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To amend sections 101.53, 153.571, 317.113, 317.24, 981.02, 1311.56, 2715.041, 2737.05, 2935.17, 2935.18, 2935.19, 2941.06, 3113.215, 3501.31, 3509.04, 3513.07, 3513.261, 3517.10, 3517.102, 3517.103, 3517.154, 3517.155, 3517.992, 3769.04, 4561.25, 4703.10, 5309.15, 5721.15, 5721.181, 5721.191, 5901.29, 5907.08, 5919.10, 5920.08, 5921.05, 6101.84, and 6115.79 and to repeal the versions of sections 3517.10, 3517.102, 3517.103, 3517.154, 3517.155, and 3517.992 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect January 1, 2000, and to repeal section 7 of Am. Sub. S.B. 116 of the 122nd General Assembly to require the Legislative Service Commission to direct by rule how insertion of new matter and omission of old matter is to be indicated in bills, to eliminate references to "19__" dates found in various statutory forms to permit their accurate use in the year 2000 and the future, to continue existing provisions of the Campaign Finance Law pertaining to the use of personal funds and what funds may be "carried into" an election, and to declare an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 101.53, 153.571, 317.113, 317.24, 981.02, 1311.56, 2715.041, 2737.05, 2935.17, 2935.18, 2935.19, 2941.06, 3113.215, 3501.31, 3509.04, 3513.07, 3513.261, 3517.10, 3517.102, 3517.103, 3517.154, 3517.155, 3517.992, 3769.04, 4561.25, 4703.10, 5309.15, 5721.15, 5721.181, 5721.191, 5901.29, 5907.08, 5919.10, 5920.08, 5921.05, 6101.84, and 6115.79 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 101.53. Bills shall be printed in the exact language in which
they were passed, under the supervision of the clerk of the house
in which they originated. Sec. 153.571. The bond provided for in division (B) of section 153.54 of the Revised Code shall be in substantially the following form, and recovery of any claimant thereunder shall be subject to sections 153.01 to 153.60 of the Revised Code, to the same extent as if the provisions of such sections were fully incorporated in the bond form: "KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned ................. as principal and ............. as sureties, are hereby held and firmly bound unto .............. as obligee in the penal sum of the dollar amount of the bid submitted by the principal to the obligee on .............. to undertake the project known as ................ The penal sum referred to herein shall be the dollar amount of the principal's bid to the obligee, incorporating any additive or deductive alternate bids made by the principal on the date referred to above to the obligee, which are accepted by the obligee. In no case shall the penal sum exceed the amount of ............ dollars. (If the foregoing blank is not filled in, the penal sum will be the full amount of the principal's bid, including alternates. Alternatively, if the blank is filled in, the amount stated must not be less than the full amount of the bid including alternates, in dollars and cents. A percentage is not acceptable.) For the payment of the penal sum well and truly to be made, we hereby jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns. Signed this ............... day of ............., Now, therefore, if the obligee accepts the bid of the principal and the principal fails to enter into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, specifications, and bills of material; and in the event the principal pays to the obligee the difference not to exceed ten per cent of the penalty hereof between the amount specified in the bid and such larger amount for which the obligee may in good faith contract with the next lowest bidder to perform the work covered by the bid; or in the event the obligee does not award the contract to the next lowest bidder and resubmits the project for bidding, the principal pays to the obligee the difference not to exceed ten per cent of the penalty hereof between the amount specified in the bid, or the costs, in connection with the resubmission, of printing new contract documents, required advertising, and printing and mailing notices to prospective bidders, whichever is less, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect; if the obligee accepts the bid of the principal and the principal within ten days after the awarding of the contract enters into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, specifications, and bills of material, which said contract is made a part of this bond the same as though set forth herein; Now also, if the said ................ shall well and faithfully do and perform the things agreed by .............. to be done and performed according to the terms of said contract; and shall pay all lawful claims of subcontractors, materials suppliers, and laborers, for labor performed and materials furnished in the carrying forward, performing, or completing of said contract; we agreeing and assenting that this undertaking shall be for the benefit of any materials supplier or laborer having a just claim, as well as for the obligee herein; then this obligation shall be void; otherwise the same shall remain in full force and effect; it being expressly understood and agreed that the liability of the surety for any and all claims hereunder shall in no event exceed the penal amount of this obligation as herein stated. The said surety hereby stipulates and agrees that no
modifications, omissions, or additions, in or to the terms of the
said contract or in or to the plans or specifications therefor
shall in any wise affect the obligations of said surety on its
bond."
Sec. 317.113. The county recorder shall not accept for recording a deed or other instrument in writing that is executed or certified in whole or in part in a language other than the English language unless it complies with the requirements of sections 317.11, 317.111, and 317.112 of the Revised Code and is accompanied by a complete English translation certified as provided in this section. The translator of the deed or OTHER instrument in writing shall certify that the translation is accurate and that the translator is competent to perform the translation. The translator shall sign and acknowledge the translation of the deed or OTHER instrument in writing in the presence of two witnesses, who shall attest the translator's signature and subscribe their names to the attestation. The translator shall sign and acknowledge the translation before a judge of a court of record in this state, a clerk of a court of record in this state, a county auditor, a county engineer, or a notary public. A certificate of the translator that is substantially in the following form
satisfies the requirements of this section:
The undersigned, .........................., hereby certifies that the
document attached to this certificate and made a part of this certificate has
been translated into
The foregoing certificate of translator has been acknowledged before me
this ..... day of ..........,
This section does not apply to a deed or other instrument
in writing executed or certified prior to Sec. 317.24. (A) Upon request of any discharged member of
the armed forces of the United States and presentation of (B) Upon application by a person whose discharge has been
recorded pursuant to this section, the county recorder shall,
without fee, expunge the person's record of discharge or the
person's separation program number from I, ................ (Name of Applicant), the undersigned, hereby request the County Recorder of the County of ............ (Name of County), state of Ohio, to expunge my .......... (Insert either Record of Discharge or Separation Program Number from my Record of Discharge). Dated this .......... day of .........., (Signature of Applicant) Sworn to and subscribed before me by ............ (Name of
Applicant) on .........., (C) "Separation program number" means the coded number or numbers used to specify the reasons for a person's separation from active duty, as contained in line 9 (c) or line 11 (c) of a veteran's discharge paper, United States department of defense form DD-214. (D) Upon the request of any person who served during World
War I or World War II as a member of any armed force of the
government of Poland or Czechoslovakia and participated while so
serving in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States and
who has been a citizen of the United States for at least ten
years, and the presentation of Sec. 981.02. A timber dealer desiring to adopt a
trade-mark under section 981.01 of the Revised Code Notice is hereby given that I (we) have adopted the
following trade-mark, to be used in my (our) business as a timber
dealer, to-wit: -- (Here insert the letters, words or figures,
etc., constituting the trade-mark, or if it is any device other
than letters, words, or figures, insert a facsimile Such writing shall be acknowledged or proved for record in
a like manner as deeds are acknowledged or proved, and shall be
recorded in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas
of the county in which the principal office or place of business
of such timber dealer is, and also in the office of the secretary
of state. A copy A trade-mark so adopted, from the date Sec. 1311.56. (A) The agricultural producer or handler
may perfect (B) The affidavit may be verified before any person authorized to administer oaths, including an attorney for the agricultural product handler, lien claimant, or an interested other party. (C) The affidavit may be in the following form:
State of Ohio, County of ........,ss: A.B. ...... of ....., whose address is .... being first duly
sworn, says that ......................... A.B. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this .......... day of
........., ......................... ........................." (D) The lien claimant shall remit to the county recorder
the standard fee at the time the affidavit is recorded as
determined under section 317.32 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2715.041. (A) Upon the filing of a motion for an order of attachment pursuant to section 2715.03 of the Revised Code, the plaintiff shall file with the clerk of the court a praecipe instructing the clerk to issue to the defendant against whom the motion was filed a notice of the proceeding. Upon receipt of the praecipe, the clerk shall issue the notice which shall be in substantially the following form:
(Case Caption)
You are hereby notified that (name and address of plaintiff), the plaintiff in this proceeding, has applied to this court for the attachment of property in your possession. The basis for this application is indicated in the documents that are enclosed with this notice. The law of Ohio and the United States provides that certain benefit payments cannot be taken from you to pay a debt. Typical among the benefits that cannot be attached or executed on by a creditor are: (1) Workers' compensation benefits; (2) Unemployment compensation payments; (3) Cash assistance payments under the Ohio works first program; (4) Disability assistance administered by the Ohio department of human services; (5) Social security benefits; (6) Supplemental security income (S.S.I.); (7) Veteran's benefits; (8) Black lung benefits; (9) Certain pensions. Additionally, your wages never can be taken to pay a debt until a judgment has been obtained against you. There may be other benefits not included in this list that apply in your case. If you dispute the plaintiff's claim and believe that you are entitled to retain possession of the property because it is exempt or for any other reason, you may request a hearing before this court by disputing the claim in the request for hearing form appearing below, or in a substantially similar form, and delivering the request for the hearing to this court, at the office of the clerk of this court, not later than the end of the fifth business day after you receive this notice. You may state your reasons for disputing the claim in the space provided on the form, but you are not required to do so. If you do state your reasons for disputing the claim in the space provided on the form, you are not prohibited from stating any other reasons at the hearing, and if you do not state your reasons, it will not be held against you by the court and you can state your reasons at the hearing. If you request a hearing, it will be conducted in
................... courtroom ........, (address of court), at
.............m. on ............., You may avoid having a hearing but retain possession of the property until the entry of final judgment in the action by filing with the court, at the office of the clerk of this court, not later than the end of the fifth business day after you receive this notice, a bond executed by an acceptable surety in the amount of $............ If you do not request a hearing or file a bond on or before the end of the fifth business day after you receive this notice, the court, without further notice to you, may order a law enforcement officer or bailiff to take possession of the property. Notice of the dates, times, places, and purposes of any subsequent hearings and of the date, time, and place of the trial of the action will be sent to you.
(B) Along with the notice required by division (A) of this
section, the clerk of the court also shall deliver to the
defendant, in accordance with division (C) of this section, a
request for hearing form together with a postage-paid,
self-addressed envelope or a request for hearing form on a
postage-paid, self-addressed postcard. The request for hearing
shall be in substantially the following form:
Case Number .......................
Date ...............
I dispute the claim for the attachment of property in the above case and request that a hearing in this matter be held at the time and place set forth in the notice that I previously received. I dispute the claim for the following reasons:
(Optional)
WARNING: IF YOU DO NOT DELIVER THIS REQUEST FOR HEARING OR A REQUEST IN A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM TO THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THIS COURT WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF IT, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A HEARING AT THIS TIME AND YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO GIVE UP THE PROPERTY SOUGHT WITHOUT A HEARING." (C) The notice required by division (A) of this section
shall be served on the defendant in duplicate not less than seven
business days prior to the date on which the hearing is
scheduled, together with a copy of the complaint and summons, if
not previously served, and a copy of the motion for the
attachment of property and the affidavit attached to the motion,
in the same manner as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure
for the service of process. Service may be effected by
publication as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure except
that the number of weeks for publication may be reduced by the
court to the extent appropriate.
Sec. 2737.05. (A) Upon the filing of a motion for an
order of possession pursuant to section 2737.03 of the Revised
Code, the movant shall file with the clerk of the court a
praecipe instructing the clerk to issue to the respondent a
notice of the proceeding. Upon receipt of the praecipe, the
clerk shall issue the notice which shall be in substantially the
following form:
(CASE CAPTION)
You are hereby notified that (name and address of movant), the movant in this proceeding, has applied to this court for the recovery of possession of (describe property) claimed to be in your possession. The basis for this application is indicated in the documents that are enclosed with this notice. If you dispute the movant's claim for possession of property and believe that you are entitled to retain possession of the property because it is exempt or for any other reason, you may request a hearing before this court by disputing the claim in the request for hearing form appearing below, or in a substantially similar form and delivering the request for the hearing to this court, at the office of the clerk of this court, not later than the end of the fifth business day after you receive this notice. You may state your reasons for disputing the claim in the space provided on the form; however, you are not required to do so. If you do state your reasons for disputing the claim, you are not prohibited from stating any other reasons at the hearing, and if you do not state your reasons, it will not be held against you by the court and you can state your reasons at the hearing. If you request a hearing, it will be conducted in
................... courtroom ........, (address of court), at
.............m. on You may avoid having a hearing but retain possession of the property until the entry of final judgment in the action by filing with the court, at the office of the clerk of this court, not later than the end of the fifth business day after you receive this notice, a bond executed by an acceptable surety in the amount of $............ If you do not request a hearing or file a bond on or before
the end of the fifth business day after you receive this notice,
the court, without further notice to you, may order a law
enforcement officer or bailiff to take possession of the
property. Notice of the dates, times, places, and purposes of
any subsequent hearings and of the date, time, and place of the
trial of the action will be sent to you.
(B) Along with the notice required by division (A) of this
section, the clerk of the court also shall deliver to the
respondent, in accordance with division (C) of this section, a
request for hearing form together with a postage-paid,
self-addressed envelope or a request for hearing form on a
postage-paid, self-addressed postcard. The request for hearing
shall be in substantially the following form:
Case Number ........................
Date ............
I dispute the claim for the possession of property in the above case and request that a hearing in this matter be held at the time and place set forth in the notice that I previously received. I dispute the claim for the following reasons: ................................................................. (Optional) ................................................................. ................................................................. ............................. (Name of Respondent) ............................. (Signature) ............................. (Date) WARNING: IF YOU DO NOT DELIVER THIS REQUEST FOR HEARING OR A REQUEST IN A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM TO THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THIS COURT WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF IT, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A HEARING AT THIS TIME AND YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO GIVE UP THE PROPERTY SOUGHT WITHOUT A HEARING." (C) The notice required by division (A) of this section
shall be served on the respondent in duplicate not less than
seven business days prior to the date on which the hearing is
scheduled, together with a copy of the complaint and summons, if
not previously served, and a copy of the motion for the delivery
of property and the affidavit attached to the motion, in the same
manner as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure for the
service of process. Service may be effected by publication as
provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure except that the number
of weeks for publication may be reduced by the court to the
extent appropriate.
Sec. 2935.17. (A) An affidavit in either of the following forms is sufficient: (1) "State of Ohio, ........................... County, ss: Before me, A.B., personally came C.D., who being duly sworn according to
law deposes and says that on or about the day of ..........., Sworn to and subscribed before me this ........ day of ..........,
A.B., County Judge Clerk of ............. Court" (2) "State of Ohio, ........................... County, ss: Before me, A.B., personally came C.D., who being duly sworn according to
law says that on or about the ...... day of ........., Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this ........ day of
........, A.B., County Judge Clerk of ................... Court" (B) A complaint in the following form is sufficient: "State of Ohio, ........................... County, ss: The undersigned (assistant) prosecuting attorney of .......... County
complains that on or about the ..... day of .............,
...........................
Provided, that the supreme court of Ohio, may, by rule,
provide for the uniform type and language to be used in any
affidavit or complaint to be filed in any court inferior to the
court of common pleas for violations of the motor vehicle and
traffic acts and related ordinances and in any notice to violator
to appear in such courts, and may require that such forms and no
other, shall be received in such courts, and issued to violators.
Sec. 2935.18. A warrant, summons, or notice of a peace officer shall either
contain a copy of the affidavit "The State of Ohio, ......................... County, ss: To the Sheriff (other Officer): Greetings: Whereas there has been filed with me an affidavit of which the following is a
copy (here copy) or the substance, (here set forth the substance, omitting
formal parts). These are therefore to command you to take the said E.F., if
Given under my hand this ...... day of ........,
The following form of summons is sufficient: "The State of Ohio, .................... County, ss: To the Bailiff or .................... Constable: Whereas there has been filed before me an Affidavit (Complaint) of which the
following is a copy (here copy) or the substance (here set forth the
substance, omitting formal parts). You are commanded to summon one said E.F.
to appear before me on the ........ day of .........., You will make due return of this summons forthwith upon service.
Sec. 2935.19. An affidavit in the form following is sufficient: "THE State of Ohio, .................... County, ss: Before me, A.B., personally came C.D., who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that on or about the ................ day of ..................., .... at the county of ...................., one E.F. (here describe the offense committed as nearly according to the nature thereof as the case will admit, in ordinary and concise language.) Sworn to and subscribed before me, this ......... day of
........................, Sec. 2941.06. An indictment may be substantially in the following form: "The State of Ohio,) ss. ........... County) In the Year The jurors of the Grand Jury of the State of Ohio, within
and for the body of the County aforesaid, on their oaths, in the
name and by the authority of the State of Ohio, do find and
present that A.B., on the ....... day of ...........
........C.D......... (Indorsed) A true bill. Prosecuting Attorney E.F., Sec. 3113.215. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Income" means either of the following: (a) For a parent who is employed to full capacity, the gross income of the parent; (b) For a parent who is unemployed or underemployed, the sum of the gross income of the parent, and any potential income of the parent. (2) "Gross income" means, except as excluded in this division, the total of all earned and unearned income from all sources during a calendar year, whether or not the income is taxable, and includes, but is not limited to, income from salaries, wages, overtime pay and bonuses to the extent described in division (B)(5)(d) of this section, commissions, royalties, tips, rents, dividends, severance pay, pensions, interest, trust income, annuities, social security benefits, workers' compensation benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, disability insurance benefits, benefits received by and in the possession of the veteran who is the beneficiary for any service-connected disability under a program or law administered by the United States department of veterans' affairs or veterans' administration, spousal support actually received from a person not a party to the support proceeding for which actual gross income is being determined, and all other sources of income; income of members of any branch of the United States armed services or national guard, including, but not limited to, amounts representing base pay, basic allowance for quarters, basic allowance for subsistence, supplemental subsistence allowance, cost of living adjustment, specialty pay, variable housing allowance, and pay for training or other types of required drills; self-generated income; and potential cash flow from any source. "Gross income" does not include any of the following: (a) Benefits received from means-tested public assistance programs, including, but not limited to, Ohio works first; prevention, retention, and contingency; supplemental security income; food stamps; or disability assistance; (b) Benefits for any service-connected disability under a program or law administered by the United States department of veterans' affairs or veterans' administration that have not been distributed to the veteran who is the beneficiary of the benefits and that are in the possession of the United States department of veterans' affairs or veterans' administration; (c) Child support received for children who were not born or adopted during the marriage at issue; (d) Amounts paid for mandatory deductions from wages other than taxes, social security, or retirement in lieu of social security, including, but not limited to, union dues; (e) Nonrecurring or unsustainable income or cash flow items. (3) "Self-generated income" means gross receipts received by a parent from self-employment, proprietorship of a business, joint ownership of a partnership or closely held corporation, and rents minus ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by the parent in generating the gross receipts. "Self-generated income" includes expense reimbursements or in-kind payments received by a parent from self-employment, the operation of a business, or rents, including, but not limited to, company cars, free housing, reimbursed meals, and other benefits, if the reimbursements are significant and reduce personal living expenses. (4)(a) "Ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in generating gross receipts" means actual cash items expended by the parent or the parent's business and includes depreciation expenses of replacement business equipment as shown on the books of a business entity. (b) Except as specifically included in "ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in generating gross receipts" by division (A)(4)(a) of this section, "ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in generating gross receipts" does not include depreciation expenses and other noncash items that are allowed as deductions on any federal tax return of the parent or the parent's business. (5) "Potential income" means both of the following for a parent that the court, or a child support enforcement agency pursuant to sections 3111.20, 3111.211, and 3111.22 of the Revised Code, determines is voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily underemployed: (a) Imputed income that the court or agency determines the parent would have earned if fully employed as determined from the parent's employment potential and probable earnings based on the parent's recent work history, the parent's occupational qualifications, and the prevailing job opportunities and salary levels in the community in which the parent resides; (b) Imputed income from any nonincome-producing assets of a parent, as determined from the local passbook savings rate or another appropriate rate as determined by the court or agency, not to exceed the rate of interest specified in division (A) of section 1343.03 of the Revised Code, if the income is significant. (6) "Child support order" means an order for the payment of child support. (7) "Combined gross income" means the combined gross income of both parents. (8) "Split parental rights and responsibilities" means a situation in which there is more than one child who is the subject of an allocation of parental rights and responsibilities and each parent is the residential parent and legal custodian of at least one of those children. (9) "Schedule" means the basic child support schedule set forth in division (D) of this section. (10) "Worksheet" means the applicable worksheet that is used to calculate a parent's child support obligation and that is set forth in divisions (E) and (F) of this section. (11) "Nonrecurring or unsustainable income or cash flow item" means any income or cash flow item that the parent receives in any year or for any number of years not to exceed three years and that the parent does not expect to continue to receive on a regular basis. "Nonrecurring or unsustainable income or cash flow item" does not include a lottery prize award that is not paid in a lump sum or any other item of income or cash flow that the parent receives or expects to receive for each year for a period of more than three years or that the parent receives and invests or otherwise utilizes to produce income or cash flow for a period of more than three years. (12) "Extraordinary medical expenses" means any uninsured medical expenses that are incurred for a child during a calendar year and that exceed one hundred dollars for that child during that calendar year. (B)(1) In any action in which a child support order is issued or modified under Chapter 3115. or section 2151.23, 2151.231, 2151.232, 2151.33, 2151.36, 2151.49, 3105.18, 3105.21, 3109.05, 3109.19, 3111.13, 3113.04, 3113.07, 3113.216, or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, in any other proceeding in which the court determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to a child support order, or when a child support enforcement agency determines the amount of child support that will be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order issued pursuant to sections 3111.20, 3111.211, and 3111.22 of the Revised Code, the court or agency shall calculate the amount of the obligor's child support obligation in accordance with the basic child support schedule in division (D) of this section, the applicable worksheet in division (E) or (F) of this section, and the other provisions of this section, shall specify the support obligation as a monthly amount due, and shall order the support obligation to be paid in periodic increments as it determines to be in the best interest of the children. In performing its duties under this section, the court or agency is not required to accept any calculations in a worksheet prepared by any party to the action or proceeding. In any action or proceeding in which the court determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to a child support order or when a child support enforcement agency determines the amount of child support that will be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order issued pursuant to sections 3111.20, 3111.211, and 3111.22 of the Revised Code, the amount of child support that would be payable under a child support order, as calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule in division (D) of this section and pursuant to the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, is rebuttably presumed to be the correct amount of child support due, and the court or agency shall order that amount to be paid as child support unless both of the following apply with respect to an order issued by a court: (a) The court, after considering the factors and criteria set forth in division (B)(3) of this section, determines that the amount calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and pursuant to the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child. (b) The court enters in the journal the amount of child support calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and pursuant to the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, its determination that that amount would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child, and findings of fact supporting that determination. (2) In determining the amount of child support to be paid under any child support order, the court, upon its own recommendation or upon the recommendation of the child support enforcement agency, shall or the child support enforcement agency, pursuant to sections 3111.20, 3111.211, and 3111.22 of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (a) If the combined gross income of both parents is less than six thousand six hundred dollars per year, the court or agency shall determine the amount of the obligor's child support obligation on a case-by-case basis using the schedule as a guideline. The court or agency shall review the obligor's gross income and living expenses to determine the maximum amount of child support that it reasonably can order without denying the obligor the means for self-support at a minimum subsistence level and shall order a specific amount of child support, unless the obligor proves to the court or agency that the obligor is totally unable to pay child support and the court or agency determines that it would be unjust or inappropriate to order the payment of child support and enters its determination and supporting findings of fact in the journal. (b) If the combined gross income of both parents is greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars per year, the court or agency shall determine the amount of the obligor's child support obligation on a case-by-case basis and shall consider the needs and the standard of living of the children who are the subject of the child support order and of the parents. When the court or agency determines the amount of the obligor's child support obligation for parents with a combined gross income greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars, the court or agency shall compute a basic combined child support obligation that is no less than the same percentage of the parents' combined annual income that would have been computed under the basic child support schedule and under the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, for a combined gross income of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, unless the court or agency determines that it would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child, obligor, or obligee to order that amount and enters in the journal the figure, determination, and findings. (c) The court shall not order an amount of child support that deviates from the amount of child support that would otherwise result from the use of the basic child support schedule and the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, unless both of the following apply: (i) The court, after considering the factors and criteria set forth in division (B)(3) of this section, determines that the amount calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and pursuant to the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child; (ii) The court enters in the journal the amount of child support calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and pursuant to the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, its determination that that amount would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child, and findings of fact supporting that determination. (3) The court, in accordance with divisions (B)(1) and (2)(c) of this section, may deviate from the amount of support that otherwise would result from the use of the schedule and the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, in cases in which the application of the schedule and the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child. In determining whether that amount would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child, the court may consider any of the following factors and criteria: (a) Special and unusual needs of the children; (b) Extraordinary obligations for minor children or obligations for handicapped children who are not stepchildren and who are not offspring from the marriage or relationship that is the basis of the immediate child support determination; (c) Other court-ordered payments; (d) Extended times of visitation or extraordinary costs associated with visitation, provided that this division does not authorize and shall not be construed as authorizing any deviation from the schedule and the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, or any escrowing, impoundment, or withholding of child support because of a denial of or interference with a right of companionship or visitation granted by court order; (e) The obligor obtains additional employment after a child support order is issued in order to support a second family; (f) The financial resources and the earning ability of the child; (g) Disparity in income between parties or households; (h) Benefits that either parent receives from remarriage or sharing living expenses with another person; (i) The amount of federal, state, and local taxes actually paid or estimated to be paid by a parent or both of the parents; (j) Significant in-kind contributions from a parent, including, but not limited to, direct payment for lessons, sports equipment, schooling, or clothing; (k) The relative financial resources, other assets and resources, and needs of each parent; (l) The standard of living and circumstances of each parent and the standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marriage continued or had the parents been married; (m) The physical and emotional condition and needs of the child; (n) The need and capacity of the child for an education and the educational opportunities that would have been available to the child had the circumstances requiring a court order for support not arisen; (o) The responsibility of each parent for the support of others; (p) Any other relevant factor. The court may accept an agreement of the parents that assigns a monetary value to any of the factors and criteria listed in division (B)(3) of this section that are applicable to their situation. (4) If an obligor or obligee under a child support order requests the court to modify the amount of support required to be paid pursuant to the child support order, the court shall recalculate the amount of support that would be required to be paid under the support order in accordance with the schedule and pursuant to the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, and if that amount as recalculated is more than ten per cent greater than or more than ten per cent less than the amount of child support that is required to be paid pursuant to the existing child support order, the deviation from the recalculated amount that would be required to be paid under the schedule and the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, shall be considered by the court as a change of circumstance that is substantial enough to require a modification of the amount of the child support order. In determining pursuant to this division the recalculated amount of support that would be required to be paid under the support order for purposes of determining whether that recalculated amount is more than ten per cent greater than or more than ten per cent less than the amount of child support that is required to be paid pursuant to the existing child support order, the court shall consider, in addition to all other factors required by law to be considered, the cost of health insurance which the obligor, the obligee, or both the obligor and the obligee have been ordered to obtain for the children specified in the order. Additionally, if an obligor or obligee under a child support order requests the court to modify the amount of support required to be paid pursuant to the child support order and if the court determines that the amount of support does not adequately meet the medical needs of the child, the inadequate coverage shall be considered by the court as a change of circumstance that is substantial enough to require a modification of the amount of the child support order. If the court determines that the amount of child support required to be paid under the child support order should be changed due to a substantial change of circumstances that was not contemplated at the time of the issuance of the original child support order or the last modification of the child support order, the court shall modify the amount of child support required to be paid under the child support order to comply with the schedule and the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, unless the court determines that the amount calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and pursuant to the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child and enters in the journal the figure, determination, and findings specified in division (B)(2)(c) of this section. (5) When a court computes the amount of child support required to be paid under a child support order or a child support enforcement agency computes the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order issued pursuant to section 3111.20, 3111.211, or 3111.22 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (a) The parents shall verify current and past income and personal earnings with suitable documents, including, but not limited to, paystubs, employer statements, receipts and expense vouchers related to self-generated income, tax returns, and all supporting documentation and schedules for the tax returns. (b) The amount of any pre-existing child support obligation of a parent under a child support order and the amount of any court-ordered spousal support paid to a former spouse shall be deducted from the gross income of that parent to the extent that payment under the child support order or that payment of the court-ordered spousal support is verified by supporting documentation. (c) If other minor children who were born to the parent and a person other than the other parent who is involved in the immediate child support determination live with the parent, the court or agency shall deduct an amount from that parent's gross income that equals the number of such minor children times the federal income tax exemption for such children less child support received for them for the year, not exceeding the federal income tax exemption. (d) When the court or agency calculates the gross income of a parent, it shall include the lesser of the following as income from overtime and bonuses: (i) The yearly average of all overtime and bonuses received during the three years immediately prior to the time when the person's child support obligation is being computed; (ii) The total overtime and bonuses received during the year immediately prior to the time when the person's child support obligation is being computed. (e) When the court or agency calculates the gross income of a parent, it shall not include any income earned by the spouse of that parent. (f) The court shall not order an amount of child support for reasonable and ordinary uninsured medical or dental expenses in addition to the amount of the child support obligation determined in accordance with the schedule. The court shall issue a separate order for extraordinary medical or dental expenses, including, but not limited to, orthodontia, psychological, appropriate private education, and other expenses, and may consider the expenses in adjusting a child support order. (g) When a court or agency calculates the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to a child support order or an administrative child support order, if the combined gross income of both parents is an amount that is between two amounts set forth in the first column of the schedule, the court or agency may use the basic child support obligation that corresponds to the higher of the two amounts in the first column of the schedule, use the basic child support obligation that corresponds to the lower of the two amounts in the first column of the schedule, or calculate a basic child support obligation that is between those two amounts and corresponds proportionally to the parents' actual combined gross income. (h) When the court or agency calculates gross income, the court or agency, when appropriate, may average income over a reasonable period of years. (6)(a) If the court issues a shared parenting order in accordance with section 3109.04 of the Revised Code, the court shall order an amount of child support to be paid under the child support order that is calculated in accordance with the schedule and with the worksheet set forth in division (E) of this section, through line 24, except that, if the application of the schedule and the worksheet, through line 24, would be unjust or inappropriate to the children or either parent and would not be in the best interest of the child because of the extraordinary circumstances of the parents or because of any other factors or criteria set forth in division (B)(3) of this section, the court may deviate from the amount of child support that would be ordered in accordance with the schedule and worksheet, through line 24, shall consider those extraordinary circumstances and other factors or criteria if it deviates from that amount, and shall enter in the journal the amount of child support calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and pursuant to the applicable worksheet, through line 24, its determination that that amount would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child, and findings of fact supporting that determination. (b) For the purposes of this division, "extraordinary circumstances of the parents" includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (i) The amount of time that the children spend with each parent; (ii) The ability of each parent to maintain adequate housing for the children; (iii) Each parent's expenses, including, but not limited to, child care expenses, school tuition, medical expenses, and dental expenses. (7)(a) In any action in which a child support order is issued or modified under Chapter 3115. or section 2151.23, 2151.231, 2151.232, 2151.33, 2151.36, 2151.49, 3105.18, 3105.21, 3109.05, 3109.19, 3111.13, 3113.04, or 3113.31 of the Revised Code or in any other proceeding in which the court determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to a child support order and except as otherwise provided in this division, the court shall issue a minimum support order requiring the obligor to pay a minimum amount of fifty dollars a month for child support under the child support order. The court, in its discretion and in appropriate circumstances, may issue a minimum support order requiring the obligor to pay an amount of child support that is less than fifty dollars a month or not requiring the obligor to pay an amount for support. The appropriate circumstances for which a court may issue a minimum support order requiring an obligor to pay an amount of child support that is less than fifty dollars a month or not requiring the obligor to pay an amount for support include, but are not limited to, the nonresidential parent's medically verified or documented physical or mental disability or institutionalization in a facility for persons with a mental illness. If the court issues a minimum support order pursuant to this division and the obligor under the support order is the recipient of need-based public assistance, any unpaid amounts of support due under the support order shall accrue as arrearages from month to month, the obligor's current obligation to pay the support due under the support order is suspended during any period of time that the obligor is receiving need-based public assistance and is complying with any seek work orders issued pursuant to division (D)(4) of section 3113.21 of the Revised Code, and the court, obligee, and child support enforcement agency shall not enforce the obligation of the obligor to pay the amount of support due under the support order during any period of time that the obligor is receiving need-based public assistance and is complying with any seek work orders issued pursuant to division (D)(4) of section 3113.21 of the Revised Code. (b) Notwithstanding division (B)(7)(a) of this section, if the amount of support payments that federal law requires or permits to be disregarded in determining eligibility for aid under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code exceeds fifty dollars, instead of fifty dollars the amount of a minimum support order described in division (B)(7)(a) of this section shall be the amount federal law requires or permits to be disregarded. (C) Except when the parents have split parental rights and responsibilities, a parent's child support obligation for a child for whom the parent is the residential parent and legal custodian shall be presumed to be spent on that child and shall not become part of a child support order, and a parent's child support obligation for a child for whom the parent is not the residential parent and legal custodian shall become part of a child support order. If the parents have split parental rights and responsibilities, the child support obligations of the parents shall be offset, and the court shall issue a child support order requiring the parent with the larger child support obligation to pay the net amount pursuant to the child support order. If neither parent of a child who is the subject of a child support order is the residential parent and legal custodian of the child and the child resides with a third party who is the legal custodian of the child, the court shall issue a child support order requiring each parent to pay that parent's child support obligation pursuant to the child support order. Whenever a court issues a child support order, it shall include in the order specific provisions for regular, holiday, vacation, and special visitation in accordance with section 3109.05, 3109.11, or 3109.12 of the Revised Code or in accordance with any other applicable section of the Revised Code. The court shall not authorize or permit the escrowing, impoundment, or withholding of any child support payment because of a denial of or interference with a right of visitation included as a specific provision of the child support order or as a method of enforcing the specific provisions of the child support order dealing with visitation. (D) The following basic child support schedule shall be
used by all courts and child support enforcement agencies when
calculating the amount of child support that will be paid
pursuant to a child support order or an administrative child
support order, unless the combined gross income of the parents is
less than sixty-six hundred dollars or more than one hundred
fifty thousand dollars:
(E) When a court or child support enforcement agency
calculates the amount of child support that will be required to
be paid pursuant to a child support order or an administrative
child support order in a proceeding in which one parent is the
residential parent and legal custodian of all of the children who
are the subject of the child support order or the court issues a
shared parenting order, the court or child support enforcement
agency shall use a worksheet that is identical in content and
form to the following worksheet:
Name of parties ................................................. Case No. .......... Number of minor children ...... The following parent was designated as the residential parent and legal custodian (disregard if shared parenting order): ............. mother; ............ father. Father has ..... pay periods annually; mother has ..... pay periods annually.
(Addendum sheet may be attached)
Calculations have been reviewed.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this
..... day of .........., Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this
..... day of .........., (F) When a court or child support enforcement agency
calculates the amount of child support that will be required to
be paid pursuant to a child support order in a proceeding in
which both parents have split parental rights and
responsibilities with respect to the children who are the subject
of the child support order, the court or child support
enforcement agency shall use a worksheet that is identical in
content and form to the following worksheet:
Name of parties ............................. Case No. .......... Number of minor children ...... The following parent was designated residential parent and legal custodian: ............ mother; ............ father. Father has ..... pay periods annually; mother has ..... pay periods annually.
(Addendum sheet may be attached)
Calculations have been reviewed.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this
..... day of .........., Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this
..... day of ..........,
(G) At least once every four years, the department of human services shall review the basic child support schedule set forth in division (D) of this section to determine whether support orders issued in accordance with the schedule and the applicable worksheet in division (E) of this section, through line 24, or in division (F) of this section, through line 23, adequately provide for the needs of the children who are subject to the support orders, prepare a report of its review, and submit a copy of the report to both houses of the general assembly. For each review, the department shall establish a child support guideline advisory council to assist the department in the completion of its reviews and reports. Each council shall be composed of obligors, obligees, judges of courts of common pleas who have jurisdiction over domestic relations cases, attorneys whose practice includes a significant number of domestic relations cases, representatives of child support enforcement agencies, other persons interested in the welfare of children, three members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, no more than two of whom are members of the same party, and three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, no more than two of whom are members of the same party. The department shall consider input from the council prior to the completion of any report under this section. The advisory council shall cease to exist at the time that it submits its report to the general assembly. Any expenses incurred by an advisory council shall be paid by the department. On or before March 1, 1993, the department shall submit its
initial report under this division to both houses of the general
assembly. On or before the first day of March of every fourth
year after 1993, the department shall submit a report under this
division to both houses of the general assembly.
Sec. 3501.31. The board of elections shall mail to each precinct election official notice of the date, hours, and place of holding each election in the official's respective precinct at which it desires the official to serve. Each of such officials shall notify the board immediately upon receipt of such notice of any inability to serve. The election official designated as presiding judge under section 3501.22 of the Revised Code shall call at the office of the board at such time before the day of the election, not earlier than the tenth day before the day of the election, as the board designates to obtain the ballots, pollbooks, registration forms and lists, and other material to be used in the official's polling place on election day. The board may also provide for the delivery of such materials to polling places in a municipal corporation by members of the police department of such municipal corporation; or the board may provide for the delivery of such materials to the presiding judge not earlier than the tenth day before the election, in any manner it finds to be advisable. On election day the precinct election officials shall punctually attend the polling place one-half hour before the time fixed for opening the polls. Each of the precinct election officials shall thereupon make and subscribe to a statement which shall be as follows: "State of Ohio County of ............... I do solemnly swear under the penalty of perjury that I
will support the constitution of the United States of America and
the constitution of the state of Ohio and its laws; that I have
not been convicted of a felony or any violation of the election
laws; that I will discharge to the best of my ability the duties
of .................... (judge or clerk) .................... of
election in and for precinct .................... in the
.................... (township) or (ward and city or village)
.................... in the county of ...................., in
the election to be held on the .......... day of ...............,
If any of the other precinct officials is absent at that
time, the presiding judge, with the concurrence of a majority of
the precinct election officials present, shall appoint a
qualified elector who is a member of the same political party as
the political party of which such absent precinct election
official is a member to fill the vacancy until the board appoints
a person to fill such vacancy and the person so appointed reports
for duty at the polling place. The presiding judge shall
promptly notify the board of such vacancy by telephone or
otherwise. The presiding judge also shall assign the
precinct election officials
to their respective duties and shall have general charge of the
polling place.
Sec. 3509.04. Upon receipt by the director of elections of
an application for absent voter's ballots, as provided by
sections 3509.03 and 3509.031, and division (G) of section 3503.16, of the
Revised Code, the director,
if the director finds that the applicant is a qualified
elector and is entitled to vote absent voter's ballots as applied for in the
application, shall deliver to the applicant in person or mail
directly to the applicant by special delivery mail, air
mail, or regular mail, postage prepaid, proper absent voter's ballots. The
director shall give proper absent voter's ballots to any
qualified elector who presents I, the undersigned voter, declare under penalty of election falsification that the within ballot or ballots contained no voting marks of any kind when I received them, and I caused the ballot or ballots to be marked, enclosed in the identification envelope, and sealed in said envelope. My voting residence in Ohio is
of ................................ (City, Village, or Township) Ohio, which is in Ward ............... Precinct ................ in said city, village, or township. .....I am a qualified elector of the state of Ohio. (Applicant must check the
true statement concerning .....I shall be absent from the county on the day of the election. .....I shall be outside the United States on the day of the election. (Applicants who check this statement must also check the appropriate box on the enclosed return envelope to indicate that they will be outside the United States.) .....I shall be absent from my polling place on the day of the election due to my entry or the entry of a member of my family into a hospital for medical or surgical treatment. .....I shall be absent from my polling place on the day of the election due to physical illness, disability, or infirmity. .....My employment as a full-time fire fighter, peace officer, or provider of emergency medical services may prevent me from voting at my polling place on the day of the election. .....I shall be absent from my polling place on the day of the election because I am on active duty with the organized militia in the state of Ohio. .....I shall be unable to vote on election day because of observance of my religious belief. .....I am the secretary of state. .....I am an employee of the secretary of state. .....I am a member of the board of elections. .....I am an employee of or person temporarily hired by the board of elections. .....I am a polling place official. .....I shall be absent from my polling place on the day of the election due to my confinement in a jail or workhouse under sentence for a misdemeanor or awaiting trial on a felony or misdemeanor. .....I am sixty-two years of age or older. .....I moved from one precinct to another in the same county or from one county to another on or prior to the day of an election and did not file a notice of change of residence. .....I changed my name on or prior to the day of an election and did not file a notice of change of name. The primary election ballots, if any, within this envelope are primary election ballots of the ............. Party. Ballots contained herein are to be voted at the ..........
(general, special, or primary) election to be held on the
.......................... day of ......................, I hereby declare, under penalty of election falsification, that the statements above are true, as I verily believe.
THE PENALTY FOR ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BOTH." The director shall mail with the ballots and the unsealed
identification envelope that the director mails an unsealed
return envelope
upon the face of which shall be printed the official title and
post-office address of such director. In the upper left corner
on the face of such envelope, several blank lines shall be printed
upon which the voter may write the voter's name and return
address, and
beneath these lines there shall be printed a box beside the words
"check if out-of-country." The voter shall check this box if the
voter will be outside the United States on the day of the election. The
return envelope shall be of such size that the identification
envelope can be conveniently placed within it for returning such
identification envelope to the director.
Sec. 3513.07. The form of declaration of candidacy and
petition of a person desiring to be a candidate for a party
nomination or a candidate for election to an office or position
to be voted for at a primary election shall be substantially as
follows:
I, ........................... (Name of Candidate), the
undersigned, hereby declare under penalty of election
falsification that my voting residence is in ...............
precinct of the .............................. (Township) or
(Ward and City or Village) in the county of ................ ,
Ohio; that my voting residence is
............... (Street and
Number, if any, or Rural Route and Number) of the
....................... .............. (City or Village) of .................,
Ohio: that I am a qualified
elector in the precinct in which my voting residence is located. I am a
member of the ........ Party. I hereby declare that I
desire to be .................... (a candidate for nomination as
a candidate of the ........... Party for election to the office
of .............) (a candidate for election to the office or
position of ..............) for the ............ in the state,
district, (Full term or unexpired term ending ...............)
county, city, or village of ......... .........., at the primary
election to be held on the ............. day of ........., I further declare that, if elected to said office or position, I will qualify therefor, and that I will support and abide by the principles enunciated by the ............ Party. Dated this .......... day of ................., THE PENALTY FOR ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS IMPRISONMENT FOR
NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, OR BOTH.
We, the undersigned, qualified electors of the state of Ohio, whose voting residence is in the county, city, village, ward, township, or school district, and precinct set opposite our names, and members of the ....................................... Party, hereby certify that ............................ (Name of candidate) whose declaration of candidacy is filed herewith, is a member of the ............ Party, and is, in our opinion, well qualified to perform the duties of the office or position to which that candidate desires to be elected.
....................................... (Name of circulator of petition), declares under penalty of election falsification that the circulator of the petition is a qualified elector of the state of Ohio and resides at the address appearing below the signature of that circulator; that the circulator is a member of the ........... Party; that the circulator is the circulator of the foregoing petition paper containing ............. (Number) signatures; that the circulator witnessed the affixing of every signature, that all signers were to the best of the circulator's knowledge and belief qualified to sign, and that every signature is to the best of the circulator's knowledge and belief the signature of the person whose signature it purports to be. THE PENALTY FOR ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BOTH." The secretary of state shall prescribe a form of declaration of candidacy and petition, and the form shall be substantially similar to the declaration of candidacy and petition set forth in this section, that will be suitable for joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. The petition provided for in this section shall be
circulated only by a member of the same political party as the
candidate.
Sec. 3513.261. A nominating petition may consist of one or more separate petition papers, each of which shall be substantially in the form prescribed in this section. If the petition consists of more than one separate petition paper, the statement of candidacy of the candidate or joint candidates named need be signed by the candidate or joint candidates on only one of such separate petition papers, but the statement of candidacy so signed shall be copied on each other separate petition paper before the signatures of electors are placed thereon. Each nominating petition containing signatures of electors of more than one county shall consist of separate petition papers each of which shall contain signatures of electors of only one county; provided that petitions containing signatures of electors of more than one county shall not thereby be declared invalid. In case petitions containing signatures of electors of more than one county are filed, the board of elections shall determine the county from which the majority of the signatures came, and only signatures from this county shall be counted. Signatures from any other county shall be invalid. All signatures on nominating petitions shall be written in ink or indelible pencil. At the time of filing a nominating petition, the candidate designated in the nominating petition, and joint candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, shall pay to the election officials with whom it is filed the fees specified for the office under divisions (A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code. The fees shall be disposed of by those election officials in the manner that is provided in section 3513.10 of the Revised Code for the disposition of other fees, and in no case shall a fee required under that section be returned to a candidate. Candidates or joint candidates whose names are written on the ballot, and who are elected, shall pay the same fees under section 3513.10 of the Revised Code that candidates who file nominating petitions pay. Payment of these fees shall be a condition precedent to the granting of their certificates of election. Each nominating petition shall contain a statement of candidacy which shall be signed by the candidate or joint candidates named therein. Such statement of candidacy shall contain a declaration made under penalty of election falsification that the candidate desires to be a candidate for the office named therein, and that the candidate is an elector qualified to vote for the office the candidate seeks. The form of the nominating petition and statement of
candidacy shall be substantially as follows:
I, ................................... (Name of candidate),
the undersigned, hereby declare under penalty of election
falsification that my voting residence is in ................
.......... Precinct of the ......................... (Township)
or (Ward and City, or Village) in the county of...............,
Ohio; that my post-office address is............................
(Street and Number, if any, or Rural Route and Number) of the
............................... (City, Village, or post office)
of ...................., Ohio; AND that I am a qualified elector in
the precinct in which my voting residence is located. I hereby
declare that I desire to be a candidate for election to the
office of .............. in the........................ (State,
District, County, City, Village, Township, or School District)
for the ...................................... (Full term or
unexpired term ending ................) at the General Election
to be held on the ........... day of ............... I further declare that I am an elector qualified to vote
for the office I seek. Dated this ....... day of ..............,
THE PENALTY FOR ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. I, ................................., hereby constitute the persons named below a committee to represent me: Name Residence ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................
We, the undersigned, qualified electors of the state of Ohio, whose voting residence is in the County, City, Village, Ward, Township or Precinct set opposite our names, hereby nominate .................... as a candidate for election to the office of ........................... in the ............................ (State, District, County, City, Village, Township, or School District) for the ................. (Full term or unexpired term ending ...................) to be voted for at the general election next hereafter to be held, and certify that this person is, in our opinion, well qualified to perform the duties of the office or position to which the person desires to be elected. _________________________________________________________________ Street City, Signature Address Village or Ward Precinct County Date of or R.F.D. Township Signing (Must use address on file with the board of elections) _________________________________________________________________ ................................................................. ................................................................. ................................................................. ..........................., declares under penalty of election
falsification that THE PENALTY FOR ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BOTH." The secretary of state shall prescribe a form of nominating petition for a group of candidates for the office of member of a board of education, township office, and for offices of municipal corporations of under two thousand population. The secretary of state shall prescribe a form of statement of candidacy and nominating petition, which shall be substantially similar to the form of statement of candidacy and nominating petition set forth in this section, that will be suitable for joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. If such petition nominates a candidate whose election is to be determined by the electors of a county or a district or subdivision within the county, it shall be filed with the board of such county. If the petition nominates a candidate whose election is to be determined by the voters of a subdivision located in more than one county, it shall be filed with the board of the county in which the major portion of the population of such subdivision is located. If the petition nominates a candidate whose election is to
be determined by the electors of a district comprised of more
than one county but less than all of the counties of the state,
it shall be filed with the board of elections of the most
populous county in such district. If the petition nominates a
candidate whose election is to be determined by the electors of
the state at large, it shall be filed with the secretary of
state.
Sec. 3517.10. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, every campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, and political contributing entity that made or received a contribution or made an expenditure in connection with the nomination or election of any candidate or in connection with any ballot issue or question at any election held or to be held in this state shall file, on a form prescribed under this section, a full, true, and itemized statement, made under penalty of election falsification, setting forth in detail the contributions and expenditures, no later than four p.m. of the following dates: (1) The twelfth day before the election to reflect contributions received and expenditures made from the close of business on the last day reflected in the last previously filed statement, if any, to the close of business on the twentieth day before the election; (2) The thirty-eighth day after the election to reflect the contributions received and expenditures made from the close of business on the last day reflected in the last previously filed statement, if any, to the close of business on the seventh day before the filing of the statement; (3) The last business day of January of every year to reflect the contributions received and expenditures made from the close of business on the last day reflected in the last previously filed statement, if any, to the close of business on the last day of December of the previous year. A campaign committee shall only be required to file the statements prescribed under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section in connection with the nomination or election of the committee's candidate. The statement required under division (A)(1) of this section shall not be required of any campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity that has received contributions of less than one thousand dollars and has made expenditures of less than one thousand dollars at the close of business on the twentieth day before the election. Those contributions and expenditures shall be reported in the statement required under division (A)(2) of this section. If an election to select candidates to appear on the general election ballot is held within sixty days before a general election, the campaign committee of a successful candidate in the earlier election may file the statement required by division (A)(1) of this section for the general election instead of the statement required by division (A)(2) of this section for the earlier election if the pregeneral election statement reflects the status of contributions and expenditures for the period twenty days before the earlier election to twenty days before the general election. If a person becomes a candidate less than twenty days before an election, the candidate's campaign committee is not required to file the statement required by division (A)(1) of this section. No statement under division (A)(3) of this section shall be required for any year in which a campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity is required to file a postgeneral election statement under division (A)(2) of this section. However, such a statement may be filed, at the option of the campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity. No statement under division (A)(3) of this section shall be required if the campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity has no contributions that it has received and no expenditures that it has made since the last date reflected in its last previously filed statement. However, the campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity shall file a statement to that effect, on a form prescribed under this section and made under penalty of election falsification, on the date required in division (A)(3) of this section. The campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall file a monthly statement of contributions received during each of the months of July, August, and September in the year of the general election in which the candidate seeks office. The campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall file the monthly statement not later than three business days after the last day of the month covered by the statement. The campaign committee of a statewide candidate that files a notice under division (C)(1) of section 3517.103 of the Revised Code and the campaign committee of a statewide candidate to which, in accordance with division (D) of section 3517.103 of the Revised Code, the contribution limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code no longer apply shall file an additional monthly statement of contributions received during the primary election period in the year of the primary election in which the candidate seeks nomination to office beginning with contributions received after the last business day in the committee's last previously filed statement, if any, through the fifteenth day of March. That statement shall be filed not later than three business days after the fifteenth day of March. Contributions reported in the additional monthly statement of contributions shall also be included in the campaign committee's pre-primary election statement required under division (A)(1) of this section. During the period beginning on the nineteenth day before the general election in which a statewide candidate seeks election to office and extending through the day of that general election, each time the campaign committee of the joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or of a candidate for the office of secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general receives a contribution from a contributor that causes the aggregate amount of contributions received from that contributor during that period to equal or exceed two thousand five hundred dollars and each time the campaign committee of a candidate for the office of chief justice or justice of the supreme court receives a contribution from a contributor that causes the aggregate amount of contributions received from that contributor during that period to exceed five hundred dollars, the campaign committee shall file a two-business-day statement reflecting that contribution. During the period beginning on the nineteenth day before a primary election in which a candidate for statewide office seeks nomination to office and extending through the day of that primary election, each time either the campaign committee of a statewide candidate in that primary election that files a notice under division (C)(1) of section 3517.103 of the Revised Code or the campaign committee of a statewide candidate in that primary election to which, in accordance with division (D) of section 3517.103 of the Revised Code, the contribution limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code no longer apply receives a contribution from a contributor that causes the aggregate amount of contributions received from that contributor during that period to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, the campaign committee shall file a two-business-day statement reflecting that contribution. Contributions reported on a two-business-day statement required to be filed by a campaign committee of a statewide candidate in a primary election shall also be included in the post-primary election statement required to be filed by that campaign committee under division (A)(2) of this section. A two-business-day statement required by this paragraph shall be filed not later than two business days after receipt of the contribution. The statements required by this paragraph shall be filed in addition to any other statements required by this section. The secretary of state may permit the filing of two-business-day statements by facsimile or other electronic means of transmission. If a campaign committee or political action committee has no balance on hand and no outstanding obligations and desires to terminate itself, it shall file a statement to that effect, on a form prescribed under this section and made under penalty of election falsification, with the official with whom it files a statement under division (A) of this section after filing a final statement of contributions and a final statement of expenditures, if contributions have been received or expenditures made since the period reflected in its last previously filed statement. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(7) of this section, each statement required by division (A) of this section shall contain the following information: (1) The full name and address of each campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity, including any treasurer of the committee, fund, party, or entity, filing a contribution and expenditure statement; (2)(a) In the case of a campaign committee, the candidate's full name and address; (b) In the case of a political action committee, the registration number assigned to the committee under division (D)(1) of this section. (3) The date of the election and whether it was or will be a general, primary, or special election; (4) A statement of contributions received, which shall include: (a) The month, day, and year of the contribution; (b)(i) The full name and address of each person, political party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political contributing entity from whom contributions are received and the registration number assigned to the political action committee under division (D)(1) of this section. The requirement of filing the full address does not apply to any statement filed by a state or local committee of a political party, to a finance committee of such committee, or to a committee recognized by a state or local committee as its fund-raising auxiliary. Notwithstanding division (F)(1) of this section, the requirement of filing the full address shall be considered as being met if the address filed is the same address the contributor provided under division (E)(1) of this section. (ii) If a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or candidate for the office of member of the general assembly receives a contribution from an individual that exceeds one hundred dollars, the name of the individual's current employer, if any, or, if the individual is self-employed, the individual's occupation; (iii) If a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or candidate for the office of member of the general assembly receives a contribution transmitted pursuant to section 3599.031 of the Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and salaries of two or more employees that exceeds in the aggregate one hundred dollars during any one filing period under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the full name of the employees' employer and the full name of the labor organization of which the employees are members, if any. (c) A description of the contribution received, if other than money; (d) The value in dollars and cents of the contribution; (e) A separately itemized account of all contributions and expenditures regardless of the amount, except a receipt of a contribution from a person in the sum of twenty-five dollars or less at one social or fund-raising activity and a receipt of a contribution transmitted pursuant to section 3599.031 of the Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and salaries of employees if the contribution from the amount deducted from the wages and salary of any one employee is twenty-five dollars or less aggregated in a calendar year. An account of the total contributions from each social or fund-raising activity shall include a description of and the value of each in-kind contribution received at that activity from any person who made one or more such contributions whose aggregate value exceeded two hundred fifty dollars and shall be listed separately, together with the expenses incurred and paid in connection with that activity. A campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity shall keep records of contributions from each person in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less at one social or fund-raising activity and contributions from amounts deducted under section 3599.031 of the Revised Code from the wages and salary of each employee in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less aggregated in a calendar year. No continuing association that is recognized by a state or local committee of a political party as an auxiliary of the party and that makes a contribution from funds derived solely from regular dues paid by members of the auxiliary shall be required to list the name or address of any members who paid those dues. Contributions that are other income shall be itemized separately from all other contributions. The information required under division (B)(4) of this section shall be provided for all other income itemized. As used in this paragraph, "other income" means a loan, investment income, or interest income. (f) In the case of a campaign committee of a state elected officer, if a person doing business with the state elected officer in the officer's official capacity makes a contribution to the campaign committee of that officer, the information required under division (B)(4) of this section in regard to that contribution, which shall be filed together with and considered a part of the committee's statement of contributions as required under division (A) of this section but shall be filed on a separate form provided by the secretary of state. As used in division (B)(4)(f) of this section: (i) "State elected officer" has the same meaning as in section 3517.092 of the Revised Code. (ii) "Person doing business" means a person or an officer of an entity who enters into one or more contracts with a state elected officer or anyone authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of that officer to receive payments for goods or services, if the payments total, in the aggregate, more than five thousand dollars during a calendar year. (5) A statement of expenditures which shall include: (a) The month, day, and year of the expenditure; (b) The full name and address of each person, political party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political contributing entity to whom the expenditure was made and the registration number assigned to the political action committee under division (D)(1) of this section; (c) The object or purpose for which the expenditure was made; (d) The amount of each expenditure. (C)(1) The statement of contributions and expenditures shall be signed by the person completing the form. (2) The person filing the statement shall, under penalty of election falsification, include with it a list of each anonymous contribution, the circumstances under which it was received, and the reason it cannot be attributed to a specific donor. (3) Each statement of a campaign committee of a candidate who holds public office shall contain a designation of each contributor who is an employee in any unit or department under the candidate's direct supervision and control. In a space provided in the statement, the person filing the statement shall affirm that each such contribution was voluntarily made. (4) A campaign committee that did not receive contributions or make expenditures in connection with the nomination or election of its candidate shall file a statement to that effect, on a form prescribed under this section and made under penalty of election falsification, on the date required in division (A)(2) of this section. (5) The campaign committee of any person who attempts to become a candidate and who, for any reason, does not become certified in accordance with Title XXXV of the Revised Code for placement on the official ballot of a primary, general, or special election to be held in this state, and who, at any time prior to or after an election, receives contributions or makes expenditures, or has given consent for another to receive contributions or make expenditures, for the purpose of bringing about the person's nomination or election to public office, shall file the statement or statements prescribed by this section and a termination statement, if applicable. This paragraph does not apply to any person with respect to an election to the offices of member of a county or state central committee, presidential elector, or delegate to a national convention or conference of a political party. (6)(a) The statements required to be filed under this section shall specify the balance in the hands of the campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity and the disposition intended to be made of that balance. (b) The form for all statements required to be filed under this section shall be prescribed by the secretary of state, and furnished to the boards of elections in the several counties, and the boards of elections shall supply printed copies of those forms without charge. The secretary of state may require that the statements required to be stored on computer by the secretary of state under divisions (A)(1) to (4) of section 3517.106 of the Revised Code be filed in whatever format the secretary of state considers necessary so that the secretary of state may store the information contained in the statements on computer. Any such format shall be of a type and nature that is readily available to whoever is required to file the statements in that format. (7) Each monthly statement and each two-business-day statement required by division (A) of this section shall contain the information required by divisions (B)(1) to (4), (C)(2), and, if appropriate, (C)(3) of this section. Each statement shall be signed as required by division (C)(1) of this section. (D)(1) Prior to receiving a contribution or making an expenditure, every campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity shall appoint a treasurer and shall file, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a designation of that appointment, including the full name and address of the treasurer and of the campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity. That designation shall be filed with the official with whom the campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity is required to file statements under section 3517.11 of the Revised Code. The name of a campaign committee shall include at least the last name of the campaign committee's candidate. The secretary of state shall assign a registration number to each political action committee that files a designation of the appointment of a treasurer under division (D)(1) of this section if the political action committee is required by division (A)(1) of section 3517.11 of the Revised Code to file the statements prescribed by this section with the secretary of state. (2) The treasurer appointed under division (D)(1) of this section shall keep a strict account of all contributions, from whom received and the purpose for which they were disbursed. (3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 3517.108 of the Revised Code, a campaign committee shall deposit all monetary contributions received by the committee into an account separate from a personal or business account of the candidate or campaign committee. (b) A political action committee shall deposit all monetary contributions received by the committee into an account separate from all other funds. (c) A state or county political party may establish a state candidate fund that is separate from an account that contains the public moneys received from the Ohio political party fund under section 3517.17 of the Revised Code and from all other funds. A state or county political party may deposit into its state candidate fund any amounts of monetary contributions that are made to or accepted by the political party subject to the applicable limitations, if any, prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code. A state or county political party shall deposit all other monetary contributions received by the party into one or more accounts that are separate from its state candidate fund and from its account that contains the public moneys received from the Ohio political party fund under section 3517.17 of the Revised Code. (d) Each state political party shall have only one legislative campaign fund for each house of the general assembly. Each such fund shall be separate from any other funds or accounts of that state party. A legislative campaign fund is authorized to receive contributions and make expenditures for the primary purpose of furthering the election of candidates who are members of that political party to the house of the general assembly with which that legislative campaign fund is associated. Each legislative campaign fund shall be administered and controlled in a manner designated by the caucus. As used in division (D)(3)(d) of this section, "caucus" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code and includes, as an ex officio member, the chairperson of the state political party with which the caucus is associated, or that chairperson's designee. (4) Every expenditure in excess of twenty-five dollars shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement of expenditures. A canceled check with a notation of the purpose of the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of division (D)(4) of this section. (5) The secretary of state or the board of elections, as the case may be, shall issue a receipt for each statement filed under this section and shall preserve a copy of the receipt for a period of at least six years. All statements filed under this section shall be open to public inspection in the office where they are filed and shall be carefully preserved for a period of at least six years after the year in which they are filed. (E)(1) Any person, political party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political contributing entity that makes a contribution in connection with the nomination or election of any candidate or in connection with any ballot issue or question at any election held or to be held in this state shall provide its full name and address to the recipient of the contribution at the time the contribution is made. The political action committee also shall provide the registration number assigned to the committee under division (D)(1) of this section to the recipient of the contribution at the time the contribution is made. (2) Any individual who makes a contribution that exceeds one hundred dollars to a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or candidate for the office of member of the general assembly shall provide the name of the individual's current employer, if any, or, if the individual is self-employed, the individual's occupation to the recipient of the contribution at the time the contribution is made. Sections 3599.39 and 3599.40 of the Revised Code do not apply to division (E)(2) of this section. (3) If a campaign committee shows that it has exercised its best efforts to obtain, maintain, and submit the information required under divisions (B)(4)(b)(ii) and (iii) of this section, that committee is considered to have met the requirements of those divisions. A campaign committee shall not be considered to have exercised its best efforts unless, in connection with written solicitations, it regularly includes a written request for the information required under division (B)(4)(b)(ii) of this section from the contributor or the information required under division (B)(4)(b)(iii) of this section from whoever transmits the contribution. (4) Any check that a political action committee uses to make a contribution or an expenditure shall contain the full name and address of the committee and the registration number assigned to the committee under division (D)(1) of this section. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Address" means all of the following if they exist: apartment number, street, road, or highway name and number, rural delivery route number, city or village, state, and zip code as used in a person's post-office address, but not post-office box. If an address is required in this section, a post-office box and office, room, or suite number may be included in addition to but not in lieu of an apartment, street, road, or highway name and number. If an address is required in this section, a campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity may use the business or residence address of its treasurer or deputy treasurer. The post-office box number of the campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity may be used in addition to that address. (2) "Statewide candidate" means the joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or a candidate for the office of secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, member of the state board of education, chief justice of the supreme court, or justice of the supreme court. (G) An independent expenditure shall be reported whenever and in the same manner that an expenditure is required to be reported under this section and shall be reported pursuant to division (B)(2)(a) or (C)(2)(a) of section 3517.105 of the Revised Code. (H)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (H)(2) of this section, if, during the combined preelection and postelection reporting periods for an election, a campaign committee has received contributions of five hundred dollars or less and has made expenditures in the total amount of five hundred dollars or less, it may file a statement to that effect, under penalty of election falsification, in lieu of the statement required by division (A)(2) of this section. The statement shall indicate the total amount of contributions received and the total amount of expenditures made during those combined reporting periods. (2) In the case of a successful candidate at a primary election, if either the total contributions received by or the total expenditures made by the candidate's campaign committee during the preprimary, postprimary, pregeneral, and postgeneral election periods combined equal more than five hundred dollars, the campaign committee may file the statement under division (H)(1) of this section only for the primary election. The first statement that the campaign committee files in regard to the general election shall reflect all contributions received and all expenditures made during the preprimary and postprimary election periods. (3) Divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply if a campaign committee receives contributions or makes expenditures prior to the first day of January of the year of the election at which the candidate seeks nomination or election to office or if the campaign committee does not file a termination statement with its postprimary election statement in the case of an unsuccessful primary election candidate or with its postgeneral election statement in the case of other candidates. (I) In the case of a contribution made by a partnership or unincorporated business, all of the following apply: (1) The recipient of the contribution shall report the contribution by listing both the partnership or unincorporated business and the name of the partner or owner making the contribution. (2) For purposes of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, the contribution shall be considered to have been made by the partner or owner reported under division (I)(1) of this section. (3) No contribution from a partnership or unincorporated business shall be accepted unless the recipient reports the contribution under division (I)(1) of this section. (J) A candidate shall have only one campaign committee at any given time for all of the offices for which the person is a candidate or holds office. (K)(1) In addition to filing a designation of appointment of a treasurer under division (D)(1) of this section, the campaign committee of any candidate for an elected municipal office that pays an annual amount of compensation of five thousand dollars or less, the campaign committee of any candidate for member of a board of education except member of the state board of education, or the campaign committee of any candidate for township trustee or township clerk may sign, under penalty of election falsification, a certificate attesting that the committee will not accept contributions during an election period that exceed in the aggregate two thousand dollars from all contributors and one hundred dollars from any one individual, and that the campaign committee will not make expenditures during an election period that exceed in the aggregate two thousand dollars. The certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall be filed not later than ten days after the candidate files a declaration of candidacy and petition, a nominating petition, or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (K)(3) of this section, a campaign committee that files a certificate under division (K)(1) of this section is not required to file the statements required by division (A) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. (3) If, after filing a certificate under division (K)(1) of this section, a campaign committee exceeds any of the limitations described in that division during an election period, the certificate is void and thereafter the campaign committee shall file the statements required by division (A) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. If the campaign committee has not previously filed a statement, then on the first statement the campaign committee is required to file under division (A) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code after the committee's certificate is void, the committee shall report all contributions received and expenditures made from the time the candidate filed the candidate's declaration of candidacy and petition, nominating petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate. (4) As used in division (K) of this section, "election period" means the period of time beginning on the day a person files a declaration of candidacy and petition, nominating petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate through the day of the election at which the person seeks nomination to office if the person is not elected to office, or, if the candidate was nominated in a primary election, the day of the election at which the candidate seeks office. (L) Notwithstanding division (B)(4) of this section, a political contributing entity that receives contributions from the dues, membership fees, or other assessments of its members or from its officers, shareholders, and employees may report the aggregate amount of contributions received from those contributors and the number of individuals making those contributions, for each filing period identified under divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. Division (B)(4) of this section applies to a political contributing entity with regard to contributions it receives from all other contributors.
Sec. 3517.102. (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3517.103 of the Revised Code, as used in this section and sections 3517.103 and 3517.104 of the Revised Code: (1) "Candidate" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code but includes only candidates for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, member of the state board of education, member of the general assembly, chief justice of the supreme court, and justice of the supreme court. (2) "Statewide candidate" or "any one statewide candidate" means the joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or a candidate for the office of secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, member of the state board of education, chief justice of the supreme court, or justice of the supreme court. (3) "Senate candidate" means a candidate for the office of state senator. (4) "House candidate" means a candidate for the office of state representative. (5)(a) "Primary election period" for a candidate begins on the beginning date of the candidate's pre-filing period specified in division (A)(9) of section 3517.109 of the Revised Code and ends on the day of the primary election. (b) In regard to any candidate, the "general election period" begins on the day after the primary election immediately preceding the general election at which the candidate seeks an office specified in division (A)(1) of this section and ends on the thirty-first day of December following that general election. (6) "State candidate fund" means the state candidate fund established by a state or county political party under division (D)(3)(c) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. (7) "Postgeneral election statement" means the statement filed under division (A)(2) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code by the campaign committee of a candidate after the general election in which the candidate ran for office or filed by legislative campaign fund after the general election in an even-numbered year. (8) "Contribution" means any contribution that is required to be reported in the statement of contributions under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. (9) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of section 3517.103 and division (B)(3)(b) of section 3517.1010 of the Revised Code, "designated state campaign committee" means: (a) In the case of contributions to or from a state political party, a campaign committee of a statewide candidate, statewide officeholder, senate candidate, house candidate, or member of the general assembly. (b) In the case of contributions to or from a county political party, a campaign committee of a statewide candidate, statewide officeholder, senate candidate or house candidate whose candidacy is to be submitted to some or all of the electors in that county, or member of the general assembly whose district contains all or part of that county. (c) In the case of contributions to or from a legislative campaign fund, a campaign committee of any of the following: (i) A senate or house candidate who, if elected, will be a member of the same party that established the legislative campaign fund and the same house with which the legislative campaign fund is associated; (ii) A state senator or state representative who is a member of the same party that established the legislative campaign fund and the same house with which the legislative campaign fund is associated. (B)(1) No individual shall make a contribution or contributions aggregating more than: (a) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one statewide candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (b) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one senate candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (c) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one house candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (d) Five thousand dollars to any one county political party for the party's state candidate fund or to any one legislative campaign fund in a calendar year; (e) Fifteen thousand dollars to any one state political party for the party's state candidate fund in a calendar year; (f) Five thousand dollars to any one political action committee in a calendar year; (g) Five thousand dollars to any one political contributing entity in a calendar year. (2) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, no political action committee shall make a contribution or contributions aggregating more than: (a) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one statewide candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (b) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one senate candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (c) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one house candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (d) Five thousand dollars to any one county political party for the party's state candidate fund or to any one legislative campaign fund in a calendar year; (e) Fifteen thousand dollars to any one state political party for the party's state candidate fund in a calendar year; (f) Two thousand five hundred dollars to another political action committee or to a political contributing entity in a calendar year. Division (B)(2)(f) of this section does not apply to a political action committee that makes a contribution to a political action committee or to a political contributing entity affiliated with it. For purposes of division (B)(2)(f) of this section, a political action committee is affiliated with another political action committee or with a political contributing entity if they are both established, financed, maintained, or controlled by, or if they are, the same corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person, including any parent, subsidiary, division, or department of that corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person. (3) No campaign committee shall make a contribution or contributions aggregating more than: (a) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one statewide candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (b) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one senate candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (c) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one house candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (d) Two thousand five hundred dollars to any one political action committee in a calendar year; (e) Two thousand five hundred dollars to any one political contributing entity in a calendar year. (4) Subject to division (D)(3) of this section, no political party shall make a contribution or contributions aggregating more than two thousand five hundred dollars to any one political action committee or to any one political contributing entity in a calendar year. (5) No campaign committee, other than a designated state campaign committee, shall make a contribution or contributions aggregating in a calendar year more than: (a) Fifteen thousand dollars to any one state political party for the party's state candidate fund; (b) Five thousand dollars to any one legislative campaign fund; (c) Five thousand dollars to any one county political party for the party's state candidate fund. (6)(a) No state candidate fund of a county political party shall make a contribution or contributions, except a contribution or contributions to a designated state campaign committee, in a primary election period or a general election period, aggregating more than: (i) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one senate candidate; (ii) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one house candidate. (b)(i) No state candidate fund of a state or county political party shall make a transfer or a contribution or transfers or contributions of cash or cash equivalents to a designated state campaign committee in a primary election period or in a general election period aggregating more than: (I) Five hundred thousand dollars to the campaign committee of any one statewide candidate; (II) One hundred thousand dollars to the campaign committee of any one senate candidate; (III) Fifty thousand dollars to the campaign committee of any one house candidate. (ii) No legislative campaign fund shall make a transfer or a contribution or transfers or contributions of cash or cash equivalents to a designated state campaign committee aggregating more than: (I) Fifty thousand dollars in a primary election period or one hundred thousand dollars in a general election period to the campaign committee or any one senate candidate; (II) Twenty-five thousand dollars in a primary election period or fifty thousand dollars in a general election period to the campaign committee of any one house candidate. (iii) As used in divisions (B)(6)(b) and (C)(6)(a) and (b) of this section, "transfer or contribution of cash or cash equivalents" does not include any in-kind contributions. (c) A county political party that has no state candidate fund and that is located in a county having a population of less than one hundred fifty thousand may make one or more contributions from other accounts to any one designated state campaign committee that do not exceed, in the aggregate, two thousand five hundred dollars in any primary election period or general election period. As used in division (B)(6)(c) of this section, "other accounts" does not include either an account that contains the public moneys received from the Ohio political party fund under section 3517.17 of the Revised Code or the county political party's operating account. (d) No legislative campaign fund shall make a contribution, other than to a designated state campaign committee or to the state candidate fund of a political party. (7) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, no political contributing entity shall make a contribution or contributions aggregating more than: (a) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one statewide candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (b) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one senate candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (c) Two thousand five hundred dollars to the campaign committee of any one house candidate in a primary election period or in a general election period; (d) Five thousand dollars to any one county political party for the party's state candidate fund or to any one legislative campaign fund in a calendar year; (e) Fifteen thousand dollars to any one state political party for the party's state candidate fund in a calendar year; (f) Two thousand five hundred dollars to another political contributing entity or to a political action committee in a calendar year. Division (B)(7)(f) of this section does not apply to a political contributing entity that makes a contribution to a political contributing entity or to a political action committee affiliated with it. For purposes of division (B)(7)(f) of this section, a political contributing entity is affiliated with another political contributing entity or with a political action committee if they are both established, financed, maintained, or controlled by, or if they are, the same corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person, including any parent, subsidiary, division, or department of that corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person. (C)(1) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, no campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall accept a contribution or contributions aggregating more than two thousand five hundred dollars from any one individual, from any one political action committee, from any one political contributing entity, or from any one other campaign committee in a primary election period or in a general election period. (2) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section and except for a designated state campaign committee, no campaign committee of a senate candidate shall accept a contribution or contributions aggregating more than two thousand five hundred dollars from any one individual, from any one political action committee, from any one political contributing entity, from any one state candidate fund of a county political party, or from any one other campaign committee in a primary election period or in a general election period. (3) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section and except for a designated state campaign committee, no campaign committee of a house candidate shall accept a contribution or contributions aggregating more than two thousand five hundred dollars from any one individual, from any one political action committee, from any one political contributing entity, from any one state candidate fund of a county political party, or from any one other campaign committee in a primary election period or in a general election period. (4)(a) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, no county political party shall accept a contribution or contributions for the party's state candidate fund aggregating more than five thousand dollars from any one individual, from any one political action committee, from any one political contributing entity, or from any one campaign committee, other than a designated state campaign committee, in a calendar year. (b) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, no state political party shall accept a contribution or contributions for the party's state candidate fund aggregating more than fifteen thousand dollars from any one individual, from any one political action committee, from any one political contributing entity, or from any one campaign committee, other than a designated state campaign committee, in a calendar year. (5) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, no legislative campaign fund shall accept a contribution or contributions aggregating more than five thousand dollars from any one individual, from any one political action committee, from any one political contributing entity, or from any one campaign committee, other than a designated state campaign committee, in a calendar year. (6)(a) No designated state campaign committee shall accept a transfer or contribution of cash or cash equivalents from a state candidate fund of a state or county political party aggregating in a primary election period or a general election period more than: (i) Five hundred thousand dollars, in the case of a campaign committee of a statewide candidate; (ii) One hundred thousand dollars, in the case of a campaign committee of a senate candidate; (iii) Fifty thousand dollars, in the case of a campaign committee of a house candidate. (b) No designated state campaign committee shall accept a transfer or contribution of cash or cash equivalents from a legislative candidate fund aggregating more than: (i) Fifty thousand dollars in a primary election period or one hundred thousand dollars in a general election period, in the case of a campaign committee of a senate candidate; (ii) Twenty-five thousand dollars in a primary election period or fifty thousand dollars in a general election period, in the case of a campaign committee of a house candidate. (7)(a) Subject to division (D)(3) of this section, no political action committee and no political contributing entity shall accept a contribution or contributions aggregating more than five thousand dollars from any one individual, or more than two thousand five hundred dollars from any one campaign committee or from any one political party. (b) Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, no political action committee shall accept a contribution or contributions aggregating more than two thousand five hundred dollars from another political action committee or from a political contributing entity in a calendar year. Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, no political contributing entity shall accept a contribution or contributions aggregating more than two thousand five hundred dollars from another political contributing entity or from a political action committee in a calendar year. Division (C)(7)(b) of this section does not apply to a political action committee or political contributing entity that accepts a contribution from a political action committee or political contributing entity affiliated with it. For purposes of division (C)(7)(b) of this section, a political action committee is affiliated with another political action committee or political contributing entity if they are established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the same corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person, including any parent, subsidiary, division, or department of that corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person. (D)(1)(a) For purposes of the limitations prescribed in division (B)(2) of this section and the limitations prescribed in divisions (C)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (7)(b) of this section, whichever is applicable, all contributions made by and all contributions accepted from political action committees that are established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the same corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person, including any parent, subsidiary, division, or department of that corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person, are considered to have been made by or accepted from a single political action committee. (b) For purposes of the limitations prescribed in division (B)(7) of this section and the limitations prescribed in divisions (C)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (7)(b) of this section, whichever is applicable, all contributions made by and all contributions accepted from political contributing entities that are established, financed, maintained, or controlled by, or that are, the same corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person, including any parent, subsidiary, division, or department of that corporation, organization, labor organization, continuing association, or other person, are considered to have been made by or accepted from a single political contributing entity. (2) As used in divisions (B)(1)(f), (B)(3)(d), (B)(4), and (C)(7) of this section, "political action committee" does not include a political action committee that is organized to support or oppose a ballot issue or question and that makes no contributions to or expenditures on behalf of a political party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political contributing entity. As used in divisions (B)(1)(g), (B)(3)(e), (B)(4), and (C)(7) of this section, "political contributing entity" does not include a political contributing entity that is organized to support or oppose a ballot issue or question and that makes no contributions to or expenditures on behalf of a political party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political contributing entity. (3) For purposes of the limitations prescribed in divisions (B)(4) and (C)(7)(a) of this section, all contributions made by and all contributions accepted from a national political party, a state political party, and a county political party are considered to have been made by or accepted from a single political party and shall be combined with each other to determine whether the limitations have been exceeded. (E)(1) If a legislative campaign fund has kept a total amount of contributions exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars at the close of business on the seventh day before the postgeneral election statement is required to be filed under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code, the legislative campaign fund shall comply with division (E)(2) of this section. (2)(a) Any legislative campaign fund that has kept a total amount of contributions in excess of the amount specified in division (E)(1) of this section at the close of business on the seventh day before the postgeneral election statement is required to be filed under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code shall dispose of the excess amount in the manner prescribed in division (E)(2)(c)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section not later than ninety days after the day the postgeneral election statement is required to be filed under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. Any legislative campaign fund that is required to dispose of an excess amount of contributions under this division shall file a statement on the ninetieth day after the postgeneral election statement is required to be filed under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code indicating the total amount of contributions the fund has at the close of business on the seventh day before the postgeneral election statement is required to be filed under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code and that the excess contributions were disposed of pursuant to this division and divisions (E)(2)(b) and (c) of this section. The statement shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall contain any additional information the secretary of state considers necessary. (b) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio elections commission fund. All moneys credited to the fund shall be used solely for the purpose of paying expenses related to the operation of the Ohio elections commission. (c) Any legislative campaign fund that is required to dispose of an excess amount of contributions under division (E)(2) of this section shall dispose of that excess amount by doing any of the following: (i) Giving the amount to the treasurer of state for deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio elections commission fund; (ii) Giving the amount to individuals who made contributions to that legislative campaign fund as a refund of all or part of their contributions; (iii) Giving the amount to a corporation that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. (F)(1) No legislative campaign fund shall fail to file a statement required by division (E) of this section. (2) No legislative campaign fund shall fail to dispose of excess contributions as required by division (E) of this section. (G) Nothing in this section shall affect, be used in determining, or supersede a limitation on campaign contributions as provided for in the Federal Election Campaign Act.
Sec. 3517.103. (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Statewide candidate" means the joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or a candidate for the office of secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, or member of the state board of education. (2) "Personal funds" means contributions to the campaign committee of a candidate by the candidate or by the candidate's spouse, parents, children, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brothers, sisters, grandparents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, or grandparents by marriage. (3) When a debt or other obligation incurred by a committee or by a candidate on behalf of the candidate's committee described in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section is to be paid from personal funds, those funds are considered to be expended when the debt or obligation is incurred, regardless of when it is paid. (4) For purposes of Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code, a candidate is an "opponent" when the candidate has indicated on the candidate's most recently filed designation of treasurer that the candidate seeks the same office at the same primary or general election as another candidate whose campaign committee has filed a personal funds notice required by division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, no statewide candidate or candidate for the office of member of the general assembly shall make an expenditure of personal funds to influence the results of an election for that candidate's nomination or election to office unless the personal funds are first deposited into the campaign fund of that candidate's campaign committee. (2) A statewide candidate or candidate for office of the general assembly may make an expenditure of personal funds without first depositing those funds into the campaign committee's funds as long as the aggregate total of those expenditures does not exceed five hundred dollars at any time during an election period. After the candidate's campaign committee reimburses the candidate for any direct expenditure of personal funds, the amount that was reimbursed is no longer included in the aggregate total of expenditures of personal funds subject to the five-hundred-dollar limit. (C)(1) If the campaign committee of any statewide candidate has received or expended or expects to expend more than one hundred thousand dollars of personal funds during a primary election period or one hundred fifty thousand dollars of personal funds during a general election period, the campaign committee shall file a personal funds notice in the manner provided in division (C)(3) of this section indicating that the committee has received or expended or expects to expend more than that amount. For the purpose of division (C)(1) of this section, a joint team of candidates for governor and lieutenant governor shall be considered a single candidate and their personal funds shall be combined. (2) If the campaign committee of any senate candidate or house candidate has received or expended or expects to expend more than twenty-five thousand dollars of personal funds during a primary election period or twenty-five thousand dollars of personal funds during a general election period, the campaign committee shall file a personal funds notice in the manner provided in division (C)(3) of this section indicating that the committee has received or expended or expects to expend more than that amount. (3) The personal funds notice required in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section and the declaration of no limits required under division (D)(2) of this section shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The personal funds notice required in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section shall be filed not later than the earlier of the following times: (a) One hundred twenty days before a primary election, in the case of personal funds received, expended, or expected to be expended during a primary election period, or not later than one hundred twenty days before a general election, in the case of personal funds received, expended, or expected to be expended during a general election period; (b) Two business days after the candidate's campaign committee receives or makes an expenditure of personal funds or the candidate makes an expenditure of personal funds on behalf of the candidate's campaign committee during that election period that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. The personal funds notice required under divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section and the declaration of no limits required under division (D)(2) of this section shall be filed wherever the campaign committee files statements of contributions and expenditures under section 3517.11 of the Revised Code. The board of elections shall send to the secretary of state a copy of any personal funds notice or declaration of no limits filed by the campaign committee of a senate candidate or house candidate under division (C)(3) or (D)(2) of this section. (D)(1) Whenever a campaign committee files a notice under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, and the campaign committee of an opponent files a declaration of no limits pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section within thirty days of the filing of the personal funds notice under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, the contribution limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code no longer apply to the campaign committee of the candidate's opponent. (2) No campaign committee of a candidate described in division (D)(1) of this section shall accept any contribution or contributions from a contributor that exceed the limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code until the committee files a declaration that the committee will accept contributions that exceed those limitations. This declaration shall be filed not later than thirty days after a candidate's opponent has filed a personal funds notice pursuant to division (C)(1) or (2) of section 3517.103 of the Revised Code, shall be referred to as the "declaration of no limits," and shall list all of the following: (a) The amount of cash on hand in the candidate's campaign fund at the end of the day immediately preceding the day on which the candidate's campaign committee files the declaration of no limits; (b) The value and description of all campaign assets worth five hundred dollars or more available to the candidate at the end of the day immediately preceding the day on which the candidate's campaign committee files the declaration of no limits. (3) A candidate who was not an opponent of a candidate who filed the personal funds notice required under division (C)(3) of this section on the date the personal funds notice was filed may file the declaration of no limits pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section within thirty days after becoming an opponent of the candidate who filed the personal funds notice. (4) If the candidate whose campaign committee filed a personal funds notice under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section fails to file a declaration of candidacy for the office listed on the designation of treasurer filed under division (D) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code or files a declaration of candidacy or nominating petition for that office and dies or withdraws, both of the following apply to the campaign committee of that candidate's opponent if the opponent has filed a declaration of no limits pursuant to division (D) of this section: (a) No contribution from a contributor may thereafter be accepted that, when added to the aggregate total of all contributions received by that committee from that contributor during the primary election period or general election period, whichever is applicable, would cause that committee to exceed the contribution limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code for the applicable election period. (b) The statement of primary-day finances or the year-end statement required to be filed under division (E) of section 3517.1010 of the Revised Code shall be filed not later than fourteen days after the date the candidate's opponent fails to file a declaration of candidacy or nominating petition by the appropriate filing deadline, or dies or withdraws. For purposes of calculating permitted funds under division (A)(7) of section 3517.1010 of the Revised Code, the primary or general election period, whichever is applicable, shall be considered to have ended on the filing deadline, in the case of an opponent who fails to file a declaration of candidacy or nominating petition, or on the date of the opponent's death or withdrawal. In such an event, the filing of a statement of primary-day finances or year-end finances and the disposing of any excess funds as required under division (B) of section 3517.1010 of the Revised Code satisfies the candidate's obligation to file such a statement for that election period. (E)(1) No campaign committee shall fail to file a personal funds notice as required under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. (2) No campaign committee shall accept any contribution in excess of the contribution limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code: (a) Unless a declaration of no limits has been filed under division (D)(2) of this section; (b) In violation of division (D)(4) of this section once the candidate who filed a personal funds notice under division (C)(3) of this section fails to file a declaration of candidacy or nominating petition or that candidate dies or withdraws. (3) No campaign committee that violates division (E)(1) of this section shall expend any personal funds in excess of the amount specified in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, whichever is appropriate to the committee. (4) The candidate of any campaign committee that violates division (E) of this section shall forfeit the candidate's nomination, if the candidate was nominated, or the office to which the candidate was elected, if the candidate was elected to office. (F)(1) Whenever a campaign committee files a notice under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section or whenever the contribution limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code do not apply to a campaign committee under division (D)(1) of this section, that committee is not a designated state campaign committee for the purpose of the limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code with regard to contributions made by that campaign committee to a legislative campaign fund or to a state candidate fund of a state or county political party. (2) Division (F)(1) of this section no longer applies to a campaign committee after both of the following occur: (a) The primary or general election period during which the contribution limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code did not apply after being removed pursuant to division (D) of this section has expired; (b) When the campaign committee has disposed of all excess funds and excess aggregate contributions as required under section 3517.1010 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3517.154. (A)(1) The full-time attorney for the Ohio elections commission shall review each complaint filed with the commission under section 3517.153 of the Revised Code, shall determine the nature of the complaint, and, unless division (A)(2)(a) of this section requires that the complaint receive an automatic expedited hearing, shall make a recommendation to the commission for its disposition, in accordance with this section. The attorney shall make the determination and the recommendation, if required, not later than one business day after the complaint is filed. (2)(a) If the attorney determines that the complaint sets forth a violation of division (B) of section 3517.21 or division (B) of section 3517.22, or a violation described in division (D) of section 3517.1010, of the Revised Code, the complaint shall receive an automatic expedited hearing under section 3517.156 of the Revised Code. (b) If the attorney determines that the complaint sets forth a failure to comply with or a violation of division (G), (I), (J), (O), (P), or (Q) of section 3517.13, division (A) of section 3517.21, or division (A) of section 3517.22 of the Revised Code, the attorney shall recommend to the commission that the complaint receive an expedited hearing under section 3517.156 of the Revised Code and the complaint shall receive such a hearing. (c) If the attorney determines that the complaint sets forth a failure to comply with or a violation of a section of the Revised Code over which the commission has jurisdiction to hear complaints other than the sections described in divisions (A)(2)(a) and (b) of this section, and unless the attorney makes a determination as provided for in division (A)(3) of this section, the attorney shall recommend to the commission that the complaint be submitted to the commission under section 3517.155 of the Revised Code. After the attorney makes that recommendation, the attorney shall notify all parties to the complaint of the attorney's recommendation. (3)(a) If a complaint sets forth a failure to comply with or a violation of a section of the Revised Code over which the commission has jurisdiction to hear complaints other than the sections described in divisions (A)(2)(a) and (b) of this section, the attorney may determine that the complaint should receive an expedited hearing under section 3517.156 of the Revised Code. The attorney shall make that determination by considering one or more of the following: (i) The number of prior failures to comply with or violations of Title XXXV of the Revised Code that the person or entity against whom the complaint has been brought has committed and any prior penalties the commission has imposed on the person or entity; (ii) If the complaint involves a statement required to be filed under section 3517.10, division (E) of section 3517.102, or section 3517.103, 3517.105, 3517.107, 3517.108, or 3517.109 of the Revised Code or an addendum required to be filed under section 3517.11 of the Revised Code that is filed late, how late the filing is and how much time has elapsed between the deadline for filing the statement or addendum and the filing of the complaint; (iii) If the complaint involves contributions or expenditures required to be reported under section 3517.10, division (E) of section 3517.102, or section 3517.105, 3517.107, 3517.108, or 3517.109 of the Revised Code that are either not reported or reported late, the number of contributions or expenditures not reported or how late they were reported; (iv) If the complaint involves contributions required to be reported by a campaign committee under section 3517.10, division (E) of section 3517.102, or section 3517.105, 3517.107, 3517.108, or 3517.109 of the Revised Code that are not reported, whether any of the contributors of the contributions not reported have a personal or professional relationship with the campaign committee's candidate; (v) If the complaint involves a statement required to be filed under section 3517.10, division (E) of section 3517.102, or section 3517.103, 3517.105, 3517.107, 3517.108, or 3517.109 of the Revised Code that is incomplete, the degree to which it is incomplete; (vi) If the complaint involves the receipt of contributions in violation of section 3599.03 of the Revised Code, the dollar amount and number of contributions received in violation of that section; (vii) If the complaint involves a failure to make the identification or a misstatement of the identification required under section 3517.105 or 3517.20 of the Revised Code, whether the failure or misstatement was purposely made; (viii) If the complaint sets forth a failure to comply with or a violation of a section of the Revised Code described in division (A)(2)(c) of this section, whether the person or entity against whom the complaint has been made has committed more than one such failure or violation within a reasonable amount of time, or whether the cumulative nature of the failures or violations indicates a systematic disregard for the law. (b) Prior to making a determination under division (A)(3)(a) of this section that the complaint should receive an expedited hearing under section 3517.156 of the Revised Code, the attorney shall take into consideration the number of panels of the commission that have cases pending before them and the number of cases pending before the panels and shall not make a determination that will place an undue burden on a panel of the commission. (c) If the attorney determines that the complaint should receive an expedited hearing under section 3517.156 of the Revised Code, the attorney shall recommend to the commission that the complaint receive an expedited hearing, and, if a majority of the members of the commission agrees with the recommendation, the complaint shall receive an expedited hearing under that section. (4) The attorney may join two or more complaints if the attorney determines that the allegations in each complaint are of the same or similar character, are based on the same act or failure to act, or are based on two or more acts or failures to act constituting parts of a common scheme or plan. If one complaint contains two or more allegations, the attorney may separate the allegations if they are not of the same or similar character, if they are not based on the same act or failure to act, or if they are not based on two or more acts or failures to act constituting parts of a common scheme or plan. If the attorney separates the allegations in a complaint, the attorney may make separate recommendations under division (A)(2) or (3) of this section for each allegation. (B) Whenever a person or other entity files a complaint with the commission setting forth a failure to comply with or a violation of a section of the Revised Code as described in division (A)(2)(c) of this section, the person or entity may request an expedited hearing under section 3517.156 of the Revised Code at the time the complaint is filed. The attorney for the commission shall inform the members of the commission of that request at the time the attorney makes a recommendation under division (A) of this section. The commission may grant the request for an expedited hearing under this division if it determines that an expedited hearing is practicable.
Sec. 3517.155. (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the Ohio elections commission shall hold its first hearing on a complaint filed with it, other than a complaint that receives an expedited hearing under section 3517.156 of the Revised Code, not later than ninety business days after the complaint is filed unless the commission has good cause to hold the hearing after that time, in which case it shall hold the hearing not later than one hundred eighty business days after the complaint is filed. At the hearing, the commission shall determine whether or not the failure to act or the violation alleged in the complaint has occurred and shall do only one of the following, except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section or in division (B) of section 3517.151 of the Revised Code: (a) Enter a finding that good cause has been shown not to impose a fine or not to refer the matter to the appropriate prosecutor; (b) Impose a fine under section 3517.993 of the Revised Code; (c) Refer the matter to the appropriate prosecutor; (d) Direct the secretary of state or appropriate board of elections with the authority to certify a candidate to the ballot to remove a candidate's name from the ballot if the candidate is barred from the ballot under division (D) of section 3517.1010 of the Revised Code. (2) As used in division (A) of this section, "appropriate prosecutor" means a prosecutor as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code and either of the following: (a) In the case of a failure to comply with or a violation of law involving a campaign committee or the committee's candidate, a political party, a legislative campaign fund, a political action committee, or a political contributing entity, that is required to file a statement of contributions and expenditures with the secretary of state under division (A) of section 3517.11 of the Revised Code, the prosecutor of Franklin county; (b) In the case of a failure to comply with or a violation of law involving any other campaign committee or committee's candidate, or any other political party or political action committee, either of the following as determined by the commission: (i) The prosecutor of Franklin county; (ii) The prosecutor of the county in which the candidacy or ballot question or issue is submitted to the electors or, if it is submitted in more than one county, the most populous of those counties. (B) If the commission decides that the evidence is insufficient for it to determine whether or not the failure to act or the violation alleged in the complaint has occurred, the commission, by the affirmative vote of five members, may request that an investigatory attorney investigate the complaint. Upon that request, an investigatory attorney shall make an investigation in order to produce sufficient evidence for the commission to decide the matter. If the commission requests an investigation under this division, for good cause shown by the investigatory attorney, the commission may extend by sixty days the deadline for holding its first hearing on the complaint as required in division (A) of this section. (C) The commission shall take one of the actions required under division (A) of this section not later than thirty days after the close of all the evidence presented. (D)(1) The commission shall make any finding of a failure to comply with or a violation of law in regard to a complaint that alleges a violation of division (D) of section 3517.1010, division (A) or (B) of section 3517.21, or division (A) or (B) of section 3517.22 of the Revised Code by clear and convincing evidence. The commission shall make any finding of a failure to comply with or a violation of law in regard to any other complaint by a preponderance of the evidence. (2) If the commission finds a violation of division (B) of section 3517.21 or division (B) of section 3517.22 of the Revised Code, it shall refer the matter to the appropriate prosecutor under division (A)(1)(c) of this section and shall not impose a fine under division (A)(1)(b) of this section or section 3517.993 of the Revised Code. (E) In an action before the commission or a panel of the commission, if the allegations of the complainant are not proved, and the commission takes the action described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section or a panel of the commission takes the action described in division (C)(1) of section 3517.156 of the Revised Code, the commission or a panel of the commission may find that the complaint is frivolous, and, if the commission or panel so finds, the commission shall order the complainant to pay reasonable attorney's fees and to pay the costs of the commission or panel as determined by a majority of the members of the commission. The costs paid to the commission or panel under this division shall be deposited into the Ohio elections commission fund.
Sec. 3517.992. This section establishes penalties only with respect to acts or failures to act that occur on and after August 24, 1995. (A)(1) A candidate whose campaign committee violates division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (V) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code, or a treasurer of a campaign committee who violates any of those divisions, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of violation. (2) Whoever violates division (E) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of violation. (B) A political party that violates division (F)(1) of section 3517.101 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of violation. (C) Whoever violates division (F)(2) of section 3517.101 or division (G) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or, if the offender is a person who was nominated or elected to public office, shall forfeit the nomination or the office to which the offender was elected, or both. (D) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than three times the amount contributed. (E) Whoever violates division (H) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (F) Whoever violates division (O), (P), or (Q) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (G) A state or county committee of a political party that violates division (B)(1) of section 3517.18 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twice the amount of the improper expenditure. (H) A state or county political party that violates division (G) of section 3517.101 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twice the amount of the improper expenditure or use. (I)(1) Any individual who violates division (B)(1) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code and knows that the contribution the individual makes violates that division shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of the amount permitted by that division. (2) Any political action committee that violates division (B)(2) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of the amount permitted by that division. (3) Any campaign committee that violates division (B)(3) or (5) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of the amount permitted by that division. (4) Any legislative campaign fund that violates division (B)(6) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, and any state political party, county political party, or state candidate fund of a state political party or county political party that violates division (B)(6) of that section, shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of the amount permitted by those divisions, as applicable. (5) Any political contributing entity that violates division (B)(7) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount contributed in excess of the amount permitted by that division. (6) Notwithstanding divisions (J)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section, no fine shall be imposed if the excess amount contributed meets either of the following conditions: (a) It is completely refunded within five business days after it is accepted. (b) It is less than or equal to the amount permitted under division (I)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section, whichever is applicable, and the excess is completely refunded within ten business days after notification to the recipient of the contribution by the board of elections or the secretary of state that a contribution in excess of the permitted amount has been received. (J)(1) Any campaign committee that violates division (C)(1), (2), (3), or (6) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted in excess of the amount permitted by that division. (2) Any state or county political party that violates division (C)(4) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount from its state candidate fund equal to three times the amount accepted in excess of the amount permitted by that division. (3) Any legislative campaign fund that violates division (C)(5) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted in excess of the amount permitted by that division. (4) Any political action committee or political contributing entity that violates division (C)(7) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted in excess of the amount permitted by that division. (5) Notwithstanding divisions (J)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section, no fine shall be imposed if the excess accepted meets either of the following conditions: (a) It is completely refunded within five business days after its acceptance. (b) It is less than or equal to the amount permitted under division (J)(1), (2), (3), or (4), whichever is applicable, and the excess is completely refunded within ten business days after notification to the recipient of the contribution by the board of elections or the secretary of state that a contribution in excess of the permitted amount has been received. (K)(1) Any campaign committee or legislative campaign fund that violates division (F)(1) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each day of violation. (2) Any campaign committee or legislative campaign fund that violates division (F)(2) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code shall give to the treasurer of state for deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio elections commission fund all excess contributions not disposed of as required by division (E) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code. (L) Whoever violates section 3517.105 of the Revised Code shall be fined one thousand dollars. (M)(1) Whoever solicits a contribution in violation of section 3517.092 or violates division (B) of section 3517.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (2) Whoever knowingly accepts a contribution in violation of division (B) or (C) of section 3517.092 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted in violation of either of those divisions and shall return to the contributor any amount so accepted. Whoever unknowingly accepts a contribution in violation of division (B) or (C) of section 3517.092 of the Revised Code shall return to the contributor any amount so accepted. (N) Whoever violates division (S) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount of funds transferred or three times the value of the assets transferred in violation of that division. (O) Any campaign committee that accepts a contribution or contributions in violation of section 3517.108 of the Revised Code, uses a contribution in violation of that section, or fails to dispose of excess contributions in violation of that section shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount accepted, used, or kept in violation of that section. (P) Any political party, state candidate fund, legislative candidate fund, or campaign committee that violates division (T) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount contributed or accepted in violation of that section. (Q) A treasurer of a committee or another person who violates division (U) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars. (R) Whoever violates division (I) or (J) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. Whenever a person is found guilty of violating division (I) or (J) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code, the contract awarded in violation of either of those divisions shall be rescinded if its terms have not yet been performed. (S) A candidate whose campaign committee violates or a treasurer of a campaign committee who violates section 3517.081, and a candidate whose campaign committee violates, or a treasurer of a campaign committee, or another person who violates, division (C) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (T) A candidate whose campaign committee violates or a treasurer of a committee who violates division (B), or a candidate whose campaign committee violates, a treasurer of a committee, or another person who violates division (C), of section 3517.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. (U) Whoever violates section 3517.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (V) Whoever violates section 3517.21 or 3517.22 of the Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. (W) A campaign committee that is required to file a declaration of no limits under division (D)(2) of section 3517.103 of the Revised Code that, before filing that declaration, accepts a contribution or contributions that exceed the limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, shall return that contribution or those contributions to the contributor.
Sec. 3769.04. Any person, association, corporation, or
trust desiring to hold or conduct a horse-racing meeting, wherein
the pari-mutuel system of wagering is allowed, shall make
application to the state racing commission for a permit to do so.
Each application, accompanied by a permit fee of ten dollars
and a cash bond, certified check, or bank draft, shall be filed
with the commission at least five days prior to the first day of
each horse-racing meeting that the person, association,
corporation, or trust proposes to hold or conduct. The
application, if made by an individual, shall be signed and
verified under oath by the individual and, if made by
individuals or a partnership, shall be signed and verified under
oath by one of the individuals or a member of
the partnership. If made by an association, trust, or corporation,
the application shall be signed by If the application requests a permit for a horse-racing
meet at a location at which such a meet has not previously been
conducted by permission of the commission, then, in addition to
the other requirements for Such petition shall be in the following form: "We, the undersigned, electors of ............ township,
............ county, Ohio request the granting of the application
of ............ for a horse-racing meet to be conducted in whole
or in part in ............ township, ............ county, Ohio in
the year Name Address Voting Precinct Township " Such petition shall be sworn to in the manner provided in
section 3513.27 of the Revised Code. This section does not apply
to small horse-racing meets or horse shows which are not required
to secure permits under section 3769.01 of the Revised Code, nor
shall this section, other than the first paragraph, apply to
county fair horse-racing meets.
Sec. 4561.25. (A) Every person who, in the ordinary
course of As a renter of aircraft, you are hereby notified that: (1) You (are) (are not) insured under a policy or policies of insurance provided by the undersigned and providing liability coverage to renters of aircraft. If coverage is provided, it is in the following amount or amounts: $....................... (2) Hull insurance in favor of renters of aircraft (is) (is not) maintained. If hull insurance is provided, you (are) (are not) insured for the full value of the rental aircraft.
Dated:..........................., (Month) (Day) (Year)" (B) The notice delivered pursuant to division (A) of this
section shall constitute a material part of any rental agreement,
and each renter shall give written acknowledgment of receipt of
(C) Whoever fails to deliver the notice in accordance with
division (A) of this section shall be fined not more than one
thousand dollars.
Sec. 4703.10. If the applicant passes the examination under section 4703.09
of
the Revised Code or in lieu of the examination meets, in the opinion of the
state board of examiners of architects, the requirements of section 4703.08 of
the Revised Code, and in addition has proven If the applicant fails the examination under section 4703.09 of the Revised
Code, the board may refuse to issue a certificate of qualification to practice
architecture.
Sec. 5309.15. After the investigation authorized by section 5309.14 of the Revised Code, if, in the opinion of the examiner of titles, the applicant has a good title as alleged, and proper for registration, or if the applicant after an adverse opinion of the examiner elects to proceed further, the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas shall, upon the filing of the examiner's report or the applicant's election, cause notice of the filing, substance, and prayer of the application to be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper, which may be designated by the applicant, published and of general circulation in each county where any portion of the land lies, or if no newspaper is published in any of such counties, then in a newspaper so designated, published, and of general circulation in an adjoining county. The expense of such publication shall be paid by the applicant and taxed as costs in the case. The notice shall be issued by order of the court, attested by the clerk, and shall be in form substantially as follows: ".................Court of............County, Ohio. A. B., plaintiff, vs. APPLICATION TO REGISTER TITLE TO LAND. C. D. et al, defendants To (here insert the names, residences, and addresses of all the defendants so
far as known), and to all persons having any interest in or lien or charge
upon
the lands or any part thereof described herein. You are hereby notified that
an application has been filed in said court by ................. to settle,
determine, and remove all clouds from and register You are hereby required to answer said application on or before the .......
day of ....... WITNESS ................... Judge of said Court, this ........ day
of ....... Attest:" The form of said notice in cases mentioned in section 5309.66 of the Revised
Code may be varied as the facts require.
Sec. 5721.15. The forms of caption, notice of foreclosure and forfeiture, and notice to property owners, lienholders, and other interested persons to be utilized in a foreclosure and forfeiture proceeding instituted pursuant to section 5721.14 of the Revised Code shall be as follows: (A) Form of caption: "In the .......... court of .........., Ohio, in the matter of the foreclosure of liens and forfeiture of property for delinquent land taxes by action in rem. County treasurer of .......... county, Ohio, Plaintiff
Parcels of land encumbered with delinquent tax liens, defendants" (B) Form of notice of foreclosure and forfeiture: ".......... court .......... county, Ohio Notice of foreclosure of liens and forfeiture of property
for delinquent land taxes, by action in rem by county treasurer
of .......... county, Public notice is hereby given that on the .......... day of
.........., The object of the action is to obtain from the court a judgment foreclosing the tax liens against such real estate, forfeiting the property to the state, and ordering the sale of such real estate for the satisfaction of the tax liens on it. Such action is brought against the real property only and no personal judgment shall be entered in it. However, if, pursuant to the action, the property is sold for an amount that is less than the amount of the delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest against it, the court, in a separate order, may enter a deficiency judgment against the owner of record of a parcel for the amount of the difference; if that owner of record is a corporation, the court may enter the deficiency judgment against the stockholder holding a majority of that corporation's stock. The permanent parcel number of each parcel included in such action; the full street address of the parcel, if available; a description of the parcel as set forth in the associated delinquent vacant land tax certificate or master list of delinquent vacant tracts; a statement of the amount of the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest due and unpaid on the parcel; the name and address of the last known owner of the parcel as they appear on the general tax list; and the names and addresses of each lienholder and other person with an interest in the parcel identified in a statutorily required title search relating to the parcel; all as more fully set forth in the complaint, are as follows: (Here set forth the respective permanent parcel numbers, street addresses, descriptions, names and addresses of owners, lienholders, and other interested persons, and statements of amounts due as taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest, together with the respective serial numbers assigned to each parcel if the complaint covers more than one parcel. If parcels are identified in this notice by permanent parcel number only, instead of also with a complete legal description, as authorized by division (C) of section 5721.14 of the Revised Code, here also set forth where the complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained.) Any person owning or claiming any right, title, or interest
in, or lien upon, any parcel of real property above listed may
file an answer in such action setting forth the nature and amount
of interest owned or claimed and any defense or objection to the
foreclosure and forfeiture. Such answer shall be filed in the
office of the undersigned clerk of the court, and a copy of the
answer shall be served on the prosecuting attorney, on or before
the .......... day of .........., If no answer is filed with respect to a parcel listed in the complaint, on or before the date specified as the last day for filing an answer, a judgment of foreclosure and forfeiture will be taken by default as to that parcel. Any parcel as to which a foreclosure and forfeiture is taken by default shall be sold for the satisfaction of the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest, and the costs incurred in the foreclosure and forfeiture proceeding, which are due and unpaid. At any time prior to the filing of an entry of confirmation of sale, any owner or lienholder of, or other person with an interest in, a parcel listed in the complaint may redeem the parcel by tendering to the treasurer the amount of the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest due and unpaid on the parcel, together with all costs incurred in the proceeding instituted against the parcel under section 5721.14 of the Revised Code. Upon the filing of any entry of confirmation of sale, there shall be no further equity of redemption. After the filing of any such entry, any person claiming any right, title, or interest in, or lien upon, any parcel shall be forever barred and foreclosed of any such right, title, or interest in, lien upon, and any equity of redemption in, such parcel. ......................... Clerk of the Court ................... Court ..................., Ohio" (C) Form of notice to owner, lienholders, and other persons with an interest in a parcel: "To the person to whom this notice is addressed: You are the last known owner, according to the general tax list, or a lienholder of, or a person with another interest in, the following described parcel: (Description as shown in complaint) Such parcel has been included in an action instituted by
the county treasurer, being case No. ........ filed in the
.......... court, ..........., Ohio, on .........., Any person owning or claiming any right, title, or interest
in, or lien upon, such parcel may file an answer in the action
setting forth the nature and amount of If no answer is filed, a judgment of foreclosure and forfeiture will be taken by default and such parcel shall be ordered sold for the satisfaction of the tax lien on it. If, pursuant to the action, the property is sold for an amount that is less than the amount of the delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest against it, the court, in a separate order, may enter a deficiency judgment against the owner of record of a parcel for the amount of the difference. If that owner of record is a corporation, the court may enter the deficiency judgment against the stockholder holding a majority of that corporation's stock. At any time prior to the filing of any entry of
confirmation of sale, any owner or lienholder of, or other person
with an interest in, a parcel may redeem the parcel by tendering
to the treasurer the full amount of the taxes, assessments,
charges, penalties, and interest due and unpaid on the parcel,
together with all costs incurred in the proceeding instituted
against the parcel under section 5721.14 of the Revised Code.
Upon the filing of any entry confirming the sale of the parcel,
there shall be no further equity of redemption. After the filing
of any such entry, any person claiming any right, title, or
interest in, or lien upon, the parcel shall be forever barred and
foreclosed of any such right, title, or interest in, lien upon,
and any equity of redemption in, the parcel.
............................
Clerk of the Court
..................... Court
....................., Ohio"
Sec. 5721.181. The forms of caption, notice of foreclosure, and notice to property owners, lienholders, and other interested persons to be utilized in a foreclosure proceeding instituted pursuant to division (B) of section 5721.18 of the Revised Code shall be in substance as follows: (A) Form of caption: "In the .......... court of .........., Ohio, in the matter of the foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes by action in rem. County treasurer of .......... county, Ohio, Plaintiff
Parcels of land encumbered with delinquent tax liens, defendants" (B) Form of notice of foreclosure: ".......... court .......... county, Ohio Notice of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes, by action in rem by county treasurer of .......... county, Ohio Public notice is hereby given that on the .......... day of
.........., The object of the action is to obtain from the court a judgment foreclosing the tax liens against such real estate and ordering the sale of such real estate for the satisfaction of the tax liens on it. Such action is brought against the real property only and no personal judgment shall be entered in it. However, if pursuant to the action the property is sold for an amount that is less than the amount of the delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest against it, the court, in a separate order, may enter a deficiency judgment against the owner of record of a parcel for the amount of the difference; if that owner of record is a corporation, the court may enter the deficiency judgment against the stockholder holding a majority of the corporation's stock. The permanent parcel number of each parcel included in such action; the full street address of the parcel, if available; a description of the parcel as set forth in the associated delinquent land tax certificate or master list of delinquent tracts; a statement of the amount of the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest due and unpaid on the parcel; the name and address of the last known owner of the parcel as they appear on the general tax list; and the names and addresses of each lienholder and other person with an interest in the parcel identified in a statutorily required title search relating to the parcel; all as more fully set forth in the complaint, are as follows: (Here set forth the respective permanent parcel numbers, street addresses, descriptions, names and addresses of owners, lienholders, and other interested persons, and statements of amounts due as taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest, together with the respective serial numbers assigned to each parcel if the complaint covers more than one parcel. If parcels are identified in this notice by permanent parcel number only, instead of also with a complete legal description, as authorized by division (B)(1) of section 5721.18 of the Revised Code, here also set forth where the complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained.) Any person owning or claiming any right, title, or interest
in, or lien upon, any parcel of real property above listed may
file an answer in such action setting forth the nature and amount
of interest owned or claimed and any defense or objection to the
foreclosure. Such answer shall be filed in the office of the
undersigned clerk of the court, and a copy of the answer shall be
served on the prosecuting attorney, on or before the ..........
day of .........., If no answer is filed with respect to a parcel listed in the complaint, on or before the date specified as the last day for filing an answer, a judgment of foreclosure will be taken by default as to that parcel. Any parcel as to which a foreclosure is taken by default shall be sold for the satisfaction of the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest, and the costs incurred in the foreclosure proceeding, which are due and unpaid. At any time prior to the filing of an entry of confirmation of sale, any owner or lienholder of, or other person with an interest in, a parcel listed in the complaint may redeem the parcel by tendering to the treasurer the amount of the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest due and unpaid on the parcel, together with all costs incurred in the proceeding instituted against the parcel under section 5721.18 of the Revised Code. Upon the filing of any entry of confirmation of sale, there shall be no further equity of redemption. After the filing of any such entry, any person claiming any right, title, or interest in, or lien upon, any parcel shall be forever barred and foreclosed of any such right, title, or interest in, lien upon, and any equity of redemption in, such parcel. .......................... Clerk of the Court ................... Court ..................., Ohio" (C) Form of notice to owner, lienholders, and other persons with an interest in a parcel: "To the person to whom this notice is addressed: You are the last known owner, according to the general tax list, or a lienholder of, or a person with another interest in, the following described parcel: (Description as shown in complaint) Such parcel has been included in an action instituted by
the county treasurer, being case No. ........ filed in the
.......... court, ..........., Ohio, on .........., Any person owning or claiming any right, title, or interest
in, or lien upon, such parcel may file an answer in the action
setting forth the nature and amount of If no answer is filed, a judgment of foreclosure will be taken by default and such parcel shall be ordered sold for the satisfaction of the tax lien on it. If, pursuant to the action, the property is sold for an amount that is less than the amount of the delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest against it, the court, in a separate order, may enter a deficiency judgment against the owner of record of a parcel for the amount of the difference. If that owner of record is a corporation, the court may enter the deficiency judgment against the stockholder holding a majority of that corporation's stock. At any time prior to the filing of any entry of
confirmation of sale, any owner or lienholder of, or other person
with an interest in, a parcel may redeem the parcel by tendering
to the treasurer the full amount of the taxes, assessments,
charges, penalties, and interest due and unpaid on the parcel,
together with all costs incurred in the proceeding instituted
against the parcel under section 5721.18 of the Revised Code.
Upon the filing of any entry confirming the sale of the parcel,
there shall be no further equity of redemption. After the filing
of any such entry, any person claiming any right, title, or
interest in, or lien upon, the parcel shall be forever barred and
foreclosed of any such right, title, or interest in, lien upon,
and any equity of redemption in, the parcel.
............................
Clerk of the Court
..................... Court
....................., Ohio"
Sec. 5721.191. (A) Subject to division (B) of this
section, the form for the advertisement of a sale conducted
pursuant to section 5721.19 of the Revised Code shall be as
follows:
In the ............... court of ............., Ohio case no. in the matter of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes county treasurer of ........................., Ohio
Plaintiff,
parcels of land encumbered with delinquent tax liens,
Whereas, judgment has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs as follows: (Here set out, for each parcel, the respective permanent parcel number, full street address, description of the parcel, name and address of the last known owners of the parcel as shown on the general tax list, and total amount of the judgment) and; Whereas, such judgment orders such real property to be sold by the undersigned to satisfy the total amount of such judgment; Now, therefore, public notice is hereby given that I,
.................... (officer) of ..........................,
Ohio, will sell such real property at public auction, for cash,
to the highest bidder of an amount that equals at least (insert
here, as in the court's order, the fair market value of the
parcel as determined by the county auditor, or the total amount
of the judgment, including all taxes, assessments, charges,
penalties, and interest payable subsequent to the delivery to the
prosecuting attorney of the delinquent land tax certificate or
master list of delinquent tracts and prior to the transfer of the
deed of the property to the purchaser following confirmation of
sale), between the hours of ......... a.m. and ....... p.m., at
(address and location) in ..............., Ohio, on ...........,
the .......... day of ..............., (B) If the title search required by division (B) of section 5721.18 of the Revised Code that relates to a parcel subject to an in rem action under that division, or if the title search that relates to a parcel subject to an in personam action under division (A) of section 5721.18 of the Revised Code, indicates that a federal tax lien exists relative to the parcel, then the form of the advertisement of sale as described in division (A) of this section additionally shall include the following statement in boldface type: "PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT (INSERT HERE THE
DESCRIPTION OF EACH RELEVANT PARCEL) TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION
IS SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN THAT MAY NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY
THE SALE.
(C) If the proceedings for foreclosure were instituted under division (C) of section 5721.18 of the Revised Code, then the form of the advertisement of sale as described in division (A) of this section additionally shall include the following statement in boldface type: "Public notice is hereby given that (insert here the
description of each relevant parcel) to be sold at public auction
will be sold subject to all liens and encumbrances with respect
to the parcel, other than the liens for land taxes, assessments,
charges, penalties, and interest for which the lien was
foreclosed and in satisfaction of which the property is sold.
......................
(officer)"
Sec. 5901.29. The funeral director employed to perform the service described by section 5901.25 of the Revised Code shall use the blanks provided by this section, specifying what the funeral director is to furnish for the service. The contract shall be signed by the funeral director and a copy thereof left with the veterans service commission with which it is made. Such contract shall read as follows: "I ................, funeral director, residing at
................. hereby agree to furnish the following items for
the burial or cremation (circle one) of ..............., who resided at
..................., and died ............... (A) One casket, nicely covered with a good quality of black cloth, lined with a good quality of white satin or other material, and trimmed on the outside with handles of a fair quality in keeping with the casket; (B) One burial robe of a good quality of material; (C) One plain box appropriate for receiving the coffin or urn containing cremated remains inside the grave; (D) Payment for digging the grave, in the place designated by the friends of the deceased or as otherwise provided, and for filling the grave in a proper manner; (E) Furnishing a funeral car for conveying the remains to the place of burial or crematory; (F) Preparing the body for burial when so requested; (G) Furnishing necessary transportation for the use of the family, friends, and pallbearers, which people shall be returned to their respective homes or to the place where the funeral services were held; (H) Furnishing a decent, respectable funeral, for the sum
of ...... dollars."
Sec. 5907.08. When a resident of the Ohio veterans' home becomes insane, the
commandant shall file with the probate judge of the county in which the home
is
located substantially the following affidavit: "THE State of Ohio,..........
county, ss. ..........., commandant of the Ohio veterans' home, being duly
sworn, says that
....................A.B."
Sec. 5919.10. All "I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily
enlisted this ...... day of ......, THIS section
shall not apply to personnel transferred or assigned to the Ohio
national guard under the laws and regulations of the United
States.
Sec. 5920.08. All persons enlisted in the Ohio military reserve shall sign an enlistment contract and take and subscribe to an oath of enlistment as follows: "I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted
this..................day
of..............................., Sec. 5921.05. Enlisted members shall be enlisted according to regulations prescribed by the department of the navy for the governing of similar naval organizations. All persons enlisted in the Ohio naval militia shall sign an enlistment contract and take and subscribe to an oath of enlistment as follows: "I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this ............... day
of ..............., Sec. 6101.84. The following forms illustrate the character
of the procedure contemplated by (A) Form of Notice of Hearing on the Petition: "To all Persons and Public Corporations Interested: Public Notice is Hereby Given: (1) That on the ...... day of .........., (2) That the lands sought to be included in said District comprise lands in .......... and .......... Counties, Ohio, described substantially as follows: Beginning on the north line of .......... County at its point of intersection with the west bank of the .......... River; thence west along the north line of .......... County to the high bluffs facing said .......... River on the west; thence following the base of the line of said bluffs to the north line of the right of way of the .......... Railroad; thence west along the north right of way line of said Railroad to the center line of ........... Avenue in the Village of ..........; thence south along the center line of .......... Avenue to the .......... Pike; thence southeasterly along the .......... Pike to the southeasterly line of the right of way of the .......... Railroad; thence southeasterly along said right of way line to the corporate limits of the City of ..........; thence with said corporation line southerly, easterly, and northerly to the southerly right of way line of the main track of the .......... Railroad; thence easterly along said last named right of way line to the boundary line between .......... Counties; thence north along said County line to the southerly line of .......... County; thence easterly along the dividing line between .......... Counties to the easterly line of the right of way of the .......... Railroad; thence northerly along said right of way line to its intersection with the .......... Pike; thence westerly along said Pike to the center line of the bridge over .......... Creek; thence up said Creek and along the center line thereof to the north line of .......... County; thence west to the place of beginning. Or, if found more convenient, the lands sought to be included in the District may be described as follows: All of Township .......... in Range ...... between the .......... Railroad and the .......... River; the following lands in .......... Township and ...... Range; Section ...... and the ...... half of Section ......; also all lands within the corporate limits of the City of .......... etc. (3) That a public hearing on said petition will be had in said Court on ....... the ...... day of ........, ...., at the hour of ...... o'clock .....M. by the Court of Common Pleas of .......... County, at the Courthouse in the City of .......... County, Ohio. All persons and public corporations interested will be given the opportunity to be heard at the time and place above specified.
Dated .........., Ohio, .............., (B) Form of Finding on Hearing:
In the Court of Common Pleas of .......... County. In Matter of ..........
Conservancy District:
On this ...... day of ........, (1) That it has jurisdiction of the parties to and the subject matter of this proceeding. (2) That the purposes for which said District is
established are:
And that it is a public necessity. (3) That the public safety, health, convenience, and
welfare will be promoted by the organization of a Conservancy
District substantially as prayed in said petition (if additional
lands are added by petition) except, that the following
additional lands at the petition of the owners thereof should be
and hereby are included in said District:
(4) That the boundaries of said District as modified by the last finding herein are as follows: (Here insert corrected boundaries of district) (5) That the said territory last above described should be erected into and created a Conservancy District under the Conservancy Law of Ohio under the corporate name of ............ Conservancy District. Wherefore, it is by the Court ordered, adjudged, and decreed: That the territory as above described be, and the same hereby is erected into and created a Conservancy District under the Conservancy Law of Ohio under the corporate name of ......... Conservancy District, with its office or principal place of business at .........., in .......... County, Ohio. (If directors are appointed at the same time) And the following persons are hereby appointed directors of said Conservancy District: ..............., for the term of three years, ..............., for the term of four years (if the district includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties), ..............., for the term of five years, ..............., for the term of six years (if the district includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties), ..............., for the term of seven years, who are hereby directed to qualify and proceed according to law. (6) For consideration of other matters herein, this cause is retained on the docket.
(C) Form of Notice to Persons and Public Corporations to pay Assessment: "To all Persons and Public Corporations Interested: Public Notice is Hereby Given: (1) That on the ...... day of ........, (2) That the assessment against any parcel of land or any
public corporation may be paid to the Treasurer of The ..........
Conservancy District at any time on or prior to .........., (3) That as soon after the ..... day of ........,
(D) Form of Bond and of Coupon:
Know all This bond is one of a series of bonds issued by ........... Conservancy District for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing a system of flood prevention (or for the other works) for said District and in anticipation of the collection of the several installments of an assessment duly levied upon lands and public corporations within said District and benefited by said improvement in strict compliance with the Conservancy Law of Ohio, and pursuant to an order of the Board of Directors of said District duly made and entered of record. And it is hereby certified and recited that all acts, conditions, and things required to be done in locating and establishing said District and in equalizing appraisals of benefits and in levying assessments against lands and public corporations benefited thereby, and in authorizing, executing, and issuing this bond, have been legally had, done, and performed in due form of law; that the total amount of bonds issued by said District does not exceed ninety per cent of the assessments so levied and unpaid at the time said bonds are issued or any legal limitation thereof. And for the performance of all the covenants and stipulations of this bond and of the duties imposed by law upon said District for the collection of the principal and interest of said assessments and the application thereof to the payment of this bond and the interest thereon, and for the levying of such other and further assessments as are authorized by law and as may be required for the prompt payment of this bond and the interest thereon, the full faith, credit, and resources of said .......... Conservancy District are hereby irrevocably pledged. In Testimony Whereof the Board of Directors of ............
Conservancy District has caused this bond to be signed by its
President and sealed with the corporate seal of said District,
attested by its Secretary, and registered by the Treasurer of
State, and the coupons hereto annexed to be executed by the
facsimile signatures of said President and Secretary, as of the ............
day of ................, Attest: ........................ Secretary" (Form of Coupon) "$.......................
.................... Conservancy District promises to pay
to bearer ................ Dollars ($..........) lawful money of
the United States of America, at the office of the Treasurer of
State, Columbus, Ohio, being semiannual interest due on that date
on its Conservancy Bond dated ................, No. .................... ........................ Secretary" (E) Form of Notice of Enlargement of District:
In the Court of Common Pleas, ................ County, Ohio. In the Matter of .................. Conservancy District To All Persons (and Public Corporations, if any) Interested: Public Notice Is Hereby Given: (1) That heretofore on the ...... day of ..........,
(2) That thereafter this Court duly appointed ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ (if the district includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties) ........................ (if the district includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties) to be the Board of Appraisers for said District. That said Board of
Appraisers on the ........ day of ............, (Here describe generally the lands which the Report of the Board of Appraisers recommends should be added to the District). (3) That on ........, the ........ day of ..............,
(F) Form of Notice of Hearing on Appraisals:
In the Court of Common Pleas, ........... County, Ohio.
To all Persons and Public Corporations Interested: Public Notice Is Hereby Given: (1) That heretofore on the ........ day of .............,
(2) That thereafter this Court duly appointed
.................................................................
the Board of Appraisers for said District. That said Board of
Appraisers on the ........ day of ................, The said appraisal of benefits and damages and of land to be taken is now on file in the office of the clerk of this court. (3) All public corporations and all persons, owners of or
interested in the property described in said Report, whether as
benefited property or as property taken and damaged (whether said
taken or damaged property lies within or without said District),
desiring to contest the appraisals as made and returned by the
Board of Appraisers, must file their objections in said court on
or before the ........ day of ................,
Dated at the City of .................., Ohio, this ....... day of
.................., (G) Form of Certificate of Assessment Record: "This is to Certify: (1) That on the ........ day of ................, (2) That the said assessment and the apportionment thereof upon the benefited lands and public corporations have been recorded in the Conservancy Assessment Record of The .................. Conservancy District which contains in tabular form notation of the items of property and the public corporations to which benefits have been appraised, the total amount of benefits appraised against each item or public corporation and the total assessment levied against each item or public corporation. (3) That the Conservancy Assessment Record of The
................ Conservancy District contains a true and correct record of
the benefits approved and confirmed by the Court and of the
assessment levied by the Board of Directors thereof on ........
day of ............, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the President and Secretary,
respectively, of the Board of Directors of The ................
Conservancy District have hereunto set their hands and the
corporate seal of the said District this ........ day of
............, (H) Form of Certificate of Annual Levy: "This is to Certify: (1) That on the ........ day of ............, (2) That the said Board of Directors has duly apportioned said Annual Levy to all of the benefited properties and public corporations in said District and that the respective amounts of said Annual Levy imposed upon the benefited properties and public corporations have been recorded in the Conservancy Assessment Book of The ................ Conservancy District, which contains a schedule thereof. (3) That on the ........ day of ............, (4) That the Conservancy Assessment Book contains a true
and correct record of the Annual Levy of (5) That the said amounts of said Annual Levy and of said
maintenance assessment shall be collectible and payable in the
year IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the President and Secretary,
respectively, of the Board of Directors of the ................
Conservancy District have hereunto set their hands and the
corporate seal of this said District this ........ day of
............, Sec. 6115.79. The following forms illustrate the character
of the procedure contemplated by this chapter, and if
substantially complied with, those things being changed which
should be changed to meet the requirements of the particular
case, such procedure shall be held to meet the requirements of
(A) Form of Notice of Hearing on the Petition: "To All Persons Interested:
(1) That on the .......... day of .............., (2) That the lands sought to be included in the District comprise lands in .................. and .................. Counties, Ohio, described substantially as follows: Beginning on the north line of ...................... County at its point of intersection with the west bank of the ............ River; thence west along the north line of ............ County to the high bluffs facing the ............ River on the west; thence following the base of the line of said bluffs to the north line of the right-of-way of the ...................... Railroad; thence west along the north right-of-way line of the Railroad to the center line of ................ Avenue in the Village of ..................; thence south along the center line of ................ Avenue to the ................ Pike; thence southeasterly along the ................ Pike to the southeasterly line of the right-of-way of the ................ Railroad; thence southeasterly along the right-of-way line to the corporate limits of the City of ................; thence with the corporation line southerly, easterly, and northerly to the southerly right-of-way line of the main track of the ................ Railroad; thence easterly along the last named right-of-way line to the boundary line between ................ Counties; thence north along the County line to the southerly line of ................. County; thence easterly along the dividing line between ................ Counties to the easterly line of the right-of-way of the ................ Railroad; thence northerly along the right-of-way line to its intersection with the ................ Pike; thence westerly along the Pike to the center line of the bridge over ................ Creek; thence up the Creek and along the center line thereof to the north line of .............. County; thence west to the place of beginning. Or, if found more convenient, the lands sought to be included in the District may be described as follows: All of Township ................ in Range ................ between the ................ Railroad and the .................. River; the following lands in .......... Township and ........... Range; Section .......... and the ................ half of Section ................; also all lands within the corporate limits of the City of .................. etc. (3) That a public hearing on the petition will be had in said Court on .......... the ............ day of ............, ...., at the hour of ........ o'clock ......M. by the Court of Common Pleas of .................... County, at the Courthouse in the City of .................., .................. County, Ohio. All persons and public corporations owning or interested in
real estate within the territory hereinbefore described will be
given the opportunity to be heard at the time and place above
specified.
Dated ................, Ohio, ................, (B) Form of Finding on Hearing: "State of Ohio, ) ) ss. .................... County ) In the Court of Common Pleas ............ County. IN THE Matter of ................ Sanitary District:
On this ............ day of ................, (1) That it has jurisdiction of the parties to and the subject matter of this proceeding. (2) That the purposes for which said District is
established are:
And that it is a public necessity. (3) That the public safety, health, convenience, and
welfare will be promoted by the organization of a Sanitary
District substantially as prayed in the petition (if additional
lands are added by petition), except that the following
additional lands at the petition of the owners thereof should be
and hereby are included in the District:
(4) That the boundaries of the District as modified by the
last finding herein are as follows:
(5) That the territory last above described should be erected into and created a Sanitary District under the Sanitary District Law of Ohio under the corporate name of ................ Sanitary District. Wherefore, it is by the Court ordered, adjudged, and decreed: That the territory as above described be, and the same hereby is erected into and created a Sanitary District under the Sanitary District Law of Ohio under the corporate name of ................ Sanitary District, with its office or principal place of business at ................, in ................ County, Ohio. (If directors are appointed at the same time.) And the following persons are hereby appointed directors of the Sanitary District: ................ for the term of three years, ................ for the term of five years, ................ for the term of seven years, who are hereby directed to qualify and proceed according to law. (6) For consideration of other matters herein, this cause
is retained on the docket.
(C) Form of Notice to Property Owners to Pay Assessment: ".................. Sanitary District. To All Persons Interested:
(1) That on the ................ day of ................,
(2) That the entire assessment against any parcel of land
may be paid at any time on or prior to ................, (3) That as soon after the ........ day of ..............,
(D) Form of Notice of Enlargement of District: "State of Ohio, ) ) ss. County of ................... )
In the Matter of ............... Sanitary District:
To All Persons (and Public Corporations, if any)
Interested:
(1) That heretofore on the ...... day of .............,
(2) That thereafter this Court duly appointed ........................ ........................ ........................ to be the Board of Appraisers for said District. That the Board
of Appraisers on the ..... day of .........., (3) That on ........., the ....... day of ...............,
(E) Form of Notice of Hearing on Appraisals: "State of Ohio, ) ) ss. County of ..................... )
In the matter of
To All Persons and Public Corporations Interested:
(1) That heretofore on the ...... day of ........., (2) That thereafter this Court duly appointed ............................. ............................. ............................. the Board of Appraisers for said District. That the Board of
Appraisers on the ...... day of ............, The appraisal of benefits and damages and of land to be taken is now on file in the office of the clerk of this court. (3) All public corporations and all persons, owners of or
interested in the property described in the Report, whether as
benefited property or as property taken and damaged (whether the
taken or damaged property lies within or without the District),
desiring to contest the appraisals as made and returned by the
Board of Appraisers, must file their objections in the court on
or before the ...... day of .........., Dated at the City of ............, Ohio, this ...... day of
..............., (F) Form of Certificate of Levy of Assessments: "State of Ohio, ) ) ss. County of .................. ) To the Auditor of ................. County, Ohio: This is to certify that by virtue and under the authority of the Sanitary District Law of Ohio, the Board of Directors of ............ Sanitary District have and do hereby levy the sum of ............ Dollars for the account of the Bond Fund of said District, which assessment bears interest as provided by law and is payable in installments as follows: (Here insert.) You are further notified that for the account of the
Maintenance Fund for the year The amounts of the levies upon the several parcels of land
upon which the same are imposed are set forth upon the schedule
hereunto attached, marked ............ Sanitary District
Assessment Book. The assessments shall be collectible and
payable the present year in the sums therein specified at the
same time that the state and county taxes are due and
collectible, and you are directed and ordered to require the
Treasurer of ........ County, Ohio, to demand and collect such
assessments at the time that Witness the signature of the President of the Board of
Directors, attested by the seal of said corporation, and the
signature of its Secretary, this ..... day of .........., Section 2. That existing sections 101.53, 153.571, 317.113, 317.24, 981.02, 1311.56, 2715.041, 2737.05, 2935.17, 2935.18, 2935.19, 2941.06, 3113.215, 3501.31, 3509.04, 3513.07, 3513.261, 3517.10, 3517.102, 3517.103, 3517.154, 3517.155, 3517.992, 3769.04, 4561.25, 4703.10, 5309.15, 5721.15, 5721.181, 5721.191, 5901.29, 5907.08, 5919.10, 5920.08, 5921.05, 6101.84, and 6115.79 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. Section 3. Notwithstanding section 101.53 of the Revised Code as amended by this act, or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, bills for the 123rd General Assembly are to continue to be prepared as directed in Joint Rule 14. Section 4. The Legislative Service Commission, under section 101.53 of the Revised Code as amended by this act, first shall direct how insertion of new matter and omission of old matter is to be indicated with respect to bills prepared for the 124th General Assembly. Joint Rule 14 does not apply to the preparation of bills for the 124th General Assembly insofar as it is incompatible with section 101.53 of the Revised Code as amended by this act or with any rule the Legislative Service Commission adopts under that section. Section 5. The versions of sections 3517.10, 3517.102, 3517.103, 3517.154, 3517.155, and 3517.992 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect January 1, 2000, are hereby repealed. This repeal is intended to permit continued operation of sections 3517.10, 3517.102, 3517.103, 3517.154, 3517.155, and 3517.992 of the Revised Code as they result from Sections 1 and 2 of this act. Section 6. That Section 7 of Am. Sub. S.B. 116 of the 122nd General Assembly is hereby repealed. The intent of this section is to remove the limitation imposed by the repeal of section 3517.1010 of the Revised Code in Section 7 of that act upon the continued existence of section 3517.1010 of the Revised Code on and after the effective date of this act. The intent of this section is not affected by the rule of construction contained in section 1.57 of the Revised Code. Section 7. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The reasons for the necessity lie in the fact that fixing legislative drafting forms by rule promises to simplify the formalities of legislative drafting, improve engrossing efficiency, reduce engrossing error, and improve the readability of bills and acts, and in the fact that numerous statutorily created forms, including, but not limited to, forms pertaining to elections, calculation of child support obligations, and tax foreclosure and forfeiture proceedings, contain references to "19..." dates that soon will be inappropriate with the dawn of a new millenium and that immediate action is required in order to maintain current provisions of the campaign finance reporting law enacted by Am. Sub. S.B. 116 of the 122nd General Assembly pertaining to the use of personal funs and carry-in contribution limits that otherwise will be repealed on January 1, 2000, if this act does not take effect immediately. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect. |
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