REPRESENTATIVES Jolivette, Peterson, Coates

To amend section 124.04 and to enact section 124.139

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of the Revised Code to grant state employees 30

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days paid leave per year to serve as an organ donor

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and seven days paid leave per year to serve as a

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bone marrow donor.

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

Section 1. That section 124.04 be amended and section 124.139	6
of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	7

Sec. 124.04.  In addition to those powers enumerated in	8
Chapters 123. and 125. of the Revised Code and as provided	9
elsewhere by law, the powers, duties, and functions of the	10
department of administrative services not specifically vested in	11
and assigned to, or to be performed by, the state personnel board	12
of review are hereby vested in and assigned to, and shall be	13
performed by, the director of administrative services. These	14
powers, duties, and functions shall include, but shall not be	15
limited to, the following powers, duties, and functions:	16

(A) To prepare, conduct, and grade all competitive	17
examinations for positions in the classified state service;	18

(B) To prepare, conduct, and grade all noncompetitive	19
examinations for positions in the classified state service;	20

(C) To prepare eligible lists containing the names of	21
persons qualified for appointment to positions in the classified	22
state service;	23

(D) To prepare or amend, in accordance with section 124.14	24
of the Revised Code, specifications descriptive of duties,	25
responsibilities, requirements, and desirable qualifications of	26
the various classifications of positions in the state service;	27

(E) To allocate and reallocate, upon the motion of the	28
director or upon request of an appointing authority and in	29
accordance with section 124.14 of the Revised Code, any position,	30
office, or employment in the state service to the appropriate	31
classification on the basis of the duties, responsibilities,	32
requirements, and qualifications of suchthat position, office, or	33
employment;	34

(F) To develop and conduct personnel recruitment services	35
for positions in the state service;	36

(G) To conduct research on specifications, classifications,	37
and salaries of positions in the state service;	38

(H) To develop and conduct personnel training programs in	39
cooperation with appointing authorities;	40

(I) To include periodically in communications sent to state	41
employees informationboth of the following:	42

(1) Information developed under section 2108.15 of the	43
Revised Code promoting the donation of anatomical gifts under	44
Chapter 2108. of the Revised Code;	45

(2) Information about the organ donor and bone marrow donor	46
leave granted under section 124.139 of the Revised Code.	47

(J) To enter into agreements with universities and colleges	48
for in-service training of personnel in the civil service;	49

(K) To appoint such examiners, inspectors, clerks, and other	50
assistants as are necessary in the exercise of the powers and	51
performance of the duties and functions which the director is by	52
law authorized and required to exercise and perform, and to	53
prescribe the duties of all suchof those employees;	54

(L) To maintain a journal, which shall be open to public	55
inspection, in which the director shall keep a record of the	56
director's final decision pertaining to the classification or	57
reclassification of positions in the state classified service and	58
assignment or reassignment of employees in the state classified	59
service to specific position classifications;	60

(M) To delegate any of the powers, functions, or duties	61
granted or assigned to the director under this chapter to any	62
other state agency of this state as the director considers	63
necessary;	64

(N) To delegate any of the powers, functions, or duties	65
granted or assigned to the director under this chapter to any	66
political subdivision with the concurrence of the legislative	67
authority of the political subdivision.	68

Sec. 124.139. (A) A state employee shall receive two hundred	69
forty hours of leave with pay during each calendar year to use	70
during those hours when the employee is absent from work because	71
of service as an organ donor.	72

(B) A state employee shall receive fifty-six hours of leave	73
with pay during each calendar year to use during those hours when	74
the employee is absent from work because of service as a bone	75
marrow donor.	76

(C) An appointing authority shall compensate a state	77
employee who uses leave granted under division (A) or (B) of this	78
section at the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular	79
work hours during which the employee is absent from work.	80

(D)(1) The director of administrative services, under	81
section 124.04 of the Revised Code, shall provide information	82
about this section to employees who are paid directly by warrant	83
of the auditor of state.	84

(2) The appointing authority of employees who are not paid	85
directly by warrant of the auditor of state shall periodically	86
provide information about this section to those employees.	87

Section 2. That existing section 124.04 of the Revised Code	88
is hereby repealed.	89

Section 3. The General Assembly hereby encourages political	90
subdivisions and private employers in this state to grant to their	91
employees paid leave similar to the paid leave granted to state	92
employees under section 124.139 of the Revised Code, as enacted by	93
this act.	94