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Am. H. B. No. 406As Reported by the House State Government CommitteeAs Reported by the House State Government Committee
124th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2001-2002 |
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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.
(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 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) 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. (2) 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. (3) 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. (4) 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. (5) 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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