To enact section 5145.031 of the Revised Code to require the Director of Rehabilitation and Correction to adopt rules governing the work of prisoners at the Governor's residence.

Section 1. That section 5145.031 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 5145.031. (A) The rules adopted by the director of rehabilitation and correction under division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code shall include all of the following with regard to prisoners who work at the governor's residence:

(1) A requirement that the criminal history of any prisoner who may be assigned to work at the governor's residence be reviewed before the prisoner is so assigned and a prohibition against any prisoner with a record of violent offenses, sexual offenses, or multiple felonies of the first or second degree working at the governor's residence;

(2) A requirement that all prisoners who work at the governor's residence be under the direct and immediate supervision and control of corrections professionals or law enforcement officers at all times and that the corrections professionals or law enforcement officers have access to all parts of the governor's residence to which the prisoners have access;

(3) A clear definition of the boundaries at and around the governor's residence beyond which prisoners may not go, the immediate removal from and ineligibility for future employment at the governor's residence of any prisoner who goes beyond the boundaries, and the training of all personnel who work at the governor's residence in the rules pertaining to the boundaries;

(4) Restrictions on the access of prisoners to dangerous tools, including procedures to ensure that every prisoner is assigned only tools appropriate for the job the prisoner is to perform, is required to sign a log for each tool upon taking it from and returning it to storage, and does not have unsupervised access to axes, chainsaws, or other dangerous, portable implements.

(B) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt the rules required by division (A) of this section in consultation with the department of public safety and the department of administrative services.