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...When an officer or board of a county, township, or municipal corporation by ordinance, resolution, order, or other proceeding, in pursuance of a statute of the state, has authorized or caused the issue and delivery of any bonds, obligations, or instruments of such county, township, or municipal corporation, or has caused any county, township, or municipal contracts, grants, franchises, rights, or privileges to be mad...

...After the senators-elect have taken the oath of office, if there is a quorum present, the senate shall elect a president, president pro tempore, assistant president pro tempore, and other officials.

...In the event neither the speaker nor the speaker pro tempore, designated in section 101.11 of the Revised Code, is available to preside at the beginning of the first regular session, the members-elect shall designate by party caucus the person who shall preside over the organization of the house of representatives.

...After the representatives-elect have taken the oath of office, if there is a quorum present, the house of representatives shall elect a speaker, a speaker pro tempore, and other officials.

...A majority of the votes given at an election 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.

...(A) The house reimbursement fund is hereby created 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...

...The senate and the house of representatives shall choose their own officials and employees, respectively, and fix their compensation. The clerk of the senate, the chief administrative officer and the clerk of the house of representatives, and the principal sergeants at arms designated by the respective houses shall receive a travel allowance per mile each way twice a month from and to their place of residence, if out...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) Legislative document 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 for a member of the general assembly or for general as...

...ly who are members of a caucus, and the officers and employees of the general assembly who either serve that caucus or serve the members of the general assembly who are members of that caucus, are clients, for purposes of the attorney-client testimonial privilege specified in division (A) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code and for purposes of any other statutory or common law attorney-client privilege recognized ...

...The clerk of the senate, the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives, and 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.

...sembly. When a vacancy occurs among the officers or members of the committee, it shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 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 doll...

...If the subpoena referred to in section 101.41 of the Revised Code is issued by a joint committee or a subcommittee thereof, it may be delivered to the sergeant at arms of either house as the chairman determines; if it is issued by a committee of one house, or a subcommittee of such committee, it shall be directed to the sergeant at arms of such house; but in either case it may be directed to the sheriff of any county...

...(A) As used in sections 101.62 to 101.65 of the Revised Code: (1) "Individual" means a natural person. (2) Except as provided in divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section, "least restrictive regulation," "occupational license," and "occupational licensing board" have the meanings defined in section 4798.01 of the Revised Code. (3) On and after the effective date of this amendment, "occupational license" means al...

...dations, and documents submitted to the officers of the general assembly under division (B) of this section. The list shall include a short and accurate description of the content, length, and form of each report, recommendation, or document submitted, as well as a statement setting forth the number printed, if applicable, and the cost of preparation. Each member may request from the legislative service commissio...

...All money collected by the senate clerk's office from the sale of flags, insignia, seals, frames for resolutions, and similar items shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the senate miscellaneous sales fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay costs of procuring such items. Any costs of procuring such items in excess of the money available in the fund sha...

...If a dispute arises between any member of the general assembly, any member of the controlling board, or a member of the staff of the general assembly or controlling board and an employer or legislative agent with respect to an expenditure or financial transaction alleged in any statement to be filed under section 101.73 or 101.74 of the Revised Code, the member, employer, or legislative agent may file a complaint wit...

...(A) In order to secure information with respect to any pending or contemplated legislative action, or any alleged breach of its privileges or misconduct by its members, the general assembly may order any person in Ohio to appear and testify before it, before either of its houses, or before any of its standing or select committees, and may order such person to produce books, papers, and other tangible evidence. (B) A...

...(A) It is the intent of the general assembly that an agency shall expire by operation of sunset review law, sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code, four years more or less after the effective date of the act that established the agency. Unless renewed in accordance with division (E) of this section: (1) An agency created during an even-numbered general assembly expires at the end of the thirty-first day of...

...(A) Not later than six months before the date on which an agency is scheduled to expire, the sunset review committee shall hold hearings to receive the testimony of the public and of the chief executive officer of each agency scheduled for review, and otherwise shall consider and evaluate the usefulness, performance, and effectiveness of the agency. (B) Each agency that is scheduled for review shall submit to the c...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no person elected or appointed to an office of or employed by the general assembly or any department, division, institution, instrumentality, board, commission, or bureau of the state, excluding the courts, shall receive or agree to receive directly or indirectly compensation other than from the agency with which he serves for any service rendered or to be rende...

...ssion shall elect a chairman and other officers that are necessary and shall adopt rules for its procedures. After the first meeting, the commission shall meet at the call of the chairman or upon the written request of a majority of the members. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum. The commission shall not take any action without the concurrence of a majority of the members of the commi...

...The director of the legislative service commission shall establish and maintain, and enhance and improve, an electronic rule-filing system connecting: (A) The legislative service commission, the joint committee on agency rule review, and the secretary of state; (B) The governor, the senate and house of representatives, and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives; (C) Each agency that files rules and ...

...he compensation of the director and all officers and employees of the Ohio legislative service commission, the expenses of the commission, and the expenses of the director and the employees of the commission shall be paid out of appropriations made for that purpose upon vouchers approved by the director and the chairperson of the commission. (B) The director of budget and management, upon the request of the director...

...The correctional institution inspection committee, by a vote of at least five members, shall select from its membership a chairman, vice-chairman, and a secretary. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.

...The state council of uniform state laws shall meet in the office of the attorney general at least once each year. It shall organize by electing one of its members as president and another as secretary.