Chapter 126 | Office of Budget and Management

Section 126.02 | Preparation of budget estimates.

• Effective: June 5, 2006
• Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 321 - 126th General Assembly

The director of budget and management shall prepare and submit to the governor, biennially, not later than the first day of January preceding the convening of the general assembly, state budget estimates of revenues and expenditures for each state fund and budget estimates for each state agency, except such estimates as are required under section 126.022 of the Revised Code. The budget estimates for each state agency for which direct appropriations are proposed shall include the following details:

(A) Estimates of the operating budget;

(B) Estimates of the subsidy appropriations necessary, delineated by a distinct subsidy program;

(C) Estimates for special purposes, delineated by a distinct special purpose program;

(D) Estimates of appropriations necessary from each fund in reasonable detail to allow for adequate planning and oversight of programs and activities.

In the preparation of state revenue and expenditure estimates, the director of budget and management shall, not later than the fifteenth day of September in the year preceding the first regular session of the general assembly, distribute to all affected state agencies the forms necessary for the preparation of budget requests, which shall be in the form prescribed by the director in consultation with the legislative service commission to procure information concerning the revenues and expenditures for the preceding and current bienniums, an estimate of the revenues and expenditures of the current fiscal year, and an estimate of the revenues and proposed expenditures for the respective agencies for the two succeeding fiscal years for which appropriations have to be made. Each such agency shall, not later than the first day of November, file with the director its estimate of revenues and proposed expenditures for the succeeding biennium.

Each such agency shall, not later than the first day of December, file with the chairperson of the finance committees of the senate and house of representatives and the legislative service commission a duplicate copy of such budget request.

The budget request shall be accompanied by a statement in writing giving facts and explanation of reasons for the items requested. The director and the legislative service commission may make further inquiry and investigation as to any item desired. The director may approve, disapprove, or alter the requests, excepting those for the legislative and judicial branches of the state. The requests as revised by the director constitute the state budget estimates of revenues and expenditures which the director is required to submit to the governor.

The director shall determine a method to incorporate the principles of zero-based budgeting into the forms prescribed in this section.

Section 126.021 | Medicaid caseload and expenditure forecast report.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

The director of budget and management, as part of the submission to the governor under section 126.02 of the Revised Code, shall prepare and submit to the governor not later than the first day of January preceding the convening of the general assembly a medicaid caseload and expenditure forecast report, prepared in consultation with the department of medicaid. For each component identified in divisions (A) to (Q) of this section, the report shall include proposed, actual, or estimated medicaid program data for each fiscal year of the proposed budget biennium and for each fiscal year of the current budget biennium. If determined useful, the directors of budget and management and medicaid may choose to include additional years of data for components of the report.

The report shall include all of the following:

(A) A complete budget for the medicaid program delineated by the agency administering each component of the program, fund, appropriation item, and whether the spending is for services or administration;

(B) A summary of medicaid service spending by eligibility group and subgroup and service delivery system;

(C) A detailed mapping of the summary spending provided in division (B) of this section into individual appropriation items and including state and federal shares of each appropriation item;

(D) A complete description of each policy proposal, including assumed start date and cost projection delineated by fiscal year, appropriation item, state and federal shares, eligibility group and subgroup, and service delivery system;

(E) The medicaid caseload delineated by eligibility group and subgroup and service delivery system;

(F) The percentage of total medicaid enrollment that is comprised of medicaid recipients enrolled under the care management system established under section 5167.03 of the Revised Code and the percentage of total medicaid spending that the care management system comprises;

(G) A detailed accounting of the care management system component of the medicaid budget by eligibility group and subgroup, including spending, member months, and per member per month capitation rates;

(H) A detailed accounting of the fee-for-service component of the medicaid budget by eligibility group and subgroup, including spending, member months, and per member per month costs;

(I) Historical spending data by service delivery system, medicaid provider and program, including at least the following provider categories: hospital, pharmacy, waiver, nursing, home health care, professional medical and clinic, nursing facility, behavioral health care, and intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities;

(J) A detailed accounting of the medicare buy-in and medicare Part D components of the medicaid budget by eligibility group and subgroup, including spending, average monthly premiums, and average rates;

(K) A summary of projected spending for each fiscal year delineated by forecast component and by baseline and policy proposals;

(L) A detailed calculation demonstrating the effect of a hypothetical one-dollar increase in medicaid home and community-based services wages for direct care providers for each fiscal year, delineated by provider, appropriation item, and state and federal shares;

(M) A detailed calculation demonstrating the effect of a hypothetical one percentage point increase in provider franchise fee revenue for each fiscal year, for each of the fees imposed under sections 5168.21, 5168.41, and 5168.76 of the Revised Code;

(N) A detailed calculation demonstrating the effect of a hypothetical one-dollar increase in nursing facility and intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities per medicaid day payment rates;

(O) A detailed explanation of how the governor's medicaid budget recommendations satisfy the requirements of section 5162.70 of the Revised Code;

(P) The most recent report required under section 5162.70 of the Revised Code;

(Q) Any other information the director of budget and management or the medicaid director deems to be useful to facilitate a better understanding of the governor's medicaid budget recommendations.

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Section 126.022 | Estimates of revenues from tobacco master settlement agreement.

• Effective: June 2, 2000
• Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 192 - 123rd General Assembly

Not later than four weeks after the general assembly convenes in each even-numbered year, the director of budget and management shall prepare and recommend to the general assembly, subject to the concurrence of the governor, estimates of revenues from, or derived from, payments to the state under the tobacco master settlement agreement and expenditures of such revenues for the biennium beginning on the following first day of July. Each state agency affected by such revenues or expenditures shall submit to the director of budget and management any related information the director requires, in such form and at such times as the director prescribes.

Section 126.023 | [Former R.C. 126.021, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Accounting duties of director of budget and management.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

Whenever, pursuant to section 126.06 of the Revised Code, the department of development files with the director of budget and management its estimate of proposed expenditures for the succeeding biennium, the department shall request, and the director of budget and management shall approve the request for, the following general revenue fund appropriations for operating the construction compliance section of the department of development:

(A) For the first fiscal year of the biennium, an appropriation equal to fifty-three one-thousandths of one per cent of the total new capital appropriations provided for in the most recently enacted main capital appropriations act;

(B) For the second fiscal year of the biennium, an appropriation equal to the amount computed under division (A) of this section, adjusted for anticipated changes in operating costs based upon the inflation/deflation factor used by the director of budget and management for that fiscal year.

The amounts of the appropriations requested pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall be in addition to the amounts provided for staff in the construction compliance section of the equal employment opportunity office of the department of administrative services as of January 1, 1988.

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Section 126.03 | Capital plan - agency recommendations for acquisition of real estate and construction of public improvements.

• Effective: July 1, 2014
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly

(A) The director of budget and management shall:

(1) Prepare biennially a capital plan and, with the concurrence of the governor, submit it to the general assembly. The capital plan shall contain recommendations as to the acquisition of real estate and the construction of public improvements. The capital plan shall extend through a period of at least six years in the future and shall identify the projects which should be undertaken in each biennium of the period through which the plan extends, together with estimated costs of all such recommended projects.

(2) Require biennially, from the chief administrative authorities of affected state agencies, their recommendations as to the acquisition of real estate and construction of public improvements which will be needed through a period of at least six years in the future, together with a description of each proposed public improvement and the estimated capacity of the improvement in terms of its proposed use, a demonstration of the need for the real estate or public improvement, the benefits in governmental operations expected to result from the acquisition or construction, the state agencies which will occupy or control the real estate or improvement, and the location of the real estate or public improvement. The director shall evaluate such recommended projects as to their validity and as to the comparative degree of need among them; notify the chief administrative authorities of the recommending agencies of the action taken on each such recommendation; and consult with and seek the recommendations of the chief administrative authorities of the affected agencies on all projects being considered for inclusion in the capital plan, whether originally proposed by the director of budget and management or by a state agency.

(3) At the request and with the concurrence of the governor, prepare and recommend to the general assembly a biennial capital budget that includes the recommendations of the director as to projects to be undertaken or revised during the fiscal biennium following the latest biennium for which a capital appropriations act was enacted. The capital budget shall include all projects which the director considers to be necessary and feasible, whether originally proposed by the director or by a state agency.

(B) In the capital plan and capital budget prepared under this section, the director of budget and management shall not provide for the acquisition of rights-of-way for, construction of, or reconstruction of transportation facilities by the director of transportation, other than transportation facilities financed by the treasurer of state. Division (A)(2) of this section does not require the director of transportation to provide to the director of budget and management recommendations for the acquisition of rights-of-way for, construction of, or reconstruction of transportation facilities, other than transportation facilities financed by the treasurer of state.

Section 126.05 | Monthly statements showing condition of general revenue fund.

• Effective: July 17, 2009
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly

On or before the tenth day of each month, the director of budget and management shall furnish to the governor statements in such form as the governor requires showing the condition of the general revenue fund. The statements shall provide a summary of the status of appropriations to enable the governor to exercise and maintain effective supervision and control over the expenditures of the state. The director shall also furnish statements the governor requests showing the condition of any other fund.

If the governor ascertains that the available revenue receipts and balances for the general revenue fund for the current fiscal year will in all probability be less than the appropriations for the year, the governor shall issue such orders to the state agencies as will prevent their expenditures and incurred obligations from exceeding such revenue receipts and balances.

If the governor ascertains that the available revenue receipts and balances for any fund other than the general revenue fund for the current fiscal year will in all probability be less than the appropriations for the year, the governor may issue such orders to the state agencies as will prevent their expenditures and incurred obligations from exceeding such revenue receipts and balances.

If the governor determines that the available revenue receipts and balances in any fund or across funds will likely be less than the appropriations for the year, the governor may declare a fiscal emergency and may issue such orders as necessary to the director of budget and management to reduce expenditures, or to the director of administrative services to implement personnel actions consistent therewith, including, but not limited to, mandatory cost savings days under section 124.392 of the Revised Code.

As used in this section, "expenditures and incurred obligations" includes all moneys expended or obligated pursuant to appropriations by the general assembly that are calculated and distributed pursuant to a distribution formula in law.

Section 126.06 | Availability of money in total operating fund.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

The total operating fund consists of all funds in the state treasury except the auto registration distribution fund, local motor vehicle license tax fund, development bond retirement fund, facilities establishment fund, gasoline excise tax fund, higher education improvement fund, highway improvement bond retirement fund, highway capital improvement fund, improvements bond retirement fund, mental health facilities improvement fund, parks and recreation improvement fund, school district income tax fund, state agency facilities improvement fund, public safety - highway purposes fund, Vietnam conflict compensation fund, any other fund determined by the director of budget and management to be a bond fund or bond retirement fund, and such portion of the highway operating fund as is determined by the director of budget and management and the director of transportation to be restricted by Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution.

When determining the availability of money in the total operating fund to pay claims chargeable to a fund contained within the total operating fund, the director of budget and management shall use the same procedures and criteria the director employs in determining the availability of money in a fund contained within the total operating fund. The director may establish limits on the negative cash balance of the general revenue fund within the total operating fund, but in no case shall the negative cash balance of the general revenue fund exceed ten per cent of the total revenue of the general revenue fund in the preceding fiscal year.

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Section 126.07 | Certification of balance statement in all contracts.

• Effective: September 29, 2013
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly

Except as provided in division (B) of section 126.21 of the Revised Code, no contract, agreement, or obligation involving the expenditure of money chargeable to an appropriation, nor any resolution or order for the expenditure of money chargeable to an appropriation, shall be valid and enforceable unless the director of budget and management first certifies that there is a balance in the appropriation not already obligated to pay existing obligations, in an amount at least equal to the portion of the contract, agreement, obligation, resolution, or order to be performed in the current fiscal year. Any written contract or agreement entered into by the state shall contain a clause stating that the obligations of the state are subject to this section.

The chief administrative officer of a state agency is responsible for the preaudit and approval of expenditures and other transactions of the agency. In order to initiate the making of a payment from the state treasury, the person in a state agency who requests that the payment be made shall first submit to the chief administrative officer of the agency all invoices, claims, vouchers, and other documentation related to the payment. The chief administrative officer shall examine each voucher and all other documentation required to support the voucher and determine whether they meet all the requirements established by the director of budget and management for making the payment. If they do meet those requirements, the chief administrative officer shall certify to the director the approval of the chief administrative officer for payment.

Prior to drawing a warrant or processing an electronic funds transfer as provided in section 126.35 of the Revised Code, the director may review and audit the voucher, any documentation accompanying the voucher, and any other documentation related to the transaction that the director may require to determine if the transaction is in accordance with law. The director shall not approve payment to be made if the director finds that there is not an unobligated balance in the appropriation for the payment, that the payment is not for a valid claim against the state that is legally due, or that insufficient documentation has been submitted. If the director does not approve payment, the director shall notify the agency of the reasons the director has not given approval.

In approving payments to be made under this section, the director, upon receipt of certification from the director of job and family services pursuant to section 4141.231 of the Revised Code, shall withhold from amounts otherwise payable to a person who is the subject of the director of jobs and family services' certification, the amount certified to be due and unpaid to the director of job and family services, and shall approve for payment to the director of job and family services, the amount withheld.

As used in this section and in section 126.21 of the Revised Code, "chief administrative officer" means either of the following:

(A) The director of the agency or, in the case of a state agency without a director, the equivalent officer of that agency;

(B) The designee of the chief administrative officer for the purposes of such sections.

Section 126.071 | Monetary settlement; Consultation with director of budget and management.

• Effective: September 29, 2017
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly

No state agency shall agree to any monetary settlement that obligates payment from any fund within the state treasury without consulting with the director of budget and management.

Section 126.08 | Director of budget and management - powers and duties.

• Effective: September 29, 2007
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly

The director of budget and management may exercise control over the financial transactions of state agencies, including approving, disapproving, voiding, or invalidating encumbrances or transactions, except those in the judicial and legislative branches, by:

(A) Requiring encumbrancing documents or any other financial information to be submitted to the director to evaluate the legality of an expenditure, except that the director shall not disapprove any encumbrancing document submitted by the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, or treasurer of state unless there is an insufficient unobligated balance in the appropriation or the encumbrance does not meet all other legal requirements. Those portions of an appropriation that are encumbered are not available for expenditure for any purpose other than that indicated on the encumbrancing document. If any requirements of the director regarding the submission of encumbrancing documents or other financial information are not complied with, or if any encumbrancing document is disapproved in whole or in part, the director shall notify the submitting agency thereof and shall not authorize payment unless the reasons for disapproval are corrected.

(B) Requiring the allocation and allotment of any appropriation by quarter or by any other period of time.

(C) Reporting to the attorney general for such action, civil or criminal, as the attorney general considers necessary, all facts showing improper payment of public money or misappropriation of public property;

(D) By adopting rules for carrying into effect any powers granted by this chapter.

Section 126.09 | Monthly distribution schedule of subsidies.

• Effective: July 1, 1985
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly

In order to comply with Sections 1 and 3 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the director of budget and management may determine the monthly distribution schedule of any subsidies appropriated by the general assembly. In each period that he finds it necessary to adjust the normal distribution of any such subsidies, he shall first notify the controlling board of the need for such action, and explain the reasons therefor.

Section 126.11 | Coordination and approval of scheduling sales of certain obligations.

• Effective: September 29, 2017
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly

(A)(1) The director of budget and management shall, upon consultation with the treasurer of state, coordinate and approve the scheduling of initial sales of publicly offered securities of the state and of publicly offered fractionalized interests in or securitized issues of public obligations of the state. The director shall from time to time develop and distribute to state issuers an approved sale schedule for each of the obligations covered by division (A) or (B) of this section. Division (A) of this section applies only to those obligations on which the state or a state agency is the direct obligor or obligor on any backup security or related credit enhancement facility or source of money subject to state appropriations that is intended for payment of those obligations.

(2) The issuers of obligations pursuant to section 151.03, 151.04, 151.05, 151.07, 151.08, or 151.09 or Chapter 5537. of the Revised Code shall submit to the director:

(a) For review and approval: the projected sale date, amount, and type of obligations proposed to be sold; their purpose, security, and source of payment; the proposed structure and maturity schedule; the trust agreement and any supplemental agreements; and any credit enhancement facilities or interest rate hedges for the obligations;

(b) For review and comment: the authorizing order or resolution; preliminary and final offering documents; method of sale; preliminary and final pricing information; and any written reports or recommendations of financial advisors or consultants relating to those obligations;

(c) Promptly after each sale of those obligations: final terms, including sale price, maturity schedule and yields, and sources and uses; names of the original purchasers or underwriters; a copy of the final offering document and of the transcript of proceedings; and any other pertinent information requested by the director.

(3) The issuer of obligations pursuant to section 151.06 or 151.40 or Chapter 154. of the Revised Code shall submit to the director:

(a) For review and mutual agreement: the projected sale date, amount, and type of obligations proposed to be sold; their purpose, security, and source of payment; the proposed structure and maturity schedule; the trust agreement and any supplemental agreements; and any credit enhancement facilities or interest rate hedges for the obligations;

(b) For review and comment: the authorizing order or resolution; preliminary and final offering documents; method of sale; preliminary and final pricing information; and any written reports or recommendations of financial advisors or consultants relating to those obligations;

(c) Promptly after each sale of those obligations: final terms, including sale price, maturity schedule and yields, and sources and uses; names of the original purchasers or underwriters; a copy of the final offering document and of the transcript of proceedings; and any other pertinent information requested by the director.

(4) The issuers of obligations pursuant to Chapter 166., 4981., 5540., or 6121., or section 5531.10, of the Revised Code shall submit to the director:

(a) For review and comment: the projected sale date, amount, and type of obligations proposed to be sold; the purpose, security, and source of payment; and preliminary and final offering documents;

(b) Promptly after each sale of those obligations: final terms, including a maturity schedule; names of the original purchasers or underwriters; a copy of the complete continuing disclosure agreement pursuant to S.E.C. rule 15c2-12 or equivalent rule as from time to time in effect; and any other pertinent information requested by the director.

(5) Not later than thirty days after the end of a fiscal year, each issuer of obligations subject to divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall submit to the director and to the treasurer of state a sale plan for the then current fiscal year for each type of obligation, projecting the amount and term of each issuance, the method of sale, and the month of sale.

(B) Issuers of obligations pursuant to section 3318.085 or Chapter 175., 3366., 3706., 3737., 6121., or 6123. of the Revised Code shall submit to the director copies of the preliminary and final offering documents upon their availability if not previously submitted pursuant to division (A) of this section.

(C) State agencies or state issuers seeking new legislation or changes to existing law relating to public obligations for which the state or a state agency is the direct obligor, or obligor on any backup security or related credit enhancement facility, shall timely submit the legislation or changes to the director for review and comment.

(D) Not later than the first day of January of each year, every state agency obligated to make payments on outstanding public obligations with respect to which fractionalized interests have been publicly issued, such as certificates of participation, shall submit a report to the director of the amounts payable from state appropriations under those public obligations during the then current and next two fiscal years, identifying the appropriation or intended appropriation from which payment is expected to be made.

(E)(1) Information relating generally to the historic, current, or future demographics or economy or financial condition or funds or general operations of the state, and descriptions of any state contractual obligations relating to public obligations, to be contained in any offering document, continuing disclosure document, or written presentation prepared, approved, or provided, or committed to be provided, by an issuer in connection with the original issuance and sale of, or rating, remarketing, or credit enhancement facilities relating to, public obligations referred to in division (A) of this section shall be approved as to format and accuracy by the director before being presented, published, or disseminated in preliminary, draft, or final form, or publicly filed in paper, electronic, or other format.

(2) Except for information described in division (E)(1) of this section that is to be contained in an offering document, continuing disclosure document, or written presentation, division (E)(1) of this section does not inhibit direct communication between an issuer and a rating agency, remarketing agent, or credit enhancement provider concerning an issuance of public obligations referred to in division (A) of this section or matters associated with that issuance.

(3) The materials approved and provided pursuant to division (E) of this section are the information relating to the particular subjects provided by the state or state agencies that are required or contemplated by any applicable state or federal securities laws and any commitments by the state or state agencies made under those laws. Reliance for the purpose should not be placed on any other information publicly provided, in any format including electronic, by any state agency for other purposes, including general information provided to the public or to portions of the public. A statement to that effect shall be included in those materials so approved or provided.

(F) Issuers of obligations referred to in division (A) of this section may take steps, by formal agreement, covenants in the proceedings, or otherwise, as may be necessary or appropriate to comply or permit compliance with applicable lawful disclosure requirements relating to those obligations, and may, subject to division (E) of this section, provide, make available, or file copies of any required disclosure materials as necessary or appropriate. Any such formal agreement or covenant relating to subjects referred to in division (E) of this section, and any description of that agreement or covenant to be contained in any offering document, shall be approved by the director before being entered into or published or publicly disseminated in preliminary, draft, or final form or publicly filed in paper, electronic, or other format. The director shall be responsible for making all filings in compliance with those requirements relating to direct obligations of the state, including fractionalized interests in those obligations.

(G) No state agency or official shall, without the approval of the director of budget and management and either the general assembly or the state controlling board, do either of the following:

(1) Enter into or commit to enter into a public obligation under which fractionalized interests in the payments are to be publicly offered, which payments are anticipated to be made from money from any source appropriated or to be appropriated by the general assembly or in which the provision stated in section 9.94 of the Revised Code is not included;

(2) Except as otherwise expressly authorized for the purpose by law, agree or commit to provide, from money from any source to be appropriated in the future by the general assembly, financial assistance to or participation in the costs of capital facilities, or the payment of debt charges, directly or by way of a credit enhancement facility, a reserve, rental payments, or otherwise, on obligations issued to pay costs of capital facilities.

(H) As used in this section, "interest rate hedge" has the same meaning as in section 9.98 of the Revised Code; "credit enhancement facilities," "debt charges," "fractionalized interests in public obligations," "obligor," "public issuer," and "securities" have the same meanings as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code; "public obligation" has the same meaning as in division (GG)(2) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code; "obligations" means securities or public obligations or fractionalized interests in them; "issuers" means issuers of securities or state obligors on public obligations; "offering document" means an official statement, offering circular, private placement memorandum, or prospectus, or similar document; and "director" means the director of budget and management or the employee of the office of budget and management designated by the director for the purpose.

Section 126.12 | Recovering statewide indirect costs.

• Effective: June 30, 2011
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly

(A)(1) The office of budget and management shall prepare and administer a statewide indirect cost allocation plan that provides for the recovery of statewide indirect costs from any fund of the state. The director of budget and management may make transfers of statewide indirect costs from the appropriate fund of the state to the general revenue fund on an intrastate transfer voucher. The director, for reasons of sound financial management, also may waive the recovery of statewide indirect costs. Prior to making a transfer in accordance with this division, the director shall notify the affected agency of the amounts to be transferred.

(2) To support development and upgrade costs to the state's enterprise resource planning system, the director also may make transfers of statewide indirect costs attributable to debt service paid for the system to the OAKS support organization fund created in section 126.24 of the Revised Code. Transfers may be made from either of the following:

(a) The appropriate fund of the state;

(b) The general revenue fund, if the statewide indirect costs have been collected under division (A)(1) of this section and deposited in the general revenue fund.

(B) As used in this section, "statewide indirect costs" means operating costs incurred by an agency in providing services to any other agency, for which there was no billing to such other agency for the services provided, and for which disbursements have been made from the general revenue fund or other funds.

(C) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in order to reduce the payment of adjustments to the federal government as determined under the plan prepared under division (A)(1) of this section, the director of budget and management shall, on or before the first day of September each fiscal year, designate such funds of the state as the director considers necessary to retain their own interest earnings.

Section 126.13 | Designating program or activity for performance review.

• Effective: September 29, 1995
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly

As soon as practical after the enactment of any act containing appropriations for current expenses, the director of budget and management shall designate which programs or activities receiving appropriations for current expenses in the act shall be subject to performance reviews. The director shall notify in writing the head of each affected agency of the designations, the requirement to prepare a separate program performance report for each designated program or activity, and the information to be included in the report. The director shall not designate for performance review any program or activity assigned to the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, treasurer of state, or agencies of the legislative or judicial branches. The director may remove the designation from a program or activity by notifying the head of the affected agency in writing of such removal. Appropriations for capital expenses are not subject to this section.

For each designated program or activity, the affected agency shall prepare a separate program performance report containing the information required by the director and submit the report as part of the agency's budget request under division (D) of section 126.02 of the Revised Code by the dates required in that section or as otherwise required by the director. If an agency fails to submit a program performance report for a designated program or activity or if, in the judgment of the director, the report submitted does not contain the information required, the director shall disapprove the agency's budget request for the designated program or activity in the state budget estimate submitted to the governor under section 126.02 of the Revised Code. The governor, in his budget submission to the general assembly under section 107.03 of the Revised Code, shall not recommend any appropriation for the program or activity and shall explain the reason for not recommending an appropriation.

Section 126.14 | Controlling board to approve release of appropriation for purchase of real estate or other capital project.

• Effective: September 29, 2013
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly

The release of any money appropriated for the purchase of real estate shall be approved by the controlling board. The release of money appropriated for all other capital projects is also subject to the approval of the controlling board, except that the director of budget and management may approve the release of money appropriated for specific projects in accordance with the requirements of this section and except that the director of budget and management may approve the release of unencumbered capital balances, for a project to repair, remove, or prevent a public exigency declared to exist by the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission under section 123.10 of the Revised Code in the amount designated in that declaration.

Within sixty days after the effective date of any act appropriating money for capital projects, the director shall determine which appropriations are for general projects and which are for specific projects. Specific projects may include specific higher education projects that are to be funded from general purpose appropriations from the higher education improvement fund or the higher education improvement taxable fund created in section 154.21 of the Revised Code. Upon determining which projects are general and which are specific, the director shall submit to the controlling board a list that includes a brief description of and the estimated expenditures for each specific project. The release of money for any specific higher education projects that are to be funded from general purpose appropriations from the higher education improvement fund or the higher education improvement taxable fund but that are not included on the list, and the release of money for any specific higher education projects included on the list that will exceed the estimated expenditures by more than ten per cent, are subject to the approval of the controlling board.

The director may create new appropriation items and make transfers of appropriations to them for specific higher education projects included on the list that are to be funded from general purpose appropriations for basic renovations that are made from the higher education improvement fund or the higher education improvement taxable fund.

Section 126.141 | Contingency reserve for capital appropriations.

• Effective: September 29, 2011
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly

Any request for release of capital appropriations by the director of budget and management or the controlling board for facilities projects shall contain a contingency reserve, the amount of which shall be determined by the public authority, for payment of unanticipated project expenses. Any amount deducted from the encumbrance for a contractor's contract as an assessment for liquidated damages shall be added to the encumbrance for the contingency reserve. Contingency reserve funds shall be used to pay costs resulting from unanticipated job conditions, to comply with rulings regarding building and other codes, to pay costs related to errors, omissions, or other deficiencies in contract documents, to pay costs associated with changes in the scope of work, to pay interest due on late payments, and to pay the costs of settlements and judgments related to the project.

Any funds remaining upon completion of a project may, upon approval of the controlling board, be released for the use of the agency or instrumentality to which the appropriation was made for other capital facilities projects.

Section 126.15 | Adjusting capital or operating budgets.

• Effective: March 18, 1999
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly

If the director of budget and management determines that adjustments to the capital or operating budgets are required because of the reorganization of administrative agencies, the transfer of programs, the creation of new funds, the modification of capital projects, or the consolidation of funds, as authorized by an act of the general assembly, the director may both require the head of the administering agency to certify the estimated amount of the cash balance to be transferred to the receiving fund and transfer the estimated amount to the receiving fund when needed to make payment. Not more than thirty days after certifying the estimated amount, the head of the administering agency shall certify to the director the final amount to be transferred. The director shall adjust the amount transferred to reflect any difference between the estimated amount transferred and the final amount.

The director of budget and management may cancel encumbrances and reestablish encumbrances or parts of encumbrances as needed in the appropriate funds and appropriation items for the same purposes and same vendors. The director may transfer appropriation authority necessary to reestablish such encumbrances in a different fund or appropriation item within an agency or between agencies as the director determines necessary. The director shall reduce each of the appropriation balances of each fiscal year by the amount of the encumbrances canceled in the respective funds or appropriation items.

The director also may transfer any unencumbered or unallotted balances to the appropriate line item to be used for the same purposes.

Section 126.16 | Implementing constitutional provision for purposes of issuing direct obligations of state.

• Effective: September 14, 2000
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly

(A) This section is in implementation of division (D) of Section 17 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, for purposes of issuing direct obligations of the state subject to that section.

(B) For purposes of the computation of debt service under Section 17 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, there shall be included debt service payable on bonds that are direct obligations of the state issued under Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and on those bonds anticipated by bond anticipation notes, to the extent that debt service on those bonds is anticipated to be paid from the state general revenue fund or net state lottery proceeds. Examples of bonds the debt service on which is not anticipated to be paid from either of those sources are bonds of the state issued for highway purposes pursuant to Section 2i or 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, which, although general obligations of the state, have been and are anticipated to be paid from highway user receipts and not from the general revenue fund or net state lottery proceeds.

(C) If there is no separate constitutional or statutory provision applicable for the purpose, debt service on bonds anticipated by bond anticipation notes shall be estimated as provided in division (C) of this section. That amount, to be certified either by the issuing authority of the particular notes or by the governor or the governor's designee pursuant to division (E) of this section, shall be the estimated amount that would have been payable on bonds maturing serially in each fiscal year after the fiscal year of the issuance of the notes over the maximum period of maturity for the bonds authorized in the particular governing constitutional or statutory provision, as if those bonds had been issued without the prior issuance of the notes, and computed on a substantially level debt service basis applying an interest rate or rates certified to be market rates at the time of issuance of the notes.

(D) In the case of bonds issued to refund or retire bonds, the debt service on the new bonds shall be counted and the debt service on the bonds being refunded or retired shall not be counted.

(E) The governor, or the governor's designee for the purpose, shall determine and certify the fiscal year amounts required to be applied or set aside for payment of debt service, including debt service on any variable rate bonds, the securities to which that debt service relates, the total office of budget and management estimated revenues of the state for the general revenue fund and from net state lottery proceeds during the particular fiscal year, and any other financial data necessary or appropriate for the purpose of the computations under division (A) of Section 17 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and this section. Those determinations and certifications shall be filed with the director of budget and management, the treasurer of state, and the issuing authority for the particular obligations, at or prior to the time those securities are issued. The governor's designee for the purpose may be the director or assistant director of budget and management, or any employee or official of the governor's office.

(F) For purposes of this section, "securities," "interest or interest equivalent," and "outstanding" have the same meanings as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, and "debt service" means principal, including any mandatory sinking fund deposits and mandatory redemption payments, and interest or interest equivalent payable on securities, as those payments are stated to come due and to be payable.

Section 126.21 | Accounting duties of director of budget and management.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

(A) The director of budget and management shall do all of the following:

(1) Keep all necessary accounting records;

(2) Prescribe and maintain the accounting system of the state and establish appropriate accounting procedures and charts of accounts;

(3) Establish procedures for the use of written, electronic, optical, or other communications media for approving and reviewing payment vouchers;

(4) Reconcile, in the case of any variation between the amount of any appropriation and the aggregate amount of items of the appropriation, with the advice and assistance of the state agency affected by it and the legislative service commission, totals so as to correspond in the aggregate with the total appropriation. In the case of a conflict between the item and the total of which it is a part, the item shall be considered the intended appropriation.

(5) Evaluate on an ongoing basis and, if necessary, recommend improvements to the internal controls used in state agencies;

(6) Authorize the establishment of petty cash accounts. The director may withdraw approval for any petty cash account and require the officer in charge to return to the state treasury any unexpended balance shown by the officer's accounts to be on hand. Any officer who is issued a warrant for petty cash shall render a detailed account of the expenditures of the petty cash and shall report when requested the balance of petty cash on hand at any time.

(7) Process orders, invoices, vouchers, claims, and payrolls and prepare financial reports and statements;

(8) Perform extensions, reviews, and compliance checks prior to or after approving a payment as the director considers necessary;

(9) Issue the official annual comprehensive financial report of the state. The report shall cover all funds of the state reporting entity and shall include basic financial statements and required supplementary information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and other information as the director provides. All state agencies, authorities, institutions, offices, retirement systems, and other component units of the state reporting entity as determined by the director shall furnish the director whatever financial statements and other information the director requests for the report, in the form, at the times, covering the periods, and with the attestation the director prescribes. The information for state institutions of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall be submitted to the chancellor of higher education by the department of higher education. The chancellor shall establish a due date by which each such institution shall submit the information to the department, but no such date shall be later than one hundred twenty days after the end of the state fiscal year unless a later date is approved by the director.

(B) In addition to the director's duties under division (A) of this section, the director may establish and administer one or more payment card programs that permit state agencies and political subdivisions to use a payment card to purchase equipment, materials, supplies, or services in accordance with guidelines issued by the director. The chief administrative officer of a state agency or political subdivision that uses a payment card for such purposes shall ensure that purchases made with the card are made in accordance with the guidelines issued by the director. State agencies may participate in only those payment card programs that the director establishes pursuant to this section.

(C) In addition to the director's duties under divisions (A) and (B) of this section, the director may enter into any contract or agreement necessary for and incidental to the performance of the director's duties or the duties of the office of budget and management.

(D) In addition to the director's duties under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section, the director may operate a shared services center within the office of budget and management for the purpose of consolidating common business functions and transactional processes. The services offered by the shared services center may be provided to any state agency or political subdivision. In consultation with the director of administrative services, the director may appoint and fix the compensation of employees of the office whose primary duties include the consolidation of common business functions and transactional processes.

(E) The director may transfer cash between funds other than the general revenue fund in order to correct an erroneous payment or deposit regardless of the fiscal year during which the erroneous payment or deposit occurred.

(F) As used in divisions (B) and (D) of this section:

(1) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 9.482 of the Revised Code.

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Section 126.22 | Director - accounting powers.

• Effective: September 29, 2017
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly

The director of budget and management may:

(A) Perform accounting services for and design and implement accounting systems with state agencies;

(B) Provide other accounting services, including the maintenance and periodic auditing of the financial records of and submission of vouchers by state agencies, provision of assistance in the analysis of the financial position of state agencies, and preparation and submission of reports;

(C) Change any accounting code appearing in appropriations acts of the general assembly;

(D) Correct accounting errors committed by any state agency or state institution of higher education, including, but not limited to, the reestablishment of encumbrances cancelled in error.

Section 126.23 | Reports on state funds.

• Effective: July 1, 1985
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly

The director of budget and management shall furnish to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission monthly reports of revenues, disbursements and expenses, transfers, lapses, and balances for each fund of the state. A daily report of fiscal transactions shall be provided to the legislative budget office.

Section 126.24 | OAKS support organization fund.

• Effective: June 30, 2011
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly

The OAKS support organization fund is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of paying the operating, development, and upgrade expenses of the state's enterprise resource planning system. The fund shall consist of transfers received pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 126.12 of the Revised Code and agency payroll charge revenues that are designated to support the operating, development, and upgrade costs of the Ohio administrative knowledge system. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.

Section 126.25 | User charges - state accounting fund.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

The services provided by the director of budget and management under sections 126.21 and 126.42 of the Revised Code shall be supported by charges. The director shall determine a rate that is sufficient to defray the expense of those services and the manner by which those charges shall be collected. All money collected from the charges shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the accounting and budgeting fund, which is hereby created. Rebates or revenue shares received from any payment card program established under division (B) of section 126.21 of the Revised Code and miscellaneous payments that reimburse expenses paid from the accounting and budgeting fund may be deposited into the accounting and budgeting fund and used to support the services provided by the director.

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Section 126.26 | Director as chairperson of gubernatorial transition committee - powers and duties.

• Effective: September 29, 1997
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly

The director of budget and management, when serving as chairperson of the gubernatorial transition committee appointed under section 107.29 of the Revised Code, shall:

(A) Make available to the governor-elect all the information the office of budget and management has concerning the income and revenues of the state and the state budget, and assign one or more employees of the office to assist the governor-elect in the governor-elect's study of the information;

(B) In consultation with the director of administrative services, assign and make available office space sufficient to accommodate the governor-elect and the governor-elect's immediate staff pending the governor-elect's inauguration as governor;

(C) As necessary, direct any state agency to furnish such information as may be necessary to the governor, the governor-elect, or the gubernatorial transition committee;

(D) Preside as chairperson at all meetings of the gubernatorial transition committee;

(E) Pay the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by or on behalf of the governor-elect from moneys appropriated for that purpose under section 107.30 of the Revised Code.

Section 126.27 | Filing budget estimates with governor-elect.

• Effective: July 1, 1985
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly

Each state agency for which direct appropriations are proposed shall, not later than the first day of December in each year that a new governor is elected, file with the governor-elect its budget estimates. The estimates shall include the details set forth in divisions (A) to (D) of section 126.02 of the Revised Code.

Section 126.28 | Powers to take testimony and produce evidence.

• Effective: July 1, 1985
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly

In the exercise of any power mentioned in this chapter, the director of budget and management may compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, administer oaths, examine such persons as he considers necessary, and compel the production of records. The orders and subpoenas issued by the director under this section may be enforced by proceedings in contempt upon application to any court of common pleas.

Section 126.29 | Agency scheduled to terminate operations.

• Effective: July 1, 1985
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly

(A) Whenever any state agency, whether in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of government, is scheduled to terminate its operations on a specified date, the agency shall notify the director of budget and management not earlier than one hundred twenty days prior to the specified termination date and, if feasible, not later than ninety days prior to such date. If notice cannot feasibly be given at least ninety days prior to such date, notice shall be given as soon after the ninetieth day prior to the termination date as possible. The director shall:

(1) Encumber, from the appropriation of the agency for the fiscal year that includes the date on which the agency is scheduled to terminate its operations, an amount sufficient to pay all expenses incurred prior to the date on which operations are terminated;

(2) Notify the department of administrative services of the need to:

(a) Provide for the final payment by mail of the wages or salaries and the value of accumulated vacation leave to former employees of the agency;

(b) Certify the employment status of former employees of the agency who are eligible for unemployment compensation under Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code or under other state or federal law.

(3) Pay any expenses incurred by the agency prior to its termination date but for which a bill is not received until after its termination date;

(4) Attend to any other matters associated with winding up the affairs of the agency.

(B) Upon completion of the winding up of the affairs of the agency, but not later than one hundred eighty days after its termination date, the director shall request the auditor of state to conduct a final audit of the agency.

Section 126.30 | Interest on late payments for goods and services.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

(A) Any state agency that purchases, leases, or otherwise acquires any equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services from any person and fails to make payment for the equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services by the required payment date shall pay an interest charge to the person in accordance with division (E) of this section, unless the amount of the interest charge is less than ten dollars. Except as otherwise provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, the required payment date shall be the date on which payment is due under the terms of a written agreement between the state agency and the person or, if a specific payment date is not established by such a written agreement, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the state agency receives a proper invoice for the amount of the payment due.

(B) If the invoice submitted to the state agency contains a defect or impropriety, the agency shall send written notification to the person within fifteen days after receipt of the invoice. The notice shall contain a description of the defect or impropriety and any additional information necessary to correct the defect or impropriety. If the agency sends such written notification to the person, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the state agency receives a proper invoice.

(C) In applying this section to claims submitted to the department of job and family services by providers of equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services, the required payment date shall be the date on which payment is due under the terms of a written agreement between the department and the provider. If a specific payment date is not established by a written agreement, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the department receives a proper claim. If the department determines that the claim is improperly executed or that additional evidence of the validity of the claim is required, the department shall notify the claimant in writing or by telephone within fifteen days after receipt of the claim. The notice shall state that the claim is improperly executed and needs correction or that additional information is necessary to establish the validity of the claim. If the department makes such notification to the provider, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the department receives the corrected claim or such additional information as may be necessary to establish the validity of the claim.

(D) In applying this section to invoices submitted to the bureau of workers' compensation for equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services provided to employees in connection with an employee's claim against the state insurance fund, the public work-relief employees' compensation fund, the coal-workers pneumoconiosis fund, or the marine industry fund as compensation for injuries or occupational disease pursuant to Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code, the required payment date shall be the date on which payment is due under the terms of a written agreement between the bureau and the provider. If a specific payment date is not established by a written agreement, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the bureau receives a proper invoice for the amount of the payment due or thirty days after the final adjudication allowing payment of an award to the employee, whichever is later. Nothing in this section shall supersede any faster timetable for payments to health care providers contained in sections 4121.44 and 4123.512 of the Revised Code.

For purposes of this division, a "proper invoice" includes the claimant's name, claim number and date of injury, employer's name, the provider's name and address, the provider's assigned payee number, a description of the equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services provided by the provider to the claimant, the date provided, and the amount of the charge. If more than one item of equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services is listed by a provider on a single application for payment, each item shall be considered separately in determining if it is a proper invoice.

If prior to a final adjudication the bureau determines that the invoice contains a defect, the bureau shall notify the provider in writing at least fifteen days prior to what would be the required payment date if the invoice did not contain a defect. The notice shall contain a description of the defect and any additional information necessary to correct the defect. If the bureau sends a notification to the provider, the required payment date shall be redetermined in accordance with this division after the bureau receives a proper invoice.

For purposes of this division, "final adjudication" means the later of the date of the decision or other action by the bureau, the industrial commission, or a court allowing payment of the award to the employee from which there is no further right to reconsideration or appeal that would require the bureau to withhold compensation and benefits, or the date on which the rights to reconsideration or appeal have expired without an application therefor having been filed or, if later, the date on which an application for reconsideration or appeal is withdrawn. If after final adjudication, the administrator of the bureau of workers' compensation or the industrial commission makes a modification with respect to former findings or orders, pursuant to Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code or pursuant to court order, the adjudication process shall no longer be considered final for purposes of determining the required payment date for invoices for equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services provided after the date of the modification when the propriety of the invoices is affected by the modification.

(E) The interest charge on amounts due shall be paid to the person for the period beginning on the day after the required payment date and ending on the day that payment of the amount due is made. The amount of the interest charge that remains unpaid at the end of any thirty-day period after the required payment date, including amounts under ten dollars, shall be added to the principal amount of the debt and thereafter the interest charge shall accrue on the principal amount of the debt plus the added interest charge. The interest charge shall be at the rate per calendar month that equals one-twelfth of the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code for the calendar year that includes the month for which the interest charge accrues.

(F) No appropriations shall be made for the payment of any interest charges required by this section. Any state agency required to pay interest charges under this section shall make the payments from moneys available for the administration of agency programs.

If a state agency pays interest charges under this section, but determines that all or part of the interest charges should have been paid by another state agency, the state agency that paid the interest charges may request the attorney general to determine the amount of the interest charges that each state agency should have paid under this section. If the attorney general determines that the state agency that paid the interest charges should have paid none or only a part of the interest charges, the attorney general shall notify the state agency that paid the interest charges, any other state agency that should have paid all or part of the interest charges, and the director of budget and management of the attorney general's decision, stating the amount of interest charges that each state agency should have paid. The director shall transfer from the appropriate funds of any other state agency that should have paid all or part of the interest charges to the appropriate funds of the state agency that paid the interest charges an amount necessary to implement the attorney general's decision.

(G) The director of budget and management shall compile a summary of all the interest charges paid under this section during the previous fiscal year and shall submit a copy of the summary to the president and minority leader of the senate and to the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives no later than the thirtieth day of September of each year.

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Section 126.301 | Statute of limitations.

• Effective: July 1, 1993
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly

Except for unclaimed funds under Chapter 169. of the Revised Code, an action against the state or an agency thereof for failure to make any distribution or other payment shall be brought within five years after the cause of action has accrued.

Section 126.31 | Travel and other expenses.

• Effective: September 29, 1999
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly

(A) Any officer, member, or employee of, or consultant to, the general assembly, supreme court, court of appeals, court of claims, any agency of any of these, or any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code may be reimbursed for actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred while attending any gathering, conference, or convention, or while performing official duties, inside or outside this state, if authorized by the general assembly or by that court, agency, university, or college, respectively. Reimbursement shall be made in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, prescribed by law or, in the absence of such law, in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, established by the general assembly or by that court, agency, university, or college, respectively.

(B) Any officer, member, or employee of, or consultant to, any state agency, other than a state agency described in division (A) of this section, whose compensation is paid in whole or in part from state funds may be reimbursed directly for traveling and other expenses incurred while the officer, member, employee, or consultant is attending any meeting, conference, retreat, convention, or similar gathering, or while the officer, member, employee, or consultant is performing official duties, inside or outside this state, if authorized by that state agency, or the provider of goods or services to the officer, member, employee, or consultant may be reimbursed directly for those traveling or other expenses. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, reimbursement to the officer, member, employee, consultant, or provider shall be made in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, provided by rule of the director of budget and management adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Not later than the thirtieth day of September each year, the director of budget and management shall submit to the president and minority leader of the senate and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives a summary of all out-of-state travel expenditures reimbursed by any state agencies under this division during the preceding fiscal year.

(C) The spouse of the governor may be reimbursed directly for the spouse's traveling and other expenses incurred while attending any meeting, conference, retreat, convention, or similar gathering to assist or serve the governor in the discharge of the governor's official duties, or while otherwise assisting or serving the governor in the discharge of the governor's official duties, inside or outside this state, if authorized by the governor, or the provider of goods or services to the governor's spouse may be reimbursed directly for those traveling or other expenses. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, reimbursement made under this division is exclusively for the use and benefit of the governor's spouse and shall not be considered as inuring to the use or benefit of the governor for any purpose. Reimbursement shall be made in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, provided by rule of the director of budget and management adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.

(D) The director of budget and management may establish by rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code or by guidelines the allowable expenses a state agency may incur to host or sponsor any meeting, conference, retreat, convention, or similar gathering and the manner in which and the rates at which the state agency may incur those expenses. A state agency shall comply with any rule or guideline adopted under this division.

This division does not apply to the general assembly, supreme court, court of claims, any agency of any of these, or any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.

Section 126.32 | Job interview and relocation expenses.

• Effective: July 1, 2017
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly

(A) Any officer of any state agency may authorize reimbursement for travel, including the costs of transportation, for lodging, and for meals to any person who is interviewing for a position that is classified in pay range 13 or above in schedule E-1 or is classified in schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code.

(B) If a person is appointed to a position listed in section 121.03 of the Revised Code, to the position of chairperson of the industrial commission, adjutant general, chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, superintendent of public instruction, chairperson of the public utilities commission of Ohio, or director of the state lottery commission, to a position holding a fiduciary relationship to the governor, to a position of an appointing authority of the department of mental health and addiction services, developmental disabilities, or rehabilitation and correction, to a position of superintendent in the department of youth services, or to a position under section 122.05 of the Revised Code, and if that appointment requires a permanent change of residence, the appropriate state agency may reimburse the person for the person's actual and necessary expenses, including the cost of in-transit storage of household goods and personal effects, of moving the person and members of the person's immediate family residing in the person's household, and of moving their household goods and personal effects, to the person's new location.

Until that person moves the person's permanent residence to the new location, but not for a period that exceeds thirty consecutive days, the state agency may reimburse the person for the person's temporary living expenses at the new location that the person has incurred on behalf of the person and members of the person's immediate family residing in the person's household. In addition, the state agency may reimburse that person for the person's travel expenses between the new location and the person's former residence during this period for a maximum number of trips specified by rule of the director of budget and management, but the state agency shall not reimburse the person for travel expenses incurred for those trips by members of the person's immediate family. With the prior written approval of the director, the maximum thirty-day period for temporary living expenses may be extended for a person appointed to a position under section 122.05 of the Revised Code.

The director of development services may reimburse a person appointed to a position under section 122.05 of the Revised Code for the person's actual and necessary expenses of moving the person and members of the person's immediate family residing in the person's household back to the United States and may reimburse a person appointed to such a position for the cost of storage of household goods and personal effects of the person and the person's immediate family while the person is serving outside the United States, if the person's office outside the United States is the person's primary job location.

(C) All reimbursement under division (A) or (B) of this section shall be made in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, provided by rule of the director of budget and management in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Reimbursements may be made under division (B) of this section directly to the persons who incurred the expenses or directly to the providers of goods or services the persons receive, as determined by the director of budget and management.

Section 126.35 | Warrants or electronic fund transfers for payments - electronic benefit transfers.

• Effective: December 31, 2017
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly

(A) The director of budget and management shall draw warrants or process electronic funds transfers against the treasurer of state pursuant to all requests for payment that the director has approved under section 126.07 of the Revised Code.

(B) Unless a cash assistance payment is to be made by electronic benefit transfer, payment by the director of budget and management to a participant in the Ohio works first program pursuant to Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code or a recipient of cash assistance provided under the refugee assistance program established under section 5101.49 of the Revised Code shall be made by direct deposit to the account of the participant or recipient in the financial institution designated under section 329.03 of the Revised Code. Payment by the director of budget and management to a recipient of benefits distributed through the medium of electronic benefit transfer pursuant to section 5101.33 of the Revised Code shall be by electronic benefit transfer. Payment by the director of budget and management as compensation to an employee of the state who has, pursuant to section 124.151 of the Revised Code, designated a financial institution and account for the direct deposit of such payments shall be made by direct deposit to the account of the employee. Payment to any other payee who has designated a financial institution and account for the direct deposit of such payment may be made by direct deposit to the account of the payee in the financial institution as provided in section 9.37 of the Revised Code. Accounts maintained by the director of budget and management or the director's agent in a financial institution for the purpose of effectuating payment by direct deposit or electronic benefit transfer shall be maintained in accordance with section 135.18 of the Revised Code.

(C) All other payments from the state treasury shall be made by paper warrants, electronic funds transfers, or by direct deposit payable to the respective payees. The director of budget and management may mail the paper warrants to the respective payees or distribute them through other state agencies, whichever the director determines to be the better procedure.

Section 126.36 | Replacement of lost or destroyed warrant.

• Effective: December 1, 2006
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly

If the director of budget and management is satisfied, by affidavit or otherwise, that any warrant on the state treasury drawn by the director has been lost or destroyed prior to its presentation for payment, the director may issue to the proper person a replacement of the lost or destroyed warrant; provided, that before issuing the replacement, the director shall require that the person making application therefor execute a formal agreement to indemnify the state for any loss or damage sustained on account of the issuance of the replacement and the subsequent presentation and payment of the original. The form of the agreement shall be prepared by the attorney general. The agreement when executed shall be filed with the director. The treasurer of state shall not be liable because of the payment of any replacement warrant drawn under this section.

Section 126.37 | Stale warrants for payment.

• Effective: September 30, 2021
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly

(A) The director of budget and management shall void any warrant the director draws on the state treasury that is not presented for payment to the treasurer of state within ninety days after the date of issuance.

(B) If a warrant voided pursuant to division (A) of this section was drawn against an appropriation of the current fiscal year and the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance, in the same fiscal year, to the state agency that made the payment originally, the agency shall prepare a voucher for the holder of the voided warrant, in the amount shown on the warrant that has been voided, against the same appropriation of the same fiscal year if the agency is satisfied that payment is proper.

(C) If a warrant was drawn against an appropriation of the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium and voided pursuant to division (A) of this section in either fiscal year of the biennium and if the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance, in the second fiscal year of the biennium, to the state agency that made the payment originally, the agency shall prepare a voucher for the holder of the voided warrant, in the amount shown on the warrant that has been voided, against funds transferred to the agency by the director pursuant to section 131.33 of the Revised Code, if the agency is satisfied that payment is proper. If no such funds are available for transfer, the agency shall prepare the voucher against any unexpended appropriations of the current fiscal year available to it.

(D) If a warrant was drawn against an appropriation and, during the same biennium, was voided pursuant to division (A) of this section, and if, after that biennium, the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance to the state agency that made the payment originally, the agency shall prepare a voucher for the holder of the voided warrant, in the amount shown on the warrant that has been voided, against any appropriation of the current fiscal year made to the agency if the agency is satisfied that payment is proper.

(E) If a warrant voided pursuant to division (A) of this section was drawn against an appropriation of a previous fiscal year and voided after that fiscal biennium and if the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance to the state agency that made the payment originally, the agency shall forward the warrant to the director with a request for reissuance. The director shall make payment to the holder of the voided warrant, in the amount shown on the warrant that has been voided, against an appropriation of the current fiscal year made to the director for the reissuance of voided warrants, if the director is satisfied that reissuance of the warrant is proper.

Last updated July 20, 2021 at 10:11 AM

Section 126.38 | Furnishing earnings statement with each pay warrant.

• Effective: December 1, 2006
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly

The director of budget and management shall furnish an earnings statement with each pay warrant issued to a state employee paid on a payroll voucher. The statement shall include a summary of the earnings information provided to the director pursuant to section 125.21 of the Revised Code.

Section 126.40 | Forgery recovery fund.

• Effective: June 30, 2007
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly

There is hereby created in the state treasury the forgery recovery fund. The fund shall consist of all moneys collected by the attorney general from the resolution of cases of fraud or forgery involving warrants issued by the director of the office of budget and management. The director shall use the fund to pay costs associated with the reissue of state warrants to payees whose warrants were fraudulently redeemed.

Section 126.42 | [Former R.C. 125.22, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Support services for boards and commissions.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

(A) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the office of budget and management shall perform routine support for the following boards and commissions:

(1) Architects board;

(2) State chiropractic board;

(3) State cosmetology and barber board;

(4) Accountancy board;

(5) State dental board;

(6) Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board;

(7) State board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors;

(8) Board of embalmers and funeral directors;

(9) State board of psychology;

(10) Counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board;

(11) State veterinary medical licensing board;

(12) Commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs;

(13) Commission on African-Americans;

(14) Chemical dependency professionals board;

(15) State vision professionals board;

(16) State speech and hearing professionals board.

(B)(1) For purposes of this section, the office of budget and management shall perform the following routine support services for the boards and commissions named in division (A) of this section unless the controlling board exempts a board or commission from this requirement on the recommendation of the office of budget and management:

(a) Preparing and processing payroll and other personnel documents;

(b) Preparing and processing vouchers, purchase orders, encumbrances, and other accounting documents;

(c) Maintaining ledgers of accounts and balances;

(d) Preparing and monitoring budgets and allotment plans in consultation with the boards and commissions;

(e) Routine human resources and personnel services;

(f) Other routine support services that the director of budget and management considers appropriate to achieve efficiency.

(2) In addition to the routine support services listed in division (B)(1) of this section, the office of budget and management may perform other services which a board or commission named in division (A) of this section delegates to the office and the office accepts.

(3) The office of budget and management may perform routine support services for any professional or occupational licensing board or commission not named in division (A) of this section at the request of the board or commission.

(C) The office of budget and management shall determine the fees to be charged to the boards and commissions, which shall be in proportion to the services performed for each board or commission.

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Section 126.45 | Office of internal audit.

• Effective: September 29, 2013
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly

(A) As used in sections 126.45 to 126.48 of the Revised Code, "state agency" means the administrative departments listed in section 121.02 of the Revised Code, the department of taxation, the bureau of workers' compensation, the Ohio board of regents, the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, the public utilities commission of Ohio, the adjutant general, and the state lottery commission.

(B) The office of internal audit is hereby created in the office of budget and management to direct internal audits of state agencies or divisions of state agencies to improve their operations in the areas of risk management, internal controls, and governance. The director of budget and management, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint for the office of internal audit a chief internal auditor who meets the qualifications specified in division (E) of this section. The chief internal auditor shall serve at the director's pleasure and be responsible for the administration of the office of internal audit consistent with sections 126.45 to 126.48 of the Revised Code.

(C) The office of internal audit shall conduct programs for the internal auditing of state agencies. The programs shall include an annual internal audit plan, reviewed by the state audit committee, that utilizes risk assessment techniques and identifies the specific audits to be directed during the year. The programs also shall include periodic audits of each state agency's major systems and controls, including those systems and controls pertaining to accounting, administration, and information technology. Upon the request of the office of internal audit, each state agency shall provide office employees access to all records and documents necessary for the performance of an internal audit.

The director of budget and management shall assess a charge against each state agency for which the office of internal audit conducts internal auditing programs under sections 126.45 to 126.48 of the Revised Code so that the total amount of these charges is sufficient to cover the costs of the operation of the office of internal audit.

(D) At the request of any other organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government that is not described in division (A) of this section, the office of internal audit may direct an internal audit of all or part of that body, office, or agency. The office of internal audit shall charge an amount sufficient to cover the costs it incurs in relation to the requested audit.

(E) The chief internal auditor of the office of internal audit shall hold at least a bachelor's degree and be one of the following:

(1) A certified internal auditor, a certified government auditing professional, or a certified public accountant, who also has held a PA registration or a CPA certificate authorized by Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code for at least four years and has at least six years of auditing experience;

(2) An auditor who has held a PA registration or a CPA certificate authorized by Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code for at least four years and has at least ten years of auditing experience.

(F) The chief internal auditor, subject to the direction and control of the director of budget and management, may appoint and maintain any staff necessary to carry out the duties assigned by sections 126.45 to 126.48 of the Revised Code to the office of internal audit or to the chief internal auditor.

Section 126.46 | State audit committee.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

(A)(1) There is hereby created the state audit committee, consisting of the following five members: one public member appointed by the governor; two public members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of which may be a person who is recommended by the minority leader of the house of representatives; and two public members appointed by the president of the senate, one of which may be a person who is recommended by the minority leader of the senate. Not more than two of the four members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall belong to or be affiliated with the same political party. The member appointed by the governor shall have the program and management expertise required to perform the duties of the committee's chairperson.

Each member of the committee shall be external to the management structure of state government and shall serve a three-year term. Each term shall commence on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June. Any member may continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of ninety days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Members may be reappointed to serve one additional term.

On September 29, 2011, the terms of the members shall be altered as follows:

(a) The terms of the members appointed by the president shall expire on June 30, 2012.

(b) The term of the member appointed by the speaker scheduled to expire on November 17, 2012, shall expire on June 30, 2013.

(c) The term of the other member appointed by the speaker shall expire on June 30, 2014.

(d) The term of the member appointed by the governor shall expire on June 30, 2014.

The committee shall include at least one member who is a financial expert; at least one member who is an active, inactive, or retired certified public accountant; at least one member who is familiar with governmental financial accounting; at least one member who is familiar with information technology systems and services; and at least one member who is a representative of the public.

Any vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as provided in this division, and, when applicable, the person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve the remainder of the predecessor's term.

(2) Members of the committee shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.

(3) The member of the committee appointed by the governor shall serve as the committee's chairperson.

(4) Members of the committee shall be subject to the disclosure statement requirements of section 102.02 of the Revised Code.

(B) The state audit committee shall do all of the following:

(1) Evaluate whether the internal audits directed by the office of internal audit in the office of budget and management conform to the institute of internal auditors' international professional practices framework for internal auditing and to the institute of internal auditors' code of ethics;

(2) Review and comment on the process used by the office of budget and management to prepare the state's annual comprehensive financial report required under division (A)(9) of section 126.21 of the Revised Code;

(3) Review and comment on unaudited financial statements submitted to the auditor of state and communicate with external auditors as required by government auditing standards;

(4) Perform the additional functions imposed upon it by section 126.47 of the Revised Code.

(C) As used in this section, "financial expert" means a person who has all of the following:

(1) An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements;

(2) The ability to assess the general application of those principles in connection with accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves;

(3) Experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements presenting accounting issues that generally are of comparable breadth and level of complexity to those likely to be presented by a state agency's financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in those activities;

(4) An understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and

(5) An understanding of audit committee functions.

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Section 126.47 | Annual internal audit plan.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

(A) The state audit committee created by section 126.46 of the Revised Code shall ensure that the office of internal audit in the office of budget and management has an annual internal audit plan that identifies the internal audits of state agencies or divisions of state agencies scheduled for the next fiscal year. The chief internal auditor of the office of internal audit shall submit the plan to the state audit committee for review and comment before the beginning of each fiscal year. The chief internal auditor may submit a revised internal audit plan for review and comment at any time the director of budget and management believes there is reason to modify the previously submitted plan for a fiscal year.

(B) To determine the state agencies or divisions of state agencies that are to be internally audited, the office of internal audit, in the formulation of an annual or revised internal audit plan, and the state audit committee, in reviewing a submitted annual or revised internal audit plan, shall consider the following factors:

(1) The risk for fraud, waste, or abuse of public money within an agency or division;

(2) The length of time since an agency or division was last subject to an internal audit;

(3) The size of an agency or division, and the amount of time and resources necessary to audit it;

(4) Any other factor the state audit committee determines to be relevant.

(C) All internal audits shall be directed by employees of the office of internal audit.

(D) After the conclusion of an internal audit, the chief internal auditor shall submit a preliminary report of the internal audit's findings and recommendations to the state audit committee and to the director of the state agency involved. The state agency or division of the state agency covered by the preliminary report shall be provided an opportunity to respond within thirty days after receipt of the preliminary report. The response shall include a corrective action plan for any recommendations in the preliminary report that are not disputed by the agency or division. Any response received by the office of internal audit within that thirty-day period shall be included in the office's final report of the internal audit's findings and recommendations. The final report shall be issued by the office of internal audit within thirty days after the termination of the thirty-day response period. Copies of the final report shall be submitted to the state audit committee, the governor, and the director of the state agency involved. The state audit committee shall determine an appropriate method for making the preliminary and final reports available for public inspection in a timely manner.

Any suspected fraud or other illegal activity discovered by the office of internal audit during an internal audit shall be reported immediately to the state audit committee, the director of the state agency in which the fraud or illegal activity is suspected to have occurred, and the auditor of state.

(E) The office of internal audit may consult with the auditor of state regarding any written report the office receives under section 124.341 of the Revised Code. The office of internal audit may share such written reports with the auditor of state upon request. Reports shared under this division are not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

(F) The chief internal auditor shall prepare an annual report and submit the report to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the auditor of state. The office of budget and management shall make the report available to the public by posting it on the office's web site before the first of August of each year.

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Section 126.48 | Internal audit report as public record.

• Effective: October 17, 2019
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly

(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any internal audit report produced by the office of internal audit in the office of budget and management and all work papers of the internal audit are confidential and are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until the final report of an internal audit's findings and recommendations is submitted to the state audit committee, the governor, and the director of the state agency involved.

(B) The following are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code:

(1) An internal audit report or work paper that meets the definition of a security record or infrastructure record under section 149.433 of the Revised Code;

(2) Any information derived from a state tax return or state tax return information as permitted to be used by the office of internal audit under section 5703.21 of the Revised Code.

(3) Any record or document necessary for the performance of an internal audit received by the office of internal audit under division (C) of section 126.45 of the Revised Code, that is otherwise exempt from disclosure under state or federal law.

Section 126.50 | Definitions.

• Effective: September 29, 2011
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly

As used in sections 126.503, 126.504, 126.505, and 126.506 of the Revised Code, "state agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, but does not include the elected state officers, the general assembly or any legislative agency, a court or any judicial agency, or a state institution of higher education.

Section 126.503 | Control of travel expenses.

• Effective: July 1, 2013
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly

All state agencies shall control travel expenses by doing all of the following:

(A) Complying with any travel directives issued by the director of budget and management;

(B) Using, when possible, the online travel authorization and expense reimbursement process;

(C) Conducting meetings, whenever possible and in compliance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code, using conference calls, teleconferences, webinars, or other technology tools;

(D) Using fleet vehicles for official state travel whenever possible; and

(E) Following restrictions set by the department of administrative services regarding mileage reimbursement pursuant to section 125.832 of the Revised Code.

In addition to the methods of travel expense control listed above, a state agency may use a state-contracted rental vehicle provider for employee vehicle travel exceeding one hundred miles.

The director of budget and management shall not reimburse any state agency employee for unauthorized travel expenses.

Section 126.504 | Use of interoffice mailing service; printing, copying, mail preparation and related services.

• Effective: October 16, 2009
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly

(A) Each state agency shall use the interoffice mailing service provided by the department of administrative services for all mail deliveries to other state agencies located within a reasonable distance.

(B) By October 1, 2009, each state agency shall direct all major printing, copying, mail preparation, and related services through the department of administrative services and shall eliminate any internal operations providing those services.

Section 126.505 | Compliance with standardization and strategic sourcing policy and control-on-equipment directives.

• Effective: October 16, 2009
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly

(A) Each state agency shall comply with any purchasing standardization and strategic sourcing policy directives issued by the director of administrative services.

(B) Each state agency shall comply with any control-on-equipment directives issued by the director of budget and management. The director shall issue and revise as necessary control-on-equipment directives that apply to all furniture and equipment purchases.

Section 126.506 | Participation in technology consolidation projects.

• Effective: October 16, 2009
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly

(A) Each state agency shall participate in information technology consolidation projects implemented by the state chief information officer under section 125.18 of the Revised Code.

(B) At the direction of and in the format specified by the director of administrative services, each state agency shall maintain a list of information technology assets possessed by the agency and associated costs related to those assets.

Section 126.60 | H2Ohio fund.

• Effective: September 30, 2021
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly

(A) As used in this section:

(1) "Agricultural water project" means a project that will improve water quality by reducing or aiding in the reduction of levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, or sediment, that result from agricultural practices, in the waters of the state. "Agricultural water project" includes a project involving research, technology, design, construction, best management practices, conservation, testing, or education.

(2) "Community water project" means a project involving a public water system operated by a political subdivision that will improve water quality by reducing or aiding in the reduction of levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, or sediment in the waters of the state. "Community water project" includes a project involving research, technology, design, construction, best management practices, conservation, testing, or maintenance.

(3) "Nature water project" means a project involving a natural water system that will improve water quality by reducing or aiding in the reduction of levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, or sediment in the waters of the state. "Nature water project" includes a project involving research, technology, design, construction, best management practices, conservation, or maintenance. "Nature water project" also includes the creation, maintenance, or restoration of wetlands, flood plains, flood control systems, and buffers throughout the state, including the western basin of Lake Erie.

(B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the H2Ohio fund consisting of money credited to it and any donations, gifts, bequests, and other money received for deposit in the fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. All money credited or deposited in the fund shall be used for any of the following purposes:

(1) Agriculture water projects;

(2) Community water projects;

(3) Nature water projects;

(4) Awarding or allocating grants or money, issuing loans, or making purchases for the development and implementation of projects and programs, including remediation projects, that are designed to address water quality priorities;

(5) Funding cooperative research, data gathering and monitoring, and demonstration projects related to water quality priorities;

(6) Encouraging cooperation with and among leaders from state legislatures, state agencies, political subdivisions, business and industry, labor, agriculture, environmental organizations, institutions of higher education, and water conservation districts;

(7) Other purposes, policies, programs, and priorities identified by the Ohio Lake Erie commission in coordination with state agencies or boards responsible for water protection and water management, provided that the purposes, policies, programs, and priorities align with a statewide strategic vision and comprehensive periodic water protection and restoration strategy.

(C) Not later than August 31, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Ohio Lake Erie commission, in coordination with state agencies or boards responsible for water protection and water management, shall do both of the following:

(1) Prepare a report of the activities that were undertaken with respect to the fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year, including the revenues and expenses of the fund for the preceding fiscal year;

(2) Submit the report to the general assembly and to the governor.

(D) Within forty-five days after the report is submitted under division (C) of this section, the directors of the state agencies that contributed to the report and the executive director of the Lake Erie commission shall appear before both the house of representatives and senate committees that oversee state finance to testify on the report.

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Section 126.62 | All Ohio future fund.

• Effective: October 3, 2023
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

(A) The all Ohio future fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it and any donations, gifts, bequests, or other money received for deposit in the fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund shall be used to promote economic development throughout the state, including infrastructure projects and other infrastructure improvements.

(B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish requirements and procedures to provide financial assistance from the all Ohio future fund. The director shall consult with JobsOhio in adopting the rules.

(C) No money shall be expended from the all Ohio future fund, pursuant to appropriation, until it has been released by the controlling board.

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Section 126.65 | State post-traumatic stress fund.

• Effective: April 12, 2021
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 308 - 133rd General Assembly

(A) The state post-traumatic stress fund is created in the state treasury. The director of budget and management shall be the trustee of the fund.

(B) The state post-traumatic stress fund shall be used for the following purposes:

(1) Payment of compensation for lost wages that result from a public safety officer being disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder received in the course of, and arising out of, employment as a public safety officer but without an accompanying physical injury;

(2) Payment of medical, nurse, therapy, and hospital services and medicines required to treat a public safety officer diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder received in the course of, and arising out of, employment as a public safety officer but without an accompanying physical injury;

(3) Payment of administrative costs incurred in providing the compensation and benefits described in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section.

(C) No employer shall discharge, demote, reassign, or take any punitive action against any public safety officer because the officer filed a claim or instituted, pursued, or testified in any proceedings related to compensation or benefits paid from the state post traumatic stress fund as a result of a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder received in the course of, and arising out of, employment as a public safety officer but without an accompanying physical injury. Any such officer may file an action in the common pleas court of the county of the officer's employment in which the relief which may be granted shall be limited to reasonable attorney fees and reinstatement with back pay, if the action is based on discharge, or an award for wages lost if based upon demotion, reassignment, or punitive action taken, offset by earnings subsequent to discharge, demotion, reassignment, or punitive action taken. The action shall be forever barred unless filed within one hundred eighty days immediately following the discharge, demotion, reassignment, or punitive action taken, and no action may be instituted or maintained unless the employer has received written notice of a claimed violation of this section within the ninety days immediately following the discharge, demotion, reassignment, or punitive action taken.

(D) There shall be no payments made from the state post-traumatic stress fund pursuant to division (B) of this section and no person is eligible for any claims and no liability shall accrue to any state party under this section.

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