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...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.

...m 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.

...e of the house of representatives; the clerk of the senate, the chief administrative officer and the clerk of the house of representatives, and their assistants; and the sergeant at arms and assistant sergeant at arms of each house may be administered by a member, by a former presiding officer of either house of the general assembly, or by a person authorized to administer oaths.

...xcuse an absentee, he shall not be entitled to compensation during his absence and shall be liable for expenses incurred in procuring his attendance, which shall be deducted from his salary.

...s 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 letter of acknowledgment to the resigning senator or representative. Whe...

...at is supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury; (B) Serve on any committee or commission that is authorized or created by the general assembly and that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses; (C) Accept any appointment, office, or employment from any committee or commission that is authorized or created by the general assembly and that provides other compensation than a...

...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...

...e 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 services, shall estimate the cost of the medical insurance premiums that will be necessary to provide coverage, on the same basis as for a similarly situated state employee, for each person who is elected to a term as senator at such election, or appointed to fil...

...d Code; amounts received by the senate clerk's office for salvage and recycling of equipment, materials, and supplies; and payments from members and employees for incidental use of senate equipment or facilities. The fund shall be used to pay operating expenses of the senate.

...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 otherwise than by concurrent action of both houses. Either house, by vote of a m...

...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.

...ral assembly staff, with respect to communications between the member of the general assembly or general assembly staff and legislative staff. Except as otherwise provided in this division and division (C) of this section, a legislative document arising out of this confidential relationship is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. When it is in the public interest and with the consen...

...ves or senate who serves as the legal counsel for that caucus.

...The clerk of the senate, the chief administrative officer and the clerk of the house of representatives, and the sergeant at arms of each house shall be present and assist in the organization of the next succeeding general assembly.

...e an assistant house sergeant at arms unless one of the following applies: (a) The person previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program, the person previously has been employed as a peace ...

...tory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program. (2) The person previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic trainin...

...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.

...uring the absence or disability of the clerk of the senate, clerk of the house of representatives, or sergeant at arms of either 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 p...

...eposited into the state treasury to the credit of the fund. Money credited to the fund and any interest and earnings from the fund shall be used solely for the operation of the joint legislative ethics committee and the office of legislative inspector general and for the purchase of data storage and computerization facilities for the statements filed with the committee under sections 101.73, 101.74, 101.93, 101.94, 1...

...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 ...

...ronic mail alert to a person is not grounds for questioning the validity of a rule or the validity of the process by which the rule was adopted.

...so shall publish the request on its web site, as part of the relevant meeting agenda, and shall indicate in conjunction with the published request that any person is invited to appear before the joint committee when the agency appears to offer and make comments to the joint committee concerning the agency's reliance. Upon receiving the request, the agency shall designate a suitable agency officer or employee to ap...

...so shall publish the request on its web site, and shall indicate in conjunction with the published request that any person is invited to appear before the joint committee when the agency appears to offer and make comments to the joint committee concerning the agency's apparent dereliction. Upon receiving the request, the agency shall designate a suitable agency officer or employee to appear on behalf of the agency...

...ich shall publish the report on its web site and transmit copies of the report electronically to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate.

... tape system, which shall include a web site and shall allow members of the public to request information about regulatory restrictions and to communicate with the joint committee about regulatory restrictions.