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| To amend section 3517.092 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| prohibit an elected officer of a political | 2 |
| subdivision or a candidate for an elective office | 3 |
| of a political subdivision from accepting | 4 |
| contributions from an employee of that political | 5 |
| subdivision who is or who would be supervised, | 6 |
| directly or indirectly, by the public officer or | 7 |
| candidate. | 8 |
| Section 1. That section 3517.092 of the Revised Code be | 9 |
| amended to read as follows: | 10 |
| Sec. 3517.092. (A) As used in this section: | 11 |
| (1) "Appointing authority" has the same meaning as in section | 12 |
| 124.01 of the Revised Code. | 13 |
| (2) "State elected officer" means any person appointed or | 14 |
| elected to a state elective office. | 15 |
| (3) "State elective office" means any of the offices of | 16 |
| governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of | 17 |
| state, treasurer of state, attorney general, member of the state | 18 |
| board of education, member of the general assembly, and justice | 19 |
| and chief justice of the supreme court. | 20 |
| (4) "Contribution" includes a contribution to any political | 21 |
| party, campaign committee, political action committee, political | 22 |
| contributing entity, or legislative campaign fund. | 23 |
| (B)(1) No state elected officer, no campaign committee of | 24 |
| such an officer, no employee of the state elected officer's | 25 |
| office, and no other person or entity shall knowingly solicit a | 26 |
| contribution to a state elected officer or to such an officer's | 27 |
| campaign committee, and no state elected officer and no campaign | 28 |
| committee of such an officer shall accept a contribution, from any | 29 |
| of the following: | 30 |
| (a) A state employee whose appointing authority is the state | 31 |
| elected officer; | 32 |
| (b) A state employee whose appointing authority is authorized | 33 |
| or required by law to be appointed by the state elected officer; | 34 |
| (c) A state employee who functions in or is employed in or by | 35 |
| the same public agency, department, division, or office as the | 36 |
| state elected officer. | 37 |
| (2) No candidate for a state elective office, no campaign | 38 |
| committee of such a candidate, no employee of the candidate's | 39 |
| office if the candidate is a state elected officer or an elected | 40 |
| officer of a political subdivision of the state, and no other | 41 |
| person or entity shall knowingly solicit a contribution to a | 42 |
| candidate for a state elective office or to such a candidate's | 43 |
| campaign committee, and no candidate for a state elective office | 44 |
| and no campaign committee of such a candidate shall accept a | 45 |
| contribution, from any of the following: | 46 |
| (a) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, whose | 47 |
| appointing authority will be the candidate, if elected; | 48 |
| (b) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, whose | 49 |
| appointing authority will be appointed by the candidate, if | 50 |
| elected, as authorized or required by law; | 51 |
| (c) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, who | 52 |
| will function in or be employed in or by the same public agency, | 53 |
| department, division, or office as the candidate, if elected. | 54 |
| (C)(1) No elected officer of a political subdivision of the | 55 |
| state, no campaign committee of such an officer, no employee of | 56 |
| such an officer's office, and no other person or entity shall | 57 |
| knowingly solicit a contribution to an elected officer of a | 58 |
| political subdivision of the state or to such an officer's | 59 |
| campaign committee, and no elected officer of a political | 60 |
| subdivision of the state and no campaign committee of such an | 61 |
| officer shall accept a contribution, from any of the following: | 62 |
| (a) An employee of that political subdivision whose | 63 |
| appointing authority is that elected officer; | 64 |
| (b) An employee of that political subdivision whose | 65 |
| appointing authority is authorized or required by law to be | 66 |
| appointed by that elected officer; | 67 |
| (c) An employee of that political subdivision who functions | 68 |
| in or is employed in or by the same public agency, department, | 69 |
| division, or office as that elected officer. | 70 |
| (2) No candidate for an elective office of a political | 71 |
| subdivision of the state, no campaign committee of such a | 72 |
| candidate, no employee of the candidate's office if the candidate | 73 |
| is a state elected officer or elected officer of a political | 74 |
| subdivision of the state, and no other person or entity shall | 75 |
| knowingly solicit a contribution to a candidate for an elective | 76 |
| office of a political subdivision of the state or to such a | 77 |
| candidate's campaign committee, and no candidate for an elective | 78 |
| office of a political subdivision of the state and no campaign | 79 |
| committee of such a candidate shall accept a contribution, from | 80 |
| any of the following: | 81 |
| (a) An employee of that political subdivision at the time of | 82 |
| the solicitation, whose appointing authority will be the | 83 |
| candidate, if elected; | 84 |
| (b) An employee of that political subdivision at the time of | 85 |
| the solicitation, whose appointing authority will be appointed by | 86 |
| the candidate, if elected, as authorized or required by law; | 87 |
| (c) An employee of that political subdivision at the time of | 88 |
| the solicitation, who will function in or be employed in or by the | 89 |
| same public agency, department, division, or office as the | 90 |
| candidate, if elected. | 91 |
| (D)(1) No public employee shall solicit a contribution from | 92 |
| any person while the public employee is performing the public | 93 |
| employee's official duties or in those areas of a public building | 94 |
| where official business is transacted or conducted. | 95 |
| (2) No person shall solicit a contribution from any public | 96 |
| employee while the public employee is performing the public | 97 |
| employee's official duties or is in those areas of a public | 98 |
| building where official business is transacted or conducted. | 99 |
| (3) As used in division (D) of this section, "public | 100 |
| employee" does not include any person holding an elective office. | 101 |
| (E) The prohibitions in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this | 102 |
| section are in addition to the prohibitions in sections 124.57, | 103 |
| 3304.22, and 4503.032 of the Revised Code. | 104 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3517.092 of the Revised | 105 |
| Code is hereby repealed. | 106 |