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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Legislative agent" has the meaning defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" has the meaning defined in section 117.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "State institution of higher education" means any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community college established under Chapter 3354. of the Revi...

...(A) Not later than six months before the date on which an agency is scheduled to expire, the sunset review committee shall hold hearings to receive the testimony of the public and of the chief executive officer of each agency scheduled for review, and otherwise shall consider and evaluate the usefulness, performance, and effectiveness of the agency. (B) Each agency that is scheduled for review shall submit to the c...

...(A) After the completion of the evaluation of all agencies under section 101.86 of the Revised Code, the sunset review committee shall prepare and publish a report of its findings and recommendations. The committee shall furnish a copy of the report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, and each affected agency. The report shall be made available to the public in t...

...(A) The director of the legislative service commission shall be the codifier of the rules of the administrative agencies of the state. When a rule is filed under section 111.15 or 119.04 of the Revised Code, the director or the director's designee shall examine the rule. If the rule is not numbered or if the numbering of the rule is not in conformity with the system established by the director, the director shall gi...

...If a rule currently in effect is obsolete because the rule was adopted by an agency that is no longer in existence and jurisdiction over the rule has not been transferred to another agency, and if that status is verified by the executive director of the joint committee on agency rule review, the executive director shall prepare, for consideration of the joint committee, a motion that the director of the legislative s...

...In addition to its duties under section 103.14 of the Revised Code, the legislative service commission shall, in accordance with this section, review all bills assigned to a committee of the general assembly, complete the appropriate local impact statements required by this section, and compile and distribute these statements as required by division (D) of this section. (A) Subject to division (F) of this section, ...

...(A) The chairperson of a standing committee of either house of the general assembly may, at any time, request the director of the legislative service commission to review any bill that is assigned to the chairperson's committee in order to determine whether the bill includes a mandated benefit. The director shall review the bill and notify the chairperson of the director's determination. If the director deter...

...JMOC may review bills and resolutions regarding the medicaid program that are introduced in the general assembly. JMOC may submit a report of its review of a bill or resolution to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The report may include JMOC's determination regarding the bill's or resolution's desirability as a matter of public policy. JMOC's decision on whether and w...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio health oversight and advisory committee. The committee shall consist of the following members: (1) Three members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, two of whom are members of the majority party and one of whom is a member of the minority party; (2) Three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, two...

...Subject to division (C) of section 103.73 of the Revised Code, the correctional institution inspection committee may make an inspection of any youth services facility at such times as it determines.

...Subject to division (C) of section 103.73 of the Revised Code, the correctional institution inspection committee, and each member of the committee, for the purpose of making inspections of youth services facilities shall have access to any youth services facility, or to any part of that facility and shall not be required to give advance notice of, or to make prior arrangements before conducting, an inspection.

...The correctional institution inspection committee may do the following: (A) Subject to division (C) of section 103.73 of the Revised Code, establish and maintain a continuing program of inspection of youth services facilities; (B) Evaluate and assist in the development of programs to improve the condition or operation of youth services facilities ;

...The state council of uniform state laws may incur expenses for an assistant secretary, postage, stationery, printing, and incidentals. The expenses authorized by this section and section 105.25 of the Revised Code shall be paid from moneys appropriated for that purpose. The council shall audit all bills and keep full and accurate accounts of its expenditures.

...Notwithstanding division (E) of section 105.41 of the Revised Code, the capitol square review and advisory board shall not place or cause to be placed any artwork, artifact, bust, memorial, monument, or other commemorative work in the hall or gallery of the house of representatives or the senate, or in the committee or other meeting rooms of the house of representatives or the senate, without first obtaining the appr...

...(A) If a bill or resolution introduced in the general assembly appears to affect the revenues or expenditures of the courts of Ohio, to increase or decrease the workload or caseload of judges or members of their staffs, or to affect case disposition, the Ohio judicial conference may prepare a judicial impact statement of the bill or resolution on its own initiative or at the request of any member of the general assem...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, when an agency files a proposed rule and rule summary and fiscal analysis with the joint committee on agency rule review, the joint committee shall review the proposed rule and rule summary and fiscal analysis, and an invalidating concurrent resolution may be adopted, not later than the sixty-fifth day after the day on which the proposed rule was filed with the joint commi...

...If, upon reviewing a proposed rule or revised proposed rule, the joint committee on agency rule review makes any of the following findings with regard to the proposed rule or revised proposed rule, the joint committee may recommend to the senate and house of representatives the adoption of a concurrent resolution to invalidate the proposed rule or revised proposed rule or a part thereof: (A) The proposed rule or re...

...The chairperson of the joint committee on agency rule review responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code, or another member of the joint committee designated by that chairperson, shall submit a concurrent resolution to invalidate a proposed or existing rule to the clerk of either house of the general assembly. The recommendation of invalidation and a copy of the proposed o...

...As part of the state budget the governor submits to the general assembly under section 107.03 of the Revised Code, the governor shall include the state appropriation limitations the general assembly shall not exceed when making aggregate general revenue fund appropriations for each respective fiscal year of the biennium covered by that budget. The aggregate general revenue fund appropriations the governor propo...

...When the result of the election of any officer mentioned in section 107.05 of the Revised Code is officially known to the board of elections of the proper county, the board shall immediately forward by mail to the secretary of state a certificate of election of such officer. Upon receipt of the certificate by the secretary of state, the governor shall issue a commission to the officer and for the office named in the ...

...An index to each of the records named in section 107.10 of the Revised Code shall be kept. A transcript of any entry in a record or of an official paper, certified by an assistant to the governor, under the great seal of the state, shall be received as prima-facie evidence of the facts therein stated in any court or before any officer of the state.

...(A) As used in this section, "organization" means a faith-based or other organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, and provides charitable services to needy residents of this state. (B) There is hereby established within the office of the governor the governor's office of faith-based and community ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code, the governor may, by executive order, designate or create such agency, commission, or advisory body, subject to his jurisdiction or otherwise, as a law or regulation of the United States may require to qualify the state, a department or agency thereof, or a unit of local government to participate in a federal program or activity specified in the executive order. T...

...(A) As used in this section: "Administrative department" means a department listed under section 121.02 of the Revised Code. "Administrative department head" means a department head listed under section 121.03 of the Revised Code. "Internal management rule" means any rule, regulation, or standard governing the day-to-day staff procedures and staff operations within an administrative department or state agency, ...

...(A)(1) When the common sense initiative office receives a draft rule and business impact analysis from an agency, the office shall evaluate the draft rule and analysis against the business impact analysis instrument and any other relevant criteria, and may prepare and transmit recommendations to the agency on how the draft rule might be revised to eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have...