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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Governmental entity" means the state or a political subdivision. (2) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 9.48 of the Revised Code. (3) "State" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A governmental entity may utilize distributed ledger technology, including blockchain technology, in the exercise of its authority.

...(A) The amount for purposes of a provision of the Revised Code that references this section shall be as follows: (1) Beginning on the effective date of this section through calendar year 2024, seventy-five thousand dollars; (2) For each calendar year thereafter, the amount for the previous calendar year increased by three per cent as determined and published by the director of commerce.

...The state; a county, a township, or a cemetery association or the commissioners or trustees of a county, township, or cemetery association; a municipal corporation or the legislative authority, a board, or other officers of a municipal corporation; and a benevolent, educational, or correctional institution, wholly or in part under the control of the state, or the board of directors, trustees, or other officers of the...

...(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, the legislative authority of a political subdivision that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this section shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a legislative authority shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shall include provisions addressin...

...As used in this section, "political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. No political subdivision may hold or utilize a debit card account, except for law enforcement purposes. Possession or use of a debit card account by a political subdivision except f...

...As used in sections 9.23 to 9.238 of the Revised Code: (A) "Allocable nondirect costs" means the amount of nondirect costs allocated as a result of actual expenditures on direct costs. "Allocable nondirect costs" shall be calculated as follows: direct costs actually incurred for the provision of services pursuant to a contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code divided by the minimum percentage of...

..., or other services to its members in exchange for membership dues and other fees, any of the services provided to a member that is a governmental entity shall, for purposes of this section, be considered services "for the primary benefit of a governmental entity or the employees of a governmental entity."

...A contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code shall, at a minimum, set forth all of the following: (A) The minimum percentage of money that is to be expended on the recipient's direct costs; (B) The records that a recipient must maintain to document direct costs; (C) If some of the recipient's obligations under the contract involve the performance of any of the types of services described in divi...

...(A) A recipient shall be entitled to the contract payment earned. In no event shall a recipient be entitled to more than the contract payment earned. A recipient shall repay any money received in excess of the contract payment earned to the governmental entity or, if a different disposition is provided for in the recipient's contract with the governmental entity, dispose of that money in accordance with the terms of ...

...(A) Unless otherwise explicitly provided in the Revised Code, a recipient shall do all of the following: (1) With respect to any money received prior to the performance of the recipient's obligations under the contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code, and any money received in excess of the contract payment earned, keep current and accurate records of the receipt and use of the money in a manner...

...(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, the financial books and records of a recipient, and the financial books and records of any person with which the recipient contracts for the performance of the recipient's obligations under the recipient's contract with the governmental entity, shall be open to inspection by the governmental entity and by the state from the time the recipient first applies for paymen...

...(A) A recipient is liable to repay to the governmental entity any money received in excess of the contract payment earned. (B)(1) A governmental entity may bring a civil action for the recovery of money due to the governmental entity from a recipient under division (A) of this section. In such an action, any person with which the recipient has contracted for the performance of the recipient's material obligations to...

...The attorney general shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the terms of any contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code. The rules shall set forth all of the following: (A) A definition of permissible components of direct costs, including a list of expenditures that may never be included in direct costs and a nonexclusive list of expenditures that may be in...

...(A) The auditor of state shall prescribe a single form of the financial reviews required by divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 9.234 of the Revised Code to be used for all governmental entities. (B) The auditor of state may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the form and content of the audit reports required by division (B)(3) of section 9.234 of the Revised Code and may presc...

...e, payment, or other consideration in exchange for allocating a deduction allowed under section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code or providing documentation of such an allocation as required under that section and any associated rules or guidance of the internal revenue service or the United States department of the treasury.

...her the parties to the contract have exchanged any money. (B) For purposes of this section, a finding for recovery is unresolved unless one of the following criteria applies: (1) The money identified in the finding for recovery is paid in full to the state agency or political subdivision to whom the money was owed; (2) The debtor has entered into a repayment plan that is approved by the attorney general and t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Governmental entity" and "a judgment is uncollectible" have the same meanings as in section 9.23 of the Revised Code. (2) "Recipient" means a person that enters into or is awarded a contract with a governmental entity for the provision of goods, services, or construction. (B) A recipient is liable to repay to the governmental entity any money received but not earned under the term...

...ther the parties to the contract have exchanged any money. (3) "Participate" means to respond to any solicitation or procurement issued by a state agency or be the recipient of an award of a state contract, or to provide any goods or services to any state agency. (B) No vendor who has been debarred by any state agency shall participate in any state contract during the period of debarment. No vendor who has been...

...Whenever the superintendent of purchases and printing or the director of transportation finds that personal property can be obtained from the federal government at prices less than would be obtained by taking bids as provided by law for the purchase from private persons, said superintendent or said director may purchase, lease, or obtain the use of said property directly from the federal government without the necess...

...The state or any of its political subdivisions may receive any gifts or grants of federal property that are needed or required by requesting them in the manner similar to that required by section 9.25 of the Revised Code for purchases.

...ith the state, that may be unilaterally changed by the other party, or that is electronically accepted by a state employee. (6) A provision that provides for a person other than the attorney general to serve as legal counsel for the state or for any state agency, unless allowed for under the process set forth in section 109.07 of the Revised Code. (7) A provision that is inconsistent with the state's obligation...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Competitive solicitation" means a request for proposal or any other solicitation or announcement by a public office requiring bids or proposals for the provision of goods or services to that office. (2) "Public office" includes any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this...

...(A) The following political subdivisions may enter into, by direct negotiation or through the solicitation of requests for proposals or requests for qualifications, a multi-year, asset management professional service contract for the engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, and maintenance of a water storage tank and appurtenant facilities owned, controlled, or operated by that political s...

...The appropriate public officer of the state, county, municipal corporation, township, school, or other public body or institution, may acquire the service, product, or commodity of a public utility at the schedule of rates and charges applicable to such service, product, or commodity on file with the public utilities commission, or the applicable charge established by a utility operating its property not for profit, ...

...A bidder for a contract with the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof, excluding therefrom the Ohio department of transportation, for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of any public building, structure, highway, or other improvement may withdraw his bid from consideration if the price bid was substantially lower than the other bids, provi...