As Reported by the Senate Rules Committee

126th General Assembly Regular Session 2005-2006

Sub. H. B. No. 694

Representatives DeWine, Calvert, Trakas, Peterson, McGregor, R., Dolan, Webster, Raga, Flowers, Martin, Evans, C., Aslanides, Coley, Evans, D., Hagan, Hughes, Law, Oelslager, Patton, T., Reidelbach, Schaffer, Seaver, Setzer, Wagoner, White, J., Widener, Widowfield 

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A BILL

To amend sections 3517.13 and 3517.992 and to enact

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sections 109.96 and 3517.093 of the Revised Code

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to limit solicitations of and political

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contributions by owners and certain family members

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of owners of businesses that are seeking or that

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have been awarded public contracts, to require the

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Attorney General to develop and provide to each

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executive agency model contracts that the agency

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is required to use in any contract the agency

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enters into, and to make other changes to the

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Campaign Finance Law.

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

Section 1. That sections 3517.13 and 3517.992 be amended and	12
sections 109.96 and 3517.093 of the Revised Code be enacted to	13
read as follows:	14

Sec. 109.96. (A) The attorney general shall develop and	15
provide to each executive agency model contracts appropriate for	16
use in contracts awarded by the agency.	17

(B) An executive agency that receives model contracts under	18
division (A) of this section shall use those model contracts in	19
any contract the agency enters into. In using model contracts	20
under this division, an executive agency may modify, alter, or add	21
to the model contracts as the agency considers appropriate.	22

(C) As used in this section, "executive agency" has the same	23
meaning as in section 121.60 of the Revised Code.	24

Sec. 3517.093.  (A) As used in this section:

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(1) "Family member of the holder of the state contract" means	26
both of the following:	27

(a) The spouse of any person identified in division (A)(3) of	28
this section;	29

(b) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years of	30
age of any person identified in division (A)(3) of this section.	31

(2) "Holder of the public office with ultimate responsibility	32
for the award of the contract" means all of the following:	33

(a) The governor and lieutenant governor, if the contract is	34
awarded by the office of the governor;	35

(b) The governor, if the governor appoints a public officer	36
who is responsible for the award of the contract, whether or not	37
the appointment is subject to the advice and consent of the	38
senate;	39

(c) The secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of	40
state, and attorney general, if the contract is awarded by the	41
respective office;	42

(d) The president of the senate, if the contract is awarded	43
by the senate;	44

(e) The speaker of the house of representatives, if the	45
contract is awarded by the house of representatives.	46

(3) "Holder of the state contract" means any of the	47
following:	48

(a) An individual who has been awarded a state contract;

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(b) Any partner or owner of a partnership or other	50
unincorporated business that has been awarded a state contract;	51

(c) Any shareholder of an association, including, without	52
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	53
1785. of the Revised Code, that has been awarded a state contract;	54

(d) Any administrator of an estate that has been awarded a	55
state contract;	56

(e) Any executor of an estate that has been awarded a state	57
contract;	58

(f) Any trustee of a trust that has been awarded a state	59
contract;	60

(g) Any owner of more than twenty per cent of a corporation	61
or business trust, except a professional association organized	62
under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, that has been awarded a	63
state contract.	64

(4) "State contract" means a contract awarded by any agency	65
or department of this state, the administrator of workers'	66
compensation, or the employees of the bureau of workers'	67
compensation for the purchase of goods costing more than five	68
hundred dollars or services costing more than five hundred	69
dollars.	70

(5) "Electioneering communication" has the same meaning as in	71
section 3517.1011 of the Revised Code.	72

(B) Beginning on the date a state contract is awarded and	73
extending until one year following the conclusion of that	74
contract, the holder of the public office with ultimate	75
responsibility for the award of the contract, that officeholder's	76
campaign committee, and any person acting on behalf of that	77
officeholder shall not solicit a contribution from or direct a	78
contribution by the holder of the state contract or a family	79
member of the holder of the state contract to any of the	80
following:	81

(1) Any candidate or the campaign committee of any candidate;

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(2) A political party;

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(3) A ballot issue committee or a political action committee	84
or other entity the primary purpose of which is to support or	85
oppose any ballot issue or question that will be presented to	86
voters throughout the entire state;	87

(4) A legislative campaign fund;

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(5) Any person that the holder of the public office knows or	89
should know has done either of the following during the current	90
calendar year or during the two previous calendar years:	91

(a) Made a disbursement or disbursements for the direct costs	92
of producing or airing electioneering communications;	93

(b) Made a disbursement or disbursements for the direct costs	94
of producing or airing communications that, if made in Ohio, would	95
constitute electioneering communications.	96

(C) No candidate, campaign committee, political party, ballot	97
issue committee, political action committee, legislative campaign	98
fund, person, or other entity shall knowingly accept a	99
contribution that is solicited or directed in violation of	100
division (B) of this section.	101

(D) Division (B) of this section does not apply to	102
solicitations made by the holder of the public office with	103
ultimate responsibility for the award of the contract, that	104
officeholder's campaign committee, or any person acting on behalf	105
of that officeholder for contributions to the officeholder's	106
campaign committee.	107

(E)(1) Division (B) of this section does not apply to	108
solicitations of contributions from or the directing of	109
contributions by the holder of the state contract before the	110
person became a partner or owner of the partnership or other	111
unincorporated business, shareholder of the association,	112
administrator of the estate, executor of the estate, trustee of	113
the trust, or owner of more than twenty per cent of a corporation	114
or business trust or after the person ceased to hold any of those	115
positions.	116

(2) Division (B) of this section does not apply to	117
solicitations of contributions from or the directing of	118
contributions by a spouse of the holder of the state contract in	119
any of the following circumstances:	120

(a) Before the holder of the state contract became a partner	121
or owner of the partnership or other unincorporated business,	122
shareholder of the association, administrator of the estate,	123
executor of the estate, trustee of the trust, or owner of more	124
than twenty per cent of a corporation or business trust;	125

(b) After the holder of the state contract ceased to be a	126
partner or owner of the partnership or other unincorporated	127
business, shareholder of the association, administrator of the	128
estate, executor of the estate, trustee of the trust, or owner of	129
more than twenty per cent of a corporation or business trust;	130

(c) Before the two were married;

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(d) After the granting of a decree of divorce, dissolution of	132
marriage, or annulment;	133

(e) After the granting of an order in an action brought	134
solely for legal separation.	135

(3) Division (B) of this section does not apply to	136
solicitations of contributions from or the directing of	137
contributions by a child seven years of age through seventeen	138
years of age of the holder of the state contract in either of the	139
following circumstances:	140

(a) Before the holder of the state contract became a partner	141
or owner of the partnership or other unincorporated business,	142
shareholder of the association, administrator of the estate,	143
executor of the estate, trustee of the trust, or owner of more	144
than twenty per cent of a corporation or business trust;	145

(b) After the holder of the state contract ceased to be a	146
partner or owner of the partnership or other unincorporated	147
business, shareholder of the association, administrator of the	148
estate, executor of the estate, trustee of the trust, or owner of	149
more than twenty per cent of a corporation or business trust.	150

Sec. 3517.13.  (A)(1) No campaign committee of a statewide	151
candidate shall fail to file a complete and accurate statement	152
required under division (A)(1) of section 3517.10 of the Revised	153
Code.	154

(2) No campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall fail	155
to file a complete and accurate monthly statement, and no campaign	156
committee of a statewide candidate or a candidate for the office	157
of chief justice or justice of the supreme court shall fail to	158
file a complete and accurate two-business-day statement, as	159
required under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code.	160

As used in this division, "statewide candidate" has the same	161
meaning as in division (F)(2) of section 3517.10 of the Revised	162
Code.	163

(B) No campaign committee shall fail to file a complete and	164
accurate statement required under division (A)(1) of section	165
3517.10 of the Revised Code.	166

(C) No campaign committee shall fail to file a complete and	167
accurate statement required under division (A)(2) of section	168
3517.10 of the Revised Code.	169

(D) No campaign committee shall fail to file a complete and	170
accurate statement required under division (A)(3) or (4) of	171
section 3517.10 of the Revised Code.	172

(E) No person other than a campaign committee shall knowingly	173
fail to file a statement required under section 3517.10 or	174
3517.107 of the Revised Code.	175

(F) No person shall make cash contributions to any person	176
totaling more than one hundred dollars in each primary, special,	177
or general election.	178

(G)(1) No person shall knowingly conceal or misrepresent	179
contributions given or received, expenditures made, or any other	180
information required to be reported by a provision in sections	181
3517.08 to 3517.13 and 3517.17 of the Revised Code.	182

(2)(a) No person shall make a contribution to a campaign	183
committee, political action committee, political contributing	184
entity, legislative campaign fund, political party, or person	185
making disbursements to pay the direct costs of producing or	186
airing electioneering communications in the name of another	187
person.	188

(b) A person does not make a contribution in the name of	189
another when either of the following applies:	190

(i) An individual makes a contribution from a partnership or	191
other unincorporated business account, if the contribution is	192
reported by listing both the name of the partnership or other	193
unincorporated business and the name of the partner or owner	194
making the contribution as required under division (I) of section	195
3517.10 of the Revised Code.	196

(ii) A person makes a contribution in that person's spouse's	197
name or in both of their names.	198

(H) No person within this state, publishing a newspaper or	199
other periodical, shall charge a campaign committee for political	200
advertising a rate in excess of the rate such person would charge	201
if the campaign committee were a general rate advertiser whose	202
advertising was directed to promoting its business within the same	203
area as that encompassed by the particular office that the	204
candidate of the campaign committee is seeking. The rate shall	205
take into account the amount of space used, as well as the type of	206
advertising copy submitted by or on behalf of the campaign	207
committee. All discount privileges otherwise offered by a	208
newspaper or periodical to general rate advertisers shall be	209
available upon equal terms to all campaign committees.	210

No person within this state, operating a radio or television	211
station or network of stations in this state, shall charge a	212
campaign committee for political broadcasts a rate that exceeds:	213

(1) During the forty-five days preceding the date of a	214
primary election and during the sixty days preceding the date of a	215
general or special election in which the candidate of the campaign	216
committee is seeking office, the lowest unit charge of the station	217
for the same class and amount of time for the same period;	218

(2) At any other time, the charges made for comparable use of	219
that station by its other users.	220

(I)(1)(a) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	221
section, no agency or department of this state or any political	222
subdivision shall award any contract, other than one let by	223
competitive bidding or a contract incidental to such contract or	224
which is by force account, for the purchase of goods costing more	225
than five hundred dollars or services costing more than five	226
hundred dollars to any individual, partnership or other	227
unincorporated business, association, including, without	228
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	229
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust if the individual has	230
made or the individual's spouse has made, or any partner,	231
shareholder, administrator, executor, or trustee or the spouse of	232
any of themany of the following has made, as an individual,	233
within the two previous calendar years, one or more contributions	234
totaling in excess of one thousand dollars to the holder of the	235
public office having ultimate responsibility for the award of the	236
contract or to the public officer's campaign committee.:	237

(i) The individual;

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(ii) Any partner or owner of the partnership or other	239
unincorporated business;	240

(iii) Any shareholder of the association;

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(iv) Any administrator of the estate;

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(v) Any executor of the estate;

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(vi) Any trustee of the trust;

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(vii) The spouse of any person identified in divisions	245
(I)(1)(a)(i) to (vi) of this section;	246

(viii) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years	247
of age of any person identified in divisions (I)(1)(a)(i) to (vi)	248
of this section.	249

(b) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	250
section, no agency or department of this state or any political	251
subdivision shall award any contract for the purchase of goods	252
costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing more	253
than five hundred dollars to any individual, partnership or other	254
unincorporated business, association, including, without	255
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	256
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust if any combination of	257
the following has made, within the two previous calendar years,	258
one or more contributions totaling in excess of two thousand	259
dollars to the holder of the public office having ultimate	260
responsibility for the award of the contract or to the public	261
officer's campaign committee:	262

(i) The individual;

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(ii) Any partner or owner of the partnership or other	264
unincorporated business;	265

(iii) Any shareholder of the association;

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(iv) Any administrator of the estate;

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(v) Any executor of the estate;

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(vi) Any trustee of the trust;

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(vii) The spouse of any person identified in divisions	270
(I)(1)(b)(i) to (vi) of this section;	271

(viii) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years	272
of age of any person identified in divisions (I)(1)(b)(i) to (vi)	273
of this section;	274

(ix) Any political action committee affiliated with the	275
partnership or other unincorporated business, association, estate,	276
or trust.	277

(2)(a) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	278
section, if any agency or department of this state or any	279
political subdivision has awarded a contract for the purchase of	280
goods costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing	281
more than five hundred dollars to any individual, partnership or	282
other unincorporated business, association, including, without	283
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	284
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust, none of the following	285
shall, beginning on the date the contract is awarded and extending	286
until one year following the conclusion of that contract, make one	287
or more contributions totaling in excess of one thousand dollars	288
to the holder of the public office having ultimate responsibility	289
for the award of that contract:	290

(i) The individual;

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(ii) Any partner or owner of the partnership or other	292
unincorporated business;	293

(iii) Any shareholder of the association;

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(iv) Any administrator of the estate;

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(v) Any executor of the estate;

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(vi) Any trustee of the trust;

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(vii) The spouse of any person identified in divisions	298
(I)(2)(a)(i) to (vi) of this section;	299

(viii) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years	300
of age of any person identified in divisions (I)(2)(a)(i) to (vi)	301
of this section.	302

(b) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	303
section, if any agency or department of this state or any	304
political subdivision has awarded a contract for the purchase of	305
goods costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing	306
more than five hundred dollars to any individual, partnership or	307
other unincorporated business, association, including, without	308
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	309
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust, no combination of any	310
of the following shall, beginning on the date the contract is	311
awarded and extending until one year following the conclusion of	312
that contract, make one or more contributions totaling in excess	313
of two thousand dollars to the holder of the public office having	314
ultimate responsibility for the award of that contract:	315

(i) The individual;

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(ii) Any partner or owner of the partnership or other	317
unincorporated business;	318

(iii) Any shareholder of the association;

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(iv) Any administrator of the estate;

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(v) Any executor of the estate;

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(vi) Any trustee of the trust;

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(vii) The spouse of any person identified in divisions	323
(I)(2)(b)(i) to (vi) of this section;	324

(viii) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years	325
of age of any person identified in divisions (I)(2)(b)(i) to (vi)	326
of this section;	327

(ix) Any political action committee affiliated with the	328
partnership or other unincorporated business, association, estate,	329
or trust.	330

(3) Subject to divisions (L), (M), and (N) of this section,	331
no agency or department of this state or any political subdivision	332
shall enter into any contract for the purchase of goods costing	333
more than five hundred dollars or services costing more than five	334
hundred dollars with an individual, partnership or other	335
unincorporated business, association, including, without	336
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	337
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust unless the contract	338
includes a certification by the individual, partnership or other	339
unincorporated business, association, estate, or trust that all of	340
the following persons, if applicable, are in compliance with	341
division (I)(1) of this section:	342

(a) The individual;

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(b) Each partner or owner of the partnership or other	344
unincorporated business;	345

(c) Each shareholder of the association;

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(d) Each administrator of the estate;

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(e) Each executor of the estate;

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(f) Each trustee of the trust;

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(g) Each spouse of any person identified in divisions	350
(I)(3)(a) to (f) of this section;	351

(h) Each child seven years of age to seventeen years of age	352
of any person identified in divisions (I)(3)(a) to (f) of this	353
section;	354

(i) Any combination of persons identified in divisions	355
(I)(3)(a) to (h) of this section.	356

(4)(a) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	357
section, no agency or department of this state or any political	358
subdivision shall award any contract for the purchase of goods	359
costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing more	360
than five hundred dollars to any partnership or other	361
unincorporated business, association, including, without	362
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	363
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust if a political action	364
committee that is affiliated with the partnership or other	365
unincorporated business, association, estate, or trust has made,	366
within the two previous calendar years, one or more contributions	367
totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to the holder of the	368
public office having ultimate responsibility for the award of the	369
contract or to the public officer's campaign committee.	370

(b) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	371
section, if any agency or department of this state or any	372
political subdivision has awarded any contract for the purchase of	373
goods costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing	374
more than five hundred dollars to any partnership or other	375
unincorporated business, association, including, without	376
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	377
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust, no political action	378
committee that is affiliated with the partnership or other	379
unincorporated business, association, estate, or trust shall,	380
beginning on the date the contract is awarded and extending until	381
one year following the conclusion of that contract, make one or	382
more contributions totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to	383
the holder of the public office having ultimate responsibility for	384
the award of the contract or to the public officer's campaign	385
committee.	386

(J)(1)(a) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	387
section, no agency or department of this state or any political	388
subdivision shall award any contract, other than one let by	389
competitive bidding or a contract incidental to such contract or	390
which is by force account, for the purchase of goods costing more	391
than five hundred dollars or services costing more than five	392
hundred dollars to a corporation or business trust, except a	393
professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of the	394
Revised Code, if an owner of more than twenty per cent of the	395
corporation or business trust or the spouse of that personany of	396
the following has made, as an individual, within the two previous	397
calendar years, taking into consideration only owners for all of	398
that period, one or more contributions totaling in excess of one	399
thousand dollars to the holder of a public office having ultimate	400
responsibility for the award of the contract or to the public	401
officer's campaign committee.:	402

(i) An owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation	403
or business trust;	404

(ii) A spouse of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the	405
corporation or business trust;	406

(iii) A child seven years of age through seventeen years of	407
age of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	408
business trust.	409

(b) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	410
section, no agency or department of this state or any political	411
subdivision shall award any contract for the purchase of goods	412
costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing more	413
than five hundred dollars to a corporation or business trust,	414
except a professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of	415
the Revised Code, if any combination of the following has made,	416
within the two previous calendar years, taking into consideration	417
only owners for all of that period, one or more contributions	418
totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to the holder of the	419
public office having ultimate responsibility for the award of the	420
contract or to the public officer's campaign committee:	421

(i) Owners of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	422
business trust;	423

(ii) Spouses of owners of more than twenty per cent of the	424
corporation or business trust;	425

(iii) Children seven years of age through seventeen years of	426
age of owners of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	427
business trust;	428

(iv) Any political action committee affiliated with the	429
corporation or business trust.	430

(2)(a) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	431
section, if any agency or department of this state or any	432
political subdivision has awarded a contract for the purchase of	433
goods costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing	434
more than five hundred dollars to a corporation or business trust,	435
except a professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of	436
the Revised Code, none of the following shall, beginning on the	437
date the contract is awarded and extending until one year	438
following the conclusion of that contract, make one or more	439
contributions totaling in excess of one thousand dollars to the	440
holder of the public office having ultimate responsibility for the	441
award of that contract:	442

(i) An owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation	443
or business trust;	444

(ii) A spouse of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the	445
corporation or business trust;	446

(iii) A child seven years of age through seventeen years of	447
age of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	448
business trust.	449

(b) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	450
section, if any agency or department of this state or any	451
political subdivision has awarded a contract for the purchase of	452
goods costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing	453
more than five hundred dollars to a corporation or business trust,	454
except a professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of	455
the Revised Code, no combination of any of the following shall,	456
beginning on the date the contract is awarded and extending until	457
one year following the conclusion of that contract, make one or	458
more contributions totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to	459
the holder of the public office having ultimate responsibility for	460
the award of that contract:	461

(i) Owners of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	462
business trust;	463

(ii) Spouses of owners of more than twenty per cent of the	464
corporation or business trust;	465

(iii) Children seven years of age through seventeen years of	466
age of owners of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	467
business trust;	468

(iv) Any political action committee affiliated with the	469
corporation or business trust.	470

(3) Subject to divisions (L), (M), and (N) of this section,	471
no agency or department of this state or any political subdivision	472
shall enter into any contract for the purchase of goods costing	473
more than five hundred dollars or services costing more than five	474
hundred dollars with a corporation or business trust, except a	475
professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of the	476
Revised Code, unless the contract includes a certification by the	477
corporation or business trust that all of the following persons,	478
if applicable, are in compliance with division (J)(1) of this	479
section:	480

(a) Each owner of more than twenty per cent of the	481
corporation or business trust;	482

(b) Each spouse of an owner of more than twenty per cent of	483
the corporation or business trust;	484

(c) Each child seven years of age to seventeen years of age	485
of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	486
business trust;	487

(d) Any combination of persons identified in divisions	488
(J)(3)(a) to (c) of this section.	489

(4)(a) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	490
section, no agency or department of this state or any political	491
subdivision shall award any contract for the purchase of goods	492
costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing more	493
than five hundred dollars to any corporation or business trust,	494
except a professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of	495
the Revised Code, if a political action committee that is	496
affiliated with the corporation or business trust has made, within	497
the two previous calendar years, one or more contributions	498
totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to the holder of the	499
public office having ultimate responsibility for the award of the	500
contract or to the public officer's campaign committee.	501

(b) Subject to divisions (K), (L), (M), and (N) of this	502
section, if any agency or department of this state or any	503
political subdivision has awarded any contract for the purchase of	504
goods costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing	505
more than five hundred dollars to any corporation or business	506
trust, except a professional association organized under Chapter	507
1785. of the Revised Code, no political action committee that is	508
affiliated with the corporation or business trust shall, beginning	509
on the date the contract is awarded and extending until one year	510
following the conclusion of that contract, make one or more	511
contributions totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to the	512
holder of the public office having ultimate responsibility for the	513
award of the contract or to the public officer's campaign	514
committee.	515

(K)(1) For purposes of divisions (I) and (J) of this section,	516
if a public officer who is responsible for the award of a contract	517
is appointed by the governor, whether or not the appointment is	518
subject to the advice and consent of the senate, excluding members	519
of boards, commissions, committees, authorities, councils, boards	520
of trustees, task forces, and other such entities appointed by the	521
governor, the office of the governor is considered to have	522
ultimate responsibility for the award of the contract.	523

(L)(2) For purposes of divisions (I) and (J) of this section,	524
if a public officer who is responsible for the award of a contract	525
is appointed by the elected chief executive officer of a municipal	526
corporation, or appointed by the elected chief executive officer	527
of a county operating under an alternative form of county	528
government or county charter, excluding members of boards,	529
commissions, committees, authorities, councils, boards of	530
trustees, task forces, and other such entities appointed by the	531
chief executive officer, the office of the chief executive officer	532
is considered to have ultimate responsibility for the award of the	533
contract.	534

(L)(1)(a) Collective bargaining agreements with labor	535
organizations representing employees shall be considered to be	536
contracts for the purchase of services for the purpose of	537
divisions (I), (J), (Y), and (Z) of this section. The labor	538
organization shall be considered to be an unincorporated business	539
for the purpose of divisions (I), (J), (Y), and (Z) of this	540
section.	541

(b) Divisions (I), (J), (Y), and (Z) of this section do not	542
apply to employment contracts entered into with a single employee.	543

(c) Any political contributing entity affiliated with a labor	544
organization shall be subject to the contribution limits specified	545
in divisions (I), (J), (Y), and (Z) of this section in the same	546
manner as a political action committee is subject to those limits.	547

(2)(a) For the purpose of divisions (I) and (Y) of this	548
section, a political action committee is affiliated with a	549
partnership or other unincorporated business, association,	550
including, without limitation, a professional association	551
organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or	552
trust if the political action committee received, as reported on	553
its most recent statement filed under section 3517.10 of the	554
Revised Code, more than fifty per cent of its contributions from	555
any of the persons identified in divisions (I)(1)(a)(ii) to (vi)	556
of this section or divisions (Y)(1)(a)(ii) to (vi) of this	557
section, respectively.	558

(b) For the purpose of divisions (J) and (Z) of this section,	559
a political action committee is affiliated with a corporation or	560
business trust, except a professional association organized under	561
Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, if the political action	562
committee received, as reported on its most recent statement filed	563
under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code, more than fifty per	564
cent of its contributions from any of the persons identified in	565
division (J)(1)(a)(i) of this section or division (Z)(1)(a)(i) of	566
this section, respectively.	567

(c) For the purpose of divisions (I), (J), (Y), and (Z) of	568
this section, a political action committee of a labor organization	569
shall be presumed to receive more than fifty per cent of its	570
contributions from the members of the unincorporated business.	571

(M)(1) Divisions (I) and (J) of this section do not apply to	572
contracts awarded by the board of commissioners of the sinking	573
fund, municipal legislative authorities, boards of education,	574
boards of county commissioners, boards of township trustees, or	575
other boards, commissions, committees, authorities, councils,	576
boards of trustees, task forces, and other such entities created	577
by law, by the supreme court or courts of appeals, by county	578
courts consisting of more than one judge, courts of common pleas	579
consisting of more than one judge, or municipal courts consisting	580
of more than one judge, or by a division of any court if the	581
division consists of more than one judge. This division shall	582
apply to the specified entity only if the members of the entity	583
act collectively in the award of a contract for goods or services.	584

(2) DivisionsFor the purpose of divisions (I) and, (J), (Y),	585
and (Z) of this section do not apply to actions of, contracts	586
approved by the controlling board shall be considered to be	587
awarded solely by the agency or department that submitted the	588
contract to the controlling board.	589

(N)(1) Divisions (I) and, (J), (Y), and (Z) of this section	590
apply to contributions made to the holder of a public office	591
having ultimate responsibility for the award of a contract, or to	592
the public officer's campaign committee, during the time the	593
person holds the office and during any time such person was a	594
candidate for the office. Those divisions do not apply to	595
contributions made to, or to the campaign committee of, a	596
candidate for or holder of the office other than the holder of the	597
office at the time of the award of the contractthe public office	598
having ultimate responsibility for the award of the contract	599
during any such time the person is a candidate for that office.	600
For the purpose of this division, a person becomes a candidate for	601
the public office having ultimate authority for the award of the	602
contract when the person becomes a candidate for that office by	603
filing a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a	604
write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, through party	605
nomination at a primary election, or by the filling of a vacancy	606
under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code.	607

(2) Divisions (I) and, (J), (Y), and (Z) of this section do	608
not apply to contributions of a partner, shareholder,	609
administrator, executor, trustee, or owner of more than twenty per	610
cent of a corporation or business trust made before the person	611
held any of those positions or after the person ceased to hold any	612
of those positions in the partnership or other unincorporated	613
business, association, estate, trust, corporation, or business	614
trust whose eligibility to be awarded a contract is being	615
determined, nor to contributions of the person's spouse made	616
before the person held any of those positions, after the person	617
ceased to hold any of those positions, before the two were	618
married, after the granting of a decree of divorce, dissolution of	619
marriage, or annulment, or after the granting of an order in an	620
action brought solely for legal separation. Those divisions do not	621
apply to contributions of the spouse of an individual whose	622
eligibility to be awarded a contract is being determined made	623
before the two were married, after the granting of a decree of	624
divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment, or after the	625
granting of an order in an action brought solely for legal	626
separation.	627

(O) No beneficiary of a campaign fund or other person shall	628
convert for personal use, and no person shall knowingly give to a	629
beneficiary of a campaign fund or any other person, for the	630
beneficiary's or any other person's personal use, anything of	631
value from the beneficiary's campaign fund, including, without	632
limitation, payments to a beneficiary for services the beneficiary	633
personally performs, except as reimbursement for any of the	634
following:	635

(1) Legitimate and verifiable prior campaign expenses	636
incurred by the beneficiary;	637

(2) Legitimate and verifiable ordinary and necessary prior	638
expenses incurred by the beneficiary in connection with duties as	639
the holder of a public office, including, without limitation,	640
expenses incurred through participation in nonpartisan or	641
bipartisan events if the participation of the holder of a public	642
office would normally be expected;	643

(3) Legitimate and verifiable ordinary and necessary prior	644
expenses incurred by the beneficiary while doing any of the	645
following:	646

(a) Engaging in activities in support of or opposition to a	647
candidate other than the beneficiary, political party, or ballot	648
issue;	649

(b) Raising funds for a political party, political action	650
committee, political contributing entity, legislative campaign	651
fund, campaign committee, or other candidate;	652

(c) Participating in the activities of a political party,	653
political action committee, political contributing entity,	654
legislative campaign fund, or campaign committee;	655

(d) Attending a political party convention or other political	656
meeting.	657

For purposes of this division, an expense is incurred	658
whenever a beneficiary has either made payment or is obligated to	659
make payment, as by the use of a credit card or other credit	660
procedure or by the use of goods or services received on account.	661

(P) No beneficiary of a campaign fund shall knowingly accept,	662
and no person shall knowingly give to the beneficiary of a	663
campaign fund, reimbursement for an expense under division (O) of	664
this section to the extent that the expense previously was	665
reimbursed or paid from another source of funds. If an expense is	666
reimbursed under division (O) of this section and is later paid or	667
reimbursed, wholly or in part, from another source of funds, the	668
beneficiary shall repay the reimbursement received under division	669
(O) of this section to the extent of the payment made or	670
reimbursement received from the other source.	671

(Q) No candidate or public official or employee shall accept	672
for personal or business use anything of value from a political	673
party, political action committee, political contributing entity,	674
legislative campaign fund, or campaign committee other than the	675
candidate's or public official's or employee's own campaign	676
committee, and no person shall knowingly give to a candidate or	677
public official or employee anything of value from a political	678
party, political action committee, political contributing entity,	679
legislative campaign fund, or such a campaign committee, except	680
for the following:	681

(1) Reimbursement for legitimate and verifiable ordinary and	682
necessary prior expenses not otherwise prohibited by law incurred	683
by the candidate or public official or employee while engaged in	684
any legitimate activity of the political party, political action	685
committee, political contributing entity, legislative campaign	686
fund, or such campaign committee. Without limitation, reimbursable	687
expenses under this division include those incurred while doing	688
any of the following:	689

(a) Engaging in activities in support of or opposition to	690
another candidate, political party, or ballot issue;	691

(b) Raising funds for a political party, legislative campaign	692
fund, campaign committee, or another candidate;	693

(c) Attending a political party convention or other political	694
meeting.	695

(2) Compensation not otherwise prohibited by law for actual	696
and valuable personal services rendered under a written contract	697
to the political party, political action committee, political	698
contributing entity, legislative campaign fund, or such campaign	699
committee for any legitimate activity of the political party,	700
political action committee, political contributing entity,	701
legislative campaign fund, or such campaign committee.	702

Reimbursable expenses under this division do not include, and	703
it is a violation of this division for a candidate or public	704
official or employee to accept, or for any person to knowingly	705
give to a candidate or public official or employee from a	706
political party, political action committee, political	707
contributing entity, legislative campaign fund, or campaign	708
committee other than the candidate's or public official's or	709
employee's own campaign committee, anything of value for	710
activities primarily related to the candidate's or public	711
official's or employee's own campaign for election, except for	712
contributions to the candidate's or public official's or	713
employee's campaign committee.	714

For purposes of this division, an expense is incurred	715
whenever a candidate or public official or employee has either	716
made payment or is obligated to make payment, as by the use of a	717
credit card or other credit procedure, or by the use of goods or	718
services on account.	719

(R)(1) Division (O) or (P) of this section does not prohibit	720
a campaign committee from making direct advance or post payment	721
from contributions to vendors for goods and services for which	722
reimbursement is permitted under division (O) of this section,	723
except that no campaign committee shall pay its candidate or other	724
beneficiary for services personally performed by the candidate or	725
other beneficiary.	726

(2) If any expense that may be reimbursed under division (O),	727
(P), or (Q) of this section is part of other expenses that may not	728
be paid or reimbursed, the separation of the two types of expenses	729
for the purpose of allocating for payment or reimbursement those	730
expenses that may be paid or reimbursed may be by any reasonable	731
accounting method, considering all of the surrounding	732
circumstances.	733

(3) For purposes of divisions (O), (P), and (Q) of this	734
section, mileage allowance at a rate not greater than that allowed	735
by the internal revenue service at the time the travel occurs may	736
be paid instead of reimbursement for actual travel expenses	737
allowable.	738

(S)(1) As used in division (S) of this section:

739

(a) "State elective office" has the same meaning as in	740
section 3517.092 of the Revised Code.	741

(b) "Federal office" means a federal office as defined in the	742
Federal Election Campaign Act.	743

(c) "Federal campaign committee" means a principal campaign	744
committee or authorized committee as defined in the Federal	745
Election Campaign Act.	746

(2) No person who is a candidate for state elective office	747
and who previously sought nomination or election to a federal	748
office shall transfer any funds or assets from that person's	749
federal campaign committee for nomination or election to the	750
federal office to that person's campaign committee as a candidate	751
for state elective office.	752

(3) No campaign committee of a person who is a candidate for	753
state elective office and who previously sought nomination or	754
election to a federal office shall accept any funds or assets from	755
that person's federal campaign committee for that person's	756
nomination or election to the federal office.	757

(T)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(6)(c) of	758
section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, a state or county political	759
party shall not disburse moneys from any account other than a	760
state candidate fund to make contributions to any of the	761
following:	762

(a) A state candidate fund;

763

(b) A legislative campaign fund;

764

(c) A campaign committee of a candidate for the office of	765
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of	766
state, treasurer of state, attorney general, member of the state	767
board of education, or member of the general assembly.	768

(2) No state candidate fund, legislative campaign fund, or	769
campaign committee of a candidate for any office described in	770
division (T)(1)(c) of this section shall knowingly accept a	771
contribution in violation of division (T)(1) of this section.	772

(U) No person shall fail to file a statement required under	773
section 3517.12 of the Revised Code.	774

(V) No campaign committee shall fail to file a statement	775
required under division (K)(3) of section 3517.10 of the Revised	776
Code.	777

(W)(1) No foreign national shall, directly or indirectly	778
through any other person or entity, make a contribution,	779
expenditure, or independent expenditure or promise, either	780
expressly or implicitly, to make a contribution, expenditure, or	781
independent expenditure in support of or opposition to a candidate	782
for any elective office in this state, including an office of a	783
political party.	784

(2) No candidate, campaign committee, political action	785
committee, political contributing entity, legislative campaign	786
fund, state candidate fund, political party, or separate	787
segregated fund shall solicit or accept a contribution,	788
expenditure, or independent expenditure from a foreign national.	789
The secretary of state may direct any candidate, committee,	790
entity, fund, or party that accepts a contribution, expenditure,	791
or independent expenditure in violation of this division to return	792
the contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure or, if	793
it is not possible to return the contribution, expenditure, or	794
independent expenditure, then to return instead the value of it,	795
to the contributor.	796

(3) As used in division (W) of this section, "foreign	797
national" has the same meaning as in section 441e(b) of the	798
Federal Election Campaign Act.	799

(X)(1) No state or county political party shall transfer any	800
moneys from its restricted fund to any account of the political	801
party into which contributions may be made or from which	802
contributions or expenditures may be made.	803

(2)(a) No state or county political party shall deposit a	804
contribution or contributions that it receives into its restricted	805
fund.	806

(b) No state or county political party shall make a	807
contribution or an expenditure from its restricted fund.	808

(3)(a) No corporation or labor organization shall make a gift	809
or gifts from the corporation's or labor organization's money or	810
property aggregating more than ten thousand dollars to any one	811
state or county political party for the party's restricted fund in	812
a calendar year.	813

(b) No state or county political party shall accept a gift or	814
gifts for the party's restricted fund aggregating more than ten	815
thousand dollars from any one corporation or labor organization in	816
a calendar year.	817

(4) No state or county political party shall transfer any	818
moneys in the party's restricted fund to any other state or county	819
political party.	820

(5) No state or county political party shall knowingly fail	821
to file a statement required under section 3517.1012 of the	822
Revised Code.	823

(Y) The(1)(a) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of	824
this section, the administrator of workers' compensation and the	825
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not conduct	826
any business with or award any contract, other than one awarded by	827
competitive bidding, for the purchase of goods costing more than	828
five hundred dollars or services costing more than five hundred	829
dollars to any individual, partnership or other unincorporated	830
business, association, including, without limitation, a	831
professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of the	832
Revised Code, estate, or trust, if the individual has made, or the	833
individual's spouse has made, or any partner, shareholder,	834
administrator, executor, or trustee, or the spouses of any of	835
those individualsany of the following has made, as an individual,	836
within the two previous calendar years, one or more contributions	837
totaling in excess of one thousand dollars to the campaign	838
committee of the governor or lieutenant governor or to the	839
campaign committee of any candidate for the office of governor or	840
lieutenant governor:	841

(i) The individual;

842

(ii) Any partner or owner of the partnership or other	843
unincorporated business;	844

(iii) Any shareholder of the association;

845

(iv) Any administrator of the estate;

846

(v) Any executor of the estate;

847

(vi) Any trustee of the trust;

848

(vii) The spouse of any person identified in divisions	849
(Y)(1)(a)(i) to (vi) of this section;	850

(viii) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years	851
of age of any person identified in divisions (Y)(1)(a)(i) to (vi)	852
of this section.	853

(b) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	854
section, the administrator of workers' compensation and the	855
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not conduct	856
any business with or award any contract for the purchase of goods	857
costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing more	858
than five hundred dollars to any individual, partnership or other	859
unincorporated business, association, including, without	860
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	861
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust if any combination of	862
the following has made, within the two previous calendar years,	863
one or more contributions totaling in excess of two thousand	864
dollars to the campaign committee of the governor or lieutenant	865
governor or to the campaign committee of any candidate for the	866
office of governor or lieutenant governor:	867

(i) The individual;

868

(ii) Any partner or owner of the partnership or other	869
unincorporated business;	870

(iii) Any shareholder of the association;

871

(iv) Any administrator of the estate;

872

(v) Any executor of the estate;

873

(vi) Any trustee of the trust;

874

(vii) The spouse of any person identified in divisions	875
(Y)(1)(b)(i) to (vi) of this section;	876

(viii) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years	877
of age of any person identified in divisions (Y)(1)(b)(i) to (vi)	878
of this section;	879

(ix) Any political action committee affiliated with the	880
partnership or other unincorporated business, association, estate,	881
or trust.	882

(2)(a) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	883
section, if the administrator of workers' compensation or the	884
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation has awarded a	885
contract for the purchase of goods costing more than five hundred	886
dollars or services costing more than five hundred dollars to any	887
individual, partnership or other unincorporated business,	888
association, including, without limitation, a professional	889
association organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code,	890
estate, or trust, none of the following shall, beginning on the	891
date the contract is awarded and extending until one year	892
following the conclusion of that contract, make one or more	893
contributions totaling in excess of one thousand dollars to the	894
campaign committee of the governor or lieutenant governor or to	895
the campaign committee of any candidate for the office of governor	896
or lieutenant governor:	897

(i) The individual;

898

(ii) Any partner or owner of the partnership or other	899
unincorporated business;	900

(iii) Any shareholder of the association;

901

(iv) Any administrator of the estate;

902

(v) Any executor of the estate;

903

(vi) Any trustee of the trust;

904

(vii) The spouse of any person identified in divisions	905
(Y)(2)(a)(i) to (vi) of this section;	906

(viii) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years	907
of age of any person identified in divisions (Y)(2)(a)(i) to (vi)	908
of this section.	909

(b) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	910
section, if the administrator of workers' compensation or the	911
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation has awarded a	912
contract for the purchase of goods costing more than five hundred	913
dollars or services costing more than five hundred dollars to any	914
individual, partnership or other unincorporated business,	915
association, including, without limitation, a professional	916
association organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code,	917
estate, or trust, no combination of any of the following shall,	918
beginning on the date the contract is awarded and extending until	919
one year following the conclusion of that contract, make one or	920
more contributions totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to	921
the campaign committee of the governor or lieutenant governor or	922
to the campaign committee of any candidate for the office of	923
governor or lieutenant governor:	924

(i) The individual;

925

(ii) Any partner or owner of the partnership or other	926
unincorporated business;	927

(iii) Any shareholder of the association;

928

(iv) Any administrator of the estate;

929

(v) Any executor of the estate;

930

(vi) Any trustee of the trust;

931

(vii) The spouse of any person identified in divisions	932
(Y)(2)(b)(i) to (vi) of this section;	933

(viii) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years	934
of age of any person identified in divisions (Y)(2)(b)(i) to (vi)	935
of this section;	936

(ix) Any political action committee affiliated with the	937
partnership or other unincorporated business, association, estate,	938
or trust.	939

(3) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	940
section, the administrator of workers' compensation and the	941
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not enter	942
into any contract for the purchase of goods costing more than five	943
hundred dollars or services costing more than five hundred dollars	944
with an individual, partnership or other unincorporated business,	945
association, including, without limitation, a professional	946
association organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code,	947
estate, or trust unless the contract includes a certification by	948
the individual, partnership or other unincorporated business,	949
association, estate, or trust that all of the following persons,	950
if applicable, are in compliance with division (Y)(1) of this	951
section:	952

(a) The individual;

953

(b) Each partner or owner of the partnership or other	954
unincorporated business;	955

(c) Each shareholder of the association;

956

(d) Each administrator of the estate;

957

(e) Each executor of the estate;

958

(f) Each trustee of the trust;

959

(g) Each spouse of any person identified in divisions	960
(Y)(3)(a) to (f) of this section;	961

(h) Each child seven years of age to seventeen years of age	962
of any person identified in divisions (Y)(3)(a) to (f) of this	963
section;	964

(i) Any combination of persons identified in divisions	965
(Y)(3)(a) to (h) of this section.	966

(4)(a) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	967
section, the administrator of workers' compensation and the	968
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not conduct	969
any business with or award any contract for the purchase of goods	970
costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing more	971
than five hundred dollars to any partnership or other	972
unincorporated business, association, including, without	973
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	974
1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or trust if a political action	975
committee that is affiliated with the partnership or other	976
unincorporated business, association, estate, or trust has made,	977
within the two previous calendar years, one or more contributions	978
totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to the campaign	979
committee of the governor or lieutenant governor or to the	980
campaign committee of any candidate for the office of governor or	981
lieutenant governor.	982

(b) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	983
section, if the administrator of workers' compensation or the	984
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation has awarded any	985
contract for the purchase of goods costing more than five hundred	986
dollars or services costing more than five hundred dollars to any	987
partnership or other unincorporated business, association,	988
including, without limitation, a professional association	989
organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, estate, or	990
trust, no political action committee that is affiliated with the	991
partnership or other unincorporated business, association, estate,	992
or trust shall, beginning on the date the contract is awarded and	993
extending until one year following the conclusion of that	994
contract, make one or more contributions totaling in excess of two	995
thousand dollars to the campaign committee of the governor or	996
lieutenant governor or to the campaign committee of any candidate	997
for the office of governor or lieutenant governor.	998

(Z) The(1)(a) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of	999
this section, the administrator of workers' compensation and the	1000
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not conduct	1001
business with or award any contract, other than one awarded by	1002
competitive bidding, for the purchase of goods costing more than	1003
five hundred dollars or services costing more than five hundred	1004
dollars to a corporation or business trust, except a professional	1005
association organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, if	1006
an owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	1007
business trust, or the spouse of the owner,any of the following	1008
has made, as an individual, within the two previous calendar	1009
years, taking into consideration only owners for all of such	1010
period, one or more contributions totaling in excess of one	1011
thousand dollars to the campaign committee of the governor or	1012
lieutenant governor or to the campaign committee of any candidate	1013
for the office of governor or lieutenant governor:	1014

(i) An owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation	1015
or business trust;	1016

(ii) A spouse of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the	1017
corporation or business trust;	1018

(iii) A child seven years of age through seventeen years of	1019
age of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	1020
business trust.	1021

(b) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	1022
section, the administrator of workers' compensation and the	1023
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not conduct	1024
any business with or award any contract for the purchase of goods	1025
costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing more	1026
than five hundred dollars to a corporation or business trust,	1027
except a professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of	1028
the Revised Code, if any combination of the following has made,	1029
within the two previous calendar years, taking into consideration	1030
only owners for all of that period, one or more contributions	1031
totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to the campaign	1032
committee of the governor or lieutenant governor or to the	1033
campaign committee of any candidate for the office of governor or	1034
lieutenant governor:	1035

(i) Owners of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	1036
business trust;	1037

(ii) Spouses of owners of more than twenty per cent of the	1038
corporation or business trust;	1039

(iii) Children seven years of age through seventeen years of	1040
age of owners of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	1041
business trust;	1042

(iv) Any political action committee affiliated with the	1043
corporation or business trust.	1044

(2)(a) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	1045
section, if the administrator of workers' compensation or the	1046
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation has awarded a	1047
contract for the purchase of goods costing more than five hundred	1048
dollars or services costing more than five hundred dollars to a	1049
corporation or business trust, except a professional association	1050
organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, none of the	1051
following shall, beginning on the date the contract is awarded and	1052
extending until one year following the conclusion of that	1053
contract, make one or more contributions totaling in excess of one	1054
thousand dollars to the campaign committee of the governor or	1055
lieutenant governor or to the campaign committee of any candidate	1056
for the office of governor or lieutenant governor:	1057

(i) An owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation	1058
or business trust;	1059

(ii) A spouse of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the	1060
corporation or business trust;	1061

(iii) A child seven years of age through seventeen years of	1062
age of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	1063
business trust.	1064

(b) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	1065
section, if the administrator of workers' compensation or the	1066
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation has awarded a	1067
contract for the purchase of goods costing more than five hundred	1068
dollars or services costing more than five hundred dollars to a	1069
corporation or business trust, except a professional association	1070
organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, no combination	1071
of any of the following shall, beginning on the date the contract	1072
is awarded and extending until one year following the conclusion	1073
of that contract, make one or more contributions totaling in	1074
excess of two thousand dollars to the campaign committee of the	1075
governor or lieutenant governor or to the campaign committee of	1076
any candidate for the office of governor or lieutenant governor:	1077

(i) Owners of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	1078
business trust;	1079

(ii) Spouses of owners of more than twenty per cent of the	1080
corporation or business trust;	1081

(iii) Children seven years of age through seventeen years of	1082
age of owners of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	1083
business trust;	1084

(iv) Any political action committee affiliated with the	1085
corporation or business trust.	1086

(3) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	1087
section, the administrator of workers' compensation and the	1088
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not enter	1089
into any contract for the purchase of goods costing more than five	1090
hundred dollars or services costing more than five hundred dollars	1091
with a corporation or business trust, except a professional	1092
association organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code,	1093
unless the contract includes a certification by the corporation or	1094
business trust that all of the following persons, if applicable,	1095
are in compliance with division (Z)(1) of this section:	1096

(a) Each owner of more than twenty per cent of the	1097
corporation or business trust;	1098

(b) Each spouse of an owner of more than twenty per cent of	1099
the corporation or business trust;	1100

(c) Each child seven years of age to seventeen years of age	1101
of an owner of more than twenty per cent of the corporation or	1102
business trust;	1103

(d) Any combination of persons identified in divisions	1104
(Z)(3)(a) to (c) of this section.	1105

(4)(a) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	1106
section, the administrator of workers' compensation and the	1107
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not conduct	1108
business with or award any contract for the purchase of goods	1109
costing more than five hundred dollars or services costing more	1110
than five hundred dollars to any corporation or business trust,	1111
except a professional association organized under Chapter 1785. of	1112
the Revised Code, if a political action committee that is	1113
affiliated with the corporation or business trust has made, within	1114
the two previous calendar years, one or more contributions	1115
totaling in excess of two thousand dollars to the campaign	1116
committee of the governor or lieutenant governor or to the	1117
campaign committee of any candidate for the office of governor or	1118
lieutenant governor.	1119

(b) Subject to divisions (L), (M)(2), and (N) of this	1120
section, if the administrator of workers' compensation or the	1121
employees of the bureau of workers' compensation has awarded any	1122
contract for the purchase of goods costing more than five hundred	1123
dollars or services costing more than five hundred dollars to any	1124
corporation or business trust, except a professional association	1125
organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, no political	1126
action committee that is affiliated with the corporation or	1127
business trust shall, beginning on the date the contract is	1128
awarded and extending until one year following the conclusion of	1129
that contract, make one or more contributions totaling in excess	1130
of two thousand dollars to the campaign committee of the governor	1131
or lieutenant governor or to the campaign committee of any	1132
candidate for the office of governor or lieutenant governor.	1133

(AA) No individual, partnership or other incorporated	1134
business, association, estate, trust, corporation, or business	1135
trust shall knowingly make a false statement on a certification	1136
required under division (I)(3), (J)(3), (Y)(3), or (Z)(3) of this	1137
section.	1138

Sec. 3517.992.  This section establishes penalties only with	1139
respect to acts or failures to act that occur on and after August	1140
24, 1995.	1141

(A)(1) A candidate whose campaign committee violates division	1142
(A), (B), (C), (D), or (V) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code,	1143
or a treasurer of a campaign committee who violates any of those	1144
divisions, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for	1145
each day of violation.	1146

(2) Whoever violates division (E) or (X)(5) of section	1147
3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one	1148
hundred dollars for each day of violation.	1149

(B) A political party that violates division (F)(1) of	1150
section 3517.101 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than	1151
one hundred dollars for each day of violation.	1152

(C) Whoever violates division (F)(2) of section 3517.101 or	1153
division (G) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined	1154
not more than ten thousand dollars or, if the offender is a person	1155
who was nominated or elected to public office, shall forfeit the	1156
nomination or the office to which the offender was elected, or	1157
both.	1158

(D) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3517.13 of the	1159
Revised Code shall be fined not more than three times the amount	1160
contributed.	1161

(E) Whoever violates division (H) of section 3517.13 of the	1162
Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.	1163

(F) Whoever violates division (O), (P), or (Q) of section	1164
3517.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the	1165
first degree.	1166

(G) A state or county committee of a political party that	1167
violates division (B)(1) of section 3517.18 of the Revised Code	1168
shall be fined not more than twice the amount of the improper	1169
expenditure.	1170

(H) A state or county political party that violates division	1171
(G) of section 3517.101 of the Revised Code shall be fined not	1172
more than twice the amount of the improper expenditure or use.	1173

(I)(1) Any individual who violates division (B)(1) of section	1174
3517.102 of the Revised Code and knows that the contribution the	1175
individual makes violates that division shall be fined an amount	1176
equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of the	1177
amount permitted by that division.	1178

(2) Any political action committee that violates division	1179
(B)(2) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an	1180
amount equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of	1181
the amount permitted by that division.	1182

(3) Any campaign committee that violates division (B)(3) or	1183
(5) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an	1184
amount equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of	1185
the amount permitted by that division.	1186

(4)(a) Any legislative campaign fund that violates division	1187
(B)(6) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an	1188
amount equal to three times the amount transferred or contributed	1189
in excess of the amount permitted by that division, as applicable.	1190

(b) Any state political party, county political party, or	1191
state candidate fund of a state political party or county	1192
political party that violates division (B)(6) of section 3517.102	1193
of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times	1194
the amount transferred or contributed in excess of the amount	1195
permitted by that division, as applicable.	1196

(c) Any political contributing entity that violates division	1197
(B)(7) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an	1198
amount equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of	1199
the amount permitted by that division.	1200

(5) Any political party that violates division (B)(4) of	1201
section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount	1202
equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of the	1203
amount permitted by that division.	1204

(6) Notwithstanding divisions (I)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5)	1205
of this section, no violation of division (B) of section 3517.102	1206
of the Revised Code occurs, and the secretary of state shall not	1207
refer parties to the Ohio elections commission, if the amount	1208
transferred or contributed in excess of the amount permitted by	1209
that division meets either of the following conditions:	1210

(a) It is completely refunded within five business days after	1211
it is accepted.	1212

(b) It is completely refunded on or before the tenth business	1213
day after notification to the recipient of the excess transfer or	1214
contribution by the board of elections or the secretary of state	1215
that a transfer or contribution in excess of the permitted amount	1216
has been received.	1217

(J)(1) Any campaign committee that violates division (C)(1),	1218
(2), (3), or (6) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be	1219
fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted in excess	1220
of the amount permitted by that division.	1221

(2)(a) Any county political party that violates division	1222
(C)(4)(a)(ii) or (iii) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code	1223
shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted.	1224

(b) Any county political party that violates division	1225
(C)(4)(a)(i) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be	1226
fined an amount from its state candidate fund equal to three times	1227
the amount accepted in excess of the amount permitted by that	1228
division.	1229

(c) Any state political party that violates division	1230
(C)(4)(b) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined	1231
an amount from its state candidate fund equal to three times the	1232
amount accepted in excess of the amount permitted by that	1233
division.	1234

(3) Any legislative campaign fund that violates division	1235
(C)(5) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an	1236
amount equal to three times the amount accepted in excess of the	1237
amount permitted by that division.	1238

(4) Any political action committee or political contributing	1239
entity that violates division (C)(7) of section 3517.102 of the	1240
Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the	1241
amount accepted in excess of the amount permitted by that	1242
division.	1243

(5) Notwithstanding divisions (J)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of	1244
this section, no violation of division (C) of section 3517.102 of	1245
the Revised Code occurs, and the secretary of state shall not	1246
refer parties to the Ohio elections commission, if the amount	1247
transferred or contributed in excess of the amount permitted to be	1248
accepted by that division meets either of the following	1249
conditions:	1250

(a) It is completely refunded within five business days after	1251
its acceptance.	1252

(b) It is completely refunded on or before the tenth business	1253
day after notification to the recipient of the excess transfer or	1254
contribution by the board of elections or the secretary of state	1255
that a transfer or contribution in excess of the permitted amount	1256
has been received.	1257

(K)(1) Any legislative campaign fund that violates division	1258
(F)(1) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined	1259
twenty-five dollars for each day of violation.	1260

(2) Any legislative campaign fund that violates division	1261
(F)(2) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall give to the	1262
treasurer of state for deposit into the state treasury to the	1263
credit of the Ohio elections commission fund all excess	1264
contributions not disposed of as required by division (E) of	1265
section 3517.102 of the Revised Code.	1266

(L) Whoever violates section 3517.105 of the Revised Code	1267
shall be fined one thousand dollars.	1268

(M)(1) Whoever solicits a contribution in violation of	1269
section 3517.092 or violates division (B) of section 3517.09 of	1270
the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.	1271

(2) Whoever knowingly accepts a contribution in violation of	1272
division (B) or (C) of section 3517.092 of the Revised Code shall	1273
be fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted in	1274
violation of either of those divisions and shall return to the	1275
contributor any amount so accepted. Whoever unknowingly accepts a	1276
contribution in violation of division (B) or (C) of section	1277
3517.092 of the Revised Code shall return to the contributor any	1278
amount so accepted.	1279

(N) Whoever violates division (S) of section 3517.13 of the	1280
Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the	1281
amount of funds transferred or three times the value of the assets	1282
transferred in violation of that division.	1283

(O) Any campaign committee that accepts a contribution or	1284
contributions in violation of section 3517.108 of the Revised	1285
Code, uses a contribution in violation of that section, or fails	1286
to dispose of excess contributions in violation of that section	1287
shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted,	1288
used, or kept in violation of that section.	1289

(P) Any political party, state candidate fund, legislative	1290
candidate fund, or campaign committee that violates division (T)	1291
of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount	1292
equal to three times the amount contributed or accepted in	1293
violation of that section.	1294

(Q) A treasurer of a committee or another person who violates	1295
division (U) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined	1296
not more than two hundred fifty dollars.	1297

(R)(1) Whoever violates division (I) or(1), (I)(4)(a),	1298
(J)(1), (J)(4)(a), (Y)(1), (Y)(4)(a), (Z)(1), or (Z)(4)(a) of	1299
section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than	1300
one thousand dollars. Whenever a person is found guilty of	1301
violating division (I) or (J) of section 3517.13 of the Revised	1302
Codeany of those divisions, the contract awarded in violation of	1303
either of those divisionsthe applicable division shall be	1304
rescinded if its terms have not yet been performed.	1305

(2) Whoever violates division (I)(2), (I)(4)(b), (J)(2),	1306
(J)(4)(b), (Y)(2), (Y)(4)(b), (Z)(2), or (Z)(4)(b) of section	1307
3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to	1308
three times the amount contributed in excess of the amount	1309
permitted by the applicable division. Whenever a person is found	1310
guilty of violating any of those divisions, any contract that	1311
makes the person subject to the applicable division may be	1312
rescinded at the discretion of the elections commission.	1313

(3) Whoever violates division (AA) of section 3517.13 of the	1314
Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree, and the	1315
contract that includes the certification made in violation of that	1316
division shall be rescinded.	1317

(S) A candidate whose campaign committee violates or a	1318
treasurer of a campaign committee who violates section 3517.081 of	1319
the Revised Code, and a candidate whose campaign committee	1320
violates or a treasurer of a campaign committee or another person	1321
who violates division (C) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code,	1322
shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.	1323

(T) A candidate whose campaign committee violates or a	1324
treasurer of a committee who violates division (B) of section	1325
3517.09 of the Revised Code, or a candidate whose campaign	1326
committee violates or a treasurer of a campaign committee or	1327
another person who violates division (C) of section 3517.09 of the	1328
Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.	1329

(U) Whoever violates section 3517.20 of the Revised Code	1330
shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.	1331

(V) Whoever violates section 3517.21 or 3517.22 of the	1332
Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or	1333
fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.	1334

(W) A campaign committee that is required to file a	1335
declaration of no limits under division (D)(2) of section 3517.103	1336
of the Revised Code that, before filing that declaration, accepts	1337
a contribution or contributions that exceed the limitations	1338
prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, shall return	1339
that contribution or those contributions to the contributor.	1340

(X) Any campaign committee that fails to file the declaration	1341
of filing-day finances required by division (F) of section	1342
3517.109 or the declaration of primary-day finances or declaration	1343
of year-end finances required by division (E) of section 3517.1010	1344
of the Revised Code shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each	1345
day of violation.	1346

(Y) Any campaign committee that fails to dispose of excess	1347
funds or excess aggregate contributions under division (B) of	1348
section 3517.109 of the Revised Code in the manner required by	1349
division (C) of that section or under division (B) of section	1350
3517.1010 of the Revised Code in the manner required by division	1351
(C) of that section shall give to the treasurer of state for	1352
deposit into the Ohio elections commission fund created under	1353
division (I) of section 3517.152 of the Revised Code all funds not	1354
disposed of pursuant to those divisions.	1355

(Z) Any individual, campaign committee, political action	1356
committee, political contributing entity, legislative campaign	1357
fund, political party, or other entity that violates any provision	1358
of sections 3517.09 to 3517.12 of the Revised Code for which no	1359
penalty is provided for under any other division of this section	1360
shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.	1361

(AA)(1) Whoever knowingly violates division (W)(1) of section	1362
3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to	1363
three times the amount contributed, expended, or promised in	1364
violation of that division or ten thousand dollars, whichever	1365
amount is greater.	1366

(2) Whoever knowingly violates division (W)(2) of section	1367
3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to	1368
three times the amount solicited or accepted in violation of that	1369
division or ten thousand dollars, whichever amount is greater.	1370

(BB) Whoever knowingly violates division (C) or (D) of	1371
section 3517.1011 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than	1372
ten thousand dollars plus not more than one thousand dollars for	1373
each day of violation.	1374

(CC)(1) Subject to division (CC)(2) of this section, whoever	1375
violates division (H) of section 3517.1011 of the Revised Code	1376
shall be fined an amount up to three times the amount disbursed	1377
for the direct costs of airing the communication made in violation	1378
of that division.	1379

(2) Whoever has been ordered by the Ohio elections commission	1380
or by a court of competent jurisdiction to cease making	1381
communications in violation of division (H) of section 3517.1011	1382
of the Revised Code who again violates that division shall be	1383
fined an amount equal to three times the amount disbursed for the	1384
direct costs of airing the communication made in violation of that	1385
division.	1386

(DD)(1) Any corporation or labor organization that violates	1387
division (X)(3)(a) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be	1388
fined an amount equal to three times the amount given in excess of	1389
the amount permitted by that division.	1390

(2) Any state or county political party that violates	1391
division (X)(3)(b) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be	1392
fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted in excess	1393
of the amount permitted by that division.	1394

(EE)(1) Whoever solicits or directs a contribution in	1395
violation of division (B) of section 3517.093 of the Revised Code	1396
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.	1397

(2) Whoever accepts a contribution in violation of division	1398
(C) of section 3517.093 of the Revised Code shall return to the	1399
contributor any amount so accepted.	1400

Section 2.  That existing sections 3517.13` and 3517.992 of	1401
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	1402

Section 3. Notwithstanding any provision of section 3517.13	1403
of the Revised Code to the contrary, no agency or department of	1404
this state or any political subdivision shall be prohibited from	1405
awarding a state contract, as defined in section 3517.093 of the	1406
Revised Code, to an individual, partnership or other	1407
unincorporated business, association, estate, trust, corporation,	1408
or business trust as a result of any of the following:	1409

(A) Any contribution made prior to January 1, 2007, by a	1410
child seven years of age through seventeen years of age of any of	1411
the following:	1412

(1) An individual who is seeking the award of a state	1413
contract;	1414

(2) A partner or owner of a partnership or other	1415
unincorporated business that is seeking the award of a state	1416
contract;	1417

(3) A shareholder of an association, including, without	1418
limitation, a professional association organized under Chapter	1419
1785. of the Revised Code, that is seeking the award of a state	1420
contract;	1421

(4) An administrator of an estate that is seeking the award	1422
of a state contract;	1423

(5) An executor of an estate that is seeking the award of a	1424
state contract;	1425

(6) A trustee of a trust that is seeking the award of a state	1426
contract;	1427

(7) An owner of more than twenty per cent of a corporation or	1428
business trust, except a professional association organized under	1429
Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, that is seeking the award of a	1430
state contract.	1431

(B) Any combination of contributions made prior to January 1,	1432
2007, by any combination of the following:	1433

(1) Any person identified in divisions (A)(1) to (7) of this	1434
section;	1435

(2) The spouse of any person identified in divisions (A)(1)	1436
to (7) of this section;	1437

(3) Any child seven years of age through seventeen years of	1438
age of any person identified in divisions (A)(1) to (7) of this	1439
section;	1440

(4) Any political action committee affiliated with the	1441
applicable partnership or other unincorporated business,	1442
association, estate, trust, corporation, or business trust.	1443

(C) Any contribution made prior to January 1, 2007, of more	1444
than five hundred dollars through one thousand dollars by either	1445
of the following:	1446

(1) Any person identified in divisions (A)(1) to (7) of this	1447
section;	1448

(2) The spouse of any person identified in divisions (A)(1)	1449
to (7) of this section.	1450

Section 4. (A) If, on the effective date of this section, any	1451
of the following has awarded a contract and the performance of	1452
that contract has not yet been concluded, the contract shall be	1453
considered to have been awarded on the effective date of this act	1454
for the purpose of divisions (I)(2), (J)(2), (Y)(2), and (Z)(2) of	1455
section 3517.13 of the Revised Code:	1456

(1) Any agency or department of this state;

1457

(2) Any political subdivision;

1458

(3) The Administrator of Workers' Compensation;

1459

(4) The employees of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

1460

(B) As used in this section, "contract" means any contract	1461
for the purchase of goods costing more than five hundred dollars	1462
or services costing more than five hundred dollars.	1463

Section 5. If any item of law contained in this act, or if	1464
any application of any item of law contained in this act, is held	1465
invalid, the invalidity does not affect other items of law or	1466
applications of items of law that can be given effect without the	1467
invalid item of law or application. To this end, the items of law	1468
of which the sections contained in this act are composed, and	1469
their applications, are independent and severable.	1470