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To amend section 3517.092 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
prohibit a county elected officer and the campaign | 2 |
committee of such an officer from accepting a | 3 |
political contribution from any employee of the | 4 |
county. | 5 |
Section 1. That section 3517.092 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
amended to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 3517.092. (A) As used in this section: | 8 |
(1) "Appointing authority" has the same meaning as in section | 9 |
124.01 of the Revised Code. | 10 |
(2) "State elected officer" means any person appointed or | 11 |
elected to a state elective office. | 12 |
(3) "State elective office" means any of the offices of | 13 |
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of | 14 |
state, treasurer of state, attorney general, member of the state | 15 |
board of education, member of the general assembly, and justice | 16 |
and chief justice of the supreme court. | 17 |
(4) "Contribution" includes a contribution to any political | 18 |
party, campaign committee, political action committee, political | 19 |
contributing entity, or legislative campaign fund. | 20 |
(5) "County elected officer" means any person appointed or | 21 |
elected to a county elective office. | 22 |
(6) "County elective office" means any of the offices of | 23 |
county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common | 24 |
pleas, sheriff, county recorder, county engineer, county | 25 |
commissioner, prosecuting attorney, and coroner, and any other | 26 |
elected office of county government established under any type of | 27 |
county government plan. | 28 |
(B)(1) No state elected officer, no campaign committee of | 29 |
such an officer, no employee of the state elected officer's | 30 |
office, and no other person or entity shall knowingly solicit a | 31 |
contribution to a state elected officer or to such an officer's | 32 |
campaign committee, and no state elected officer and no campaign | 33 |
committee of such an officer shall accept a contribution, from any | 34 |
of the following: | 35 |
(a) A state employee whose appointing authority is the state | 36 |
elected officer; | 37 |
(b) A state employee whose appointing authority is authorized | 38 |
or required by law to be appointed by the state elected officer; | 39 |
(c) A state employee who functions in or is employed in or by | 40 |
the same public agency, department, division, or office as the | 41 |
state elected officer. | 42 |
(2) No candidate for a state elective office, no campaign | 43 |
committee of such a candidate, no employee of the candidate's | 44 |
office if the candidate is a state elected officer or an elected | 45 |
officer of a political subdivision of the state, and no other | 46 |
person or entity shall knowingly solicit a contribution to a | 47 |
candidate for a state elective office or to such a candidate's | 48 |
campaign committee, and no candidate for a state elective office | 49 |
and no campaign committee of such a candidate shall accept a | 50 |
contribution, from any of the following: | 51 |
(a) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, whose | 52 |
appointing authority will be the candidate, if elected; | 53 |
(b) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, whose | 54 |
appointing authority will be appointed by the candidate, if | 55 |
elected, as authorized or required by law; | 56 |
(c) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, who | 57 |
will function in or be employed in or by the same public agency, | 58 |
department, division, or office as the candidate, if elected. | 59 |
(C)(1) | 60 |
no elected officer of a political subdivision of the state, no | 61 |
campaign committee of such an officer, no employee of such an | 62 |
officer's office, and no other person or entity shall knowingly | 63 |
solicit a contribution to an elected officer of a political | 64 |
subdivision of the state or to such an officer's campaign | 65 |
committee from any of the following: | 66 |
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appointing authority is that elected officer; | 68 |
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appointing authority is authorized or required by law to be | 70 |
appointed by that elected officer; | 71 |
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functions in or is employed in or by the same public agency, | 73 |
department, division, or office as that elected officer. | 74 |
(b) No county elected officer, no campaign committee of such | 75 |
an officer, no employee of the county elected officer's office, | 76 |
and no other person or entity shall knowingly solicit a | 77 |
contribution to a county elected officer or to a county elected | 78 |
officer's campaign committee, and no county elected officer and no | 79 |
campaign committee of such an officer shall accept a contribution, | 80 |
from any employee of that county. | 81 |
(2) No candidate for an elective office of a political | 82 |
subdivision of the state, no campaign committee of such a | 83 |
candidate, no employee of the candidate's office if the candidate | 84 |
is a state elected officer or elected officer of a political | 85 |
subdivision of the state, and no other person or entity shall | 86 |
knowingly solicit a contribution to a candidate for an elective | 87 |
office of a political subdivision of the state or to such a | 88 |
candidate's campaign committee from any of the following: | 89 |
(a) An employee of that political subdivision at the time of | 90 |
the solicitation, whose appointing authority will be the | 91 |
candidate, if elected; | 92 |
(b) An employee of that political subdivision at the time of | 93 |
the solicitation, whose appointing authority will be appointed by | 94 |
the candidate, if elected, as authorized or required by law; | 95 |
(c) An employee of that political subdivision at the time of | 96 |
the solicitation, who will function in or be employed in or by the | 97 |
same public agency, department, division, or office as the | 98 |
candidate, if elected. | 99 |
(D)(1) No public employee shall solicit a contribution from | 100 |
any person while the public employee is performing the public | 101 |
employee's official duties or in those areas of a public building | 102 |
where official business is transacted or conducted. | 103 |
(2) No person shall solicit a contribution from any public | 104 |
employee while the public employee is performing the public | 105 |
employee's official duties or is in those areas of a public | 106 |
building where official business is transacted or conducted. | 107 |
(3) As used in division (D) of this section, "public | 108 |
employee" does not include any person holding an elective office. | 109 |
(E) The prohibitions in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this | 110 |
section are in addition to the prohibitions in sections 124.57, | 111 |
3304.22, and 4503.032 of the Revised Code. | 112 |
Section 2. That existing section 3517.092 of the Revised | 113 |
Code is hereby repealed. | 114 |