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Section 5153.13 | Bonds.

 

Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon official duties, the executive director shall give a bond to the county in such sum as is fixed by the public children services agency, with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the faithful performance of official duties and the full and faithful accounting of all funds and properties of the agency or county coming into the executive director's hands. Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon such duties, the executive director shall give a bond to the probate court, with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the full and faithful accounting of all trust funds which the executive director holds on behalf of wards. The amount of such bond shall be determined by the court and may be modified by the court, provided that the minimum amount of the bond shall be five thousand dollars.

The agency may require any other employee thereof, including the superintendent of the children's home, having custody or control of funds or property, to give bond to the county, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, in such sum as the board determines, with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of such employee and the full and faithful accounting of any funds and properties coming into the employee's hands. The cost of such bonds shall be paid by the agency.

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