H. B. No. 218 As Introduced

As Introduced

130th General Assembly

Regular Session

2013-2014

H. B. No. 218

Representatives Rosenberger, Dovilla

Cosponsors: Representatives Scherer, Reece, Smith, Baker, Fedor, Buchy

A BILL

To amend sections 102.02 and 107.63 and to enact

section 107.631 of the Revised Code to require the

Small Business Advisory Council to establish an

entrepreneur in residence pilot program.

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

Section 1. That sections 102.02 and 107.63 be amended and	5
section 107.631 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	6

Sec. 102.02. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division	7
(H) of this section, all of the following shall file with the	8
appropriate ethics commission the disclosure statement described	9
in this division on a form prescribed by the appropriate	10
commission: every person who is elected to or is a candidate for a	11
state, county, or city office and every person who is appointed to	12
fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in such an elective office;	13
all members of the state board of education; the director,	14
assistant directors, deputy directors, division chiefs, or persons	15
of equivalent rank of any administrative department of the state;	16
the president or other chief administrative officer of every state	17
institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of	18
the Revised Code; the executive director and the members of the	19
capitol square review and advisory board appointed or employed	20
pursuant to section 105.41 of the Revised Code; all members of the	21
Ohio casino control commission, the executive director of the	22
commission, all professional employees of the commission, and all	23
technical employees of the commission who perform an internal	24
audit function; the individuals set forth in division (B)(2) of	25
section 187.03 of the Revised Code; the chief executive officer	26
and the members of the board of each state retirement system; each	27
employee of a state retirement board who is a state retirement	28
system investment officer licensed pursuant to section 1707.163 of	29
the Revised Code; the members of the Ohio retirement study council	30
appointed pursuant to division (C) of section 171.01 of the	31
Revised Code; employees of the Ohio retirement study council,	32
other than employees who perform purely administrative or clerical	33
functions; the administrator of workers' compensation and each	34
member of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors;	35
the bureau of workers' compensation director of investments; the	36
chief investment officer of the bureau of workers' compensation;	37
all members of the board of commissioners on grievances and	38
discipline of the supreme court and the ethics commission created	39
under section 102.05 of the Revised Code; every business manager,	40
treasurer, or superintendent of a city, local, exempted village,	41
joint vocational, or cooperative education school district or an	42
educational service center; every person who is elected to or is a	43
candidate for the office of member of a board of education of a	44
city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative	45
education school district or of a governing board of an	46
educational service center that has a total student count of	47
twelve thousand or more as most recently determined by the	48
department of education pursuant to section 3317.03 of the Revised	49
Code; every person who is appointed to the board of education of a	50
municipal school district pursuant to division (B) or (F) of	51
section 3311.71 of the Revised Code; all members of the board of	52
directors of a sanitary district that is established under Chapter	53
6115. of the Revised Code and organized wholly for the purpose of	54
providing a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use,	55
and that includes two municipal corporations in two counties;	56
every public official or employee who is paid a salary or wage in	57
accordance with schedule C of section 124.15 or schedule E-2 of	58
section 124.152 of the Revised Code; members of the board of	59
trustees and the executive director of the southern Ohio	60
agricultural and community development foundation; all members	61
appointed to the Ohio livestock care standards board under section	62
904.02 of the Revised Code; all entrepreneurs in residence	63
assigned by the small business advisory council under section	64
107.631 of the Revised Code; and every other public official or	65
employee who is designated by the appropriate ethics commission	66
pursuant to division (B) of this section.	67

The disclosure statement shall include all of the following:

(1) The name of the person filing the statement and each	69
member of the person's immediate family and all names under which	70
the person or members of the person's immediate family do	71
business;	72

(2)(a) Subject to divisions (A)(2)(b) and (c) of this section	73
and except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised	74
Code, identification of every source of income, other than income	75
from a legislative agent identified in division (A)(2)(b) of this	76
section, received during the preceding calendar year, in the	77
person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or	78
benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief	79
description of the nature of the services for which the income was	80
received. If the person filing the statement is a member of the	81
general assembly, the statement shall identify the amount of every	82
source of income received in accordance with the following ranges	83
of amounts: zero or more, but less than one thousand dollars; one	84
thousand dollars or more, but less than ten thousand dollars; ten	85
thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-five thousand	86
dollars; twenty-five thousand dollars or more, but less than fifty	87
thousand dollars; fifty thousand dollars or more, but less than	88
one hundred thousand dollars; and one hundred thousand dollars or	89
more. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall not be construed to	90
require a person filing the statement who derives income from a	91
business or profession to disclose the individual items of income	92
that constitute the gross income of that business or profession,	93
except for those individual items of income that are attributable	94
to the person's or, if the income is shared with the person, the	95
partner's, solicitation of services or goods or performance,	96
arrangement, or facilitation of services or provision of goods on	97
behalf of the business or profession of clients, including	98
corporate clients, who are legislative agents. A person who files	99
the statement under this section shall disclose the identity of	100
and the amount of income received from a person who the public	101
official or employee knows or has reason to know is doing or	102
seeking to do business of any kind with the public official's or	103
employee's agency.	104

(b) If the person filing the statement is a member of the	105
general assembly, the statement shall identify every source of	106
income and the amount of that income that was received from a	107
legislative agent during the preceding calendar year, in the	108
person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or	109
benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief	110
description of the nature of the services for which the income was	111
received. Division (A)(2)(b) of this section requires the	112
disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under	113
section 4732.12 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons	114
certified under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, if those	115
clients or patients are legislative agents. Division (A)(2)(b) of	116
this section requires a person filing the statement who derives	117
income from a business or profession to disclose those individual	118
items of income that constitute the gross income of that business	119
or profession that are received from legislative agents.	120

(c) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2)(c) of	121
this section, division (A)(2)(a) of this section applies to	122
attorneys, physicians, and other persons who engage in the	123
practice of a profession and who, pursuant to a section of the	124
Revised Code, the common law of this state, a code of ethics	125
applicable to the profession, or otherwise, generally are required	126
not to reveal, disclose, or use confidences of clients, patients,	127
or other recipients of professional services except under	128
specified circumstances or generally are required to maintain	129
those types of confidences as privileged communications except	130
under specified circumstances. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section	131
does not require an attorney, physician, or other professional	132
subject to a confidentiality requirement as described in division	133
(A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose the name, other identity, or	134
address of a client, patient, or other recipient of professional	135
services if the disclosure would threaten the client, patient, or	136
other recipient of professional services, would reveal details of	137
the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional	138
advice or other services were sought, or would reveal an otherwise	139
privileged communication involving the client, patient, or other	140
recipient of professional services. Division (A)(2)(a) of this	141
section does not require an attorney, physician, or other	142
professional subject to a confidentiality requirement as described	143
in division (A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose in the brief	144
description of the nature of services required by division	145
(A)(2)(a) of this section any information pertaining to specific	146
professional services rendered for a client, patient, or other	147
recipient of professional services that would reveal details of	148
the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional	149
advice was sought or would reveal an otherwise privileged	150
communication involving the client, patient, or other recipient of	151
professional services.	152

(3) The name of every corporation on file with the secretary	153
of state that is incorporated in this state or holds a certificate	154
of compliance authorizing it to do business in this state, trust,	155
business trust, partnership, or association that transacts	156
business in this state in which the person filing the statement or	157
any other person for the person's use and benefit had during the	158
preceding calendar year an investment of over one thousand dollars	159
at fair market value as of the thirty-first day of December of the	160
preceding calendar year, or the date of disposition, whichever is	161
earlier, or in which the person holds any office or has a	162
fiduciary relationship, and a description of the nature of the	163
investment, office, or relationship. Division (A)(3) of this	164
section does not require disclosure of the name of any bank,	165
savings and loan association, credit union, or building and loan	166
association with which the person filing the statement has a	167
deposit or a withdrawable share account.	168

(4) All fee simple and leasehold interests to which the	169
person filing the statement holds legal title to or a beneficial	170
interest in real property located within the state, excluding the	171
person's residence and property used primarily for personal	172
recreation;	173

(5) The names of all persons residing or transacting business	174
in the state to whom the person filing the statement owes, in the	175
person's own name or in the name of any other person, more than	176
one thousand dollars. Division (A)(5) of this section shall not be	177
construed to require the disclosure of debts owed by the person	178
resulting from the ordinary conduct of a business or profession or	179
debts on the person's residence or real property used primarily	180
for personal recreation, except that the superintendent of	181
financial institutions shall disclose the names of all	182
state-chartered savings and loan associations and of all service	183
corporations subject to regulation under division (E)(2) of	184
section 1151.34 of the Revised Code to whom the superintendent in	185
the superintendent's own name or in the name of any other person	186
owes any money, and that the superintendent and any deputy	187
superintendent of banks shall disclose the names of all	188
state-chartered banks and all bank subsidiary corporations subject	189
to regulation under section 1109.44 of the Revised Code to whom	190
the superintendent or deputy superintendent owes any money.	191

(6) The names of all persons residing or transacting business	192
in the state, other than a depository excluded under division	193
(A)(3) of this section, who owe more than one thousand dollars to	194
the person filing the statement, either in the person's own name	195
or to any person for the person's use or benefit. Division (A)(6)	196
of this section shall not be construed to require the disclosure	197
of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12	198
or 4732.15 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons certified	199
under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, nor the disclosure of	200
debts owed to the person resulting from the ordinary conduct of a	201
business or profession.	202

(7) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the	203
Revised Code, the source of each gift of over seventy-five	204
dollars, or of each gift of over twenty-five dollars received by a	205
member of the general assembly from a legislative agent, received	206
by the person in the person's own name or by any other person for	207
the person's use or benefit during the preceding calendar year,	208
except gifts received by will or by virtue of section 2105.06 of	209
the Revised Code, or received from spouses, parents, grandparents,	210
children, grandchildren, siblings, nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts,	211
brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law,	212
fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, or any person to whom the person	213
filing the statement stands in loco parentis, or received by way	214
of distribution from any inter vivos or testamentary trust	215
established by a spouse or by an ancestor;	216

(8) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the	217
Revised Code, identification of the source and amount of every	218
payment of expenses incurred for travel to destinations inside or	219
outside this state that is received by the person in the person's	220
own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit	221
and that is incurred in connection with the person's official	222
duties, except for expenses for travel to meetings or conventions	223
of a national or state organization to which any state agency,	224
including, but not limited to, any legislative agency or state	225
institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of	226
the Revised Code, pays membership dues, or any political	227
subdivision or any office or agency of a political subdivision	228
pays membership dues;	229

(9) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the	230
Revised Code, identification of the source of payment of expenses	231
for meals and other food and beverages, other than for meals and	232
other food and beverages provided at a meeting at which the person	233
participated in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or at a	234
meeting or convention of a national or state organization to which	235
any state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative	236
agency or state institution of higher education as defined in	237
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues, or any	238
political subdivision or any office or agency of a political	239
subdivision pays membership dues, that are incurred in connection	240
with the person's official duties and that exceed one hundred	241
dollars aggregated per calendar year;	242

(10) If the disclosure statement is filed by a public	243
official or employee described in division (B)(2) of section	244
101.73 of the Revised Code or division (B)(2) of section 121.63 of	245
the Revised Code who receives a statement from a legislative	246
agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer that contains the	247
information described in division (F)(2) of section 101.73 of the	248
Revised Code or division (G)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised	249
Code, all of the nondisputed information contained in the	250
statement delivered to that public official or employee by the	251
legislative agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer under	252
division (F)(2) of section 101.73 or (G)(2) of section 121.63 of	253
the Revised Code.	254

A person may file a statement required by this section in	255
person or by mail. A person who is a candidate for elective office	256
shall file the statement no later than the thirtieth day before	257
the primary, special, or general election at which the candidacy	258
is to be voted on, whichever election occurs soonest, except that	259
a person who is a write-in candidate shall file the statement no	260
later than the twentieth day before the earliest election at which	261
the person's candidacy is to be voted on. A person who holds	262
elective office shall file the statement on or before the	263
fifteenth day of April of each year unless the person is a	264
candidate for office. A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy	265
for an unexpired term in an elective office shall file the	266
statement within fifteen days after the person qualifies for	267
office. Other persons shall file an annual statement on or before	268
the fifteenth day of April or, if appointed or employed after that	269
date, within ninety days after appointment or employment. No	270
person shall be required to file with the appropriate ethics	271
commission more than one statement or pay more than one filing fee	272
for any one calendar year.	273

The appropriate ethics commission, for good cause, may extend	274
for a reasonable time the deadline for filing a statement under	275
this section.	276

A statement filed under this section is subject to public	277
inspection at locations designated by the appropriate ethics	278
commission except as otherwise provided in this section.	279

(B) The Ohio ethics commission, the joint legislative ethics	280
committee, and the board of commissioners on grievances and	281
discipline of the supreme court, using the rule-making procedures	282
of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may require any class of	283
public officials or employees under its jurisdiction and not	284
specifically excluded by this section whose positions involve a	285
substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in	286
the formulation of public policy, expenditure of public funds,	287
enforcement of laws and rules of the state or a county or city, or	288
the execution of other public trusts, to file an annual statement	289
on or before the fifteenth day of April under division (A) of this	290
section. The appropriate ethics commission shall send the public	291
officials or employees written notice of the requirement by the	292
fifteenth day of February of each year the filing is required	293
unless the public official or employee is appointed after that	294
date, in which case the notice shall be sent within thirty days	295
after appointment, and the filing shall be made not later than	296
ninety days after appointment.	297

Except for disclosure statements filed by members of the	298
board of trustees and the executive director of the southern Ohio	299
agricultural and community development foundation, disclosure	300
statements filed under this division with the Ohio ethics	301
commission by members of boards, commissions, or bureaus of the	302
state for which no compensation is received other than reasonable	303
and necessary expenses shall be kept confidential. Disclosure	304
statements filed with the Ohio ethics commission under division	305
(A) of this section by business managers, treasurers, and	306
superintendents of city, local, exempted village, joint	307
vocational, or cooperative education school districts or	308
educational service centers shall be kept confidential, except	309
that any person conducting an audit of any such school district or	310
educational service center pursuant to section 115.56 or Chapter	311
117. of the Revised Code may examine the disclosure statement of	312
any business manager, treasurer, or superintendent of that school	313
district or educational service center. Disclosure statements	314
filed with the Ohio ethics commission under division (A) of this	315
section by the individuals set forth in division (B)(2) of section	316
187.03 of the Revised Code shall be kept confidential. The Ohio	317
ethics commission shall examine each disclosure statement required	318
to be kept confidential to determine whether a potential conflict	319
of interest exists for the person who filed the disclosure	320
statement. A potential conflict of interest exists if the private	321
interests of the person, as indicated by the person's disclosure	322
statement, might interfere with the public interests the person is	323
required to serve in the exercise of the person's authority and	324
duties in the person's office or position of employment. If the	325
commission determines that a potential conflict of interest	326
exists, it shall notify the person who filed the disclosure	327
statement and shall make the portions of the disclosure statement	328
that indicate a potential conflict of interest subject to public	329
inspection in the same manner as is provided for other disclosure	330
statements. Any portion of the disclosure statement that the	331
commission determines does not indicate a potential conflict of	332
interest shall be kept confidential by the commission and shall	333
not be made subject to public inspection, except as is necessary	334
for the enforcement of Chapters 102. and 2921. of the Revised Code	335
and except as otherwise provided in this division.	336

(C) No person shall knowingly fail to file, on or before the	337
applicable filing deadline established under this section, a	338
statement that is required by this section.	339

(D) No person shall knowingly file a false statement that is	340
required to be filed under this section.	341

(E)(1) Except as provided in divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this	342
section, the statement required by division (A) or (B) of this	343
section shall be accompanied by a filing fee of sixty dollars.	344

(2) The statement required by division (A) of this section	345
shall be accompanied by the following filing fee to be paid by the	346
person who is elected or appointed to, or is a candidate for, any	347
of the following offices:	348

For state office, except member of the		349
state board of education	$95	350
For office of member of general assembly	$40	351
For county office	$60	352
For city office	$35	353
For office of member of the state board		354
of education	$35	355
		356
		357
For office of member of a city, local,		358
exempted village, or cooperative		359
education board of		360
education or educational service		361
center governing board	$30	362
For position of business manager,		363
treasurer, or superintendent of a		364
city, local, exempted village, joint		365
vocational, or cooperative education		366
school district or		367
educational service center	$30	368

(3) No judge of a court of record or candidate for judge of a	369
court of record, and no referee or magistrate serving a court of	370
record, shall be required to pay the fee required under division	371
(E)(1) or (2) or (F) of this section.	372

(4) For any public official who is appointed to a nonelective	373
office of the state and for any employee who holds a nonelective	374
position in a public agency of the state, the state agency that is	375
the primary employer of the state official or employee shall pay	376
the fee required under division (E)(1) or (F) of this section.	377

(F) If a statement required to be filed under this section is	378
not filed by the date on which it is required to be filed, the	379
appropriate ethics commission shall assess the person required to	380
file the statement a late filing fee of ten dollars for each day	381
the statement is not filed, except that the total amount of the	382
late filing fee shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars.	383

(G)(1) The appropriate ethics commission other than the Ohio	384
ethics commission and the joint legislative ethics committee shall	385
deposit all fees it receives under divisions (E) and (F) of this	386
section into the general revenue fund of the state.	387

(2) The Ohio ethics commission shall deposit all receipts,	388
including, but not limited to, fees it receives under divisions	389
(E) and (F) of this section, investigative or other fees, costs,	390
or other funds it receives as a result of court orders, and all	391
moneys it receives from settlements under division (G) of section	392
102.06 of the Revised Code, into the Ohio ethics commission fund,	393
which is hereby created in the state treasury. All moneys credited	394
to the fund shall be used solely for expenses related to the	395
operation and statutory functions of the commission.	396

(3) The joint legislative ethics committee shall deposit all	397
receipts it receives from the payment of financial disclosure	398
statement filing fees under divisions (E) and (F) of this section	399
into the joint legislative ethics committee investigative fund.	400

(H) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a person	401
elected or appointed to the office of precinct, ward, or district	402
committee member under Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code; a	403
presidential elector; a delegate to a national convention; village	404
or township officials and employees; any physician or psychiatrist	405
who is paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule C of	406
section 124.15 or schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised	407
Code and whose primary duties do not require the exercise of	408
administrative discretion; or any member of a board, commission,	409
or bureau of any county or city who receives less than one	410
thousand dollars per year for serving in that position.	411

Sec. 107.63. As used in this section and in section 107.631	412
of the Revised Code, "small business" means an independently owned	413
and operated for-profit or nonprofit business entity, including	414
affiliates, that has fewer than five hundred full time employees	415
or gross annual sales of less than six million dollars, and has	416
operations located in the state.	417

The small business advisory council is established in the	418
office of the governor. The council shall advise the governor, the	419
lieutenant governor, and the common sense initiative office on the	420
adverse impact draft rules might have on small businesses. The	421
council shall meet at least quarterly.	422

The council consists of nine members. The governor, or the	423
person to whom the governor has delegated responsibilities for the	424
common sense initiative office under section 107.61 of the Revised	425
Code, shall appoint five members, the president of the senate	426
shall appoint two members, and the speaker of the house of	427
representatives shall appoint two members. A member serves at the	428
pleasure of the member's appointing authority. The appointing	429
authorities shall consult with each other and appoint only	430
individuals who are representative of small businesses, and shall	431
do so in such a manner that the membership of the council is	432
composed of representatives of small businesses that are of	433
different sizes, engaged in different lines of business, and	434
located in different parts of the state.	435

Sec. 107.631. (A) The small business advisory council shall	436
establish and operate an entrepreneur in residence pilot program.	437
The mission of the entrepreneur in residence pilot program is to	438
provide for better outreach by state government to small	439
businesses, to strengthen coordination and interaction between	440
state government and small businesses, and to make state	441
government programs and functions simpler, easier to access, more	442
efficient, and more responsive to the needs of small businesses.	443

(B) Not later than the first day of the seventh month after	444
the effective date of this section, the council shall do both of	445
the following:	446

(1) Select not fewer than three nor more than five state	447
agencies that have programs or perform functions affecting small	448
businesses to participate in the entrepreneur in residence pilot	449
program; and	450

(2) Assign only one entrepreneur in residence to each state	451
agency that is participating in the entrepreneurs in residence	452
pilot program.	453

The council shall assign entrepreneurs in residence from	454
among individuals who are representative of small businesses, and	455
who are successful in their fields.	456

The assignment of an entrepreneur in residence is for one	457
year after the date on which the entrepreneur in residence is	458
assigned to a state agency.	459

The council shall monitor the work of entrepreneurs in	460
residence during the pilot program. A state agency shall cooperate	461
with the council to facilitate this monitoring.	462

An entrepreneur in residence serves at the pleasure of the	463
director of the state agency to which the entrepreneur in	464
residence has been assigned, and the director may discharge	465
without cause the entrepreneur in residence. The council may	466
reassign an entrepreneur in residence who has been discharged to	467
another state agency, to serve for the remainder of the	468
entrepreneur in residence's service year.	469

(C) An entrepreneur in residence shall do all of the	470
following:	471

(1) Facilitate meetings or forums to educate small business	472
owners and operators about the programs or functions of the state	473
agency that affect small businesses;	474

(2) Facilitate in-service sessions with employees of the	475
state agency on issues of concern to small business owners and	476
operators;	477

(3) Advise the state agency on how its programs and functions	478
that affect small businesses might be improved to further the	479
mission of the entrepreneur in residence pilot program;	480

(4) Provide technical assistance or mentorships to small	481
businesses in accessing the programs or functions of the state	482
agency that affect small businesses; and	483

(5) Do any other things that further the mission of the	484
entrepreneur in residence pilot program.	485

(D) An entrepreneur in residence shall report directly to the	486
director or other head of the state agency.	487

An entrepreneur in residence is not entitled to compensation,	488
but is entitled to reimbursement from the state agency of the	489
actual and necessary expenses the entrepreneur in residence incurs	490
in discharge of the entrepreneur in residence's duties.	491

(E)(1) Not later than the date that is one year after an	492
entrepreneur in residence was assigned to a state agency, the	493
entrepreneur in residence shall prepare a report about the state	494
agency. In the report, the entrepreneur in residence shall make	495
recommendations to the state agency that furthers the mission of	496
the entrepreneur in residence program. In particular, the	497
entrepreneur in residence shall make recommendations to the state	498
agency regarding all of the following:	499

(a) Elimination of inefficient or duplicative programs or	500
functions of the state agency that affect small businesses;	501

(b) Methods of improving the efficiency of the programs or	502
functions of the state agency that affect small businesses;	503

(c) Any new program or function affecting small businesses	504
that should be established and implemented by the state agency;	505
and	506

(d) Any other matter that will further the mission of the	507
entrepreneur in residence pilot program.	508

The entrepreneur in residence shall provide a copy of the	509
report to the council and to the state agency.	510

(2) During or upon conclusion of the entrepreneur in	511
residence pilot program, the council may convene an informal	512
working group of entrepreneurs in residence to discuss best	513
practices, experiences, and opportunities for and obstacles to	514
operating small businesses as well as the recommendations in the	515
reports prepared by the entrepreneurs in residence.	516

(F) Upon conclusion of the entrepreneur in residence pilot	517
program, and after considering the reports of the entrepreneurs in	518
residence and information learned from any informal working group,	519
the council shall prepare a report on the entrepreneur in	520
residence pilot program. In the report, the council shall	521
recommend whether the entrepreneur in residence pilot program	522
should be repeated with or without modifications, made permanent	523
with or without modifications, or abandoned. The council shall	524
append the reports of the entrepreneurs in residence to its	525
report. If the pilot program is repeated or made permanent, an	526
individual who previously was assigned as an entrepreneur in	527
residence shall not be reassigned as an entrepreneur in residence.	528

The council shall provide a copy of its report to the common	529
sense initiative office. The office promptly shall transmit a copy	530
of the report to the officials designated in the last paragraph of	531
section 107.55 of the Revised Code.	532

Section 2. That existing sections 102.02 and 107.63 of the	533
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	534