public records for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The agency may use, however, such tourism market research in a public report if the director determines that issuing and distributing the report would promote or market the state's travel and tourism industry or otherwise advance the purposes of this section.
The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.077 | Energy Star Rebate Program.

Effective:
July 1, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly
For the purpose of promoting the use of energy efficient products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this state, the director of development shall establish an energy star rebate program under which the director may provide rebates to consumers for household devices carrying the energy star label indicating that the device meets the energy efficiency criteria of the energy star program established by the United States department of energy and the United States environmental protection agency. The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for successful and efficient administration of the energy star rebate program and shall specify in the rules that grant availability is limited to federal stimulus funds or any other funds specifically appropriated for such a program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.081 | Small Business Register.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The office of small business and entrepreneurship in the development services agency shall prepare and publish a "small business register" or contract with any person as provided in this section to prepare and publish the register. The small business register shall contain the following information regarding each proposed rule recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship:
(1) The title and administrative code rule number of the proposed rule;
(2) A brief summary of the proposed rule;
(3) The date on which the proposed rule was recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship; and
(4) The name, address, and telephone number of an individual or office within the agency that proposed the rule who can provide information about the proposed rule.
(B) The small business register shall be published on a weekly basis. The information required under division (A) of this section shall be published in the register no later than two weeks after the proposed rule to which the information relates is recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship. The office shall furnish the small business register, on a single copy or subscription basis, to any person who requests it and pays a single copy price or subscription rate fixed by the office. The office shall furnish the chairpersons of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having jurisdiction over small businesses with free subscriptions to the small business register.
(C) Upon the request of the office of small business and entrepreneurship, the director of administrative services shall, in accordance with the competitive selection procedure of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, let a contract for the compilation, printing, and distribution of the small business register.
(D) The office of small business and entrepreneurship shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, such rules as are necessary to enable it to properly carry out this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.082 | Low-Interest Loans to Small Businesses.

Effective:
February 24, 1983
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 100 - 115th General Assembly
The department of development shall provide for low-interest loans to small businesses, as defined by rules adopted pursuant to the "Small Business Act," 72 Stat. 384 (1972), 15 U.S.C.A. 632, as amended, that are engaged in the export of goods produced in this state. In carrying out the purposes of this section, the department shall develop operating procedures that are essentially the same as those of the United States export-import bank.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.083 | Shovel Ready Sites Program - Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The director of development shall administer a shovel ready sites program to provide grants for projects to port authorities and development entities approved by the director. Grants may be used to pay the costs of any or all of the following:
(1) Acquisition of property, including options;
(2) Preparation of sites, including brownfield clean-up activities;
(3) Construction of road, water, telecommunication, and utility infrastructure;
(4) Payment of professional fees the amount of which shall not exceed twenty per cent of the grant amount for a project.
(B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish procedures and requirements necessary for the administration of the program, including a requirement that a recipient of a grant enter into an agreement with the director governing the use of the grant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.085 | Job Ready Site Program - Definitions.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
As used in sections 122.085 to 122.0820 of the Revised Code:
(A)(1) "Allowable costs" includes costs related to the following:
(a) Acquisition of land and buildings;
(b) Building construction;
(c) Making improvements to land and buildings, including the following:
(i) Expanding, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, modernizing, equipping, and furnishing buildings and structures, including leasehold improvements;
(ii) Site preparation, including wetland mitigation.
(d) Planning or determining feasibility or practicability;
(e) Indemnity or surety bonds and premiums on insurance;
(f) Remediation, in compliance with state and federal environmental protection laws, of environmentally contaminated property on which hazardous substances exist under conditions that have caused or would likely cause the property to be identified as contaminated by the Ohio environmental protection agency or the United States environmental protection agency;
(g) Infrastructure improvements, including the following:
(i) Demolition of buildings and other structures;
(ii) Installation or relocation of water, storm water and sanitary sewer lines, water and waste water treatment facilities, pump stations, and water storage mechanisms and other similar equipment or facilities;
(iii) Construction of roads, bridges, traffic control devices, and parking lots and facilities;
(iv) Construction of utility infrastructure such as natural gas, electric, and telecommunications, including broadband and hookups;
(v) Water and railway access improvements;
(vi) Costs of professional services.
(2) "Allowable costs" do not include administrative costs assessed by or fees paid to the recipient of a grant.
(B) "District public works integrating committees" means those committees established under section 164.04 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Eligible applicant" includes any political subdivision or non-profit economic development organization, and, with prior approval of the director of development, private, for-profit entities. "Eligible applicant" does not include public or private institutions of higher education.
(D) "Eligible project" includes projects that, upon completion, will be sites and facilities primarily intended for commercial, industrial, or manufacturing use. "Eligible projects" do not include sites and facilities intended primarily for residential, retail, or government use.
(E) "Professional services" includes legal, environmental, archeological, engineering, architectural, surveying, design, or other similar services performed in conjunction with an eligible project. "Professional services" also includes designs, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of costs, and other work products.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.086 | Job Ready Site Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the job ready site program to provide grants to pay for allowable costs of eligible applicants for eligible projects. The program shall be administered by the department of development. All grants shall be awarded through one of the following two processes:
(1) The annual competitive process under sections 122.087 to 122.0811, 122.0814, and 122.0815 of the Revised Code;
(2) The discretionary process under sections 122.0812 to 122.0815 of the Revised Code.
(B) The annual competitive process shall be administered by the department of development pursuant to rules adopted by the director of development under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall not establish criteria that have the effect of excluding applications for grants from any county of the state.
(C) The discretionary process shall be administered by the department of development pursuant to guidelines established by the director of development.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.087 | Annual Competitive Process for Grants Under Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly
The director of development shall establish an annual competitive process for making grants described in section 122.086 of the Revised Code in accordance with rules adopted under that section. At least two-thirds of the amounts that may be distributed as grants each year under the job ready site program shall be distributed under the annual competitive process.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.088 | Annual Competitive Process Grant Application.

Effective:
January 4, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly
In order to be considered for a grant under the annual competitive process, an eligible applicant shall fill out an application provided by the department of development and shall file it with the district public works integrating committee with jurisdiction over the area in which the eligible project is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.089 | Grant Application Contents.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly
An eligible applicant shall provide all of the following on the annual competitive process application:
(A) Contact information for the eligible applicant;
(B) A legal description of the property for which the grant is requested;
(C) A summary of the proposed eligible project that includes all of the following:
(1) A general description of the eligible project, including individuals, organizations, or other entities that will play a critical role in the implementation of the project;
(2) An explanation of the need for the eligible project, and the predicted economic impact;
(3) An explanation of the need for a grant from the job ready site program;
(4) The commitments required pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code.
(D) A detailed summary of costs for the eligible project, including supporting documents for cost estimates;
(E) Sources of funding for the eligible project, including documentation verifying the status of those funds;
(F) Summary results of preliminary engineering studies and environmental reviews, if any have been conducted;
(G) A comprehensive marketing plan detailing how the eligible project will be marketed upon completion, if appropriate;
(H) Copies of resolutions or ordinances related to the eligible project, including resolutions or ordinances adopted by the political subdivision with jurisdiction over the geographic area in which the eligible project is located;
(I) Any other information the director of development requests on the application form.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 122 | Department of Development › Section 122.0810 | Grant Application Evaluation - Prioritization - Notice of Deficiencies.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Each application for a grant pursuant to the annual competitive process received by a district public works integrating committee shall be evaluated by the executive committee of the district committee. In conducting the evaluation, the executive committee shall determine whether the application for the proposed eligible project is complete and whether the project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. If the application is complete and the eligible project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the executive committee shall prioritize the eligible project pursuant to section 122.0816 of the Revised Code and pursuant to local priorities, as those priorities are determined by the executive committee, with all other eligible projects with complete applications that meet the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. If the application is incomplete or the project does not meet the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the executive committee shall notify the applicant of the deficiencies and the period of time the applicant has to correct the deficiencies and submit the corrections to the executive committee. Failure to correct deficiencies within the time designated by the executive committee shall disqualify the project from consideration for a grant during the annual competitive process for that year.
The executive committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all its members, shall select up to three eligible projects from the projects it has prioritized each year pursuant to the annual competitive process. The executive committee shall forward the applications and any accompanying information for each of the selected eligible projects to the department of development in the time and manner required by the rules governing the annual competitive process for the job ready site program.
(B) For a district public works integrating committee that does not have an executive committee, the full committee shall perform the functions assigned to the executive committee under section 122.0816 of the Revised Code and division (A) of this section.
(C) An executive committee, or a district committee that does not have an executive committee, may appoint a working group of committee members and staff to perform the functions of those committees as provided in this section.