Ohio Administrative Code › Title 109:4 - Consumer Protection › Chapter 109:4-1 - General Provisions › Section 109:4-1-05 - Organization of the office of the Ohio attorney general, consumer protection section

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The office of the Ohio attorney general, consumer protection
				section shall be comprised of administrative,  education and community outreach,
				investigative, legal, consumer
				assistance ,and economic crimes divisions. It shall be the
				function of these divisions to:
(A)
			 Adopt, amend, and repeal procedural rules;
(B) Make available for public inspection all
			 rules and all other written statements of policy or interpretations adopted or
			 used by the office of the attorney general, consumer protection section in the
			 discharge of its functions, together with all judgments, including supporting
			 opinions, by courts of this state that determine the rights of the parties and
			 concerning which appellate remedies have been exhausted, or lost by the
			 expiration of the time for appeal, determining that specific acts or practices
			 violate section  1345.02  or
			  1345.03  of the Revised
			 Code;
(C) Inform consumers and
			 suppliers on a continuing basis of acts or practices which violate section
			  1345.02  or
			  1345.03  of the Revised
			 Code;
(D) Cooperate with state and
			 local officials, officials of other states, and officials of the federal
			 government in the administration of comparable statutes;
(E) Report annually on or before the first
			 day of January to the governor and general assembly on the operations of the
			 office of the attorney general, consumer protection section in respect to
			 sections  1345.01  to
			  1345.13  of the Revised Code, and
			 on the acts or practices occurring in this state that violate such sections.
			 The report shall include a statement of investigatory and enforcement
			 procedures and policies, of the number of investigations and enforcement
			 proceedings instituted and other activities of the state and of other persons
			 to promote the purposes of sections
			  1345.01  to
			  1345.13  of the Revised
			 Code;
(F) Conduct research, make
			 inquiries, hold public hearings, and publish studies relating to consumer
			 transactions;
(G) Adopt, amend, and
			 repeal substantive rules defining with reasonable specificity acts or practices
			 which violate sections
			  1345.02  and
			  1345.03  of the Revised
			 Code;
(H) Without limiting the
			 scope of activities of the consumer protection section of the office of the
			 attorney general, and without limiting the responsibilities of each of the
			 divisions of the consumer protection section, the following shall constitute
			 the duties of each division:
(1) The
			 administrative division shall:
(a) Direct and
			 supervise the overall planning and operation of the consumer protection
			 section;
(b) Propose the adoption,
			 amendment, or rescission of procedural rules concerning the internal management
			 of consumer protection section;
(c)
			 Promulgate substantive rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised
			 Code which define acts or practices which violate sections
			  1345.02  and
			  1345.03  of the Revised
			 Code;
(d) Recommend to the attorney
			 general appropriate disposition of petitions requesting adoption, amendment or
			 repeal of substantive rules that are submitted pursuant to division (E) of
			 section  1345.05  of the Revised
			 Code;
(e) Cooperate with state and
			 local officials, officials of other states, and officials of the federal
			 government in the administration of laws comparable to those set forth in rule 109:4-1-02 of  the Administrative Code;
(f) Report
			 annually on or before the first day of January to the governor and the general
			 assembly on the operations of the office of the attorney general, consumer
			 protection section in respect to sections
			  1345.01  to
			  1345.13  of the Revised Code, and
			 on the acts or practices occurring in this state that violate such sections.
			 The report shall include a statement of investigation and enforcement
			 procedures and policies, of the number of investigations and enforcement
			 proceedings instituted and of their disposition, and other activities of the
			 state and of other persons to promote the purposes of sections
			  1345.01  to
			  1345.13  of the Revised
			 Code.