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...(A) No person shall knowingly fail to register as required under section 121.62 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall knowingly fail to keep a receipt or maintain a record that section 121.63 of the Revised Code requires the person to keep or maintain. (C) No person shall knowingly fail to file a statement that section 121.63 or 121.64 of the Revised Code requires the person to file. (D) No person shall knowing...

...(A) Each executive agency lobbyist and each employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee, within ten days following the engagement of an executive agency lobbyist, an initial registration statement showing all of the following: (1) The name, business address, and occupation of the executive agency lobbyist; (2) The name and business address of the employer or of the real party in interest on whos...

...(A) No person shall be permitted to register as an executive agency lobbyist under division (A) or (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code if the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to committing on or after the effective date of this section any felony offense listed or described in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 101.721 of the Revised Code in the circumstances specified in the particular division. (B) ...

...(A) Each executive agency lobbyist and each employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee, with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code, a statement of expenditures as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. An executive agency lobbyist shall file a separate statement of expenditures under this section for each employer that engag...

...(A) Each executive agency lobbyist who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public office...

...If a dispute arises between an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this division and an employer or executive agency lobbyist with respect to an expenditure or financial transaction alleged in a statement to be filed under section 121.63 or 121.64 ...

...(A) Sections 121.62 and 121.63 of the Revised Code do not apply to efforts to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity by any of the following: (1) Appearances at public hearings of the committees of the general assembly, at court proceedings, at rule-making or adjudication proceedings, or at other public meetings; (2) News, editorial, and advertising statements published i...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall engage any person to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity for compensation that is contingent in any way on the outcome of an executive agency decision and no person shall accept any engagement to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity for compensation...

...(A) The joint legislative ethics committee shall keep on file the statements required by sections 121.62, 121.63, and 121.64 of the Revised Code. These statements are public records and open to public inspection, and the joint committee shall computerize them so that the information contained in them is readily accessible to the general public. The joint committee shall provide copies of the statements to the general...

...The attorney general and any assistant or special counsel designated by him may investigate compliance with sections 121.60 to 121.68 of the Revised Code in connection with statements required to be filed under these sections and, in the event of an apparent violation, shall report his findings to the prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, who shall institute such proceedings as are appropriate.

...As used in sections 121.71 to 121.75 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency" means an "agency" as defined in section 111.15 or 119.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Rule" means a new rule or an amendment to an existing rule. "Rule" includes an appendix to a rule.

...An agency incorporates a text or other material into a rule by reference when it refers in the rule to the text or other material as if it were spelled out or otherwise reproduced in the rule. The agency shall accompany the incorporation by reference with a citation that provides information sufficient to enable a reasonable person to whom the rule applies readily and without charge to find and inspect the text or o...

...When an agency files the original or a revised version of a rule in proposed form under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03, or a rule for review under section 106.03 of the Revised Code, that incorporates a text or other material by reference, the agency also shall file in electronic form, one complete and accurate copy of the text or other material incorporated by reference with, or oth...

...When an agency files a rule in final form that incorporates a text or other material by reference, the agency, prior to the effective date of the rule, shall ensure that the text or other material is available from the agency. The agency promptly and without charge shall make the text or other material available to any person who requests access to the text or other material.

...(A)(1) Sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code do not apply to the incorporation by reference into a rule of any of the following: (a) A section of the Revised Code; (b) An uncodified statute of this state; (c) An act of this state in the Laws of Ohio; (d) A rule in the Administrative Code; (e) A rule in the Monthly Record; or (f) A rule in the Register of Ohio. (2) Sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revis...

... form. "Draft rule" does not include an emergency rule adopted under division (B)(2) of section 111.15 or division (G) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, but does include a rule that is proposed to replace an emergency rule that expires under those divisions. Sections 121.81 to 121.82 and 121.91 of the Revised Code are complementary to sections 107.51 to 107.55 and 107.61 to 107.63 of the Revised Code.

...The offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, auditor of state, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general shall comply with the business review provisions of sections 106.03 and 106.031 and 121.81 to 121.82 of the Revised Code, but are not required to submit any document to the common sense initiative office or to prepare any document that would have been prepared in response to recommendations...

...In the course of developing a draft rule that is intended to be proposed under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, an agency shall: (A) Evaluate the draft rule against the business impact analysis instrument. If, based on that evaluation, the draft rule will not have an adverse impact on businesses, the agency may proceed with the rule-filing process. If the evaluati...

...(A) Each state agency shall develop, and as it becomes necessary or advisable may improve, customer service standards for each employee of the agency whose duties include a significant level of contact with the public. The agency shall base the standards on the job descriptions of the positions that the employees hold in the agency. An agency is not required to adopt the standards by rule. A state agency that i...

...ion; (3) The legislative information services; (4) The capitol square review and advisory board.

...(A) A person may petition an agency in writing to restate a principle of law or policy in a rule if (1) the person was a party to an adjudication or other determination before an agency that has resulted in an order or other disposition or was a party to a civil action in which judgment has been entered, and (2) the adjudication or other determination, or the civil action, involved a principle of law or policy relied...

...Sections 101.352, 101.353, 121.93, and 121.931 of the Revised Code do not apply to: (A) The following elected state officers or their offices: the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, and the attorney general; (B) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; or (C) The public employees retireme...

... An internal management rule; (2) An emergency rule; (3) A rule that state or federal law requires the state agency to adopt verbatim; (4) A regulatory restriction contained in materials or documents incorporated by reference into a rule pursuant to sections 121.71 to 121.75 of the Revised Code; (5) A rule adopted pursuant to section 1347.15 of the Revised Code; (6) A rule concerning instant lottery ga...

...(A)(1) Using the criteria listed in division (A) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code, a state agency shall amend or rescind rules identified in its base inventory of regulatory restrictions prepared under section 121.95 of the Revised Code as necessary to reduce the total number of regulatory restrictions by thirty per cent, according to the following schedule: (a) A ten per cent reduction not later than June 30,...

...(A) If a state agency fails to reduce regulatory restrictions by a required percentage within one hundred twenty days after a reduction deadline in section 121.951 of the Revised Code, the joint committee on agency rule review shall afford the state agency an opportunity to appear before the joint committee to show cause why the agency's required reduction in regulatory restrictions should be lessened. If the joint c...

...(A) Effective July 1, 2025, the number of regulatory restrictions in this state shall not exceed a number of regulatory restrictions determined by the joint committee on agency rule review in accordance with this section. The joint committee shall determine that number by calculating, for each agency, the number of regulatory restrictions identified by the agency in the base inventory prepared under section 121.95 of...

...Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, sections 121.95, 121.951, 121.952, and 121.953 of the Revised Code do not apply to rules adopted by the Ohio casino control commission under Chapter 3775. of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 121.61 or section 121.67 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 121.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...Whoever violates section 121.47 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

...d in the Revised Code, the "development services agency" means the department of development and the "director of development services" means the director of development. Whenever the development services agency or director of development services is referred to or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the department of developmen...

...(A) The department of development shall develop and promote plans and programs designed to assure that state resources are efficiently used, economic growth is properly balanced, community growth is developed in an orderly manner, and local governments are coordinated with each other and the state, and for such purposes may do all of the following: (1) Serve as a clearinghouse for information, data, and other mater...

...The director of development may designate any governmental entity as an agency of the state to act within a specified region of the state for the purpose of creating and preserving jobs and employment opportunities and financing projects intended to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities. Any such designation shall be in addition to agency designations made for such purpose by, or by the director pursua...

...The department of development shall post the following on the official internet site of the department: (A) Annual reports of the progress and status of eligible projects made as required under division (E) of section 122.0814 of the Revised Code; (B) The annual report made by the director of development under section 122.0817 of the Revised Code; (C) Reports made by the third frontier commission under section 184...

...(A) As used in this section, "gaming activities" means activities conducted in connection with or that include any of the following: (1) Casino gaming, as authorized and defined in Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution; (2) Casino gaming, as defined in division (E) of section 3772.01 of the Revised Code; or (3) The pari-mutuel system of wagering as authorized and described in Chapter 3769. of the Rev...

...The department of development may apply for, receive, and accept grants, gifts, contributions, loans and any other assistance in any form from public and private sources, including assistance from agencies and instrumentalities of the United States and including the application for, receipt, and acceptance, on behalf of this state, of assistance from agencies and instrumentalities of the United States for the purpose...

...The department of development shall: (A) Maintain a continuing evaluation of existing research facilities in the state and their relationship to orderly econmic growth and the solution of community problems of the state; (B) Prepare and disseminate information relative to research facilities in the state and their availability to industrial activities and the solution of community problems; (C) Prepare and recomm...

...The department of development shall do the following: (A) Maintain a continuing evaluation of the sources available for the retention, development, or expansion of industrial and commercial facilities in this state through both public and private agencies; (B) Assist public and private agencies in obtaining information necessary to evaluate the desirability of the retention, construction, or expansion of industrial...

...ion; (B) Provide business development services to EDGE business enterprises in the developmental and transitional stages of the program, including financial and bonding assistance and management and technical assistance; (C) Develop a mentor program to bring businesses into a working relationship with EDGE business enterprises in a way that commercially benefits both entities and serves the purpose of the EDGE pr...

...The director of development may found an employment opportunity program that encourages employers to employ individuals who are members of significantly disadvantaged groups. If the director intends to found such an employment opportunity program, the director shall adopt, and thereafter may amend or rescind, rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to found, and to operate, maintain, and improve, the progr...

...who shall be in the unclassified civil services, necessary to operate such offices and fix their compensation. The director may enter into contracts with foreign nationals to staff the foreign offices established under this section. (3) The director may establish United States dollar and foreign currency accounts for the payment of expenses related to the operation and maintenance of the offices established u...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the international trade cooperative projects fund. The fund shall consist of all of the following: (A) Moneys received from private and nonprofit organizations involved in cooperative agreements related to import/export and direct foreign investment activities; (B) Cash transfers from other state agencies or any state or local government to encourage, promote,...

...studies, urban renewal plans, technical services and other planning work. In so doing, the department may contract with municipal subdivisions, with regional planning commissions, and with qualified persons, firms, and agencies. (E) Cooperate with federal agencies and authorities of other states in the solution of community and development problems which cross state lines; (F) Recommend guidelines for the developme...

...ing, and traveling, and provide related services or otherwise carry out the promotional functions or duties of the department, as necessary; (2) Perform an annual return-on-investment study analyzing the office's success in promoting Ohio. A report containing the findings of the study shall be submitted to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority...

...d to advise the director of development services and the director of the office of TourismOhio on strategies for promoting tourism in this state. The board shall consist of the chief investment officer of the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code or the chief investment officer's designee, the director of the office of TourismOhio, and nine members to be appointed by the governor as pr...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the tourism fund consisting of money credited or transferred to it and grants, gifts, and contributions made directly to it. Money in the fund shall be used to defray costs incurred by the office of TourismOhio in promoting this state.

...(A) The development services agency may do any of the following: (1) Disseminate information concerning the industrial, commercial, governmental, educational, cultural, recreational, agricultural, and other advantages and attractions of the state; (2) Provide technical assistance to public and private agencies in the preparation of promotional programs designed to attract business, industry, and tourists to t...

...this state, the director of development services shall establish an alternative fuel transportation program under which the director may make grants and loans to businesses, nonprofit organizations, public school systems, or local governments for the purchase and installation of alternative fuel refueling or distribution facilities and terminals, for the purchase and use of alternative fuel, to pay the cost of fleet ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Alternative fuel" means compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas. (2) "Alternative fuel vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is registered in this state for operation on public highways, is propelled by a motor that runs on alternative fuel, and has a gross vehicle rating of at least twenty-six thousand pounds. "Alternative fuel vehicle" includes a bi-fuel...

...For the purpose of promoting the use of energy efficient products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this state, the director of development shall establish an energy star rebate program under which the director may provide rebates to consumers for household devices carrying the energy star label indicating that the device meets the energy efficiency criteria of the energy star program establishe...

...s hereby created within the development services agency an office to be known as the office of small business and entrepreneurship. The office shall be under the supervision of a manager appointed by the director of development services. (B) The office shall do all of the following: (1) Act as liaison between the small business community and state governmental agencies; (2) Furnish information and technical assist...

...and entrepreneurship in the development services agency shall prepare and publish a "small business register" or contract with any person as provided in this section to prepare and publish the register. The small business register shall contain the following information regarding each proposed rule recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship: (1) The title and administrative code rule number of the...

...The department of development shall provide for low-interest loans to small businesses, as defined by rules adopted pursuant to the "Small Business Act," 72 Stat. 384 (1972), 15 U.S.C.A. 632, as amended, that are engaged in the export of goods produced in this state. In carrying out the purposes of this section, the department shall develop operating procedures that are essentially the same as those of the United Sta...

...(A) The director of development shall administer a shovel ready sites program to provide grants for projects to port authorities and development entities approved by the director. Grants may be used to pay the costs of any or all of the following: (1) Acquisition of property, including options; (2) Preparation of sites, including brownfield clean-up activities; (3) Construction of road, water, telecommunicat...

...provements; (vi) Costs of professional services. (2) "Allowable costs" do not include administrative costs assessed by or fees paid to the recipient of a grant. (B) "District public works integrating committees" means those committees established under section 164.04 of the Revised Code. (C) "Eligible applicant" includes any political subdivision or non-profit economic development organization, and, with pri...

...(A) There is hereby created the job ready site program to provide grants to pay for allowable costs of eligible applicants for eligible projects. The program shall be administered by the department of development. All grants shall be awarded through one of the following two processes: (1) The annual competitive process under sections 122.087 to 122.0811, 122.0814, and 122.0815 of the Revised Code; (2) The ...

...The director of development shall establish an annual competitive process for making grants described in section 122.086 of the Revised Code in accordance with rules adopted under that section. At least two-thirds of the amounts that may be distributed as grants each year under the job ready site program shall be distributed under the annual competitive process.

...In order to be considered for a grant under the annual competitive process, an eligible applicant shall fill out an application provided by the department of development and shall file it with the district public works integrating committee with jurisdiction over the area in which the eligible project is located.

...An eligible applicant shall provide all of the following on the annual competitive process application: (A) Contact information for the eligible applicant; (B) A legal description of the property for which the grant is requested; (C) A summary of the proposed eligible project that includes all of the following: (1) A general description of the eligible project, including individuals, organizations, or other ...

...(A) Each application for a grant pursuant to the annual competitive process received by a district public works integrating committee shall be evaluated by the executive committee of the district committee. In conducting the evaluation, the executive committee shall determine whether the application for the proposed eligible project is complete and whether the project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 ...

...The department of development shall evaluate each eligible project selected pursuant to section 122.0810 of the Revised Code to determine whether the application for the proposed eligible project is complete and whether it meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. If the application is complete and the project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the department shall n...

...The director of development shall establish a discretionary process that permits the director to make grants described in section 122.086 of the Revised Code in situations that include those in which the timing of a proposed eligible project is such that the annual competitive process is not suitable. The director, as part of the guidelines established for the discretionary process for the job ready site progra...

...On receipt of an application for a discretionary grant for an eligible project, the director of development shall evaluate it to determine whether the application for the proposed eligible project is complete and whether the eligible project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. If the application is complete and the project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the...

...If the controlling board approves a grant for an eligible project pursuant to the annual competitive process or the discretionary process, the director of development shall enter into an agreement with the eligible applicant to provide the grant for the project. The agreement shall be executed prior to the payment or disbursement of any funds under the grant and shall contain the following provisions: (A) A d...

...amount to pay the costs of professional services under the eligible project. (4) The grant amount requested does not exceed five million dollars. (5) The eligible applicant and the eligible project comply with any other criteria the director of development determines is necessary. (B) A project shall meet the requirements described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section in order to be considered for a grant un...

...The department of development and the executive committees of district public works integrating committees shall apply the following factors to eligible projects under the annual competitive process to determine a priority order for the eligible projects subject to that process: (A) The potential economic impact of the eligible project; (B) The potential impact of the eligible project on economic distress; (C) The...

...In accordance with the guidelines established to govern the discretionary process and the rules adopted to govern the annual competitive process for the job ready site program, the director of development shall publish an annual report that includes the following: (A) Details on each grant awarded pursuant to the program; (B) The status of projects funded in previous years; (C) The amount of grants awarded fo...

...The rules adopted to govern the annual competitive process for the job ready site program may provide for recovery of the costs, or a portion thereof, incurred by district public works integrating committees and executive committees in conducting their duties under the program.

...The job ready site development fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the net proceeds of obligations issued and sold by the issuing authority pursuant to sections 151.01 and 151.11 of the Revised Code. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be used to make grants for eligible projects pursuant to sections 122.085 to 122.0820 of the Rev...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Development costs" means all expenditures paid or incurred by the property owner in completing a certified transformational mixed use development project including acquisition costs and all costs incurred before the project is certified by the director of development. (2) "Eligible expenditures" means certain expenditures paid or incurred by the property owner in completing a ce...

...t. The department shall coordinate its services and activities with those of state departments, bureaus, agencies, commissions, and offices to the fullest extent possible in order to avoid duplication.

...The director of development may employ and fix the compensation of technical and professional personnel, who shall be in the unclassified civil service, and may employ other personnel, who shall be in the classified civil service, as necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 122.011 to 122.11, 122.17, and 122.18 of the Revised Code.

...As used in this section and in sections 122.121 and 122.122 of the Revised Code: (A) "Endorsing county" means a county that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for one or more games. (B) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipal corporation that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for one or more games. (C) "Game support contract" means a joinder undertaking, joinder...

...ay apply to the director of development services, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director, for a grant from the sports event grant fund created under section 122.122 of the Revised Code with respect to a game to which either of the following applies: (1) The organization accepts competitive bids to host the game. (2) The game is a one-time centennial commemoration of the founding of a national foot...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the sports event grant fund, which shall consist of money appropriated to the fund. Money in the fund shall be used solely to make grants to a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county under section 122.121 of the Revised Code. Except for amounts refunded under division (E) of section 122.121 of the Revised Code, money may not be credited o...

...As used in sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Code: (A) "Closing" means the permanent cessation of operations at an establishment that employs at least twenty-five persons. (B) "Employee-owned corporation" means a business operation that is controlled by a board of directors that is selected by the shareholders on a basis of one vote per shareholder and in which the management rights are represented by votin...

...the availability of the program and its services established pursuant to sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Code.

...ide technical assistance and counseling services to individuals who seek to form an employee-owned corporation; (D) Provide assistance and counseling in the operation of an employee-owned corporation; (E) Assist individuals in obtaining financing for the purchase and operation of an employee-owned corporation; (F) Promote and coordinate the efforts of local, state, federal, or private organizations to assist in th...

...ee ownership assistance program and its services to local governments and to business and labor organizations and shall coordinate with local governments, business and labor organizations, and other state agencies in obtaining information relating to the possible relocation of operations or closing of a business establishment.

..., and affected employees to explain the services available from the department of development relative to the formation of an employee-owned corporation.

...Any individual, group of individuals, employees, organization of employees, or local community affected by any closing or relocation of a business establishment's operations or the proposed closing or relocation of a business establishment's operations may request, in a manner prescribed by the director of development, assistance in efforts to study the feasibility of the establishment of an employee-owned corporatio...

...The director of development services shall prepare and submit a report to the governor and the general assembly annually on or before the first day of August of the services and activities of the employee ownership assistance program for the preceding calendar year. The director shall include in the report information regarding the number, names, and locations of business establishments that have been or likely...

...(A) As used in this section, "professional sports facility" has the same meaning as in section 5516.01 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the roadwork development fund. The fund shall consist of the investment earnings of the security deposit fund created by section 4509.27 of the Revised Code and revenue transferred to it by the director of budget and management from the highway...

...As used in this section and sections 122.151 to 122.156 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. For the purposes of this division, a person is "controlled by" another person if the controlling person holds, directly or indirectly, the majority voting or ownership ...

...(A) A person that has developed a business plan to invest in rural business concerns in this state and has successfully solicited private investors to make credit-eligible capital contributions in support of the plan may apply to the department of development for certification as a rural business growth fund. The application shall include all of the following: (1) The total eligible investment authority sought by t...

... certificates issued by the development services agency under division (B) of this section. The credit may be claimed against the tax imposed by section 3901.86, 5725.18, 5729.03, or 5729.06 of the Revised Code. (B) On the closing date, a taxpayer that made a credit-eligible capital contribution to a rural business growth fund shall be eligible for a credit equal to the amount specified in the notice issued under ...

...(A) The department of development shall not be required to issue a tax credit certificate under section 122.152 of the Revised Code if either of the following applies: (1) The credit-eligible capital contribution was made in a program one rural business growth fund that fails to: (a) Invest fifty per cent of its eligible investment authority in growth investments within one year of the closing date; and (b) Inv...

...(A) Each rural business growth fund shall submit a report to the department of development on or before the first day of each March following the end of the calendar year that includes the closing date until the calendar year after the fund has decertified. The report shall provide an itemization of the fund's growth investments and shall include the following documents and information: (1) A bank statement eviden...

...und. (D) The director of development services, upon the request of a fund, may waive all or a portion of the remission required under division (C) of this section if the director determines, based on an affidavit of the chief executive officer or president of a rural business concern, that the growth investments of the fund resulted in the retention of employment positions that would have otherwise been eliminated...

...A rural business growth fund, before investing in a business, may request a written opinion from the department of development as to whether the business qualifies as a rural business concern based on the criteria prescribed by section 122.15 of the Revised Code. The request shall be submitted in a form prescribed by rule of the agency. The agency shall issue a written opinion to the fund within thirty business days ...

...sured by the director of job and family services; (c) The annual payroll associated with the job loss; (d) The amount of state and local taxes associated with the job loss; (e) The impact that the closing or downsizing has on the suppliers located in the county or municipal corporation. (12) "Voluntary action" has the same meaning as in section 3746.01 of the Revised Code. (13) "Taxpayer" means a corpo...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Subdivision" means a municipal corporation, township, or county. (2) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, a board of the township trustees, or a board of county commissioners. (3) "Subdivision's territory" means, in the case of a municipal corporation, the territory of the municipal corporation; in the case of a township, the uninc...

...based employee" means an employee whose services are performed primarily from the employee's residence in this state exclusively for the benefit of the project and whose rate of pay is at least one hundred thirty-one per cent of the federal minimum wage under 29 U.S.C. 206. (6) "Full-time equivalent employees" means the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of hours for which employees were compensated fo...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Capital investment project" means a plan of investment at a project site for the acquisition, construction, renovation, or repair of buildings, machinery, or equipment, or for capitalized costs of basic research and new product development determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but does not include any of the following: (a) Payments made for the...

...(A) As used in this section, "tax liability" means the tax owed under section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code after allowance of all nonrefundable credits and prior to the allowance of all refundable credits. The tax owed under section 5733.06 of the Revised Code shall take into account any adjustments to such tax required by division (G) of section 5733.01 of the Revised Code that apply prior to allowance of ...

...by the state director of job and family services; (c) The annual payroll associated with the job loss; (d) The amount of state and local taxes associated with the job loss; (e) The impact that the closing or downsizing has on suppliers located in the county or municipal corporation. (14) "Cost" has the same meaning and limitation as in section 179(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (15) "Baseline year...

...vised Code. The director of development services shall use money in the fund to pay expenses related to the administration of (A) the business services division of the development services agency and (B) the programs described in those sections.

...ss that provides electronic information services as defined in division (Y)(1)(c) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, or that leases a facility to one or more such businesses. "Computer data center business" does not include providing electronic publishing as defined in that section. (4) "Computer data center equipment" means tangible personal property used or to be used for any of the following: (a) To con...

...yer to the department of job and family services pursuant to section 4141.20 of the Revised Code indicating the employer's qualifying employees and the employer's base employment threshold; (4) A statement that the employer agrees to provide to the director any receipts, invoices, or similar documents demonstrating that the employer used the grant for the activities described in division (C) of this section. U...

...re is hereby created in the development services agency the career exploration internship program to award grants to businesses that employ a student intern in a career exploration internship. To qualify for a grant under the program, the career exploration internship shall be at least twenty weeks in duration and include at least two hundred hours of paid work and instruction in this state. To obtain a grant, the bu...

...(A) As used in this section, "microcredential" means an industry-recognized credential or certificate that an applicant may complete in not more than one year and that is approved by the chancellor of higher education. (B) There is hereby created the TechCred program to reimburse employers from appropriations made for that purpose for training costs for prospective and incumbent employees to earn a microcredential....