As Reported by the Senate Workforce and Economic Development Committee

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
Sub. H. B. No. 218


Representatives Rosenberger, Dovilla 

Cosponsors: Representatives Scherer, Reece, Smith, Baker, Fedor, Buchy, Barnes, Burkley, Hagan, C., Adams, R., Amstutz, Anielski, Antonio, Beck, Blair, Blessing, Boose, Brown, Budish, Butler, Celebrezze, Damschroder, Derickson, DeVitis, Green, Grossman, Hackett, Hall, Hayes, Henne, Hill, Johnson, Landis, Mallory, McClain, McGregor, Milkovich, O'Brien, Patterson, Perales, Pillich, Ramos, Retherford, Romanchuk, Ruhl, Sears, Sheehy, Sprague, Stebelton, Stinziano, Thompson, Wachtmann, Young Speaker Batchelder 

Senator Beagle 



A BILL
To amend section 102.02 and to enact section 125.65 1
of the Revised Code to require the LeanOhio Office 2
in the Department of Administrative Services to 3
establish an entrepreneur in residence pilot 4
program.5


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

       Section 1. That section 102.02 be amended and section 125.65 6
of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:7

       Sec. 102.02.  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division 8
(H) of this section, all of the following shall file with the 9
appropriate ethics commission the disclosure statement described 10
in this division on a form prescribed by the appropriate 11
commission: every person who is elected to or is a candidate for a 12
state, county, or city office and every person who is appointed to 13
fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in such an elective office; 14
all members of the state board of education; the director, 15
assistant directors, deputy directors, division chiefs, or persons 16
of equivalent rank of any administrative department of the state; 17
the president or other chief administrative officer of every state 18
institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of 19
the Revised Code; the executive director and the members of the 20
capitol square review and advisory board appointed or employed 21
pursuant to section 105.41 of the Revised Code; all members of the 22
Ohio casino control commission, the executive director of the 23
commission, all professional employees of the commission, and all 24
technical employees of the commission who perform an internal 25
audit function; the individuals set forth in division (B)(2) of 26
section 187.03 of the Revised Code; the chief executive officer 27
and the members of the board of each state retirement system; each 28
employee of a state retirement board who is a state retirement 29
system investment officer licensed pursuant to section 1707.163 of 30
the Revised Code; the members of the Ohio retirement study council 31
appointed pursuant to division (C) of section 171.01 of the 32
Revised Code; employees of the Ohio retirement study council, 33
other than employees who perform purely administrative or clerical 34
functions; the administrator of workers' compensation and each 35
member of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors; 36
the bureau of workers' compensation director of investments; the 37
chief investment officer of the bureau of workers' compensation; 38
all members of the board of commissioners on grievances and 39
discipline of the supreme court and the ethics commission created 40
under section 102.05 of the Revised Code; every business manager, 41
treasurer, or superintendent of a city, local, exempted village, 42
joint vocational, or cooperative education school district or an 43
educational service center; every person who is elected to or is a 44
candidate for the office of member of a board of education of a 45
city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative 46
education school district or of a governing board of an 47
educational service center that has a total student count of 48
twelve thousand or more as most recently determined by the 49
department of education pursuant to section 3317.03 of the Revised 50
Code; every person who is appointed to the board of education of a 51
municipal school district pursuant to division (B) or (F) of 52
section 3311.71 of the Revised Code; all members of the board of 53
directors of a sanitary district that is established under Chapter 54
6115. of the Revised Code and organized wholly for the purpose of 55
providing a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use, 56
and that includes two municipal corporations in two counties; 57
every public official or employee who is paid a salary or wage in 58
accordance with schedule C of section 124.15 or schedule E-2 of 59
section 124.152 of the Revised Code; members of the board of 60
trustees and the executive director of the southern Ohio 61
agricultural and community development foundation; all members 62
appointed to the Ohio livestock care standards board under section 63
904.02 of the Revised Code; all entrepreneurs in residence 64
assigned by the LeanOhio office in the department of 65
administrative services under section 125.65 of the Revised Code66
and every other public official or employee who is designated by 67
the appropriate ethics commission pursuant to division (B) of this 68
section.69

       The disclosure statement shall include all of the following:70

       (1) The name of the person filing the statement and each 71
member of the person's immediate family and all names under which 72
the person or members of the person's immediate family do 73
business;74

       (2)(a) Subject to divisions (A)(2)(b) and (c) of this section 75
and except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised 76
Code, identification of every source of income, other than income 77
from a legislative agent identified in division (A)(2)(b) of this 78
section, received during the preceding calendar year, in the 79
person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or 80
benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief 81
description of the nature of the services for which the income was 82
received. If the person filing the statement is a member of the 83
general assembly, the statement shall identify the amount of every 84
source of income received in accordance with the following ranges 85
of amounts: zero or more, but less than one thousand dollars; one 86
thousand dollars or more, but less than ten thousand dollars; ten 87
thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-five thousand 88
dollars; twenty-five thousand dollars or more, but less than fifty 89
thousand dollars; fifty thousand dollars or more, but less than 90
one hundred thousand dollars; and one hundred thousand dollars or 91
more. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall not be construed to 92
require a person filing the statement who derives income from a 93
business or profession to disclose the individual items of income 94
that constitute the gross income of that business or profession, 95
except for those individual items of income that are attributable 96
to the person's or, if the income is shared with the person, the 97
partner's, solicitation of services or goods or performance, 98
arrangement, or facilitation of services or provision of goods on 99
behalf of the business or profession of clients, including 100
corporate clients, who are legislative agents. A person who files 101
the statement under this section shall disclose the identity of 102
and the amount of income received from a person who the public 103
official or employee knows or has reason to know is doing or 104
seeking to do business of any kind with the public official's or 105
employee's agency.106

       (b) If the person filing the statement is a member of the 107
general assembly, the statement shall identify every source of 108
income and the amount of that income that was received from a 109
legislative agent during the preceding calendar year, in the 110
person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or 111
benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief 112
description of the nature of the services for which the income was 113
received. Division (A)(2)(b) of this section requires the 114
disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under 115
section 4732.12 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons 116
certified under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, if those 117
clients or patients are legislative agents. Division (A)(2)(b) of 118
this section requires a person filing the statement who derives 119
income from a business or profession to disclose those individual 120
items of income that constitute the gross income of that business 121
or profession that are received from legislative agents.122

       (c) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2)(c) of 123
this section, division (A)(2)(a) of this section applies to 124
attorneys, physicians, and other persons who engage in the 125
practice of a profession and who, pursuant to a section of the 126
Revised Code, the common law of this state, a code of ethics 127
applicable to the profession, or otherwise, generally are required 128
not to reveal, disclose, or use confidences of clients, patients, 129
or other recipients of professional services except under 130
specified circumstances or generally are required to maintain 131
those types of confidences as privileged communications except 132
under specified circumstances. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section 133
does not require an attorney, physician, or other professional 134
subject to a confidentiality requirement as described in division 135
(A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose the name, other identity, or 136
address of a client, patient, or other recipient of professional 137
services if the disclosure would threaten the client, patient, or 138
other recipient of professional services, would reveal details of 139
the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional 140
advice or other services were sought, or would reveal an otherwise 141
privileged communication involving the client, patient, or other 142
recipient of professional services. Division (A)(2)(a) of this 143
section does not require an attorney, physician, or other 144
professional subject to a confidentiality requirement as described 145
in division (A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose in the brief 146
description of the nature of services required by division 147
(A)(2)(a) of this section any information pertaining to specific 148
professional services rendered for a client, patient, or other 149
recipient of professional services that would reveal details of 150
the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional 151
advice was sought or would reveal an otherwise privileged 152
communication involving the client, patient, or other recipient of 153
professional services.154

       (3) The name of every corporation on file with the secretary 155
of state that is incorporated in this state or holds a certificate 156
of compliance authorizing it to do business in this state, trust, 157
business trust, partnership, or association that transacts 158
business in this state in which the person filing the statement or 159
any other person for the person's use and benefit had during the 160
preceding calendar year an investment of over one thousand dollars 161
at fair market value as of the thirty-first day of December of the 162
preceding calendar year, or the date of disposition, whichever is 163
earlier, or in which the person holds any office or has a 164
fiduciary relationship, and a description of the nature of the 165
investment, office, or relationship. Division (A)(3) of this 166
section does not require disclosure of the name of any bank, 167
savings and loan association, credit union, or building and loan 168
association with which the person filing the statement has a 169
deposit or a withdrawable share account.170

       (4) All fee simple and leasehold interests to which the 171
person filing the statement holds legal title to or a beneficial 172
interest in real property located within the state, excluding the 173
person's residence and property used primarily for personal 174
recreation;175

       (5) The names of all persons residing or transacting business 176
in the state to whom the person filing the statement owes, in the 177
person's own name or in the name of any other person, more than 178
one thousand dollars. Division (A)(5) of this section shall not be 179
construed to require the disclosure of debts owed by the person 180
resulting from the ordinary conduct of a business or profession or 181
debts on the person's residence or real property used primarily 182
for personal recreation, except that the superintendent of 183
financial institutions shall disclose the names of all 184
state-chartered savings and loan associations and of all service 185
corporations subject to regulation under division (E)(2) of 186
section 1151.34 of the Revised Code to whom the superintendent in 187
the superintendent's own name or in the name of any other person 188
owes any money, and that the superintendent and any deputy 189
superintendent of banks shall disclose the names of all 190
state-chartered banks and all bank subsidiary corporations subject 191
to regulation under section 1109.44 of the Revised Code to whom 192
the superintendent or deputy superintendent owes any money.193

       (6) The names of all persons residing or transacting business 194
in the state, other than a depository excluded under division 195
(A)(3) of this section, who owe more than one thousand dollars to 196
the person filing the statement, either in the person's own name 197
or to any person for the person's use or benefit. Division (A)(6) 198
of this section shall not be construed to require the disclosure 199
of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12 200
of the Revised Code, or patients of persons certified under 201
section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, nor the disclosure of debts 202
owed to the person resulting from the ordinary conduct of a 203
business or profession.204

       (7) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the 205
Revised Code, the source of each gift of over seventy-five 206
dollars, or of each gift of over twenty-five dollars received by a 207
member of the general assembly from a legislative agent, received 208
by the person in the person's own name or by any other person for 209
the person's use or benefit during the preceding calendar year, 210
except gifts received by will or by virtue of section 2105.06 of 211
the Revised Code, or received from spouses, parents, grandparents, 212
children, grandchildren, siblings, nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts, 213
brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, 214
fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, or any person to whom the person 215
filing the statement stands in loco parentis, or received by way 216
of distribution from any inter vivos or testamentary trust 217
established by a spouse or by an ancestor;218

       (8) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the 219
Revised Code, identification of the source and amount of every 220
payment of expenses incurred for travel to destinations inside or 221
outside this state that is received by the person in the person's 222
own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit 223
and that is incurred in connection with the person's official 224
duties, except for expenses for travel to meetings or conventions 225
of a national or state organization to which any state agency, 226
including, but not limited to, any legislative agency or state 227
institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of 228
the Revised Code, pays membership dues, or any political 229
subdivision or any office or agency of a political subdivision 230
pays membership dues;231

       (9) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the 232
Revised Code, identification of the source of payment of expenses 233
for meals and other food and beverages, other than for meals and 234
other food and beverages provided at a meeting at which the person 235
participated in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or at a 236
meeting or convention of a national or state organization to which 237
any state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative 238
agency or state institution of higher education as defined in 239
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues, or any 240
political subdivision or any office or agency of a political 241
subdivision pays membership dues, that are incurred in connection 242
with the person's official duties and that exceed one hundred 243
dollars aggregated per calendar year;244

       (10) If the disclosure statement is filed by a public 245
official or employee described in division (B)(2) of section 246
101.73 of the Revised Code or division (B)(2) of section 121.63 of 247
the Revised Code who receives a statement from a legislative 248
agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer that contains the 249
information described in division (F)(2) of section 101.73 of the 250
Revised Code or division (G)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised 251
Code, all of the nondisputed information contained in the 252
statement delivered to that public official or employee by the 253
legislative agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer under 254
division (F)(2) of section 101.73 or (G)(2) of section 121.63 of 255
the Revised Code.256

       A person may file a statement required by this section in 257
person, by mail, or by electronic means. A person who is a 258
candidate for elective office shall file the statement no later 259
than the thirtieth day before the primary, special, or general 260
election at which the candidacy is to be voted on, whichever 261
election occurs soonest, except that a person who is a write-in 262
candidate shall file the statement no later than the twentieth day 263
before the earliest election at which the person's candidacy is to 264
be voted on. A person who holds elective office shall file the 265
statement on or before the fifteenth day of April of each year 266
unless the person is a candidate for office. A person who is 267
appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in an elective 268
office shall file the statement within fifteen days after the 269
person qualifies for office. Other persons shall file an annual 270
statement on or before the fifteenth day of April or, if appointed 271
or employed after that date, within ninety days after appointment 272
or employment. No person shall be required to file with the 273
appropriate ethics commission more than one statement or pay more 274
than one filing fee for any one calendar year.275

       The appropriate ethics commission, for good cause, may extend 276
for a reasonable time the deadline for filing a statement under 277
this section.278

       A statement filed under this section is subject to public 279
inspection at locations designated by the appropriate ethics 280
commission except as otherwise provided in this section.281

       (B) The Ohio ethics commission, the joint legislative ethics 282
committee, and the board of commissioners on grievances and 283
discipline of the supreme court, using the rule-making procedures 284
of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may require any class of 285
public officials or employees under its jurisdiction and not 286
specifically excluded by this section whose positions involve a 287
substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in 288
the formulation of public policy, expenditure of public funds, 289
enforcement of laws and rules of the state or a county or city, or 290
the execution of other public trusts, to file an annual statement 291
on or before the fifteenth day of April under division (A) of this 292
section. The appropriate ethics commission shall send the public 293
officials or employees written notice of the requirement by the 294
fifteenth day of February of each year the filing is required 295
unless the public official or employee is appointed after that 296
date, in which case the notice shall be sent within thirty days 297
after appointment, and the filing shall be made not later than 298
ninety days after appointment.299

       Except for disclosure statements filed by members of the 300
board of trustees and the executive director of the southern Ohio 301
agricultural and community development foundation, disclosure 302
statements filed under this division with the Ohio ethics 303
commission by members of boards, commissions, or bureaus of the 304
state for which no compensation is received other than reasonable 305
and necessary expenses shall be kept confidential. Disclosure 306
statements filed with the Ohio ethics commission under division 307
(A) of this section by business managers, treasurers, and 308
superintendents of city, local, exempted village, joint 309
vocational, or cooperative education school districts or 310
educational service centers shall be kept confidential, except 311
that any person conducting an audit of any such school district or 312
educational service center pursuant to section 115.56 or Chapter 313
117. of the Revised Code may examine the disclosure statement of 314
any business manager, treasurer, or superintendent of that school 315
district or educational service center. Disclosure statements 316
filed with the Ohio ethics commission under division (A) of this 317
section by the individuals set forth in division (B)(2) of section 318
187.03 of the Revised Code shall be kept confidential. The Ohio 319
ethics commission shall examine each disclosure statement required 320
to be kept confidential to determine whether a potential conflict 321
of interest exists for the person who filed the disclosure 322
statement. A potential conflict of interest exists if the private 323
interests of the person, as indicated by the person's disclosure 324
statement, might interfere with the public interests the person is 325
required to serve in the exercise of the person's authority and 326
duties in the person's office or position of employment. If the 327
commission determines that a potential conflict of interest 328
exists, it shall notify the person who filed the disclosure 329
statement and shall make the portions of the disclosure statement 330
that indicate a potential conflict of interest subject to public 331
inspection in the same manner as is provided for other disclosure 332
statements. Any portion of the disclosure statement that the 333
commission determines does not indicate a potential conflict of 334
interest shall be kept confidential by the commission and shall 335
not be made subject to public inspection, except as is necessary 336
for the enforcement of Chapters 102. and 2921. of the Revised Code 337
and except as otherwise provided in this division.338

       (C) No person shall knowingly fail to file, on or before the 339
applicable filing deadline established under this section, a 340
statement that is required by this section.341

       (D) No person shall knowingly file a false statement that is 342
required to be filed under this section.343

       (E)(1) Except as provided in divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this 344
section, the statement required by division (A) or (B) of this 345
section shall be accompanied by a filing fee of sixty dollars.346

       (2) The statement required by division (A) of this section 347
shall be accompanied by the following filing fee to be paid by the 348
person who is elected or appointed to, or is a candidate for, any 349
of the following offices:350

For state office, except member of the 351
state board of education $95 352
For office of member of general assembly $40 353
For county office $60 354
For city office $35 355
For office of member of the state board 356
of education $35 357
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. 125.65.  (A) As used in this section, "small business" 412
has the same meaning as in section 107.63 of the Revised Code.413

       (B) The LeanOhio office in the department of administrative 414
services shall establish and operate an entrepreneur in residence 415
pilot program. The mission of the entrepreneur in residence pilot 416
program is to provide for better outreach by state government to 417
small businesses, to strengthen coordination and interaction 418
between state government and small businesses, and to make state 419
government programs and functions simpler, easier to access, more 420
efficient, and more responsive to the needs of small businesses. 421

       (C) Not later than the first day of the seventh month after 422
the effective date of this section, the LeanOhio office shall 423
appoint not more than five entrepreneurs in residence from among 424
individuals who are successful in their fields and shall make 425
reasonable efforts to market the entrepreneur in residence program 426
across the state and attract participation from entrepreneurs with 427
various backgrounds, including female entrepreneurs, minority 428
business enterprises as defined in section 122.71 of the Revised 429
Code, and owners of EDGE business enterprises as defined in 430
section 123.152 of the Revised Code. The LeanOhio office may give 431
preference to individuals who have achieved quantifiable 432
improvements using LeanOhio tools and strategies such as lean six 433
sigma and individuals who have achieved a black belt or master 434
black belt certification from the LeanOhio office or an equivalent 435
certification from a private sector office or entity.436

       The appointment of an entrepreneur in residence is for one 437
year.438

       The office shall monitor the work of entrepreneurs in 439
residence during the pilot program.440

       An entrepreneur in residence serves at the pleasure of the 441
LeanOhio office, and the office may discharge without cause an 442
entrepreneur in residence.443

       (D) The duties of an entrepreneur in residence may include 444
any or all of the following:445

       (1) Assisting the LeanOhio office in facilitating and 446
developing the scope of lean process improvement events throughout 447
state government;448

       (2) Assisting the LeanOhio office in holding follow-up 449
meetings to ensure the improvements developed at lean process 450
improvement events are implemented;451

       (3) Participating in strategic planning efforts for the 452
LeanOhio office or other areas of state government;453

       (4) Assisting the LeanOhio office with presentations on 454
opportunities for state government to become more efficient and 455
effective;456

       (5) Facilitating meetings with businesses, state agencies, 457
and local governments that may be affected by process improvements 458
recommended by the LeanOhio office;459

       (6) Assisting the LeanOhio office in providing continuous 460
improvement training to state employees.461

       (E) An entrepreneur in residence shall report directly to the 462
LeanOhio office.463

        An entrepreneur in residence is not entitled to compensation 464
or any reimbursement from the LeanOhio office for expenses the 465
entrepreneur in residence incurs in discharge of the entrepreneur 466
in residence's duties. 467

       (F)(1) Not later than the date that is one year after an 468
entrepreneur in residence was appointed, the entrepreneur in 469
residence shall prepare a report about the entrepreneur's 470
experiences in the program. In the report, the entrepreneur in 471
residence shall make recommendations to the LeanOhio office that 472
further the mission of the entrepreneur in residence program. In 473
particular, the entrepreneur in residence shall make 474
recommendations regarding all of the following:475

       (a) Elimination of inefficient or duplicative programs or 476
functions of state government that affect small businesses;477

       (b) Methods of improving the efficiency of the programs or 478
functions of state government that affect small businesses;479

       (c) Any new program or function affecting small businesses 480
that should be established and implemented by state government;481

       (d) Any other matter that will further the mission of the 482
entrepreneur in residence pilot program.483

       The entrepreneur in residence shall provide a copy of the 484
report to the LeanOhio office.485

       (2) During or upon conclusion of the entrepreneur in 486
residence pilot program, the LeanOhio office may convene an 487
informal working group of entrepreneurs in residence to discuss 488
best practices, experiences, and opportunities for and obstacles 489
to operating small businesses as well as the recommendations in 490
the reports prepared by the entrepreneurs in residence.491

       (G) Upon conclusion of the entrepreneur in residence pilot 492
program, and after considering the reports of the entrepreneurs in 493
residence and information learned from any informal working group, 494
the LeanOhio office shall prepare a report on the entrepreneur in 495
residence pilot program. In the report, the office shall recommend 496
whether the entrepreneur in residence pilot program should be 497
repeated with or without modifications, made permanent with or 498
without modifications, or abandoned. The office shall append the 499
reports of the entrepreneurs in residence to its report. If the 500
pilot program is repeated or made permanent, an individual who 501
previously was assigned as an entrepreneur in residence shall not 502
be reassigned as an entrepreneur in residence.503

       The LeanOhio office shall provide a copy of its report to the 504
common sense initiative office. The common sense initiative office 505
promptly shall transmit a copy of the report to the officials 506
designated in the last paragraph of section 107.55 of the Revised 507
Code.508

       Section 2. That existing section 102.02 of the Revised Code 509
is hereby repealed.510