Ohio Revised Code Search

... (A) It is hereby declared to be a public purpose and function of the state to facilitate the conduct of elections by assisting boards of elections in acquiring state capital facilities consisting of voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment certified for use in this state under section 3506.05 of the Revised Code. Those voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equip...

... There is hereby established in the state treasury the board of elections fund. The fund shall be used by the secretary of state to provide advancements, subject to recoupment, or to reimburse boards of elections pursuant to sections 3513.301, 3513.312, 3515.071, and 3521.03 of the Revised Code, and to provide training and educational programs for members and employees of boards of elections. The fund shall receive t...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the help America vote act (HAVA) fund. All moneys received by the secretary of state from the United States election assistance commission for purposes established under the "Help America Vote Act of 2002," Pub. L. No. 107-252, as amended, shall be credited to the fund. The secretary of state shall use the moneys credited to the fund for activities conducted pursuant ...

... The Ohio election integrity commission fund is created in the state treasury. The secretary of state shall use the money in the fund for the sole purpose of paying expenses related to the operation of the Ohio election integrity commission established under section 3517.14 of the Revised Code.

...The secretary of state shall prescribe forms for campaign finance disclosure statements and independent expenditure statements for the purpose of sections 145.053, 742.042, 3307.072, 3309.072, and 5505.044 of the Revised Code and accept the forms from candidates and persons making independent expenditures filing them with the secretary pursuant to those sections.

... (A) Notwithstanding division (E)(2) of section 3509.03 and division (E)(2) of section 3511.02 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state may mail unsolicited applications for absent voter's ballots to electors for a general election if all of the following apply: (1) The general assembly appropriates funds to the controlling board for that particular mailing; (2) The secretary of state submits a request to the ...

... As used in sections 111.41 to 111.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application assistant" means an employee or volunteer at an agency or organization that serves victims of domestic violence, menacing by stalking, human trafficking, trafficking in persons, rape, or sexual battery who has received training and certification from the secretary of state to help individuals complete applications to be program participant...

... (A) A person to whom all of the following applies may apply to the secretary of state with the assistance of an application assistant to become a participant in the address confidentiality program, in which an address designated by the secretary of state serves as the person's address or the address of the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the person is applying: (1) The applicant is an adult who is appl...

... (A) A program participant may request that a governmental entity, other than a board of elections, use the address designated by the secretary of state as the program participant's address. Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this section and in section 111.44 of the Revised Code, if the program participant requests that a governmental entity use that address, the governmental entity shall accept that ad...

... (A) A program participant who acquires an ownership interest in real property in this state after being certified as a participant in the address confidentiality program may submit a real property confidentiality notice to the county recorder of the county in which the real property is located. The program participant shall provide the program participant's address confidentiality program authorization card as proof...

...(A) A program participant who is eligible to vote may apply to the board of elections of the county in which the program participant resides to request that the program participant's voter registration record be kept confidential. The program participant shall submit an application to the director of the board of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, that includes all of the following: (1) The i...

... (A) The secretary of state shall cancel the certification of a program participant if any of the following are true: (1) The program participant's application contained one or more false statements. (2) The program participant has filed a written, notarized request with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, asking to cease being a program participant. (3) The program participa...

... (A) The secretary of state shall make available to the attorney general, for inclusion in the Ohio law enforcement gateway, the name, telephone number, and confidential address of each program participant. Access to information in the gateway regarding an address confidentiality program participant may only be granted to chiefs of police, village marshals, county sheriffs, county prosecuting attorneys, and a designe...

... (A) Notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section 2743.02 of the Revised Code and except if the performance or nonperformance was manifestly outside the scope of the officer's or employee's office or employment or the officer or employee acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner, the state is immune from liability in any civil action or proceeding involving the performance or nonper...

... There is in the state treasury the address confidentiality program fund. The fund shall consist of money paid into the fund pursuant to division (B)(11) of section 2929.18 and division (D) of section 2929.28 of the Revised Code and any money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly or donated to the fund. The secretary of state shall use the money in the fund for the purpose of administering the address conf...

... (A) No person who submits an application under section 111.42 of the Revised Code shall knowingly make a false attestation in the application that the applicant fears for the applicant's safety, the safety of a member of the applicant's household, or the safety of the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the application is made because the applicant, household member, minor, incompetent, or ward is a victim o...

...The treasurer of state shall be elected quadrennially, and shall hold his office for a term of four years. The term of office of the treasurer of state shall commence on the second Monday of January next after his election.

...Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, the treasurer of state shall give a bond to the state in the sum of one million dollars, with a surety authorized to do business in the state, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of treasurer of state. The bond and the oath of office shall be deposited with and kept by the secretary of state in the secretary of state's of...

...The general assembly or the governor may require the treasurer of state to give such additional bond as is necessary. If the demand is not complied with within ten days to the satisfaction of the general assembly or the governor, the office of treasurer of state shall be declared vacant, and the governor shall appoint a treasurer of state to fill the vacancy. The person so appointed shall give and file a bond, take t...

...The treasurer of state shall appoint such employees as are necessary to carry out the functions of his office. Each employee shall be covered by a fidelity or surety bond, the premium on which shall be paid out of appropriations made to the treasurer of state.

... (A) The treasurer of state may require an individual who applies for employment with, or is employed by, the treasurer of state's office to undergo a criminal records check conducted by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code. If, pursuant to this division, the treasurer of state requires an individual to undergo a cri...

... (A) As used in sections 113.05 to 113.40 of the Revised Code: (1) "Account," "appropriation," "disbursement," "electronic funds transfer," "fund," and "warrant" have the same meanings as in section 131.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Assets" has the same meaning as in section 131.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include items held in safekeeping by the treasurer of state including, but not limited to, collate...

...(A) The treasurer of state or the officer who performs the duties of the office of treasurer of state is the custodian of the funds required by law to be kept in the custody of the treasurer of state. The custodial duties of the treasurer of state include safekeeping the custodial funds and investment assets of an owner; collecting principal, dividends, distributions, and interest on custodial funds and investments ...

...Except as otherwise provided by law, every state officer, employee, and agent shall, at the times and in the manner prescribed by rule of the treasurer of state, pay to the treasurer of state all money, checks, and drafts received for the state, or for the use of the officer, employee, or agent, from taxes, assessments, licenses, premiums, fees, penalties, fines, costs, sales, rentals, or otherwise. The rules shall i...

...Except as provided in section 113.10 of the Revised Code, all moneys deposited with the treasurer of state, the disposition of which is not otherwise provided for by law, shall be credited to the general revenue fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. If a warrant for the payment of money from the state treasury has been illegally or improperly issued, or the amount of a warrant exceeds the sum that shou...