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...t to the board, and shall testify on at least all of the following: (A) Whether or not the common sense initiative office has, within the previous six years, received commentary related to the board through the comment system established under section 107.62 of the Revised Code; (B) Whether or not the common sense initiative office has, within the previous six years, received advice from the small business advi...

...n the standing committee's internet web site, and in the offices of the house of representatives and senate clerks during reasonable hours. As part of a report, the standing committee may present its recommendations to the general assembly in bill form. (B) Recommendations made by the standing committee shall indicate how or whether their implementation will do each of the following: (1) Improve efficiency in the...

...ll be displayed by the agency on a web site it maintains.

...edit 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 shall be paid out of the regular appropriation to the senate. All money collected by the office of the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives for the sale of flag...

...vision (A) of this section shall be deposited in the house reimbursement fund, the senate reimbursement fund, or a legislative agency special revenue fund identified by the director of the agency, as appropriate.

...n, board, publicly supported college or university, division, institution, bureau, or other instrumentality of the state; or any county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state. "Person" includes the Ohio casino control commission, a member of the commission, the executive director of the commission, an employee of the commission, and an agent of the commiss...

... knowingly fail to register as required under section 101.72 of the Revised Code. (B) No legislative agent or employer shall knowingly fail to keep a receipt or maintain a record that section 101.73 of the Revised Code requires the person to keep or maintain. (C) No person shall knowingly fail to file a statement that section 101.73 or 101.74 of the Revised Code requires the person to file. (D) No person shall kno...

...n of higher education" means any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community college established under Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code, state community college established under Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code, university branch established under Chapter 3355. of the Revised Code, or technical college established under Chapter 3357. of the Revi...

...osited into the state treasury to the credit of the joint legislative ethics committee fund created under section 101.34 of the Revised Code. An officer or employee of a state agency who actively advocates in a fiduciary capacity as a representative of that state agency need not file expenditure statements under section 101.73 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "state agency" does not include a st...

...tted to register as a legislative agent under division (A) or (B) of section 101.72 of the Revised Code if the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to committing on or after the effective date of this section any of the following offenses that is a felony: (1) A violation of section 2921.02, 2921.03, 2921.05, 2921.41, 2921.42, or 2923.32 of the Revised Code; (2) A violation of section 2913.42, 2921.04, 2921....

...le a separate statement of expenditures under this section for each employer engaging the legislative agent. (B)(1) In addition to the information required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by a legislative agent shall show the total amount of expenditures made by the legislative agent during the reporting period covered by the statement. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by a ...

...r, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public officer or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint legislative ethics committee wi...

...on 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 with the joint legislative ethics committee. The committee shall proceed to investigate the complaint as provided for other complaints in section 101.34 of the Revised Code. The complaint shall be filed at least three days prior to the time the statement is requi...

...magazines, or broadcast over radio or television; (3) The gathering and furnishing of information and news by bona fide reporters, correspondents, or news bureaus to news media described in division (A)(2) of this section; (4) Publications primarily designed for and distributed to members of bona fide associations or charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations. (B) Sections 101.70 to 101.79 of the Revised Code ...

...passage, modification, or defeat of any legislation. No person shall accept any engagement to actively advocate in exchange for compensation that is contingent in any way upon the passage, modification, or defeat of any legislation.

...SE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE." (C) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that explains in clear and concise language sections 101.70 to 101.79 and 101.99 of the Revised Code and make it available free of charge to members of the general assembly, legislative agents, employers, and any other interested persons. (D...

...ection with statements required to be filed under these sections and, in the event of an apparent violation, shall report his findings to the prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, who shall institute such proceedings as are appropriate.

... other tangible evidence. (B) An order under division (A) of this section, to appear or to produce books, papers, and other tangible evidence, may be issued by the general assembly, by either of its houses, or, within the limits of its charge by the general assembly or either of its houses, by a standing or a select committee. Such order shall be in writing, and may be directed to an appropriate officer anywhere in ...

... and to which members are appointed or elected. "Agency" does not include the following: (1) The general assembly, or any commission, committee, or other body composed entirely of members of the general assembly; (2) Any court; (3) Any public body created by or directly pursuant to the constitution of this state; (4) The board of trustees of any institution of higher education financially supported in whole o...

...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 December in the second year of the next odd-numbered general assembly; (2) An agency created during an odd-numbered general assembly ...

... A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. In the first year of the general assembly, the chairperson of the committee shall be a member of the house of representatives, and the vice-chairperson of the committee shall be a member of the senate. In the second year of the general assembly, the chairperson of the committee shall be a member of the senate, and the vice-...

...eting, shall schedule for review each agency in existence on the first day of January in the first year of the general assembly, and that also is scheduled to expire at the end of the thirty-first day of December in the second year of that general assembly. (B) The chairperson of the committee shall send a copy of the schedule for review of agencies for each regular session of the general assembly to each of the ag...

... 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 committee a report that contains all of the following i...

...etion of the evaluation of all agencies under section 101.86 of the Revised Code, the sunset review committee shall prepare and publish a report of its findings and recommendations. The committee shall furnish a copy of the report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, and each affected agency. The report shall be made available to the public in the offices of the h...

... to make an expenditure, whether or not legally enforceable; (3) The purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other thing of value. "Expenditure" does not include a contribution, gift, or grant to a foundation or other charitable organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. "Expenditure" does not include the purchase, sale, or gift of services or...