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2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.331 | Notice of Accepting Bids for Construction Manager or Construction Manager at Risk.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Before entering into a contract to employ a construction manager or construction manager at risk, a public authority shall advertise, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the contract is to be performed, and may advertise by electronic means pursuant to rules adopted by the director of administrative services, notice of its intent to employ a construction manager or construction manager at risk. The notice shall invite interested parties to submit proposals for consideration and shall be published at least thirty days prior to the date for accepting the proposals. The public authority also may advertise the information contained in the notice in appropriate trade journals and otherwise notify persons believed to be interested in employment as a construction manager or construction manager at risk.
(B) The advertisement shall include a general description of the project, a statement of the specific management services required, and a description of the qualifications required for the project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.332 | Selection of and Contract With Construction Manager.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Every public authority planning to contract for construction management services with a construction manager shall evaluate the proposals submitted and may hold discussions with individual construction managers to explore further their proposals, the scope and nature of the services they would provide, and the various technical approaches they may take regarding the project. Following this evaluation, the public authority shall:
(A) Select and rank no fewer than three construction managers that it considers to be the most qualified to provide the required construction management services, except when the public authority determines in writing that fewer than three qualified construction managers are available in which case it shall select and rank them;
(B) Negotiate a contract with the construction manager ranked most qualified to perform the required services at a compensation determined in writing to be fair and reasonable. Contract negotiations shall be directed toward:
(1) Ensuring that the construction manager and the public authority have a mutual understanding of the essential requirements involved in providing the required services;
(2) Determining that the construction manager will make available the necessary personnel, equipment, and facilities to perform the services within the required time.
(C) Upon failure to negotiate a contract with the construction manager ranked most qualified, the public authority shall inform the construction manager in writing of the termination of negotiations and enter into negotiations with the construction manager ranked next most qualified. If negotiations again fail, the same procedure may be followed with each next most qualified construction manager selected and ranked pursuant to division (A) of this section, in order of ranking, until a contract is negotiated.
(D) If the public authority fails to negotiate a contract with any of the construction managers selected pursuant to division (A) of this section, the public authority may select and rank additional construction managers, based on their qualifications, and negotiations may continue as with the construction managers selected and ranked initially until a contract is negotiated.
(E) Nothing in this section affects a public authority's right to accept or reject any or all proposals in whole or in part.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.333 | Financial Assurance to Be Provided by Construction Manager.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) No public authority shall enter into a construction management contract with a construction manager unless the construction manager provides a letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305. of the Revised Code, a surety bond pursuant to sections 153.54 and 153.57 of the Revised Code, a certified check or cashier's check in an amount equal to the value of the construction management contract for the project, or provides other reasonable financial assurance of a nature and in an amount satisfactory to the public authority. The public authority may waive this requirement for good cause.
(B) Before construction begins pursuant to a construction management contract with a construction manager at risk, the construction manager at risk shall provide a surety bond to the public authority in accordance with rules adopted by the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.335 | Construction of Statutes With Other Code Provisions.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The requirements set forth in sections 9.33 to 9.334 of the Revised Code for the bidding, selection, and award of a construction management contract by a public authority prevail in the event of any conflict with a provision of Chapter 153. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.34 | Fiscal Year and Period of State and Political Subdivisions.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The fiscal year of the state, every school district, and, beginning July 1, 2013, the city of Cincinnati, shall begin on the first day of July of each calendar year and end at the close of the thirtieth day of June of the succeeding calendar year. The fiscal year of every school library district, and all political subdivisions or taxing units except school districts and the city of Cincinnati, and of every officer, department, commission, board, or institution thereof, shall begin at the opening of the first day of January of each calendar year and end at the close of the succeeding thirty-first day of December. Except as otherwise provided for school districts and as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, all laws relating to the levying of taxes, the collection, appropriation, or expenditure of revenues, or the making of financial reports or statements for a fiscal year or other year refer and apply to the fiscal year as defined in this division. Reports required by sections 3319.32 to 3319.37 of the Revised Code shall be for the school year as defined in section 3313.62 of the Revised Code.
(B) Nothing in this section prohibits a subdivision, other than a school district or county school financing district, from using a different fiscal year or other fiscal period for one or more of its funds, including when that fiscal year or period is the same as the fiscal year of an entity providing money for the fund or the fiscal period of a capital project. Use of a different fiscal year or period shall be consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, and shall be approved by the fiscal officer of the subdivision and by the auditor of state. If a subdivision uses a different fiscal year or period under this section, the auditor of state may require the subdivision to continue to maintain financial reports or statements on the basis of the fiscal year prescribed by division (A) of this section.
(C) Taxes or other revenues collected in or on hand in any fiscal year for the purposes of the next or any subsequent fiscal year shall not be appropriated or expended prior to such next or subsequent year. School district property taxes shall be subject to appropriation as provided in division (B) of section 5705.35 of the Revised Code. Budgets shall be designated and known by the fiscal year for the purposes for which they are made.
(D) As used in this section, "fiscal officer," "school library district," "subdivision," and "taxing unit" have the same meanings as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.36 | Contract for Services of Fiscal and Management Consultants.

Effective:
November 7, 1975
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 67 - 111th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of any county or the township trustees of any township may contract for the services of fiscal and management consultants to aid it in the execution of its powers and duties. Contracts for the services of fiscal and management consultants shall be exempt from any competitive bidding requirements in the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.361 | Payroll Deduction Benefit Program.

Effective:
February 12, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 82 - 125th General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may authorize, by resolution, a payroll deduction benefit program to implement the qualified transportation fringe benefit provided for in section 132(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 132(f), as amended, for county employees, but only insofar as it applies to parking and transit passes. If the program includes a parking benefit for parking at a facility that is not owned by the county, the county shall require a third-party administrator to administer the program for the county, unless, on or before the effective date of this section, the county already is providing such a parking benefit for which it is acting as the administrator.
The resolution shall provide a process whereby any county officer or employee may participate in or withdraw from the program upon the filing of a written application. Upon appropriate written authorization, the county auditor shall make the appropriate payroll deductions and issue warrants as required by the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.38 | Deposit of Public Moneys.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 220 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in this section and section 9.39 of the Revised Code:
(1) "Color of office," "public office," and "public official" have the same meanings as in section 117.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Legislative authority" means a board of county commissioners a board of township trustees, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or the board of education of a school district.
A person who is a state officer, employee, or agent shall pay to the treasurer of state all public moneys received by that person as required by rule of the treasurer of state adopted pursuant to section 113.09 of the Revised Code. A person who is a public official other than a state officer, employee, or agent shall deposit all public moneys received by that person with the treasurer of the public office or properly designated depository on the business day next following the day of receipt, if the total amount of such moneys received exceeds one thousand dollars. If the total amount of the public moneys so received does not exceed one thousand dollars, the person shall deposit the moneys on the business day next following the day of receipt, unless the public office of which that person is a public official adopts a policy permitting a different time period, not to exceed three business days next following the day of receipt, for making such deposits, and the person is able to safeguard the moneys until such time as the moneys are deposited. The policy shall include provisions and procedures to safeguard the public moneys until they are deposited. If the public office of which the person is a public official is governed by a legislative authority, only the legislative authority may adopt such a policy; in the case of a board of county commissioners, the board may adopt such a policy with respect to public offices under the board's direct supervision and the offices of the prosecuting attorney, sheriff, coroner, county engineer, county recorder, county auditor, county treasurer, or clerk of the court of common pleas. If a person who is a public official receives public moneys for a public office of which that person is not a public official, that person shall, during the first business day of the next week, pay to the proper public official of the proper public office the moneys so received during the current week.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.39 | Liability for Public Money Received or Collected - Unclaimed Money.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 343 - 134th General Assembly
All public officials are liable for all public money received or collected by them or by their subordinates under color of office. All money received or collected by a public official under color of office and not otherwise paid out according to law shall be paid into the treasury of the public office with which the public official is connected to the credit of a trust fund and shall be retained there until claimed by its lawful owner. If not claimed within a period of five years, the money shall revert to the general fund of the public office, except for the unclaimed money in the reparations fund created under section 2743.191 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 9, 2023 at 3:27 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.40 | Payroll Deduction for United States Savings Bonds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any public employee of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, who desires to purchase United States savings bonds by the payroll deduction plan shall be granted such payroll deduction upon request to the head of the state or political subdivision department by whom he is employed.
As used in this section, "public employee" means any person holding an office, not elective, under the state, any county, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health district, township, or public library, or employed and paid in whole or in part by the state or any of such named authorities in any capacity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.41 | Payroll Accounts.

Effective:
December 1, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
The director of budget and management or any fiscal officer of any county, city, city health district, general health district, or city school district thereof, or civil service township, shall not draw, sign, issue, or authorize the drawing, signing, or issuing of any warrant on the treasurer of state or other disbursing officer of the state, or the treasurer or other disbursing officer of any county, city, or city school district thereof, or civil service township, to pay any salary or other compensation to any officer, clerk, employee, or other person in the classified service unless an estimate, payroll, or account for such salary or compensation containing the name of each person to be paid, bears the certificate of the director of administrative services, or in the case of the service of the city or civil service township, the certificate of the civil service commission of the city or civil service township, or in the case of the service of the county, the certificate of the appointing authority, that the persons named in the estimate, payroll, or account have been appointed, promoted, reduced, suspended, or laid off, or are being employed in pursuance of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
Where estimates, payrolls, or accounts are prepared by electronic data processing equipment, the director of administrative services or the municipal or civil service township civil service commission may develop methods for controlling the input or verifying the output of such equipment to ensure compliance with Chapter 124. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder. Any estimates, payrolls, or accounts prepared by these methods shall be subject to special audit at any time.
Any sum paid contrary to this section may be recovered from any officer making such payment in contravention of law and of the rules made in pursuance of law, or from any officer signing, countersigning, or authorizing the signing or countersigning of any warrant for the payment of the same, or from the sureties on the officer's official bond, in an action in the courts of the state, maintained by a citizen resident therein. All moneys recovered in any action brought under this section shall, when collected, be paid into the state treasury or the treasury of the appropriate civil division of the state, except that the plaintiff in any action shall be entitled to recover the plaintiff's own taxable costs of such action.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.42 | Municipal Income Tax Deductions.

Effective:
November 26, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 550 - 114th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 1321.32 of the Revised Code, the state and any of its political subdivisions or instrumentalities shall deduct from the wages or salaries of public employees, as defined in section 9.40 of the Revised Code, and employees of school districts, the amount of municipal income tax levied upon the income of the employee. The director of administrative services shall establish by rule procedures for the deduction of municipal income taxes from the wages or salaries of employees of the state or its instrumentalities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.43 | Savings in Share Accounts in Chartered Credit Unions Deductions.

Effective:
June 2, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 56 - 106th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 1321.32 of the Revised Code, the state and any of its political subdivisions or instrumentalities may deduct from the wages or salaries of public employees, as the words are defined in section 9.40 of the Revised Code, such amounts as are prescribed by the employee for savings in share accounts in chartered credit unions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.44 | Prior Public Service Counted in Computing Vacation Leave.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 544 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person employed, other than as an elective officer, by the state or any political subdivision of the state, earning vacation credits currently, is entitled to have the employee's prior service with any of these employers counted as service with the state or any political subdivision of the state, for the purpose of computing the amount of the employee's vacation leave. The anniversary date of employment for the purpose of computing the amount of the employee's vacation leave, unless deferred pursuant to the appropriate law, ordinance, or regulation, is the anniversary date of such prior service.
(B) To determine prior service for the purpose of computing the amount of vacation leave for a person initially employed on or after July 5, 1987, by:
(1) A municipal corporation, the person shall have only prior service within that municipal corporation counted;
(2) A township, the person shall have only prior service with a township counted.
(C) An employee who has retired in accordance with the provisions of any retirement plan offered by the state and who is employed by the state or any political subdivision of the state on or after June 24, 1987, shall not have prior service with the state, any political subdivision of the state, or a regional council of government established in accordance with Chapter 167. of the Revised Code counted for the purpose of computing vacation leave.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.441 | Continuing Rights or Benefits for Prior Service.

Effective:
December 29, 1983
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 148 - 115th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "affected employee" means a municipal employee who becomes a county employee, or a county employee who becomes a municipal employee, as the result of any of the following:
(1) The merger of a municipal and a county office;
(2) The merger of municipal and county functions or duties;
(3) The transfer of functions or duties between a municipal corporation and county.
(B) The new employer of any affected employee shall treat the employee's prior service with such former employer as if it had been served with the new employer for the purpose of compensating the employee or granting him any other employee right or benefit which is based upon length of service.
(C) The new employer shall assign an affected employee to a pay rate that is not less than ninety per cent of the pay rate earned by the employee during the year concluding with the end of the pay period immediately preceding the effective date of the merger or transfer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.45 | Nonprofit Debt Pooling Company Deductions.

Effective:
November 24, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 193 - 121st General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 1321.32 of the Revised Code, the state and any of its political subdivisions or instrumentalities may deduct from the wages or salaries of a public employee, as defined in section 9.40 of the Revised Code, such amounts as are authorized in writing by the employee to a nonprofit debt pooling company operating pursuant to Chapter 4710. of the Revised Code, or a nonprofit budget and debt counseling service, for payment or compromise of any account, note, or other indebtedness. Such authorization may be revoked at any time prior to final payment by written notice from the employee to the employer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.46 | u.s. Olympic Participation Leave.

Effective:
August 19, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 454 - 111th General Assembly
The state and any political subdivisions shall grant employees leave from employment to participate in olympic competition sanctioned by the United States olympic committee. Any leave so granted shall not exceed the time required for actual participation in the competition, plus a reasonable time for travel to and return from the site of the competition, and a reasonable time for precompetition training at the site. The state or subdivision shall compensate the employee at his regular rate of pay during any leave granted for participation in olympic competition. Pay for each week of leave shall not exceed the amount the employee would receive for a standard work week as defined in section 124.18 of the Revised Code, and the employee shall not be paid for any day spent in olympic competition for which he would not ordinarily receive pay as part of his regular employment. The director of administrative services shall implement this act by adopting appropriate rules.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.47 | Certificate of Compliance With Affirmative Action Programs.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Any person desiring to bid on a contract awarded pursuant to Chapter 153. of the Revised Code by an owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code or awarded by the director of transportation pursuant to Chapter 5525. of the Revised Code may make application for a certificate of compliance with affirmative action programs. Application shall be made to the department of development. The director of development's designee shall promptly determine whether the person has complied with all federal affirmative action programs to which the person was subject and any state affirmative action program to which the person was subject pursuant to section 153.59 of the Revised Code which state or federal affirmative action program arose out of a contract the person had with the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state. Where the director's designee determines the person has not committed any violation of such prior affirmative action programs during the five years immediately preceding the date of determination, the director's designee shall issue a dated certificate of compliance with affirmative action programs. The director's designee may issue an updated certificate to a person upon request but not more frequently than once every one hundred eighty days. A person who violates an affirmative action program during the five years preceding the date of determination is ineligible to bid on a contract awarded pursuant to Chapter 153. of the Revised Code by an owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code or awarded by the director of transportation pursuant to Chapter 5525. of the Revised Code for a period of three years after the date of determination.
(B) Any person denied a certificate or an updated certificate may appeal to the director of development for a review of that determination. The appeal must be filed within ten days of the date of the determination. The director shall, within five days after receipt of the appeal, either affirm or reverse the determination.
(C) Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the director on review may, within thirty days, appeal the decision of the director to the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The court may affirm or reverse the decision of the director. At the hearing before the court, evidence may be introduced for and against the decision of the director. The decision of the court may be appealed as in other cases.
(D) The director of development, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules to implement this section.
Last updated July 29, 2021 at 2:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.481 | Residency Requirements Prohibited for Certain Employees.

Effective:
May 1, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 82 - 126th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2743.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Volunteer" means a person who is not paid for service or who is employed on less than a permanent full-time basis.
(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, no political subdivision shall require any of its employees, as a condition of employment, to reside in any specific area of the state.
(2)(a) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to a volunteer.
(b) To ensure adequate response times by certain employees of political subdivisions to emergencies or disasters while ensuring that those employees generally are free to reside throughout the state, the electors of any political subdivision may file an initiative petition to submit a local law to the electorate, or the legislative authority of the political subdivision may adopt an ordinance or resolution, that requires any individual employed by that political subdivision, as a condition of employment, to reside either in the county where the political subdivision is located or in any adjacent county in this state. For the purposes of this section, an initiative petition shall be filed and considered as provided in sections 731.28 and 731.31 of the Revised Code, except that the fiscal officer of the political subdivision shall take the actions prescribed for the auditor or clerk if the political subdivision has no auditor or clerk, and except that references to a municipal corporation shall be considered to be references to the applicable political subdivision.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, employees of political subdivisions of this state have the right to reside any place they desire.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.483 | Sale and Leaseback Agreements.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
Notwithstanding limitations imposed by the Revised Code to the contrary, a political subdivision may enter into a sale and leaseback agreement under which the legislative authority agrees to convey a building owned by the political subdivision to a purchaser who is obligated, immediately upon closing, to lease all or portions of the building back to the legislative authority. The sale and leaseback agreement shall obligate the lessor to make public improvements to all or portions of the building subject to the lease, including renovations, energy conservation measures, and other measures that are necessary to improve the functionality and reduce the operating costs of the portions of the building that are subject to the lease.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.49 | Transparency in Contracts Between State and Private Attorneys.

Effective:
August 12, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 38 - 131st General Assembly
Sections 9.49 to 9.498 of the Revised Code shall be known as the transparency in private attorney contracts act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.491 | Definitions.

Effective:
August 12, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 38 - 131st General Assembly
As used in sections 9.49 to 9.498 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Legal matter" means any administrative proceeding, case, group of cases, or legal issue for which the state requires legal representation or advice.
(B) "Private attorney" means any attorney in the private practice of law or a law firm but does not mean an attorney appointed by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.08 of the Revised Code for the purpose of collecting debts certified to the attorney general for collection under any law or debts that the attorney general is authorized to collect.
(C) "State" means this state and any officer, department, board, commission, division, bureau, council, or unit of organization, however designated, of the executive branch of government of this state and any of its agents.
(D) "Securities class action" means an action brought as a class action that includes a violation of the "Securities Act of 1933," 15 U.S.C. 77a and following, or the "Securities Exchange Act of 1934," 15 U.S.C. 78a and following.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.493 | Contract With Private Attorney Outside Ohio.

Effective:
August 12, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 38 - 131st General Assembly
The state shall not enter into a contract with a private attorney located outside this state unless the attorney general determines that at least one of the following applies:
(A) There are no private attorneys with an office in this state that are willing to accept the legal representation.
(B) All private attorneys with offices in this state that possess the necessary experience or capability are conflicted and unable to represent the state or the attorney general or lack necessary personnel and capacity in the firm to take on the engagement.
(C) The attorney general is prevented from engaging a private attorney with an office in this state under the rules of the controlling board regarding waiver of competitive selection.
(D) There are no private attorneys with offices in this state that possess the necessary experience, capability, or capacity required by the contemplated engagement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.494 | Publication of Contract.

Effective:
August 12, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 38 - 131st General Assembly
(A) A copy of the executed contingency fee contract between the state and a private attorney pursuant to section 9.492 or 9.493 of the Revised Code and any corresponding submission by the attorney general to the controlling board pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 9.492 of the Revised Code shall be posted on the attorney general's web site and shall remain posted on the web site for the duration of the contract.
(B) A private attorney under a contingency fee contract to provide services to the state pursuant to section 9.492 or 9.493 of the Revised Code shall maintain from the inception of the contract until at least three years after the contract expires or is terminated detailed current records, including documentation of all expenses, disbursements, charges, credits, underlying receipts and invoices, and other financial transactions that concern the provision of the attorney services. The private attorney shall maintain detailed contemporaneous time records for the attorneys and paralegals working on the legal matter and shall promptly provide these records to the attorney general upon request.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.495 | Annual Report.

Effective:
August 12, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 38 - 131st General Assembly
By the first day of September of each year, the attorney general shall submit a report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives describing the use of contracts with private attorneys in the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include the following:
(A) Identification of all contracts entered into during the fiscal year and all previously executed contracts that remain current during any part of the fiscal year or that have been closed during any part of the fiscal year, and for each contract a description of all of the following:
(1) The name of the private attorney with whom the state has contracted, including the name of the private attorney's law firm if the private attorney is an individual;
(2) The nature of the legal matter that is the subject of the contract so long as divulging that information would not violate any ethical responsibility of the attorney general or privilege held by the state;
(3) The state entity the private attorney was engaged to represent or counsel;
(4) The total legal fees approved by the attorney general for payment to a private attorney by the state for legal services rendered during the preceding fiscal year.
(B) Copies of any written determinations made pursuant to sections 9.492 to 9.494 of the Revised Code during the fiscal year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.496 | Applicability.

Effective:
August 12, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 38 - 131st General Assembly
Sections 9.491 to 9.495 of the Revised Code do not apply to contingency fee contracts and renewals thereof that are in existence on the effective date of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.497 | Construction.

Effective:
August 12, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 38 - 131st General Assembly
Nothing in sections 9.49 to 9.496 of the Revised Code shall be construed to expand the authority of any state agency or state agent to enter into contracts if no such authority previously existed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.498 | Legislative Intent.

Effective:
August 12, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 38 - 131st General Assembly
The general assembly intends that any limitations on entering into a contingency fee contract, as provided by sections 9.491 to 9.495 of the Revised Code, are to be applied only to contracts with a private attorney retained on a contingency fee basis by the state. These limitations shall not apply to contingency fee contracts between private parties and contracts not involving the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.54 | Accessibility Signs.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
Whoever erects or replaces a sign containing the international symbol of access shall use forms of the word "accessible" rather than forms of the words "handicapped" or "disabled" whenever words are included on the sign.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.55 | Installation of Teletypewriters for Deaf or Hearing-Impaired at State Agencies.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "state agency" means the house of representatives, the senate, the governor, the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, the attorney general, the department of job and family services, the department of commerce, the department of developmental disabilities, the department of education and workforce, the department of health, the department of aging, the governor's office of advocacy for disabled persons, and the civil rights commission.
(B) Each state agency shall install in its offices at least one teletypewriter designed to receive printed messages from and transmit printed messages to deaf or hearing-impaired persons.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 12:28 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.56 | Plans and Drawings for Public Buildings Filed With County Recorder.

Effective:
May 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 145 - 119th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "owner of any public building" means any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or any other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, the owner of any public building, within thirty days after the completion of the project, shall file the plans and drawings representing the building as built for any such public building constructed or being constructed after the effective date of this section with the county recorder in the county where the building is located. The plans and drawings and the paper, inks, and markings used thereon shall be of a quality that ensures a legible reproduction.
(C) No plans and drawings representing the building as built need be filed for a building under division (B) of this section if either of the following applies:
(1) A political subdivision approves the plans and drawings representing the building as built for that building and records and maintains the plans and drawings and makes them available for public inspection and the plans and drawings and the paper, inks, and markings used thereon are of a quality that ensures a legible reproduction.
(2) The building is located in a political subdivision that records and maintains the plans and drawings representing the building as built and makes them available for public inspection and the plans and drawings and the paper, inks, and markings used thereon are of a quality that ensures a legible reproduction.
(D) No plans and drawings shall be destroyed or transferred without approval by the county recorder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.57 | Closure of Places of Worship.

Effective:
December 16, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 272 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Revised Code, no public official shall issue an order to close all places of worship in the state or in a geographic area of the state.
(B) As used in this section:
(1) "Place of worship" means a building or grounds where activities of an organized religious group are conducted.
(2) "Public official" means any elected or appointed officer, employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.58 | Court Settlements That Conflict With the Revised Code.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "public official" means any elected or appointed officer, employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law.
(B) In any civil action in a state or federal court, no public official, including any attorney representing or acting on behalf of a public official, has any authority to compromise or settle the action, consent to any condition, or agree to any order in connection therewith if the compromise, settlement, condition, or order nullifies, suspends, enjoins, alters, or conflicts with any provision of the Revised Code.
(C) Any compromise, settlement, condition, or order to which a public official agrees that conflicts with division (B) of this section is void and has no legal effect.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise restrict any powers granted by Article IV, Ohio Constitution.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.61 | Residency Not Required for Fire Chief.

Effective:
January 25, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 143 - 124th General Assembly
(A) "Firefighting agency" means a municipal corporation, township, township fire district, joint fire district, fire and ambulance district, or other political subdivision that operates a fire department.
(B) Nothing in the Revised Code requires, or shall be construed to require, that the fire chief of a firefighting agency reside in the territory of the firefighting agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.62 | Purchase of Police Dog or Horse.

Effective:
June 1, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Police dog or horse" means a dog or horse that has been trained, and may be used, to assist law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties.
(2) "Law enforcement agency" means an organization or unit made up of law enforcement officers as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Upon the disbanding of the canine or equine unit of a law enforcement agency, the agency shall give the law enforcement officer to whom a police dog or horse is assigned the first chance to purchase the animal, for one dollar. An officer who purchases an animal under this section shall assume all responsibility for the animal thereafter.
(C) If a police dog or horse is injured in the line of duty, becomes disabled and is unfit for duty, or grows too old to be fit for duty, the law enforcement officer to whom the animal is assigned may purchase the animal, for one dollar. If an officer chooses not to purchase an animal as authorized by this division or division (B) of this section, the disposition of the animal shall be as otherwise provided by law.
(D) A law enforcement officer who leaves an equine or canine unit of a law enforcement agency while the police dog or horse assigned to the officer is still fit for duty forfeits the right to purchase the animal under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.65 | Annuity Program for Volunteer Fire Fighters.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A board of township trustees, a board of fire district trustees of a joint fire district, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may establish, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, an annuity program for the volunteer fire fighters serving the political subdivision, including those affiliated with a private entity that provides fire-fighting or emergency medical services. The program may permit the board or the legislative authority to contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure from an insurer or insurers licensed to do business by this state an annuity for such fire fighters. The program may also permit the board or the legislative authority at any time to cancel or otherwise terminate an annuity with any particular insurer or insurers. The board or the legislative authority may pay all or any portion of the cost, premium, or charge of the annuity. The board or the legislative authority may create a fund in the treasury of the township, the joint fire district, or the municipal corporation, as appropriate, for the annuity program. The resolution or ordinance creating the program shall include a plan to assure the proper administration and operation of the program. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The requirements a person must meet in order to be eligible to participate in the program;
(2) The requirements an eligible person must meet annually in order to participate in the program;
(3) A requirement that an audit of the accounts, financial reports, records, and files pertaining to the program be performed in the same manner and with the same frequency that an audit of a public office is performed under section 117.11 of the Revised Code. The audit required under division (A)(3) of this section shall be in addition to and separate from any audit of a township, joint fire district, or municipal corporation required under section 117.11 of the Revised Code but may be performed at the same time as such an audit.
(4) Provisions for termination of the program.
(B) A political subdivision that has established an annuity program under division (A) of this section may appropriate general revenue fund moneys of the political subdivision not appropriated for any other purpose to the annuity program and may use moneys raised under section 505.37, 505.371, or 505.39 or under division (I), (U), or (JJ) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code for the annuity program. Income from the investment of moneys in any fund established in the treasury of a political subdivision for the annuity program shall be paid into the annuity fund.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Volunteer fire fighter" means a person who performs service as a fire fighter, or who performs emergency medical service, on a less than full-time basis for a political subdivision.
(2) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, a township, a township fire district, or a joint fire district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.67 | Restrictions on Owner of Professional Sports Team That Uses a Tax-Supported Facility.

Effective:
June 20, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 121st General Assembly
No owner of a professional sports team that uses a tax-supported facility for most of its home games and receives financial assistance from the state or a political subdivision thereof shall cease playing most of its home games at the facility and begin playing most of its home games elsewhere unless the owner either:
(A) Enters into an agreement with the political subdivision permitting the team to play most of its home games elsewhere;
(B) Gives the political subdivision in which the facility is located not less than six months' advance notice of the owner's intention to cease playing most of its home games at the facility and, during the six months after such notice, gives the political subdivision or any individual or group of individuals who reside in the area the opportunity to purchase the team.