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...If there is more than one appellant in a trial by jury authorized under section 6131.32 of the Revised Code with separate claims on the question of compensation or damages or if there are issues as to different properties, the court may submit all the several claims and issues to the same jury, with appropriate verdicts as to each claim. The court also may direct separate trials for the separate claims and issues. Th...

...If the appellants, on claims for compensation or damages, do not recover a judgment for more than the amount of compensation or damages awarded by the board of county commissioners, the costs on the hearing as to compensation or damages on appeal shall be taxed against the appellants. If the amount recovered is greater than the amount awarded by the board, the costs shall be taxed against the county. The prosecutin...

...(A) After the final judgment, order, or decree upon any appeal is rendered by the court of common pleas, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall, within twenty-one days, make a transcript of the same and shall certify and transmit it with all original papers in the case to the clerk of the board of county commissioners, who shall forthwith enter the judgment, order, or decree upon the journal of the board. If th...

...If no appeal has been taken to the court of common pleas at the time fixed in the notice to receive bids as provided by section 6131.24 of the Revised Code, or if an appeal has been taken at the time as stated in the notice given after the appeal has been determined, the county engineer shall receive bids. The contracts, bids, bonds, and bid guaranties shall be handled in accordance with sections 153.12 to 153.14 and...

...The county engineer shall prepare the documents as specified in section 6131.24 of the Revised Code. If the improvement requires both labor and material that is used in and remains a part of the improvement, the bids referred to in section 6131.37 of the Revised Code shall state separately the bidder's offer upon each and for each bid item indicated on the form. If the plans or specifications do not name a specific g...

...When the time has passed for the receiving of bids referred to in section 6131.37 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall, as soon as is practicable, open, read aloud, and tabulate the bids and report them to the board of county commissioners with his recommendation of which bid, or combination of bids, in all respects is the best. No bid shall be accepted after the time designated for receiving bids. The boar...

...The acceptance of the bids in accordance with section 6131.40 of the Revised Code shall be approved by the board of county commissioners. Upon the acceptance of any bid for the whole or any part of an improvement, the bidder shall within ten days enter into a contract in writing to perform the work or furnish the material bid for as prepared by the county engineer. The board by an order entered on its journal shall r...

...Any owner who is assessed for the construction of any improvement may bring an action to enjoin the payment of any money owed a contractor who has not constructed the work according to the contract and specifications until the contractor has constructed the improvement according to the contract and specifications. The remedies provided in this section are in addition to all other remedies provided by law.

...ublic corporation, and each department, office, or institution of the state as stated in the schedules as of the date of the order of the board approving the contracts and ordering the levying of the assessments. (B) The auditor shall notify the owners of all assessed lands of the amount of the actual assessment, which shall be not less than ten dollars, and of the payment plan for the collection of the assessment...

...The time fixed in a contract for the performance of any work or the furnishing of any material, on good cause shown by affidavit, may be extended by the board of county commissioners with the approval of the county engineer for any definite period that it finds is reasonably necessary to complete the work or furnish the material under the contract. In case of such extensions the contractor's bond and any sureties the...

...All work on an improvement and all materials furnished for use therein shall be under the supervision and inspection of the county engineer or a deputy appointed by him for the purpose. All material furnished under the specifications and contract shall be inspected by him before use and within a reasonable time after the same is delivered and placed upon the line of the improvement or such other place as is designate...

...(A) The county engineer shall evaluate all culverts and bridges, except those on state and federal highways, for adequacy of capacity, vertical and horizontal alignment, and stability. The county engineer shall schedule any bridge or culvert that does not conform with the design of the drainage improvement for removal and replacement or repair as the engineer considers necessary. (B) If the county engineer determin...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of each county may provide and establish the "general drainage improvement fund," to be used as a sinking fund for all bonds issued under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code. (B) The fund may consist of any of the following: (1) Any taxes levied and collected for ditch and drainage purposes under county levies, not by law otherwise disposed of; (2) ...

...(A) All costs and expenses of improvements under this chapter, including contract prices of construction and the costs of locating the improvement, may be paid from the general drainage improvement fund. (B) The letting and approving of any contract for an improvement shall be considered a specific appropriation of the amount of the obligation, and that amount shall be set apart for the purpose of the payment and ...

..." and the county auditor is the "fiscal officer," within the purview of Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code.

...The board of township trustees of a township to which is apportioned by the board of county commissioners a portion of the expenses of the construction of an improvement shall levy annually upon the grand duplicate of the township a tax sufficient to pay said apportionment, but not to exceed five tenths of one mill on a dollar, and shall certify this to the county auditor on or before the fifteenth day of May in each...

...If it is a party to an improvement under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of education of a school district interested in land granted by congress for the support of public schools, unless such land has been permanently leased, and of a school district owning or holding other land for school purposes, when an assessment is made upon said land under such sections, shall pay for su...

...(A) Any owner of land affected by an improvement who has not received notice thereof and has not had an opportunity to be heard as provided in this chapter or Chapter 6133., 6135., or 6137. of the Revised Code may bring an action in the court of common pleas of the county wherein the owner's land is located, against the board of county commissioners in its official capacity, to recover any tax or assessment paid, to ...

...ted for services required of any public officer under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if not specifically otherwise designated, shall be the fees allowed for like services in that office. If he is an officer receiving a salary, then such fees collected shall be in a like manner accounted for. Publication of notices as required in such sections shall be paid at the legal rate provided for...

...When an improvement consisting of a ditch, drain, or watercourse has been established and constructed or used for seven years or more, it shall be considered to be a public watercourse notwithstanding any error, defect, or irregularity in the location, establishment, or construction thereof, and the public shall have and possess in and to any such watercourse that has thus been constructed or used for seven years the...

...If one or more members of a board of county commissioners are petitioners for an improvement or own land that will be taken, benefited, or damaged by the improvement petitioned for, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall notify the judge of the court of common pleas of the county who shall within ten days appoint as many disinterested owners of the county as are necessary to take the place of the intere...

...In any hearing provided for in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code, before a board of county commissioners, at which testimony to determine any fact is to be received, an oath as in trials in the court of common pleas shall be administered to all witnesses before they testify. Such oath may be administered by the president of the board.

...(A) When one or more owners are willing to construct and pay the costs of a drainage improvement that will benefit the land of the owners, they may enter into a written agreement for the construction of the improvement, which may include each owner constructing part of the improvement. (B) The owners shall file the agreement and the plan and schedules for construction of the proposed improvement with the clerk of...

...(A) When construction of a new single span bridge or culvert or extension of an existing culvert that will limit the future deepening of a public watercourse is contemplated in connection with the construction of a state highway or other public improvement, the director of transportation or other public agency proposing the construction shall file plans for the construction with the clerk of the board of county commi...

...(A) Upon a petition being filed and a bond given as provided for the location and construction of an improvement, and upon the same proceedings with notice to interested parties for a hearing upon the petition, and with the same hearing as is provided for the location of an improvement, the board of county commissioners may determine whether any ditch or drain described in the petition has ceased to be a public utili...

...(A) The director of budget and management shall draw warrants or process electronic funds transfers against the treasurer of state pursuant to all requests for payment that the director has approved under section 126.07 of the Revised Code. (B) Unless a cash assistance payment is to be made by electronic benefit transfer, payment by the director of budget and management to a participant in the Ohio works first progr...

...If the director of budget and management is satisfied, by affidavit or otherwise, that any warrant on the state treasury drawn by the director has been lost or destroyed prior to its presentation for payment, the director may issue to the proper person a replacement of the lost or destroyed warrant; provided, that before issuing the replacement, the director shall require that the person making application therefor e...

...(A) The director of budget and management shall void any warrant the director draws on the state treasury that is not presented for payment to the treasurer of state within ninety days after the date of issuance. (B) If a warrant voided pursuant to division (A) of this section was drawn against an appropriation of the current fiscal year and the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance, in t...

...The director of budget and management shall furnish an earnings statement with each pay warrant issued to a state employee paid on a payroll voucher. The statement shall include a summary of the earnings information provided to the director pursuant to section 125.21 of the Revised Code.

...warrants issued by the director of the office of budget and management. The director shall use the fund to pay costs associated with the reissue of state warrants to payees whose warrants were fraudulently redeemed.

...) One member, who is an employee in the office of the governor, appointed by the governor; (2) One member, who is an employee in the office of the attorney general, appointed by the attorney general; (3) One member, who is an employee in the office of the auditor of state, appointed by the auditor of state; (4) One member, who is an employee in the office of the secretary of state, appointed by the secretary of...

...y provision of law to the contrary, the office of budget and management shall perform routine support for the following boards and commissions: (1) Architects board; (2) State chiropractic board; (3) State cosmetology and barber board; (4) Accountancy board; (5) State dental board; (6) Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board; (7) State board of registration for pr...

...he state lottery commission. (B) The office of internal audit is hereby created in the office of budget and management to direct internal audits of state agencies or divisions of state agencies to improve their operations in the areas of risk management, internal controls, and governance. The director of budget and management, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint for the office of internal audit a chie...

...day of June. Any member may continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of ninety days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Members may be reappointed to serve one additional term. On September 29, 2011, the terms of the members shall be altered as follows: (a) The terms of the members appointed by the president shall expi...

... the Revised Code shall ensure that the office of internal audit in the office of budget and management has an annual internal audit plan that identifies the internal audits of state agencies or divisions of state agencies scheduled for the next fiscal year. The chief internal auditor of the office of internal audit shall submit the plan to the state audit committee for review and comment before the beginning of each...

...y internal audit report produced by the office of internal audit in the office of budget and management and all work papers of the internal audit are confidential and are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until the final report of an internal audit's findings and recommendations is submitted to the state audit committee, the governor, and the director of the state agency involved. (B) The f...

...but does not include the elected state officers, the general assembly or any legislative agency, a court or any judicial agency, or a state institution of higher education.

...All state agencies shall control travel expenses by doing all of the following: (A) Complying with any travel directives issued by the director of budget and management; (B) Using, when possible, the online travel authorization and expense reimbursement process; (C) Conducting meetings, whenever possible and in compliance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code, using conference calls, teleconferences, webi...

...) Each state agency shall use the interoffice mailing service provided by the department of administrative services for all mail deliveries to other state agencies located within a reasonable distance. (B) By October 1, 2009, each state agency shall direct all major printing, copying, mail preparation, and related services through the department of administrative services and shall eliminate any internal oper...

...(A) Each state agency shall comply with any purchasing standardization and strategic sourcing policy directives issued by the director of administrative services. (B) Each state agency shall comply with any control-on-equipment directives issued by the director of budget and management. The director shall issue and revise as necessary control-on-equipment directives that apply to all furniture and equipment p...

...emented by the state chief information officer under section 125.18 of the Revised Code. (B) At the direction of and in the format specified by the director of administrative services, each state agency shall maintain a list of information technology assets possessed by the agency and associated costs related to those assets.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agricultural water project" means a project that will improve water quality by reducing or aiding in the reduction of levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, or sediment, that result from agricultural practices, in the waters of the state. "Agricultural water project" includes a project involving research, technology, design, construction, best management practices, conservation, testing,...

...(A) The all Ohio future fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it and any donations, gifts, bequests, or other money received for deposit in the fund. Money in the fund shall be used to promote economic development throughout the state, including infrastructure projects and other infrastructure improvements. (B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Ch...

...he attorney general and remitted to the office of budget and management for deposit in the fund, including, but not limited to, the following cases: (1) State of Ohio v. McKesson Corp., et al., Madison C.P. No. CVH20180055 (settlement agreement of October 7, 2021); (2) State of Ohio v. CVS Health Corporation., et al., Franklin C.P. No. 24CV000387 (settlement agreement of December 9, 2022); (3) State of Ohio v. ...

...nual salaries of the elective executive officers of the state are as follows: (A) Governor, one hundred fifty-four thousand two hundred forty-eight dollars; (B) Lieutenant governor, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars; (C) Secretary of state, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars; (D) Auditor of state, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven d...

...28, the annual salaries of the elective officers of the state as prescribed by divisions (A) to (F) of section 141.01 of the Revised Code shall be increased as follows: (1) In calendar year 2020, by four per cent; (2) In calendar year 2021, by three per cent; (3) In calendar year 2022, by one and three-quarters per cent; (4) In calendar year 2023, by one and three-quarters per cent; (5) In calendar year 2024, by...

...pay, even if the adjutant general is an officer in the air national guard. (C) The adjutant general, assistant adjutant general for army, and the assistant adjutant general for air may take a leave of absence from their respective positions without loss of pay for the time they are performing service in the uniformed service as required by their federally recognized officer status. These positions shall not ac...

...reme court during that person's term of office, an amount shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to that person's estate. The amount shall equal the amount of the salary that the chief justice or justice would have received during the remainder of the unexpired term or an amount equal to the salary of office for two years, whichever is less. (D) Neither the chief justice of the su...

...Each judge of the court of common pleas and each judge of the probate court shall receive an annual compensation equal to eighteen cents per capita for the population of the county in which the judge resided when elected or appointed, as ascertained by the latest federal census of the United States. The annual compensation shall not be less than three thousand five hundred dollars nor more than fourteen thousand doll...

...appointed to fill the unexpired term of office of the chief justice or a justice of the supreme court or of any judge shall receive compensation for the balance of that unexpired term at the rate that was in effect for that office on the last day of the general assembly prior to the one during which the person was appointed.