130th Ohio General Assembly
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H. B. No. 139  As Passed by the House
As Passed by the House

129th General Assembly
Regular Session
2011-2012
H. B. No. 139


Representative McKenney 

Cosponsors: Representatives Clyde, Schuring, Sykes, Gerberry, Huffman, Luckie, Celeste, Antonio, Newbold, Baker, Roegner, Maag, Stebelton, Fedor, Adams, R., Amstutz, Anielski, Barnes, Beck, Blair, Budish, Carney, Combs, Derickson, Dovilla, Fende, Foley, Gardner, Garland, Goyal, Hagan, C., Hagan, R., Heard, Letson, McClain, Mecklenborg, Milkovich, O'Brien, Okey, Patmon, Ramos, Slaby, Slesnick, Stinziano, Weddington Speaker Batchelder 



A BILL
To amend sections 145.01, 145.011, 151.04, 154.01, 185.03, 185.05, 3304.30, 3305.01, 3333.045, 3333.11, 3333.111, 3333.611, 3334.01, 3345.04, 3345.12, 3345.121, 3345.17, 3345.201, 3345.28, 3345.281, 3345.31, 3345.32, 3345.34, 3345.50, 3345.51, 3345.71, 3350.10, 3350.11, 3350.12, 3350.13, and 3350.14 of the Revised Code and Sections 371.10, 371.20.80, and 371.40.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly and Section 105.45.20 of Sub. H.B. 462 of the 128th General Assembly to rename the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy as the Northeast Ohio Medical University and to declare an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 145.01, 145.011, 151.04, 154.01, 185.03, 185.05, 3304.30, 3305.01, 3333.045, 3333.11, 3333.111, 3333.611, 3334.01, 3345.04, 3345.12, 3345.121, 3345.17, 3345.201, 3345.28, 3345.281, 3345.31, 3345.32, 3345.34, 3345.50, 3345.51, 3345.71, 3350.10, 3350.11, 3350.12, 3350.13, and 3350.14 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 145.01.  As used in this chapter:
(A) "Public employee" means:
(1) Any person holding an office, not elective, under the state or any county, township, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health district, metropolitan housing authority, state retirement board, Ohio historical society, public library, county law library, union cemetery, joint hospital, institutional commissary, state university, or board, bureau, commission, council, committee, authority, or administrative body as the same are, or have been, created by action of the general assembly or by the legislative authority of any of the units of local government named in division (A)(1) of this section, or employed and paid in whole or in part by the state or any of the authorities named in division (A)(1) of this section in any capacity not covered by section 742.01, 3307.01, 3309.01, or 5505.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) A person who is a member of the public employees retirement system and who continues to perform the same or similar duties under the direction of a contractor who has contracted to take over what before the date of the contract was a publicly operated function. The governmental unit with which the contract has been made shall be deemed the employer for the purposes of administering this chapter.
(3) Any person who is an employee of a public employer, notwithstanding that the person's compensation for that employment is derived from funds of a person or entity other than the employer. Credit for such service shall be included as total service credit, provided that the employee makes the payments required by this chapter, and the employer makes the payments required by sections 145.48 and 145.51 of the Revised Code.
(4) A person who elects in accordance with section 145.015 of the Revised Code to remain a contributing member of the public employees retirement system.
In all cases of doubt, the public employees retirement board shall determine whether any person is a public employee, and its decision is final.
(B) "Member" means any public employee, other than a public employee excluded or exempted from membership in the retirement system by section 145.03, 145.031, 145.032, 145.033, 145.034, 145.035, or 145.38 of the Revised Code. "Member" includes a PERS retirant who becomes a member under division (C) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. "Member" also includes a disability benefit recipient.
(C) "Head of the department" means the elective or appointive head of the several executive, judicial, and administrative departments, institutions, boards, and commissions of the state and local government as the same are created and defined by the laws of this state or, in case of a charter government, by that charter.
(D) "Employer" or "public employer" means the state or any county, township, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health district, metropolitan housing authority, state retirement board, Ohio historical society, public library, county law library, union cemetery, joint hospital, institutional commissary, state medical college university, state university, or board, bureau, commission, council, committee, authority, or administrative body as the same are, or have been, created by action of the general assembly or by the legislative authority of any of the units of local government named in this division not covered by section 742.01, 3307.01, 3309.01, or 5505.01 of the Revised Code. In addition, "employer" means the employer of any public employee.
(E) "Prior service" means all service as a public employee rendered before January 1, 1935, and all service as an employee of any employer who comes within the state teachers retirement system or of the school employees retirement system or of any other retirement system established under the laws of this state rendered prior to January 1, 1935, provided that if the employee claiming the service was employed in any capacity covered by that other system after that other system was established, credit for the service may be allowed by the public employees retirement system only when the employee has made payment, to be computed on the salary earned from the date of appointment to the date membership was established in the public employees retirement system, at the rate in effect at the time of payment, and the employer has made payment of the corresponding full liability as provided by section 145.44 of the Revised Code. "Prior service" also means all service credited for active duty with the armed forces of the United States as provided in section 145.30 of the Revised Code.
If an employee who has been granted prior service credit by the public employees retirement system for service rendered prior to January 1, 1935, as an employee of a board of education establishes, before retirement, one year or more of contributing service in the state teachers retirement system or school employees retirement system, then the prior service ceases to be the liability of this system.
If the board determines that a position of any member in any calendar year prior to January 1, 1935, was a part-time position, the board shall determine what fractional part of a year's credit shall be allowed by the following formula:
(1) When the member has been either elected or appointed to an office the term of which was two or more years and for which an annual salary is established, the fractional part of the year's credit shall be computed as follows:
First, when the member's annual salary is one thousand dollars or less, the service credit for each such calendar year shall be forty per cent of a year.
Second, for each full one hundred dollars of annual salary above one thousand dollars, the member's service credit for each such calendar year shall be increased by two and one-half per cent.
(2) When the member is paid on a per diem basis, the service credit for any single year of the service shall be determined by using the number of days of service for which the compensation was received in any such year as a numerator and using two hundred fifty days as a denominator.
(3) When the member is paid on an hourly basis, the service credit for any single year of the service shall be determined by using the number of hours of service for which the compensation was received in any such year as a numerator and using two thousand hours as a denominator.
(F) "Contributor" means any person who has an account in the employees' savings fund created by section 145.23 of the Revised Code. When used in the sections listed in division (B) of section 145.82 of the Revised Code, "contributor" includes any person participating in a PERS defined contribution plan.
(G) "Beneficiary" or "beneficiaries" means the estate or a person or persons who, as the result of the death of a member, contributor, or retirant, qualify for or are receiving some right or benefit under this chapter.
(H)(1) "Total service credit," except as provided in section 145.37 of the Revised Code, means all service credited to a member of the retirement system since last becoming a member, including restored service credit as provided by section 145.31 of the Revised Code; credit purchased under sections 145.293 and 145.299 of the Revised Code; all the member's prior service credit; all the member's military service credit computed as provided in this chapter; all service credit established pursuant to section 145.297 of the Revised Code; and any other service credited under this chapter. In addition, "total service credit" includes any period, not in excess of three years, during which a member was out of service and receiving benefits under Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code. For the exclusive purpose of satisfying the service credit requirement and of determining eligibility for benefits under sections 145.32, 145.33, 145.331, 145.35, 145.36, and 145.361 of the Revised Code, "five or more years of total service credit" means sixty or more calendar months of contributing service in this system.
(2) "One and one-half years of contributing service credit," as used in division (B) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code, also means eighteen or more calendar months of employment by a municipal corporation that formerly operated its own retirement plan for its employees or a part of its employees, provided that all employees of that municipal retirement plan who have eighteen or more months of such employment, upon establishing membership in the public employees retirement system, shall make a payment of the contributions they would have paid had they been members of this system for the eighteen months of employment preceding the date membership was established. When that payment has been made by all such employee members, a corresponding payment shall be paid into the employers' accumulation fund by that municipal corporation as the employer of the employees.
(3) Where a member also is a member of the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system, or both, except in cases of retirement on a combined basis pursuant to section 145.37 of the Revised Code or as provided in section 145.383 of the Revised Code, service credit for any period shall be credited on the basis of the ratio that contributions to the public employees retirement system bear to total contributions in all state retirement systems.
(4) Not more than one year of credit may be given for any period of twelve months.
(5) "Ohio service credit" means credit for service that was rendered to the state or any of its political subdivisions or any employer.
(I) "Regular interest" means interest at any rates for the respective funds and accounts as the public employees retirement board may determine from time to time.
(J) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts credited to a contributor's individual account in the employees' savings fund together with any interest credited to the contributor's account under section 145.471 or 145.472 of the Revised Code.
(K)(1) "Final average salary" means the quotient obtained by dividing by three the sum of the three full calendar years of contributing service in which the member's earnable salary was highest, except that if the member has a partial year of contributing service in the year the member's employment terminates and the member's earnable salary for the partial year is higher than for any comparable period in the three years, the member's earnable salary for the partial year shall be substituted for the member's earnable salary for the comparable period during the three years in which the member's earnable salary was lowest.
(2) If a member has less than three years of contributing service, the member's final average salary shall be the member's total earnable salary divided by the total number of years, including any fraction of a year, of the member's contributing service.
(3) For the purpose of calculating benefits payable to a member qualifying for service credit under division (Z) of this section, "final average salary" means the total earnable salary on which contributions were made divided by the total number of years during which contributions were made, including any fraction of a year. If contributions were made for less than twelve months, "final average salary" means the member's total earnable salary.
(L) "Annuity" means payments for life derived from contributions made by a contributor and paid from the annuity and pension reserve fund as provided in this chapter. All annuities shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments.
(M) "Annuity reserve" means the present value, computed upon the basis of the mortality and other tables adopted by the board, of all payments to be made on account of any annuity, or benefit in lieu of any annuity, granted to a retirant as provided in this chapter.
(N)(1) "Disability retirement" means retirement as provided in section 145.36 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Disability allowance" means an allowance paid on account of disability under section 145.361 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Disability benefit" means a benefit paid as disability retirement under section 145.36 of the Revised Code, as a disability allowance under section 145.361 of the Revised Code, or as a disability benefit under section 145.37 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Disability benefit recipient" means a member who is receiving a disability benefit.
(O) "Age and service retirement" means retirement as provided in sections 145.32, 145.33, 145.331, 145.34, 145.37, and 145.46 of the Revised Code.
(P) "Pensions" means annual payments for life derived from contributions made by the employer that at the time of retirement are credited into the annuity and pension reserve fund from the employers' accumulation fund and paid from the annuity and pension reserve fund as provided in this chapter. All pensions shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments.
(Q) "Retirement allowance" means the pension plus that portion of the benefit derived from contributions made by the member.
(R)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (R) of this section, "earnable salary" means all salary, wages, and other earnings paid to a contributor by reason of employment in a position covered by the retirement system. The salary, wages, and other earnings shall be determined prior to determination of the amount required to be contributed to the employees' savings fund under section 145.47 of the Revised Code and without regard to whether any of the salary, wages, or other earnings are treated as deferred income for federal income tax purposes. "Earnable salary" includes the following:
(a) Payments made by the employer in lieu of salary, wages, or other earnings for sick leave, personal leave, or vacation used by the contributor;
(b) Payments made by the employer for the conversion of sick leave, personal leave, and vacation leave accrued, but not used if the payment is made during the year in which the leave is accrued, except that payments made pursuant to section 124.383 or 124.386 of the Revised Code are not earnable salary;
(c) Allowances paid by the employer for full maintenance, consisting of housing, laundry, and meals, as certified to the retirement board by the employer or the head of the department that employs the contributor;
(d) Fees and commissions paid under section 507.09 of the Revised Code;
(e) Payments that are made under a disability leave program sponsored by the employer and for which the employer is required by section 145.296 of the Revised Code to make periodic employer and employee contributions;
(f) Amounts included pursuant to divisions (K)(3) and (Y) of this section.
(2) "Earnable salary" does not include any of the following:
(a) Fees and commissions, other than those paid under section 507.09 of the Revised Code, paid as sole compensation for personal services and fees and commissions for special services over and above services for which the contributor receives a salary;
(b) Amounts paid by the employer to provide life insurance, sickness, accident, endowment, health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical coverage, or other insurance for the contributor or the contributor's family, or amounts paid by the employer to the contributor in lieu of providing the insurance;
(c) Incidental benefits, including lodging, food, laundry, parking, or services furnished by the employer, or use of the employer's property or equipment, or amounts paid by the employer to the contributor in lieu of providing the incidental benefits;
(d) Reimbursement for job-related expenses authorized by the employer, including moving and travel expenses and expenses related to professional development;
(e) Payments for accrued but unused sick leave, personal leave, or vacation that are made at any time other than in the year in which the sick leave, personal leave, or vacation was accrued;
(f) Payments made to or on behalf of a contributor that are in excess of the annual compensation that may be taken into account by the retirement system under division (a)(17) of section 401 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 401(a)(17), as amended;
(g) Payments made under division (B), (C), or (E) of section 5923.05 of the Revised Code, Section 4 of Substitute Senate Bill No. 3 of the 119th general assembly, Section 3 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 164 of the 124th general assembly, or Amended Substitute House Bill No. 405 of the 124th general assembly;
(h) Anything of value received by the contributor that is based on or attributable to retirement or an agreement to retire, except that payments made on or before January 1, 1989, that are based on or attributable to an agreement to retire shall be included in earnable salary if both of the following apply:
(i) The payments are made in accordance with contract provisions that were in effect prior to January 1, 1986;
(ii) The employer pays the retirement system an amount specified by the retirement board equal to the additional liability resulting from the payments.
(3) The retirement board shall determine by rule whether any compensation not enumerated in division (R) of this section is earnable salary, and its decision shall be final.
(S) "Pension reserve" means the present value, computed upon the basis of the mortality and other tables adopted by the board, of all payments to be made on account of any retirement allowance or benefit in lieu of any retirement allowance, granted to a member or beneficiary under this chapter.
(T)(1) "Contributing service" means all service credited to a member of the system since January 1, 1935, for which contributions are made as required by sections 145.47, 145.48, and 145.483 of the Revised Code. In any year subsequent to 1934, credit for any service shall be allowed by the following formula:
(a) For each month for which the member's earnable salary is two hundred fifty dollars or more, allow one month's credit.
(b) For each month for which the member's earnable salary is less than two hundred fifty dollars, allow a fraction of a month's credit. The numerator of this fraction shall be the earnable salary during the month, and the denominator shall be two hundred fifty dollars, except that if the member's annual earnable salary is less than six hundred dollars, the member's credit shall not be reduced below twenty per cent of a year for a calendar year of employment during which the member worked each month. Division (T)(1)(b) of this section shall not reduce any credit earned before January 1, 1985.
(2) Notwithstanding division (T)(1) of this section, an elected official who prior to January 1, 1980, was granted a full year of credit for each year of service as an elected official shall be considered to have earned a full year of credit for each year of service regardless of whether the service was full-time or part-time. The public employees retirement board has no authority to reduce the credit.
(U) "State retirement board" means the public employees retirement board, the school employees retirement board, or the state teachers retirement board.
(V) "Retirant" means any former member who retires and is receiving a monthly allowance as provided in sections 145.32, 145.33, 145.331, 145.34, and 145.46 of the Revised Code.
(W) "Employer contribution" means the amount paid by an employer as determined under section 145.48 of the Revised Code.
(X) "Public service terminates" means the last day for which a public employee is compensated for services performed for an employer or the date of the employee's death, whichever occurs first.
(Y) When a member has been elected or appointed to an office, the term of which is two or more years, for which an annual salary is established, and in the event that the salary of the office is increased and the member is denied the additional salary by reason of any constitutional provision prohibiting an increase in salary during a term of office, the member may elect to have the amount of the member's contributions calculated upon the basis of the increased salary for the office. At the member's request, the board shall compute the total additional amount the member would have contributed, or the amount by which each of the member's contributions would have increased, had the member received the increased salary for the office the member holds. If the member elects to have the amount by which the member's contribution would have increased withheld from the member's salary, the member shall notify the employer, and the employer shall make the withholding and transmit it to the retirement system. A member who has not elected to have that amount withheld may elect at any time to make a payment to the retirement system equal to the additional amount the member's contribution would have increased, plus interest on that contribution, compounded annually at a rate established by the board and computed from the date on which the last contribution would have been withheld from the member's salary to the date of payment. A member may make a payment for part of the period for which the increased contribution was not withheld, in which case the interest shall be computed from the date the last contribution would have been withheld for the period for which the payment is made. Upon the payment of the increased contributions as provided in this division, the increased annual salary as provided by law for the office for the period for which the member paid increased contributions thereon shall be used in determining the member's earnable salary for the purpose of computing the member's final average salary.
(Z) "Five years of service credit," for the exclusive purpose of satisfying the service credit requirements and of determining eligibility for benefits under section 145.33 of the Revised Code, means employment covered under this chapter or under a former retirement plan operated, recognized, or endorsed by the employer prior to coverage under this chapter or under a combination of the coverage.
(AA) "Deputy sheriff" means any person who is commissioned and employed as a full-time peace officer by the sheriff of any county, and has been so employed since on or before December 31, 1965; any person who is or has been commissioned and employed as a peace officer by the sheriff of any county since January 1, 1966, and who has received a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of the peace officer training school as required by section 109.77 of the Revised Code; or any person deputized by the sheriff of any county and employed pursuant to section 2301.12 of the Revised Code as a criminal bailiff or court constable who has received a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of the peace officer training school as required by section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(BB) "Township constable or police officer in a township police department or district" means any person who is commissioned and employed as a full-time peace officer pursuant to Chapter 505. or 509. of the Revised Code, who has received a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of the peace officer training school as required by section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(CC) "Drug agent" means any person who is either of the following:
(1) Employed full time as a narcotics agent by a county narcotics agency created pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised Code and has received a certificate attesting to the satisfactory completion of the peace officer training school as required by section 109.77 of the Revised Code;
(2) Employed full time as an undercover drug agent as defined in section 109.79 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(DD) "Department of public safety enforcement agent" means a full-time employee of the department of public safety who is designated under section 5502.14 of the Revised Code as an enforcement agent and who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(EE) "Natural resources law enforcement staff officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is designated a natural resources law enforcement staff officer under section 1501.013 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(FF) "Park officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is designated a park officer under section 1541.10 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(GG) "Forest officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is designated a forest officer under section 1503.29 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(HH) "Preserve officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is designated a preserve officer under section 1517.10 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(II) "Wildlife officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is designated a wildlife officer under section 1531.13 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(JJ) "State watercraft officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is designated a state watercraft officer under section 1547.521 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(KK) "Park district police officer" means a full-time employee of a park district who is designated pursuant to section 511.232 or 1545.13 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(LL) "Conservancy district officer" means a full-time employee of a conservancy district who is designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(MM) "Municipal police officer" means a member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation who is employed full time, is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code, and is not a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund.
(NN) "Veterans' home police officer" means any person who is employed at a veterans' home as a police officer pursuant to section 5907.02 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(OO) "Special police officer for a mental health institution" means any person who is designated as such pursuant to section 5119.14 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(PP) "Special police officer for an institution for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled" means any person who is designated as such pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(QQ) "State university law enforcement officer" means any person who is employed full time as a state university law enforcement officer pursuant to section 3345.04 of the Revised Code and who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(RR) "House sergeant at arms" means any person appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives under division (B)(1) of section 101.311 of the Revised Code who has arrest authority under division (E)(1) of that section.
(SS) "Assistant house sergeant at arms" means any person appointed by the house sergeant at arms under division (C)(1) of section 101.311 of the Revised Code.
(TT) "Regional transit authority police officer" means a person who is employed full time as a regional transit authority police officer under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(UU) "State highway patrol police officer" means a special police officer employed full time and designated by the superintendent of the state highway patrol pursuant to section 5503.09 of the Revised Code or a person serving full time as a special police officer pursuant to that section on a permanent basis on October 21, 1997, who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(VV) "Municipal public safety director" means a person who serves full time as the public safety director of a municipal corporation with the duty of directing the activities of the municipal corporation's police department and fire department.
(WW) Notwithstanding section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, "PERS law enforcement officer" means a sheriff or any of the following whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state: a deputy sheriff, township constable or police officer in a township police department or district, drug agent, department of public safety enforcement agent, natural resources law enforcement staff officer, park officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, state watercraft officer, park district police officer, conservancy district officer, veterans' home police officer, special police officer for a mental health institution, special police officer for an institution for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled, state university law enforcement officer, municipal police officer, house sergeant at arms, assistant house sergeant at arms, regional transit authority police officer, or state highway patrol police officer. PERS law enforcement officer also includes a person serving as a municipal public safety director at any time during the period from September 29, 2005, to the effective date of this amendment March 24, 2009, if the duties of that service were to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state.
(XX) "Hamilton county municipal court bailiff" means a person appointed by the clerk of courts of the Hamilton county municipal court under division (A)(3) of section 1901.32 of the Revised Code who is employed full time as a bailiff or deputy bailiff, who has received a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of the peace officer basic training described in division (D)(1) of section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(YY) "PERS public safety officer" means a Hamilton county municipal court bailiff, or any of the following whose primary duties are other than to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state: a deputy sheriff, township constable or police officer in a township police department or district, drug agent, department of public safety enforcement agent, natural resources law enforcement staff officer, park officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, state watercraft officer, park district police officer, conservancy district officer, veterans' home police officer, special police officer for a mental health institution, special police officer for an institution for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled, state university law enforcement officer, municipal police officer, house sergeant at arms, assistant house sergeant at arms, regional transit authority police officer, or state highway patrol police officer. PERS public safety officer also includes a person serving as a municipal public safety director at any time during the period from September 29, 2005, to the effective date of this amendment March 24, 2009, if the duties of that service were other than to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state.
(ZZ) "Fiduciary" means a person who does any of the following:
(1) Exercises any discretionary authority or control with respect to the management of the system or with respect to the management or disposition of its assets;
(2) Renders investment advice for a fee, direct or indirect, with respect to money or property of the system;
(3) Has any discretionary authority or responsibility in the administration of the system.
(AAA) "Actuary" means an individual who satisfies all of the following requirements:
(1) Is a member of the American academy of actuaries;
(2) Is an associate or fellow of the society of actuaries;
(3) Has a minimum of five years' experience in providing actuarial services to public retirement plans.
(BBB) "PERS defined benefit plan" means the plan described in sections 145.201 to 145.79 of the Revised Code.
(CCC) "PERS defined contribution plans" means the plan or plans established under section 145.81 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 145.011.  In addition to the membership of the public employees retirement system as prescribed in division (A) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and notwithstanding Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code, there shall be included in such membership all of the following:
(A) The nonteaching employees of the Cleveland state university and the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university;
(B) Any person who elects to transfer from the school employees retirement system to the public employees retirement system under section 3309.312 of the Revised Code;
(C) Any person who is employed full-time on or after September 16, 1998, pursuant to section 3345.04 of the Revised Code by the university of Akron as a state university law enforcement officer.
Such employees are included in the definition of member as used in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code. The universities and colleges shall be subject to the obligations imposed by Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.
Sec. 151.04.  This section applies to obligations as defined in this section.
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Costs of capital facilities" include related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the using institution.
(2) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of capital facilities for state-supported or state-assisted institutions of higher education.
(3) "State-supported or state-assisted institutions of higher education" means a state university or college, or community college district, technical college district, university branch district, or state community college, or other institution for education, including technical education, beyond the high school, receiving state support or assistance for its expenses of operation. "State university or college" means each of the state universities identified in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code and the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university.
(4) "Using institution" means the state-supported or state-assisted institution of higher education, or two or more institutions acting jointly, that are the ultimate users of capital facilities for state-supported and state-assisted institutions of higher education financed with net proceeds of obligations.
(B) The issuing authority shall issue obligations to pay costs of capital facilities for state-supported and state-assisted institutions of higher education pursuant to Section 2n of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section.
(C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited into the higher education improvement fund created by division (F) of section 154.21 of the Revised Code.
(D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "higher education capital facilities bond service fund." All moneys received by the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with sections 151.01 and 151.04 of the Revised Code, to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund, and all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund, shall be deposited and credited to the bond service fund, subject to any applicable provisions of the bond proceedings but without necessity for any act of appropriation. During the period beginning with the date of the first issuance of obligations and continuing during the time that any obligations are outstanding in accordance with their terms, so long as moneys in the bond service fund are insufficient to pay debt service when due on those obligations payable from that fund (except the principal amounts of bond anticipation notes payable from the proceeds of renewal notes or bonds anticipated) and due in the particular fiscal year, a sufficient amount of revenues of the state is committed and, without necessity for further act of appropriation, shall be paid to the bond service fund for the purpose of paying that debt service when due.
Sec. 154.01.  As used in this chapter:
(A) "Commission" means the Ohio public facilities commission created in section 151.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Obligations" means bonds, notes, or other evidences of obligation, including interest coupons pertaining thereto, issued pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code.
(C) "Bond proceedings" means the order or orders, resolution or resolutions, trust agreement, indenture, lease, and other agreements, amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any combination thereof, authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to, or providing for the security of, obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and the provisions contained in such obligations.
(D) "State agencies" means the state of Ohio and officers, boards, commissions, departments, divisions, or other units or agencies of the state.
(E) "Governmental agency" means state agencies, state supported and assisted institutions of higher education, municipal corporations, counties, townships, school districts, and any other political subdivision or special district in this state established pursuant to law, and, except where otherwise indicated, also means the United States or any department, division, or agency thereof, and any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement.
(F) "Institutions of higher education" and "state supported or state assisted institutions of higher education" means the state universities identified in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, state universities or colleges at any time created, community college districts, university branch districts, and technical college districts at any time established or operating under Chapter 3354., 3355., or 3357. of the Revised Code, and other institutions for education, including technical education, beyond the high school, receiving state support or assistance for their expenses of operation.
(G) "Governing body" means:
(1) In the case of institutions of higher education, the board of trustees, board of directors, commission, or other body vested by law with the general management, conduct, and control of one or more institutions of higher education;
(2) In the case of a county, the board of county commissioners or other legislative body; in the case of a municipal corporation, the council or other legislative body; in the case of a township, the board of township trustees; in the case of a school district, the board of education;
(3) In the case of any other governmental agency, the officer, board, commission, authority or other body having the general management thereof or having jurisdiction or authority in the particular circumstances.
(H) "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(I) "Bond service charges" means principal, including mandatory sinking fund requirements for retirement of obligations, and interest, and redemption premium, if any, required to be paid by the state on obligations. If not prohibited by the applicable bond proceedings, bond service charges may include costs relating to credit enhancement facilities that are related to and represent, or are intended to provide a source of payment of or limitation on, other bond service charges.
(J) "Capital facilities" means buildings, structures, and other improvements, and equipment, real estate, and interests in real estate therefor, within the state, and any one, part of, or combination of the foregoing, to serve the general purposes for which the issuing authority is authorized to issue obligations pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, drives, roadways, parking facilities, walks, lighting, machinery, furnishings, utilities, landscaping, wharves, docks, piers, reservoirs, dams, tunnels, bridges, retaining walls, riprap, culverts, ditches, channels, watercourses, retention basins, standpipes and water storage facilities, waste treatment and disposal facilities, heating, air conditioning and communications facilities, inns, lodges, cabins, camping sites, golf courses, boat and bathing facilities, athletic and recreational facilities, and site improvements.
(K) "Costs of capital facilities" means the costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, equipping, or furnishing capital facilities, and the financing thereof, including the cost of clearance and preparation of the site and of any land to be used in connection with capital facilities, the cost of any indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the commission or issuing authority and department of administrative services, or other designees of the commission under section 154.17 of the Revised Code, cost of engineering and architectural services, designs, plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates of cost, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositories, and paying agents for the obligations, cost of issuance of the obligations and financing charges and fees and expenses of financial advisers and consultants in connection therewith, interest on obligations from the date thereof to the time when interest is to be covered from sources other than proceeds of obligations, amounts necessary to establish reserves as required by the bond proceedings, costs of audits, the reimbursement of all moneys advanced or applied by or borrowed from any governmental agency, whether to or by the commission or others, from whatever source provided, for the payment of any item or items of cost of the capital facilities, any share of the cost undertaken by the commission pursuant to arrangements made with governmental agencies under division (H) of section 154.06 of the Revised Code, and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to capital facilities, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement, equipment, and furnishing of capital facilities, the financing thereof and the placing of the same in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses.
(L) "Public service facilities" means inns, lodges, hotels, cabins, camping sites, scenic trails, picnic sites, restaurants, commissaries, golf courses, boating and bathing facilities and other similar facilities in state parks.
(M) "State parks" means:
(1) State reservoirs described and identified in section 1541.06 of the Revised Code;
(2) All lands or interests therein of the state identified as administered by the division of parks and recreation in the "inventory of state owned lands administered by the department of natural resources as of June 1, 1963," as recorded in the journal of the director, which inventory was prepared by the real estate section of the department and is supported by maps now on file in said real estate section;
(3) All lands or interests in lands of the state designated after June 1, 1963, as state parks in the journal of the director with the approval of the recreation and resources council.
State parks do not include any lands or interest in lands of the state administered jointly by two or more divisions of the department of natural resources. The designation of lands as state parks under divisions (M)(1) to (3) of this section is conclusive and such lands shall be under the control of and administered by the division of parks and recreation. No order or proceeding designating lands as state parks or park purchase areas is subject to any appeal or review by any officer, board, commission, or court.
(N) "Bond service fund" means the applicable fund created for and pledged to the payment of bond service charges under section 154.20, 154.21, 154.22, or 154.23 of the Revised Code, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited thereto.
(O) "Improvement fund" means the applicable fund created for the payment of costs of capital facilities under section 154.20, 154.21, 154.22, or 3383.09 of the Revised Code, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited thereto.
(P) "Special funds" or "funds" means, except where the context does not permit, the bond service funds, the improvements funds, and any other funds for similar or different purposes created under bond proceedings, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited thereto.
(Q) "Year" unless the context indicates a different meaning or intent, means a calendar year beginning on the first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December.
(R) "Fiscal year" means the period of twelve months beginning on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June.
(S) "Issuing authority" means the treasurer of state or the officer or employee who by law performs the functions of that office.
(T) "Credit enhancement facilities" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code.
(U) "Ohio cultural facility" and "Ohio sports facility" have the same meanings as in section 3383.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 185.03. (A) The patient centered medical home education advisory group is hereby created for the purpose of implementing and administering the patient centered medical home pilot project. The advisory group shall develop a set of expected outcomes for the pilot project.
(B) The advisory group shall consist of the following voting members:
(1) One individual with expertise in the training and education of primary care physicians who is appointed by the dean of the university of Toledo college of medicine;
(2) One individual with expertise in the training and education of primary care physicians who is appointed by the dean of the Boonshoft school of medicine at Wright state university;
(3) One individual with expertise in the training and education of primary care physicians who is appointed by the president and dean of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities colleges of medicine and pharmacy medical university;
(4) One individual with expertise in the training and education of primary care physicians who is appointed by the dean of the Ohio university college of osteopathic medicine;
(5) Two individuals appointed by the governing board of the Ohio academy of family physicians;
(6) One individual appointed by the governing board of the Ohio chapter of the American college of physicians;
(7) One individual appointed by the governing board of the American academy of pediatrics;
(8) One individual appointed by the governing board of the Ohio osteopathic association;
(9) One individual with expertise in the training and education of advanced practice nurses who is appointed by the governing board of the Ohio council of deans and directors of baccalaureate and higher degree programs in nursing;
(10) One individual appointed by the governing board of the Ohio nurses association;
(11) One individual appointed by the governing board of the Ohio association of advanced practice nurses;
(12) A member of the health care coverage and quality council, other than the advisory group member specified in division (C)(2) of this section, appointed by the superintendent of insurance.
(C) The advisory group shall consist of the following nonvoting, ex officio members:
(1) The executive director of the state medical board, or the director's designee;
(2) The executive director of the board of nursing or the director's designee;
(3) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, or the chancellor's designee;
(4) The individual within the department of job and family services who serves as the director of medicaid, or the director's designee;
(5) The director of health or the director's designee.
(D) Advisory group members who are appointed shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities. Terms of office of appointed members shall be three years, except that a member's term ends if the pilot project ceases operation during the member's term.
Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments.
Members shall serve without compensation, except to the extent that serving on the advisory group is considered part of their regular employment duties.
(E) The advisory group shall select from among its members a chairperson and vice-chairperson. The advisory group may select any other officers it considers necessary to conduct its business.
A majority of the members of the advisory group constitutes a quorum for the transaction of official business. A majority of a quorum is necessary for the advisory group to take any action, except that when one or more members of a quorum are required to abstain from voting as provided in division (C)(1)(d) or (C)(2)(c) of section 185.05 of the Revised Code, the number of members necessary for a majority of a quorum shall be reduced accordingly.
The advisory group shall meet as necessary to fulfill its duties. The times and places for the meetings shall be selected by the chairperson.
(F) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the advisory group.
Sec. 185.05. (A) The patient centered medical home education advisory group shall accept applications for inclusion in the patient centered medical home education pilot project from primary care practices with educational affiliations, as determined by the advisory group, with one or more of the following:
(1) The Boonshoft school of medicine at Wright state university;
(2) The university of Toledo college of medicine;
(3) The northeastern northeast Ohio universities colleges of medicine and pharmacy medical university;
(4) The Ohio university college of osteopathic medicine;
(5) The college of nursing at the university of Toledo;
(6) The Wright state university college of nursing and health;
(7) The college of nursing at Kent state university;
(8) The university of Akron college of nursing;
(9) The school of nursing at Ohio university.
(B)(1) Subject to division (C)(1) of this section, the advisory group shall select for inclusion in the pilot project not more than the following number of physician practices:
(a) Ten practices affiliated with the Boonshoft school of medicine at Wright state university;
(b) Ten practices affiliated with the university of Toledo college of medicine;
(c) Ten practices affiliated with the northeastern northeast Ohio universities colleges of medicine and pharmacy medical university;
(d) Ten practices affiliated with the centers for osteopathic research and education of the Ohio university college of osteopathic medicine.
(2) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, the advisory group shall select for inclusion in the pilot project not less than the following number of advanced practice nurse primary care practices:
(a) One practice affiliated with the college of nursing at the university of Toledo;
(b) One practice affiliated with the Wright state university college of nursing and health;
(c) One practice affiliated with the college of nursing at Kent state university or the university of Akron college of nursing;
(d) One practice affiliated with the school of nursing at Ohio university.
(C)(1) All of the following apply with respect to the selection of physician practices under division (B) of this section:
(a) The advisory group shall strive to select physician practices in such a manner that the pilot project includes a diverse range of primary care specialties, including practices specializing in pediatrics, geriatrics, general internal medicine, or family medicine.
(b) When evaluating an application, the advisory group shall consider the percentage of patients in the physician practice who are part of a medically underserved population, including medicaid recipients and individuals without health insurance.
(c) The advisory group shall select not fewer than six practices that serve rural areas of this state, as those areas are determined by the advisory group.
(d) A member of the advisory group shall abstain from participating in any vote taken regarding the selection of a physician practice if the member would receive any financial benefit from having the practice included in the pilot project.
(2) All of the following apply with respect to the selection of advanced practice nurse primary care practices under division (B) of this section:
(a) When evaluating an application, the advisory group shall consider the percentage of patients in the advanced practice nurse primary care practice who are part of a medically underserved population, including medicaid recipients and individuals without health insurance.
(b) If the advisory group determines that it has not received an application from a sufficiently qualified advanced practice nurse primary care practice affiliated with a particular institution specified in division (B)(2) of this section, the advisory group shall make the selections required under that division in such a manner that the greatest possible number of those institutions are represented in the pilot project. To be selected in this manner, a practice remains subject to the eligibility requirements specified in division (B) of section 185.06 of the Revised Code. As specified in division (B)(2) of this section, the number of practices selected for inclusion in the pilot project shall be at least four.
(c) A member of the advisory group shall abstain from participating in any vote taken regarding the selection of an advanced practice nurse primary care practice if the member would receive any financial benefit from having the practice included in the pilot project.
Sec. 3304.30.  Every person in charge of governmental property to be substantially renovated or who is responsible for the acquisition, lease, or rental of such property shall consult with the director of the bureau of services for the visually impaired prior to such renovation, acquisition, lease, or rental to determine if sufficient numbers of persons will be using such property to support a suitable vending facility. If the director determines that such property would be a satisfactory site for a suitable vending facility, provision shall be made for electrical outlets, plumbing fixtures, and other requirements for the installation and operation of a suitable vending facility. In the case of a state university, college of medicine medical university, technical college, state community college, community college, university branch district, or state-affiliated college or university, the decision to establish a suitable vending facility shall be made jointly by the director of services for the visually impaired and proper administrative authorities of the state or state-affiliated college or university.
The bureau shall provide each suitable vending facility with equipment and an adequate initial stock of suitable articles to be vended. An inventory shall be made of each suitable vending facility at least once every six months. Each blind licensee may make his the blind licensee's own inventory on forms prescribed by the bureau, provided that the bureau shall retain the right to make its own inventory at any mutually agreeable time. Each blind licensee may employ and discharge personnel required to operate his the blind licensee's vending facility, but employment preference shall be given to blind persons capable of discharging the required duties, and at all times at least one-half of the employees shall be blind.
Sec. 3305.01.  As used in this chapter:
(A) "Public institution of higher education" means a state university as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, or a university branch, technical college, state community college, community college, or municipal university established or operating under Chapter 3345., 3349., 3354., 3355., 3357., or 3358. of the Revised Code.
(B) "State retirement system" means the public employees retirement system created under Chapter 145. of the Revised Code, the state teachers retirement system created under Chapter 3307. of the Revised Code, or the school employees retirement system created under Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code.
(C) "Eligible employee" means any person employed as a full-time employee of a public institution of higher education.
In all cases of doubt, the board of trustees of the public institution of higher education shall determine whether any person is an eligible employee for purposes of this chapter, and the board's decision shall be final.
(D) "Electing employee" means any eligible employee who elects, pursuant to section 3305.05 or 3305.051 of the Revised Code, to participate in an alternative retirement plan provided pursuant to this chapter or an eligible employee who is required to participate in an alternative retirement plan pursuant to division (C)(4) of section 3305.05 or division (F) of section 3305.051 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Compensation," for purposes of an electing employee, has the same meaning as the applicable one of the following:
(1) If the electing employee would be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code had the employee not made an election pursuant to section 3305.05 or 3305.051 of the Revised Code, "earnable salary" as defined in division (R) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) If the electing employee would be subject to Chapter 3307. of the Revised Code had the employee not made an election pursuant to section 3305.05 or 3305.051 of the Revised Code, "compensation" as defined in division (L) of section 3307.01 of the Revised Code;
(3) If the electing employee would be subject to Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code had the employee not made an election pursuant to section 3305.05 or 3305.051 of the Revised Code, "compensation" as defined in division (V) of section 3309.01 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Provider" means an entity designated under section 3305.03 of the Revised Code as a provider of investment options for an alternative retirement plan.
Sec. 3333.045.  As used in this section, "state university or college" means any state university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, any community college under Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code, any university branch district under Chapter 3355. of the Revised Code, any technical college under Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code, and any state community college under Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code.
The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall work with the attorney general, the auditor of state, and the Ohio ethics commission to develop a model for training members of the boards of trustees of all state universities and colleges and members of the board of regents regarding the authority and responsibilities of a board of trustees or the board of regents. This model shall include a review of fiduciary responsibilities, ethics, and fiscal management. Use of this model by members of boards of trustees and the board of regents shall be voluntary.
Sec. 3333.11.  Each school or college of medicine or medical university supported in whole or in part by the state shall create a curriculum for and maintain a department of family practice, the purpose of which shall be to acquaint undergraduates with and to train postgraduate physicians for the practice of family medicine. The minimum requirements for the department shall include courses of study in family care, including clinical experience, a program of preceptorships, and a program of family practice residencies in university or other hospital settings.
Each program of family practice shall:
(A) Be designated to advance the field of family practice;
(B) Educate all medical students in family practice and encourage students to enter it as a career;
(C) Provide students an opportunity to study family practice in various situations through preceptorships, seminars, model family practice units within the medical school, classroom work, hospital programs, or other means;
(D) Develop residency and other training programs for family practice in public and private hospitals, including those in nonmetropolitan areas of the state;
(E) The department shall be a full department co-equal with all other major clinical departments and headed by a qualified experienced family practitioner serving as chairperson of the department of family practice and director of the family practice residency program.
Funds appropriated by the general assembly in support of family practice programs shall not be disbursed until the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents has certified that the intent and requirements of this section are being met.
Sec. 3333.111.  Each school or college of medicine or medical university supported in whole or in part by the state shall create an office of geriatric medicine within a department to be designated by the dean of the school or college of medicine or medical university, or, in lieu thereof, may establish a separate department of geriatric medicine. The dean of the school or college of medicine or medical university shall designate a member of the medical school or medical, college, or university faculty to establish the office or department, which shall be responsible for incorporating subject matter relating to geriatric medicine into existing courses, arranging courses which relate to geriatric medicine in sequence, and establishing courses in geriatric medicine wherever appropriate, subject to approval of the dean of the school or college of medicine. In addition, the office or department of geriatric medicine shall provide clinical and research experience where it is considered to be necessary and appropriate.
Sec. 3333.611.  (A) All of the following individuals shall jointly develop a proposal for the creation of a primary care medical student component of the choose Ohio first scholarship program operated under section 3333.61 of the Revised Code under which scholarships are annually made available and awarded to medical students who meet the requirements specified in division (D) of this section:
(1) The dean of the Ohio state university school of medicine;
(2) The dean of the Case western reserve university school of medicine;
(3) The dean of the university of Toledo college of medicine;
(4) The president and dean of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities colleges of medicine and pharmacy medical university;
(5) The dean of the university of Cincinnati college of medicine;
(6) The dean of the Boonshoft school of medicine at Wright state university;
(7) The dean of the Ohio university college of osteopathic medicine.
(B) The individuals specified in division (A) of this section shall consider including the following provisions in the proposal:
(1) Establishing a scholarship of sufficient size to permit annually not more than fifty medical students to receive scholarships;
(2) Specifying that a scholarship, once granted, may be provided to a medical student for not more than four years.
(C) The individuals specified in division (A) of this section shall submit the proposal for the component to the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents not later than six months after the effective date of this section March 6, 2011. The chancellor shall review the proposal and determine whether to implement the component as part of the program.
(D) To be eligible for a scholarship made available under the component, a medical student shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Participate in identified patient centered medical home model training opportunities during medical school;
(2) Commit to a post-residency primary care practice in this state for not less than three years;
(3) Accept medicaid recipients as patients, without restriction and, as compared to other patients, in a proportion that is specified in the scholarship.
Sec. 3334.01.  As used in this chapter:
(A) "Aggregate original principal amount" means the aggregate of the initial offering prices to the public of college savings bonds, exclusive of accrued interest, if any. "Aggregate original principal amount" does not mean the aggregate accreted amount payable at maturity or redemption of such bonds.
(B) "Beneficiary" means:
(1) An individual designated by the purchaser under a tuition payment contract or through a scholarship program as the individual on whose behalf tuition units purchased under the contract or awarded through the scholarship program will be applied toward the payment of undergraduate, graduate, or professional tuition; or
(2) An individual designated by the contributor under a variable college savings program contract as the individual whose tuition and other higher education expenses will be paid from a variable college savings program account.
(C) "Capital appreciation bond" means a bond for which the following is true:
(1) The principal amount is less than the amount payable at maturity or early redemption; and
(2) No interest is payable on a current basis.
(D) "Tuition unit" means a credit of the Ohio tuition trust authority purchased under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code. "Tuition unit" includes a tuition credit purchased prior to July 1, 1994.
(E) "College savings bonds" means revenue and other obligations issued on behalf of the state or any agency or issuing authority thereof as a zero-coupon or capital appreciation bond, and designated as college savings bonds as provided in this chapter. "College savings bond issue" means any issue of bonds of which any part has been designated as college savings bonds.
(F) "Institution of higher education" means a state institution of higher education, a private college, university, or other postsecondary institution located in this state that possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio board of regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code or a certificate of registration issued by the state board of career colleges and schools under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code, or an accredited college, university, or other postsecondary institution located outside this state that is accredited by an accrediting organization or professional association recognized by the authority. To be considered an institution of higher education, an institution shall meet the definition of an eligible educational institution under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(G) "Issuing authority" means any authority, commission, body, agency, or individual empowered by the Ohio Constitution or the Revised Code to issue bonds or any other debt obligation of the state or any agency or department thereof. "Issuer" means the issuing authority or, if so designated under division (B) of section 3334.04 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state.
(H) "Tuition" means the charges imposed to attend an institution of higher education as an undergraduate, graduate, or professional student and all fees required as a condition of enrollment, as determined by the Ohio tuition trust authority. "Tuition" does not include laboratory fees, room and board, or other similar fees and charges.
(I) "Weighted average tuition" means the tuition cost resulting from the following calculation:
(1) Add the products of the annual undergraduate tuition charged to Ohio residents at each four-year state university multiplied by that institution's total number of undergraduate fiscal year equated students; and
(2) Divide the gross total of the products from division (I)(1) of this section by the total number of undergraduate fiscal year equated students attending four-year state universities.
When making this calculation, the "annual undergraduate tuition charged to Ohio residents" shall not incorporate any tuition reductions that vary in amount among individual recipients and that are awarded to Ohio residents based upon their particular circumstances, beyond any minimum amount awarded uniformly to all Ohio residents. In addition, any tuition reductions awarded uniformly to all Ohio residents shall be incorporated into this calculation.
(J) "Zero-coupon bond" means a bond which has a stated interest rate of zero per cent and on which no interest is payable until the maturity or early redemption of the bond, and is offered at a substantial discount from its original stated principal amount.
(K) "State institution of higher education" includes the state universities listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, community colleges created pursuant to Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code, university branches created pursuant to Chapter 3355. of the Revised Code, technical colleges created pursuant to Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code, state community colleges created pursuant to Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code, and the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university.
(L) "Four-year state university" means those state universities listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(M) "Principal amount" refers to the initial offering price to the public of an obligation, exclusive of the accrued interest, if any. "Principal amount" does not refer to the aggregate accreted amount payable at maturity or redemption of an obligation.
(N) "Scholarship program" means a program registered with the Ohio tuition trust authority pursuant to section 3334.17 of the Revised Code.
(O) "Internal Revenue Code" means the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1 et seq., as amended.
(P) "Other higher education expenses" means room and board and books, supplies, equipment, and nontuition-related fees associated with the cost of attendance of a beneficiary at an institution of higher education, but only to the extent that such expenses meet the definition of "qualified higher education expenses" under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. "Other higher education expenses" does not include tuition as defined in division (H) of this section.
(Q) "Purchaser" means the person signing the tuition payment contract, who controls the account and acquires tuition units for an account under the terms and conditions of the contract.
(R) "Contributor" means a person who signs a variable college savings program contract with the Ohio tuition trust authority and contributes to and owns the account created under the contract.
(S) "Contribution" means any payment directly allocated to an account for the benefit of the designated beneficiary of the account.
Sec. 3345.04.  (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code.
(B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the board of trustees of a state university, the board of trustees of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, the board of trustees of a state community college, and the board of trustees of a technical college or community college district operating a technical or a community college may designate one or more employees of the institution, as a state university law enforcement officer, in accordance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code, and, as state university law enforcement officers, those employees shall take an oath of office, wear the badge of office, serve as peace officers for the college or university, and give bond to the state for the proper and faithful discharge of their duties in the amount that the board of trustees requires.
(C)(1) The board of trustees of an institution listed in division (B) of this section shall not designate an employee of the institution as a state university law enforcement officer pursuant to that division on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the employee previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.
(2)(a) The board of trustees shall terminate the employment as a state university law enforcement officer of an employee designated as a state university law enforcement officer under division (B) of this section if that employee does either of the following:
(i) Pleads guilty to a felony;
(ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the employee agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the employee under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(b) The board of trustees shall suspend from employment as a state university law enforcement officer an employee designated as a state university law enforcement officer under division (B) of this section if that employee is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the state university law enforcement officer files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the state university law enforcement officer does not file a timely appeal, the board of trustees shall terminate the employment of that state university law enforcement officer. If the state university law enforcement officer files an appeal that results in that officer's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that officer, the board of trustees shall reinstate that state university law enforcement officer. A state university law enforcement officer who is reinstated under division (C)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that officer's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the officer of the felony.
(3) Division (C) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.
(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of a state university law enforcement officer under division (C)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3345.12.  (A) As used in this section and sections 3345.07 and 3345.11 of the Revised Code, in other sections of the Revised Code that make reference to this section unless the context does not permit, and in related bond proceedings unless otherwise expressly provided:
(1) "State university or college" means each of the state universities identified in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code and the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, and includes its board of trustees.
(2) "Institution of higher education" or "institution" means a state university or college, or a community college district, technical college district, university branch district, or state community college, and includes the applicable board of trustees or, in the case of a university branch district, any other managing authority.
(3) "Housing and dining facilities" means buildings, structures, and other improvements, and equipment, real estate, and interests in real estate therefor, to be used for or in connection with dormitories or other living quarters and accommodations, or related dining halls or other food service and preparation facilities, for students, members of the faculty, officers, or employees of the institution of higher education, and their spouses and families.
(4) "Auxiliary facilities" means buildings, structures, and other improvements, and equipment, real estate, and interests in real estate therefor, to be used for or in connection with student activity or student service facilities, housing and dining facilities, dining halls, and other food service and preparation facilities, vehicular parking facilities, bookstores, athletic and recreational facilities, faculty centers, auditoriums, assembly and exhibition halls, hospitals, infirmaries and other medical and health facilities, research, and continuing education facilities.
(5) "Education facilities" means buildings, structures, and other improvements, and equipment, real estate, and interests in real estate therefor, to be used for or in connection with, classrooms or other instructional facilities, libraries, administrative and office facilities, and other facilities, other than auxiliary facilities, to be used directly or indirectly for or in connection with the conduct of the institution of higher education.
(6) "Facilities" means housing and dining facilities, auxiliary facilities, or education facilities, and includes any one, part of, or any combination of such facilities, and further includes site improvements, utilities, machinery, furnishings, and any separate or connected buildings, structures, improvements, sites, open space and green space areas, utilities or equipment to be used in, or in connection with the operation or maintenance of, or supplementing or otherwise related to the services or facilities to be provided by, such facilities.
(7) "Obligations" means bonds or notes or other evidences of obligation, including interest coupons pertaining thereto, authorized to be issued under this section or section 3345.07, 3345.11, 3354.121, 3355.091, 3357.112, or 3358.10 of the Revised Code.
(8) "Bond service charges" means principal, including any mandatory sinking fund or redemption requirements for the retirement of obligations or assurances, interest, or interest equivalent and other accreted amounts, and any call premium required to be paid on obligations or assurances.
(9) "Bond proceedings" means the resolutions, trust agreement, indenture, and other agreements and credit enhancement facilities, and amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any one or more or combination thereof, authorizing, awarding, or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to, or providing for the security or liquidity of, obligations or assurances, and the provisions contained in those obligations or assurances.
(10) "Costs of facilities" means the costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, equipping, or furnishing facilities, and the financing thereof, including the cost of clearance and preparation of the site and of any land to be used in connection with facilities, the cost of any indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the institution of higher education or state agency, cost of engineering, architectural services, design, plans, specifications and surveys, estimates of cost, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositories, bond registrars, and paying agents for the obligations, cost of issuance of the obligations and financing costs and fees and expenses of financial advisers and consultants in connection therewith, interest on the obligations from the date thereof to the time when interest is to be covered by available receipts or other sources other than proceeds of the obligations, amounts necessary to establish reserves as required by the bond proceedings, costs of audits, the reimbursements of all moneys advanced or applied by or borrowed from the institution or others, from whatever source provided, including any temporary advances from state appropriations, for the payment of any item or items of cost of facilities, and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to facilities, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement, equipment, and furnishing of facilities, the financing thereof and the placing of them in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses.
(11) "Available receipts" means all moneys received by the institution of higher education, including income, revenues, and receipts from the operation, ownership, or control of facilities or entrepreneurial projects, grants, gifts, donations, and pledges and receipts therefrom, receipts from fees and charges, and the proceeds of the sale of obligations or assurances, including proceeds of obligations or assurances issued to refund obligations or assurances previously issued, but excluding any special fee, and receipts therefrom, charged pursuant to division (D) of section 154.21 of the Revised Code.
(12) "Credit enhancement facilities" has the meaning given in division (H) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code.
(13) "Financing costs" has the meaning given in division (K) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code.
(14) "Interest" or "interest equivalent" has the meaning given in division (R) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code.
(15) "Assurances" means bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, including interest coupons pertaining thereto, authorized to be issued under section 3345.36 of the Revised Code.
(16) "Entrepreneurial project" has the same meaning as in section 3345.36 of the Revised Code.
(17) "Costs of entrepreneurial projects" means any costs related to the establishment or development of entrepreneurial projects pursuant to a resolution adopted under section 3345.36 of the Revised Code.
(B) Obligations issued under section 3345.07 or 3345.11 of the Revised Code by a state university or college shall be authorized by resolution of its board of trustees. Obligations issued by any other institution of higher education shall be authorized by resolution of its board of trustees, or managing directors in the case of certain university branch districts, as applicable. Sections 9.96 and 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to obligations and assurances. Obligations and assurances may be issued to pay costs of facilities or entrepreneurial projects even if the institution anticipates the possibility of a future state appropriation to pay all or a portion of such costs.
(C) Obligations and assurances shall be secured by a pledge of and lien on all or such part of the available receipts of the institution of higher education as it provides for in the bond proceedings, excluding moneys raised by taxation and state appropriations except as permitted by section 3333.90 of the Revised Code. Such pledge and lien may be made prior to all other expenses, claims, or payments, excepting any pledge of such available receipts previously made to the contrary and except as provided by any existing restrictions on the use thereof, or such pledge and lien may be made subordinate to such other expenses, claims, or payments, as provided in the bond proceedings. Obligations or assurances may be additionally secured by covenants of the institution to make, fix, adjust, collect, and apply such charges, rates, fees, rentals, and other items of available receipts as will produce pledged available receipts sufficient to meet bond service charges, reserve, and other requirements provided for in the bond proceedings. Notwithstanding this and any other sections of the Revised Code, the holders or owners of the obligations or assurances shall not be given the right and shall have no right to have excises or taxes levied by the general assembly for the payment of bond service charges thereon, and each such obligation or assurance shall bear on its face a statement to that effect and to the effect that the right to such payment is limited to the available receipts and special funds pledged to such purpose under the bond proceedings.
All pledged available receipts and funds and the proceeds of obligations or assurances are trust funds and, subject to the provisions of this section and the applicable bond proceedings, shall be held, deposited, invested, reinvested, disbursed, applied, and used to such extent, in such manner, at such times, and for such purposes, as are provided in the bond proceedings.
(D) The bond proceedings for obligations or assurances shall provide for the purpose thereof and the principal amount or maximum principal amount, and provide for or authorize the manner of determining the principal maturity or maturities, the sale price including any permitted discount, the interest rate or rates, which may be a variable rate or rates, or the maximum interest rate, the date of the obligations or assurances and the date or dates of payment of interest thereon, their denominations, the manner of sale thereof, and the establishment within or without the state of a place or places of payment of bond service charges. The bond proceedings also shall provide for a pledge of and lien on available receipts of the institution of higher education as provided in division (C) of this section, and a pledge of and lien on such fund or funds provided in the bond proceedings arising from available receipts, which pledges and liens may provide for parity with obligations or assurances theretofore or thereafter issued by the institution. The available receipts so pledged and thereafter received by the institution and the funds so pledged are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the institution, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof, and shall create a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, without the necessity for separation or delivery of funds or for the filing or recording of the bond proceedings by which such pledge is created or any certificate, statement, or other document with respect thereto; and the pledge of such available receipts and funds shall be effective and the money therefrom and thereof may be applied to the purposes for which pledged without necessity for any act of appropriation.
(E) The bond proceedings may contain additional provisions customary or appropriate to the financing or to the obligations or assurances or to particular obligations and assurances, including:
(1) The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, equipment, furnishing, improvement, operation, alteration, enlargement, maintenance, insurance, and repair of facilities or entrepreneurial projects, and the duties of the institution of higher education with reference thereto;
(2) The terms of the obligations or assurances, including provisions for their redemption prior to maturity at the option of the institution of higher education at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are provided in the bond proceedings;
(3) Limitations on the purposes to which the proceeds of the obligations or assurances may be applied;
(4) The rates or rentals or other charges for the use of or right to use the facilities or entrepreneurial projects financed by the obligations or assurances, or other properties the revenues or receipts from which are pledged to the obligations or assurances, and rules for assuring any applicable use and occupancy thereof, including limitations upon the right to modify such rates, rentals, other charges, or regulations;
(5) The use and expenditure of the pledged available receipts in such manner and to such extent as shall be determined, which may include provision for the payment of the expenses of operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities or entrepreneurial projects so that such expenses, or part thereof, shall be paid or provided as a charge prior or subsequent to the payment of bond service charges and any other payments required to be made by the bond proceedings;
(6) Limitations on the issuance of additional obligations or assurances;
(7) The terms of any trust agreement or indenture securing the obligations or assurances or under which the same may be issued;
(8) The deposit, investment, and application of funds, and the safeguarding of funds on hand or on deposit without regard to Chapter 131. or 135. of the Revised Code, and any bank or trust company or other financial institution that acts as depository of any moneys under the bond proceedings shall furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as required by the bond proceedings or otherwise by the institution of higher education;
(9) The binding effect of any or every provision of the bond proceedings upon such officer, board, commission, authority, agency, department, or other person or body as may from time to time have the authority under law to take such actions as may be necessary to perform all or any part of the duty required by such provision;
(10) Any provision that may be made in a trust agreement or indenture;
(11) Any other or additional agreements with respect to the facilities of the institution of higher education or its entrepreneurial projects, their operation, the available receipts and funds pledged, and insurance of facilities or entrepreneurial projects and of the institution, its officers and employees.
(F) Such obligations or assurances may have the seal of the institution of higher education or a facsimile thereof affixed thereto or printed thereon and shall be executed by such officers as are designated in the bond proceedings, which execution may be by facsimile signatures. Any obligations or assurances may be executed by an officer who, on the date of execution, is the proper officer although on the date of such obligations or assurances such person was not the proper officer. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any such obligation or assurance ceases to be such officer before delivery thereof, such signature or facsimile is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the person had remained such officer until such delivery; and in case the seal of the institution has been changed after a facsimile of the seal has been imprinted on such obligations or assurances, such facsimile seal continues to be sufficient as to such obligations or assurances and obligations or assurances issued in substitution or exchange therefor.
(G) All such obligations or assurances are negotiable instruments and securities under Chapter 1308. of the Revised Code, subject to the provisions of the bond proceedings as to registration. The obligations or assurances may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both. Provision may be made for the registration of any obligations or assurances with coupons attached thereto as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest, their exchange for obligations or assurances so registered, and for the conversion or reconversion into obligations or assurances with coupons attached thereto of any obligations or assurances registered as to both principal and interest, and for reasonable charges for such registration, exchange, conversion, and reconversion.
(H) Pending preparation of definitive obligations or assurances, the institution of higher education may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive obligations or assurances.
(I) Such obligations or assurances may be secured additionally by a trust agreement or indenture between the institution of higher education and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. Any such agreement or indenture may contain the resolution authorizing the issuance of the obligations or assurances, any provisions that may be contained in the bond proceedings as authorized by this section, and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including:
(1) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, and indenture, or other instrument comprising part of the bond proceedings until the institution of higher education has fully paid the bond service charges on the obligations or assurances secured thereby, or provision therefor has been made;
(2) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the institution of higher education made as a part of the contract under which the obligations or assurances were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver, suit in equity, action at law, or any combination of the foregoing;
(3) The rights and remedies of the holders of obligations or assurances and of the trustee, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual holders of obligations or assurances;
(4) The replacement of any obligations or assurances that become mutilated or are destroyed, lost, or stolen;
(5) Such other provisions as the trustee and the institution of higher education agree upon, including limitations, conditions, or qualifications relating to any of the foregoing.
(J) Each duty of the institution of higher education and its officers or employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings or any related agreement or lease made under authority of law, is hereby established as a duty of such institution, and of each such officer or employee having authority to perform such duty, specially enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The persons who are at the time the members of the board of trustees or the managing directors of the institution or its officers or employees are not liable in their personal capacities on such obligations or assurances, or lease, or other agreement of the institution.
(K) The authority to issue obligations or assurances includes authority to:
(1) Issue obligations or assurances in the form of bond anticipation notes and to renew them from time to time by the issuance of new notes. Such notes are payable solely from the available receipts and funds that may be pledged to the payment of such bonds, or from the proceeds of such bonds or renewal notes, or both, as the institution of higher education provides in its resolution authorizing such notes. Such notes may be additionally secured by covenants of the institution to the effect that it will do such or all things necessary for the issuance of such bonds or renewal notes in appropriate amount, and either exchange such bonds or renewal notes therefor or apply the proceeds thereof to the extent necessary, to make full payment of the bond service charges on such notes at the time or times contemplated, as provided in such resolution. Subject to the provisions of this division, all references to obligations or assurances in this section apply to such anticipation notes.
(2) Issue obligations or assurances to refund, including funding and retirement of, obligations or assurances previously issued to pay costs of facilities or entrepreneurial projects. Such obligations or assurances may be issued in amounts sufficient for payment of the principal amount of the obligations or assurances to be so refunded, any redemption premiums thereon, principal maturities of any obligations or assurances maturing prior to the redemption of any other obligations or assurances on a parity therewith to be so refunded, interest accrued or to accrue to the maturity date or dates of redemption of such obligations or assurances, and any expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with such refunding or the issuance of the obligations or assurances.
(L) Obligations and assurances are lawful investments for banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund, the administrator of workers' compensation in accordance with the investment policy approved by the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors pursuant to section 4121.12 of the Revised Code, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant thereto by any state agency with respect to investments by them, and are also acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
(M) All facilities or entrepreneurial projects purchased, acquired, constructed, or owned by an institution of higher education, or financed in whole or in part by obligations or assurances issued by an institution, and used for the purposes of the institution or other publicly owned and controlled college or university, is public property used exclusively for a public purpose, and such property and the income therefrom is exempt from all taxation and assessment within this state, including ad valorem and excise taxes. The obligations or assurances, the transfer thereof, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, are at all times free from taxation within the state. The transfer of tangible personal property by lease under authority of this section or section 3345.07, 3345.11, 3345.36, 3354.121, 3355.091, 3357.112, or 3358.10 of the Revised Code is not a sale as used in Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code.
(N) The authority granted by this section is cumulative with the authority granted to institutions of higher education under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and nothing in this section impairs or limits the authority granted by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. In any lease, agreement, or commitment made by an institution of higher education under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, it may agree to restrict or subordinate any pledge it may thereafter make under authority of this section.
(O) Title to lands acquired under this section and sections 3345.07 and 3345.11 of the Revised Code by a state university or college shall be taken in the name of the state.
(P) Except where costs of facilities or entrepreneurial projects are to be paid in whole or in part from funds appropriated by the general assembly, section 125.81 of the Revised Code and the requirement for certification with respect thereto under section 153.04 of the Revised Code do not apply to such facilities or entrepreneurial projects.
(Q) A state university or college may sell or lease lands or interests in land owned by it or by the state for its use, or facilities authorized to be acquired or constructed by it under section 3345.07 or 3345.11 of the Revised Code, to permit the purchasers or lessees thereof to acquire, construct, equip, furnish, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, repair, or maintain and operate thereon and to provide by lease or otherwise to such institution, facilities authorized in section 3345.07 or 3345.11 of the Revised Code or entrepreneurial projects authorized under section 3345.36 of the Revised Code. Such land or interests therein shall be sold for such appraised value, or leased, and on such terms as the board of trustees determines. All deeds or other instruments relating to such sales or leases shall be executed by such officer of the state university or college as the board of trustees designates. The state university or college shall hold, invest, or use the proceeds of such sales or leases for the same purposes for which proceeds of borrowings may be used under sections 3345.07 and 3345.11 of the Revised Code or, if the proceeds relate to the sale or lease of entrepreneurial projects, for purposes of section 3345.36 of the Revised Code.
(R) An institution of higher education may pledge available receipts, to the extent permitted by division (C) of this section with respect to obligations, to secure the payments to be made by it under any lease, lease with option to purchase, or lease-purchase agreement authorized under this section or section 3345.07, 3345.11, 3345.36, 3354.121, 3355.091, 3357.112, or 3358.10 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3345.121.  As used in this section:
(A) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of a state university, university housing commission, state medical college university, community college district, university branch district, technical college district, or state community college.
(B) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, county, or township.
(C) "Institution" means all real property owned or leased by a board of trustees. If a board owns or leases two or more parcels of real property that are not contiguous to any other such real property, institution includes only that group of parcels that includes the parcel on which the educational facility is or is to be located.
(D) "Educational facility" means any building, structure, facility, utility, improvement, site, or other interest in real estate, together with any appurtenance necessary or convenient to the uses thereof, to be used for or in connection with the conduct or operation of an educational institution. Educational facilities include, but are not limited to, classrooms and other instructional facilities, laboratories, research facilities, libraries, study facilities, administrative and office facilities, museums, gymnasiums, campus walks, drives, and site improvements, streets, roads, bridges, dormitories and other suitable living quarters or accommodations, dining halls and other food service and preparation facilities, student services or activity facilities, physical education, athletic and recreational facilities, theatres, auditoriums, assembly and exhibition halls, greenhouses, agricultural buildings and facilities, parking, storage, and maintenance facilities, infirmary, hospital, medical, and health facilities, continuing education facilities, communications, fire prevention, and fire fighting facilities, and any one, part of, or combination of the foregoing, whether or not comprising part of one building, structure, or facility.
(E) "Capital facilities" means buildings, structures, and other improvements, equipment, real estate, and interests in real estate within this state, and any one, part of, or combination of the foregoing, to serve the general purposes for which the political subdivision is authorized to issue obligations pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, drives, roadways, parking facilities, walks, lighting, machinery, furnishings, utilities, landscaping, wharves, docks, piers, reservoirs, dams, tunnels, bridges, retaining walls, riprap, culverts, ditches, channels, watercourses, retention basins, standpipes and water storage facilities, waste treatment and disposal facilities, heating, air conditioning, and communications facilities, and site improvements.
(F) "Cost of capital facilities" means the costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, equipping, or furnishing capital facilities, and the financing thereof, including the cost of clearance and preparation of the site and of any land to be used in connection with capital facilities, the cost of any indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the facilities, cost of engineering and architectural services, designs, plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates of cost, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositories, and paying agents for the obligations, cost of issuance of the obligations and financing charges and fees and expenses of financial advisers and consultants in connection therewith, interest on obligations from the date thereof to the time when interest is to be covered from sources other than proceeds of obligations, amounts necessary to establish reserves as required by the bond proceedings, costs of audits, the reimbursement of all moneys advanced or applied by or borrowed from any governmental agency, from whatever source provided, for the payment of any items of cost of the capital facilities, and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to capital facilities, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement, equipment, and furnishing of capital facilities, the financing thereof, and the placing of the same in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses.
(G) "Legislative authority" means, in the case of a municipal corporation, its legislative authority; in the case of a township, its board of trustees; and in the case of a county, its board of commissioners.
Not later than the ninetieth day after the effective date of an initial appropriation by the general assembly for the construction or renovation of an educational facility that exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, the board of trustees of the institution receiving the appropriation shall, by certified mail, return receipt requested, submit to the legislative authority of each political subdivision within which the institution is located or to which it is contiguous, a written notice of the board's intention to proceed with such construction or renovation. This notice shall include a description of the construction or renovation, the estimated date for opening bids therefor, and the estimated date of the completion of the construction or renovation.
Not later than the sixtieth day after it receives the notice, the legislative authority may, by certified mail, return receipt requested, forward its comments or objections on the proposed construction or renovation to the board, which shall include, but need not be limited to, a description of any capital facilities it determines the political subdivision will be required to make as a direct or indirect consequence of the construction or renovation and the estimated costs of such capital facilities. The board shall not advertise for bids for the construction or renovation until it has received comments or objections from the legislative authority or until sixty days have elapsed since the legislative authority received the notice, whichever is earlier. The board shall maintain as part of its permanent records, any comments or objections received from the legislative authority and any action taken by the board with respect to such comments or objections.
Sec. 3345.17.  All property, personal, real, or mixed of the boards of trustees and of the housing commissions of the state universities, the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, and of the state held for the use and benefit of any such institution, which is used for the support of such institution, is exempt from taxation so long as such property is used for the support of such university or college.
Sec. 3345.201.  The board of trustees of a state college or university which operates a clinical teaching or research hospital or ambulatory facility may purchase liability insurance for the agents, employees, students, nurses, interns, and resident physicians of such hospital against all liability arising from their performance of services on behalf of such hospital or facility.
The boards of trustees of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, Ohio university, and the Wright state university if they provide clinical instruction programs in the facilities of a hospital not operated by the college or university, may purchase liability insurance for agents, employees, students, nurses, interns, and resident physicians performing services in relation to such hospital against all liability arising from their performance of services on behalf of such college or university.
Such insurance may be provided by one or more insurance policies.
Sec. 3345.28.  The board of trustees of any state university, college of medicine medical university, technical college, state community college, community college, or the board of trustees or managing authority of any university branch may establish and administer a faculty improvement program, under which any full-time faculty member with at least seven academic years of teaching service at the college, university, or branch may be granted professional leave for a period not to exceed one academic year to engage in further education, research, or any other purpose approved by the board. A board of trustees or managing authority that establishes such a program shall, by rule, adopt a definition of "academic years of teaching service" and of "full-time faculty member."
No such board or authority shall pay any faculty member for or during a period of professional leave any salary exceeding the amount that would have been paid to such faculty member for performing his the faculty member's regular duties during the period of the leave. No faculty member shall, by virtue of being on professional leave, suffer a reduction or termination of his the faculty member's regular employee retirement or insurance benefits or of any other benefit or privilege he receives being received as a faculty member at the college, university, or branch where he the faculty member is employed. Whenever such a benefit would be reduced because of a reduction in the faculty member's salary during the period of professional leave, the faculty member shall be given a chance to have the benefit increased to its normal level, in accordance with rules adopted by the board of trustees or the managing authority. A faculty member who has been granted professional leave shall complete another seven years of service at the college, university, or branch at which he the faculty member is employed before he becomes becoming eligible for another grant of professional leave at that college, university, or branch. Professional leave taken as part of a faculty improvement program established under this section shall not be deemed to be in lieu of released time or assigned duty in connection with a specific research, scholarly, or creative program.
Boards of trustees and managing authorities may accept moneys from any person, political subdivision, or the federal government to support a faculty improvement program, and may establish such additional rules as are necessary to establish and administer it.
Each grant of professional leave shall be in accordance with a professional improvement policy for professional leaves that has been approved by the board of trustees or the managing authority. No professional leave shall be granted that requires a compensating addition to the permanent faculty or staff of the college, university, or branch. No professional leave shall be approved unless a specific plan for the professional improvement of the faculty member while on leave has been submitted to and accepted by the president of the university, college, or branch. At the completion of the leave, the faculty member shall submit to the president a report detailing the attainments of the faculty member under this professional improvement plan.
Not later than the thirtieth day of June of each year, the chancellor of the board of regents shall report to the chairmen chairpersons of the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate on the status of implementation of faculty improvement programs. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: the number of professional leave grants made by each institution; the purpose of each professional leave; and a statement of the cost to the institution of each professional leave, to the extent that such cost exceeds the salary of the faculty member on professional leave.
Sec. 3345.281.  As used in this section, "teaching assistant" means a student enrolled full-time or part-time in a graduate degree program at an educational institution for which the student has received an appointment to provide classroom-related services.
The board of trustees of each state university, college of medicine medical university, technical college, state community college, community college, and the board of trustees or managing authority of each university branch shall establish a program to assess the oral English language proficiency of all teaching assistants providing classroom instruction to students and shall ensure that teaching assistants who are not orally proficient in the English language attain such proficiency prior to providing classroom instruction to students.
Sec. 3345.31.  The boards of trustees of a state university, the board of trustees of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, the board of trustees of a technical college or community college district, and the board of control of the Ohio agricultural research and development center may establish compensation plans, including schedules of hourly rates, for the compensation of all employees and may establish rules or policies for the administration of their respective compensation plans.
The provisions of this section do not apply to employees for whom the state employment relations board establishes appropriate bargaining units pursuant to section 4117.06 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3345.32.  (A) As used in this section:
(1) "State university or college" means the institutions described in section 3345.27 of the Revised Code and the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university.
(2) "Resident" has the meaning specified by rule of the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents.
(3) "Statement of selective service status" means a statement certifying one of the following:
(a) That the individual filing the statement has registered with the selective service system in accordance with the "Military Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App. 453, as amended;
(b) That the individual filing the statement is not required to register with the selective service for one of the following reasons:
(i) The individual is under eighteen or over twenty-six years of age.
(ii) The individual is on active duty with the armed forces of the United States other than for training in a reserve or national guard unit.
(iii) The individual is a nonimmigrant alien lawfully in the United States in accordance with section 101 (a)(15) of the "Immigration and Nationality Act," 8 U.S.C. 1101, as amended.
(iv) The individual is not a citizen of the United States and is a permanent resident of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands.
(4) "Institution of higher education" means any eligible institution approved by the United States department of education pursuant to the "Higher Education Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 1219, as amended, or any institution whose students are eligible for financial assistance under any of the programs described by division (E) of this section.
(B) The chancellor shall, by rule, specify the form of statements of selective service status to be filed in compliance with divisions (C) to (F)(E) of this section. Each statement of selective service status shall contain a section wherein a male student born after December 31, 1959, certifies that the student has registered with the selective service system in accordance with the "Military Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App. 453, as amended. For those students not required to register with the selective service, as specified in divisions (A)(2)(b)(i) to (iv) of this section, a section shall be provided on the statement of selective service status for the certification of nonregistration and for an explanation of the reason for the exemption. The chancellor may require that such statements be accompanied by documentation specified by rule of the chancellor.
(C) A state university or college that enrolls in any course, class, or program a male student born after December 31, 1959, who has not filed a statement of selective service status with the university or college shall, regardless of the student's residency, charge the student any tuition surcharge charged students who are not residents of this state.
(D) No male born after December 31, 1959, shall be eligible to receive any loan, grant, scholarship, or other financial assistance for educational expenses granted under section 3315.33, 3333.12, 3333.122, 3333.21, 3333.22, 3333.26, 3333.391, 5910.03, 5910.032, or 5919.34 of the Revised Code, financed by an award under the choose Ohio first scholarship program established under section 3333.61 of the Revised Code, or financed by an award under the Ohio co-op/internship program established under section 3333.72 of the Revised Code, unless that person has filed a statement of selective service status with that person's institution of higher education.
(E) If an institution of higher education receives a statement from an individual certifying that the individual has registered with the selective service system in accordance with the "Military Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App. 453, as amended or that the individual is exempt from registration for a reason other than that the individual is under eighteen years of age, the institution shall not require the individual to file any further statements. If it receives a statement certifying that the individual is not required to register because the individual is under eighteen years of age, the institution shall require the individual to file a new statement of selective service status each time the individual seeks to enroll for a new academic term or makes application for a new loan or loan guarantee or for any form of financial assistance for educational expenses, until it receives a statement certifying that the individual has registered with the selective service system or is exempt from registration for a reason other than that the individual is under eighteen years of age.
Sec. 3345.34.  (A) No student trustee of a state university or the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university shall use the trusteeship to influence any grade or other evaluation of the student trustee's performance made by a member of the faculty or other employee of the state university or the college.
(B) No member of the faculty or other employee of a state university or the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university shall confer any favor, advantage, preference, or other benefit on a student trustee because of the student's trusteeship.
Sec. 3345.50.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 123.01 and 123.15 of the Revised Code, a state university, a state community college, or the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university not certified pursuant to section 123.17 of the Revised Code may administer any capital facilities project for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, enlargement, or alteration of a public improvement under its jurisdiction for which the total amount of funds expected to be appropriated by the general assembly does not exceed four million dollars without the supervision, control, or approval of the department of administrative services as specified in those sections, if both of the following occur:
(A) Within sixty days after the effective date of the section of an act in which the general assembly initially makes an appropriation for the project, the board of trustees of the institution notifies the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents in writing of its intent to administer the capital facilities project;
(B) The board of trustees complies with the guidelines established pursuant to section 153.16 of the Revised Code and all laws that govern the selection of consultants, preparation and approval of contract documents, receipt of bids, and award of contracts with respect to the project.
The board of regents chancellor shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish criteria for the administration by any such institution of higher education of a capital facilities project for which the total amount of funds expected to be appropriated by the general assembly exceeds four million dollars. The criteria, to be developed with the department of administrative services and higher education representatives selected by the board of regents chancellor, shall include such matters as the adequacy of the staffing levels and expertise needed for the institution to administer the project, past performance of the institution in administering such projects, and the amount of institutional or other nonstate money to be used in financing the project. The board of regents chancellor and the department of administrative services shall approve the request of any such institution of higher education that seeks to administer any such capital facilities project and meets the criteria set forth in the rules and in the requirements of division (B) of this section.
Sec. 3345.51.  (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 123.01 and 123.15 of the Revised Code, a state university, the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, or a state community college may administer any capital facilities project for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, enlargement, or alteration of a public improvement under its jurisdiction for which funds are appropriated by the general assembly without the supervision, control, or approval of the department of administrative services as specified in those sections, if all of the following occur:
(1) The institution is certified by the state architect under section 123.17 of the Revised Code;
(2) Within sixty days after the effective date of the section of an act in which the general assembly initially makes an appropriation for the project, the board of trustees of the institution notifies the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents in writing of its request to administer the capital facilities project and the board of regents chancellor approves that request pursuant to division (B) of this section;
(3) The board of trustees passes a resolution stating its intent to comply with section 153.13 of the Revised Code and the guidelines established pursuant to section 153.16 of the Revised Code and all laws that govern the selection of consultants, preparation and approval of contract documents, receipt of bids, and award of contracts with respect to the project.
(B) The board of regents chancellor shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish criteria for the administration by any such institution of higher education of a capital facilities project for which the general assembly appropriates funds. The criteria, to be developed with the department of administrative services and higher education representatives selected by the board of regents chancellor, shall include such matters as the adequacy of the staffing levels and expertise needed for the institution to administer the project, past performance of the institution in administering such projects, and the amount of institutional or other nonstate money to be used in financing the project. The board of regents chancellor shall approve the request of any such institution of higher education that seeks to administer any such capital facilities project and meets the criteria set forth in the rules and the requirements of division (A) of this section.
(C) Any institution that administers a capital facilities project under this section shall conduct biennial audits for the duration of the project to ensure that the institution is complying with Chapters 9., 123., and 153. of the Revised Code and that the institution is using its certification issued under section 123.17 of the Revised Code appropriately. The board of regents chancellor, in consultation with higher education representatives selected by the board chancellor, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish criteria for the conduct of the audits. The criteria shall include documentation necessary to determine compliance with Chapters 9., 123., and 153. of the Revised Code and a method to determine whether an institution is using its certification issued under section 123.17 of the Revised Code appropriately.
(D) The board of regents chancellor, in consultation with higher education representatives selected by the board chancellor, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing criteria for monitoring capital facilities projects administered by institutions under this section. The criteria shall include the following:
(1) Conditions under which the board of regents chancellor may revoke the authority of an institution to administer a capital facilities project under this section, including the failure of an institution to maintain a sufficient number of employees who have successfully completed the certification program under section 123.17 of the Revised Code;
(2) A process for institutions to remedy any problems found by an audit conducted pursuant to division (C) of this section, including the improper use of state funds or violations of Chapter 9., 123., or 153. of the Revised Code.
(E) If the board of regents chancellor revokes an institution's authority to administer a capital facilities project, the department of administrative services shall administer the capital facilities project. The board of regents chancellor also may require an institution, for which the board chancellor revoked authority to administer a capital facilities project, to acquire a new local administration competency certification pursuant to section 123.17 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3345.71.  As used in sections 3345.72 to 3345.77 of the Revised Code:
(A) "State university or college" means any state university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university, any community college under Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code, any technical college under Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code, and any state community college under Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code.
(B) "Fiscal watch" means the existence of a fiscal watch declared under section 3345.72 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3350.10. (A) There is hereby created the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university. The principal goal of the college medical university shall be to collaborate with the university of Akron, Cleveland state university, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university to graduate physicians oriented to the practice of medicine at the community level, especially family physicians. To accomplish this goal, the college medical university may incorporate in the clinical experience provided its students the several community hospitals in the cities and areas served by the college medical university; utilize practicing physicians as teachers; and to the fullest extent possible utilize the basic science capabilities of the university of Akron, Cleveland state university, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university.
(1) Until the ninetieth day after the effective date of this amendment December 22, 2008, the government of the college northeast Ohio medical university is vested in a nine-member board of trustees consisting of the presidents of the university of Akron, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university; one member each of the boards of trustees of the university of Akron, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university, to be appointed by their respective boards of trustees for a term of six years ending on the first day of May or until the trustee's term on the respective university board of trustees expires, whichever occurs first; and one person each to be appointed by the boards of trustees of the university of Akron, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university, for a term of nine years ending on the first day of May; except that the term of those first appointed by the several boards of trustees shall expire on the first day of May next following their appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided for original appointment. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum.
(2) Beginning ninety days after the effective date of this amendment December 22, 2008, the government of the college northeast Ohio medical university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be current students of the college medical university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of this section. Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section and except for the student members, terms of office shall be for nine years. Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. No person who has served a full nine-year term or more than six years of such a term shall be eligible for reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person previously served. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum.
(3) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this amendment December 22, 2008, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the two student trustees and successors for the trustees serving under division (A)(1) of this section. Except for the student trustees, who shall serve terms pursuant to division (B) of this section, the initial terms of office for trustees appointed under division (A)(2) of this section shall be as follows: one term ending one year after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2009; one term ending two years after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2010; one term ending three years after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2011; one term ending four years after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2012; one term ending five years after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2013; one term ending six years after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2014; one term ending seven years after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2015; one term ending eight years after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2016; one term ending nine years after the effective date of this amendment September 23, 2017. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for nine years, as provided in division (A)(2) of this section.
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university have no voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the college's university's student governments and approved by the college's university's board of trustees. The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence ninety days after the effective date of this amendment December 22, 2008, and shall expire on June 30, 2009, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence ninety days after the effective date of this amendment December 22, 2008, and shall expire on June 30, 2010. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection.
Sec. 3350.11.  The board of trustees of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university shall annually elect from their its members a chairman chairperson and a vice-chairman; they vice-chairperson. The board may also appoint a secretary of the board, a treasurer, and such other officers of the college university as the interest of the college university requires, who may be members of the board, and they. The board may also appoint boards or commissions to assist the officers of the college university with its operation. The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of his the official duties of treasurer, shall give bond to the state for the faithful performance of his the official duties of treasurer and the proper accounting for all moneys coming into his the treasurer's care. The amount of the bonds shall be determined by the board, but shall not be for a sum less than the estimated amount which may come into his the treasurer's control at any time. The bonds shall be approved by the attorney general.
Sec. 3350.12.  The board of trustees of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university shall employ, fix the compensation of, and remove, the president, who shall be called the provost, and such number of professors, teachers, officers, and other employees as are considered necessary. The board shall do all things necessary for the creation, proper maintenance, and successful and continuous operation of the college university and may adopt and from time to time amend bylaws, rules, and regulations for the conduct of the board and the government and conduct of the college university. The board may accept donations of lands and moneys for the purposes of the college university.
Sec. 3350.13.  The board of trustees of the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university may receive and hold in trust, for the use and benefit of the college university, any grant or devise of land, and any donation or bequest of money or other personal property, to be applied to the general or special use of the college university, unless otherwise directed in the donation or bequest. The board may make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the operation of the college university.
Sec. 3350.14.  The general assembly shall support the northeastern northeast Ohio universities college of medicine medical university by such sums and in such manner as it may provide, but support may come from other sources. No state funds shall be provided under this section unless such college the university meets the requirements of section 3333.11 of the Revised Code.
Section 2.  That existing sections 145.01, 145.011, 151.04, 154.01, 185.03, 185.05, 3304.30, 3305.01, 3333.045, 3333.11, 3333.111, 3333.611, 3334.01, 3345.04, 3345.12, 3345.121, 3345.17, 3345.201, 3345.28, 3345.281, 3345.31, 3345.32, 3345.34, 3345.50, 3345.51, 3345.71, 3350.10, 3350.11, 3350.12, 3350.13, and 3350.14 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That Sections 371.10, 371.20.80, and 371.40.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 371.10. BOR BOARD OF REGENTS
General Revenue Fund
GRF 235321 Operating Expenses $ 2,366,640 $ 2,366,640
GRF 235401 Lease Rental Payments $ 124,461,100 $ 107,897,100
GRF 235402 Sea Grants $ 300,000 $ 300,000
GRF 235406 Articulation and Transfer $ 2,531,700 $ 2,531,700
GRF 235408 Midwest Higher Education Compact $ 95,000 $ 95,000
GRF 235409 Information System $ 937,800 $ 937,800
GRF 235414 State Grants and Scholarship Administration $ 1,414,366 $ 1,414,366
GRF 235417 Ohio Learning Network $ 2,723,320 $ 2,723,320
GRF 235428 Appalachian New Economy Partnership $ 819,295 $ 819,295
GRF 235433 Economic Growth Challenge $ 511,715 $ 511,715
GRF 235438 Choose Ohio First Scholarship $ 12,927,304 $ 15,845,591
GRF 235442 Teacher Fellowship $ 0 $ 2,500,000
GRF 235443 Adult Basic and Literacy Education - State $ 7,302,416 $ 7,302,416
GRF 235444 Post-Secondary Adult Career-Technical Education $ 15,317,549 $ 15,317,547
GRF 235474 Area Health Education Centers Program Support $ 1,059,078 $ 1,059,078
GRF 235501 State Share of Instruction $ 1,677,708,351 $ 1,689,554,971
GRF 235502 Student Support Services $ 692,974 $ 692,974
GRF 235504 War Orphans Scholarships $ 4,331,089 $ 4,331,089
GRF 235507 OhioLINK $ 6,433,313 $ 6,433,313
GRF 235508 Air Force Institute of Technology $ 1,785,439 $ 1,785,439
GRF 235510 Ohio Supercomputer Center $ 3,719,354 $ 3,719,354
GRF 235511 Cooperative Extension Service $ 23,518,608 $ 22,467,678
GRF 235513 Ohio University Voinovich School $ 326,000 $ 326,000
GRF 235514 Central State Supplement $ 12,109,106 $ 12,109,106
GRF 235515 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine $ 2,525,003 $ 2,525,003
GRF 235519 Family Practice $ 3,724,923 $ 3,724,923
GRF 235520 Shawnee State Supplement $ 2,577,393 $ 2,577,393
GRF 235521 The Ohio State University John Glenn School of Public Affairs $ 277,500 $ 277,500
GRF 235524 Police and Fire Protection $ 119,793 $ 119,793
GRF 235525 Geriatric Medicine $ 614,295 $ 614,295
GRF 235526 Primary Care Residencies $ 1,839,083 $ 1,839,083
GRF 235535 Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center $ 34,000,000 $ 34,000,000
GRF 235536 The Ohio State University Clinical Teaching $ 11,375,225 $ 11,375,225
GRF 235537 University of Cincinnati Clinical Teaching $ 9,355,968 $ 9,355,968
GRF 235538 University of Toledo Clinical Teaching $ 7,292,471 $ 7,292,471
GRF 235539 Wright State University Clinical Teaching $ 3,542,823 $ 3,542,823
GRF 235540 Ohio University Clinical Teaching $ 3,424,956 $ 3,424,956
GRF 235541 Northeastern Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine Medical University Clinical Teaching $ 3,522,563 $ 3,522,563
GRF 235552 Capital Component $ 20,382,568 $ 20,382,568
GRF 235555 Library Depositories $ 1,477,274 $ 1,477,274
GRF 235556 Ohio Academic Resources Network $ 3,253,866 $ 3,253,866
GRF 235558 Long-term Care Research $ 217,000 $ 217,000
GRF 235563 Ohio College Opportunity Grant $ 95,000,000 $ 76,000,000
GRF 235567 Central State University Speed to Scale $ 1,775,254 $ 0
GRF 235572 The Ohio State University Clinic Support $ 901,703 $ 901,703
GRF 235579 Bliss Institute $ 257,474 $ 257,474
GRF 235596 Hazardous Materials Program $ 373,858 $ 373,858
GRF 235599 National Guard Scholarship Program $ 14,912,271 $ 14,912,271
GRF 235644 State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education $ 309,874,026 $ 308,802,662
GRF 235909 Higher Education General Obligation Debt Service $ 105,392,500 $ 86,937,900
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $ 2,541,401,307 $ 2,500,750,064

General Services Fund Group
2200 235614 Program Approval and Reauthorization $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000
4560 235603 Sales and Services $ 200,000 $ 200,000
TOTAL GSF General Services
Fund Group $ 1,200,000 $ 1,200,000

Federal Special Revenue Fund Group
3120 235609 Tech Prep $ 183,849 $ 183,849
3120 235611 Gear-up Grant $ 3,900,000 $ 3,900,000
3120 235612 Carl D. Perkins Grant/Plan Administration $ 912,961 $ 912,961
3120 235617 Improving Teacher Quality Grant $ 3,200,000 $ 3,200,000
3120 235641 Adult Basic Literacy Education - Federal $ 17,869,546 $ 17,869,546
3BE0 235636 Adult Education and Family Literacy Act Incentive Grant $ 1,783,583 $ 1,783,583
3BG0 235626 Star Schools $ 250,000 $ 0
3H20 235608 Human Services Project $ 3,500,000 $ 3,500,000
3N60 235605 State Student Incentive Grants $ 2,533,339 $ 2,533,339
3N60 235638 College Access Challenge Grant $ 2,268,044 $ 2,268,044
TOTAL FED Federal Special Revenue
Fund Group $ 36,401,322 $ 36,151,322

State Special Revenue Fund Group
4E80 235602 Higher Educational Facility Commission Administration $ 30,000 $ 30,000
6490 235607 The Ohio State University Highway/Transportation Research $ 500,000 $ 500,000
6820 235606 Nursing Loan Program $ 893,000 $ 893,000
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue
Fund Group $ 1,423,000 $ 1,423,000

Third Frontier Research & Development Fund Group
7011 235634 Research Incentive Third Frontier Fund $ 8,000,000 $ 8,000,000
TOTAL 011 Third Frontier Research & Development Fund Group $ 8,000,000 $ 8,000,000
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 2,588,425,629 $ 2,547,524,386

Sec. 371.20.80. STATE SHARE OF INSTRUCTION FORMULAS
The Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall establish procedures to allocate the foregoing appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education, based on the formulas, enrollment, course completion, degree attainment, and student access factors in the instructional models set out in this section.
The foregoing appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction – Federal Stimulus – Education, shall be combined for the purposes of allocating the state share of instruction subsidy.
(A) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) ENROLLMENTS AND COMPLETIONS
(1) As soon as possible during each fiscal year of the biennium ending June 30, 2011, in accordance with instructions of the Board of Regents, each state-assisted institution of higher education shall report its actual enrollment, consistent with the definitions in the Higher Education Information (HEI) system's enrollment files, to the Chancellor of the Board of Regents.
(2) In defining the number of full-time equivalent students for state subsidy purposes, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall exclude all undergraduate students who are not residents of Ohio, except those charged in-state fees in accordance with reciprocity agreements made under section 3333.17 of the Revised Code or employer contracts entered into under section 3333.32 of the Revised Code.
(3) In calculating the core subsidy entitlements for university branch and main campuses, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall use the following count of FTE students:
(a) The subsidy eligible enrollments by model shall equal only those FTE students who successfully complete the course as defined and reported through the Higher Education Information (HEI) system course enrollment file;
(b) For those FTE students with successful course completions, identified in division (3)(a) of this section, completions that were achieved by a student that was eligible to receive Ohio need-based financial aid shall have their enrollments weighted by the following:
(i) Campus-specific course completion rates by discipline area and level; and
(ii) A statewide average OIG/OCOG course completion weight determined for each discipline area and level. The statewide average OIG/OCOG course completion weight shall be determined by calculating the difference between the percentage of traditional students who complete a course and the percentage of Ohio Instructional Grant and Ohio College Opportunity Grant recipients who complete the same course.
(4) In calculating the core subsidy entitlements for Medical II models only, the Board of Regents shall use the following count of FTE students:
(a) For those medical schools whose current year enrollment, including students repeating terms, is below the base enrollment, the Medical II FTE enrollment shall equal: 65 per cent of the base enrollment plus 35 per cent of the current year enrollment including students repeating terms, where the base enrollment is:
The Ohio State University 1010
University of Cincinnati 833
University of Toledo 650
Wright State University 433
Ohio University 433
Northeastern Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine Medical University 433

(b) For those medical schools whose current year enrollment, excluding students repeating terms, is equal to or greater than the base enrollment, the Medical II FTE enrollment shall equal the base enrollment plus the FTE for repeating students.
(c) Students repeating terms may be no more than five per cent of current year enrollment.
(5) The state share of instruction to state-supported universities for students enrolled in law schools in fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 shall be calculated by using the number of subsidy-eligible FTE law school students funded by state subsidy in fiscal year 1995 or the actual number of subsidy-eligible FTE law school students at the institution in the fiscal year, whichever is less.
(B) TOTAL COSTS PER FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT
For purposes of calculating state share of instruction allocations, the total instructional costs per full-time equivalent student shall be:
Model Fiscal Year 2010 Fiscal Year 2011
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 1 $7,658 $7,891
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2 $10,117 $10,425
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 3 $13,067 $13,464
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 4 $19,194 $19,778
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 5 $29,994 $30,906
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 6 $35,991 $37,085
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 1 $6,732 $6,937
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 2 $7,803 $8,041
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 3 $9,619 $9,911
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 4 $11,607 $11,959
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 5 $18,044 $18,592
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 6 $22,615 $23,303
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 7 $27,528 $28,365
MEDICAL 1 $47,494 $48,938
MEDICAL 2 $45,420 $46,801
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 1 $6,943 $7,154
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 2 $9,792 $10,090
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 3 $11,963 $12,327
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 4 $15,282 $15,747
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 5 $19,471 $20,063
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 6 $21,771 $22,433
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 7 $27,906 $28,755
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 8 $36,547 $37,658
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 9 $51,283 $52,842

Doctoral I and Doctoral II models shall be allocated in accordance with division (D)(2) of this section.
(C) SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICAL, AND GRADUATE WEIGHTS
For the purpose of implementing the recommendations of the State Share of Instruction Consultation and the Higher Education Funding Study Council that priority be given to maintaining state support for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine, and graduate programs, the costs in division (B) of this section shall be weighted by the amounts provided below:
Model Fiscal Year 2010 Fiscal Year 2011
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 1 1.0000 1.0000
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2 1.0000 1.0000
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 3 1.0000 1.0000
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 4 1.0000 1.0000
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 5 1.0425 1.0425
ARTS AND HUMANITIES 6 1.0425 1.0425
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 1 1.0000 1.0000
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 2 1.0000 1.0000
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 3 1.0000 1.0000
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 4 1.0000 1.0000
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 5 1.0425 1.0425
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 6 1.0425 1.0425
BUSINESS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES 7 1.0425 1.0425
MEDICAL 1 1.6456 1.6456
MEDICAL 2 1.7462 1.7462
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 1 1.0000 1.0000
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE 2 1.0017 1.0017
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(D) CALCULATION OF STATE SHARE OF INSTRUCTION FORMULA ENTITLEMENTS AND ADJUSTMENTS
(1) Of the foregoing appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education, 5 per cent of the appropriation for state-supported community colleges, state community colleges, and technical colleges in fiscal year 2011 shall be allocated to colleges in proportion to their share of college student success factors. In fiscal year 2011, student success factors shall include all measureable student outcomes that contribute to student achievement as determined by the Chancellor of the Board of Regents based on the recommendation of the consultation created in the Section of this act sections of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly entitled "Studies to Determine Weights for Fiscal Year 2011 State Share of Instruction Formula."
(2) Of the foregoing appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education, up to 12.89 per cent of the appropriation for university main campuses in each fiscal year shall be reserved for support of doctoral programs to implement the funding recommendations made by representatives of the universities. The amount so reserved shall be referred to as the doctoral set-aside.
The doctoral set-aside shall be allocated to universities as follows:
(a) 90 per cent of the doctoral set-aside in fiscal year 2010 and 80 per cent of the doctoral set-aside in fiscal year 2011 shall be allocated to universities in proportion to their share of the total number of Doctoral I equivalent FTEs as calculated on an institutional basis using the greater of the two-year or five-year FTEs for the period fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 with annualized FTEs for fiscal years 1994 through 1997 and all-term FTEs for fiscal year 1998 as adjusted to reflect the effects of doctoral review and subsequent changes in Doctoral I equivalent enrollments. For the purposes of this calculation, Doctoral I equivalent FTEs shall equal the sum of Doctoral I FTEs plus 1.5 times the sum of Doctoral II FTEs.
(b) 5 per cent of the doctoral set-aside in fiscal year 2010 and 10 per cent of the doctoral set-aside in fiscal year 2011 shall be allocated to universities in proportion to each campus's share of the total statewide doctoral degrees, weighted by the cost of the doctoral discipline. In calculating each campus's doctoral degrees the Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall use the three-year average doctoral degrees awarded for the three-year period ending in the prior year.
(c) 2.5 per cent of the doctoral set-aside in fiscal year 2010 and 5 per cent of the doctoral set-aside in fiscal year 2011 shall be allocated to universities in proportion to their share of research grant activity, using data collected and published by the National Science Foundation. Grant awards from the National Health Institute shall be weighted at 50 per cent.
(d) 2.5 per cent of the doctoral set-aside in fiscal year 2010 and 5 per cent of the doctoral set-aside in fiscal year 2011 shall be allocated to universities based on other quality measures that contribute to the advancement of the Chancellor's strategic plan. These other quality measures shall be identified by the Chancellor in consultation with universities. If for any reason metrics for distributing the quality component of the doctoral set-aside are not identified prior to the fiscal year allocation process, this portion of the doctoral set-aside funds shall be allocated to universities based on division (D)(2)(a) of this section.
(3) Of the foregoing appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education, 6.96 per cent of the appropriation for university main campuses in each fiscal year shall be reserved for support of Medical II FTEs. The amount so reserved shall be referred to as the medical II set-aside.
The medical II set-aside shall be allocated to universities in proportion to their share of the total number of Medical II FTEs as calculated in division (A) of this section, weighted by model cost.
(4) Of the foregoing appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education, 1.61 per cent of the appropriation for university main campuses in each fiscal year shall be reserved for support of Medical I FTEs. The amount so reserved shall be referred to as the medical I set-aside.
The medical I set-aside shall be allocated to universities in proportion to their share of the total number of Medical I FTEs as calculated in division (A) of this section.
(5) Of the foregoing appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education, 5 per cent of the fiscal year 2010 appropriation for university main campuses and 10 per cent of the fiscal year 2011 appropriation for university main campuses shall be reserved for support of associate, baccalaureate, master's, and professional level degree attainment.
The degree attainment funding shall be allocated to universities in proportion to each campus's share of the total statewide degrees granted, weighted by the cost of the degree programs.
In calculating the subsidy entitlements for degree attainment at university main campuses, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall use the following count of degrees and degree costs:
(a) For those associate degrees awarded by a state-supported university, the subsidy eligible degrees granted are defined as only those earned by students attending a university that received funding under GRF appropriation item 235418, Access Challenge, in fiscal year 2009.
(b) In calculating each campus's count of degrees, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall use the three-year average associate, baccalaureate, master's, and professional degrees awarded for the three-year period ending in the prior year.
Eligible associate degrees defined in division (D)(5)(a) of this section and all bachelor's degrees earned by a student that was eligible to receive Ohio need-based financial aid shall have their associates degree cost weighted by a statewide OIG/OCOG degree completion weight.
The statewide average OIG/OCOG degree completion weight shall be determined by calculating the difference between the percentage of traditional students who earned a degree and the percentage of Ohio Instructional Grant and Ohio College Opportunity Grant recipients who earned a degree during the same time period.
(6) Each campus's state share of instruction base formula earnings shall be determined as follows:
(a) For each campus in each fiscal year, the instructional costs shall be determined by multiplying the amounts listed above in divisions (B) and (C) of this section by (i) average subsidy-eligible FTEs for the two-year period ending in the prior year for all models except Doctoral I and Doctoral II; and (ii) average subsidy-eligible FTEs for the five-year period ending in the prior year for all models except Doctoral I and Doctoral II.
(b) The Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall compute the two calculations listed in division (D)(6)(a) of this section and use the greater amount as each campus's instructional costs.
(c) The Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall compute a uniform state share of instructional costs for each sector.
(i) For the state supported community colleges, state community colleges, and technical colleges, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall compute the uniform state share of institutional costs by dividing the earmark in division (C)(1) of Section 371.20.90 of this act Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly, less the student college success allocation as described in division (D)(1) of this section, by the sum of all eligible campuses' instructional costs as calculated in division (D)(6)(b) of this section.
(ii) For the state supported university branch campuses, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall compute the uniform state share of institutional costs by dividing the earmark in division (C)(2) of Section 371.20.90 of this act Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly by the sum of all campuses' instructional costs as calculated in division (D)(6)(b) of this section.
(iii) For the state supported university main campuses, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents shall compute the uniform state share of institutional costs by dividing the earmark in division (C)(3) of Section 371.20.90 of this act Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly, less the doctoral set-aside, less the medical I set-aside, less the medical II set-aside, and less the degree attainment funding as calculated in divisions (D)(2) to (5) of this section, by the sum of all campuses' instructional costs as calculated in division (D)(6)(b) of this section.
(d) The formula entitlement for each sector's campuses shall be determined by multiplying the uniform state share of costs calculated in division (D)(6)(c) of this section by the campus's instructional cost determined in division (D)(6)(b) of this section.
(7) In addition to the student success allocation, doctoral set-aside, medical I set-aside, medical II set-aside, and the degree attainment allocation determined in division divisions (D)(1) to (D)(5) of this section and the formula entitlement determined in division (D)(6) of this section, an allocation based on facility-based plant operations and maintenance (POM) subsidy shall be made. For each eligible campus, the amount of the POM allocation in each fiscal year shall be distributed based on what each campus received in the fiscal year 2009 POM allocation.
Any POM allocations required by this division shall be funded by proportionately reducing formula entitlement earnings, including the POM allocations, for all campuses in that sector.
(8) STABILITY IN STATE SHARE OF INSTRUCTION FUNDING
In addition to and after the adjustments noted above, in fiscal year 2010, no campus shall receive a state share of instruction allocation that is less than 99 per cent of the prior year's combined state share of instruction, access challenge, and success challenge amounts. Funds shall be made available to support this allocation by proportionately reducing formula entitlement earnings from those campuses, within each sector, that are not receiving stability funding.
In fiscal year 2011, in addition to and after the adjustments noted above, no campus shall receive a state share of instruction allocation that is less than 98 per cent of the prior year's combined state share of instruction, access challenge, and success challenge amounts. Funds shall be made available to support this allocation by proportionately reducing formula entitlement earnings from those campuses, within each sector, that do not receive stability funding.
(9) CAPITAL COMPONENT DEDUCTION
After all other adjustments have been made, state share of instruction earnings shall be reduced for each campus by the amount, if any, by which debt service charged in Am. H.B. 748 of the 121st General Assembly, Am. Sub. H.B. 850 of the 122nd General Assembly, Am. Sub. H.B. 640 of the 123rd General Assembly, H.B. 675 of the 124th General Assembly, Am. Sub. H.B. 16 of the 126th General Assembly, and Am. Sub. H.B. 699 of the 126th General Assembly, Am. Sub. H.B. 496 of the 127th General Assembly, and Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of the 127th General Assembly for that campus exceeds that campus's capital component earnings. The sum of the amounts deducted shall be transferred to appropriation item 235552, Capital Component, in each fiscal year.
(E) EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Adjustments may be made to the state share of instruction payments and other subsidies distributed by the Chancellor of the Board of Regents to state-assisted colleges and universities for exceptional circumstances. No adjustments for exceptional circumstances may be made without the recommendation of the Chancellor and the approval of the Controlling Board.
(F) APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS TO THE STATE SHARE OF INSTRUCTION
The standard provisions of the state share of instruction calculation as described in the preceding sections of temporary law shall apply to any reductions made to appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education, before the Board of Regents has formally approved the final allocation of the state share of instruction funds for any fiscal year.
Any reductions made to appropriation items 235501, State Share of Instruction, and 235644, State Share of Instruction - Federal Stimulus - Education, after the Board of Regents has formally approved the final allocation of the state share of instruction funds for any fiscal year, shall be uniformly applied to each campus in proportion to its share of the final allocation.
(G) DISTRIBUTION OF STATE SHARE OF INSTRUCTION
The state share of instruction payments to the institutions shall be in substantially equal monthly amounts during the fiscal year, unless otherwise determined by the Director of Budget and Management pursuant to section 126.09 of the Revised Code. Payments during the first six months of the fiscal year shall be based upon the state share of instruction appropriation estimates made for the various institutions of higher education according to the Chancellor of the Board of Regents enrollment estimates. Payments during the last six months of the fiscal year shall be distributed after approval of the Controlling Board upon the request of the Board of Regents.
Sec. 371.40.90. STATE UNIVERSITY CLINICAL TEACHING
The foregoing appropriation items 235536, The Ohio State University Clinical Teaching; 235537, University of Cincinnati Clinical Teaching; 235538, University of Toledo Clinical Teaching; 235539, Wright State University Clinical Teaching; 235540, Ohio University Clinical Teaching; and 235541, Northeastern Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine Medical University Clinical Teaching, shall be distributed through the Chancellor of the Board of Regents.
Section 4. That existing Sections 371.10, 371.20.80, and 371.40.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly are hereby repealed.
Section 5. That Section 105.45.20 of Sub. H.B. 462 of the 128th General Assembly be amended to read as follows:
Reappropriations
Sec. 105.45.20. NEM NORTHEASTERN NORTHEAST OHIO UNIVERSITIES COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
C30500 Basic Renovations $ 338,129
C30501 Cooperating Regional Library Depository - Northeastern $ 582,218
C30505 Campus Network Expansion $ 8,676
C30515 Building Envelope Restoration $ 2,068
C30519 Steam to Hot Water Heating Conversion $ 1,488,560
Total Northeastern Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine Medical University $ 2,419,651

Section 6. That existing Section 105.45.20 of Sub. H.B. 462 of the 128th General Assembly is hereby repealed.
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 reason for such necessity is to allow the renaming of the Northeast Ohio Medical University to take effect in time for the 2011 commencement in recognition of the achievements of the new graduates. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.
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