To amend sections 121.02 and 121.03 and to enact section 121.77 of the Revised Code to create the Department of Grants and Philanthropic Gestures.

Section 1. That sections 121.02 and 121.03 be amended and section 121.77 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 121.02.  The following administrative departments and their respective directors are hereby created:

(A) The office of budget and management, which shall be administered by the director of budget and management;

(B) The department of commerce, which shall be administered by the director of commerce;

(C) The department of administrative services, which shall be administered by the director of administrative services;

(D) The department of transportation, which shall be administered by the director of transportation;

(E) The department of agriculture, which shall be administered by the director of agriculture;

(F) The department of natural resources, which shall be administered by the director of natural resources;

(G) The department of health, which shall be administered by the director of health;

(H) The department of job and family services, which shall be administered by the director of job and family services;

(I) Until July 1, 1997, the department of liquor control, which shall be administered by the director of liquor control;

(J) The department of public safety, which shall be administered by the director of public safety;

(K) The department of mental health and addiction services, which shall be administered by the director of mental health and addiction services;

(L) The department of developmental disabilities, which shall be administered by the director of developmental disabilities;

(M) The department of insurance, which shall be administered by the superintendent of insurance as director thereof;

(N) The development services agency, which shall be administered by the director of development services;

(O) The department of youth services, which shall be administered by the director of youth services;

(P) The department of rehabilitation and correction, which shall be administered by the director of rehabilitation and correction;

(Q) The environmental protection agency, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection;

(R) The department of aging, which shall be administered by the director of aging;

(S) The department of veterans services, which shall be administered by the director of veterans services;

(T) The department of medicaid, which shall be administered by the medicaid director;

(U) The department of grants and philanthropic gestures, which shall be administered by the director of grants and philanthropic gestures.

The director of each department shall exercise the powers and perform the duties vested by law in such department.

Sec. 121.03.  The following administrative department heads shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold their offices during the term of the appointing governor, and are subject to removal at the pleasure of the governor.

(A) The director of budget and management;

(B) The director of commerce;

(C) The director of transportation;

(D) The director of agriculture;

(E) The director of job and family services;

(F) Until July 1, 1997, the director of liquor control;

(G) The director of public safety;

(H) The superintendent of insurance;

(I) The director of development services;

(J) The tax commissioner;

(K) The director of administrative services;

(L) The director of natural resources;

(M) The director of mental health and addiction services;

(N) The director of developmental disabilities;

(O) The director of health;

(P) The director of youth services;

(Q) The director of rehabilitation and correction;

(R) The director of environmental protection;

(S) The director of aging;

(T) The administrator of workers' compensation who meets the qualifications required under division (A) of section 4121.121 of the Revised Code;

(U) The director of veterans services who meets the qualifications required under section 5902.01 of the Revised Code;

(V) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents;

(W) The medicaid director;

(X) The director of grants and philanthropic gestures.

Sec. 121.77.  (A) The department of grants and philanthropic gestures shall do all of the following:

(1) Assemble information, and serve as a clearinghouse making information available to the public, regarding each grant, and the criteria for applying to receive each grant, that may be available from this state and from the federal government, and all sources of private, philanthropic assistance, financial or otherwise, that are available to residents of this state;

(2) Solicit private donations to provide grants and assistance, financial or otherwise, for economic development, health, safety, and morals; and

(3) Identify barriers to, and suggest ways of removing barriers to, entry into business, including entry into foreign markets, for residents of this state.

(B) If a grant or assistance is based on a private donation solicited by the department, the department shall ensure that the grant or assistance is provided in cooperation with the donor, and that any instructions the donor may have given with regard to the donation are complied with.

(C) The department may receive and accept gifts, grants, donations, and similar funds from any lawful source to be used for the purposes of this section. The funds shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the department of grants and philanthropic gestures gifts and grants fund, which is hereby created.

(D) The department may contract with, retain the services of, or designate, and fix the compensation of, consultants, advisers, and other independent contractors as may be necessary or desirable to carry out this section. The director shall create a registry of these consultants, advisers, and other independent contractors, and shall make the registry available to the public.

Section 2. That existing sections 121.02 and 121.03 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.