(1)(A) "Agency" means a department created under section | 19 |
121.02
of the Revised Codeany department, office, bureau, board, | 20 |
division, commission, institution, college, or university | 21 |
established by the laws of this state and the programs and | 22 |
activities of those bodies. "Agency" includes the offices of the | 23 |
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of | 24 |
state, treasurer of state, attorney general, and members of the | 25 |
general assembly.
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(b)(2) "State award" does not include compensation received | 43 |
as
an employee of the state or any state financial assistance and
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expenditure received from the general assembly or any legislative
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agency, any court or judicial agency, the secretary of state,
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auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general and
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their respective offices.
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(C) The department of administrative services may consult
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with
other state agencies in the development, establishment,
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operation,
and support of the web site required by division (B)
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of this section. State awards shall be posted on the
web site
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within thirty days after being made. The department of
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administrative services shall provide an opportunity for public
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comment as
to the utility of the web site required by division
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(B) of this section and any suggested improvements. | 67 |
(F) Each agency awarding a grant to an entity in fiscal year
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2008 and thereafter shall establish and maintain a separate web
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site listing the name of the entity receiving each grant, the
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grant amount, information on each grant, and any other relevant
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information determined by the department of administrative
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services. Each agency shall provide the link to such a web site to
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the department of administrative services within a reasonable time
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after the effective date of this section and
shall thereafter
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update its web site within thirty days of
awarding a new grant.
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Not later than one year after the
effective date of this section,
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the
department of administrative services shall establish and
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maintain a separate web site, accessible to the public at no cost,
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which contains the links to the agency web sites required by this
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division. | 95 |
(G) The attorney general shall monitor the compliance of an
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entity with the terms and conditions, including
performance | 97 |
metrics, if any, of a state award for economic
development | 98 |
received by that entity. As necessary, the agency that
makes and | 99 |
administers the state award for economic development shall assist | 100 |
the attorney
general with that monitoring. The attorney general | 101 |
shall submit to
the general assembly pursuant to section 101.68 | 102 |
of the Revised
Code an annual report regarding the level of | 103 |
compliance of such entities with the terms and conditions, | 104 |
including any
performance metrics, of their state awards for | 105 |
economic
development. When the attorney general determines | 106 |
appropriate and
to the extent that an entity that receives or has | 107 |
received a state
award for economic development does not comply | 108 |
with a performance
metric that is specified in the terms and | 109 |
conditions of the award,
the attorney general shall pursue | 110 |
against and from that entity
such remedies and recoveries as are | 111 |
available under law. For
purposes of this division, "state award | 112 |
for economic development"
means state financial assistance and | 113 |
expenditure in any of the
following forms: grants, subgrants, | 114 |
loans, awards, cooperative
agreements, or other similar and | 115 |
related forms of financial
assistance and contracts, | 116 |
subcontracts, purchase orders, task
orders, delivery orders, or | 117 |
other similar and related
transactions. "State award for economic | 118 |
development" does not
include compensation received as an | 119 |
employee of the state or any
state financial assistance and | 120 |
expenditure received from the
general assembly or any legislative | 121 |
agency, any court or judicial
agency, the secretary of state, | 122 |
auditor of state, treasurer of
state, or attorney general and | 123 |
their respective offices. | 124 |
(B) The office may consult
with
other agencies in the | 146 |
development, establishment,
operation,
and support of the web | 147 |
site and shall provide guidance to other agencies to ensure | 148 |
compliance with this section. State awards shall be posted on the
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web site
within thirty days after being made. The office shall | 150 |
provide an opportunity for public
comment as
to the utility of | 151 |
the web site and any suggested improvements. | 152 |