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...ed in division (D) of this section, the department of administrative services, in consultation with the superintendent of insurance, shall, in accordance with competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, contract with an insurance company or a health plan in combination with an insurance company, authorized to do business in this state, for the issuance of a policy or contract of health, medi...

...The health care spending account fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of administrative services shall use money in the fund to make payments with regard to the participation of state employees in flexible spending accounts for certain nonreimbursed medical and dental expenses under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. All investment earnings on money in the fund shall be credited to ...

...The dependent care spending account fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of administrative services shall use money in the fund to make payments with regard to the participation of state employees in flexible spending accounts for work-related dependent care expenses under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. All investment earnings on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

...The department of administrative services shall establish a pilot program under which it includes medical savings accounts as part of any package of health care benefit options offered to state employees and state elected officials paid by warrant of the director of budget and management. Except for the provisions in divisions (A) and (B) of section 3924.64 of the Revised Code concerning designation of an admini...

...ction with the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, which serves as the trustees of the Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund pursuant to section 742.62 of the Revised Code. The board of trustees shall forward the election form to the department after the board has approved an application for benefits under section 742.63 of the Revised Code. (2) A parent, guardian, custodian, or oth...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Cost-sharing requirement" means any expenditure required by or on behalf of an individual receiving health care benefits provided under section 124.82 of the Revised Code. "Cost-sharing requirement" includes deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, or similar charges. "Cost-sharing requirement" does not include premiums, balance billing amounts for non-network providers, or spending f...

...(A) The department of administrative services shall do one of the following: (1) In consultation with the superintendent of insurance, in accordance with the competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, periodically contract with an insurance company for the issuance of a policy of disability and income protection pursuant to, and covering all state employees who are eligible under, section ...

...(A) The department of administrative services, in consultation with the superintendent of insurance and subject to division (D) of this section, may negotiate and contract with one or more insurance companies or health insuring corporations authorized to operate or do business in this state for the purchase of a policy of long-term care insurance covering all state employees who are paid directly by warrant of ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Long-term care insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code. (2) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 9.833 of the Revised Code. (B) Any political subdivision may negotiate with and may contract with one or more insurance companies or health insuring corporations authorized to operate or do business in this state for the purchase ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the employee educational development fund, to be used to pay the state administrative costs of any education program undertaken pursuant to specific collective bargaining agreements identified in uncodified law governing expenditure of the fund. The director of administrative services shall establish, and shall obtain the approval of the director of budget and manag...

...nd for the sole purpose of enabling the department of administrative services to provide state employees with any benefits specified in divisions (A) and (B) of section 124.82 of the Revised Code. (B) The fund shall be under the supervision of the department. The department shall be responsible, under approved bonds, for all moneys coming into, and paid out of, the fund in accordance with this section and shall ens...

...e program is hereby established in the department of administrative services for the purpose of referring state employees paid by warrant of the director of budget and management who are in need of medical, social, or other services to providers of those services. (B) Records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any person that are maintained in connection with the employee assistance progra...

...(A) Any municipal corporation may, by a two-thirds vote of its legislative authority, waive, suspend, or alter any of the provisions of this chapter as they apply to that municipal corporation if such waiver, suspension, or alteration is necessary for the municipal corporation to comply with any federal law or any rules adopted pursuant to federal law concerning discrimination in employment. (B) Any municipal corpor...

...The director of administrative services annually shall conduct a survey on diversity within each state agency's workforce at the time of the survey. Not later than December 31, 2020, and not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year thereafter, the director shall issue a report on the results of the surveys with the governor and the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code...

...ters into or renews a contract with the department of administrative services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code, because of a physician's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, age, or ancestry, shall refuse to contract with that physician for the provision of health care services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code. A...

...(A) Whoever violates section 124.62 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

..., within the state or a state bordering Ohio, of Buy Ohio products, labor, skill, or other services. "Produced" does not include the mere assembling or putting together of products or materials from outside of Ohio or a state bordering Ohio. (E) "Buy Ohio products" means products that are mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown in the state or a state bordering Ohio where the input of Buy Ohio p...

...(A) The department of administrative services shall establish contracts for supplies and services, including telephone, other telecommunications, and computer services, for the use of state agencies, and may establish such contracts for the use of any political subdivision as described in division (B) of section 125.04 of the Revised Code, except for the following: (1) The adjutant general for military supplies and...

...n fulfilling a purchase request: (1) Ohio penal industries within the department of rehabilitation and correction; (2) Community rehabilitation programs administered by the department of administrative services under sections 125.601 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code; (3) Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers program established by the director of administrative services under section 125.036 ...

...(A) As used in this section: "Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturer" means a manufacturer, at least two-thirds of the beneficial ownership of which is vested in residents of this state, that produces personal protective equipment in this state. "Personal protective equipment" has the meaning defined in division (E) of section 125.05 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of administrative serv...

...cipate in such purchase contracts shall file with the department a certified copy of an ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority or governing board of the political subdivision. The resolution or ordinance shall request that the political subdivision be authorized to participate in such contracts and shall agree that the political subdivision will be bound by such terms and conditions as the department pr...

...er 125. of the Revised Code through the department of administrative services.

...tment of education and workforce or the Ohio education computer network determines that it can purchase software services or supplies for specified school districts at a price less than the price for which the districts could purchase the same software services or supplies for themselves, the department or network shall certify that fact to the department of administrative services and, acting as an agent for the spe...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Advertising" includes advertising in print or electronic newspapers, journals, or magazines and advertising broadcast over radio or television or placed on the internet. (2) "State official" means an official elected to a statewide office or a member of the general assembly. (B) Any advertising purchased with public money by a state official for the same purpose that, in the aggre...

...king purchases under this section shall file a report with the president of the controlling board describing all such purchases made by the agency during the period covered by the emergency declaration or state procurement emergency. The report shall be filed within ninety days after the declaration or state procurement emergency condition expires.

...on 125.11 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of administrative services, in making a purchase by competitive sealed bid, shall give notice in the following manner: (1) The department shall advertise the intended purchases by notice posted for the benefit of competing persons producing or dealing in the supplies or services to be purchased. The notice may be in any electronic form the director of administrative...

...the request for proposals. The contract file shall contain the basis on which the award is made.

...(A) As used in this section, "reverse auction" means a purchasing process in which offerors submit bids in competing to sell services or supplies in an open environment via the internet. (B) Whenever the director of administrative services determines that the use of a reverse auction is advantageous to the state, the director, in accordance with rules the director shall adopt, may purchase services or supplies by re...

...The department of administrative services shall actively promote and accelerate the use of electronic procurement, including reverse auctions as defined by section 125.072 of the Revised Code, when exercising its statutory powers. Beginning July 1, 2004, the department shall annually on or before the first day of July report to the committees in each house of the general assembly dealing with finance indicating th...

...Any person who is certified by the director of development in accordance with the rules adopted under division (B)(1) of section 122.921 of the Revised Code as a minority business enterprise may have that person's name placed on a special minority business enterprise notification list to be used in connection with contracts awarded under section 125.081 of the Revised Code. The minority business enterprise notificati...

...(A) From the purchases that the department of administrative services is required by law to make through competitive selection, the director of administrative services shall select a number of such purchases, the aggregate value of which equals approximately fifteen per cent of the estimated total value of all such purchases to be made in the current fiscal year. The director shall set aside the purchases selected fo...

...ices of all elected state officers; all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, including, without limitation, state-supported institutions of higher education, and other instrumentalities of this state; the supreme court; all courts of appeals; and all courts of common pleas, may purchase recycled products in accordance with rules adopted by the director of administrative services. (B) Th...

...n the United States and is either a Buy Ohio product or that the product or service is provided by a bidder or offeror that qualifies as having a significant economic presence in the state or a state bordering Ohio, under the rules established by the director of administrative services, and whether the bidder or offeror is a certified veteran-friendly business enterprise under section 122.925 of the Revised Code. ...

...As used in this section and sections 125.092 and 125.093 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agricultural materials" means agricultural-based materials or residues, including plant, animal, and marine materials or residues, used in the manufacture of commercial or industrial nonfood products. (B) "Biobased product" means a product determined by the United States secretary of agriculture to be a commercial or industria...

... equipment, material, or supplies, the department of administrative services, other state agencies, and state institutions of higher education shall purchase biobased products in accordance with the biobased product preference program established by the director of administrative services under this section. (B) Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director shal...

...de and the amount of money spent by the department of administrative services and other state agencies for those biobased products.

...or competitive sealed proposal shall be filed with the department prior to the time specified in the notice for opening of the bids or proposals. All competitive sealed bids and competitive sealed proposals shall be opened in the standardized system of electronic procurement by the department at the time specified in the notice.

... in this state, or in a state bordering Ohio, whether the bid or offer was received from a Buy Ohio supplier, and whether the bid or offer was received from a certified veteran-friendly business enterprise. These requirements shall be applied where sufficient competition can be generated to ensure that compliance with these requirements will be in the best interest of the state unless otherwise prohibited. (C) Div...

...s report on its implementation with the department of development.

...in this section: (1) "Agency" means a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Entity" means, whether for profit or nonprofit, a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, or other business entity. "Entity" does not include an individual who receives state assistance that is not related to the individual's business. (3)(a) "State award" means ...

...the jurisdiction of or regulated by the Ohio environmental protection agency.

...sportation needs of participants in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code and participants in the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code. The director may not donate a motor vehicle furnished to the state highway patrol to a nonprofit organization pursuant to this division. (F) The director may adopt rules govern...

...(A) The director of administrative services shall allocate any proceeds from the transfer, sale, or lease of excess and surplus supplies in the following manner: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the proceeds of such a transfer, sale, or lease shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the investment recovery fund, which is hereby created. (2) Except as otherw...

...terials, supplies, or services from the department of administrative services shall make acquisition in the manner and upon forms prescribed by the director of administrative services and shall reimburse the department for the equipment, materials, supplies, or services, including a reasonable sum to cover the department's administrative costs and costs relating to energy efficiency and conservation programs, w...

...cal year to be certified as correct and filed with the director, in accordance with procedures the director prescribes. In addition, the officer in charge of each state agency shall cause a full and accurate physical inventory to be taken and concluded prior to the close of each fiscal biennium. The officer in charge of each state agency holding such property shall report to the director, on forms or media the direc...

...public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the state highway patrol retirement system, the general assembly or any legislative agency, the capitol square review advisory board, or the courts or any judicial agency.

...technology investment board within the department of administrative services. The board shall consist of representatives from various state elective offices and state agencies, including the office of budget and management. The board shall identify and recommend to the state chief information officer opportunities for consolidation and cost-savings measures relating to information technology. Members of the boa...

...ed feed or similar data transfer to the department of administrative services of notices and advertisements posted on the web site, provided that the operator of the web site shall not be required to provide the feed or transfer more often than once every business day. (B) An error in a notice or advertisement posted on the official public notice web site, or a temporary web site outage or service interruption pre...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Covered application" means all of the following: (a) The TikTok application and service or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance limited or an entity owned by ByteDance limited; (b) The WeChat application and service or any successor application or service developed or provided by Tencent holdings limited or an entity owned by Tencent holdin...

...The department of administrative services shall make available to boards of education and local governments all information about energy efficiency and energy conservation purchasing measures developed by the department or other state agency. The department shall develop and conduct orientation and training programs concerning energy efficiency and energy conservation purchasing measures for all state, board of educ...

...(A) Within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director of administrative services shall establish an electronic site accessible through the internet to publish the following: (1) A database containing each state employee's gross pay from the most recent pay period. The database shall contain the name of the agency, position title, and employee name. (2) A databas...

...made in accordance with authorizations filed by the official or employee; and whether a direct deposit is to be made in accordance with an authorization filed by the official or employee. Amounts deducted from the salaries or wages of all officials and employees shall be transferred to the payroll deduction fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of consolidating all such deductions...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the accrued leave liability fund, for the purpose of paying both of the following: (1) The annual cash benefit payable for all of the following: (a) Every hour of unused accrued vacation leave that is converted pursuant to section 124.134 of the Revised Code; (b) Every hour of unused sick leave credit that is converted pursuant to section 124.383 of the Revised C...

...The life insurance investment fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of amounts from state agencies, life insurance premium refunds received by the state, and other receipts related to the state's life insurance benefit program. The fund shall be used to pay the costs of the state's life insurance benefit program. All investment earnings of the life insurance investment fund shall ...

... to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.19 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund, including investment earnings thereon, shall be used only for the following purposes: (A) Forwarding to the office of child support money withheld or deducted from salaries and wages of state officials and employees pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice d...

...The department of administrative services may provide for regular deductions from the salary or wages of each state officer or employee for an individual retirement arrangement intended to obtain deferral of income for income tax purposes, provided that an officer or employee requesting such deductions is one of a group that constitutes at least ten per cent of all the officers and employees of the same state agency ...

...red in a contract, failed to respond to complaints to the vendor, or accumulated repeated justified complaints regarding performance of a contract; (4) Attempted to influence a public employee to breach ethical conduct standards or to influence a contract award; (5) Colluded to restrain competition by any means; (6) Been convicted of a criminal offense related to the application for or performance of any public or...

...equired in facilities maintained by the department of administrative services.

...rvices. (C) All money collected by the department of administrative services, for operating expenses of facilities owned or maintained by the department, or for tenant improvement services, shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the building management fund, which is hereby created. All money collected for depreciation and related costs shall be deposited into the building improvement fund creat...

...m at least fifty per cent are state of Ohio employees; and priority for such child care services will be given to state of Ohio employees even if it results in the displacement of non-state employees. If the department allots space in a facility controlled by it for the provision of child care services, such space may be provided without charge for rent or services. For the purpose of this section, "services...

...m that allows persons to electronically file business reply forms and, as authorized in the Revised Code, tax information with state agencies or political subdivisions.

...the Revised Code. (2) Printing for the Ohio arts council shall be under the supervision of the council. (3) Printing for the capitol square review and advisory board shall be under the supervision of the board. (4) Printing for state-supported institutions of higher education shall be under the supervision of the department of purchasing of each such institution or the department or officer within each institution...

...(A) The department of administrative services may establish an enterprise data management and analytics program to gather, combine, and analyze data provided by one or more agencies to measure the outcome of state-funded programs, develop policies to promote the effective, efficient, and best use of state resources, and to identify, prevent, or eliminate the fraudulent use of state funds, state resources, or state pr...

...If the department of administrative services is of the opinion that any bids or proposals should be rejected in the interest of the state, it may reject any or all bids or proposals and advertise the invitation to bid or the request for proposals a second time. If after the second advertisement for bids or proposals the department determines that any or all bids or proposals are not in the interest of the state, it m...

...If required by the department of administrative services, a bid or proposal for a term contract for printing goods and services, including final printed product, shall be accompanied by a bond to the state, in a sum specified in the invitation to bid or request for proposals, executed by the offeror, with either one corporate or two personal sureties, satisfactory to the department, conditioned for the performance of...

...rding to the terms of the contract, the department of administrative services shall purchase the required printing goods and services on the open market after notifying the contractor in writing of such action, and the cost in excess of the contract shall be collected from the contractor or the posted bond, if a bond was provided.

...d the printing thereof approved by, the department of administrative services. If the department approves the printing, it shall determine the form of such printing and the number of copies. If such approval is given, the department shall cause the same to be printed and bound as provided by sections 125.49, 125.51, and 125.56 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided by section 125.45 of the Revised Code; a...

...The department of administrative services shall see that any printing services are executed in accordance with law. The printing of all publications approved by the department of administrative services shall be ordered through it and it shall see that the number of copies ordered is received from the printer and delivered to the proper department.

...The department of administrative services shall keep detailed accounts of all state office reproduction services, printing and binding.

...(A) The department of administrative services shall maintain facilities to perform office reproduction services for all boards, commissions, or departments. Upon written application to the department of administrative services, permission may be granted to a board, commission, or department to perform such services outside the central facility and such permission shall state the extent of the services which the depar...

...Each bid or proposal for state printing shall state specifically the price at which the offeror will undertake to provide the finished product as specified in the invitation to bid or request for proposals, including the necessary binding covered by such bid or proposal.

...ion of each bid, within thirty days the department of administrative services shall award the contract for such printing to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, having proper facilities to ensure prompt performance of the work. No contract shall be awarded unless it contains an agreement for the completion of the work within the time fixed by the departme...

...ent the lowest price submitted on a non-Ohio bid.

...The department of administrative services shall promptly notify each successful offeror of the acceptance of the offeror's bid or proposal for state printing. If such offeror fails to execute the contract because of death or other cause, or if the offeror fails to execute the work required by the contract in a proper manner and with reasonable promptness, or the contract is abandoned, or its execution is temporarily ...

... and hour division of the United States department of labor; (3) Is registered and in good standing with the secretary of state as a domestic nonprofit or not-for-profit corporation; (4) Complies with applicable occupational health and safety standards required by the laws of the United States or of this state; (5) Operates in the interest of persons with work-limiting disabilities, provides vocational or other em...

...nity rehabilitation programs within the department of administrative services. The director shall designate an employee of the department to serve as administrator of the office.

...family services, the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, and any other state or governmental agency or community rehabilitation program responsible for the provision of rehabilitation and vocational educational services to persons with work-limiting disabilities may, through written agreement, cooperate in providing resources to the department of administrative services for the operation of the...

...ly services, and the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, develop and recommend to the director of administrative services rules the director shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the effective and efficient administration of sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code; (4) Prepare a report of its activities by the last day of December of each year. The report s...

...A community rehabilitation program may apply to the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs to be certified as qualified to provide its supplies and services for procurement by government ordering offices. The office shall prescribe the form of the application. If the office is satisfied the program is qualified, it shall certify the program as a qualified nonprofit agency for the purposes of sec...

...The office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs may certify any entity to serve as an approved agent of a qualified nonprofit agency for the purposes of sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code. The office shall prescribe procedures under which an entity can apply and be considered for such certification. An approved agent may do any of the following: (A) Contract with the office of procureme...

...Prior to purchases by government ordering offices, the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs shall attempt to establish for each item on the procurement list a fair market price that is representative of the range of prices that a government ordering office would expect to pay to purchase the item in the marketplace. When establishing a fair market price for an item, the office of procurement f...

...ng any other provision of law. (E) The department of administrative services has the authority to structure or regulate competition among qualified nonprofit agencies for the overall benefit of the program.

...eir approved agents shall reimburse the department of administrative services a reasonable sum to cover the department's costs of administering sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code. The department may bill administrative costs to government ordering offices directly, or allow qualified non-profit agencies or approved agents to collect and remit department administrative fees, at the department's discretion...

...The department of administrative services, on its own or pursuant to a request from a government ordering office, may release a government ordering office from compliance with sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code. If the department determines that compliance is not possible or not advantageous, or if conditions prescribed in rules as may be adopted under section 125.603 of the Revised Code for granting a r...

...Section 125.607 of the Revised Code does not apply to the purchase of a product or service available from a state agency, state instrumentality, or political subdivision under any law in effect on July 1, 2005.

...(A) Nothing in sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code shall be construed to prohibit the purchase of a supply or service from a qualified nonprofit agency by a political subdivision that is not a government ordering office. (B) Purchases made under this section by a political subdivision, as defined in section 125.04 of the Revised Code, are exempt from any competitive selection procedures otherwise require...

...A government ordering office and qualified nonprofit agency shall provide the necessary information and documentation requested by the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs to enable the office to effectively administer sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code.

... Code. (B) The LeanOhio office in the department of administrative services shall establish and operate an entrepreneur in residence pilot program. The mission of the entrepreneur in residence pilot program is to provide for better outreach by state government to small businesses, to strengthen coordination and interaction between state government and small businesses, and to make state government programs and func...

...The department of administrative services shall work with the departments of job and family services and medicaid to deploy private sector tools for digital identity management, authentication, and verification for individuals receiving medicaid benefits, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, or benefits funded by the temporary assistance for needy families block grant. These private sector tools shall ...

...d, but for good cause shown by him, the department of administrative services may amend the orders.

... resolution of the general assembly the department of administrative services shall advertise for bids or proposals and let contracts therefor as provided in such sections.

...The department of administrative services shall: (A) Analyze and inspect continuously the utilization of all structures and real estate owned by the state or used by its agencies; and analyze and inspect continuously the condition of all such properties and their adequacy for the operations for which they are used. (B) Promulgate standards relating to the type of architecture, plan of, and utilization of buildings ...

...yees of the agency who are eligible for unemployment compensation under Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code or under other provisions of state or federal law.

...The department of administrative services shall maintain in the city of Columbus a reasonable supply of motor vehicles designed to carry passengers which shall be made available for the use of any state agency needing transportation facilities of an intermittent or temporary nature. The director of administrative services shall fix the rates of charge for the use of such motor vehicles at a level sufficient to operat...

... of this section that the United States department of energy determines, by final rule, to be substantially not petroleum, and that would yield substantial energy security and environmental benefits. (B) "Biodiesel" means a mono-alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel that is derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, or any combination of those reagents that meets the American society for testing and materials specif...

...ntitled "Administrative Analysis of the Ohio Fleet Management Program" in connection with the authority granted to the department by this section; (2) Attempt to reduce the number of passenger vehicles used by state agencies during the fiscal years ending on June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005. (N) Each state agency shall reimburse the department for all costs incurred in the assignment of motor vehicles to the stat...

...(A) The department of administrative services shall ensure that all new motor vehicles acquired by the state for use by state agencies under section 125.832 of the Revised Code are capable of using alternative fuels. A state agency that is acquiring new motor vehicles under division (G)(1) of section 125.832 of the Revised Code shall report annually, in a manner prescribed by the director of administrative services, ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Biodiesel," "blended biodiesel," and "diesel fuel" have the same meanings as in section 125.831 of the Revised Code. (2) "Incremental cost" means the difference in cost between blended biodiesel and conventional petroleum-based diesel fuel at the time the blended biodiesel is purchased. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "biodiesel revolving fund," to which...

...5.84 to 125.90 of the Revised Code, the department of administrative services may acquire, warehouse, distribute, transfer, retransfer, recapture, revert, and dispose of federal personal property and shall assist in the acquisition, conveyance, reconveyance, recapture, reversion, and disposal of federal real and related personal property, not required for the needs and the discharge of the responsibilities of all fed...

...ing for and in the name of the state of Ohio, require such reports and make such investigations as may be required by law or regulation by the United States in connection with acquiring, conveying, reconveying, recapturing, reverting and disposing of federal real and related personal property prior to such property being or after such property has been quitclaimed or otherwise conveyed to transferees and such departm...