Title 1, Title 1. State Government

The rules adopted to govern the annual competitive process for the job ready site program may provide for recovery of the costs, or a portion thereof, incurred by district public works integrating committees and executive committees in conducting their duties under the program.

The department of development shall provide for low-interest loans to small businesses, as defined by rules adopted pursuant to the "Small Business Act," 72 Stat. 384 (1972), 15 U.S.C.A. 632, as amended, that are engaged in the export of goods produced in this state. In carrying …

The job ready site development fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the net proceeds of obligations issued and sold by the issuing authority pursuant to sections 151.01 and 151.11 of the Revised Code. Investment earnings of the fund shall be cre…

(A) The director of development shall administer a shovel ready sites program to provide grants for projects to port authorities and development entities approved by the director. Grants may be used to pay the costs of any or all of the following: (1) Acquisition of property, inc…

As used in sections 122.085 to 122.0820 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Allowable costs" includes costs related to the following:(a) Acquisition of land and buildings;(b) Building construction;(c) Making improvements to land and buildings, including the following:(i) Expanding, reco…

(A) There is hereby created the job ready site program to provide grants to pay for allowable costs of eligible applicants for eligible projects. The program shall be administered by the department of development. All grants shall be awarded through one of the following two proce…

The director of development shall establish an annual competitive process for making grants described in section 122.086 of the Revised Code in accordance with rules adopted under that section. At least two-thirds of the amounts that may be distributed as grants each year under t…

In order to be considered for a grant under the annual competitive process, an eligible applicant shall fill out an application provided by the department of development and shall file it with the district public works integrating committee with jurisdiction over the area in whic…

An eligible applicant shall provide all of the following on the annual competitive process application: (A) Contact information for the eligible applicant;(B) A legal description of the property for which the grant is requested;(C) A summary of the proposed eligible project that …

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Development costs" means all expenditures paid or incurred by the property owner in completing a certified transformational mixed use development project including acquisition costs and all costs incurred before the project is certified by the di…

Each department, bureau, institution, agency, commission, or office of the state government, shall, upon request, furnish to the department of development any information it has available.The department of development shall cooperate with each department, bureau, institution, age…

The director of development may employ and fix the compensation of technical and professional personnel, who shall be in the unclassified civil service, and may employ other personnel, who shall be in the classified civil service, as necessary to carry out the provisions of secti…

As used in this section and in sections 122.121 and 122.122 of the Revised Code: (A) "Endorsing county" means a county that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for one or more games. (B) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipal corporation that contains a …

(A) A local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county that has entered into a joinder undertaking with a site selection organization may apply to the director of development services, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director, for a grant from…

There is hereby created in the state treasury the sports event grant fund, which shall consist of money appropriated to the fund. Money in the fund shall be used solely to make grants to a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county under section 122.1…

As used in sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Code:(A) "Closing" means the permanent cessation of operations at an establishment that employs at least twenty-five persons.(B) "Employee-owned corporation" means a business operation that is controlled by a board of directors…

There is hereby created the employee ownership assistance program to be administered by the director of development. The director may employ any professional and technical personnel and other employees that are necessary to comply with sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Co…

The director of development shall do all of the following:(A) Develop, collect, and disseminate information useful to individuals and organizations throughout the state in undertaking or promoting the establishment and successful operation of employee-owned corporations;(B) Assis…

The director of development shall publicize the availability of the employee ownership assistance program and its services to local governments and to business and labor organizations and shall coordinate with local governments, business and labor organizations, and other state a…

If the director of development becomes aware that a business establishment is closing or relocating operations, the director, pursuant to a request received under section 122.135 of the Revised Code, may conduct an initial study of the feasibility of the employees of the business…

Any individual, group of individuals, employees, organization of employees, or local community affected by any closing or relocation of a business establishment's operations or the proposed closing or relocation of a business establishment's operations may request, in a manner pr…

The director of development services shall prepare and submit a report to the governor and the general assembly annually on or before the first day of August of the services and activities of the employee ownership assistance program for the preceding calendar year. The director …

(A) As used in this section, "professional sports facility" has the same meaning as in section 5516.01 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the roadwork development fund. The fund shall consist of the investment earnings of the security deposit f…

As used in this section and sections 122.151 to 122.156 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. For the purposes of this divisi…

(A) A person that has developed a business plan to invest in rural business concerns in this state and has successfully solicited private investors to make credit-eligible capital contributions in support of the plan may apply to the department of development for certification as…

(A) There is hereby allowed a nonrefundable tax credit for owners of tax credit certificates issued by the development services agency under division (B) of this section. The credit may be claimed against the tax imposed by section 3901.86, 5725.18, 5729.03, or 5729.06 of the Rev…

(A) The department of development shall not be required to issue a tax credit certificate under section 122.152 of the Revised Code if either of the following applies: (1) The credit-eligible capital contribution was made in a program one rural business growth fund that fails to:…

(A) Each rural business growth fund shall submit a report to the department of development on or before the first day of each March following the end of the calendar year that includes the closing date until the calendar year after the fund has decertified. The report shall provi…

(A)(1) For each calendar year in which a rural business growth fund makes or maintains a growth investment in a rural business concern in this state, the fund shall determine the number of new full-time equivalent employees produced at the business concern as a result of the inve…

A rural business growth fund, before investing in a business, may request a written opinion from the department of development as to whether the business qualifies as a rural business concern based on the criteria prescribed by section 122.15 of the Revised Code. The request shal…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Distressed area" means either a municipal corporation that has a population of at least fifty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census published by the United States census bureau, or a county, that meets at least two of the…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Subdivision" means a municipal corporation, township, or county. (2) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, a board of the township trustees, or a board of county commissioners. (3) "Subdivision's terr…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Payroll" means the total taxable income paid by the employer during the employer's taxable year, or during the calendar year that includes the employer's tax period, to each employee or each home-based employee employed in the project to the exte…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Capital investment project" means a plan of investment at a project site for the acquisition, construction, renovation, or repair of buildings, machinery, or equipment, or for capitalized costs of basic research and new product development determ…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Low-income individual" has the same meaning as "low-income person" in section 5101.311 of the Revised Code. (2) "Microcredential" has the same meaning as in section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (3) "OhioMeansJobs web site" has the same meaning as…

(A) Beginning on the first day of August immediately following the effective date of this section, and every August first thereafter, the director of development services shall submit to the general assembly a written report that compiles and includes information required in this…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of this state as specified in section 9.34 of the Revised Code. (2) "Individual microcredential assistance program" means the individual microcredential assistance program created under section 122.1710 of the R…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of this state as specified in section 9.34 of the Revised Code. (2) "Individual microcredential assistance program" means the individual microcredential assistance program created under section 122.1710 of the R…

(A) As used in this section, "tax liability" means the tax owed under section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code after allowance of all nonrefundable credits and prior to the allowance of all refundable credits. The tax owed under section 5733.06 of the Revised Code shall tak…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Manufacturing machinery and equipment" means engines and machinery, and tools and implements, of every kind used, or designed to be used, in refining and manufacturing. "Manufacturing machinery and equipment" does not include property acquired af…

There is hereby created in the state treasury the tax incentives operating fund. The fund shall consist of any amounts appropriated to it and money credited to the fund pursuant to section 122.151, 122.154, 122.17, 122.171, 122.175, 122.85, 122.86, 3735.672, 5709.68, or 5725.33 o…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Capital investment project" means a plan of investment at a project site for the acquisition, construction, renovation, expansion, replacement, or repair of a computer data center or of computer data center equipment, but does not include any of …

(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Vacant commercial space" means space that has been unoccupied and available for use in a trade or business for the twelve months immediately preceding the lease or purchase date described in division (B) of this section, located in either of…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, a corporation for profit, or a pass-through entity as defined in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code. (2) "Career exploration internship" means a paid employment relationship between a student intern and a b…

(A) As used in this section, "microcredential" means an industry-recognized credential or certificate that an applicant may complete in not more than one year and that is approved by the chancellor of higher education. (B) There is hereby created the TechCred program to reimburse…

(A) As used in this section: "Charitable organization" has the same meaning as in section 1716.01 of the Revised Code. "Independent college or university" means a nonprofit institution of higher education that has a certificate of authorization under Chapter 1713. of the Revised …