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H. B. No. 406As Introduced
As Introduced

124th General Assembly
Regular Session
2001-2002
H. B. No. 406


REPRESENTATIVES Reidelbach, Hollister, Seitz, Calvert, Seaver, Niehaus, G. Smith, Schmidt, Setzer, Husted, Latta, Kearns, Webster, Patton, Williams, Distel, Lendrum, Faber, Schneider, Carmichael, Flowers



A BILL
To amend sections 101.531, 111.12, 149.09, and 149.091 of the Revised Code to authorize the Secretary of State to distribute certain documents in an electronic format subject to certain conditions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 101.531, 111.12, 149.09, and 149.091 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 101.531.  The material used in printing producing bills shall be held and used to print produce pamphlet laws and the session laws. The lines of each bill shall be numbered.
Sec. 111.12.  The (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall compile and publish biennially in a paper, book, or other nonelectronic format twenty-five hundred copies of the election statistics of Ohio, four thousand copies of the official roster of federal, state, and county officers, and twenty-five hundred copies of the official roster of township and municipal officers.
(B)(1) The secretary of state may compile and publish biennially the election statistics of Ohio, the official roster of federal, state, and county officers, and the official roster of township and municipal officers in an electronic format under section 1306.20 of the Revised Code. Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, the secretary of state may do so instead of compiling and publishing these documents biennially in a paper, book, or other nonelectronic format in the numbers specified in division (A) of this section. If the secretary of state publishes these documents in an electronic format, any rules that the secretary of state adopts under section 1306.20 of the Revised Code relative to these documents in electronic format are not required to be consistent with the rules adopted by the department of administrative services under division (A) of section 1306.21 of the Revised Code.
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (B) of section 1306.20 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall maintain the ability to compile and publish, and shall compile and publish, biennially in a paper, book, or other nonelectronic format copies of the election statistics of Ohio, the official roster of federal, state, and county officers, and the official roster of township and municipal officers for purposes of requests made under section 149.43 of the Revised Code for copies of those documents in such format. Subject to the applicable maximum number of copies required to be published under division (A) of this section, the secretary of state shall provide a copy of any of these documents in their paper, book, or other nonelectronic format to a party making such a request under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 149.09.  (A) The secretary of state shall distribute the pamphlet laws in the following manner: one copy of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to each county law library, one copy of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to each county auditor, and one hundred copies of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to the state library board, which shall forward to each library that receives publications under section 149.12 of the Revised Code one copy of each pamphlet law received. Any The secretary of state shall distribute any remaining copies of each pamphlet law received by the secretary of state shall be distributed by the secretary of state on the request of interested persons.
(B)(1) The secretary of state may produce and distribute the pamphlet laws in an electronic format under section 1306.20 of the Revised Code. If the secretary of state produces and distributes the pamphlet laws in an electronic format, any rules that the secretary of state adopts under section 1306.20 of the Revised Code relative to the pamphlet laws in electronic format are not required to be consistent with the rules adopted by the department of administrative services under division (A) of section 1306.21 of the Revised Code. In those rules, the secretary of state shall establish a schedule for the electronic distribution of the pamphlet laws to county law libraries, county auditors, and the state library board in accordance with division (A) of this section and may authorize the compiling of one or more pamphlet laws in the same electronic distribution.
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (B) of section 1306.20 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall maintain the ability to produce and distribute, and shall produce and distribute, in a nonelectronic format copies of the pamphlet laws for purposes of requests made under section 149.43 of the Revised Code for copies in that format. The secretary of state shall provide a copy of a pamphlet law in its nonelectronic format to a party making such a request under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 149.091.  The (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall compile, publish, and distribute either annually or biennially in a paper format a maximum of nine hundred copies of the session laws in permanently bound form, either annually or biennially. The permanently bound volumes annual or biennial publication shall contain copies of all enrolled acts and joint resolutions, and. The secretary of state shall contain cause to be printed with each compilation of enrolled acts and joint resolutions distributed a subject index and, a table indicating Revised Code sections affected. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed in each volume, and the secretary of state's certificate that the laws, as assembled therein so compiled and distributed, are true copies of the original enrolled bills acts or joint resolutions in the secretary of state's office.
The secretary of state shall distribute the permanently bound volumes compilations of the session laws in the following manner:
(A)(1) One hundred nine copies shall be forwarded to the clerk of the house of representatives.
(B)(2) Forty-three copies shall be forwarded to the clerk of the senate.
(C)(3) One copy shall be forwarded to each county auditor.
(D)(4) One copy shall be forwarded to each county law library.
(E)(5) Seventy-five copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio supreme court.
(F)(6) Two copies shall be forwarded to the division of the library of congress.
(G)(7) Two copies shall be forwarded to the state library.
(H)(8) Two copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio historical society.
(I)(9) Thirteen copies shall be forwarded to the legislative service commission.
(J)(10) Two hundred copies may be distributed, free of charge, to public officials.
(K)(11) Remaining copies compilations may be sold by the secretary of state at a price to be determined by the department of administrative services, but such that selling price shall not exceed by ten per cent the cost of publication and distribution.
(B) The secretary of state annually or biennially may compile, publish, and distribute the session laws in an electronic format under section 1306.20 of the Revised Code. The secretary of state may do so instead of compiling and publishing the session laws as provided in division (A) of this section. If the secretary of state compiles and publishes the session laws in an electronic format, the following apply:
(1) Any rules that the secretary of state adopts under section 1306.20 of the Revised Code relative to the session laws in electronic format are not required to be consistent with the rules adopted by the department of administrative services under division (A) of section 1306.21 of the Revised Code.
(2) The session laws in electronic format shall include copies of all enrolled acts and joint resolutions and shall contain a subject index and a table indicating Revised Code sections affected.
(3) Each compilation of the session laws in electronic format shall include the secretary of state's certificate that the laws as so compiled and published are true copies of the original enrolled acts and joint resolutions in the secretary of state's office.
(4) The session laws may be distributed in an electronic format to an individual or entity listed in divisions (A)(1) to (9) of this section in a lesser number than that prescribed in the applicable division if the individual or entity consents to the lesser distribution.
(5) Notwithstanding the maximum number of compilations permitted to be distributed under division (A)(10) of this section, the session laws may be distributed in an electronic format to public officials free of charge.
(6) Subject to the selling price limitation of division (A)(11) of this section, the session laws may be sold in an electronic format to individuals or entities not covered by divisions (A)(1) to (10) of this section.
Section 2. That existing sections 101.531, 111.12, 149.09, and 149.091 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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