(B)(1) Subject to divisiondivisions (C) and (D) of this | 31 |
section, through calendar year 2006, the board of county | 32 |
commissioners shall be responsible for paying the compensation of | 33 |
the librarian and up to two assistant librarians of the law | 34 |
library appointed by the board of trustees of the law library | 35 |
association under section 3375.48 of the Revised Code and the | 36 |
costs of the space in the county courthouse or other building that | 37 |
the board provides for the use of the law library under division | 38 |
(A) of this section, the utilities for that space, and furniture | 39 |
and fixtures for the law library. | 40 |
(2)(a) In calendar years 2007 through 2010, the board of | 41 |
county commissioners and the board of trustees shall be | 42 |
responsible for paying the compensation of the librarian and up to | 43 |
two assistant librarians appointed under section 3375.48 of the | 44 |
Revised Code and the costs of the space in the county courthouse | 45 |
or other building that the board of county commissioners provides | 46 |
for the use of the law library under division (A) of this section, | 47 |
the utilities for that space, and furniture and fixtures for the | 48 |
law library as follows: | 49 |
(3)(a) Beginning in calendar year 2011 and thereafter, the | 81 |
board of trustees shall be responsible for paying the compensation | 82 |
of the librarian and all assistant librarians appointed under | 83 |
section 3375.48 of the Revised Code as well as the costs of the | 84 |
space in the county courthouse or other building that the board of | 85 |
county commissioners provides for the use of the law library under | 86 |
division (A) of this section, the utilities for that space, and | 87 |
the law library's furniture and fixtures. | 88 |
(C) At any time prior to calendar year 2011, the board of | 95 |
trustees of a law library association referred to in section | 96 |
3375.48 of the Revised Code may elect to assume responsibility for | 97 |
paying the entire compensation of the librarian and all assistant | 98 |
librarians of the law library appointed under section 3375.48 of | 99 |
the Revised Code. If the board of trustees elects to assume that | 100 |
responsibility, the board of county commissioners of the county in | 101 |
which the association is located has no further obligation under | 102 |
division (B) of this section to make payments for the compensation | 103 |
of the law librarian and up to two assistant librarians. | 104 |
(D)If(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(2) of | 105 |
this section, if the board of trustees of a law library | 106 |
association referred to in section 3375.48 of the Revised Code | 107 |
rents, leases, lease-purchases, or otherwise acquires space to | 108 |
expand or enlarge the law library for the use of the law library, | 109 |
or constructs, enlarges, renovates, or otherwise modifies | 110 |
buildings or other structures to provide space for the use of the | 111 |
law library, the board of county commissioners of the county in | 112 |
which the association is located has no further obligation under | 113 |
division (A) of this section to provide space in the county | 114 |
courthouse or any other building located in the county seat for | 115 |
the use of the law library and utilities for that space, and has | 116 |
no further obligation under division (B) of this section to make | 117 |
payments for the compensation of the librarian and up to two | 118 |
assistant librarians of the law library appointed under section | 119 |
3375.48 of the Revised Code and for the costs of space in the | 120 |
county courthouse or anany other building for the use of the law | 121 |
library, the utilities for that space, and the law library's | 122 |
furniture and fixtures. | 123 |
(E)(F) The books, computer
communications console that is a | 134 |
means of access to a system of
computerized legal research, | 135 |
microform materials and equipment,
videotape materials and | 136 |
equipment, audio or visual materials and
equipment, other | 137 |
materials and equipment utilized in conducting
legal research, | 138 |
furniture, and fixtures of the law library association that
are | 139 |
owned by, and used exclusively in, the law library are exempt
from | 140 |
taxation. | 141 |
Section 3. No board of trustees of a law library association | 144 |
referred to in section 3375.48 of the Revised Code or board of | 145 |
county commissioners shall be required to repay any funds | 146 |
identified in a finding for recovery made by the Auditor of State | 147 |
as the result of such a board of trustees having elected to pay, | 148 |
in violation of current section 3375.49 of the Revised Code or the | 149 |
version of that section in effect before the effective date of the | 150 |
amendments to that section made by Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th | 151 |
General Assembly, the entire amount of the compensation of the law | 152 |
librarian and any assistant librarians of its law library | 153 |
appointed under section 3375.48 of the Revised Code. Neither the | 154 |
prosecuting attorney of the county in which the violation occurred | 155 |
nor the Attorney General is under any obligation to act, and shall | 156 |
not act, upon the Auditor of State's finding of recovery, and the | 157 |
finding for recovery shall be considered resolved for the purposes | 158 |
of section 9.24 of the Revised Code. | 159 |
Sec. 503.06. (A) There is hereby created the Task Force on | 162 |
Law Library Associations, consisting of thirteen members. The | 163 |
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall | 164 |
each appoint one member of the House of Representatives to the | 165 |
Task Force. The President and Minority Leader of the Senate shall | 166 |
each appoint one member of the Senate to the Task Force. The Ohio | 167 |
Judicial Conference shall appoint three members to the Task Force, | 168 |
two of whom shall be judges who are members of the Conference and | 169 |
one of whom shall be a law librarian associated with a law library | 170 |
association. The County Commissioners Association of Ohio shall | 171 |
appoint three members to the Task Force. The Ohio State Bar | 172 |
Association shall appoint three members to the Task Force, two of | 173 |
whom shall be attorneys licensed to practice law in this state and | 174 |
one of whom shall be a law librarian associated with a law library | 175 |
association. Appointments to the Task Force shall be made by | 176 |
September 1, 2005. Vacancies on the Task Force shall be filled in | 177 |
the manner provided for original appointments. | 178 |