130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Reported by the Senate Energy, Natural Resources and Environment Committee

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998
Sub. H. B. No. 26

REPRESENTATIVES LUCAS-HAGAN-OPFER-HOOD-BENDER-MOTTLEY-PRINGLE- FOX-JACOBSON-CATES-SUTTON-BOYD-WHALEN-SAWYER-GARCIA-PATTON-JONES


A BILL
To amend sections 102.02, 121.22, 145.012, 4933.25, 6112.03, 6112.99, 6115.10, 6115.12, 6115.20, and 6115.65 and to enact sections 6115.103, 6115.104, 6115.141, and 6115.191 of the Revised Code to alter the composition and method of appointment of the members of the boards of directors of certain existing sanitary districts organized to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use; to limit the compensation paid and benefits provided to board members; to require the members of the boards of directors of those sanitary districts to file a financial disclosure statement with the Ohio Ethics Commission; to subject all sanitary districts to certain financial certification requirements prior to expending moneys; and to eliminate the requirement that the Public Utilities Commission issue certificates of public convenience and necessity for certain private sewage disposal systems and for sewage disposal system companies and waterworks companies that are not public utilities.

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


Section 1. That sections 102.02, 121.22, 145.012, 4933.25, 6112.03, 6112.99, 6115.10, 6115.12, 6115.20, and 6115.65 be amended and sections 6115.103, 6115.104, 6115.141, and 6115.191 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 102.02. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (H) of this section, every person who is elected to or is a candidate for a state, county, or city office, or the office of member of the United States congress, and every person who is appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in such an elective office; all members of the state board of education; the director, assistant directors, deputy directors, division chiefs, or persons of equivalent rank of any administrative department of the state; the president or other chief administrative officer of every state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; the chief executive officer of each state retirement system; all members of the board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of the supreme court and the ethics commission created under section 102.05 of the Revised Code; every business manager, treasurer, or superintendent of a city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district or an educational service center; every person who is elected to or is a candidate for the office of member of a board of education of a city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district or of a governing board of an educational service center that has an average daily membership of twelve thousand or more as most recently certified to the state board of education pursuant to division (A) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code; every person who is appointed to the board of education of a municipal school district pursuant to division (B) or (F) of section 3311.71 of the Revised Code; ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER 6115. of the Revised Code AND ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE THAT INCLUDES TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN TWO COUNTIES; every public official or employee who is paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule C of section 124.15 or schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code; and every other public official or employee who is designated by the appropriate ethics commission pursuant to division (B) of this section shall file with the appropriate ethics commission on a form prescribed by the commission, a statement disclosing ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) The name of the person filing the statement and each member of the person's immediate family and all names under which the person or members of the person's immediate family does DO business;

(2)(a) Subject to divisions (A)(2)(b) and (c) of this section and except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised Code, identification of every source of income, other than income from a legislative agent identified in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, received during the preceding calendar year, in the person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief description of the nature of the services for which the income was received. If the person filing the statement is a member of the general assembly, the statement shall identify the amount of every source of income received in accordance with the following ranges of amounts: zero or more, but less than one thousand dollars; one thousand dollars or more, but less than ten thousand dollars; ten thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-five thousand dollars; twenty-five thousand dollars or more, but less than fifty thousand dollars; fifty thousand dollars or more, but less than one hundred thousand dollars; and one hundred thousand dollars or more. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall not be construed to require a person filing the statement who derives income from a business or profession to disclose the individual items of income that constitute the gross income of that business or profession, except for those individual items of income that are attributable to the person's or, if the income is shared with the person, the partner's, solicitation of services or goods or performance, arrangement, or facilitation of services or provision of goods on behalf of the business or profession of clients, including corporate clients, who are legislative agents as defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. A person who files the statement under this section shall disclose the identity of and the amount of income received from a person whom WHO the public official or employee knows or has reason to know is doing or seeking to do business of any kind with the public official's or employee's agency.

(b) If the person filing the statement is a member of the general assembly, the statement shall identify every source of income and the amount of that income that was received from a legislative agent, as defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code, during the preceding calendar year, in the person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief description of the nature of the services for which the income was received. Division (A)(2)(b) of this section requires the disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons certified under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, if those clients or patients are legislative agents. Division (A)(2)(b) of this section requires a person filing the statement who derives income from a business or profession to disclose those individual items of income that constitute the gross income of that business or profession that are received from legislative agents.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2)(c) of this section, division (A)(2)(a) of this section applies to attorneys, physicians, and other persons who engage in the practice of a profession and who, pursuant to a section of the Revised Code, the common law of this state, a code of ethics applicable to the profession, or otherwise, generally are required not to reveal, disclose, or use confidences of clients, patients, or other recipients of professional services except under specified circumstances or generally are required to maintain those types of confidences as privileged communications except under specified circumstances. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section does not require an attorney, physician, or other professional subject to a confidentiality requirement as described in division (A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose the name, other identity, or address of a client, patient, or other recipient of professional services if the disclosure would threaten the client, patient, or other recipient of professional services, would reveal details of the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional advice or other services were sought, or would reveal an otherwise privileged communication involving the client, patient, or other recipient of professional services. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section does not require an attorney, physician, or other professional subject to a confidentiality requirement as described in division (A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose in the brief description of the nature of services required by division (A)(2)(a) of this section any information pertaining to specific professional services rendered for a client, patient, or other recipient of professional services that would reveal details of the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional advice was sought or would reveal an otherwise privileged communication involving the client, patient, or other recipient of professional services.

(3) The name of every corporation on file with the secretary of state that is incorporated in Ohio THIS STATE or holds a certificate of compliance authorizing it to do business in this state, trust, business trust, partnership, or association that transacts business in Ohio THIS STATE in which the person filing the statement or any other person for the person's use and benefit had during the preceding calendar year an investment of over one thousand dollars at fair market value as of the thirty-first day of December of the preceding calendar year, or the date of disposition, whichever is earlier, or in which the person holds any office or has a fiduciary relationship, and a description of the nature of the investment, office, or relationship. This division DIVISION (A)(3) OF THIS SECTION does not require disclosure of the name of any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or building and loan association with which the person filing the statement has a deposit or a withdrawable share account.

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

(5) The names of all persons residing or transacting business in the state to whom the person filing the statement owes, in the person's own name or in the name of any other person, more than one thousand dollars. This division DIVISION (A)(5) OF THIS SECTION shall not be construed to require the disclosure of debts owed by the person resulting from the ordinary conduct of a business or profession or debts on the person's residence or real property used primarily for personal recreation, except that the superintendent of financial institutions shall disclose the names of all state-chartered savings and loan associations and of all service corporations subject to regulation under division (E)(2) of section 1151.34 of the Revised Code to whom the superintendent in the superintendent's own name or in the name of any other person owes any money, and that the superintendent and any deputy superintendent of banks shall disclose the names of all state-chartered banks and all bank subsidiary corporations subject to regulation under section 1109.44 of the Revised Code to whom the superintendent or deputy superintendent owes any money.

(6) The names of all persons residing or transacting business in the state, other than a depository excluded under division (A)(3) of this section, who owes OWE more than one thousand dollars to the person filing the statement, either in the person's own name or to any person for the person's use or benefit. This division DIVISION (A)(6) OF THIS SECTION shall not be construed to require the disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12 or 4732.15 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons certified under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, nor the disclosure of debts owed to the person resulting from the ordinary conduct of a business or profession.

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

(8) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised Code, identification of the source and amount of every payment of expenses incurred for travel to destinations inside or outside this state that is received by the person in the person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit and that is incurred in connection with the person's official duties except for expenses for travel to meetings or conventions of a national or state organization to which either house of the general assembly, any legislative agency, a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.031 of the Revised Code, any other state agency, or any political subdivision or any office or agency of a political subdivision pays membership dues;

(9) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised Code, identification of the source of payment of expenses for meals and other food and beverages, other than for meals and other food and beverages provided at a meeting at which the person participated in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or at a meeting or convention of a national or state organization to which either house of the general assembly, any legislative agency, a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.031 of the Revised Code, any other state agency, or any political subdivision or any office or agency of a political subdivision pays membership dues, that are incurred in connection with the person's official duties and that exceed one hundred dollars aggregated per calendar year;

(10) If the financial disclosure statement is filed by a public official or employee described in division (B)(2) of section 101.73 of the Revised Code or division (B)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised Code who receives a statement from a legislative agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer that contains the information described in division (F)(2) of section 101.73 of the Revised Code or division (G)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised Code, all of the nondisputed information contained in the statement delivered to that public official or employee by the legislative agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer under division (F)(2) of section 101.73 or (G)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised Code. As used in division (A)(10) of this section, "legislative agent," "executive agency lobbyist," and "employer" have the same meanings as in sections 101.70 and 121.60 of the Revised Code.

A person may file a statement required by this section in person or by mail. A person who is a candidate for elective office shall file the statement no later than the thirtieth day before the primary, special, or general election at which such THE candidacy is to be voted on, whichever election occurs sooner SOONEST, except THAT a person who is a write-in candidate shall file the statement no later than the twentieth day before the earliest election at which the person's candidacy is to be voted on. A person who holds elective office shall file the statement on or before the fifteenth day of April of each year, unless the person is a candidate for office. A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in an elective office shall file the statement within fifteen days after the person qualifies for office. Other persons shall file an annual statement on or before the fifteenth day of April or, if appointed or employed after that date, within ninety days after appointment or employment. No person shall be required to file with the appropriate ethics commission more than one statement or pay more than one filing fee for any one calendar year.

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

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

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

Disclosure statements filed under this division with the Ohio ethics commission by members of boards, commissions, or bureaus of the state for which no compensation is received other than reasonable and necessary expenses shall be kept confidential. Disclosure statements filed with the Ohio ethics commission under division (A) of this section by business managers, treasurers, and superintendents of city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school districts or educational service centers shall be kept confidential, except that any person conducting an audit of any such school district pursuant to section 115.56 or Chapter 117. of the Revised Code may examine the disclosure statement of any business manager, treasurer, or superintendent of that school district or educational service center. The Ohio ethics commission shall examine each disclosure statement required to be kept confidential to determine whether a potential conflict of interest exists for the person who filed the disclosure statement. A potential conflict of interest exists if the private interests of the person, as indicated by the person's disclosure statement, might interfere with the public interests the person is required to serve in the exercise of the person's authority and duties in the person's office or position of employment. If the commission determines that a potential conflict of interest exists, it shall notify the person who filed the disclosure statement and shall make the portions of the disclosure statement that indicate a potential conflict of interest subject to public inspection in the same manner as is provided for other disclosure statements. Any portion of the disclosure statement that the commission determines does not indicate a potential conflict of interest shall be kept confidential by the commission and shall not be made subject to public inspection, except as is necessary for the enforcement of Chapters 102. and 2921. of the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided in this paragraph DIVISION.

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

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

(E)(1) Except as provided in divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section, on and after March 2, 1994, the statement required by division (A) or (B) of this section shall be accompanied by a filing fee of twenty-five dollars.

(2) The statement required by division (A) of this section shall be accompanied by a filing fee to be paid by the person who is elected or appointed to or is a candidate for any of the following offices:
For state office, except member of
state board of education$50
For office of member of United States 
congress or member of general assembly$25
For county office$25
For city office$10
For office of member of state board 
of education$10
For office of member of city, local, 
exempted village, or cooperative 
education board of 
education or educational service 
center governing board$ 5
For position of business manager, 
treasurer, or superintendent of 
city, local, exempted village, joint 
vocational, or cooperative education 
school district or 
educational service center$ 5

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

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

(F) If a statement required to be filed under this section is not filed by the date on which it is required to be filed, the appropriate ethics commission shall assess the person required to file the statement a late filing fee equal to one-half of the applicable filing fee for each day the statement is not filed, except that the total amount of the late filing fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars.

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

(2) The Ohio ethics commission shall deposit all fees it receives under divisions (E) and (F) of this section and all moneys it receives from settlements under division (G) of section 102.06 of the Revised Code into the Ohio ethics commission fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All moneys credited to the fund shall be used solely for expenses related to the operation of the commission.

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

Sec. 121.22. (A) This section shall be liberally construed to require public officials to take official action and to conduct all deliberations upon official business only in open meetings, unless the subject matter is specifically excepted by law.

(B) As used in this section:

(1) "Public body" means either ANY of the following:

(a) Any board, commission, committee, council, or similar decision-making body of a state agency, institution, or authority, and any legislative authority or board, commission, committee, council, agency, authority, or similar decision-making body of any county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision or local public institution;

(b) Any committee or subcommittee of a body described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section;

(c) A COURT OF JURISDICTION OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE WHEN MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL, OR REAPPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SUCH A DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 6115.10 of the Revised Code, IF APPLICABLE, OR FOR ANY OTHER MATTER RELATED TO SUCH A DISTRICT OTHER THAN LITIGATION INVOLVING THE DISTRICT. AS USED IN DIVISION (B)(1)(c) OF THIS SECTION, "COURT OF JURISDICTION" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS "COURT" IN SECTION 6115.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Meeting" means any prearranged discussion of the public business of the public body by a majority of its members.

(3) "Regulated individual" means EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

(a) Any A student in a state or local public educational institution;

(b) Any A person who is, voluntarily or involuntarily, an inmate, patient, or resident of a state or local institution because of criminal behavior, mental illness or retardation, disease, disability, age, or other condition requiring custodial care.

(C) All meetings of any public body are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times. A member of a public body must SHALL be present in person at a meeting open to the public to be considered present or to vote at the meeting and for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting.

The minutes of a regular or special meeting of any public body shall be promptly prepared, filed, and maintained and shall be open to public inspection. The minutes need only reflect the general subject matter of discussions in executive sessions authorized under division (G) or (J) of this section.

(D) This section does not apply to a grand jury, to an audit conference conducted by the auditor of state or independent certified public accountants with officials of the public office that is the subject of the audit, to the adult parole authority when its hearings are conducted at a correctional institution for the sole purpose of interviewing inmates to determine parole or pardon, to the organized crime investigations commission established under section 177.01 of the Revised Code, to the state medical board when determining whether to suspend a certificate without a prior hearing pursuant to division (D) of section 4731.22 of the Revised Code, to the board of nursing when determining whether to suspend a license without A prior hearing pursuant to division (B) of section 4723.181 of the Revised Code, or to the executive committee of the emergency response commission when determining whether to issue an enforcement order or request that a civil action, civil penalty action, or criminal action be brought to enforce Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code.

(E) The controlling board, the development financing advisory council, the industrial technology and enterprise advisory council, the tax credit authority, or the minority development financing commission ADVISORY BOARD, when meeting to consider granting assistance pursuant to Chapter 122. or 166. of the Revised Code, in order to protect the interest of the applicant or the possible investment of public funds, by unanimous vote of all board, council, OR authority, or commission members present, may close the meeting during consideration of the following information confidentially received by the commission, authority, council, or board from the applicant:

(1) Marketing plans;

(2) Specific business strategy;

(3) Production techniques and trade secrets;

(4) Financial projections;

(5) Personal financial statements of the applicant or members of the applicant's immediate family, including, but not limited to, tax records or other similar information not open to public inspection.

The vote by the commission, authority, council, or board to accept or reject the application, as well as all proceedings of the commission, authority, council, or board not subject to this division, shall be open to the public and governed by this section.

(F) Every public body, by rule, shall establish a reasonable method whereby any person may determine the time and place of all regularly scheduled meetings and the time, place, and purpose of all special meetings. A public body shall not hold a special meeting unless it gives at least twenty-four hours' advance notice to the news media that have requested notification, except in the event of an emergency requiring immediate official action. In the event of an emergency, the member or members calling the meeting shall notify the news media that have requested notification immediately of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting.

The rule shall provide that any person, upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, may obtain reasonable advance notification of all meetings at which any specific type of public business is to be discussed. Provisions for advance notification may include, but are not limited to, mailing the agenda of meetings to all subscribers on a mailing list or mailing notices in self-addressed, stamped envelopes provided by the person.

(G) Except as provided in division (J) of this section, the members of a public body may hold an executive session only after a majority of a quorum of the public body determines, by a roll call vote, to hold an executive session and only at a regular or special meeting for the sole purpose of the consideration of any of the following matters:

(1) To consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual, unless the public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual requests a public hearing. Except as otherwise provided by law, no public body shall hold an executive session for the discipline of an elected official for conduct related to the performance of the elected official's official duties or for the elected official's removal from office. If a public body holds an executive session pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section, the motion and vote to hold that executive session shall state which one or more of the approved purposes listed in division (G)(1) of this section are the purposes for which the executive session is to be held, but need not include the name of any person to be considered at the meeting.

(2) To consider the purchase of property for public purposes, or for the sale of property at competitive bidding, if premature disclosure of information would give an unfair competitive or bargaining advantage to a person whose personal, private interest is adverse to the general public interest. No member of a public body shall use this division (G)(2) OF THIS SECTION as a subterfuge for providing covert information to prospective buyers or sellers. A purchase or sale of public property is void if the seller or buyer of the public property has received covert information from a member of a public body that has not been disclosed to the general public in sufficient time for other prospective buyers and sellers to prepare and submit offers.

If the minutes of the public body show that all meetings and deliberations of the public body have been conducted in compliance with this section, any instrument executed by the public body purporting to convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of any right, title, or interest in any public property shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with this section insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of the property is concerned.

(3) Conferences with an attorney for the public body concerning disputes involving the public body that are the subject of pending or imminent court action;

(4) Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment;

(5) Matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or rules REGULATIONS or state statutes;

(6) Specialized details of security arrangements if disclosure of the matters discussed might reveal information that could be used for the purpose of committing, or avoiding prosecution for, a violation of the law.

If a public body holds an executive session to consider any of the matters listed in divisions (G)(2) to (6) of this section, the motion and vote to hold that executive session shall state which one or more of the approved matters listed in those divisions are to be considered at the executive session.

A PUBLIC BODY SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (B)(1)(c) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN THAT DIVISION.

(H) A resolution, rule, or formal action of any kind is invalid unless adopted in an open meeting of the public body. A resolution, rule, or formal action adopted in an open meeting that results from deliberations in a meeting not open to the public is invalid unless the deliberations were for a purpose specifically authorized in division (G) or (J) of this section and conducted at an executive session held in compliance with this section. A resolution, rule, or formal action adopted in an open meeting is invalid if the public body that adopted the resolution, rule, or formal action violated division (F) of this section.

(I)(1) Any person may bring an action to enforce the provisions of this section. An action under this division (I)(1) OF THIS SECTION shall be brought within two years after the date of the alleged violation or threatened violation. Upon proof of a violation or threatened violation of this section in an action brought by any person, the court of common pleas shall issue an injunction to compel the members of the public body to comply with its provisions.

(2)(a) If the court of common pleas issues an injunction pursuant to division (I)(1) of this section, the court shall order the public body that it enjoins to pay a civil forfeiture of five hundred dollars to the party that sought the injunction and shall award to that party all court costs and, subject to reduction as described in this division (I)(2) OF THIS SECTION, reasonable attorney's fees. The court, in its discretion, may reduce an award of attorney's fees to the party that sought the injunction or not award attorney's fees to that party if the court determines both of the following:

(i) That, based on the ordinary application of statutory law and case law as it existed at the time of violation or threatened violation that was the basis of the injunction, a well-informed public body reasonably would believe that the public body was not violating or threatening to violate this section;

(ii) That a well-informed public body reasonably would believe that the conduct or threatened conduct that was the basis of the injunction would serve the public policy that underlies the authority that is asserted as permitting that conduct or threatened conduct.

(b) If the court of common pleas does not issue an injunction pursuant to division (I)(1) of this section and the court determines at that time that the bringing of the action was frivolous conduct, as defined in division (A) of section 2323.51 of the Revised Code, the court shall award to the public body all court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, as determined by the court.

(3) Irreparable harm and prejudice to the party that sought the injunction shall be conclusively and irrebuttably presumed upon proof of a violation or threatened violation of this section.

(4) A member of a public body who knowingly violates an injunction issued pursuant to division (I)(1) of this section may be removed from office by an action brought in the court of common pleas for that purpose by the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general.

(J)(1) Pursuant to division (C) of section 5901.09 of the Revised Code, a veterans service commission shall hold an executive session for one or more of the following purposes, unless an applicant requests a public hearing:

(a) Interviewing an applicant for financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code.;

(b) Discussing applications, statements, and other documents described in division (B) of section 5901.09 of the Revised Code.;

(c) Reviewing matters relating to an applicant's request for financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code.

(2) A veterans service commission shall not exclude an applicant for, recipient of, or former recipient of financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code, and shall not exclude representatives selected by the applicant, recipient, or former recipient, from a meeting that the commission conducts as an executive session that pertains to the applicant's, recipient's, or former recipient's application for financial assistance.

(3) A veterans service commission shall vote on the grant or denial of financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code only in an open meeting of the commission. The minutes of the meeting shall indicate the name, address, and occupation of the applicant, whether the assistance was granted or denied, the amount of the assistance if assistance is granted, and the votes for and against the granting of assistance.

Sec. 145.012. (A) "Public employee," as defined in division (A) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, does not include any person:

(1) Who is employed by a private, temporary-help service and performs services under the direction of a public employer or is employed on a contractual basis as an independent contractor under a personal service contract with a public employer;

(2) Who is an emergency employee serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, snow, earthquake, flood, or other similar emergency;

(3) Who is employed in a program established pursuant to the "Job Training Partnership Act," 96 Stat. 1322 (1982), 29 U.S.C.A. 1501;

(4) Who is an appointed member of either the motor vehicle salvage dealers board or the motor vehicle dealer's board whose rate and method of payment are determined pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code;

(5) Who is employed as an election worker and paid less than five hundred dollars per calendar year for such THAT service;

(6) Who is employed as a firefighter in a position requiring satisfactory completion of a firefighter training course approved under former section 3303.07 or section 4765.55 of the Revised Code or conducted under section 3737.33 of the Revised Code except for EITHER OF the following:

(a) Any firefighter who has elected under section 145.013 of the Revised Code to remain a contributing member of the public employees retirement system;

(b) Any firefighter who was eligible to transfer from the public employees retirement system to the police and firemen's disability and pension fund under section 742.51 or 742.515 of the Revised Code and did not elect to transfer.

(7) Who is a member of the board of health of a city or general health district, which pursuant to sections 3709.051 and 3709.07 of the Revised Code includes a combined health district, and whose compensation for attendance at meetings of the board is set forth in division (B) of section 3709.02 or division (B) of section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, as appropriate;

(8) Who participates in an alternative retirement plan established under Chapter 3305. of the Revised Code;

(9) WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER 6115. of the Revised Code.

(B) No inmate of a correctional institution operated by the department of rehabilitation and correction, no patient in a hospital for the mentally ill or criminally insane operated by the department of mental health, no resident in an institution for the mentally retarded operated by the department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, no resident admitted as a patient of the Ohio veterans' home at Sandusky, and no resident of a county home shall be considered as a public employee for the purpose of establishing membership or calculating service credit or benefits under this chapter. Nothing in this section DIVISION shall be construed to affect any service credit attained by any person who was a public employee before becoming an inmate, patient, or resident at any institution listed in this section DIVISION, or the payment of any benefit for which such a person or the such a person's beneficiaries would otherwise WOULD be eligible.

Sec. 4933.25. No sewage disposal system company established after September 19, 1961, or expanding after October 2, 1969, or water-works company established or expanding after October 2, 1969, shall construct, install, or operate sewage disposal system facilities or water distribution facilities until it has been issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the public utilities commission. The public utilities commission shall adopt rules prescribing requirements and the manner and form in which sewage disposal system companies and water-works companies shall apply for SUCH a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

Before the public utilities commission issues a certificate of public convenience and necessity, it may hold a public hearing concerning the issuance of said THE certificate. Notice of such THE hearing shall be given to the board of county commissioners of any county and the chief executive authority of any municipal corporation to be served by a sewage disposal system company or water-works company.

As used in this section, "sewage disposal system company" and "water-works company" have the SAME meanings set forth AS in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code AND INCLUDE ONLY "PUBLIC UTILITIES" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4905.02 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 6112.03. Applications for approval of plans for the construction and installation of such facilities UNDER THIS CHAPTER shall be made in THE manner and form prescribed by the director of environmental protection, AND shall be accompanied by plans, specifications, and other data as THAT the director may require, relative to the facilities for which approval of plans is requested. Thereafter, the director shall act upon the application in accordance with law and the regulations RULES adopted pursuant thereto. No final detailed or construction plans shall be approved by the director before he has received written notice from the public utilities commission that a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued by it authorizing the construction, installation, and operation of such facilities. Thereafter, any person making application to the public utilities commission to abandon, withdraw, or close for service any main sewer or sewage disposal works serving such district shall, within five days thereafter, notify the director of its having filed such application with the public utilities commission.

Sec. 6112.99. Whoever violates sections SECTION 6112.02, 6112.03, or 6112.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

Sec. 6115.10. Within thirty days after entering the decree incorporating a sanitary district, providing the district is wholly within one county, the court shall appoint one person who shall be a resident freeholder ELECTOR within the district as a director of the district for a term of five years from the date of his THE PERSON'S appointment. If the district is composed of more than one county or part thereof, each county is entitled to one director who shall be a resident freeholder ELECTOR of that county. In no event shall there be more than one director for each county. The EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 6115.103 of the Revised Code, THE court shall fill all vacancies which THAT occur in the office of director. However, the board of directors of a sanitary district organized after the effective date of this amendment OCTOBER 9, 1981, wholly for the reduction of populations of biting arthropods shall be composed and appointed in accordance with section 6115.101 of the Revised Code, AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE THAT INCLUDES TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN TWO COUNTIES SHALL BE COMPOSED AND APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6115.103 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 6115.103. (A) THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE THAT INCLUDES TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN TWO COUNTIES SHALL BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:

(1) ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT;

(2) ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT;

(3) ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT;

(4) ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT.

A PERSON APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

(B) THE INITIAL TERMS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:

(1) IN THE CASE OF THE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE MORE POPULOUS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT, ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE MEMBER'S APPOINTMENT;

(2) IN THE CASE OF THE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE LESS POPULOUS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT, TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE MEMBER'S APPOINTMENT;

(3) IN THE CASE OF THE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE MORE POPULOUS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT, TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE MEMBER'S APPOINTMENT;

(4) IN THE CASE OF THE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE LESS POPULOUS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT, THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE MEMBER'S APPOINTMENT.

THEREAFTER, TERMS OF OFFICE OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE THREE YEARS. EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD APPOINTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL HOLD OFFICE FROM THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT UNTIL THE END OF THE TERM FOR WHICH THE MEMBER WAS APPOINTED. A VACANCY SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. A MEMBER APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY OCCURRING PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE TERM FOR WHICH THE MEMBER'S PREDECESSOR WAS APPOINTED SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT TERM. A MEMBER SHALL CONTINUE IN OFFICE SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE MEMBER'S TERM UNTIL THE MEMBER'S SUCCESSOR TAKES OFFICE OR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS ELAPSES, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. A MEMBER OF THE BOARD APPOINTED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE REAPPOINTED. A MEMBER OF THE BOARD MAY BE REMOVED FOR CAUSE BY THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY THAT ORIGINALLY APPOINTED THE MEMBER.

(C) THE APPOINTING AUTHORITIES DESIGNATED IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPOINT A NEW BOARD WITHIN EACH SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE THAT INCLUDES TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN TWO COUNTIES. THE APPOINTING AUTHORITIES SHALL MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENTS WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. THE OFFICES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUCH A DISTRICT EXISTING PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION ARE ABOLISHED UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AS REQUIRED BY THIS DIVISION.

(D) THE APPOINTING AUTHORITIES SPECIFIED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL ACCEPT AND CONSIDER ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO BE APPOINTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.

Sec. 6115.104. (A) WITH RESPECT TO A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE THAT INCLUDES TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN TWO COUNTIES, THERE SHALL BE APPOINTED, WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, A SANITARY DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL SHALL CONSIST OF ONE MEMBER WHO USES WATER SUPPLIED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY THE DISTRICT TO BE APPOINTED FROM EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR TOWNSHIP THAT RECEIVES ALL OR PART OF ITS WATER SUPPLY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE DISTRICT. APPOINTMENTS TO THE COUNCIL SHALL BE MADE BY RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR THE TOWNSHIP, AS APPROPRIATE. WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNCIL, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT AN AUTHENTICATED COPY OF THE APPOINTMENT RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANITARY DISTRICT AND TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT.

(B) IF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR TOWNSHIP THAT, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OF ITS WATER SUPPLY FROM A SANITARY DISTRICT DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION BEGINS TO RECEIVE ALL OR PART OF ITS WATER SUPPLY EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM SUCH A DISTRICT AND THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR TOWNSHIP IS NOT REPRESENTED ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THAT DISTRICT, THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR TOWNSHIP, WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER IT BEGINS RECEIVING ALL OR PART OF ITS WATER SUPPLY FROM THE DISTRICT, SHALL APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE COUNCIL AND MAKE THE SUBMITTALS AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. IF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR TOWNSHIP THAT, ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, RECEIVES ALL OR PART OF ITS WATER SUPPLY FROM SUCH A DISTRICT CEASES TO RECEIVE ANY OF ITS WATER SUPPLY EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE DISTRICT, THE MEMBER ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL REPRESENTING THAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR TOWNSHIP SHALL NO LONGER SERVE ON THE COUNCIL.

(C) A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL CONSTITUTES A QUORUM, AND A CONCURRENCE OF THE MAJORITY IN ANY MATTER WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S DUTIES IS SUFFICIENT FOR ITS DETERMINATION. THE COUNCIL SHALL APPOINT ONE OF ITS MEMBERS AS CHAIRPERSON AND ONE MEMBER AS SECRETARY. THE COUNCIL SHALL ADOPT BYLAWS GOVERNING ITS PROCEEDINGS. THE COUNCIL SHALL MEET AT LEAST ONCE ANNUALLY AND SHALL MEET UPON THE CALL OF ITS CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT, OR WHENEVER A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, BY PETITION FILED WITH THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COUNCIL, REQUESTS A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. THE CHAIRPERSON SHALL CALL A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF THE PETITION.

(D) THE COUNCIL SHALL DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) ANNUALLY REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF FUNDS BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR;

(2) REVIEW, EVALUATE, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGARDING THE OPERATION, POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT. THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER ALL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE UNDER DIVISION (D)(2) OF THIS SECTION.

Sec. 6115.12. (A) The director or board of directors of a sanitary district shall adopt a seal, and shall keep in a well-bound book a record of all proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees, and all corporate acts. Such THE book shall be open to the inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as AND to all other interested parties.

(B) IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 121.22 OF THE REVISED CODE, ANY COURT OF JURISDICTION MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 6115.10 OF THE REVISED CODE IN REGARD TO THE APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL, OR REAPPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE OR MEETING FOR ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING SUCH A DISTRICT OTHER THAN LITIGATION INVOLVING THE DISTRICT SHALL KEEP A WRITTEN TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING AND SHALL MAKE THE TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.

Sec. 6115.141. THE PROHIBITION AND REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED UNDER DIVISION (D) OF SECTION 5705.41 OF THE REVISED CODE, OTHER THAN THOSE APPLICABLE SOLELY TO COUNTIES, APPLY TO A SANITARY DISTRICT ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS CHAPTER.

Sec. 6115.191. IF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, TOWNSHIP, OR OTHER MEMBER OR CUSTOMER OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE THAT INCLUDES TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN TWO COUNTIES IS DELINQUENT IN PAYING ANY MONEYS OWED TO THE SANITARY DISTRICT FOR THE SUPPLY OF WATER FROM THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANITARY DISTRICT MAY ASSESS INTEREST ON THE UNPAID BALANCE THAT REFLECTS ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL COSTS INCURRED BY THE SANITARY DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF THE DELINQUENCY.

Sec. 6115.20. (A) When it is determined to let the work relating to the improvements for which a sanitary district was established by contract, contracts in amounts to exceed ten thousand dollars shall be advertised after notice calling for bids has been published once a week for five consecutive weeks completed on THE date of last publication, in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the sanitary district where the work is to be done. The board of directors of the sanitary district may reject any bid and accept any remaining bid SHALL LET BIDS as provided in this section or, if applicable, section 9.312 of the Revised Code, or may advertise for other bids. If the board advertises for other bids, the advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the sanitary district at a time and in a form as directed by the board. If the bids are for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement, the board of directors of the sanitary district may SHALL let the contract to the lowest or best bidder who meets the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. If the bids are for a contract for any other work relating to the improvements for which a sanitary district was established, the board of directors of the sanitary district may SHALL let the contract to the lowest or best bidder who gives a good and approved bond, with ample security, conditioned on the carrying out of the contract and the payment for all labor and material. Such THE contract shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by or shall refer to plans and specifications for the work to be done prepared by the chief engineer. The plans and specifications shall at all times SHALL be made and considered a part of the contract. The contract shall be approved by the board and signed by the president of the board and by the contractor, and shall be executed in duplicate. In case of emergency the advertising of contracts may be waived upon the consent of the board with the approval of the court or judge in vacation.

(B) IN THE CASE OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE THAT INCLUDES TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN TWO COUNTIES, ANY SERVICE TO BE PURCHASED, INCLUDING THE SERVICES OF AN ACCOUNTANT, ARCHITECT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PHYSICIAN, OR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, AT A COST IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE OBTAINED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 153.65 TO 153.71 OF THE REVISED CODE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE APPLICATION OF THOSE SECTIONS TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:

(1) "PUBLIC AUTHORITY," AS USED IN THOSE SECTIONS, SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEAN A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE THAT INCLUDES TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN TWO COUNTIES;

(2) "PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM," AS USED IN THOSE SECTIONS, SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEAN ANY PERSON LEGALLY ENGAGED IN RENDERING PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES AS DEFINED IN DIVISION (B)(3) OF THIS SECTION;

(3) "PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES," AS USED IN THOSE SECTIONS, SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEAN ACCOUNTING, ARCHITECTURAL, LEGAL, MEDICAL, OR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES;

(4) THE USE OF OTHER TERMS IN THOSE SECTIONS SHALL BE ADAPTED ACCORDINGLY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIVISION (D)(2) OF SECTION 153.67 OF THE REVISED CODE;

(5) DIVISIONS (A) TO (C) OF SECTION 153.71 OF THE REVISED CODE DO NOT APPLY.

(C) THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE MAY CONTRACT FOR, PURCHASE, OR OTHERWISE PROCURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT AND PAY ALL OR ANY PART OF THE COST OF GROUP INSURANCE POLICIES THAT MAY PROVIDE BENEFITS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HOSPITALIZATION, SURGICAL CARE, MAJOR MEDICAL CARE, DISABILITY, DENTAL CARE, VISION CARE, MEDICAL CARE, HEARING AIDS, OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. ANY GROUP INSURANCE POLICY PURCHASED UNDER THIS DIVISION SHALL BE PURCHASED FROM THE HEALTH CARE CORPORATION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES OFFERS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE GROUP INSURANCE POLICY.

Sec. 6115.65. The (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE members of the board of directors of a sanitary district and the members of the board of appraisers of a sanitary district shall receive proper compensation to be fixed by the court in accordance with the time actually employed in performance of THEIR duties and shall also SHALL receive necessary expenses incurred in performance of PERFORMING THEIR duties. MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND APPRAISERS SHALL BE PROVIDED WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE UNDER CHAPTER 4123. of the Revised Code. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL NOT RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MEDICAL CARE, DENTAL CARE, VISION CARE, LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE, HOLIDAY PAY, AND LEAVE TIME OF ANY SORT.

(B)(1) MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A SANITARY DISTRICT ORGANIZED WHOLLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC USE SHALL BE COMPENSATED ON A PER DIEM BASIS FOR NO MORE THAN TWELVE MEETING DAYS PER YEAR AND ALSO SHALL RECEIVE NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE PER DIEM COMPENSATION OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COURT AT A RATE NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY.

(2) MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL NOT RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES FOR MEALS, LODGING, AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL IN EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR AND SHALL RECEIVE NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR ENTERTAINMENT, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TIPS, OR OTHER GRATUITIES. THE MEMBERS SHALL NOT RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES FOR OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL EXPENSES IF THE EXPENSES COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED THROUGH THE USE OF A TELEPHONE, FAX MACHINE, OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEDIUM. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL ADOPT POLICIES SETTING FORTH THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL IS NECESSARY AND THE PROCEDURES FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE MEMBERS FOR ANY OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL EXPENSES THAT ARE PERMITTED TO BE REIMBURSED UNDER THIS SECTION. ALL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR REPORTS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE PREPARED ACCORDING TO GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.

(C) Before any duties devolve upon a county auditor or a county treasurer under sections 6115.01 to 6115.79, inclusive, of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER, the board of directors shall consult them THE AUDITOR OR TREASURER and agree upon the salaries for the extra clerical force required in their EACH OFFICER'S respective offices OFFICE to carry out the requirements of the law by reason of the establishment of said THE district. The board of directors shall provide for and pay said THE AGREED UPON salaries to said THOSE clerks while engaged in the work of the district. Such THE clerks shall be selected and appointed by each of said THOSE county officers for their respective offices. In case of disagreement as to the compensation of such THE extra clerical force, the matter shall be referred to the court for its determination.


Section 2. That existing sections 102.02, 121.22, 145.012, 4933.25, 6112.03, 6112.99, 6115.10, 6115.12, 6115.20, and 6115.65 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. Section 102.02 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 215 and Sub. H.B. 269 of the 122nd General Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in capital letters. Section 145.012 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Sub. H.B. 405 and Am. Sub. H.B. 586 of the 121st General Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such are the resulting versions in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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