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...ection for an officer of either house shall be necessary to elect. If a choice is not made on or before the tenth voting, the person thereafter receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

...nd house of representatives of the general assembly, a certificate of election from the board of election of the proper county shall be prima-facie evidence of the right to membership of the person therein certified to be elected senator or representative.

...ing officer of either house of the general assembly, or by a person authorized to administer oaths.

...Upon a call of either house, if a quorum of members is not present, or a member is absent, the members present may direct the sergeant at arms or, if there is no sergeant at arms of such house, any other person to compel the attendance of absentees. If, on a call of either house, the members present refuse to excuse an absentee, he shall not be entitled to compensation during his absence and shall be liable for expen...

...During a regular session of the general assembly, a senator who desires to resign shall do so by presenting a letter of resignation to the president of the senate and a representative who desires to resign shall do so by presenting a letter of resignation to the speaker of the house of representatives. The president or speaker shall verify authenticity of the letter of resignation and, upon doing so, shall send a let...

...No member of either house of the general assembly except in compliance with this section, shall knowingly do any of the following: (A) Be appointed as trustee, officer, or manager of a benevolent, educational, or correctional institution that is authorized, created, or regulated by the state and that is supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury; (B) Serve on any committee or commission that is ...

...nt pursuant to division (B) of section 126.31 of the Revised Code, for mileage not more than once a week during the session for travel incurred by a member from and to the member's place of residence, by the most direct highway route of public travel to and from the seat of government, to be paid quarterly on the last day of March, June, September, and December of each year. (3) The member of the senate elected pre...

...(A) As used in this section, "medical insurance premium" means any premium payment made under a contract with an insurance company, nonprofit health plan, health insuring corporation, or any combination of such organizations, pursuant to section 124.82 of the Revised Code. (B) After the general election in each even-numbered year, the clerk of the senate, with the assistance of the department of administrative servi...

...eated in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of refunds from the department of administrative services of overpayments of medical insurance premiums accumulated under division (C) of section 101.271 of the Revised Code; amounts received by the office of the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives for salvage and recycling of equipment, materials, and supplies; and payments from members and...

...nventions of the two houses of the general assembly shall be held in the hall of the house of representatives, unless otherwise ordered by joint resolution. During a joint convention, each house shall be deemed in session as a separate branch of the general assembly. Except in voting in elections where each member is entitled to a separate vote, each house shall act separately and no question shall be carried otherwi...

...ed pursuant to division (B) of section 126.31 of the Revised Code. The sentence of this section requiring payment for mileage does not include the assistant sergeants at arms designated by the senate and house of representatives.

...ument" includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) A working paper, work product, correspondence, preliminary draft, note, proposed bill or resolution, proposed amendment to a bill or resolution, analysis, opinion, memorandum, or other document in whatever form or format prepared by legislative staff, general assembly staff, or a member of the general assembly for a member of the general assembly or ...

...) As used in this section, caucus means all of the members of the house of representatives, or all of the members of the senate, who are members of the same political party. (B) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 2317.021 of the Revised Code, the members of the general assembly who are members of a caucus, and the officers and employees of the general assembly who either serve that caucus or serve the...

...nd the sergeant at arms of each house shall be present and assist in the organization of the next succeeding general assembly.

...eaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a sergeant at arms for the house of representatives. (2) The speaker of the house of representatives shall adopt a policy specifying the minimum continuing training required for a person to maintain employment as house sergeant at arms or an assistant house sergeant at arms. The continuing training for the house sergeant at arms if the house sergeant at arms has ar...

... assistant senate sergeant at arms has all of the authority of a peace officer as specified in division (B) of this section, and one of the following shall apply to that person: (1) The person is serving as the senate sergeant at arms or is employed as an assistant senate sergeant at arms on the effective date of this section and previously had been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio...

...nd the sergeant at arms of each house shall have control of their respective assistants, and each house by resolution may dismiss any of them whose services are not needed or who do not perform their duties satisfactorily.

...house, the respective house of the general assembly may constitute one of the assistant clerks, clerk pro tempore, or one of the assistant sergeant at arms, sergeant at arms pro tempore, and the assistant so appointed shall have the powers to perform the duties required of the assistant's principal.

...tive ethics committee to serve the general assembly. The committee shall be composed of twelve members, six each from the two major political parties, and each member shall serve on the committee during the member's term as a member of that general assembly. Six members of the committee shall be members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than three from ...

...intment. Notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code, the members, when engaged in their duties as members of the committee on days when there is not a voting session of the member's house of the general assembly, shall be paid at the per diem rate of one hundred fifty dollars, and their necessary traveling expenses, which shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the payment of expenses of legislative ...

...The goal of the rule watch system is to provide one world wide web portal through which a person can obtain information about the rules of, and about rule-making by, state agencies. The joint committee on agency rule review shall establish, maintain, and improve a rule watch system. The rule watch system shall be designed so that a person may register electronically to receive an electronic mail alert when an...

...of the joint committee responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code, in that chairperson's sole discretion, may request the agency to appear before the joint committee to address why, notwithstanding section 121.93 of the Revised Code, it is so relying. The request shall specify the time and place at which a designee of the agency is to appear before the joint committee to ...

...of the joint committee responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code, in that chairperson's sole discretion, may request the agency to appear before the joint committee to address its apparent dereliction. The request shall specify the time and place at which a designee of the agency is to appear before the joint committee to address, and answer the joint committee's questio...

...joint committee on agency rule review shall advise and assist state agencies in preparing revised inventories of regulatory restrictions and shall advise and assist state agencies in achieving specified percentage reductions in regulatory restrictions in the Administrative Code in accordance with sections 121.95, 121.951, 121.952, 121.953, and 121.954 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Not later than June 15, 2022, the ex...

...with legislative information systems, shall do both of the following: (A) Create and maintain a system that state agencies shall use to enter regulatory restriction data, create required inventories, and transmit copies of inventories, reports, and any other documents to the joint committee and the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate under sections 121.95, 121.951, and 121.953 of...