REPRESENTATIVES Reidelbach, Hollister, Seitz, Calvert, Seaver, Niehaus, G. Smith, Schmidt, Setzer, Husted, Latta, Kearns, Webster, Patton, Williams, Distel, Lendrum, Faber, Schneider, Carmichael, Flowers

To amend sections 101.531, 111.12, 149.09, and 149.091

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of the Revised Code to authorize the Secretary of

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State to distribute certain documents in an

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electronic format subject to certain conditions.

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

Section 1. That sections 101.531, 111.12, 149.09, and 149.091	5
of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 101.531.  The material used in printingproducing bills	7
shall be held and used to printproduce pamphlet laws and the	8
session laws. The lines of each bill shall be numbered.	9

Sec. 111.12. The(A) Subject to division (B) of this	10
section, the secretary of state shall compile and publish	11
biennially in a paper, book, or other nonelectronic format	12
twenty-five hundred copies of the election statistics of Ohio,	13
four thousand copies of the official roster of federal, state, and	14
county officers, and twenty-five hundred copies of the official	15
roster of township and municipal officers.	16

(B)(1) The secretary of state may compile and publish	17
biennially the election statistics of Ohio, the official roster of	18
federal, state, and county officers, and the official roster of	19
township and municipal officers in an electronic format under	20
section 1306.20 of the Revised Code. Subject to division (B)(2)	21
of this section, the secretary of state may do so instead of	22
compiling and publishing these documents biennially in a paper,	23
book, or other nonelectronic format in the numbers specified in	24
division (A) of this section. If the secretary of state publishes	25
these documents in an electronic format, any rules that the	26
secretary of state adopts under section 1306.20 of the Revised	27
Code relative to these documents in electronic format are not	28
required to be consistent with the rules adopted by the department	29
of administrative services under division (A) of section 1306.21	30
of the Revised Code.	31

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (B)	32
of section 1306.20 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state	33
shall maintain the ability to compile and publish, and shall	34
compile and publish, biennially in a paper, book, or other	35
nonelectronic format copies of the election statistics of Ohio,	36
the official roster of federal, state, and county officers, and	37
the official roster of township and municipal officers for	38
purposes of requests made under section 149.43 of the Revised Code	39
for copies of those documents in such format. Subject to the	40
applicable maximum number of copies required to be published under	41
division (A) of this section, the secretary of state shall provide	42
a copy of any of these documents in their paper, book, or other	43
nonelectronic format to a party making such a request under	44
section 149.43 of the Revised Code.	45

Sec. 149.09. (A) The secretary of state shall distribute	46
the pamphlet laws in the following manner: one copy of each	47
pamphlet law shall be forwarded to each county law library, one	48
copy of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to each county	49
auditor, and one hundred copies of each pamphlet law shall be	50
forwarded to the state library board, which shall forward to each	51
library that receives publications under section 149.12 of the	52
Revised Code one copy of each pamphlet law received. AnyThe	53
secretary of state shall distribute any remaining copies of each	54
pamphlet law received by the secretary of state shall be	55
distributed by the secretary of state on the request of interested	56
persons.	57

(B)(1) The secretary of state may produce and distribute the	58
pamphlet laws in an electronic format under section 1306.20 of the	59
Revised Code. If the secretary of state produces and distributes	60
the pamphlet laws in an electronic format, any rules that the	61
secretary of state adopts under section 1306.20 of the Revised	62
Code relative to the pamphlet laws in electronic format are not	63
required to be consistent with the rules adopted by the department	64
of administrative services under division (A) of section 1306.21	65
of the Revised Code. In those rules, the secretary of state shall	66
establish a schedule for the electronic distribution of the	67
pamphlet laws to county law libraries, county auditors, and the	68
state library board in accordance with division (A) of this	69
section and may authorize the compiling of one or more pamphlet	70
laws in the same electronic distribution.	71

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (B)	72
of section 1306.20 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state	73
shall maintain the ability to produce and distribute, and shall	74
produce and distribute, in a nonelectronic format copies of the	75
pamphlet laws for purposes of requests made under section 149.43	76
of the Revised Code for copies in that format. The secretary of	77
state shall provide a copy of a pamphlet law in its nonelectronic	78
format to a party making such a request under section 149.43 of	79
the Revised Code.	80

Sec. 149.091. The(A) Subject to division (B) of this	81
section, the secretary of state shall compile, publish, and	82
distribute either annually or biennially in a paper format a	83
maximum of nine hundred copies of the session laws in permanently	84
bound form, either annually or biennially. The permanently bound	85
volumesannual or biennial publication shall contain copies of all	86
enrolled acts and joint resolutions, and. The secretary of state	87
shall containcause to be printed with each compilation of	88
enrolled acts and joint resolutions distributed a subject index	89
and, a table indicating Revised Code sections affected. The	90
secretary of state shall cause to be printed in each volume, and	91
the secretary of state's certificate that the laws, as assembled	92
thereinso compiled and distributed, are true copies of the	93
original enrolled billsacts or joint resolutions in the secretary	94
of state's office.	95

The secretary of state shall distribute the permanently bound	96
volumescompilations of the session laws in the following manner:	97

(A)(1) One hundred nine copies shall be forwarded to the	98
clerk of the house of representatives.	99

(B)(2) Forty-three copies shall be forwarded to the clerk of	100
the senate.	101

(C)(3) One copy shall be forwarded to each county auditor.

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(D)(4) One copy shall be forwarded to each county law	103
library.	104

(E)(5) Seventy-five copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio	105
supreme court.	106

(F)(6) Two copies shall be forwarded to the division of the	107
library of congress.	108

(G)(7) Two copies shall be forwarded to the state library.

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(H)(8) Two copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio historical	110
society.	111

(I)(9) Thirteen copies shall be forwarded to the legislative	112
service commission.	113

(J)(10) Two hundred copies may be distributed, free of	114
charge, to public officials.	115

(K)(11) Remaining copiescompilations may be sold by the	116
secretary of state at a price to be determined by the department	117
of administrative services, but suchthat selling price shall not	118
exceed by ten per cent the cost of publication and distribution.	119

(B) The secretary of state annually or biennially may	120
compile, publish, and distribute the session laws in an electronic	121
format under section 1306.20 of the Revised Code. The secretary	122
of state may do so instead of compiling and publishing the session	123
laws as provided in division (A) of this section. If the	124
secretary of state compiles and publishes the session laws in an	125
electronic format, the following apply:	126

(1) Any rules that the secretary of state adopts under	127
section 1306.20 of the Revised Code relative to the session laws	128
in electronic format are not required to be consistent with the	129
rules adopted by the department of administrative services under	130
division (A) of section 1306.21 of the Revised Code.	131

(2) The session laws in electronic format shall include	132
copies of all enrolled acts and joint resolutions and shall	133
contain a subject index and a table indicating Revised Code	134
sections affected.	135

(3) Each compilation of the session laws in electronic	136
format shall include the secretary of state's certificate that the	137
laws as so compiled and published are true copies of the original	138
enrolled acts and joint resolutions in the secretary of state's	139
office.	140

(4) The session laws may be distributed in an electronic	141
format to an individual or entity listed in divisions (A)(1) to	142
(9) of this section in a lesser number than that prescribed in the	143
applicable division if the individual or entity consents to the	144
lesser distribution.	145

(5) Notwithstanding the maximum number of compilations	146
permitted to be distributed under division (A)(10) of this	147
section, the session laws may be distributed in an electronic	148
format to public officials free of charge.	149

(6) Subject to the selling price limitation of division	150
(A)(11) of this section, the session laws may be sold in an	151
electronic format to individuals or entities not covered by	152
divisions (A)(1) to (10) of this section.	153

Section 2. That existing sections 101.531, 111.12, 149.09,	154
and 149.091 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	155