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2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.69 | Duties and Status of Law Enforcement Officer.

Effective:
March 28, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 228 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "law enforcement officer" means any of the following who is employed, commissioned, disposed, appointed, or elected in a capacity specified in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section for this state, a political subdivision of this state, or an agency, department, or instrumentality of this state or a political subdivision of this state:
(1) Any law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) Any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code;
(3) Any person who is employed in this state, who is authorized to carry firearms, and who is subject to and in compliance with the requirements of section 109.801 of the Revised Code.
(B) For purposes of the Revised Code, both of the following apply regarding a law enforcement officer who, by virtue of the officer's employment, commissioning, disposition, appointment, or election as that law enforcement officer, has a responsibility to enforce all or certain laws:
(1) The officer holds public office on a continuing basis and has a continuing duty to enforce those laws.
(2) The officer is always on duty, regardless of whether the officer is, or is not, officially within work hours or officially on the clock.
Last updated October 13, 2022 at 10:47 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.70 | Permission for Street on Lands of Public Institution.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A street, alley, or road shall not be laid out or established through or over the lands belonging to a public institution of the state without the special permission of the general assembly.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.73 | Public Employer Inquiries Regarding Criminal Background.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 56 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Public employer" means a state agency or a political subdivision of the state.
(2) "State agency" means any organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of government.
(3) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.
(B) No public employer shall include on any form for application for employment with the public employer any question concerning the criminal background of the applicant.
(C) Nothing in this section prohibits a public employer from including on any form for application for employment with the public employer a statement notifying an applicant of any provision of the Revised Code or federal law that disqualifies an individual with a particular criminal history from employment in a particular position.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.74 | Victims of Dissemination of Image.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 497 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority issued or conferred by a licensing authority of which the licensee has or claims the privilege to engage in the profession, occupation, or activity, or to have control of and operate certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction.
(2) "Licensing authority" means a public office that issues a license to a person or entity.
(3) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.
(4) "Public office" means any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government. "Public office" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
(5) "Victim" has the same meaning as in section 2930.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) No licensing authority shall knowingly take any of the following actions against a person who is applying for or holds a license solely on the basis that the person is a victim of a violation of section 2917.211 of the Revised Code:
(1) Refuse to issue a license to an applicant;
(2) Limit, suspend, or revoke a license;
(3) Refuse to renew a license.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.76 | Boycott Provisions in Certain Contracts.

Effective:
July 21, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 135 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Boycott" means engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with persons or entities in a discriminatory manner. "Boycott" does not include:
(a) Boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. 4607(c) applies;
(b) A decision based on business or economic reasons, or the specific conduct of a targeted person or entity;
(c) A boycott against a public entity of a foreign state when the boycott is applied in a nondiscriminatory manner; and
(d) Conduct necessary to comply with applicable law in the business's home jurisdiction.
(2) "Company" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, national association, societe anonyme, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, or other business organization, including their subsidiaries and affiliates, that operates to earn a profit.
(3) "Israel" means Israel or Israeli-controlled territories.
(4) "Jurisdiction with whom this state can enjoy open trade" means any world trade organization member and any jurisdiction with which the United States has free trade or other agreements aimed at ensuring open and nondiscriminatory trade relations.
(5) "State agency" means an organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of a function of state government, and includes a "state institution of higher education" as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) A state agency may not enter into or renew a contract with a company for the acquisition or provision of supplies, equipment, or services, or for construction services, unless the contract declares that the company is not boycotting any jurisdiction with whom this state can enjoy open trade, including Israel, and will not do so during the contract period.
Last updated April 27, 2022 at 12:28 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.80 | Contribution to Charity Deductions.

Effective:
September 16, 1957
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 102nd General Assembly
The chief officer of any department or division of the state, and the budgeting authority of any political subdivision or school district, or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county or municipality, may authorize a payroll deduction plan for contributions by employees to one or more specified charitable agencies which are corporations not for profit, community chests, united funds, or other similar united community fund organizations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.81 | Payroll Deduction Plans.

Effective:
October 5, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 231 - 117th General Assembly
After an authorization adopted under section 9.80 of the Revised Code, any public officer or employee of any department or division of the state, any political subdivision or school district thereof, or of any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county, or municipal corporation, who desires to make a contribution by the payroll deduction plan to one or more of the specified charitable agencies which are corporations not for profit, community chests, united funds, or other similar united community fund organizations, may be permitted to have such contribution payments deducted from the salary or wages due such public officer or employee by filing a written request and authorization signed by such public officer or employee and specifying the amount of the deduction in each payroll period with the fiscal officer of the state, political subdivision, or school district, or institution by which such public officer or employee is employed. Such authorization may be withdrawn in writing by such public officer or employee at any time. No funds may be withheld from the salary or wages of any such public officer or employee for the purposes permitted by sections 9.80 and 9.81 of the Revised Code unless the withholding is specifically, freely, and voluntarily authorized by that public officer or employee in writing.
Upon receipt of evidence of such request by the appropriate fiscal officer, or upon receipt of a written deduction authorization under division (B)(2) or (C) of section 4117.09 of the Revised Code, such fiscal officer shall make such deduction and shall, at periodic intervals to the extent of the amount collected, pay the designated charitable agencies which are corporations not for profit, community chests, united funds, or other similar united community fund organizations, or the exclusive representative designated under section 4117.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.82 | Risk Management and Insurance Programs Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 9.82 to 9.83 of the Revised Code:
(A) "State" means the state of Ohio, including, but not limited to, the general assembly, the supreme court, the offices of all elected state officers, and all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, and other instrumentalities of the state of Ohio. "State" does not include political subdivisions.
For purposes of the judicial liability program, "state" means the supreme court, the courts of appeals, the courts of common pleas and any division of courts of common pleas, municipal courts, and county courts.
(B) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, village, township, park district, or school district.
(C) "Personal property" means tangible personal property owned, leased, controlled, or possessed by a state agency and includes, but is not limited to, chattels, movable property, merchandise, furniture, goods, livestock, vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, movable machinery, movable tools, movable equipment, general operating supplies, and media.
(D) "Media" means all active information processing material, including all forms of data, program material, and related engineering specifications employed in any state agency's information processing operation.
(E) "Property" means real and personal property as defined in divisions (C) and (F) of this section and any other property in which the state determines it has an insurable interest.
(F) "Real property" means land or interests in land whose title is vested in the state or that is under the control of the state through a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase, mortgage, lien, or otherwise, and includes, but is not limited to, all buildings, structures, improvements, machinery, equipment, or fixtures erected on, above, or under such land.
(G) "State agency" means every department, bureau, board, commission, office, or other organized body established by the constitution or laws of this state for the exercise of any function of state government, the general assembly, all legislative agencies, the supreme court, and the court of claims. "State agency" does not include any state-supported institutions of higher education, the public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the state highway patrol retirement system, or the city of Cincinnati retirement system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.821 | Office of Risk Management.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The department of administrative services shall direct and manage for state agencies all risk management and insurance programs authorized under section 9.822 of the Revised Code.
(B) The office of risk management is hereby established within the department of administrative services. The director of administrative services, or a deputy director appointed by the director, shall control and supervise the office.
(C) The office may take any of the following actions that it determines to be in the best interests of the state:
(1) Provide all insurance coverages for the state, including, but not limited to, vehicle liability, casualty, property, public liability, and fidelity bonding. The cost of insurance coverage shall be paid from appropriations made to the state agencies that the office has designated to receive the coverage.
(2) Provide coverage of legal expenses that are necessary and related to the legal defense of claims against the state;
(3) Purchase insurance policies consistent with sections 125.01 to 125.111 of the Revised Code, develop and administer self-insurance programs, or do both;
(4) Consolidate and combine state insurance coverages;
(5) Provide technical services in risk management and insurance to state agencies;
(6) Adopt and publish, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, necessary rules and procedures governing the administration of the state's insurance and risk management activities.
(D) No state agency, except a state agency exempted under section 125.02 or 125.04 of the Revised Code from the department's purchasing authority, shall purchase any insurance described in this section except as authorized by the department, when the office of risk management determines that the purchase is in the best interest of the state pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and in accordance with terms, conditions, and procurement methods established by the department.
(E) With respect to any civil action, demand, or claim against the state that could be filed in the court of claims, nothing in sections 9.82 to 9.823 of the Revised Code shall be interpreted to permit the settlement or compromise of those civil actions, demands, or claims, except in the manner provided in Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.
(F) The department of administrative services and the office of risk management, while acting pursuant to the responsibilities prescribed in sections 9.82 to 9.83 of the Revised Code, are performing a public duty, as defined in section 2743.01 of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 29, 2021 at 3:18 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.822 | Insurance and Bonds.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The department of administrative services through the office of risk management shall establish an insurance plan or plans that may provide for self-insurance, the purchase of insurance, or the purchase of surety bonds, public official bonds, or fidelity bonds, for any of the following purposes:
(1) Insuring state real and personal property against losses occasioned by fire, windstorm, or other accidents and perils;
(2) Insuring the state and its officers, employees, and agents against liability resulting from any civil action, demand, or claim against the state or its officers, employees, and agents arising out of any act or omission of an officer, employee, or agent in the performance of official duties, except acts and omissions for which indemnification is prohibited under section 9.87 of the Revised Code;
(3) Insuring and maintaining a judicial liability program.
(B) The department of administrative services through the office of risk management shall establish and administer a crime insurance program for the purpose of protecting the state against loss, including loss to third parties, due to the dishonest acts of state officers, employees, and agents. In addition, public official bonds shall be purchased for all officials and employees who are required by law to provide a bond. Such bonds may be in the form of a blanket bond, or scheduled position bond, provided the penal sums meet the statutory requirement.
(C) The department of administrative services through the office of risk management shall purchase surety bonds, fidelity bonds, and public official bonds by licensed sureties for their respective purposes. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the department of administrative services through the office of risk management to do either of the following:
(1) Directly issue or underwrite surety bonds, fidelity bonds, performance bonds, or public official bonds;
(2) Provide performance bonds to any party.
Last updated October 12, 2021 at 3:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.823 | Risk Management Reserve Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) All contributions collected by the director of administrative services under division (E) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the risk management reserve fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used to provide insurance and self-insurance for the state under sections 9.822 and 9.83 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to it.
(B) The director, through the office of risk management, shall operate the risk management reserve fund on an actuarially sound basis.
(C) Reserves shall be maintained in the risk management reserve fund in any amount that is necessary and adequate, in the exercise of sound and prudent actuarial judgment, to cover potential liability claims, expenses, fees, or damages. Money in the fund may be applied to the payment of liability claims that are filed against the state. The director may procure the services of a qualified actuarial firm for the purpose of recommending the specific amount of money that would be required to maintain adequate reserves for a given period of time.
(D) A report of the amounts reserved and disbursements made from the reserves, together with a written report of a competent property and casualty actuary, shall be submitted, on or before the last day of March for the preceding calendar year, to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. The actuary shall certify the adequacy of the rates of contributions, the sufficiency of excess insurance, and whether the amounts reserved conform to the requirements of this section, are computed in accordance with accepted loss reserving standards, and are fairly stated in accordance with sound loss reserving principles. The report shall include disbursements made for the administration of the fund, including claims paid, cost of legal representation of state agencies and employees, and fees paid to consultants.
(E) The director shall collect from each state agency or any participating state body its contribution to the risk management reserve fund for the purpose of purchasing insurance or administering self-insurance programs for coverages authorized under sections 9.822 and 9.83 of the Revised Code. The contribution shall be determined by the director, with the approval of the director of budget and management, and shall be based upon actuarial assumptions and the relative risk and loss experience of each state agency or participating state body. The contribution shall further include a reasonable sum to cover the department's administrative costs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.835 | Energy Price Risk Management Contract.

Effective:
September 23, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Energy price risk management contract" means a contract that is intended to mitigate, for the term of the contract, the price volatility of energy sources, including, but not limited to, a contract or futures contract for natural gas, gasoline, oil, and diesel fuel, and that is a budgetary and financial tool only and not a contract for the procurement of an energy source.
(2) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, village, township, park district, school district, or regional transit authority.
(3) "State entity" means the general assembly, the supreme court, the court of claims, the office of an elected state officer, or a department, bureau, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality of this state established by the constitution or laws of this state for the exercise of any function of state government, but excludes a political subdivision, an institution of higher education, the public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the state highway patrol retirement system, or the city of Cincinnati retirement system.
(4) "State official" means the elected or appointed official, or that person's designee, charged with the management of a state entity.
(B) If it determines that doing so is in the best interest of the state entity or the political subdivision, and subject to, respectively, state or local appropriation to pay amounts due, a state official or the legislative or other governing authority of a political subdivision may enter into an energy price risk management contract. Money received pursuant to such a contract entered into by a state official shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund of this state, and, unless otherwise provided by ordinance or resolution enacted or adopted by the legislative authority of the political subdivision authorizing any such contract, money received under the contract shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the political subdivision.
(C) An energy price risk management contract is not an investment for the purposes of section 135.14 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.84 | Witness Has Right of Counsel - Participation in Hearing Limited.

Effective:
July 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person appearing as a witness before any public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, or any representative of a public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, in any administrative or executive proceeding or investigation, public or private, if the witness so requests, shall be permitted to be accompanied, represented, and advised by an attorney, whose participation shall be limited to the protection of the rights of the witness, and who may not examine or cross-examine witnesses. The witness shall be advised of the right to counsel before the witness is interrogated. This section does not apply to proceedings before a grand jury or to an employee of an appointing authority, as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code, who appears only as a witness in an employment interview, investigation, or proceeding conducted by or for the appointing authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.85 | Immunity of Public Officers and Employees Definitions.

Effective:
March 13, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly
As used in this section and sections 9.86 and 9.87 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Officer or employee" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code.
(B) "State" has the same meaning as in division (B) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in division (C) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Employer" has the same meaning as in division (D) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Motor vehicle" includes automobiles, trucks, motor vehicles with auxiliary equipment, self-propelling equipment or trailers, aircraft, or watercraft.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.86 | Immunity of Public Officers and Employees.

Effective:
March 13, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly
Except for civil actions that arise out of the operation of a motor vehicle and civil actions in which the state is the plaintiff, no officer or employee shall be liable in any civil action that arises under the law of this state for damage or injury caused in the performance of his duties, unless the officer's or employee's actions were manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, or unless the officer or employee acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner.
This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any immunity from civil liability that is conferred upon an officer or employee by any other provision of the Revised Code or by case law. This section does not affect the liability of the state in an action filed against the state in the court of claims pursuant to Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.88 | Immunity of Federal Law Enforcement Officers.

Effective:
June 13, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 266 - 118th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "federal law enforcement officer" means any officer of the United States who is authorized by federal law to conduct any investigation of, and make any arrest for, any offense against the United States in violation of federal law.
(B) A federal law enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of his official duties, has the same immunity from liability that a state or local law enforcement officer has under the laws of this state, in any civil action to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to persons or property, under any of the following circumstances:
(1) When the federal law enforcement officer renders assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer at the request of the officer or renders assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer in the event of an emergency;
(2) When, during the investigation by the federal law enforcement officer of a federal offense over which he has jurisdiction under federal law, a felony under the laws of this state is committed in his presence or he has reasonable ground to believe that a felony under the laws of this state has been committed, and he makes an arrest under section 2935.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.91 | Placement or Purchase of Tax-Sheltered Annuity for Educational Employees.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
If the board of education of a school district procures a tax-sheltered annuity for an employee, pursuant to section 9.90 of the Revised Code, that meets the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 403(b), the employee has the right to designate the licensed agent, broker, or company through whom the board shall arrange for the placement or purchase of the tax-sheltered annuity. In any case in which the employee has designated such an agent, broker, or company, the board shall comply with the designation, provided that the board may impose either or both of the following as conditions to complying with any such designations:
(A) The designee must execute a reasonable agreement protecting the institution or district from any liability attendant to procuring the annuity;
(B) The designee must be designated by a number of employees equal to at least one per cent of the board's full-time employees or at least five employees, whichever is greater, except that the board may not require that the agent, broker, or company be designated by more than fifty employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.94 | Fractionalized Interests in Any One or More Public Obligations.

Effective:
September 17, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 748 - 121st General Assembly
Third parties shall not issue and sell to others or publicly underwrite fractionalized interests in any one or more public obligations, as defined in division (GG)(2) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code, without the knowledge and express written approval or authorization of each public issuer that is the obligor on such public obligations. Provision to that effect shall be included in each such public obligation in which fractionalized interests are not, with the knowledge and authorization of that obligor, initially issued.
Last updated March 9, 2022 at 1:20 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.95 | Maximum or Maximum Average Annual Interest Rate on Public Securities.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
Securities to which this section applies shall bear interest at not to exceed the maximum or maximum average annual interest rate per annum determined in or pursuant to the proceedings for the securities by the legislative authority, taxing authority, subdivision, governing body, officer, or other issuer, board, authority, commission, district, agency, body, or entity that is the issuer, or governing body or officer of the issuer, of those securities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.981 | Applicability.

Effective:
July 1, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code are applicable to bonds:
(1) The payment of the debt service on which is to be provided for directly or indirectly by payments contracted to be made in the bond proceedings by the absolute obligors, being persons other than the issuer; and
(2) Which are authorized to be issued under sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62, Chapter 165., 902., 3377., 3706., division (A)(4) of section 4582.06, division (A)(8) of section 4582.31, section 4582.48, or Chapter 6121. or 6123. of the Revised Code, notwithstanding other provisions therein.
(B) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code are applicable to bonds issued under sections 306.37 and 6119.12 of the Revised Code and Chapters 140., 154., 175., and 349. of the Revised Code, and to any bonds authorized under laws which expressly make those sections applicable.
(C) Subject to division (A) of this section, the authority provided in sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code is supplemental to and not in derogation of any similar authority provided by, derived from, or implied by, any law, the Ohio Constitution, or any charter, resolution, or ordinance, and no inference shall be drawn to negate the authority thereunder by reason of the express provisions of sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code.
(D) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code shall be liberally construed to permit flexibility in the arrangements therein provided to enhance the issuance of such bonds and provide for terms most beneficial and satisfactory to the persons which undertake to provide for their payment, security, and liquidity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous › Section 9.983 | Costs, Expenses and Fees.

Effective:
December 22, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 359 - 119th General Assembly
(A) Provision may be made for costs and expenses of providing credit facilities, put arrangements, and interest rate hedges, and for fees and expenses of agents, and other fees, costs, and expenses in connection with arrangements under sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code to be paid directly by the absolute obligor, or to be included in the principal amount of the bonds, or to be paid from the same sources of moneys available for debt service or from funds established under the bond proceedings, or otherwise to be provided for. Those costs may be treated as other costs of financing of the facilities to be financed by the bonds or as costs of issuing the bonds under the law authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
(B) As additional and alternative authority for issuing bonds to refund bonds referred to in division (A) or (B) of section 9.981 of the Revised Code, and without need for satisfying any other statutory purposes or conditions for refunding, refunding bonds may be issued pursuant to procedures under the applicable provisions of law upon a declaration by the issuer that the issuer or the absolute obligor under the refunding bonds has determined or expects that the refunding will be beneficial by reason of the terms, conditions, covenants, or security pertaining to the bonds to be refunded. Refunding bonds issued in reliance on this division shall mature not later than forty years after their issuance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.01 | Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Effective:
January 8, 1979
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 437 - 112th General Assembly
(A) The first regular session of each general assembly shall convene on the first Monday of January in the odd-numbered year, or on the succeeding day if the first Monday of January is a legal holiday, and in second regular session on the same date of the following year. The second regular session of each general assembly shall be in a continuum of the first regular session. At the second regular session, the general assembly shall consider matters held over from the first regular session, revenue and appropriation bills, and other measures agreed to by a majority of the members elected to either house or recommended by the governor in a public proclamation or a message to the general assembly.
(B) At one-thirty p.m. of the day specified for the beginning of the first regular session of the general assembly, the president of the senate during the preceding biennium or in the case of his absence or inability to act, the president pro tempore of the senate during the preceding biennium shall take the chair and call the senate to order. He shall also call the senatorial districts in their numerical order, and as they are called the persons claiming to be senators-elect therefrom shall present their certificates and take the oath of office.
If neither the president nor the president pro tempore designated in this division is available to preside at the beginning of the first regular session, the senators and senators-elect shall designate by party caucus the person who shall preside over the organization of the senate.
Last updated February 2, 2024 at 7:03 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.02 | Election of Officers of the Senate.

Effective:
January 8, 1979
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 437 - 112th General Assembly
After the senators-elect have taken the oath of office, if there is a quorum present, the senate shall elect a president, president pro tempore, assistant president pro tempore, and other officials.
Last updated January 13, 2023 at 1:04 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.11 | House Called to Order - Appointment of Clerk Pro Tempore - Presentation of Certificates - Oath of Office.

Effective:
September 17, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 994 - 110th General Assembly
At two p.m. of the day appointed for the beginning of the first regular session of the general assembly, the speaker of the house of representatives during the preceding biennium or in his absence, the speaker pro tempore of the house of representatives during the preceding biennium shall take the chair, call the representatives-elect to order, and appoint one of them clerk pro tempore. He also shall call the districts in numerical order and, as they are called, the representatives-elect therefrom shall present their certificates and take the oath of office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.12 | Presiding Officer Designated by Party Caucus.

Effective:
September 17, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 994 - 110th General Assembly
In the event neither the speaker nor the speaker pro tempore, designated in section 101.11 of the Revised Code, is available to preside at the beginning of the first regular session, the members-elect shall designate by party caucus the person who shall preside over the organization of the house of representatives.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.13 | Election of Officers of the House.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
After the representatives-elect have taken the oath of office, if there is a quorum present, the house of representatives shall elect a speaker, a speaker pro tempore, and other officials.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.21 | Majority Required to Tenth Voting.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A majority of the votes given at an election for an officer of either house shall be necessary to elect. If a choice is not made on or before the tenth voting, the person thereafter receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.22 | Evidence of Membership.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
For the purpose of organizing the senate and house of representatives of the general assembly, a certificate of election from the board of election of the proper county shall be prima-facie evidence of the right to membership of the person therein certified to be elected senator or representative.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.23 | Oaths.

Effective:
June 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 124 - 126th General Assembly
The oath of office of senators and representatives; the president and president pro tempore of the senate; the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the house of representatives; the clerk of the senate, the chief administrative officer and the clerk of the house of representatives, and their assistants; and the sergeant at arms and assistant sergeant at arms of each house may be administered by a member, by a former presiding officer of either house of the general assembly, or by a person authorized to administer oaths.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.24 | Powers of Each House Compelling Attendance.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon a call of either house, if a quorum of members is not present, or a member is absent, the members present may direct the sergeant at arms or, if there is no sergeant at arms of such house, any other person to compel the attendance of absentees. If, on a call of either house, the members present refuse to excuse an absentee, he shall not be entitled to compensation during his absence and shall be liable for expenses incurred in procuring his attendance, which shall be deducted from his salary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.25 | Resignation of Member.

Effective:
March 9, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly
During a regular session of the general assembly, a senator who desires to resign shall do so by presenting a letter of resignation to the president of the senate and a representative who desires to resign shall do so by presenting a letter of resignation to the speaker of the house of representatives. The president or speaker shall verify authenticity of the letter of resignation and, upon doing so, shall send a letter of acknowledgment to the resigning senator or representative.
When the general assembly has adjourned its regular session sine die, a senator or representative who desires to resign shall do so by presenting a letter of resignation to the governor. The governor shall verify authenticity of the letter of resignation and, upon doing so, shall send a letter of acknowledgement to the resigning senator or representative.
An acknowledged resignation takes effect at the time specified in the letter of resignation. If an acknowledged resignation occurs during a regular session of the general assembly, the clerk of the senate or clerk of the house of representatives shall spread the letter of resignation upon the senate or house of representatives journal.
This section does not apply to a member-elect who resigns before the general assembly has organized.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.26 | Members Ineligible to Certain Appointments and Employment.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
No member of either house of the general assembly except in compliance with this section, shall knowingly do any of the following:
(A) Be appointed as trustee, officer, or manager of a benevolent, educational, or correctional institution that is authorized, created, or regulated by the state and that is supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury;
(B) Serve on any committee or commission that is authorized or created by the general assembly and that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses;
(C) Accept any appointment, office, or employment from any committee or commission that is authorized or created by the general assembly and that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses or accept any appointment, office, or employment from any executive or administrative branch or department of the state that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses.
Any appointee, officer, or employee described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section who accepts a certificate of election to either house immediately shall resign from the appointment, office, or employment, and, if he fails or refuses to do so, his seat in the general assembly shall be deemed vacant. Any member of the general assembly who accepts any appointment, office, or employment described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section immediately shall resign from the general assembly, and, if he fails or refuses to do so, his seat in the general assembly shall be deemed vacant. This section does not apply to members of either house of the general assembly serving an educational institution of the state, supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury, in a capacity other than one named in division (A) of this section, school teachers, employees of boards of education, notaries public, or officers of the militia. Division (A) of this section does not apply to any member of either house of the general assembly appointed as trustee, officer, or manager of a private institution that only receives funds from the state treasury in exchange for services rendered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.272 | House Reimbursement Fund - Senate Reimbursement Fund.

Effective:
March 9, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The house reimbursement fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of refunds from the department of administrative services of overpayments of medical insurance premiums accumulated under division (C) of section 101.271 of the Revised Code; amounts received by the office of the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives for salvage and recycling of equipment, materials, and supplies; and payments from members and employees for incidental use of house equipment or facilities. The fund shall be used to pay operating expenses of the house of representatives.
(B) The senate reimbursement fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of refunds from the department of administrative services of overpayments of medical insurance premiums accumulated under division (B) of section 101.271 of the Revised Code; amounts received by the senate clerk's office for salvage and recycling of equipment, materials, and supplies; and payments from members and employees for incidental use of senate equipment or facilities. The fund shall be used to pay operating expenses of the senate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.28 | Joint Conventions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Joint conventions of the two houses of the general assembly shall be held in the hall of the house of representatives, unless otherwise ordered by joint resolution. During a joint convention, each house shall be deemed in session as a separate branch of the general assembly. Except in voting in elections where each member is entitled to a separate vote, each house shall act separately and no question shall be carried otherwise than by concurrent action of both houses. Either house, by vote of a majority of its members, may dissolve such convention by an order withdrawing therefrom. A joint convention, by the concurrent vote of the two houses, may recess or adjourn to a time certain; but such recess or adjournment of the convention shall not be an adjournment or recess of either house, or prevent such house from proceeding with its business during such recess or adjournment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.29 | Legislative Employees.

Effective:
March 9, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly
The senate and the house of representatives shall choose their own officials and employees, respectively, and fix their compensation. The clerk of the senate, the chief administrative officer and the clerk of the house of representatives, and the principal sergeants at arms designated by the respective houses shall receive a travel allowance per mile each way twice a month from and to their place of residence, if outside Franklin county, by the most direct highway route of public travel, to be paid monthly, at the same mileage rate allowed for the reimbursement of travel expenses of state agents as provided by rule of the director of budget and management adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 126.31 of the Revised Code.
The sentence of this section requiring payment for mileage does not include the assistant sergeants at arms designated by the senate and house of representatives.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 101 | General Assembly › Section 101.301 | Attorney-Client Testimonial Privilege Applies to Caucuses.

Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, caucus means all of the members of the house of representatives, or all of the members of the senate, who are members of the same political party.
(B) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 2317.021 of the Revised Code, the members of the general assembly who are members of a caucus, and the officers and employees of the general assembly who either serve that caucus or serve the members of the general assembly who are members of that caucus, are clients, for purposes of the attorney-client testimonial privilege specified in division (A) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code and for purposes of any other statutory or common law attorney-client privilege recognized in this state, of the employee of the house of representatives or senate who serves as the legal counsel for that caucus.