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...d 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 of the Revised Code, the public offic...

...(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...

... distribute the list to the appropriate personnel under his jurisdiction. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the list. (C) The joint committee shall maintain a list of all executive agencies. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public on request and ma...

...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...

...As used in sections 121.81 to 121.82 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency" means a state agency that is required to file proposed rules for legislative review under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. (B) "Draft rule" means any newly proposed rule and any proposed amendment, adoption, or rescission of a rule prior to the filing of that rule for legislative review un...

...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...

...(A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, an agency shall review its operations to identify principles of law or policy that have not been stated in a rule and that the agency is relying upon in conducting adjudications or other determinations of rights and liabilities or in issuing writings and other materials, such as instructions, directives, policy statements, guidelines, handbooks, manuals, advisor...

...(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...

... "state agency" means an administrative department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an administrative department head appointed under section 121.03 of the Revised Code, and a state agency organized under an administrative department or administrative department head. "State agency" also includes the department of education and workforce, the state lottery commission, the Ohio casino control commissi...

...(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.

...of human resources. (2) "Professional personnel" means either of the following: (a) Personnel who have earned a bachelor's degree from a college or university; (b) Personnel who serve as or have the working title of director, assistant director, deputy director, assistant deputy director, manager, office chief, assistant office chief, or program director. (3) "Technical personnel" means any of the following: ...

...chief of police of the organized police department of any municipal corporation or township in the county, and the chief of police of the police force of any township police district or joint police district in the county to perform functions related to the enforcement of state drug laws and other state laws related to illegal drug activity.