Ohio Administrative Code › Title 101 - Joint Legislative Ethics Committee › Chapter 101-1 - Operating Procedures › Section 101-1-02 - Committee meetings; notice of meetings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Meetings;
			 quorum; action: the committee shall act only at a meeting conducted in
			 accordance with this rule. Seven members of the committee shall constitute a
			 quorum. No action shall be taken by the committee without the concurrence of at
			 least seven of the members unless otherwise provided for in the legislative
			 code of ethics.
(B) Notice of
			 meetings: meetings of the committee may be: (1) Held in accordance with a
			 schedule adopted by the committee, without additional notice to members; (2)
			 scheduled at a previous meeting of the committee; or (3) called by the chairman
			 or at least eight of the members with written notice to each member at least
			 five days prior to the meeting, in the case of notice by mail, or at least two
			 days prior to the meeting, in the case of notice by telephone. Such notice
			 shall specify the time and place of the meeting.
Notice of a meeting may be waived by a member of the committee
				either before or after the meeting and attendance at a meeting shall constitute
				waiver of notice by such member, unless he objects to holding the meeting on
				the ground of lack of notice or insufficiency of notice, either during the
				meeting or within a reasonable time thereafter.
(C) Public notice of meetings:
(1) This rule is adopted in accordance with
			 division (F) of section
			  121.22 
			 of the Revised Code.
(2) Any
			 person may obtain notice of the time and place of any regularly scheduled
			 meeting, and the time, place and purpose of any special meeting by:
(a) Writing to: "Office of the legislative
			 inspector general, joint legislative ethics committee, 50 West Broad Street,
			 Suite 1308, Columbus, Ohio 43215"; or
(b) Calling the office of the legislative
			 inspector general at the following telephone number during normal business
			 hours: (614) 728-5100.
(3) The committee shall maintain a list of
			 all persons who have requested, in writing, notice of all meetings of the
			 committee at which specific subjects are to be discussed, and shall mail an
			 agenda to such persons at least five work days prior to each meeting, if it is
			 determined that the subject of interest to the person will be a topic of
			 discussion at that meeting.
(4)
			 Any representative of the news media may obtain notice of all special meetings
			 by sending a written request to: "Office of the legislative inspector general,
			 joint legislative ethics committee, 50 West Broad Street, Suite 1308, Columbus,
			 Ohio 43215." The request shall include the name, address, and a maximum of two
			 telephone numbers of the media representative to be contacted. Notice to a
			 publication, radio, or television station shall be limited to one
			 representative. The committee shall maintain a list of all news media
			 representatives who have requested notice of special meetings.
In the event of a special meeting not of an emergency nature,
				the committee shall notify all registered media representatives by at least one
				of the following means:
(a) Written
			 notice mailed at least four calendar days prior to the day of the special
			 meeting;
(b) Notification by
			 telephone at least twenty-four hours prior to the special meeting. Such
			 telephone notice shall be considered completed if a message has been left for
			 the media representative, or if the committee has made a reasonable effort but
			 been unable to provide such telephone notice; or
(c) Notice in person at least twenty-four
			 hours prior to the special meeting.
In the event of an emergency meeting, the committee shall
				notify all registered media representatives either by the means outlined in
				paragraph (C)(3) of this rule or by notifying the clerk of the state house
				press room. In the case of such an emergency meeting, the notice shall be given
				as soon as possible after the emergency meeting is scheduled.