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| To enact section 149.65 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| establish an online catalog of public data at | 2 |
| data.Ohio.gov. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 149.65 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 149.65. As used in this section, "public record" has | 6 |
| the meaning defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 7 |
| The auditor of state shall establish, administer, and | 8 |
| operate a web site to function as a portal and catalog where | 9 |
| public records and data sets of public records, created by state | 10 |
| government and other public offices, can be located and accessed | 11 |
| by the public online. The web site shall offer access to public | 12 |
| records or data sets of public records posted online by public | 13 |
| offices through providing web links to web sites of public offices | 14 |
| that contain such information. The web site may not post public | 15 |
| records or data sets of public records obtained from public | 16 |
| offices directly to the web site. The web site may post original | 17 |
| data or data sets that contain original content or summarized | 18 |
| content of data sets obtained from public offices. | 19 |
| The auditor shall consult with the state librarian regarding | 20 |
| the collection, aggregation, presentation, and accessibility of | 21 |
| data in relation to the web site. | 22 |
| The web site shall be registered at data.Ohio.gov. The state | 23 |
| shall consider participation and affiliation of data.Ohio.gov with | 24 |
| data.gov, the official online data catalog of the United States | 25 |
| government. | 26 |
| The auditor of state shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of | 27 |
| the Revised Code that specify policies and procedures for the | 28 |
| administration and operation of data.Ohio.gov. The rules shall | 29 |
| include a requirement that the auditor may not charge a fee in | 30 |
| relation to data.Ohio.gov. The auditor of state shall make every | 31 |
| effort to ensure that data provided online at data.Ohio.gov via | 32 |
| web link or posted as original data is open format and machine | 33 |
| readable. | 34 |