Ohio Administrative Code

11.15 PDF: (A) Within its resources, the commission may provide assistance to any person who requests guidance on questions related to any topic covered by Chapter 102. of the Revised Code or sections 2921.42 and 2921.43 of the Revised Code, including requests made through teleph…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission will review all statements filed with the commission pursuant to the requirement in division (D) of section 102.04 of the Revised Code. If a statement is incomplete, or appears to be incorrect in any way, the commission will return a copy of the stat…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission will make all of its formal advisory opinions available on its web site.(B) The commission will provide notice to all individuals who request it whenever an advisory opinion is added to the web site and will provide a link to the opinion.(C) The comm…

11.15 PDF: (A) Any person who receives an opinion can request that the commission reconsider the matter.(B) When requesting reconsideration, the person must provide:(1) Facts that were not before the commission or staff when the original request was considered and that would affe…

11.15 PDF: (A) The purpose of the rule is to set standards and conditions for the furnishing and acceptance of travel, meals, and lodging expenses or reimbursements, to public officials or employees, from sources other than the agency that the official or employee serves, for tra…

11.15 PDF: For purposes of Chapter 102-5 of the Administrative Code:(A) "Assistant director" means an individual appointed by the director, and who acts as director in the absence or disability of the director, and acts as director when the position of director is vacant.(B) "Chi…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission shall maintain all financial disclosure statements filed under section 102.02 of the Revised Code pursuant to its retention schedule.(B) Financial disclosure statements will be stored by the commission in electronic or hard copy form. Statements stor…

11.15 PDF: (A) Each director, assistant director, deputy director, division chief, and person of equivalent rank, of any administrative department of the state, must file a financial disclosure statement with the commission.(B) Upon request by an administrative department of the …

19.03 PDF: This rule is adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 102.02 of the Revised Code.(A) The chief administrative or executive officer of any entity who holds a position that involves a substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in the formulation of…

19.03 PDF: This rule is adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 102.02 of the Revised Code.(A) The commission, by vote, may require any public official or employee, who holds a position that involves a substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in the form…

11.15 PDF: (A) A person required to file a financial disclosure statement under more than one requirement of Chapter 102. of the Revised Code, because the person holds or held more than one public office or position during the calendar year or financial disclosure filing cycle, w…

11.15 PDF: (A) Upon receipt of a financial disclosure statement, the commission, within a reasonable period of time, will review the financial disclosure statement to determine whether it is complete.(B) If a person fails to respond to one or more required questions, the commissi…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission will examine each financial disclosure statement required to be kept confidential to determine whether the potential for a conflict of interest exists for the person who filed the financial disclosure statement.(B) The potential for a conflict of int…

11.15 PDF: (A) The ethics law requires that a financial disclosure statement must be complete at the time it is filed. A filer may submit additional information and request that the commission attach the information to the filer's statement. The commission will acknowledge receip…

11.15 PDF: (A) General filing deadline:(1) The general filing deadline is May fifteenth of each year.(2) If May fifteenth falls on a day that the ethics commission is closed to the public for the entire day, the filing deadline will be determined by section 1.14 of the Revised Co…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission and/or the executive director may extend any filing deadline for thirty or sixty days for good cause shown.(B) A person who requires additional time to complete a financial disclosure statement may submit a written request to the commission for an ex…

11.15 PDF: (A) If a statement is not filed on time pursuant to section 102.02 of the Revised Code, as described in rules 102-5-07 and 102-5-10 of the Administrative Code, the commission will assess a fee pursuant to division (F) of section 102.02 of the Revised Code.(B) The party…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission may file a complaint against a person who fails to file a complete financial disclosure statement as required by law pursuant to section 102.06 of the Revised Code.(B) The commission may file a complaint against a person who filed a financial disclos…

11.15 PDF: (A) A complaint against a person for failure to file a complete financial disclosure statement may be dismissed when the person files the required complete financial disclosure statement before or after the commission has taken any formal action on the hearing officer'…

11.15 PDF: The commission may waive a late fee imposed upon a person for failing to file a financial disclosure statement by the applicable filing deadline on a case-by-case basis under circumstances including, but not limited to, the following instances:(A) The person objectivel…

11.15 PDF: (A) A collection notice will be forwarded to the person or entity owing financial disclosure statement filing and/or late fees. The notice will request payment of the amount owed and advise that the matter may be certified to the office of the Ohio attorney general pur…

11.15 PDF: Any complaint, charge, inquiry, or investigation relating to the proceedings of the commission will be private and confidential, and all papers, records, affidavits and documents relating to such matters will be kept confidential except as otherwise provided in Chapter…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission shall investigate all complaints and may investigate any charge as defined in paragraph (C) of rule 102-1-01 of the Administrative Code.(B) The commission may request additional information from any person in its investigation of a complaint or charg…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission may establish an investigative committee to assist in performing its investigative authority. The investigative committee will be composed of fewer than four commission members.(B) The investigative committee will meet to perform the following activi…

11.15 PDF: (A) On the receipt of a charge, the commission may determine whether the matter is within its investigative authority.(B) If the matter does not fall under its investigative authority, the commission shall inform the person making the charge and may make any appropriat…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission will receive and may initiate complaints concerning conduct alleged to be in violation of Chapter 102. or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the Revised Code against a person for whom the commission is the "appropriate ethics commission" under division (F…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission shall schedule a hearing within ninety days after the filing of a complaint, but may continue the hearing at the request of any party.(B) The commission may conduct any inquiry appropriate to determine whether the respondent is unable to afford couns…

11.15 PDF: (A) Counsel shall enter their appearances in writing.(B) A person who has entered an appearance as counsel for the accused shall remain counsel of record until a written withdrawal is filed with, and approved by, the commission. Last updated October 11, 2023 at 1:07 PM…

11.15 PDF: (A) On receiving a written request, the responding party shall provide a list of the witnesses, including name, address, phone number and summary of the expected testimony, and the documents the responding party intends to introduce at the hearing. Any request shall be…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission chairman, vice-chairman in the chairman's absence or unavailability, or hearing officer if appointed by the commission, shall rule on all motions.(B) All motions will specifically state both the relief sought by the moving party and the basis for gra…

11.15 PDF: (A) Hearings may be continued on the commission's own motion or the motion of any party, for good cause shown.(1) Requests for continuance shall be in writing and addressed to the chairman of the commission or the hearing officer assigned to the complaint in accordance…

11.15 PDF: The commission may require briefs from the parties. Within its discretion, the commission may provide page and time limits for the filing of briefs. The commission may grant a motion for an extension of time, for good cause shown, for the filing of a brief. Each party …

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission shall issue subpoenas on the written request of any party.(B) The commission chairman, vice-chairman in the absence or unavailability of the chairman, or hearing officer if appointed by the commission, may grant a motion to quash a subpoena, for good…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission may admit any relevant evidence that it determines to be reliable, probative, and substantial.(B) The Ohio Rules of Evidence may be taken into consideration in determining the admissibility of evidence, but it shall not be controlling. Last updated O…

11.15 PDF: (A) The commission may establish the qualifications of, appoint, and fix the compensation of, hearing examiners pursuant to section 102.05 of the Revised Code. The commission may authorize the executive director to designate the hearing examiners.(B) The respondent wil…

19.03 PDF: For the purposes of administrative rules promulgated in accordance with section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, the following definitions apply:(A) "Access" as a noun means an instance of copying, viewing, or otherwise perceiving whereas "access" as a verb means to copy, …

19.03 PDF: For personal information systems, whether manual or computer systems, that contain confidential personal information, the governor's office shall do the following:(A) Criteria for accessing confidential personal information. Personal information systems of the governor…

19.03 PDF: Pursuant to the requirements of division (B)(2) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, this rule contains a list of valid reasons, directly related to the governor's office exercise of its powers or duties, for which only employees of the governor's office may access …

19.03 PDF: (A) The following federal statutes or regulations or state statutes and administrative rules make personal information maintained by the agency confidential and identify the confidential personal information within the scope of rules promulgated by this agency in accor…

19.03 PDF: For personal information systems that are computer systems and contain confidential personal information, the governor's office shall do the following:(A) Access restrictions. Access to confidential personal information that is kept electronically shall require a passw…

19.03 PDF: (A) Scope and purpose:Section 107.56 of the Revised Code directs the office to analyze actions or proposed actions of state boards or commissions which could contravene federal antitrust law. This chapter amplifies the analysis and review required by that section, and …

19.03 PDF: As used in sections 119.092 and 2335.39 of the Revised Code, the term "net worth" shall be the remainder after subtracting a party's total liabilities from such party's total assets. In computing a party's total assets and total liabilities the following guidelines sha…

19.03 PDF: (A) "Direct costs" are defined as those costs associated with providing services that directly benefit a patient, client or the public as set forth in any contract entered into pursuant to section 9.231 of the Revised Code. Typical direct costs chargeable to a contract…

19.03 PDF: (A) Records documenting direct costs for contracts entered into pursuant to section 9.231 of the Revised Code shall be maintained in the following manner:(1) Adequate records shall be maintained by the recipient as defined in division (G) of section 9.23 of the Revised…

19.03 PDF: (A) In the event of a breach of a contract entered into pursuant to section 9.231 of the Revised Code, a governmental entity shall have remedies including but not limited to the following:(1) A governmental entity may bring a civil action for the recovery of money due …

19.03 PDF: (A) All contracts between recipients and persons other than the governmental entity shall contain the following:(1) A clause giving notice of the remedies available to the governmental entity if the money under the contract between the recipient and persons other than …

19.03 PDF: For the purposes of administrative rules promulgated in accordance with section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, the following definitions apply:(A) "Access" as a noun means an instance of copying, viewing, or otherwise perceiving whereas "access" as a verb means to copy, …