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Title GP, Title GP. General Provisions

5 chapters · 484 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title GP484 Ch 5, Chapter 5 | State Insignia; Seals; H…264 Ch 9, Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous138 Ch 1, Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Co…44 Ch 3, Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds30 Ch 7, Chapter 7 | Process; Publication8

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.041 Childbirth preferred over abortion
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It is the public policy of the state of Ohio to prefer childbirth over abortion to the extent that is constitutionally permissible.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.05 Sex recognition policy
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(A) As used in the Revised Code: (1) "Boy" means a juvenile human male. (2) "Female" means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell. (3) "Gender identity" means an individual's internal and subjective sense of self, disconnected from…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.06 Private operation and management of initial intensive program prison
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(A)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction may contract for the private operation and management pursuant to this section of the initial intensive program prison established pursuant to section 5120.033 of the Revised Code, if one or more intensive program prisons are…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.07 Correctional facility to house out-of-state prisoners
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Deadly weapon" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (2) "Governing authority of a local public entity" means whichever of the following is applicable: (a) For a county, the board of county commissioners of the county; (…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.08 Improper internet access - private correctional facilities

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Computer," "computer network," "computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Contractor" means either of the following: (a) A…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.10 Facsimile signature defined

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As used in sections 9.10 to 9.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "facsimile signature" includes, but is not limited to, the reproduction of any authorized signature by a copper plate or by a photographic, photostatic, or mechanical device, but does not authorize the use of a rub…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.11 Public officials using facsimile signature

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Any elected or appointed public official of this state or of any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or any member, agent, or employee of any board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law, who is permitted or required in the performance of his d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.12 Validity of instrument with facsimile signature

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Any check, draft, warrant, voucher, or other instrument for the payment of money bearing a duly adopted facsimile signature as authorized by section 9.11 of the Revised Code, even though such facsimile signature was affixed without the authority or knowledge of the person whose s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.13 Highway project not located within subdivision boundaries

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A county, municipal corporation, or township may spend money on highway projects that are not located within its boundaries.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.14 Loss of funds occasioned by use of duly adopted facsimile signature

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Sections 9.10 to 9.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not release the liability of any public official, employee, or other person for loss of funds occasioned by any authorized use of a duly adopted facsimile signature. Any public official, board, commission, bureau, or public…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.15 Burial or cremation of body at expense of township or municipal corporation

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As used in this section, "legal residence" means a permanent place of abode used or occupied as living quarters at the time of a person's death, including a nursing home, hospital, or other care facility.When the body of a dead person is found in a township or municipal corporati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.16 Governmental use of distributed ledger technology

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Governmental entity" means the state or a political subdivision. (2) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 9.48 of the Revised Code. (3) "State" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A government…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.17 Competitive bidding threshold amount

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(A) The amount for purposes of a provision of the Revised Code that references this section shall be as follows: (1) Beginning on the effective date of this section through calendar year 2024, seventy-five thousand dollars; (2) For each calendar year thereafter, the amount for th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.20 Receipt of gift, devise, or bequest moneys, lands, or other properties by public authority

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The state; a county, a township, or a cemetery association or the commissioners or trustees of a county, township, or cemetery association; a municipal corporation or the legislative authority, a board, or other officers of a municipal corporation; and a benevolent, educational, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.21 Policies regarding political subdivisions that hold credit card accounts

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(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, the legislative authority of a political subdivision that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this section shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a leg…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.22 Use of debit card accounts

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As used in this section, "political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. No political subdivision may hold or utiliz…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.23 Disbursements by government entities definitions

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As used in sections 9.23 to 9.238 of the Revised Code:(A) "Allocable nondirect costs" means the amount of nondirect costs allocated as a result of actual expenditures on direct costs. "Allocable nondirect costs" shall be calculated as follows: direct costs actually incurred for t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.231 Disbursements over $25,000 - contract required - exceptions

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(A)(1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, a governmental entity shall not disburse money totaling twenty-five thousand dollars or more to any person for the provision of services for the primary benefit of individuals or the public and not for the primary benefi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.232 Contract for disbursements

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A contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code shall, at a minimum, set forth all of the following:(A) The minimum percentage of money that is to be expended on the recipient's direct costs;(B) The records that a recipient must maintain to document direct costs;(…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.233 Recipient of disbursements entitled only to contract payment earned

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(A) A recipient shall be entitled to the contract payment earned. In no event shall a recipient be entitled to more than the contract payment earned. A recipient shall repay any money received in excess of the contract payment earned to the governmental entity or, if a different …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.234 Records and reports by recipient - financial review - financial audit

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(A) Unless otherwise explicitly provided in the Revised Code, a recipient shall do all of the following:(1) With respect to any money received prior to the performance of the recipient's obligations under the contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code, and any …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.235 Records open to government inspection

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(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, the financial books and records of a recipient, and the financial books and records of any person with which the recipient contracts for the performance of the recipient's obligations under the recipient's contract with the gover…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.236 Recipient to repay excess payment - civil action to recover

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(A) A recipient is liable to repay to the governmental entity any money received in excess of the contract payment earned.(B)(1) A governmental entity may bring a civil action for the recovery of money due to the governmental entity from a recipient under division (A) of this sec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.237 Rules governing terms of disbursement contracts

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The attorney general shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the terms of any contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code. The rules shall set forth all of the following:(A) A definition of permissible components of direct…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.238 Form for financial reviews and rules for audit reports

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(A) The auditor of state shall prescribe a single form of the financial reviews required by divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 9.234 of the Revised Code to be used for all governmental entities.(B) The auditor of state may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.239 Allocation of federal energy efficient building deduction

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public building" means a building owned by a public entity. (2) "Public entity" means a subdivision, the general assembly, a court, any department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau or other agency or instrumentality of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.24 Findings for recovery

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(A) Except as may be allowed under division (F) of this section, no state agency and no political subdivision shall award a contract as described in division (G)(1) of this section for goods, services, or construction, paid for in whole or in part with state funds, to a person ag…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.241 Civil action for recovery of money

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Governmental entity" and "a judgment is uncollectible" have the same meanings as in section 9.23 of the Revised Code.(2) "Recipient" means a person that enters into or is awarded a contract with a governmental entity for the provision of goods, se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.242 Debarred vendors; participation in state contracts

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "State agency" has the meaning defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code. (2) "State contract" means any contract for goods, services, or construction that is paid for in whole or in part with state funds. A state contract is considered to be aw…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.25 Purchase of surplus commodities from federal government

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Whenever the superintendent of purchases and printing or the director of transportation finds that personal property can be obtained from the federal government at prices less than would be obtained by taking bids as provided by law for the purchase from private persons, said sup…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.26 Gifts or grants of federal property

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The state or any of its political subdivisions may receive any gifts or grants of federal property that are needed or required by requesting them in the manner similar to that required by section 9.25 of the Revised Code for purchases.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.27 State contracts - invalid terms and conditions

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(A) As used in this section, "state" and "state agency" mean the state of Ohio, including the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, attorney general, and treasurer of state, and all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.28 Competitive selection as public record

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Competitive selection" means the procedures for making purchases as defined in section 125.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Public office" includes any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or other organized body, office, agency, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.29 Multi-year asset management professional service contracts

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(A) The following political subdivisions may enter into, by direct negotiation or through the solicitation of requests for proposals or requests for qualifications, a multi-year, asset management professional service contract for the engineering, repair, sustainability, water qua…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.30 Public utility service without bidding and notice

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The appropriate public officer of the state, county, municipal corporation, township, school, or other public body or institution, may acquire the service, product, or commodity of a public utility at the schedule of rates and charges applicable to such service, product, or commo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.31 Erroneous bids

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A bidder for a contract with the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof, excluding therefrom the Ohio department of transportation, for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of any public building, structur…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.311 Bonds accompanying bid to be executed by approved surety

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(A) A bid for a contract with the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency of the state, for the rendering of services, or the supplying of materials, or for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of any public buildi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.312 Factors to determine whether bid is responsive and bidder is responsible

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(A) If a state agency or political subdivision is required by law or by an ordinance or resolution adopted under division (C) of this section to award a contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, a bidder on the contract shall be considered responsive if the bidder…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.313 Reduction of performance bond after substantial performance

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A contract for the rendering of services or the supplying of materials entered into on or after the effective date of this section shall be deemed to include a provision that authorizes the contracting authority, in its sole discretion, to reduce any bond filed by the person cont…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.314 Purchasing services or supplies by reverse auction

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Contracting authority" has the same meaning as in section 307.92 of the Revised Code.(2) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, township, county, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental ac…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.315 Requiring particular surety or insurance company or a particular agent or broker on public bids prohibited

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(A) As used in sections 9.315 and 9.316 of the Revised Code:(1) "Public authority" means the state or a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, or any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.316 Injunctive relief

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(A) A person that is likely to be damaged by a violation of section 9.315 of the Revised Code may commence a civil action for injunctive relief against the public authority, and the court of common pleas involved in that action may grant injunctive relief based on the principles …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.317 Purchase of supplies or services by reverse auction

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As used in this section, "reverse auction" has the meaning defined in section 9.314 of the Revised Code, and "state agency" has the meaning defined in section 9.23 of the Revised Code. A state agency shall not purchase supplies or services by reverse auction if the contract conce…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.32 Notification of surety and agent of construction contract award

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Whenever the state, or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof awards a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement, the contracting authority shall simultaneously notify the surety on …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.33 Construction management services definitions

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As used in sections 9.33 to 9.335 of the Revised Code: (A) "Construction manager" means a person with substantial discretion and authority to plan, coordinate, manage, and direct all phases of a project for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.331 Notice of accepting bids for construction manager or construction manager at risk

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(A) Before entering into a contract to employ a construction manager or construction manager at risk, a public authority may advertise in news media available in the county where the contract is to be performed, and shall advertise by electronic means, notice of its intent to emp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.332 Selection of and contract with construction manager

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Every public authority planning to contract for construction management services with a construction manager shall evaluate the proposals submitted and may hold discussions with individual construction managers to explore further their proposals, the scope and nature of the servi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.333 Financial assurance to be provided by construction manager

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(A) No public authority shall enter into a construction management contract with a construction manager unless the construction manager provides a letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305. of the Revised Code, a surety bond pursuant to sections 153.54 and 153.57 of the Revised C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.334 Evaluation of most qualified proposals; pricing proposals; contract negotiations

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(A)(1) Every public authority planning to contract for construction management services with a construction manager at risk shall evaluate the proposals submitted and select not fewer than three construction managers at risk the public authority considers to be the most qualified…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.335 Construction of statutes with other code provisions

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The requirements set forth in sections 9.33 to 9.334 of the Revised Code for the bidding, selection, and award of a construction management contract by a public authority prevail in the event of any conflict with a provision of Chapter 153. of the Revised Code.