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... or supplies, the general assembly; the offices of all elected state officers; all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, including, without limitation, state-supported institutions of higher education, and other instrumentalities of this state; the supreme court; all courts of appeals; and all courts of common pleas, may purchase recycled products in accordance with rules adopted by the d...

...(A) Pursuant to sections 125.07, 125.071, and 125.072 of the Revised Code, the department of administrative services may prescribe such conditions under which competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and bids in reverse auctions will be received and terms of the proposed purchase as it considers necessary; provided, that all such conditions and terms shall be reasonable and shall not unreasonably restri...

...As used in this section and sections 125.092 and 125.093 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agricultural materials" means agricultural-based materials or residues, including plant, animal, and marine materials or residues, used in the manufacture of commercial or industrial nonfood products. (B) "Biobased product" means a product determined by the United States secretary of agriculture to be a commercial or industria...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of this section, when purchasing equipment, material, or supplies, the department of administrative services, other state agencies, and state institutions of higher education shall purchase biobased products in accordance with the biobased product preference program established by the director of administrative services under this section. (B) Not later than one...

...Not later than September 30, 2010, and the thirtieth day of September each year thereafter, the director of administrative services shall prepare and submit to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report that describes the number and types of biobased products purchased under section 125.092 of the Revised Code and the amount of money spent by the departme...

...(A) The department of administrative services may require that all competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and bids received in a reverse auction be accompanied by a performance bond or other financial assurance acceptable to the director of administrative services, in the sum and with the sureties it prescribes, payable to the state, and conditioned that the person submitting the bid or proposal, if t...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, contracts awarded pursuant to a reverse auction under section 125.072 of the Revised Code or pursuant to competitive sealed bidding, including contracts awarded under section 125.081 of the Revised Code, shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, and contracts awarded pursuant to a competitive seal...

...(A) Every contract for or on behalf of the state or any of its political subdivisions for any purchase shall contain provisions similar to those required by section 153.59 of the Revised Code in the case of construction contracts by which the contractor agrees to both of the following: (1) That, in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under the contract or any subcontract, no contractor or subcontrac...

...r attorney general and their respective offices. (B) The department of administrative services shall establish and maintain a single searchable web site, accessible by the public at no cost, that includes all of the following information for each state award: (1) The name of the entity receiving the award; (2) The amount of the award; (3) Information on the award, the agency or other instrumentality of the st...

...As used in sections 125.12 to 125.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Excess supplies" means any supplies that have a remaining useful life, but that are no longer needed by the agency that possesses them. (B) "Supplies" means all personal property owned by the state, including, but not limited to, equipment and materials. (C) "Surplus supplies" means any supplies no longer having any use to the state, including obsolete...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Private fire company" has the same meaning as in section 9.60 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever a state agency has excess or surplus supplies, it shall notify the director of administrative services. On forms provided by the director, the state agency shall furnish to...

...(A) The director of administrative services shall allocate any proceeds from the transfer, sale, or lease of excess and surplus supplies in the following manner: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the proceeds of such a transfer, sale, or lease shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the investment recovery fund, which is hereby created. (2) Except as otherw...

...All state agencies required to secure any equipment, materials, supplies, or services from the department of administrative services shall make acquisition in the manner and upon forms prescribed by the director of administrative services and shall reimburse the department for the equipment, materials, supplies, or services, including a reasonable sum to cover the department's administrative costs and costs rel...

...irector of administrative services, the officer in charge of each state agency, other than an institution of higher education, shall maintain current and accurate records of tangible personal property and real property, as defined by the department of administrative services, that the state agency holds either directly or on behalf of the state. These records shall specify the value of the property, the number of acr...

...(A) There is hereby established the office of information technology within the department of administrative services. The office shall be under the supervision of a state chief information officer to be appointed by the director of administrative services and subject to removal at the pleasure of the director. The chief information officer is an assistant director of administrative services. (B) Under the directi...

...esentatives from various state elective offices and state agencies, including the office of budget and management. The board shall identify and recommend to the state chief information officer opportunities for consolidation and cost-savings measures relating to information technology. Members of the board are not entitled to compensation for their services.

...(A) An Ohio trade association that represents the majority of newspapers of general circulation as defined in section 7.12 of the Revised Code shall operate and maintain the official public notice web site. Not later than one hundred eighty days after September 15, 2014, in all cases in which a notice or advertisement is required by a section of the Revised Code or an administrative rule to be published in a newsp...

...ate agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of state government, other than any state-supported institution of higher education, the courts, or any judicial agency. "State agency" includes the general assembly, any legislative agency, and the capitol square review and advisory board. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, th...

...The department of administrative services shall make available to boards of education and local governments all information about energy efficiency and energy conservation purchasing measures developed by the department or other state agency. The department shall develop and conduct orientation and training programs concerning energy efficiency and energy conservation purchasing measures for all state, board of educ...

...(A) Within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director of administrative services shall establish an electronic site accessible through the internet to publish the following: (1) A database containing each state employee's gross pay from the most recent pay period. The database shall contain the name of the agency, position title, and employee name. (2) A databas...

...The director of administrative services shall process payroll information for the purpose of payment for personal services of state officials and employees on the basis of rates of pay determined by pertinent law, the director, or other competent authority. Calculation of payrolls may be made after the conclusion of each pay period based upon the amount of time served as certified by the appropriate appointin...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the accrued leave liability fund, for the purpose of paying both of the following: (1) The annual cash benefit payable for all of the following: (a) Every hour of unused accrued vacation leave that is converted pursuant to section 124.134 of the Revised Code; (b) Every hour of unused sick leave credit that is converted pursuant to section 124.383 of the Revised C...

...The life insurance investment fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of amounts from state agencies, life insurance premium refunds received by the state, and other receipts related to the state's life insurance benefit program. The fund shall be used to pay the costs of the state's life insurance benefit program. All investment earnings of the life insurance investment fund shall ...

... the Revised Code for forwarding to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.19 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund, including investment earnings thereon, shall be used only for the following purposes: (A) Forwarding to the office of child support money withheld or deducted from salaries and wages of state officials and employees pursuant to a w...

... from the salary or wages of each state officer or employee for an individual retirement arrangement intended to obtain deferral of income for income tax purposes, provided that an officer or employee requesting such deductions is one of a group that constitutes at least ten per cent of all the officers and employees of the same state agency or a total of five hundred such officers and employees, whichever is fewer, ...