As Passed by the House                        1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                              Am. S. B. No. 110  5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


          SENATORS BLESSING-GARDNER-LATTA-FINAN-WHITE-             8            

     REPRESENTATIVES LUEBBERS-TERWILLEGER-GARCIA-KRUPINSKI-        9            

         SCHULER-BRITTON-VESPER-PRENTISS-MALLORY-PATTON-           10           

                     WILLAMOWSKI-ALLEN-REID                        11           


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             To enact sections 325.25 and 505.05 of the Revised    15           

                Code  to authorize a county agency, common pleas   17           

                court, county  court, or  county-operated          19           

                municipal court, or a township office or           20           

                department, to recognize  outstanding employee     21           

                performance.                                       22           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        24           

      Section 1.  That sections 325.25 and 505.05 of the Revised   26           

Code be enacted to read as follows:                                28           

      Sec. 325.25.  UPON NOTIFYING THE BOARD OF COUNTY             30           

COMMISSIONERS, ANY APPOINTING AUTHORITY OF A COUNTY OFFICE,        31           

DEPARTMENT, COMMISSION, BOARD, OR BODY, OR OF A COMMON PLEAS       32           

COURT, COUNTY COURT, OR COUNTY-OPERATED MUNICIPAL COURT AS         33           

DEFINED IN SECTION 1901.03 OF THE REVISED CODE, MAY ESTABLISH A    34           

PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE.  THE        35           

PROGRAM MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, CASH AWARDS,           36           

ADDITIONAL PAID LEAVE, OR OTHER ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AS THE         37           

APPOINTING AUTHORITY CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE, SO LONG AS THE COSTS   38           

OF THE PROGRAM DO NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION      39           

FIXED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OFFICE,         40           

DEPARTMENT, COMMISSION, BOARD, OR BODY OR FOR THE COMMON PLEAS     41           

COURT, COUNTY COURT, OR COUNTY-OPERATED MUNICIPAL COURT.           42           

      Sec. 505.05.  UPON NOTIFYING THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP           44           

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TRUSTEES, ANY APPOINTING AUTHORITY OF A TOWNSHIP OFFICE OR         45           

DEPARTMENT MAY ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING        46           

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE.  THE PROGRAM MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT         47           

LIMITED TO, CASH AWARDS, ADDITIONAL PAID LEAVE, OR OTHER                        

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AS THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY CONSIDERS          48           

APPROPRIATE, SO LONG AS THE COSTS OF THE PROGRAM DO NOT EXCEED     49           

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FIXED BY THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP    50           

TRUSTEES FOR THE OFFICE OR DEPARTMENT.