Section 101.83 | Expiration date of agencies - renewal.
(A) It is the intent of the general assembly that an agency shall expire by operation of sunset review law, sections 101.82 to 101.87 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 expires at the end of the thirty-first day of December in the second year of the next even-numbered general assembly; and
(3) An agency renewed by a prior sunset review committee expires on the expiration date specified in the act that renewed the agency.
(B) Any act renewing an agency shall contain a distinct section providing a specific expiration date for the agency in accordance with this section. With respect to an agency scheduled to expire through operation of sunset review law, sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code, the specific expiration date shall be the thirty-first day of December in the second year of a general assembly.
(C) If the general assembly does not renew or transfer an agency on or before its expiration date, it expires on that date.
The director of budget and management shall not authorize the expenditure of any moneys for any agency on or after the date of its expiration.
(D) The general assembly may provide by law for the orderly, efficient, and expeditious conclusion of an agency's business and operation. The rules, orders, licenses, contracts, and other actions made, taken, granted, or performed by the agency continue in effect according to their terms notwithstanding the agency's abolition, unless the general assembly provides otherwise by law. The general assembly may provide by law for the temporary or permanent transfer of some or all of a terminated or transferred agency's functions and personnel to a successor agency or officer.
The abolition, termination, or transfer of an agency does not cause the termination or dismissal of any claim pending against the agency by any person, or any claim pending against any person by the agency. Unless the general assembly provides otherwise by law for the substitution of parties, the attorney general shall succeed the agency with reference to any pending claim.
(E) An agency may be renewed by passage of a bill that continues the statutes creating and empowering the agency, that amends or repeals those statutes, or that enacts new statutes, to improve agency usefulness, performance, or effectiveness.
(F) The chairperson of an agency listed in division (A)(27) of section 101.82 of the Revised Code shall notify the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, in the manner specified in section 101.68 of the Revised Code, and shall notify the governor, if federal law is modified to eliminate the purpose or necessity for the agency's existence. The notification shall be in writing and include the following disclosure:
"The agency known as the _______ was exempted from sunset review law because it had a purpose related to federal law. The federal law specifying that purpose has been amended or repealed eliminating the purpose or necessity for the agency. The sunset review committee, next convened under section 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code, shall schedule the agency for review and shall make a recommendation with respect to the agency in accordance with section 101.87 of the Revised Code."
Last updated February 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Available Versions of this Section
- June 30, 2011 – Senate Bill 171 - 129th General Assembly [ View June 30, 2011 Version ]
- December 19, 2016 – House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly [ View December 19, 2016 Version ]
- April 12, 2021 – Amended by Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly [ View April 12, 2021 Version ]
- April 9, 2025 – Amended by House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly [ View April 9, 2025 Version ]