130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Reported by the Senate State and Local Government
and Veterans Affairs Committee

123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000
Sub. S. B. No. 55

SENATORS WHITE-SCHAFRATH-SPADA-GARDNER


A BILL
To amend sections 121.22, 133.07, 149.43, 325.19, 339.01, 339.03, 339.06, 339.07, and 4115.04 of the Revised Code to make changes regarding the authority of boards of county hospital trustees.

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


Section 1. That sections 121.22, 133.07, 149.43, 325.19, 339.01, 339.03, 339.06, 339.07, and 4115.04 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

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

(B) As used in this section:

(1) "Public body" means any of the following:

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

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

(c) A court of jurisdiction of a sanitary district organized wholly for the purpose of providing a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use when meeting for the purpose of the appointment, removal, or reappointment of a member of the board of directors of such a district pursuant to section 6115.10 of the Revised Code, if applicable, or for any other matter related to such a district other than litigation involving the district. As used in division (B)(1)(c) of this section, "court of jurisdiction" has the same meaning as "court" in section 6115.01 of the Revised Code.

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

(3) "Regulated individual" means either of the following:

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

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

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

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

(D) This section does not apply to a grand jury, to an audit conference conducted by the auditor of state or independent certified public accountants with officials of the public office that is the subject of the audit, to the adult parole authority when its hearings are conducted at a correctional institution for the sole purpose of interviewing inmates to determine parole or pardon, to the organized crime investigations commission established under section 177.01 of the Revised Code, to the state medical board when determining whether to suspend a certificate without a prior hearing pursuant to division (G) of either section 4730.25 or 4731.22 of the Revised Code, to the board of nursing when determining whether to suspend a license without a prior hearing pursuant to division (B) of section 4723.181 of the Revised Code, or to the executive committee of the emergency response commission when determining whether to issue an enforcement order or request that a civil action, civil penalty action, or criminal action be brought to enforce Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code.

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

(1) Marketing plans;

(2) Specific business strategy;

(3) Production techniques and trade secrets;

(4) Financial projections;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(7) IN THE CASE OF A COUNTY HOSPITAL OPERATED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 339. OF THE REVISED CODE, TO CONSIDER TRADE SECRETS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1333.61 OF THE REVISED CODE.

If a public body holds an executive session to consider any of the matters listed in divisions (G)(2) to (6)(7) of this section, the motion and vote to hold that executive session shall state which one or more of the approved matters listed in those divisions are to be considered at the executive session.

A public body specified in division (B)(1)(c) of this section shall not hold an executive session when meeting for the purposes specified in that division.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sec. 133.07. (A) A county shall not incur, without a vote of the electors, either of the following:

(1) Net indebtedness for all purposes that exceeds an amount equal to one per cent of its tax valuation;

(2) Net indebtedness for the purpose of paying the county's share of the cost of the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of state highways that exceeds an amount equal to one-half of one per cent of its tax valuation.

(B) A county shall not incur total net indebtedness that exceeds an amount equal to one of the following limitations that applies to the county:

(1) A county with a valuation not exceeding one hundred million dollars, three per cent of that tax valuation;

(2) A county with a tax valuation exceeding one hundred million dollars but not exceeding three hundred million dollars, three million dollars plus one and one-half per cent of that tax valuation in excess of one hundred million dollars;

(3) A county with a tax valuation exceeding three hundred million dollars, six million dollars plus two and one-half per cent of that tax valuation in excess of three hundred million dollars.

(C) In calculating the net indebtedness of a county, none of the following securities shall be considered:

(1) Securities described in section 307.201 of the Revised Code;

(2) Self-supporting securities issued for any purposes, including, but not limited to, any of the following general purposes:

(a) Water systems or facilities;

(b) Sanitary sewerage systems or facilities, or surface and storm water drainage and sewerage systems or facilities, or a combination of those systems or facilities;

(c) County or joint county scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facilities, or any combination of those facilities;

(d) Off-street parking lots, facilities, or buildings, or on-street parking facilities, or any combination of off-street and on-street parking facilities;

(e) Facilities for the care or treatment of the sick or infirm, and for housing the persons providing that care or treatment and their families;

(f) Recreational, sports, convention, auditorium, museum, trade show, and other public attraction facilities;

(g) Facilities for natural resources exploration, development, recovery, use, and sale;

(h) Correctional and detention facilities and related rehabilitation facilities.

(3) Securities issued for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, or extending water or sanitary or surface and storm water sewerage systems or facilities, or a combination of those systems or facilities, to the extent that an agreement entered into with another subdivision requires the other subdivision to pay to the county amounts equivalent to debt charges on the securities;

(4) Voted general obligation securities issued for the purpose of permanent improvements for sanitary sewerage or water systems or facilities to the extent that the total principal amount of voted securities outstanding for the purpose does not exceed an amount equal to two per cent of the county's tax valuation;

(5) Securities issued for permanent improvements to house agencies, departments, boards, or commissions of the county or of any municipal corporation located, in whole or in part, in the county, to the extent that the revenues, other than revenues from unvoted county property taxes, derived from leases or other agreements between the county and those agencies, departments, boards, commissions, or municipal corporations relating to the use of the permanent improvements are sufficient to cover the cost of all operating expenses of the permanent improvements paid by the county and debt charges on the securities;

(6) Securities issued pursuant to section 133.08 of the Revised Code;

(7) Securities issued for the purpose of acquiring or constructing roads, highways, bridges, or viaducts, for the purpose of acquiring or making other highway permanent improvements, or for the purpose of procuring and maintaining computer systems for the office of the clerk of any county-operated municipal court, for the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas, or for the office of the clerk of the probate, juvenile, or domestic relations division of the court of common pleas to the extent that the legislation authorizing the issuance of the securities includes a covenant to appropriate from moneys distributed to the county pursuant to division (B) of section 2101.162, 2151.541, 2153.081, 2301.031, or 2303.201 or Chapter 4501., 4503., 4504., or 5735. of the Revised Code a sufficient amount to cover debt charges on and financing costs relating to the securities as they become due;

(8) Securities issued for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, and equipping a county, multicounty, or multicounty-municipal jail, workhouse, juvenile detention facility, or correctional facility;

(9) Securities issued for the acquisition, construction, equipping, or repair of any permanent improvement or any class or group of permanent improvements enumerated in a resolution adopted pursuant to division (D) of section 5739.026 of the Revised Code to the extent that the legislation authorizing the issuance of the securities includes a covenant to appropriate from moneys received from the taxes authorized under section 5739.023 and division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 of the Revised Code an amount sufficient to pay debt charges on the securities and those moneys shall be pledged for that purpose;

(10) Securities issued for county or joint county solid waste or hazardous waste collection, transfer, or disposal facilities, or resource recovery and solid or hazardous waste recycling facilities, or any combination of those facilities;

(11) Securities issued for the acquisition, construction, and equipping of a port authority educational and cultural facility under section 307.671 of the Revised Code;

(12) Securities issued for the acquisition, construction, equipping, and improving of a municipal educational and cultural facility under division (B)(1) of section 307.672 of the Revised Code;

(13) Securities issued for energy conservation measures under section 307.041 of the Revised Code;

(14) Securities issued for the acquisition, construction, equipping, improving, or repair of a sports facility, including obligations issued to pay costs of a sports facility under section 307.673 of the Revised Code;

(15) Securities issued under section 755.17 of the Revised Code if the legislation authorizing issuance of the securities includes a covenant to appropriate from revenue received from a tax authorized under division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code an amount sufficient to pay debt charges on the securities, and the board of county commissioners pledges that revenue for that purpose, pursuant to section 755.171 of the Revised Code;

(16) Sales tax supported bonds issued pursuant to section 133.081 of the Revised Code for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, or equipping any permanent improvement to the extent that the legislation authorizing the issuance of the sales tax supported bonds pledges county sales taxes to the payment of debt charges on the sales tax supported bonds and contains a covenant to appropriate from county sales taxes a sufficient amount to cover debt charges or the financing costs related to the sales tax supported bonds as they become due.

(17) Bonds or notes issued under section 133.60 of the Revised Code if the legislation authorizing issuance of the bonds or notes includes a covenant to appropriate from revenue received from a tax authorized under division (A)(9) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code an amount sufficient to pay the debt charges on the bonds or notes, and the board of county commissioners pledges that revenue for that purpose.

(17)(18) Securities issued under section 3707.55 of the Revised Code for the acquisition of real property by a general health district.

(D) In calculating the net indebtedness of a county, no obligation incurred under division (E)(D) of section 339.06 of the Revised Code shall be considered.

Sec. 149.43. (A) As used in this section:

(1) "Public record" means any record that is kept by any public office, including, but not limited to, state, county, city, village, township, and school district units, except that "public record" does not mean any of the following:

(a) Medical records;

(b) Records pertaining to probation and parole proceedings;

(c) Records pertaining to actions under section 2151.85 and division (C) of section 2919.121 of the Revised Code and to appeals of actions arising under those sections;

(d) Records pertaining to adoption proceedings, including the contents of an adoption file maintained by the department of health under section 3705.12 of the Revised Code;

(e) Information in a record contained in the putative father registry established by section 3107.062 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the information is held by the department of human services or, pursuant to section 5101.313 of the Revised Code, the division of child support in the department or a child support enforcement agency;

(f) Records listed in division (A) of section 3107.42 of the Revised Code or specified in division (A) of section 3107.52 of the Revised Code;

(g) Trial preparation records;

(h) Confidential law enforcement investigatory records;

(i) Records containing information that is confidential under section 2317.023 or 4112.05 of the Revised Code;

(j) DNA records stored in the DNA database pursuant to section 109.573 of the Revised Code;

(k) Inmate records released by the department of rehabilitation and correction to the department of youth services or a court of record pursuant to division (E) of section 5120.21 of the Revised Code;

(l) Records maintained by the department of youth services pertaining to children in its custody released by the department of youth services to the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5139.05 of the Revised Code;

(m) Intellectual property records;

(n) Donor profile records;

(o) Records maintained by the department of human services pursuant to section 5101.312 of the Revised Code;

(p) IN THE CASE OF A COUNTY HOSPITAL OPERATED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 339. of the Revised Code, INFORMATION THAT CONSTITUTES A TRADE SECRET, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1333.61 of the Revised Code, AND ANY RECORDS HELD BY THE HOSPITAL PERTAINING TO ITS EMPLOYEES;

(q) Records the release of which is prohibited by state or federal law.

(2) "Confidential law enforcement investigatory record" means any record that pertains to a law enforcement matter of a criminal, quasi-criminal, civil, or administrative nature, but only to the extent that the release of the record would create a high probability of disclosure of any of the following:

(a) The identity of a suspect who has not been charged with the offense to which the record pertains, or of an information source or witness to whom confidentiality has been reasonably promised;

(b) Information provided by an information source or witness to whom confidentiality has been reasonably promised, which information would reasonably tend to disclose the source's or witness's identity;

(c) Specific confidential investigatory techniques or procedures or specific investigatory work product;

(d) Information that would endanger the life or physical safety of law enforcement personnel, a crime victim, a witness, or a confidential information source.

(3) "Medical record" means any document or combination of documents, except births, deaths, and the fact of admission to or discharge from a hospital, that pertains to the medical history, diagnosis, prognosis, or medical condition of a patient and that is generated and maintained in the process of medical treatment.

(4) "Trial preparation record" means any record that contains information that is specifically compiled in reasonable anticipation of, or in defense of, a civil or criminal action or proceeding, including the independent thought processes and personal trial preparation of an attorney.

(5) "Intellectual property record" means a record, other than a financial or administrative record, that is produced or collected by or for faculty or staff of a state institution of higher learning in the conduct of or as a result of study or research on an educational, commercial, scientific, artistic, technical, or scholarly issue, regardless of whether the study or research was sponsored by the institution alone or in conjunction with a governmental body or private concern, and that has not been publicly released, published, or patented.

(6) "Donor profile record" means all records about donors or potential donors to a public institution of higher education except the names and reported addresses of the actual donors and the date, amount, and conditions of the actual donation.

(B) All public records shall be promptly prepared and made available for inspection to any person at all reasonable times during regular business hours. Upon request, a person responsible for public records shall make copies available at cost, within a reasonable period of time. In order to facilitate broader access to public records, governmental units shall maintain public records in a manner that they can be made available for inspection in accordance with this division.

(C) If a person allegedly is aggrieved by the failure of a governmental unit to promptly prepare a public record and to make it available to the person for inspection in accordance with division (B) of this section, or if a person who has requested a copy of a public record allegedly is aggrieved by the failure of a person responsible for the public record to make a copy available to the person allegedly aggrieved in accordance with division (B) of this section, the person allegedly aggrieved may commence a mandamus action to obtain a judgment that orders the governmental unit or the person responsible for the public record to comply with division (B) of this section and that awards reasonable attorney's fees to the person that instituted the mandamus action. The mandamus action may be commenced in the court of common pleas of the county in which division (B) of this section allegedly was not complied with, in the supreme court pursuant to its original jurisdiction under Section 2 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution, or in the court of appeals for the appellate district in which division (B) of this section allegedly was not complied with pursuant to its original jurisdiction under Section 3 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution.

(D) Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code does not limit the provisions of this section.

(E)(1) The bureau of motor vehicles may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to reasonably limit the number of bulk commercial special extraction requests made by a person for the same records or for updated records during a calendar year. The rules may include provisions for charges to be made for bulk commercial special extraction requests for the actual cost of the bureau, plus special extraction costs, plus ten per cent. The bureau may charge for expenses for redacting information, the release of which is prohibited by law.

(2) As used in division (E)(1) of this section:

(a) "Actual cost" means the cost of depleted supplies, records storage media costs, actual mailing and alternative delivery costs, or other transmitting costs, and any direct equipment operating and maintenance costs, including actual costs paid to private contractors for copying services.

(b) "Bulk commercial special extraction request" means a request for copies of a record for information in a format other than the format already available, or information that cannot be extracted without examination of all items in a records series, class of records, or data base by a person who intends to use or forward the copies for surveys, marketing, solicitation, or resale for commercial purposes. "Bulk commercial special extraction request" does not include a request by a person who gives assurance to the bureau that the person making the request does not intend to use or forward the requested copies for surveys, marketing, solicitation, or resale for commercial purposes.

(c) "Commercial" means profit-seeking production, buying, or selling of any good, service, or other product.

(d) "Special extraction costs" means the cost of the time spent by the lowest paid employee competent to perform the task, the actual amount paid to outside private contractors employed by the bureau, or the actual cost incurred to create computer programs to make the special extraction. "Special extraction costs" include any charges paid to a public agency for computer or records services.

(3) For purposes of divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section, "commercial surveys, marketing, solicitation, or resale" shall be narrowly construed and does not include reporting or gathering news, reporting or gathering information to assist citizen oversight or understanding of the operation or activities of government, or nonprofit educational research.

Sec. 325.19. (A)(1) The granting of vacation leave under division (A)(1) of this section is subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section. Each full-time employee in the several offices and departments of the county service, including full-time hourly rate employees, after service of one year with the county or any political subdivision of the state, shall have earned and will be due upon the attainment of the first year of employment, and annually thereafter, eighty hours of vacation leave with full pay. One year of service shall be computed on the basis of twenty-six biweekly pay periods. A full-time county employee with eight or more years of service with the county or any political subdivision of the state shall have earned and is entitled to one hundred twenty hours of vacation leave with full pay. A full-time county employee with fifteen or more years of service with the county or any political subdivision of the state shall have earned and is entitled to one hundred sixty hours of vacation leave with full pay. A full-time county employee with twenty-five years of service with the county or any political subdivision of the state shall have earned and is entitled to two hundred hours of vacation leave with full pay. Such vacation leave shall accrue to the employee at the rate of three and one-tenth hours each biweekly period for those entitled to eighty hours per year; four and six-tenths hours each biweekly period for those entitled to one hundred twenty hours per year; six and two-tenths hours each biweekly period for those entitled to one hundred sixty hours per year; and seven and seven-tenths hours each biweekly period for those entitled to two hundred hours per year.

(2) Full-time employees granted vacation leave under division (A)(1) of this section who render any standard of service other than forty hours per week as described in division (J) of this section and who are in active pay status in a biweekly pay period, shall accrue a number of hours of vacation leave during each such pay period that bears the same ratio to the number of hours specified in division (A)(1) of this section as their number of hours which are accepted as full-time in active pay status, excluding overtime hours, bears to eighty hours.

(3) Full-time employees granted vacation leave under division (A)(1) of this section who are in active pay status in a biweekly pay period for less than eighty hours or the number of hours of service otherwise accepted as full-time by their employing office or department shall accrue a number of hours of vacation leave during that pay period that bears the same ratio to the number of hours specified in division (A)(1) of this section as their number of hours in active pay status, excluding overtime hours, bears to eighty or the number of hours of service accepted as full-time, whichever is applicable.

(B) A board of county commissioners, by resolution, may grant vacation leave with full pay to part-time county employees. A part-time county employee shall be eligible for vacation leave with full pay upon the attainment of the first year of employment, and annually thereafter. The ratio between the hours worked and the vacation hours awarded to a part-time employee shall be the same as the ratio between the hours worked and the vacation hours earned by a full-time employee as provided for in this section.

(C) Days specified as holidays in section 124.19 of the Revised Code shall not be charged to an employee's vacation leave. Vacation leave shall be taken by the employee during the year in which it accrued and prior to the next recurrence of the anniversary date of the employee's employment, provided the appointing authority may, in special and meritorious cases, permit such employee to accumulate and carry over his vacation leave to the following year. No vacation leave shall be carried over for more than three years. An employee is entitled to compensation, at the employee's current rate of pay, for the prorated portion of any earned but unused vacation leave for the current year to the employee's credit at time of separation, and in addition shall be compensated for any unused vacation leave accrued to the employee's credit, with the permission of the appointing authority, for the three years immediately preceding the last anniversary date of employment.

(D)(1) In addition to vacation leave, a full-time county employee is entitled to eight hours of holiday pay for New Year's day, Martin Luther King day, Washington-Lincoln day, Memorial day, Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Veterans' day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day, of each year. Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, holidays shall occur on the days specified in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. In the event that any of the aforesaid holidays fall on Saturday, the Friday immediately preceding shall be observed as the holiday. In the event that any of the aforesaid holidays fall on Sunday, the Monday immediately succeeding shall be observed as the holiday. If an employee's work schedule is other than Monday through Friday, the employee is entitled to holiday pay for holidays observed on the employee's day off regardless of the day of the week on which they are observed.

(2)(a) When a classified employee of a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities works at a site maintained by a government entity other than the board, such as a public school, the board may adjust the employee's holiday schedule to conform to the schedule adopted by the government entity. Under an adjusted holiday schedule, an employee shall receive the number of hours of holiday pay granted under division (D)(1) of this section.

(b) PURSUANT TO DIVISION (H)(6) OF SECTION 339.06 of the Revised Code, A COUNTY HOSPITAL MAY OBSERVE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, WASHINGTON-LINCOLN DAY, COLUMBUS DAY, AND VETERANS' DAY ON DAYS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN SECTION 1.14 of the Revised Code.

(E) In the case of the death of a county employee, the unused vacation leave and unpaid overtime to the credit of any such employee, shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to the employee's estate.

(F) Notwithstanding this section or any other section of the Revised Code, any appointing authority of a county office, department, commission, board, or body may, upon notification to the board of county commissioners, establish alternative schedules of vacation leave and holidays for employees of the appointing authority for whom the state employment relations board has not established an appropriate bargaining unit pursuant to section 4117.06 of the Revised Code, provided that the alternative schedules are not inconsistent with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement covering other employees of that appointing authority.

(G) The employees of a county children services board that establishes vacation benefits under section 5153.12 of the Revised Code are exempt from division (A) of this section.

(H) The provisions of this section do not apply to superintendents and management employees of county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

(I) Division (A) of this section does not apply to an employee of a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities who works at, or provides transportation services to pupils of, a special education program provided by the county board pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 5126.05 of the Revised Code, if the employee's employment is based on a school year and the employee is not subject to a contract with the county board that provides for division (A) of this section to apply to the employee.

(J) As used in this section:

(1) "Full-time employee" means an employee whose regular hours of service for a county total forty hours per week, or who renders any other standard of service accepted as full-time by an office, department, or agency of county service.

(2) "Part-time employee" means an employee whose regular hours of service for a county total less than forty hours per week, or who renders any other standard of service accepted as part-time by an office, department, or agency of county service, and whose hours of county service total at least five hundred twenty hours annually.

(3) "Management employee" has the same meaning as in section 5126.20 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 339.01. (A) As used in sections 339.01 to 339.17 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Hospital facilities" has the meaning given in section 140.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "County hospital" includes all of the county hospital's branches and hospital facilities, wherever located.

(3) "Outpatient health facility" means a facility where medical care and preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services are provided to outpatients by or under the direction of a physician or dentist.

(B) The A board of county commissioners may purchase, acquire, lease, appropriate, and construct a county hospital or hospital facilities thereof. After a county hospital or hospital facilities have been fully completed and sufficiently equipped for occupancy, any subsequent improvements, enlargements, or rebuilding of any such facility shall be made by the board of county hospital trustees or a hospital commission appointed pursuant to section 339.14 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1) A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, board of county hospital trustees, or a hospital commission may purchase, acquire, lease, appropriate, or construct an outpatient health facility in another county, which TO SERVE AS A BRANCH OF THE COUNTY HOSPITAL. THE OUTPATIENT HEALTH FACILITY may include office space for physicians. The facility shall be a branch of the county hospital and shall be operated pursuant to the law that regulates the operation of the county hospital. A board of county hospital trustees or a hospital commission that proposes to establish such a facility shall give written notice to ITS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND TO the board of county commissioners of the county where the facility is to be located. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHERE THE FACILITY IS TO BE LOCATED, BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED WITHIN FORTY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE, MAY OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED FACILITY. THE RESOLUTION SHALL INCLUDE AN EXPLANATION OF THE OBJECTION AND MAY MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THE BOARD CONSIDERS NECESSARY. THE BOARD SHALL SEND A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES OR THE HOSPITAL COMMISSION AND TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY THAT PROPOSES TO LOCATE THE FACILITY IN THE OTHER COUNTY.

(2) Except as provided in division (C)(3) of this section, the board OF COUNTY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES or THE HOSPITAL commission may establish and operate the facility, unless the board of county commissioners of the county where PROPOSING TO LOCATE the facility is to be located IN THE OTHER COUNTY, not later than sixty TWENTY days after receiving the notice A RESOLUTION OF OBJECTION FROM THE OTHER COUNTY'S BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PURSUANT TO DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION, adopts a resolution denying the trustees or commission the right to establish the facility.

(3) If a board of county commissioners provides a subsidy for uncompensated care to a board of county hospital trustees or hospital commission, the board of county hospital trustees or hospital commission may establish and operate the outpatient health facility only if that board of county commissioners approves the establishment of the facility. Even if the board approves the establishment of the facility, it shall not appropriate any funds generated by a tax levied under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, maintenance, or operation of such a facility located outside the county.

(D) A county hospital may be designated as a monument to commemorate the services of the soldiers, sailors, marines, and pioneers of the county.

Sec. 339.03. The board of county hospital trustees shall have complete charge of the selection and purchase or lease of a site or sites for a county hospital, taking title or leasehold interest to such site or sites in the name of the county, the selection of plans and specifications, the determination and erection of all necessary buildings on such site or sites, and of the selection and installation of all necessary and proper furniture, fixtures, and equipment. The board of county hospital trustees may make capital improvements, including the purchase of equipment, and may finance such improvements through hospital revenues or other hospital funds. The board may issue revenue obligations, pursuant to section 140.06 or 339.15 of the Revised Code, or revenue bonds pursuant to section 133.08 of the Revised Code.

A board of county hospital trustees may construct an addition to the county hospital, acquire an existing structure for the purpose of leasing office space to local physicians, or lease real property to any person to construct facilities for providing medical services other than inpatient hospital services if the board of county hospital trustees determines that such purpose is reasonably related to the proper operation of the county hospital.

The trustees shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed their necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, including the cost of their participation in such continuing education programs or developmental programs as the trustees consider necessary. Such expenses shall be paid out of the funds provided for such hospital. The board of county hospital trustees may employ such help as is necessary to perform its clerical work, superintend properly the construction of such hospital, and pay the expenses thereof, including the salary and benefits of the administrator as provided in section 339.06 of the Revised Code, out of the funds provided for such hospital.

The board of county hospital trustees may employ RETAIN counsel and institute legal action in its own name for the collection of delinquent accounts. The board may also employ any other lawful means for the collection of delinquent accounts.

Each trustee shall be bonded for the proper performance of his duties, in such sum as the board of county commissioners requires, with sureties to its approval. The expense of so bonding each trustee shall be paid from hospital operating funds.

Sec. 339.06. (A) The board of county hospital trustees shall, upon completion of construction or leasing and equipping of the A county hospital, SHALL assume and continue the operation of such THE hospital. The board shall have the entire management and control of the hospital, and shall establish such rules for its government and the admission of persons as are expedient.

The board has control of the property of the hospital, including management and disposal of surplus property other than real estate or an interest in real estate, and has control of all funds used in the hospital's operation. The administrator or his designee shall deposit all, INCLUDING moneys received from the operation of the hospital or, MONEYS appropriated for its operation by the board of county commissioners, or AND MONEYS resulting from special levies submitted by the board of county commissioners as provided for in section 5705.22 of the Revised Code, to the hospital's credit in banks or trust companies designated by the board of county hospital trustees, which fund shall be known as the hospital operating fund. The administrator or his designee may deposit funds not needed for immediate expenses in interest-bearing or noninterest-bearing accounts or United States government obligations. Such banks or trust companies shall furnish security for all such deposits, whether interest bearing or noninterest bearing, except that no such security is required for United States government obligations, notwithstanding sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. ALL OR PART OF THE MONEYS DETERMINED NOT TO BE NECESSARY TO MEET CURRENT DEMANDS ON THE HOSPITAL MAY BE INVESTED BY THE BOARD OF HOSPITAL TRUSTEES OR ITS DESIGNEE IN ANY CLASSIFICATIONS OF SECURITIES AND OBLIGATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR DEPOSIT OR INVESTMENT OF COUNTY MONEYS PURSUANT TO SECTION 135.35 of the Revised Code, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD'S WRITTEN INVESTMENT POLICY BY THE COUNTY INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 135.341 of the Revised Code.

(B) Annually by the first day of November, the board of county hospital trustees shall submit its proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year to the board of county commissioners for approval, and the board of county commissioners shall approve a budget for the county hospital by the first day of December. If the taxes collected pursuant to any tax levied under section 5705.22 of the Revised Code, or the amount appropriated to the county hospital by the commissioners in the annual appropriation measure for the county for the ensuing fiscal year differ from the amount shown in the approved budget, the board of county commissioners may require the board of county hospital trustees to revise the hospital budget accordingly. The board of trustees shall not expend such funds until its budget for that calendar year is submitted to and approved by the board of county commissioners. Thereafter such funds may be disbursed by the board of county hospital trustees, consistent with the approved budget, for the uses and purposes of such hospital,; for the replacement of necessary equipment, or; for the acquiring of ACQUISITION, leasing, or construction of permanent improvements to county hospital property,; OR FOR MAKING A DONATION AUTHORIZED BY DIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION. EACH DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS SHALL BE MADE on a voucher signed by signatories designated and approved by the board of county hospital trustees.

(C) The head of a board of county hospital trustees is not required to file an estimate of contemplated revenue and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year under section 5705.28 of the Revised Code unless the board of county commissioners levies a tax for the county hospital, or such a tax is proposed, or the board of county hospital trustees desires that the board of county commissioners make an appropriation to the county hospital for the ensuing fiscal year.

(D) All moneys appropriated by the board of county commissioners or from special levies by the board of county commissioners for the operation of the hospital, when collected shall be paid to the board of county hospital trustees on a warrant of the county auditor and approved by the board of county commissioners. The board of hospital trustees shall file an annual report of revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year with the board of county commissioners within ninety days after the fiscal year's end.

(E)(C) FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE BOARD OF HOSPITAL TRUSTEES MAY DONATE TO A NONPROFIT ENTITY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) MONEYS AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS DETERMINED NOT TO BE NECESSARY TO MEET CURRENT DEMANDS ON THE HOSPITAL;

(2) SURPLUS HOSPITAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, OFFICE FACILITIES, AND OTHER PROPERTY THAT IS NOT REAL ESTATE OR AN INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE;

(3) SERVICES RENDERED BY THE HOSPITAL.

(D)(1) For purposes of this division:

(a) "Bank" has the same meaning as in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code.

(b) "Savings and loan association" has the same meaning as in section 1151.01 of the Revised Code.

(c) "Savings bank" has the same meaning as in section 1161.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) The board of county hospital trustees may enter into a contract for a secured line of credit with a bank, savings and loan association, or savings bank if the contract meets all of the following requirements:

(a) The term of the contract does not exceed one hundred eighty days.

(b) The board's secured line of credit does not exceed five hundred thousand dollars.

(c) The contract provides that any amount extended must be repaid in full before any additional credit can be extended.

(d) The contract provides that the bank, savings and loan association, or savings bank shall not commence a civil action against the board of county commissioners, any member of the board, or the county to recover the principal, interest, or any charges or other amounts that remain outstanding on the secured line of credit at the time of any default by the board of county hospital trustees.

(e) The contract provides that no assets other than those of the hospital can be used to secure the line of credit.

(f) The terms and conditions of the contract comply with all state and federal statutes and rules governing the extension of a secured line of credit.

(3) Any obligation incurred by a board of county hospital trustees under this division is an obligation of that board only and not a general obligation of the board of county commissioners or the county within the meaning of division (Q) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code.

(4) No board of county hospital trustees shall at any time have more than one secured line of credit under this section.

(F) The board of county hospital trustees shall employ an administrator, whose title, salary, and other benefits shall be determined by the trustees. The administrator may be removed by the board whenever the board determines it to be in the best interests of the hospital. The administrator or his designee shall employ, contract with, or grant privileges to, such physicians, nurses, and other employees as are necessary for the proper care, control, and management of the county hospital and its patients. The board shall adopt the wage and salary schedule for the county hospital. Such physicians, nurses, and other employees may be suspended or removed by the administrator or his designee at any time when the welfare of such institution warrants suspension or removal. Such physicians, nurses, and other employees, if employed, shall be in the unclassified civil service, pursuant to section 124.11 of the Revised Code. The administrator and such other employees as the board considers necessary shall be bonded in amounts established by the board, the expense of which shall be paid out of hospital operating funds.

(G)(E) The board shall establish a schedule of charges for all services and treatment rendered by the county hospital. It may provide for the free treatment in such hospital of soldiers, sailors, and marines of the county, under such conditions and rules as it prescribes.

(H)(F) The board may designate the amounts and forms of insurance protection to be provided, and the board of county commissioners shall assist in obtaining such protection. The expense of providing the protection shall be paid from hospital operating funds.

(I)(G) The board of county hospital trustees may authorize a county hospital and each of its units, hospital board members, designated hospital employees, and medical staff members to be a member of and maintain membership in any local, state, or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public health and welfare or advancement of the efficiency of hospital administration and in connection therewith to use tax funds for the payment of dues and fees and related expenses but nothing in this section prohibits the board from using receipts from hospital operation, other than tax funds, for the payment of such dues and fees.

(J)(H) THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES, ITS EMPLOYEES, AND THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY HOSPITAL:

(1) THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT THE WAGE AND SALARY SCHEDULE FOR EMPLOYEES.

(2) THE BOARD MAY EMPLOY THE HOSPITAL'S ADMINISTRATOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 339.07 OF THE REVISED CODE, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR MAY EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS FOR THE HOSPITAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT SECTION.

(3) THE BOARD MAY EMPLOY ASSISTANTS AS NECESSARY TO PERFORM ITS CLERICAL WORK, SUPERINTEND PROPERLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTY HOSPITAL, AND PAY THE HOSPITAL'S EXPENSES. SUCH EMPLOYEES MAY BE PAID FROM FUNDS PROVIDED FOR THE COUNTY HOSPITAL.

(4) The board may hire, by contract or as salaried employees, such management consultants, accountants, attorneys, engineers, architects, construction managers, and other professional advisors as it determines are necessary and desirable to assist in the management of the programs and operation of the county hospital. Such professional advisors may be paid from county hospital operating funds.

(K)(5) Notwithstanding section 325.19 of the Revised Code, the board of county hospital trustees may grant to its employees any fringe benefits the board determines to be customary and usual in the nonprofit hospital field in its community, including, but not limited to:

(1)(a) Additional vacation leave with full pay for full-time employees, including full-time hourly rate employees, after service of one year;

(2)(b) Vacation leave and holiday pay for part-time employees on a pro rata basis;

(3)(c) Leave with full pay due to death in the employee's immediate family, which shall not be deducted from the employee's accumulated sick leave;

(4)(d) Premium pay for working on holidays listed in section 325.19 of the Revised Code;

(5)(e) Moving expenses for new employees;

(6)(f) Discounts on hospital supplies and services.

In addition to (6) THE BOARD MAY PROVIDE HOLIDAY LEAVE BY OBSERVING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, WASHINGTON-LINCOLN DAY, COLUMBUS DAY, AND VETERANS' DAY ON DAYS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN SECTION 1.14 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(7) THE BOARD MAY GRANT TO EMPLOYEES the insurance benefits authorized by section 339.16 of the Revised Code and notwithstanding.

(8) NOTWITHSTANDING section 325.19 of the Revised Code, the board may grant to employees, including hourly rate employees, such personal holidays as the board determines to be customary and usual in the hospital field in its community.

(9) The board of county hospital trustees may provide employee recognition awards and hold employee recognition dinners.

(10) THE BOARD MAY GRANT TO EMPLOYEES THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION BENEFITS SPECIFIED UNDER DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION.

(I) Notwithstanding sections 325.191 and 325.20 of the Revised Code, the board of county hospital trustees may provide, without the prior authorization of the board of county commissioners, scholarships for education in the health care professions, tuition reimbursement, and other staff development programs to enhance the skills of health care professionals for the purpose of recruiting or retaining qualified employees.

The board of county hospital trustees may pay reasonable expenses for recruiting or retaining physicians and other appropriate health care practitioners.

Sec. 339.07. (A) The BOARD OF COUNTY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COUNTY HOSPITAL BY DIRECTLY EMPLOYING A HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR OR BY ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL UNDER WHICH AN ADMINISTRATOR IS PROVIDED. WHEN AN ADMINISTRATOR IS EMPLOYED DIRECTLY, THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT A JOB DESCRIPTION DELINEATING THE ADMINISTRATOR'S POWERS AND DUTIES AND THE BOARD MAY PAY THE ADMINISTRATOR'S SALARY AND OTHER BENEFITS FROM FUNDS PROVIDED FOR THE HOSPITAL.

(B) DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF THE HOSPITAL, THE administrator of a county hospital shall act in an advisory capacity to the board of county hospital trustees during the construction and equipping of the county hospital, and after. AFTER the hospital is completed he, THE ADMINISTRATOR shall serve as the chief executive officer and shall carry out the administration of the county hospital according to the policies set forth by the board charged with the operation of such hospital. The board shall adopt a job description delineating the powers and duties of the administrator.

The administrator shall administer the county hospital, make reports, and take any other action that he THE ADMINISTRATOR determines is necessary for the operation of the hospital.

At the end of each fiscal year, the administrator shall submit to the board a complete financial statement showing the receipts, revenues, and expenditures in detail for the entire fiscal year.

THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL ENSURE THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS SUCH PHYSICIANS, NURSES, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER CARE, CONTROL, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COUNTY HOSPITAL AND ITS PATIENTS. THE PHYSICIANS, NURSES, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES MAY BE SUSPENDED OR REMOVED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR AT ANY TIME THE WELFARE OF THE HOSPITAL WARRANTS SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL. THE ADMINISTRATOR MAY OBTAIN PHYSICIANS, NURSES, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES BY DIRECT EMPLOYMENT, ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS, OR GRANTING AUTHORITY TO PRACTICE IN THE HOSPITAL. PERSONS EMPLOYED DIRECTLY SHALL BE IN THE UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 124.11 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4115.04. (A) Every public authority authorized to contract for or construct with its own forces a public improvement, before advertising for bids or undertaking such construction with its own forces, shall have the bureau of employment services determine the prevailing rates of wages of mechanics and laborers in accordance with section 4115.05 of the Revised Code for the class of work called for by the public improvement, in the locality where the work is to be performed. Such schedule of wages shall be attached to and made part of the specifications for the work, and shall be printed on the bidding blanks where the work is done by contract. A copy of the bidding blank shall be filed with the bureau before such contract is awarded. A minimum rate of wages for common laborers, on work coming under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation, shall be fixed in each county of the state by said department of transportation, in accordance with section 4115.05 of the Revised Code.

(B) Sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code do not apply to:

(A)(1) Public improvements in any case where the federal government or any of its agencies furnishes by loan or grant all or any part of the funds used in constructing such improvements, provided the federal government or any of its agencies prescribes predetermined minimum wages to be paid to mechanics and laborers employed in the construction of such improvements;

(B)(2) A participant in a work activity, developmental activity, or an alternative work activity under sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code when a public authority directly uses the labor of the participant to construct a public improvement if the participant is not engaged in paid employment or subsidized employment pursuant to the activity;

(C)(3) Public improvements undertaken by, or under contract for, the board of education of any school district or the governing board of any educational service center;

(4) PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS UNDERTAKEN BY, OR UNDER CONTRACT FOR, A COUNTY HOSPITAL OPERATED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 339. of the Revised Code IF NONE OF THE FUNDS USED IN CONSTRUCTING THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE THE PROCEEDS OF BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS WHICH ARE SECURED BY THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE STATE, THE COUNTY, OR A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND NONE OF THE FUNDS USED IN CONSTRUCTING THE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING FUNDS USED TO REPAY ANY AMOUNTS BORROWED TO CONSTRUCT THE IMPROVEMENTS, ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR THAT PURPOSE BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE STATE, OR A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FROM FUNDS GENERATED BY THE LEVY OF A TAX; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A COUNTY HOSPITAL MAY ELECT TO APPLY SECTIONS 4115.03 TO 4115.16 OF THE REVISED CODE TO A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT UNDERTAKEN BY, OR UNDER CONTRACT FOR, THE COUNTY HOSPITAL.


Section 2. That existing sections 121.22, 133.07, 149.43, 325.19, 339.01, 339.03, 339.06, 339.07, and 4115.04 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. Section 133.07 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Sub. H.B. 581 and Am. Sub. S.B. 223 of the 122nd General Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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