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Ohio Constitution, Article III

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Article III, Executive

23 sections · 0 paragraphs in this article.

All articles226 Art. I25 Art. II46 Art. III23 Art. IV14 Art. V8 Art. VI6 Art. VII3 Art. VIII35 Art. IX4 Art. X4 Art. XI10 Art. XII11 Art. XIII7 Art. XIV1 Art. XV7 Art. XVI3 Art. XVII2 Art. XVIII14 Art. XIX3

23 provisions·Filtered byArt. III✕

Ohio Const. art. III, § 1a Joint vote cast for governor and lieutenant
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In the general election for governor and lieutenant governor, one vote shall be cast jointly for the candidates nominated by the same political party or petition. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the nomination of candidates for governor and lieutenant governor.
Ohio Const. art. III, § 1 Executive department; key state officers
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The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and an attorney general, who shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, by the electors of the state, and at the pla…
Ohio Const. art. III, § 1b Lieutenant governor duties assigned by governor
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The lieutenant governor shall perform such duties in the executive department as are assigned to him by the governor and as are prescribed by law.
Ohio Const. art. III, § 2 Term of office of key state officers
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The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general shall hold their offices for four years commencing on the second Monday of January, 1959. Their terms of office shall continue until their successors are elected and qualified. The aud…

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Ohio Const. art. III, § 3 Counting votes for key state officers

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The returns of every election for the officers, named in the foregoing section, shall be sealed and transmitted to the seat of government, by the returning officers, directed to the President of the Senate, who, during the first week of the next regular session, shall open and pu…

Ohio Const. art. III, § 5 Executive power vested in governor

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The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in the governor.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 6 Governor to see that laws executed; may require written information

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He may require information, in writing, from the officers in the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices; and shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 7 Governor's annual message to General Assembly; Recommendations for legislation

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He shall communicate at every session, by message, to the general assembly, the condition of the state, and recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 8 Governor may convene special session of legislature with limited purposes

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The governor on extraordinary occasions may convene the general assembly by proclamation and shall state in the proclamation the purpose for which such special session is called, and no other business shall be transacted at such special session except that named in the proclamati…

Ohio Const. art. III, § 9 When governor may adjourn the legislature

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In case of disagreement between the two houses, in respect to the time of adjournment, he shall have power to adjourn the general assembly to such time as he may think proper, but not beyond the regular meetings thereof.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 10 Governor is commander-in-chief of militia

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He shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 11 Governor may grant reprieves, commutations and pardons

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The Governor shall have power, after conviction, to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons, for all crimes and offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions as the Governor may think proper; subject, however, to such regulations, as to the manner of …

Ohio Const. art. III, § 12 Seal of the state, and by whom kept

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There shall be a seal of the state, which shall be kept by the governor, and used by him officially; and shall be called "The Great Seal of the State of Ohio."

Ohio Const. art. III, § 13 How grants and commissions issued

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All grants and commissions shall be issued in the name, and by the authority, of the state of Ohio; sealed with the great seal; signed by the governor, and countersigned by the secretary of state.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 14 Who is ineligible for governor

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No member of congress, or other person holding office under the authority of this state, or of the United States, shall execute the office of governor, except as herein provided.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 15 Succession in case of vacancy in office of governor

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(A) In the case of the death, conviction on impeachment, resignation, or removal, of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall succeed to the office of Governor. (B) When the Governor is unable to discharge the duties of office by reason of disability, the Lieutenant Governor s…

Ohio Const. art. III, § 17 If a vacancy shall occur while executing the office of governor, who shall act

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When a vacancy occurs in both the office of governor and lieutenant governor because of the death, conviction on impeachment, resignation, or removal of the persons elected to those offices prior to the expiration of the first twenty months of a term, a governor and lieutenant go…

Ohio Const. art. III, § 17a Filling a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor

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Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor, the governor shall nominate a lieutenant governor, who shall take office upon confirmation by vote of a majority of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 18 Governor to fill vacancies in key state offices

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Should the office of Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Secretary of State, or Attorney General become vacant, for any of the causes specified in the fifteenth section of this article, the Governor shall fill the vacancy until the disability is removed, or a successor elected …

Ohio Const. art. III, § 19 Compensation of key state officers

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The officers mentioned in this article shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation to be established by law, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which they shall have been elected.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 20 Annual report of executive officers

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The officers of the executive department, and of the public state institutions shall, at least five days preceding each regular session of the general assembly, severally report to the governor, who shall transmit such reports, with his message to the General Assembly.

Ohio Const. art. III, § 21 Appointments to office; advice and consent of Senate

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When required by law, appointments to state office shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. All statutory provisions requiring advice and consent of the Senate to appointments to state office heretofore enacted by the General Assembly are hereby validated, ratifi…

Ohio Const. art. III, § 22 Supreme Court to determine disability of governor or governor elect; succession

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The supreme court has original, exclusive, and final jurisdiction to determine disability of the governor or governor-elect upon presentment to it of a joint resolution by the general assembly, declaring that the governor or governor-elect is unable to discharge the powers and du…