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...ation. (B) If the auditor of state performs or contracts for the performance of an audit, including a special audit, of the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, or Ohio police and fire pension fund, the auditor of state shall make a timely report of the results of the audit to the Ohio retirement study counc...

...(A)(1) The auditor of state shall establish and maintain a system for the reporting of fraud, including misuse and misappropriation of public money, by any public office or public official. The system shall allow Ohio residents and the employees of any public office to make anonymous complaints through a toll-free telephone number, the auditor of state's web site, or the United States mail to the auditor of state's o...

...If the department of transportation, a county, a township, or a municipal corporation proposes a joint force account project with one or more other entities, the controlling force account limit shall be the higher limit that applies between the participating entities. The participating entities shall not aggregate their respective force account limits, and the share of each participating entity shall not exceed its r...

...Before the head of a state agency leaves office, he shall prepare, in the form prescribed by the auditor of state, a letter of representation for his successor in office. The letter shall contain an inventory of all properties, supplies, furniture, credits, and moneys, and any other thing belonging to the state, which it is the duty of such official to turn over to his successor in office or pay into the state treasu...

...(A) Before a county treasurer or fiscal officer leaves office, the county treasurer or fiscal officer shall prepare a certificate of transition, in the form and substance prescribed by the auditor of state, for the successor county treasurer or fiscal officer. For a county auditor, the certificate shall contain an inventory of items delivered in accordance with section 319.27 of the Revised Code and other information...

...A municipal corporation, county, or township may undergo a fiscal watch review to determine whether it is approaching a state of fiscal emergency. A fiscal watch review shall be initiated by a written request to the auditor of state from the mayor of the municipal corporation, or the presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation when authorized by a majority of the members of the legisla...

...(A)(1) Within one hundred twenty days after the first meeting of the commission, the mayor of the municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees shall submit to the commission a detailed financial plan, as approved or amended and approved by ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority, containing the following: (a) Actions to be taken by the municipal corporation, c...

...(A) The municipal corporation, county, or township and all its officers and employees having possession of the required information or the responsibility for developing such information, shall at all times cooperate in assisting the functions of the financial planning and supervision commission by providing to the commission or, when authorized by the commission, the financial supervisor, on a continuing basis, all i...

...(A) No appropriation measure may be adopted contrary to the financial plan approved by the financial planning and supervision commission. Any existing appropriation measure inconsistent with the approved financial plan is ineffective for purposes of any expenditures to the extent it authorizes expenditures in excess of the revenues available after approval of the financial plan, and shall be amended promptly by the l...

...As used in sections 118.19 to 118.25 of the Revised Code: (A) "Debt service" means the principal of and interest and any call premium on debt obligations payable or required to be deposited for such payment at various times. (B) "Fiscal agent" means any one or more of the treasurer of state, county auditor, banks, trust companies, or other financial institutions authorized to exercise trust powers in the state, des...

...(A) This section shall be applicable to current revenue notes approved by the financial planning and supervision commission or, when authorized by the commission, the financial supervisor pursuant to section 118.15 of the Revised Code and issued by a municipal corporation, county, or township pursuant to section 133.10 of the Revised Code and this section during a fiscal emergency period. (B) In the case of the issu...

...(A) A financial planning and supervision commission with respect to a municipal corporation, county, or township, and its functions under this chapter, shall continue in existence until such time as a determination is made pursuant to division (B) of this section of one of the following: (1) In the case of a village, the date a dissolution is effective as defined under section 703.31 of the Revised Code. (2) In ...

...Each agency shall prepare and publish, and as it becomes necessary or advisable, revise and republish, a guide to its rule-making process that functions generally to assist members of the public who participate, or who may wish to participate, in the agency's rule-making. The agency's guide is to include: (A) A statement of the agency's regulatory mission; (B) A description of how the agency is organized to achieve...

...ministration of that program and who performs those administrative responsibilities in good faith is in any manner liable if a legal aid society that is provided financial assistance under the program uses the financial assistance other than in accordance with sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code or fails to comply with the requirements of those sections. (12) Establish an office for the handling of appea...

...(A)(1) The state public defender, when designated by the court or requested by a county public defender or joint county public defender, may provide legal representation in all courts throughout the state to indigent adults and juveniles who are charged with the commission of an offense or act for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty. (2) The state public defender ma...

... developing and implementing electronic forms, or establishing and maintaining an information technology system used for the uniform operation of this chapter.

...(A) The boards of county commissioners in two or more adjoining or neighboring counties may form themselves into a joint board and proceed to organize a district for the establishment of a joint county public defender commission. The commission shall have three members from each county, who shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county. (B) The boards shall agree on a specific date for the jo...

...(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section, if a person who is a defendant in a criminal case or a party in a case in juvenile court requests or is provided a state public defender, a county or joint county public defender, or any other counsel appointed by the court, the court in which the criminal case is initially filed or the juvenile court, whichever is applicable, shall assess, unl...

...As used in sections 121.01 to 121.20 of the Revised Code: (A) "Department" means the several departments of state administration enumerated in section 121.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Division" means a part of a department established as provided in section 121.07 of the Revised Code for the convenient performance of one or more of the functions committed to a department. (C) "Departments, offices, and insti...

...(A) There is hereby created in the department of commerce the position of deputy director of administration. This officer shall be appointed by the director of commerce, serve under the director's direction, supervision, and control, perform the duties the director prescribes, and hold office during the director's pleasure. The director of commerce may designate an assistant director of commerce to serve as the deput...

...(A) This section shall be liberally construed to require public officials to take official action and to conduct all deliberations upon official business only in open meetings unless the subject matter is specifically excepted by law. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Public body" means any of the following: (a) Any board, commission, committee, council, or similar decision-making body of a state agency, ins...

...As used in sections 121.41 to 121.50 of the Revised Code: (A) "Appropriate ethics commission" has the same meaning as in section 102.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Appropriate licensing agency" means a public or private entity that is responsible for licensing, certifying, or registering persons who are engaged in a particular vocation. (C) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code a...

...(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) 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...

...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...