As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 25

Representative Adams, J. 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, R., Amstutz, Balderson, Batchelder, Blessing, Blair, Boose, Bubp, Burke, Combs, Daniels, Derickson, Evans, Goodwin, Grossman, Hackett, Hall, Hite, Huffman, Jordan, Lehner, Maag, Martin, McClain, Mecklenborg, Morgan, Ruhl, Snitchler, Sears, Stautberg, Stebelton, Uecker, Wagner, Wachtmann, Zehringer 

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A BILL

To amend sections 121.02, 121.03, 121.05, 121.06,

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121.07, 121.11, 121.13, 121.15, and 121.17, to

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enact new section 121.04 and to enact sections

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117.103, 121.041, 121.042, 121.043, 121.044,

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121.045, 121.046, 121.047, 121.048, and 121.049

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and to repeal section 121.04 of the Revised Code

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to reorganize the executive branch of state

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government.

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

Section 1. That sections 121.02, 121.03, 121.05, 121.06,	9
121.07, 121.11, 121.13, 121.15, and 121.17 be amended and that new	10
section 121.04 and sections 117.103, 121.041, 121.042, 121.043,	11
121.044, 121.045, 121.046, 121.047, 121.048, and 121.049 of the	12
Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	13

Sec. 117.103. The auditor of state shall conduct performance	14
audits to facilitate the effective and efficient operation of the	15
departments established under section 121.02, and their divisions	16
established under section 121.04 and 121.041 to 121.049, of the	17
Revised Code.	18

Sec. 121.02. (A) The following administrative departments and	19
their respective executive directors are hereby created:	20

(A)(1) The office of budgetfinance and management	21
operations, which shall be administered by the executive director	22
of budgetfinance and managementoperations;	23

(B)(2) The department of commercebusiness, which shall be	24
administered by the executive director of commercebusiness;	25

(C) The department of administrative services, which shall be	26
administered by the director of administrative services;	27

(D)(3) The department of transportation and infrastructure,	28
which shall be administered by the executive director of	29
transportation and infrastructure;	30

(E) The department of agriculture, which shall be	31
administered by the director of agriculture;	32

(F)(4) The department of natural resourcesresource	33
protection, which shall be administered by the executive director	34
of natural resourcesresource protection;	35

(G)(5) The department of public health, which shall be	36
administered by the executive director of public health;	37

(H)(6) The department of job and family serviceshuman	38
resource development, which shall be administered by the executive	39
director of job and family serviceshuman resource development;	40

(I) Until July 1, 1997, the department of liquor control,	41
which shall be administered by the director of liquor control;	42

(J)(7) The department of public safety, which shall be	43
administered by the executive director of public safety;	44

(K) The department of mental health, which shall be	45
administered by the director of mental health;	46

(L) The department of mental retardation and developmental	47
disabilities, which shall be administered by the director of	48
mental retardation and developmental disabilities;	49

(M) The department of insurance, which shall be administered	50
by the superintendent of insurance as director thereof;	51

(N)(8) The department of development, which shall be	52
administered by the executive director of development;	53

(O) The department of youth services, which shall be	54
administered by the director of youth services;	55

(P)(9) The department of community and institutional	56
rehabilitation and correction, which shall be administered by the	57
executive director of community and institutional rehabilitation	58
and correction;	59

(Q) The environmental protection agency, which shall be	60
administered by the director of environmental protection;	61

(R) The department of aging, which shall be administered by	62
the director of aging;	63

(S)(10) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services	64
education, which shall be administered by the executive director	65
of alcohol and drug addiction services;	66

(T)(11) The department of veterans services, which shall be	67
administered by the executive director of veterans services.	68

(B) The executive director of each department shall exercise	69
the powers and perform the duties vested by law in suchthat	70
department.	71

Sec. 121.03.  The following administrative department heads	72
shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of	73
the senate, and shall hold their offices during the term of the	74
appointing governor, and are subject to removal at the pleasure of	75
the governor.	76

(A) The executive director of budgetfinance and management	77
operations;	78

(B) The executive director of commercebusiness;

79

(C) The executive director of transportation and	80
infrastructure;	81

(D) The director of agriculture;

82

(E) The executive director of job and family serviceshuman	83
resource development;	84

(F) Until July 1, 1997, the director of liquor control;

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(G)(E) The executive director of public safety;

86

(H) The superintendent of insurance;

87

(I)(F) The executive director of development;

88

(J) The tax commissioner;

89

(K) The director of administrative services;

90

(L)(G) The executive director of natural resourcesresource	91
protection;	92

(M) The director of mental health;

93

(N) The director of mental retardation and developmental	94
disabilities;	95

(O)(H) The executive director of public health;

96

(P) The director of youth services;

97

(Q)(I) The executive director of community and institutional	98
rehabilitation and correction;	99

(R) The director of environmental protection;

100

(S) The director of aging;

101

(T) The director of alcohol and drug addiction services;

102

(U) The administrator of workers' compensation who meets the	103
qualifications required under division (A) of section 4121.121 of	104
the Revised Code;	105

(V)(J) The executive director of veterans services who meets	106
the qualifications required under section 5902.01 of the Revised	107
Code.	108

Sec. 121.04.  The department of education consists of the	109
following divisions, with each headed by the chief of that	110
division:	111

(A) A division of primary and secondary education responsible	112
for all of the following:	113

(1) Curriculum and assessment;

114

(2) Teacher development, and student, family, and community	115
programs;	116

(3) Nonpublic and alternative schools;

117

(4) Policy and accountability; and

118

(5) Coordination of lifelong learning.

119

(B) A division of higher education for four-year colleges and	120
universities responsible for all of the following:	121

(1) Curriculum and assessment;

122

(2) Professor development, and student, family, and community	123
programs;	124

(3) Policy and higher education development;

125

(4) Investigations and school compliance; and

126

(5) The higher education-Ohio business compact as it relates	127
to four-year colleges and universities.	128

(C) A division of higher education for two-year colleges	129
responsible for all of the following:	130

(1) Curriculum and assessment;

131

(2) Professor development, and student, family, and community	132
programs;	133

(3) Policy and higher education development;

134

(4) Investigations and school compliance;

135

(5) The higher education-Ohio business compact as it relates	136
to two-year colleges; and	137

(6) Adult education.

138

(D) A division of education finance responsible for all of	139
the following:	140

(1) Public school and higher education finance and fiscal	141
planning;	142

(2) Student financial assistance programs;

143

(3) The Ohio tuition trust authority; and

144

(4) Federal programs and grant management.

145

(E) A division of education technology responsible for all of	146
the following:	147

(1) Educational telecommunications programming and facility	148
management;	149

(2) Network operations; and

150

(3) Technology applications.

151

(F) A division of cultural resources responsible for all of	152
the following:	153

(1) The state library of Ohio and the archives of the Ohio	154
historical society;	155

(2) The state historic preservation office;

156

(3) Historical site and facility maintenance; and

157

(4) Arts programs and grants.

158

Sec. 121.041. The department of public safety consists of the	159
following divisions, with each headed by the chief of that	160
division:	161

(A) A division of uniformed services responsible for all of	162
the following:	163

(1) The state highway patrol;

164

(2) The office of the state fire marshal;

165

(3) Executive security;

166

(4) Training programs for the uniformed services;

167

(5) The multi-agency radio communications system; and

168

(6) Hazardous materials programs.

169

(B) A division of public safety services responsible for all	170
of the following:	171

(1) The bureau of motor vehicles;

172

(2) Certification and continuing education of emergency	173
medical service professionals;	174

(3) Fire and liquor control research laboratories;

175

(4) Crash repair investigation;

176

(5) Criminal justice services;

177

(6) Youth safety programs;

178

(7) The Ohio emergency management agency;

179

(8) Security guard and private investigator licensing; and

180

(9) Policy and technology.

181

(C) A division of homeland security and emergency management	182
responsible for all of the following:	183

(1) The Ohio national guard;

184

(2) Homeland security;

185

(3) Capitol square, as defined in section 105.41 of the	186
Revised Code, and other building security;	187

(4) Aircraft security;

188

(5) Disaster response planning;

189

(6) First responder oversight and protection;

190

(7) Terrorist awareness and prevention;

191

(8) Family and innovative readiness training; and

192

(9) Agriculture resource and public water protection.

193

(D) A division of grants and disbursements responsible for	194
both of the following:	195

(1) Homeland security and criminal justice services grant	196
management; and	197

(2) Administration of all safety-related disbursements.

198

(E) A division of prevention and enforcement responsible for	199
all of the following:	200

(1) Enforcement and investigation of violations of liquor	201
control, tobacco, insurance, and food stamp fraud laws;	202

(2) A vice unit;

203

(3) Criminal activity prevention; and

204

(4) Drug force task management.

205

Sec. 121.042. The department of public health consists of the	206
following divisions, with each headed by the chief of that	207
division:	208

(A) A division of health and well-being responsible for all	209
of the following:	210

(1) Family and community health services and programs;

211

(2) Disease prevention;

212

(3) State employee health services;

213

(4) Minority health affairs;

214

(5) Alcohol and drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation	215
services;	216

(6) Addiction prevention and intervention services;

217

(7) State-operated hospital services;

218

(8) Mental health inpatient services;

219

(9) Health support services; and

220

(10) Health policy and accountability.

221

(B) A division of community care support services responsible	222
for all of the following:	223

(1) Local mental health and mental retardation and	224
developmental disabilities programs;	225

(2) Support for mental retardation and developmental	226
disabilities developmental centers; and	227

(3) Elder community care, including PASSPORT.

228

(C) A division of medicaid services responsible for all of	229
the following:	230

(1) Medicaid disbursements;

231

(2) Medicaid provider services;

232

(3) Medicaid revenue administration;

233

(4) Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse prevention; and

234

(5) Federal-state matching.

235

(D) A division of medical professional and state healthcare	236
system regulation responsible for certification, licensing,	237
investigations, inspections, enforcement, adjudications,	238
continuing education, training, and examinations relating to all	239
of the following bodies or facilities:	240

(1) Ohio medical transportation board;

241

(2) Ohio board of dietetics;

242

(3) State medical board;

243

(4) Board of nursing;

244

(5) Ohio optical dispensers board;

245

(6) State board of optometry;

246

(7) State board of pharmacy;

247

(8) State board of psychology;

248

(9) Chemical dependency professionals board;

249

(10) Counselor, social worker, and marriage and family	250
therapist counselors board;	251

(11) Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and	252
athletic trainers board;	253

(12) State board of orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics;

254

(13) State veterinary medical licensing board;

255

(14) State chiropractic board;

256

(15) State dental board;

257

(16) Board of speech-language pathology and audiology;

258

(17) Hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board;

259

(18) Board of examiners of nursing home administrators;

260

(19) Ohio respiratory care board; and

261

(20) Public health facilities, addiction treatment	262
facilities, and mental health facilities.	263

Sec. 121.043. The department of transportation and	264
infrastructure consists of the following divisions, with each	265
headed by the chief of that division:	266

(A) A division of system maintenance responsible for all	267
activities related to the general maintenance and upkeep of the	268
state's transportation system, and materials management.	269

(B) A division of system regulation responsible for all	270
transportation system regulatory activities.	271

(C) A division of system design and construction responsible	272
for all of the following:	273

(1) Roadway and traffic, geotechnical, and structural	274
engineering;	275

(2) System design and construction;

276

(3) Transportation planning and research;

277

(4) Local transportation improvement programs;

278

(5) Service procurement; and

279

(6) Contract administration.

280

(D) A division of public transportation responsible for all	281
of the following:	282

(1) State transit authorities;

283

(2) Rail transportation and the Ohio rail development	284
commission;	285

(3) Aviation activities; and

286

(4) Turnpike activities.

287

(E) A division of infrastructure financing and revenue	288
distribution responsible for all of the following:	289

(1) Financing of state building improvements and	290
acquisitions;	291

(2) Financing of public improvements relating to water and	292
sewer construction, transportation systems, primary and secondary	293
education, higher education, and underground storage facilities;	294

(3) Other infrastructure revenue distribution.

295

Sec. 121.044. The department of finance and operations	296
consists of the following divisions, with each headed by the	297
chief of that division:	298

(A) A general services division responsible for all of the	299
following:	300

(1) Procurement services;

301

(2) Fleet and mail services;

302

(3) Risk management services;

303

(4) Contract compliance; and

304

(5) Telecommunications.

305

(B) A human resources division responsible for all of the	306
following relating to state employees:	307

(1) Classification and compensation;

308

(2) Benefits administration, including benefits for members	309
of the Ohio national guard;	310

(3) Professional development and training;

311

(4) Equal opportunity services;

312

(5) Quality service programs;

313

(6) Collective bargaining management;

314

(7) The state personnel board of review; and

315

(8) The state employment relations board.

316

(C) A facilities and maintenance division responsible for all	317
of the following:	318

(1) State property and facility maintenance;

319

(2) Real estate leasing;

320

(3) Building operations permitting;

321

(4) Architecture and engineering services; and

322

(5) The operation of capitol square, the Ohio expositions	323
center, and the Ohio state fair.	324

(D) An information technology division responsible for all of	325
the following:	326

(1) Enterprise network security;

327

(2) Ohio data networks;

328

(3) Veterans' affairs records systems;

329

(4) A state technology program; and

330

(5) The Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.051	331
of the Revised Code.	332

(E) A division of financial operations responsible for all of	333
the following:	334

(1) Accounting operations and processing;

335

(2) Budget analysis;

336

(3) Economic forecasting and revenue estimation;

337

(4) A statewide cost allocation plan;

338

(5) Financial planning;

339

(6) State debt issuance and debt service management; and

340

(7) The state controlling board.

341

(F) A division of revenue administration responsible for all	342
of the following:	343

(1) Tax collection, administration, and processing;

344

(2) Tax policy development;

345

(3) Revenue distribution, including property tax relief	346
distribution;	347

(4) Unemployment tax administration;

348

(5) The state lottery commission;

349

(6) The board of tax appeals; and

350

(7) Unclaimed funds.

351

Sec. 121.045. The department of human resource development	352
consists of the following divisions, with each headed by the	353
chief of that division:	354

(A) An employment services division responsible for all of	355
the following:	356

(1) All state and federal employee training programs;

357

(2) Workforce development programs;

358

(3) Job placement services;

359

(4) Employer services;

360

(5) Labor market projections;

361

(6) Unemployment compensation programs;

362

(7) Worker safety programs; and

363

(8) Wage and hour compliance.

364

(B) A rehabilitation services division responsible for all of	365
the following:	366

(1) Vocational rehabilitation programs;

367

(2) Job placement programs for the mentally retarded and	368
developmentally disabled;	369

(3) Services for the visually impaired;

370

(4) Disabled employee training programs;

371

(5) Compliance and assistance programs under the federal	372
Americans with Disabilities Act; and	373

(6) Other disability determination and assistance programs.

374

(C) A children and family services division responsible for	375
all of the following:	376

(1) Child services programs, including adoption, child care,	377
child support, foster care, healthy-start, healthy families, child	378
protection services, kinship, and child care service provider	379
programs;	380

(2) Housing services;

381

(3) Family services, including family violence prevention;

382

(4) Elder rights programs, including counseling on legal	383
rights and end-of-life decisions; and	384

(5) Children first and family first programs.

385

(D) A human rights division responsible for all of the	386
following bodies:	387

(1) Commission on African-American males;

388

(2) Commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs;

389

(3) Ohio civil rights commission;

390

(4) Legal rights service commission; and

391

(5) Ohio ethics commission.

392

Sec. 121.046. The department of community and institutional	393
rehabilitation consists of the following divisions, with each	394
headed by the chief of that division:	395

(A) A division of corrections officer administration	396
responsible for all of the following:	397

(1) Adult correction and youth correction officers;

398

(2) Wardens;

399

(3) Employee relations and labor relations programs;

400

(4) Equal employment opportunity compliance programs;

401

(5) Training and assessment;

402

(6) Classification;

403

(7) Professional education;

404

(8) Security threat groups; and

405

(9) Special tactics and response teams.

406

(B) A division of correctional support services responsible	407
for all of the following:	408

(1) Health, safety, and religious services;

409

(2) Correctional health care and a corrections medical	410
center;	411

(3) Recovery and psychiatric treatment services;

412

(4) Food and library services;

413

(5) An office of mental health forensic services;

414

(6) The Ohio penal industries program and the agriculture	415
program related to it;	416

(7) Records management;

417

(8) Business operations; and

418

(9) Youth and continuing education programs.

419

(C) A division of correctional facilities maintenance	420
responsible for facilities construction, activation, and	421
maintenance activities.	422

(D) A division of parole and community services responsible	423
for all of the following:	424

(1) Adult detention services;

425

(2) A bureau of community sanctions;

426

(3) An office of victim services;

427

(4) Offender re-entry programs;

428

(5) Quality and community partnerships;

429

(6) A best practices institute;

430

(7) Interstate compact investigations;

431

(8) Offender supervision special services;

432

(9) Youth volunteer programs;

433

(10) Alcohol and drug addiction alternative treatment	434
programs; and	435

(11) Therapeutic community programs.

436

Sec. 121.047. The department of business consists of the	437
following divisions, with each headed by the chief of that	438
division:	439

(A) A division of licensing responsible for licensing,	440
enforcement, adjudication, investigations, continuing education,	441
and examinations relating to all of the following bodies:	442

(1) Accountancy board;

443

(2) Ohio athletic commission;

444

(3) State board of examiners of architects;

445

(4) Barber board;

446

(5) State board of cosmetology;

447

(6) Board of embalmers and funeral directors;

448

(7) State board of registration for professional engineers	449
and surveyors;	450

(8) Liquor control commission;

451

(9) Board of motor vehicle collision repair registration; and

452

(10) State racing commission.

453

(B) A division of financial institutions and securities	454
coordination responsible for both of the following:	455

(1) Chartering, licensing, and regulating financial	456
institutions; and	457

(2) Licensing and regulation relating to securities.

458

(C) A division of building and real estate coordination	459
responsible for all of the following:	460

(1) Licenses, permits, and inspections relating to building	461
and real estate, including amusement rides;	462

(2) Compliance with building codes; and

463

(3) The state board of building appeals.

464

(D) A division of insurance responsible for all of the	465
following:	466

(1) Consumer services;

467

(2) Financial regulation services;

468

(3) Life and health insurance and property and casualty	469
insurance;	470

(4) Liquidation of insurance companies;

471

(5) Licensing of insurance agents;

472

(6) Regulation and enforcement of insurance laws; and

473

(7) Strategic planning and market forecasting.

474

Sec. 121.048. The department of resource protection consists	475
of the following divisions, with each headed by the chief of that	476
division:	477

(A) A division of land responsible for all of the following:

478

(1) Mineral resources management;

479

(2) Parks and recreation;

480

(3) Off-road trails;

481

(4) Forestry;

482

(5) Natural areas and preserves;

483

(6) Wildlife;

484

(7) Farmland preservation;

485

(8) Specialty crop support;

486

(9) County agricultural societies and awards; and

487

(10) The plant industry.

488

(B) A waste and water division responsible for all of the	489
following:	490

(1) Shoreline preservation;

491

(2) Coastal management;

492

(3) Submerged lands;

493

(4) Hazardous waste management and cleanup;

494

(5) Solid waste management;

495

(6) The Ohio Lake Erie commission; and

496

(7) The burr oak water plant.

497

(C) A resource quality assurance division responsible for all	498
of the following:	499

(1) Licensing and permitting;

500

(2) Inspection and investigation;

501

(3) Enforcement and adjudication;

502

(4) Food and drug safety;

503

(5) Consumer analytical laboratories;

504

(6) Emergency and remedial response activities;

505

(7) Utility radiological safety;

506

(8) Engineering activities;

507

(9) Wildlife and watercraft officers;

508

(10) The Ohio air quality development authority;

509

(11) The Ohio water development authority; and

510

(12) The environmental review appeals commission.

511

(D) A division of public awareness responsible for all of the	512
following:	513

(1) Resource conservation activities;

514

(2) Science advisory programs;

515

(3) Recycling and litter prevention programs;

516

(4) Pollution prevention programs;

517

(5) Natural resources publications;

518

(6) Resource information services;

519

(7) Geologic information services; and

520

(8) Clean Ohio operating programs.

521

(E) A division of grants and disbursements responsible for	522
administering and disbursing federal and state environmental and	523
agricultural grants.	524

Sec. 121.049. The department of development consists of the	525
following divisions, with each headed by the chief of that	526
division:	527

(A) A division of small business development;

528

(B) A division of job ready sites;

529

(C) A division of film, travel, and tourism;

530

(D) A division of international trade; and

531

(E) A division of grants and disbursements.

532

Sec. 121.05. Except as otherwise provided in this section,	533
in each department, there(A) There shall be an assistant	534
executive director for each department who is designated by the	535
executive director of that department. In the department of	536
health, there shall be two assistant directors, each of whom shall	537
be designated by the director of health. In the department of	538
transportation, there shall be an assistant director for business	539
management, an assistant director for field operations, and an	540
assistant director for transportation policy, each of whom shall	541
be designated by the director of transportation. In the department	542
of insurance, the deputy superintendent of insurance shall be the	543
assistant director. In the department of administrative services,	544
there shall be two assistant directors, each of whom shall be	545
designated by the director of administrative services. In the	546
department of commerce, there shall be two assistant directors,	547
each of whom shall be designated by the director of commerce. In	548
the department of job and family services, there may be up to two	549
assistant directors, each of whom shall be designated by the	550
director of job and family services. In each department with an	551
assistant director, theThe assistant executive director shall	552
act as executive director in the absence or disability of the	553
executive director and also shall act as executive director when	554
the position of executive director is vacant, except that in the	555
department of transportation, the department of health, the	556
department of commerce, the department of administrative services,	557
and the department of job and family services, the director shall	558
designate which assistant director shall act as director in the	559
director's absence. In each department without an assistant	560
director, the director shall designate a deputy director to act as	561
director in the absence or disability of the director.	562

A(B) An executive director may designate any of the	563
executive director's assistant executive directors or a deputy	564
executive director to serve in the executive director's place as a	565
member of any board, committee, authority, or commission of which	566
the executive director is, by law, a member. The designee, when	567
present, shall be counted in determining whether a quorum is	568
present at any meeting. The designee may vote and participate in	569
all proceedings and actions of the board, committee, authority, or	570
commission, provided that the designee shall not execute or cause	571
a facsimile of the designee's signature to be placed on any	572
obligation, or execute any trust agreement or indenture. The	573
designation shall be in writing, executed by the designating	574
executive director, filed with the secretary of the board,	575
committee, authority, or commission, and shall be in effect until	576
withdrawn or superseded by a new designation.	577

Sec. 121.06.  The officers mentioned in sections 121.04,	578
121.041 to 121.049, and 121.05 of the Revised Code shall be	579
appointed by the executive director of the department in which	580
their offices or divisions are respectively created, and shall	581
hold office during the pleasure of suchthe executive director.	582

Sec. 121.07.  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this	583
division, theThe officers mentioned in sections 121.04, 121.041	584
to 121.049, and 121.05 of the Revised Code and the offices and	585
divisions they administer shall be under the direction,	586
supervision, and control of the executive directors of their	587
respective departments, and those officers shall perform suchthe	588
duties as thetheir respective executive directors prescribe. In	589
performing or exercising any of the examination or regulatory	590
functions, powers, or duties vested by Title XI, Chapters 1733.	591
and 1761., and sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code in	592
the superintendent of financial institutions, the superintendent	593
of financial institutions and the division of financial	594
institutions are independent of and are not subject to the control	595
of the department or the director of commerce.	596

(B) With the approval of the governor, theThe executive	597
director of each department shall establish divisions within the	598
department, and distribute the work of the department among such	599
the divisions. Each officer created by section 121.04 of the	600
Revised Code shall be the head of such a division.	601

With the approval of the governor, the director of each	602
department may consolidate any two or more of the offices created	603
in the department by section 121.04 of the Revised Code, or reduce	604
the number of or create new divisions therein.	605

Thelisted in sections 121.04 and 121.041 to 121.049 of the	606
Revised Code in accordance with those sections and any other	607
applicable provision of law. The executive director of each	608
department may prescribe rules for the government of the	609
department, the conduct of its employees, the performance of its	610
business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records,	611
papers, books, documents, and property pertaining theretoto the	612
department.	613

Sec. 121.11.  (A) Each officer whose executive director	614
position or whose office or division is created by sections	615
121.02, 121.04, 121.041 to 121.049, and 121.05 of the Revised	616
Code, before entering upon the officer's duties of office, shall	617
take and subscribe an oath of office as provided by law and give	618
bond, conditioned according to law, with security to be approved	619
by the governor in the penal sum, not less than ten thousand	620
dollars, fixed by the governor. The department of administrative	621
servicesfinance and operations may procure from any duly	622
authorized corporate surety a blanket bond covering the officers	623
described in those sections and any other officers the governor	624
designates. The bond and oath of the officers described in those	625
sections shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.	626

(B) The executive director of each department, with the	627
approval of the governor, may require any chief of a division, or	628
any officer or employee in the executive director's department, to	629
give bond in the amount the governor prescribes. The bond or bonds	630
may, in the discretion of the executive director, be individual,	631
schedule, or blanket bonds.	632

(C) The premium on any bond required or authorized by this	633
section may be paid from the state treasury.	634

Sec. 121.13.  The executive director of each department may,	635
with the approval of the governor, may establish and appoint	636
advisory boards to aid in the conduct of the work of histhe	637
executive director's department or any division thereofof the	638
department. SuchThe advisory boards shall exercise no	639
administrative function, and their members shall receive no	640
compensation, but may receive their actual and necessary	641
expenses.	642

Sec. 121.15.  The executive director of each department	643
shall, with the approval of the governor, shall maintain a central	644
office at a location in the state that the executive director	645
finds necessary for the efficient performance of the department.	646
The central office of a department shall not be relocated from	647
Columbus to another location in this state until the executive	648
director of the department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis	649
of the relocation and provided a copy of the analysis to the	650
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the	651
president of the senate and the relocation has been approved by an	652
act of the general assembly.	653

The executive director of each department may, with the	654
approval of the governor, may establish and maintain, at places	655
other than the location of the central office, branch offices for	656
the conduct of any one or more functions of the department.	657

No relocation of departments or employees of departments from	658
one location in this state to another shall be carried out that	659
will result in an increase in the total number of employees of all	660
departments or an increase in the total number of employees in any	661
department that is relocated. This section does not prevent a	662
department from increasing the number of its employees to meet the	663
demands of its workload or for any other reason arising from	664
circumstances unrelated to the department's relocation.	665

Sec. 121.17.  Under the direction of the governor, the	666
executive directors of departments shall devise a practical and	667
working basis for co-operationcooperation and co-ordination	668
coordination of work and for the elimination of duplication and	669
overlapping functions. They shall co-operatecooperate with each	670
other in the employment of services and the use of quarters and	671
equipment. The executive director of any department may empower or	672
require an employee of another department, subject to the consent	673
of the superior officer of the employee, to perform any duty which	674
he that the executive director might require of histhe	675
director's own subordinates.	676

Section 2. That existing sections 121.02, 121.03, 121.05,	677
121.06, 121.07, 121.11, 121.13, 121.15, and 121.17 of the Revised	678
Code are hereby repealed.	679

Section 3. That section 121.04 of the Revised Code is hereby	680
repealed.	681

Section 4. Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this act take effect on	682
January 1, 2011. Prior to that effective date, the General	683
Assembly shall enact legislation that amends, repeals, and enacts	684
the sections of the Revised Code that are necessary to implement	685
this act and to provide for orderly transfer of the duties and	686
functions of the several executive departments and public bodies	687
of state government to the departments that are created by the	688
amendment of this act to section 121.02 of the Revised Code and	689
whose responsibilities are delineated by the enactment by this	690
act of sections 121.04 and 121.041 to 121.049 of the Revised	691
Code, as enacted by this act.	692