Ohio Revised Code Search

...No officer, agent, or other person acting for or in behalf of a railroad company operating ten or more miles of its railroad for the carrying or transporting of passengers or freight over its railroad within this state which fails to erect and maintain telegraph or telephone wires in complete working order for use and operation along its railroad, with an office and proper means of communication by such wires at each...

...No agent of a railroad company shall knowingly divert or permit freight under his control to be diverted from the railroads over which it is ordered to be conveyed by the shipper of such freight. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

...or more than five thousand dollars. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section and prosecute any violations thereof.

...n the Revised Code, the "department of public welfare" and the "department of human services" mean the department of job and family services and the "director of public welfare" and the "director of human services" mean the director of job and family services. Except as provided in section 5160.011 of the Revised Code, whenever the department or director of public welfare or the department or director of human...

...The director of job and family services is the executive head of the department of job and family services. All duties conferred on the various work units of the department by law or by order of the director shall be performed under such rules as the director prescribes, and shall be under the director's control.

...The assistant directors of the department of job and family services shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which the director of job and family services may order. The director is authorized to designate which assistant director shall act as director in the absence or disability of the director or in case of a vacancy in the position of director.

..., in order to improve the timeliness of public assistance benefit deliveries, to maximize operational efficiencies, increase cost savings, and minimize fraud, the department of job and family services may contract with a third-party commercial consumer reporting agency, in accordance with the "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., for the purpose of assisting the department with eligibility determinatio...

...etermine if the information affects any public assistance recipient's eligibility. (3) An agreement with the director of health, under which the director of health is required to provide the director of job and family services with a searchable list identifying new and updated vital statistics records, including death records. The director of job and family services shall check the list at least monthly for vital s...

...The director of job and family services may appoint such employees as are necessary for the efficient operation of the department of job and family services. The director may prescribe the title and duties of the employees.

...If the director of job and family services determines that a position with the department of job and family services can best be filled in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 124.30 of the Revised Code or without regard to a residency requirement established by a rule adopted by the director of administrative services, the director of job and family services shall provide the director of administrative service...

...The director of job and family services may establish work units within the department of job and family services as necessary for the efficient operation of the department. The director shall appoint the chief of each work unit.

... (1) Coordinating services across all public assistance programs to help individuals find employment, succeed at work, and stay out of poverty; (2) Revising incentives for public assistance programs to foster person-centered case management; (3) Standardizing and automating eligibility determination policies and processes for public assistance programs; (4) Other matters the office considers appropriate. ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the support services federal operating fund. The fund shall consist of federal funds the department of job and family services receives and that the director of job and family services determines are appropriate for deposit into the fund. Money in the fund shall be used to pay the federal share of both of the following: (A) The department's costs for computer projects; ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the support services state operating fund. The fund shall consist of payments made to the fund from other appropriation items by intrastate transfer voucher. Money in the fund shall be used to pay for both of the following: (A) The department of job and family services' costs for computer projects; (B) The operating costs of the parts of the department that provide gene...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the human services projects fund. The fund may consist of intrastate agency transfers, nonfederal grants, and other similar revenue sources. The department of job and family services shall use the fund to support program and administrative expenses related to the implementation of human services initiatives within the department.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund. The fund shall be used to pay for required audits, settlements, contingencies, and other related expenses. As necessary for the purposes of the fund, the director of job and family services may request the director of budget and management to transfer money from any of the funds used by the department of job and family ser...

...If the department of job and family services receives money from a refund or reconciliation related to the medicaid program, the department shall transfer the money to the department of medicaid for deposit into the refunds and reconciliation fund created under section 5162.65 of the Revised Code.

... charged with custody or control of any public money or property or who is required to give bond, to give a bond, properly conditioned, in a sum to be fixed by the director which when approved by the director, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of such bonds, when approved by the director, shall be paid from funds available for the department. The bonds required or authorized by this sec...

...(A) When the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth is authorized by the Revised Code to adopt a rule, the director shall adopt the rule in accordance with the following: (1) Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if any of the following apply: (a) The rule concerns the administration or enforcement of Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code; (b) The rule concerns a program administere...

...artment of job and family services from public or private entities, including other governmental agencies; public or private institutions, organizations, agencies, and corporations; and individuals. For purposes of this section, the director may enter into contracts or agreements with public and private entities and make grants to public and private entities. To the extent permitted by federal law, the director may a...

...(1) Foremost priority shall be given to public entities that are operated by state or local government entities and that provide or are able to provide family planning services. (2) If any funds remain after the department distributes funds to public entities under division (B)(1) of this section, the department may distribute funds to nonpublic entities. If funds are distributed to nonpublic entities, the depa...

...school district; a private school; or a public or private institution of higher education. (2) "Federal financial participation" means the federal government's share of expenditures made by an entity in implementing a program administered by the department of job and family services. (B) At the request of any public entity having authority to implement a program administered by the department of job and family ...

...The foundation grant fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Money the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth receives from private foundations in support of pilot projects that promote exemplary programs for enhancing the health, safety, and well-being of children and families shall be credited to the fund. The applicable department may expend the money on such projects, ...

...also directly enter into contracts with public entities providing revenue maximization services.

...n, or rule requires the department or a public children services agency to maintain. (B) The department shall plan implementation of the information system on a county-by-county basis and shall finalize statewide implementation by all public children services agencies as described in section 5153.02 of the Revised Code not later than January 1, 2008. (C) The department shall promptly notify all public children ...