REPRESENTATIVES Reidelbach, Hollister, Seitz, Calvert, Seaver, Niehaus, G. Smith, Schmidt, Setzer, Husted, Latta, Kearns, Webster, Patton, Williams, Distel, Lendrum, Faber, Schneider, Carmichael, Flowers, Hughes, Wolpert, McGregor, Salerno, Coates, Peterson, Sullivan, Cirelli, Barrett, Boccieri, Gilb, Oakar, Latell

To amend sections 101.531, 111.12, 149.09, 149.091,

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and 149.11 of the Revised Code to authorize the

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Secretary of State to distribute certain documents

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in an electronic format.

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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, 149.091,	5
and 149.11 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 101.531.  The material used in printing or producing	7
bills shall be held and used to print or produce pamphlet laws and	8
the session laws. The lines of each bill shall be numbered.	9

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

(B) 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 instead of	20
compiling and publishing these documents biennially in a paper,	21
book, or other nonelectronic format in the numbers specified in	22
division (A) of this section. If the secretary of state does so,	23
the secretary of state shall maintain the ability to provide	24
copies of the election statistics of Ohio, the official roster of	25
federal, state, and county officers, and the official roster of	26
township and municipal officers in accordance with section 149.43	27
of the Revised Code.	28

Sec. 149.09. The(A) Except as otherwise provided in division	29
(B) of this section, the secretary of state shall distribute the	30
pamphlet laws in the following manner: one copy of each pamphlet	31
law shall be forwarded to each county law library, one copy of	32
each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to each county auditor, and	33
one hundred copies of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to the	34
state library board, which shall forward to each library that	35
receives publications under section 149.12 of the Revised Code one	36
copy of each pamphlet law received. AnyThe secretary of state	37
shall distribute any remaining copies of each pamphlet law	38
received by the secretary of state shall be distributed by the	39
secretary of state on the request of interested persons.	40

(B)(1) If the secretary of state chooses to distribute the	41
pamphlet laws in an electronic format instead of distributing	42
copies as provided in division (A) of this section in a paper	43
format, the secretary of state shall notify the clerk of the house	44
of representatives and the clerk of the senate that the printing	45
of paper copies for purposes of this section is no longer	46
necessary and that the secretary of state intends to produce and	47
distribute the pamphlet laws in an electronic format. The	48
secretary of state shall be responsible for paying for the cost of	49
producing and distributing the pamphlet laws in an electronic	50
format.	51

(2) The secretary of state shall establish, by rule, a	52
schedule for the distribution of pamphlet laws in an electronic	53
format to county law libraries, county auditors, and the state	54
library board.	55

(3) The secretary of state may compile one or more pamphlet	56
laws in the same electronic distribution.	57

(4) The secretary of state shall maintain the ability to	58
provide copies of the pamphlet laws in accordance with section	59
149.43 of the Revised Code.	60

Sec. 149.091. The(A) Except as otherwise provided in	61
division (C) of this section, the secretary of state shall	62
compile, publish, and distribute either annually or biennially in	63
a paper format a maximum of nine hundred copies of the session	64
laws in permanently bound form, either annually or biennially. The	65
permanently bound volumesannual or biennial publication shall	66
contain copies of all enrolled acts and joint resolutions, and.	67
The secretary of state shall containcause to be printed with each	68
compilation of enrolled acts and joint resolutions distributed a	69
subject index and, a table indicating Revised Code sections	70
affected. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed in	71
each volume, and the secretary of state's certificate that the	72
laws, as assembled thereincompiled and distributed, are true	73
copies of the original enrolled billsacts or joint resolutions in	74
the secretary of state's office.	75

The secretary of state shall distribute the permanently bound	76
volumescompilations of the session laws in the following manner:	77

(A) One hundred nine copies shall be forwarded to the clerk	78
of the house of representatives.	79

(B) Forty-three copies shall be forwarded to the clerk of	80
the senate.	81

(C)(1) One copy shall be forwarded to each county auditor.

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(D)(2) One copy shall be forwarded to each county law	83
library.	84

(E) Seventy-five copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio	85
supreme court.	86

(F) Two copies shall be forwarded to the division of the	87
library of congress.	88

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

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(H) Two copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio historical	90
society.	91

(I) Thirteen copies shall be forwarded to the legislative	92
service commission.	93

(J)(3) Two hundred copies may be distributed, free of	94
charge, to public officials.	95

(K)(4) Remaining copiescompilations may be sold by the	96
secretary of state at a price to be determined by the department	97
of administrative services, but such selling pricethat shall not	98
exceed by ten per cent the actual cost of publication and	99
distribution.	100

(B) Notwithstanding division (C) of this section, the	101
secretary of state shall compile, publish, and distribute, either	102
annually or biennially, in permanently bound volumes, a minimum of	103
twenty-five copies of the session laws. The annual or biennial	104
volumes shall contain copies of all enrolled acts and joint	105
resolutions. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed	106
with each volume of enrolled acts and joint resolutions	107
distributed a subject index, a table indicating Revised Code	108
sections affected, and the secretary of state's certificate that	109
the laws so assembled are true copies of the original enrolled	110
acts or joint resolutions in the secretary of state's office.	111

The secretary of state shall distribute the permanently	112
bound volumes of the session laws in the following manner:	113

(1) Five copies shall be forwarded to the clerk of the	114
house of representatives.	115

(2) Five copies shall be forwarded to the clerk of the	116
senate.	117

(3) Five copies shall be forwarded to the legislative	118
service commission.	119

(4) Two copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio supreme	120
court.	121

(5) Two copies shall be forwarded to the division of the	122
library of congress.	123

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

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(7) Two copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio historical	125
society.	126

(8) Two copies shall be retained by the secretary of state.

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(C) The secretary of state annually or biennially may	128
compile, publish, and distribute the session laws in an electronic	129
format instead of compiling and publishing the session laws as	130
provided in division (A) of this section. If the secretary of	131
state compiles and publishes the session laws in an electronic	132
format, the following apply:	133

(1) The session laws in electronic format shall include	134
copies of all enrolled acts and joint resolutions and shall	135
contain a subject index and a table indicating Revised Code	136
sections affected.	137

(2) Each compilation of the session laws in electronic	138
format shall include the secretary of state's certificate that the	139
laws so compiled and published are true copies of the original	140
enrolled acts and joint resolutions in the secretary of state's	141
office.	142

(3) The session laws may be distributed in an electronic	143
format to public officials free of charge.	144

(4) The session laws may be sold in an electronic format to	145
individuals or entities not specified in division (A) or (B) of	146
this section. The price shall not exceed the actual cost of	147
producing and distributing the session laws in an electronic	148
format.	149

Sec. 149.11.  Any department, division, bureau, board, or	150
commission of the state government issuing a report, pamphlet,	151
document, or other publication intended for general public use and	152
distribution, which publication is reproduced by duplicating	153
processes such as mimeograph, multigraph, planograph, rotaprint,	154
or multilith, or printed internally or through a contract awarded	155
to any person, company, or the state printing division of the	156
department of administrative services, shall cause to be delivered	157
to the state library one hundred copies of suchthe publication,	158
subject to the provisions of section 125.42 of the Revised Code.	159

The state library board shall distribute the publications so	160
received as follows:	161

(A) Retain two copies in the state library;

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(B) Send two copies to the document division of the library	163
of congress;	164

(C) Send one copy to the Ohio historical society and to each	165
public or college library in the state designated by the state	166
library board to be a depository for state publications. In	167
designating which libraries shall be depositories, the board shall	168
select those libraries whichthat can best preserve suchthose	169
publications and whichthat are so located geographically as will	170
make the publications conveniently accessible to residents in all	171
areas of the state;.	172

(D) Send one copy to each state in exchange for like	173
publications of suchthat state.	174

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any	175
publication of the general assembly or to the publications	176
described in sections 149.07, 149.08, 149.09149.091, and 149.17	177
of the Revised Code, except that the secretary of state shall	178
forward to the document division of the library of congress two	179
copies of all journals, seventwo copies of the session laws in	180
bound form as provided for in section 149.09149.091 of the	181
Revised Code, and seventwo copies of all appropriation laws in	182
separate form.	183

Section 2. That existing sections 101.531, 111.12, 149.09,	184
149.091, and 149.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	185