Bill Text: OH SB391 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To revise the Ethics Law.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-21 - To Government Oversight & Reform [SB391 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SB391-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

S. B. No. 391

Senator Niehaus 

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A BILL

To amend sections 101.15, 101.301, 101.34, 101.70,

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101.72, 101.73, 101.74, 101.75, 101.78, 101.90,

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101.92, 101.93, 101.94, 101.95, 101.98, 102.01,

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102.02, 102.021, 102.03, 102.031, 102.06, 102.07,

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102.99, 109.54, 121.60, 121.62, 121.63, 121.64,

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121.65, 121.68, and 4503.033 of the Revised Code

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to revise the Ethics Law.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 101.15, 101.301, 101.34, 101.70,	8
101.72, 101.73, 101.74, 101.75, 101.78, 101.90, 101.92, 101.93,	9
101.94, 101.95, 101.98, 102.01, 102.02, 102.021, 102.03, 102.031,	10
102.06, 102.07, 102.99, 109.54, 121.60, 121.62, 121.63, 121.64,	11
121.65, 121.68, and 4503.033 of the Revised Code be amended to	12
read as follows:	13

Sec. 101.15.  (A) As used in this section:

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(1) "Caucus" means all of the members of either house of the	15
general assembly who are members of the same political party.	16

(2) "Committee" means any committee of either house of the	17
general assembly, a joint committee of both houses of the general	18
assembly, including a committee of conference, or a subcommittee	19
of any committee listed in division (A)(2) of this section.	20

(3) "Meeting" means any prearranged discussion of the public	21
business of a committee by a majority of its members.	22

(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this	23
section, all meetings of any committee are declared to be public	24
meetings open to the public at all times. The secretary assigned	25
to the chairperson of the committee shall prepare, file, and	26
maintain the minutes of every regular or special meeting of a	27
committee. The committee, at its next regular or special meeting,	28
shall approve the minutes prepared, filed, and maintained by the	29
secretary, or, if the minutes prepared, filed, and maintained by	30
the secretary require correction before their approval, the	31
committee shall correct and approve the minutes at the next	32
following regular or special meeting. The committee shall make the	33
minutes available for public inspection not later than seven days	34
after the meeting the minutes reflect or not later than the	35
committee's next regular or special meeting, whichever occurs	36
first.	37

(C) Each committee shall establish a reasonable method	38
whereby any person may determine the time and place of all	39
regularly scheduled meetings and the time, place, and purpose of	40
all special meetings. No committee shall hold a regular or special	41
meeting unless it gives at least twenty-four hours' advance notice	42
to the news media that have requested notification.	43

The method established by each committee shall provide that,	44
upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, any person may	45
obtain reasonable advance notification of all meetings at which	46
any specific type of public business will be discussed. Provisions	47
for advance notification may include, but are not limited to,	48
mailing the agenda of meetings to all subscribers on a mailing	49
list or mailing notices in self-addressed stamped envelopes	50
provided by the person who desires advance notification.	51

(D) Any action of a committee relating to a bill or	52
resolution, or any other formal action of a committee, is invalid	53
unless taken in an open meeting of the committee. Any action of a	54
committee relating to a bill or resolution, or any other formal	55
action of a committee, taken in an open meeting is invalid if it	56
results from deliberations in a meeting not open to the public.	57

(E)(1) Any person may bring an action to enforce this	58
section. An action under this division shall be brought within two	59
years after the date of the alleged violation or threatened	60
violation. Upon proof of a violation or threatened violation of	61
this section in an action brought by any person, the court of	62
common pleas shall issue an injunction to compel the members of	63
the committee to comply with its provisions.	64

(2)(a) If the court of common pleas issues an injunction	65
under division (E)(1) of this section, the court shall order the	66
committee that it enjoins to pay a civil forfeiture of five	67
hundred dollars to the party that sought the injunction and shall	68
award to that party all court costs and, subject to reduction as	69
described in this division, reasonable attorney's fees. The court,	70
in its discretion, may reduce an award of attorney's fees to the	71
party that sought the injunction or not award attorney's fees to	72
that party if the court determines both of the following:	73

(i) That, based on the ordinary application of statutory law	74
and case law as it existed at the time of the violation or	75
threatened violation that was the basis of the injunction, a	76
well-informed committee reasonably would believe that the	77
committee was not violating or threatening to violate this	78
section;	79

(ii) That a well-informed committee reasonably would believe	80
that the conduct or threatened conduct that was the basis of the	81
injunction would serve the public policy that underlies the	82
authority that is asserted as permitting that conduct or	83
threatened conduct.	84

(b) If the court of common pleas does not issue an injunction	85
under division (E)(1) of this section and the court determines at	86
that time that the bringing of the action was frivolous conduct as	87
defined in division (A) of section 2323.51 of the Revised Code,	88
the court shall award to the committee all court costs and	89
reasonable attorney's fees, as determined by the court.	90

(3) Irreparable harm and prejudice to the party that sought	91
the injunction shall be conclusively and irrebuttably presumed	92
upon proof of a violation or threatened violation of this section.	93

(4) A member of a committee who knowingly violates an	94
injunction issued under division (E)(1) of this section may be	95
removed from office by an action brought in the court of common	96
pleas for that purpose by the prosecuting attorney of Franklin	97
county or by the attorney general.	98

(5) The remedies described in divisions (E)(1) to (4) of this	99
section shall be the exclusive remedies for a violation of this	100
section.	101

(F) This section does not apply to or affect either of the	102
following:	103

(1) All meetings of the joint legislative ethics committee	104
created under section 101.34 of the Revised Code other than a	105
meeting that is held for any of the following purposes:	106

(a) To consider the adoption, amendment, or recission of any	107
rule that the joint legislative ethics committee is authorized to	108
adopt pursuant to division (B)(11) of section 101.34, division (E)	109
of section 101.78, division (B) of section 102.02, or division	110
(E)(D) of section 121.68 of the Revised Code;	111

(b) To discuss and consider changes to any administrative	112
operation of the joint legislative ethics committee other than any	113
matter described in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised	114
Code;	115

(c) To discuss pending or proposed legislation.

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(2) Meetings of a caucus.

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(G) For purposes of division (F)(1)(a) of this section, an	118
advisory opinion, written opinion, or decision relative to a	119
complaint is not a rule.	120

Sec. 101.301.  (A) As used in this section, "caucus" means	121
all of the members of the house of representatives, or all of the	122
members of the senate, who are members of the same political	123
party.	124

(B) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section	125
2317.021 of the Revised Code, the members of the general assembly	126
who are members of a caucus, and the officers and employees of the	127
general assembly who either serve that caucus or serve the members	128
of the general assembly who are members of that caucus, are	129
clients, for purposes of the attorney-client testimonial privilege	130
specified in division (A) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code	131
and for purposes of any other statutory or common law	132
attorney-client privilege recognized in this state, of the	133
employee of the house of representatives or senate who serves as	134
the legal counsel for that caucus.	135

(C) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section	136
2317.021 of the Revised Code, the members, officers, and employees	137
of the general assembly are clients, for purposes of the	138
attorney-client testimonial privilege specified in division (A) of	139
section 2317.02 of the Revised Code and for purposes of any other	140
statutory or common law attorney-client privilege recognized in	141
this state, of the employees of the joint legislative ethics	142
committee who render legal advice to those members, officers, and	143
employees.	144

Sec. 101.34.  (A) There is hereby created a joint legislative	145
ethics committee to serve the general assembly. The committee	146
shall be composed of twelve members, six each from the two major	147
political parties, and each member shall serve on the committee	148
during the member's term as a member of that general assembly. Six	149
members of the committee shall be members of the house of	150
representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of	151
representatives, not more than three from the same political	152
party, and six members of the committee shall be members of the	153
senate appointed by the president of the senate, not more than	154
three from the same political party. A vacancy in the committee	155
shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an	156
original appointment. The members of the committee shall be	157
appointed within fifteen days after the first day of the first	158
regular session of each general assembly and the committee shall	159
meet and proceed to recommend an ethics code not later than thirty	160
days after the first day of the first regular session of each	161
general assembly.	162

In the first regular session of each general assembly, the	163
speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the	164
chairperson of the committee from among the house members of the	165
committee, and the president of the senate shall appoint the	166
vice-chairperson of the committee from among the senate members of	167
the committee. In the second regular session of each general	168
assembly, the president of the senate shall appoint the	169
chairperson of the committee from among the senate members of the	170
committee, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall	171
appoint the vice-chairperson of the committee from among the house	172
members of the committee. The chairperson, vice-chairperson, and	173
members of the committee shall serve until their respective	174
successors are appointed or until they are no longer members of	175
the general assembly.	176

The committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson or	177
upon the written request of seven members of the committee.	178

(B) The joint legislative ethics committee:

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(1) Shall recommend a code of ethics that is consistent with	180
law to govern all members and employees of each house of the	181
general assembly and all candidates for the office of member of	182
each house;	183

(2) May receive and hear any complaint that alleges a breach	184
of any privilege of either house, or misconduct of any member,	185
employee, or candidate, or any violation of the appropriate code	186
of ethics;	187

(3) May obtain information with respect to any complaint	188
filed pursuant to this section and to that end may enforce the	189
attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of books	190
and papers;	191

(4) May recommend whatever sanction is appropriate with	192
respect to a particular member, employee, or candidate as will	193
best maintain in the minds of the public a good opinion of the	194
conduct and character of members and employees of the general	195
assembly;	196

(5) May recommend legislation to the general assembly	197
relating to the conduct and ethics of members and employees of and	198
candidates for the general assembly;	199

(6) Shall employ an executive director for the committee and	200
may employ other staff as the committee determines necessary to	201
assist it in exercising its powers and duties. The executive	202
director and staff of the committee shall be known as the office	203
of legislative inspector general. At least one member of the staff	204
of the committee shall be an attorney at law licensed to practice	205
law in this state. The appointment and removal of the executive	206
director shall require the approval of at least eight members of	207
the committee.	208

(7) May employ a special counsel to assist the committee in	209
exercising its powers and duties. The appointment and removal of a	210
special counsel shall require the approval of at least eight	211
members of the committee.	212

(8) Shall act as an advisory body to the general assembly and	213
to individual members, candidates, and employees on questions	214
relating to ethics, possible conflicts of interest, and financial	215
disclosure;	216

(9) Shall provide for the proper forms on which a statement	217
required or permitted pursuant to section 102.02 or 102.021 of the	218
Revised Code shall be filed and instructions as to the filing of	219
the statement;	220

(10) Exercise the powers and duties prescribed under sections	221
101.70 to 101.79, sections 101.90 to 101.98, Chapter 102., and	222
sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code;	223

(11) Adopt, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised	224
Code, any rules that are necessary to implement and clarify	225
Chapter 102. and sections 2921.42 and 2921.43 of the Revised Code.	226

(C) There is hereby created in the state treasury the joint	227
legislative ethics committee fund. All money collected from	228
registration fees and late filing fees prescribed under sections	229
101.72, 101.92, and 121.62 of the Revised Code shall be deposited	230
into the state treasury to the credit of the fund. Money credited	231
to the fund and any interest and earnings from the fund shall be	232
used solely for the operation of the joint legislative ethics	233
committee and the office of legislative inspector general and for	234
the purchase of data storage and computerization facilities for	235
the statements filed with the committee under sections 101.73,	236
101.74, 101.93, 101.94, 121.63, and 121.64 of the Revised Code.	237

(D) The chairperson of the joint legislative ethics committee	238
shall issue a written report, not later than the thirty-first day	239
of January of each year, to the speaker and minority leader of the	240
house of representatives and to the president and minority leader	241
of the senate that lists the number of committee meetings and	242
investigations the committee conducted during the immediately	243
preceding calendar year and the number of advisory opinions it	244
issued during the immediately preceding calendar year.	245

(E) Any investigative report that contains facts and findings	246
regarding a complaint filed with the joint legislative ethics	247
committee and that is prepared by the staff of the committee or a	248
special counsel to the committee shall become a public record upon	249
its acceptance by a vote of the majority of the members of the	250
committee, except for any names of specific individuals and	251
entities contained in the report. If the committee recommends	252
disciplinary action or reports its findings to the appropriate	253
prosecuting authority for proceedings in prosecution of the	254
violations alleged in the complaint, the investigatory report	255
regarding the complaint shall become a public record in its	256
entirety.	257

(F)(1) Any file obtained by or in the possession of the	258
former house ethics committee or former senate ethics committee	259
shall become the property of the joint legislative ethics	260
committee. Any such file is confidential if either of the	261
following applies:	262

(a) It is confidential under section 102.06 of the Revised	263
Code or the legislative code of ethics.	264

(b) If the file was obtained from the former house ethics	265
committee or from the former senate ethics committee, it was	266
confidential under any statute or any provision of a code of	267
ethics that governed the file.	268

(2) As used in this division, "file" includes, but is not	269
limited to, evidence, documentation, or any other tangible thing.	270

(G) There is hereby created in the state treasury the joint	271
legislative ethics committee investigative fund. Investment	272
earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the	273
fund shall be used solely for the operations of the committee in	274
conducting investigations.	275

Sec. 101.70.  As used in sections 101.70 to 101.79 and 101.99	276
of the Revised Code:	277

(A) "Person" means any individual, partnership, trust,	278
estate, business trust, association, or corporation; any labor	279
organization or manufacturer association; any department,	280
commission, board, publicly supported college or university,	281
division, institution, bureau, or other instrumentality of the	282
state; or any county, township, municipal corporation, school	283
district, or other political subdivision of the state. "Person"	284
includes the Ohio casino control commission, a member of the	285
commission, the executive director of the commission, an employee	286
of the commission, and an agent of the commission.	287

(B) "Legislation" means bills, resolutions, amendments,	288
nominations, and any other matter pending before the general	289
assembly, any matter pending before the controlling board, or the	290
executive approval or veto of any bill acted upon by the general	291
assembly.	292

(C) "Compensation" means a salary, gift, payment, benefit,	293
subscription, loan, advance, reimbursement, or deposit of money or	294
anything of value; or a contract, promise, or agreement, whether	295
or not legally enforceable, to make compensation.	296

(D) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to,	297
at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of any member	298
of the general assembly, any member of the controlling board, the	299
governor, the director of a department created under section	300
121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of any	301
public officer or employee listed in this divisionofficial:	302

(1) A payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit,	303
reimbursement, or gift of money, real estate, or anything of	304
value, including, but not limited to, food and beverages,	305
entertainment, lodging, or transportation;	306

(2) A contract, promise, or agreement to make an expenditure,	307
whether or not legally enforceable;	308

(3) The purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other	309
thing of value.	310

"Expenditure" does not include a contribution, gift, or grant to a	311
foundation or other charitable organization that is exempt from	312
federal income taxation under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal	313
Revenue Code. "Expenditure" does not include the purchase, sale,	314
or gift of services or any other thing of value that is available	315
to the general public on the same terms as it is available to the	316
persons listed in this division, or an offer or sale of securities	317
to any person listed in this division that is governed by	318
regulation D, 17 C.F.R. 230.501 to 230.508, adopted under the	319
authority of the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15	320
U.S.C.A. and following, or that is governed by a comparable	321
provision under state law.	322

(E) "Actively advocate" means to promote, advocate, or oppose	323
the passage, modification, defeat, or executive approval or veto	324
of any legislation by direct communication with any member of the	325
general assembly, any member of the controlling board, the	326
governor, the director of any department listed in section 121.02	327
of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of any public	328
officer or employee listed in this divisionofficial. "Actively	329
advocate" does not include the action of any person not engaged by	330
an employer who has a direct interest in legislation if the	331
person, acting under Section 3 of Article I, Ohio Constitution,	332
assembles together with other persons to consult for their common	333
good, instructs a public officer or employee who is listed in this	334
divisionofficial, or petitions that public officer or employee	335
official for the redress of grievances.	336

(F) "Legislative agent" means any individual, except a member	337
of the general assembly, a member of the staff of the general	338
assembly, the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general,	339
secretary of state, treasurer of state, or auditor of state, who	340
is engaged during at least a portion of the individual's time to	341
actively advocate as one of the individual's main purposeswhose	342
direct communication with any public official for the purpose of	343
actively advocating constitutes at least five per cent of the	344
total performance time for which the individual is compensated by	345
a specific employer. An individual engaged by the Ohio casino	346
control commission, a member of the commission, the executive	347
director of the commission, or an employee or agent of the	348
commission to actively advocate is a "legislative agent" even if	349
the individual does not during at least a portion of the	350
individual's time actively advocate as one of the individual's	351
main purposes.	352

(G) "Employer" means any person who, directly or indirectly,	353
engages a legislative agent.	354

(H) "Engage" means to make any arrangement, and "engagement"	355
means any arrangement, whereby an individual is employed or	356
retained for compensation to act for or on behalf of an employer	357
to actively advocate.	358

(I) "Financial transaction" means a transaction or activity	359
that is conducted or undertaken for profit and arises from the	360
joint ownership or the ownership or part ownership in common of	361
any real or personal property or any commercial or business	362
enterprise of whatever form or nature between the following:	363

(1) A legislative agent, an employer of a legislative agent,	364
or a member of the immediate family of the legislative agent or a	365
legislative agent's employer; and	366

(2) Any member of the general assembly, any member of the	367
controlling board, the governor, the director of a department	368
created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of	369
the staff of a public officer or employee listed in division	370
(I)(2) of this sectionofficial.	371

"Financial transaction" does not include any transaction or	372
activity described in division (I) of this section if it is	373
available to the general public on the same terms, or if it is an	374
offer or sale of securities to any person listed in division	375
(I)(2) of this section that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R.	376
230.501 to 230.508, adopted under the authority of the "Securities	377
Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and following, or that is	378
governed by a comparable provision under state law.	379

(J) "Public official" means a member of the general assembly,	380
a member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a	381
department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or	382
any member of the staff of a public official listed in this	383
division.	384

(K) "Staff" means any state employee whose official duties	385
are to formulate policy and who exercises administrative or	386
supervisory authority or who authorizes the expenditure of state	387
funds.	388

Sec. 101.72.  (A) Each legislative agent and employer, within	389
ten days following an engagement of a legislative agent, shall	390
file with the joint legislative ethics committee an initial	391
registration statement showing all of the following:	392

(1) The name, business address, and occupation of the	393
legislative agent;	394

(2) The name and business address of the employer and the	395
real party in interest on whose behalf the legislative agent is	396
actively advocating, if it is different from the employer. For the	397
purposes of division (A) of this section, where a trade	398
association or other charitable or fraternal organization that is	399
exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c) of the	400
federal Internal Revenue Code is the employer, the statement need	401
not list the names and addresses of each member of the association	402
or organization, so long as the association or organization itself	403
is listed.	404

(3) A brief description of the type of legislation to which	405
the engagement relates.	406

(B) In addition to the initial registration statement	407
required by division (A) of this section, each legislative agent	408
and employer shall file with the joint committee, not later than	409
the last day of January, May, and September of each year, an	410
updated registration statement that confirms the continuing	411
existence of each engagement described in an initial registration	412
statement and that lists the specific bills or resolutions on	413
which the agent actively advocated under that engagement during	414
the period covered by the updated statement, and with it any	415
statement of expenditures required to be filed by section 101.73	416
of the Revised Code and any details of financial transactions	417
required to be filed by section 101.74 of the Revised Code.	418

(C) If a legislative agent is engaged by more than one	419
employer, the agent shall file a separate initial and updated	420
registration statement for each engagement. If an employer engages	421
more than one legislative agent, the employer need file only one	422
updated registration statement under division (B) of this section,	423
which shall contain the information required by division (B) of	424
this section regarding all of the legislative agents engaged by	425
the employer.	426

(D)(1) A change in any information required by division	427
(A)(1), (2), or (B) of this section shall be reflected in the next	428
updated registration statement filed under division (B) of this	429
section.	430

(2) Within thirty days after the termination of an	431
engagement, the legislative agent who was employed under the	432
engagement shall send written notification of the termination to	433
the joint committee.	434

(E) A registration fee of twenty-fivethirty-five dollars	435
shall be charged for filing an initial registration statement. The	436
state agency of an officer or employee who actively advocates in a	437
fiduciary capacity as a representative of that state agency shall	438
pay the registration fee required under this division. All money	439
collected from registration fees under this division and late	440
filing fees under division (G) of this section shall be deposited	441
into the state treasury to the credit of the joint legislative	442
ethics committee fund created under section 101.34 of the Revised	443
Code.	444

An officer or employee of a state agency who actively	445
advocates in a fiduciary capacity as a representative of that	446
state agency need not file expenditure statements under section	447
101.73 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "state	448
agency" does not include a state institution of higher education	449
as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.	450

(F) Upon registration pursuant to division (A) of this	451
section, the legislative agent shall be issued a card by the joint	452
committee showing that the legislative agent is registered. The	453
registration card and the legislative agent's registration shall	454
be valid from the date of their issuance until the next	455
thirty-first day of December of an even-numbered year.	456

(G) The executive director of the joint committee shall be	457
responsible for reviewing each registration statement filed with	458
the joint committee under this section and for determining whether	459
the statement contains all of the information required by this	460
section. If the joint committee determines that the registration	461
statement does not contain all of the required information or that	462
a legislative agent or employer has failed to file a registration	463
statement, the joint committee shall send written notification by	464
certified mail to the person who filed the registration statement	465
regarding the deficiency in the statement or to the person who	466
failed to file the registration statement regarding the failure.	467
Any person so notified by the joint committee shall, not later	468
than fifteen days after receiving the notice, file a registration	469
statement or an amended registration statement that does contain	470
all of the information required by this section. If any person who	471
receives a notice under this division fails to file a registration	472
statement or such an amended registration statement within this	473
fifteen-day period, the joint committee shall assess a late filing	474
fee equal to twelve dollars and fifty cents per day, up to a	475
maximum of one hundred dollars, upon that person. The joint	476
committee may waive the late filing fee for good cause shown.	477

(H) On or before the fifteenth day of March of each year, the	478
joint committee shall, in the manner and form that it determines,	479
publish a report containing statistical information on the	480
registration statements filed with it under this section during	481
the preceding year.	482

Sec. 101.73.  (A) Each legislative agent and each employer	483
shall file in the office of the joint legislative ethics	484
committee, with the updated registration statement required by	485
division (B) of section 101.72 of the Revised Code, a statement of	486
expenditures as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this	487
section. A legislative agent shall file a separate statement of	488
expenditures under this section for each employer engaging the	489
legislative agent.	490

(B)(1) In addition to the information required by divisions	491
(B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by a legislative	492
agent shall show the total amount of expenditures made by the	493
legislative agent during the reporting period covered by the	494
statement.	495

(2) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an	496
employer or any legislative agent the employer engaged made,	497
either separately or in combination with each other, either	498
directly or indirectly, expenditures to,that, when added to the	499
amount of previous expenditures made by that employer or	500
legislative agent during the same calendar year, exceed a total of	501
one hundred dollars at the request of, for the benefit of, or on	502
behalf of any particular member of the general assembly, any	503
particular member of the controlling board, the governor, the	504
director of a department created under section 121.02 of the	505
Revised Code, or any particular member of the staff of any of the	506
public officers or employees listed in division (B)(2) of this	507
sectionofficial, then the employer or legislative agent shall	508
also state all of the following regarding those expenditures:	509

(a)(1) The name of the public officer or employeeofficial to	510
whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the	511
expenditures were made;	512

(b)(2) The total amount of the expenditures made;

513

(c)(3) A brief description of the expenditures made;

514

(d)(4) The approximate date the expenditures were made;

515

(e)(5) The specific items of legislation, if any, for which	516
the expenditures were made and the identity of the client on whose	517
behalf each expenditure was made.	518

As used in division (B)(2) of this section, "expenditures"	519
does not include expenditures made by a legislative agent as	520
payment for meals and other food and beverages.	521

(3) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, a	522
legislative agent made expenditures as payment for meals and other	523
food and beverages, other than for meals and other food and	524
beverages provided to a member of the general assembly at a	525
meeting at which the member participated in a panel, seminar, or	526
speaking engagement or provided to a member of the general	527
assembly at a meeting or convention of a national organization to	528
which any state agency, including, but not limited to, any	529
legislative agency or state institution of higher education as	530
defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership	531
dues, that, when added to the amount of previous payments made for	532
meals and other food and beverages by that legislative agent	533
during that same calendar year, exceeded a total of fifty dollars	534
to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of any	535
particular member of the general assembly, any particular member	536
of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a	537
department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or	538
any particular member of the staff of any of the public officers	539
or employees listed in division (B)(3) of this section, then the	540
legislative agent shall also state all of the following regarding	541
those expenditures:	542

(a) The name of the public officer or employee to whom, at	543
whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the	544
expenditures were made;	545

(b) The total amount of the expenditures made;

546

(c) A brief description of the expenditures made;

547

(d) The approximate date the expenditures were made;

548

(e) The specific items of legislation, if any, for which the	549
expenditures were made and the identity of the client on whose	550
behalf each expenditure was made.	551

(C) In addition to the information required by divisions	552
division (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by an	553
employer shall show the total amount of expenditures made by the	554
employer or legislative agent filing the statement during the	555
period covered by the statement. As used in this section,	556
"expenditures" does not include the expenses of maintaining office	557
facilities or the compensation paid to legislative agents engaged	558
by an employerA statement filed by a legislative agent shall show	559
all legislation regarding which the legislative agent has	560
advocated on behalf of the employer during the period covered by	561
the statement. A statement filed by an employer shall show all	562
legislation regarding which the employer has advocated during the	563
period covered by the statement.	564

No employer isshall be required to show any expenditure or	565
legislation on a statement filed under this division if the	566
expenditure or legislation is reported on a statement filed under	567
division (B) of this section by a legislative agent engaged by the	568
employer. No legislative agent shall be required to show any	569
expenditure on a statement filed under this division if the	570
expenditure is reported on a statement filed under division (B) of	571
this section by the legislative agent's employer.	572

(D) Any statement required to be filed under this section	573
shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.72 of the	574
Revised Code. Each statement shall cover expenditures made during	575
the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the	576
month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is	577
required to be filed.	578

(E) No portion of the amount of an expenditure for meals or	579
beverages provided at a dinner, party, or other function sponsored	580
by an employer or legislative agent need be attributed to, or	581
counted toward the amount for, a reporting period specified in	582
division (B)(2) or (3) of this section if the sponsor has invited	583
to the function all the members of either of the following:	584

(1) The general assembly;

585

(2) Either house of the general assembly.

586

However, the amount spent for such function and its date and	587
purpose shall be reported separately on the statement required to	588
be filed under this section and the amount spent for the function	589
shall be added with other expenditures for the purpose of	590
determining the total amount of expenditures reported in the	591
statement under division (B)(1) or (C) of this section.	592

(F) No portion of the amount of an expenditure made as	593
payment for meals and other food and beverages provided at a	594
meeting at which the public official participated in a panel,	595
seminar, or speaking engagement or provided to a public official	596
at a meeting or convention of a national organization to which any	597
state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative	598
agency or state institution of higher education as defined in	599
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code pays membership dues need be	600
attributed to, or counted toward the amount for, a reporting	601
period specified in division (B) of this section.	602

However, the total amount spent for such meals and beverages	603
shall be reported separately on the statement required to be filed	604
under this section and the amount spent for the function shall be	605
added with other expenditures for the purpose of determining the	606
total amount of expenditures reported in the statement under	607
division (C) of this section.	608

(G) If it is impractical or impossible for a legislative	609
agent or employer to determine exact dollar amounts or values of	610
expenditures, reporting of good faith estimates, based upon	611
reasonable accounting procedures, constitutes compliance with this	612
section.	613

(E)(H) All legislative agents and employers shall retain	614
receipts or maintain records for all expenditures that are	615
required to be reported pursuant to this section. These receipts	616
or records shall be maintained for a period ending on the	617
thirty-first day of December of the second calendar year after the	618
year in which the expenditure was made.	619

(F)(1)(I) An employer or legislative agent who is required to	620
file an expenditure statement under division (B) or (C) of this	621
section shall deliver a copynotice of the statement, or of the	622
portion showing the expenditure, to the public officer or employee	623
official who is listed in the statement as having received the	624
expenditure or on whose behalf it was made, at least ten days	625
before the date on which the statement is filed.	626

(2) If, during a reporting period covered by an expenditure	627
statement filed under division (B)(2) of this section, an employer	628
or any legislative agent the employer engaged made, either	629
separately or in combination with each other, either directly or	630
indirectly, expenditures for transportation, lodging, or food and	631
beverages purchased for consumption on the premises in which the	632
food and beverages were sold to, at the request of, for the	633
benefit of, or on behalf of any of the public officers or	634
employees described in division (B)(2) of this section, the	635
employer or legislative agent shall deliver to the public officer	636
or employee a statement that contains all of the nondisputed	637
information prescribed in division (B)(2)(a) through (e) of this	638
section with respect to the expenditures described in division	639
(F)(2) of this section. The statement of expenditures made under	640
division (F)(2) of this section shall be delivered to the public	641
officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit,	642
or on whose behalf those expenditures were made on the same day in	643
which a copy of the expenditure statement or of a portion showing	644
the expenditure is delivered to the public officer or employee	645
under division (F)(1) of this section. An employer is not required	646
to show any expenditure on a statement delivered under division	647
(F)(2) of this section if the expenditure is shown on a statement	648
delivered under division (F)(2) of this section by a legislative	649
agent engaged by the employer.	650

(J) As used in this section, "expenditure" does not include	651
the expenses of maintaining office facilities or the compensation	652
paid to a legislative agent engaged by an employer.	653

Sec. 101.74.  (A) Any legislative agent who has had any	654
financial transaction with or for the benefit of any member of the	655
general assembly, any member of the controlling board, the	656
governor, the director of a department created under section	657
121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of any	658
public officer or employee listed in this divisionofficial shall	659
describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the	660
public officer or employeeofficial, the purpose and nature of	661
the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a	662
statement filed with the joint legislative ethics committee with	663
the updated registration statement required by division (B) of	664
section 101.72 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed	665
at the times specified in section 101.72 of the Revised Code. Each	666
statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred	667
during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day	668
of the month immediately preceding the month in which the	669
statement is required to be filed.	670

(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any	671
employer who has had any financial transaction with or for the	672
benefit of any member of the general assembly, any member of the	673
controlling board, the governor, the director of a department	674
created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of	675
the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this	676
divisionofficial shall describe the details of the transaction,	677
including the name of the public officer or employeeofficial, the	678
purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or	679
entered into, in a statement filed with the joint committee with	680
the updated registration statement required by division (B) of	681
section 101.72 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed	682
at the times specified in section 101.72 of the Revised Code. Each	683
statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred	684
during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day	685
of the month immediately preceding the month in which the	686
statement is required to be filed.	687

(C) An employer or legislative agent who is required to file	688
a statement describing a financial transaction under this section	689
shall deliver a copynotice of the statementtransaction to the	690
public officer or employeeofficial with whom or for whose benefit	691
the transaction was made at least ten days before the date on	692
which the statement is filed.	693

(D) No employer shall be required to file any statement under	694
this section or to deliver a copynotice of the statementa	695
transaction to a public officer or employeeofficial with whom or	696
for whose benefit the transaction was made if the financial	697
transaction to which the statement pertains is reported by a	698
legislative agent engaged by the employer.	699

Sec. 101.75.  If a dispute arises between any member of the	700
general assembly, any member of the controlling board, or a member	701
of the staff of the general assembly or controlling board and an	702
employer or legislative agent with respect to an expenditure or	703
financial transaction alleged in any statement to be filed under	704
section 101.73 or 101.74 of the Revised Code, the member,	705
employer, or legislative agent may file a complaint with the joint	706
legislative ethics committee. The committee shall proceed to	707
investigate the complaint as provided for other complaints in	708
section 101.34 of the Revised Code.	709

The complaint shall be filed at least three days prior to the	710
time the statement is required to be filed with the joint	711
legislative ethics committee. The time for filing a disputed	712
expenditure or financial transaction in any statement of	713
expenditures or the details of a financial transaction that	714
contains a disputed expenditure or financial transaction shall be	715
extended pending the final decision of the joint committee. This	716
extension does not extend the time for filing the nondisputed	717
portions of an expenditure statement or of the details of a	718
financial transaction. The joint committee shall notify the	719
parties of its final decision by certified mail. If the committee	720
decides that the disputed expenditure or financial transaction	721
should be reported, the employer or legislative agent shall	722
include the matter in an amendedthe statement and. The employer	723
or legislative agent shall file the amended statement not later	724
than ten days after the employer or agent receives notice of the	725
decision of the committee by certified mail.	726

An employer or legislative agent who files a false statement	727
of expenditures or details of a financial transaction is liable in	728
a civil action to any public officer or employee who sustains	729
damage as a result of the filing or publication of the statement.	730

Sec. 101.78.  (A) The joint legislative ethics committee	731
shall keep on file the statements required by sections 101.72,	732
101.73, and 101.74 of the Revised Code. Those statements are	733
public records and open to public inspection, and the joint	734
committee shall computerizepublish them so that the information	735
contained inand make them is readily accessibleavailable to the	736
general public on its official web site. The joint committee shall	737
provide copies of the statements to the general public upon	738
request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of	739
copying and delivering each statement.	740

(B) The joint committee shall prescribe and make available an	741
appropriate form for filing the information required by sections	742
101.72, 101.73, and 101.74 of the Revised Code. The form shall	743
contain the following notice in boldface type: "ANY PERSON WHO	744
KNOWINGLY FILES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER	745
SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE	746
FIRST DEGREE."	747

(C) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that	748
explains in clear and concise language sections 101.70 to 101.79	749
and 101.99 of the Revised Code and make it available free of	750
charge to members of the general assembly, legislative agents,	751
employers, and any other interested persons.	752

(D) Not later than the last day of February and October of	753
each year, the joint committee shall compile from registration	754
statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered	755
legislative agents and their employers and distribute the list to	756
each member of the general assembly, each member of the	757
controlling board who is not a member of the general assembly, and	758
the governor. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list	759
to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee	760
not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the list.	761

(E) The joint committee may adopt rules as necessary to	762
implement sections 101.70 to 101.79 of the Revised Code, and any	763
such rules it adopts shall be adopted in accordance with section	764
111.15 of the Revised Code.	765

Sec. 101.90.  As used in sections 101.90 to 101.99 of the	766
Revised Code:	767

(A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in	768
section 101.70 of the Revised Code.	769

(B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to,	770
at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a state	771
retirement system, a member of the board of a state retirement	772
system, a state retirement system investment official, or an	773
employee of a state retirement system whose position involves	774
substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment	775
of retirement system funds:	776

(1) A payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit,	777
reimbursement, or gift of money, real estate, or anything of	778
value, including, but not limited to food and beverages and	779
entertainment;	780

(2) A contract, promise, or agreement to make an expenditure,	781
whether or not legally enforceable;	782

(3) The purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other	783
thing of value. "Expenditure" does not include a contribution,	784
gift, or grant to a foundation or other charitable organization	785
that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection	786
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. "Expenditure" does not	787
include the purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other thing	788
of value that is available to the general public on the same terms	789
as it is available to the persons listed in this division, or an	790
offer or sale of securities to any person listed in this division	791
that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R. 2301.501230.501 to	792
2301.508230.508, adopted under the authority of the "Securities	793
Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and following, or that is	794
governed by a comparable provision under state law.	795

(C) "Employer" means any person who, directly or indirectly,	796
engages a retirement system lobbyist.	797

(D) "Engage" means to make any arrangement, and "engagement"	798
means arrangement, whereby an individual is employed or retained	799
for compensation to act for or on behalf of an employer to	800
influence retirement system decisions or to conduct any retirement	801
system lobbying activity.	802

(E) "Financial transaction" means a transaction or activity	803
that is conducted or undertaken for profit and arises from the	804
joint ownership or the ownership or part ownership in common of	805
any real or personal property or any commercial or business	806
enterprise of whatever form or nature between the following:	807

(1) A retirement system lobbyist, the retirement system	808
lobbyist's employer, or a member of the immediate family of the	809
retirement system lobbyist or the retirement system lobbyist's	810
employer; and	811

(2) A state retirement system, a member of a board of a state	812
retirement system, a state retirement system investment official,	813
or an employee of a state retirement system whose position	814
involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the	815
investment of retirement system funds.	816

"Financial transaction" does not include any transaction or	817
activity described in division (E) of this section if it is	818
available to the general public on the same terms, or if it is an	819
offer or sale of securities to any person listed in division	820
(E)(2) of this section that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R.	821
2301.501230.501 to 2301.508230.508, adopted under the authority	822
of the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and	823
following, or that is governed by a comparable provision under	824
state law.	825

(F) "Retirement system" means the public employees retirement	826
system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers	827
retirement system, school employees retirement system, and state	828
highway patrol retirement system.	829

(G) "Retirement system decision" means a decision of a	830
retirement system regarding the investment of retirement system	831
funds. "Retirement system decision" includes the decision by a	832
board of a retirement system to award a contract to an agent or an	833
investment manager.	834

(H) "Retirement system lobbyist" means any person engaged to	835
influencewhose direct communication with retirement system	836
officials or employees for the purpose of influencing retirement	837
system decisions or to conductconducting retirement system	838
lobbying activity as one of the person's main purposes on a	839
regular and substantial basisconstitutes at least twenty-five per	840
cent of the total performance time for which the person is	841
compensated by a specific employer. "Retirement system lobbyist"	842
does not include an elected or appointed officer or employee of a	843
federal or state agency, or political subdivision who attempts to	844
influence or affect executive agency decisions in a fiduciary	845
capacity as a representative of the officer's or employee's agency	846
or political subdivision.	847

(I) "Retirement system lobbying activity" means contacts made	848
to promote, oppose, reward, or otherwise influence the outcome of	849
a retirement system decision by direct communication with a member	850
of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system	851
investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system	852
whose position involves substantial and material exercise of	853
discretion in the investment of retirement system funds. "Lobbying	854
activity" does not include any of the following:	855

(1) The action of any person having a direct interest in	856
retirement system decisions who, under Section 3 of Article I,	857
Ohio Constitution, assembles together with other persons to	858
consult for their common good, instructs a person listed in the	859
first paragraph of division (I) of this section, or petitions such	860
a person for the redress of grievances;	861

(2) Contacts made for the sole purpose of gathering	862
information contained in a public record;	863

(3) Appearances before a retirement system to give testimony.

864

(J) "Retirement system official" means an officer or employee	865
of a retirement system whose principal duties are to formulate	866
policy or to participate directly or indirectly in the	867
preparation, review, or award of financial arrangements with a	868
retirement system.	869

(K) "Aggrieved party" means a party entitled to resort to a	870
remedy.	871

(L) "Staff" means an employee of a retirement system whose	872
position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion	873
in the investment of retirement system funds and who is required	874
under section 102.02 of the Revised Code to file a disclosure	875
statement with the Ohio ethics commission.	876

Sec. 101.92.  (A) Each retirement system lobbyist and each	877
employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee,	878
within ten days following the engagement of a retirement system	879
lobbyist, an initial registration statement showing all of the	880
following:	881

(1) The name, business address, and occupation of the	882
retirement system lobbyist;	883

(2) The name and business address of the employer or of the	884
real party in interest on whose behalf the retirement system	885
lobbyist is acting, if it is different from the employer. For the	886
purposes of division (A) of this section, where a trade	887
association or other charitable or fraternal organization that is	888
exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c) of the	889
federal Internal Revenue Code is the employer, the statement need	890
not list the names and addresses of every member of the	891
association or organization, so long as the association or	892
organization itself is listed.	893

(3) A brief description of the retirement system decision to	894
which the engagement relates;	895

(4) The name of the retirement system or systems to which the	896
engagement relates.	897

(B) In addition to the initial registration statement	898
required by division (A) of this section, each retirement system	899
lobbyist and employer shall file with the joint committee, not	900
later than the last day of January, May, and September of each	901
year, an updated registration statement that confirms the	902
continuing existence of each engagement described in an initial	903
registration statement and that lists the specific retirement	904
system decisions that the lobbyist sought to influence under the	905
engagement during the period covered by the updated statement, and	906
with it any statement of expenditures required to be filed by	907
section 101.93 of the Revised Code and any details of financial	908
transactions required to be filed by section 101.94 of the Revised	909
Code.	910

(C) If a retirement system lobbyist is engaged by more than	911
one employer, the lobbyist shall file a separate initial and	912
updated registration statement for each engagement. If an employer	913
engages more than one retirement system lobbyist, the employer	914
need file only one updated registration statement under division	915
(B) of this section, which shall contain the information required	916
by division (B) of this section regarding all of the retirement	917
system lobbyists engaged by the employer.	918

(D)(1) A change in any information required by division	919
(A)(1), (2), or (B) of this section shall be reflected in the next	920
updated registration statement filed under division (B) of this	921
section.	922

(2) Within thirty days following the termination of an	923
engagement, the retirement system lobbyist who was employed under	924
the engagement shall send written notification of the termination	925
to the joint committee.	926

(E) A registration fee of twenty-fivethirty-five dollars	927
shall be charged for filing an initial registration statement. All	928
money collected from registration fees under this division and	929
late filing fees under division (G) of this section shall be	930
deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the joint	931
legislative ethics committee fund created under section 101.34 of	932
the Revised Code.	933

(F) Upon registration pursuant to this section, a retirement	934
system lobbyist shall be issued a card by the joint committee	935
showing that the lobbyist is registered. The registration card and	936
the retirement system lobbyist's registration shall be valid from	937
the date of their issuance until the next thirty-first day of	938
JanuaryDecember of thean even-numbered year following the year	939
in which the initial registration was filed.	940

(G) The executive director of the joint committee shall be	941
responsible for reviewing each registration statement filed with	942
the joint committee under this section and for determining whether	943
the statement contains all of the required information. If the	944
joint committee determines that the registration statement does	945
not contain all of the required information or that a retirement	946
system lobbyist or employer has failed to file a registration	947
statement, the joint committee shall send written notification by	948
certified mail to the person who filed the registration statement	949
regarding the deficiency in the statement or to the person who	950
failed to file the registration statement regarding the failure.	951
Any person so notified by the joint committee shall, not later	952
than fifteen days after receiving the notice, file a registration	953
statement or an amended registration statement that contains all	954
of the required information. If any person who receives a notice	955
under this division fails to file a registration statement or such	956
an amended registration statement within this fifteen-day period,	957
the joint committee shall assess a late filing fee equal to twelve	958
dollars and fifty cents per day, up to a maximum fee of one	959
hundred dollars, upon that person. The joint committee may waive	960
the late filing fee for good cause shown.	961

(H) On or before the fifteenth day of March of each year, the	962
joint committee shall, in the manner and form that it determines,	963
publish a report containing statistical information on the	964
registration statements filed with it under this section during	965
the preceding year.	966

(I) If an employer who engages a retirement system lobbyist	967
is the recipient of a contract, grant, lease, or other financial	968
arrangement pursuant to which funds of the state or of a	969
retirement system are distributed or allocated, the executive	970
agency or any aggrieved party may consider the failure of the	971
employer or the retirement system lobbyist to comply with this	972
section as a breach of a material condition of the contract,	973
grant, lease, or other financial arrangement.	974

(J) Retirement system officials may require certification	975
from any person seeking the award of a contract, grant, lease, or	976
financial arrangement that the person and the person's employer	977
are in compliance with this section.	978

Sec. 101.93.  (A) Each retirement system lobbyist and each	979
employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee,	980
with the updated registration statement required by division (B)	981
of section 121.62 of the Revised Code, a statement of expenditures	982
as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. A	983
retirement system lobbyist shall file a separate statement of	984
expenditures under this section for each employer that engages the	985
retirement system lobbyist.	986

(B)(1) In addition to the information required by divisions	987
(B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by a retirement	988
system lobbyist shall show the total amount of expenditures made	989
during the reporting period covered by the statement by the	990
retirement system lobbyist.	991

(2) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an	992
employer or any retirement system lobbyist the employer engaged	993
made, either separately or in combination with each other,	994
expenditures to,that, when added to the amount of previous	995
expenditures made by that employer or retirement system lobbyist	996
during the same calendar year, exceed a total of one hundred	997
dollars at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a	998
member of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement	999
system investment official, or an employee of a state retirement	1000
system whose position involves substantial and material exercise	1001
of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds the	1002
employer or retirement system lobbyist also shall state the name	1003
of the member, official, or employee to whom, at whose request,	1004
for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures were made,	1005
the total amount of the expenditures made, a brief description of	1006
the expenditures made, the approximate date the expenditures were	1007
made, the retirement system decision, if any, sought to be	1008
influenced, and the identity of the client on whose behalf the	1009
expenditure was made.	1010

As used in division (B)(2) of this section, "expenditures"	1011
does not include expenditures made by a retirement system lobbyist	1012
as payment for meals and other food and beverages.	1013

(3) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, a	1014
retirement system lobbyist made expenditures as payment for meals	1015
and other food and beverages, that, when added to the amount of	1016
previous payments made for meals and other food and beverages by	1017
that retirement system lobbyist during that same calendar year,	1018
exceeded a total of fifty dollars to, at the request of, for the	1019
benefit of, or on behalf of a member of a board of a state	1020
retirement system, a state retirement system investment official,	1021
or an employee of a state retirement system whose position	1022
involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the	1023
investment of retirement system funds, the retirement system	1024
lobbyist shall also state regarding those expenditures the name of	1025
the member, official, or employee to whom, at whose request, for	1026
whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures were made, the	1027
total amount of the expenditures made, a brief description of the	1028
expenditures made, the approximate date the expenditures were	1029
made, the retirement system decision, if any, sought to be	1030
influenced, and the identity of the client on whose behalf the	1031
expenditure was made.	1032

(C) In addition to the information required by divisions	1033
division (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by an	1034
employer shall show the total amount of expenditures made by the	1035
employer or retirement system lobbyist filing the statement during	1036
the period covered by the statement. As used in this section,	1037
"expenditures" does not include the expenses of maintaining office	1038
facilities, or the compensation paid to retirement system	1039
lobbyists engaged to influence retirement system decisions or	1040
conduct retirement system lobbying activityA statement filed by a	1041
retirement system lobbyist shall show all retirement system	1042
decisions the retirement system lobbyist has been engaged to	1043
influence on behalf of the employer during the period covered by	1044
the statement. A statement filed by an employer shall show all	1045
retirement system decisions the employer has engaged the	1046
retirement system lobbyist to influence during the period covered	1047
by the statement.	1048

No employer shall be required to show any expenditure or	1049
retirement system decision on a statement filed under this	1050
division if the expenditure or retirement system decision is	1051
reported on a statement filed under division (B)(1), (2), or (3)	1052
of this section by a retirement system lobbyist engaged by the	1053
employer. No retirement system lobbyist shall be required to show	1054
any expenditure on a statement filed under this division if the	1055
expenditure is reported on a statement filed under division (B) of	1056
this section by the retirement system lobbyist's employer.	1057

(D) Any statement required to be filed under this section	1058
shall be filed at the times specified in section 121.62 of the	1059
Revised Code. Each statement shall cover expenditures made during	1060
the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the	1061
month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is	1062
required to be filed.	1063

(E) If it is impractical or impossible for a retirement	1064
system lobbyist or employer to determine exact dollar amounts or	1065
values of expenditures, reporting of good faith estimates, based	1066
on reasonable accounting procedures, constitutes compliance with	1067
this division.	1068

(F) Retirement system lobbyists and employers shall retain	1069
receipts or maintain records for all expenditures that are	1070
required to be reported pursuant to this section. These receipts	1071
or records shall be maintained for a period ending on the	1072
thirty-first day of December of the second calendar year after the	1073
year in which the expenditure was made.	1074

(G)(1) At least ten days before the date on which the	1075
statement is filed, each employer or retirement system lobbyist	1076
who is required to file an expenditure statement under division	1077
(B)(2) or (3) of this section shall deliver a copynotice of the	1078
statement, or the portion showing the expenditure, to the member,	1079
official, or employee who is listed in the statement as having	1080
received the expenditure or on whose behalf it was made.	1081

(2) If, during a reporting period covered by an expenditure	1082
statement filed under division (B)(2) of this section, an employer	1083
or any retirement system lobbyist the employer engaged made,	1084
either separately or in combination with each other, either	1085
directly or indirectly, expenditures for food and beverages	1086
purchased for consumption on the premises in which the food and	1087
beverages were sold to, at the request of, for the benefit or, or	1088
on behalf of any of the members, officials, or employees described	1089
in division (B)(2) of this section, the employer or retirement	1090
system lobbyist shall deliver to the member, official, or employee	1091
a statement that contains all of the nondisputed information	1092
prescribed in division (B)(2) of this section with respect to the	1093
expenditures described in division (G)(2) of this section. The	1094
statement of expenditures made under division (G)(2) of this	1095
section shall be delivered to the member, official, or employee to	1096
whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf	1097
those expenditures were made on the same day in which a copy of	1098
the expenditure statement or of a portion showing the expenditure	1099
is delivered to the member, official, or employee under division	1100
(G)(1) of this section. An employer is not required to show any	1101
expenditure on a statement delivered under division (G)(2) of this	1102
section if the expenditure is shown on a statement delivered under	1103
division (G)(2) of this section by a retirement system lobbyist	1104
engaged by the employer.	1105

(H) As used in this section, "expenditure" does not include	1106
the expenses of maintaining office facilities or the compensation	1107
paid to retirement system lobbyists engaged to influence	1108
retirement system decisions or to conduct retirement system	1109
lobbying activity.	1110

Sec. 101.94.  (A) Each retirement system lobbyist who has had	1111
any financial transaction with or for the benefit of a member of a	1112
board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system	1113
investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system	1114
whose position involves substantial and material exercise of	1115
discretion in the investment of retirement system funds shall	1116
describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the	1117
member, official, or employee, the purpose and nature of the	1118
transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a	1119
statement filed with the joint legislative ethics committee with	1120
the updated registration statement required by division (B) of	1121
section 101.92 of the Revised Code. The statements shall be filed	1122
at the times specified in section 101.92 of the Revised Code. Each	1123
statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred	1124
during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day	1125
of the month immediately preceding the month in which the	1126
statement is required to be filed.	1127

(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each	1128
employer who has had any financial transaction with or for the	1129
benefit of a member of a board of a state retirement system, a	1130
state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a	1131
state retirement system whose position involves substantial and	1132
material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement	1133
system funds shall describe the details of the transaction,	1134
including the name of the member, official, or employee, the	1135
purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or	1136
entered into, in a statement filed with the joint committee with	1137
the updated registration statement required by division (B) of	1138
section 101.92 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed	1139
at the times specified in section 101.92 of the Revised Code. Each	1140
statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred	1141
during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day	1142
of the month immediately preceding the month in which the	1143
statement is required to be filed.	1144

(C) At least ten days before the date on which the statement	1145
is filed, each employer or retirement system lobbyist who is	1146
required to file a statement describing a financial transaction	1147
under this section shall deliver a copynotice of the statement	1148
transaction to the member, official, or employee with whom or for	1149
whose benefit the transaction was made.	1150

(D) No employer shall be required to file any statement under	1151
this section or to deliver a copynotice of the statement	1152
transaction to a member, official, or employee with whom or for	1153
whose benefit the transaction was made if the financial	1154
transaction to which the statementnotice pertains is reported by	1155
a retirement system lobbyist engaged by the employer.	1156

Sec. 101.95.  If a dispute arises between a member of a board	1157
of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment	1158
official, or an employee of a state retirement system whose	1159
position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion	1160
in the investment of retirement system funds and an employer or	1161
retirement system lobbyist with respect to an expenditure or	1162
financial transaction alleged in a statement to be filed under	1163
section 101.93 or 101.94 of the Revised Code, the member,	1164
official, or employee, employer, or retirement system lobbyist may	1165
file a complaint with the Ohio ethics commission. The commission	1166
shall proceed to investigate the complaint as though it were filed	1167
under section 102.06 of the Revised Code.	1168

The complaint shall be filed at least three days prior to the	1169
time the statement is required to be filed with the joint	1170
legislative ethics committee. The time for filing a disputed	1171
expenditure or financial transaction in any statement of	1172
expenditures or the details of a financial transaction that	1173
contains a disputed expenditure or financial transaction shall be	1174
extended pending the final decision of the commission. This	1175
extension does not extend the time for filing the nondisputed	1176
portions of either type of statement. The commission shall notify	1177
the parties of its final decision by certified mail. If the	1178
commission decides that the disputed expenditure or financial	1179
transaction should be reported, the employer or retirement system	1180
lobbyist shall include the matter in an amendedthe statement and.	1181
The employer or retirement system lobbyist shall file the amended	1182
statement not later than ten days after receiving notice of the	1183
decision of the commission by certified mail.	1184

An employer or retirement system lobbyist who files a false	1185
statement of expenditures or details of a financial transaction is	1186
liable in a civil action to any member, official, or employee who	1187
sustains damage as a result of the filing or publication of the	1188
statement.	1189

Sec. 101.98.  (A) The joint legislative ethics committee	1190
shall keep on file the statements required by sections 101.92,	1191
101.93, and 101.94 of the Revised Code. These statements are	1192
public records and open to public inspection, and the joint	1193
committee shall computerizepublish them so that the information	1194
contained inand make them is readily accessibleavailable to the	1195
general public on its official web site. The joint committee shall	1196
provide copies of the statements to the general public on request	1197
and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying	1198
and delivering the statement.	1199

(B) Not later than the last day of February and October of	1200
each year, the joint committee shall compile from the registration	1201
statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered	1202
retirement system lobbyists and their employers, and distribute	1203
the list to each member of the general assembly, elected executive	1204
official, and the director of each retirement system, who shall	1205
distribute the list to the appropriate personnel under the	1206
director's jurisdiction. The joint committee shall provide copies	1207
of the list to the general public on request and may charge a	1208
reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering	1209
the list.	1210

(C) The joint committee shall prescribe and make available an	1211
appropriate form for the filings required by sections 101.92,	1212
101.93, and 101.94 of the Revised Code. The form shall contain the	1213
following notice in boldface type: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FILES	1214
A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13	1215
OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE."	1216

(D) The joint committee may adopt rules as necessary to	1217
implement sections 101.90 to 101.98 of the Revised Code. The rules	1218
shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised	1219
Code.	1220

(E) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that	1221
explains in clear and concise language the provisions of sections	1222
101.90 to 101.98 of the Revised Code and make it available free of	1223
charge to retirement system lobbyists, employers, and any other	1224
interested persons.	1225

Sec. 102.01.  As used in this chapter:

1226

(A) "Compensation" means money, thing of value, or financial	1227
benefit. "Compensation" does not include reimbursement for actual	1228
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official	1229
duties.	1230

(B) "Public official or employee" means any person who is	1231
elected or appointed to an office or is an employee of any public	1232
agency. "Public official or employee" does not include a person	1233
elected or appointed to the office of precinct, ward, or district	1234
committee member under section 3517.03 of the Revised Code, any	1235
presidential elector, or any delegate to a national convention.	1236
"Public official or employee" does not include a person who is a	1237
teacher, instructor, professor, or other kind of educator whose	1238
position does not involve the performance of, or authority to	1239
perform, administrative or supervisory functions.	1240

(C) "Public agency" means the general assembly, all courts,	1241
any department, division, institution, board, commission,	1242
authority, bureau or other instrumentality of the state, a county,	1243
city, village, or township, the five state retirement systems, or	1244
any other governmental entity. "Public agency" does not include a	1245
department, division, institution, board, commission, authority,	1246
or other instrumentality of the state or a county, municipal	1247
corporation, township, or other governmental entity that functions	1248
exclusively for cultural, educational, historical, humanitarian,	1249
advisory, or research purposes; that does not expend more than ten	1250
thousand dollars per calendar year, excluding salaries and wages	1251
of employees; and whose members are uncompensated. "Public agency"	1252
does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section	1253
187.01 of the Revised Code.	1254

(D) "Immediate family" means a spouse residing in the	1255
person's household and any dependent child.	1256

(E) "Income" includes gross income as defined and used in the	1257
"Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as	1258
amended, interest and dividends on obligations or securities of	1259
any state or of any political subdivision or authority of any	1260
state or political subdivision, and interest or dividends on	1261
obligations of any authority, commission, or instrumentality of	1262
the United States.	1263

(F) Except as otherwise provided in division (A) of section	1264
102.08 of the Revised Code, "appropriate ethics commission" means:	1265

(1) For matters relating to members of the general assembly,	1266
employees of the general assembly, employees of the legislative	1267
service commission, candidates for the office of member of the	1268
general assembly, and public members appointed to the Ohio	1269
constitutional modernization commission under section 103.63 of	1270
the Revised Code, the joint legislative ethics committee;	1271

(2) For matters relating to judicial officers and employees,	1272
and candidates for judicial office, the board of commissioners on	1273
grievances and discipline of the supreme court;	1274

(3) For matters relating to all other persons, the Ohio	1275
ethics commission.	1276

(G) "Anything of value" has the same meaning as provided in	1277
section 1.03 of the Revised Code and includes, but is not limited	1278
to, a contribution as defined in section 3517.01 of the Revised	1279
Code.	1280

(H) "Honorarium" means any payment made in consideration for	1281
any speech given, article published, or attendance at any public	1282
or private conference, convention, meeting, social event, meal, or	1283
similar gathering. "Honorarium" does not include ceremonial gifts	1284
or awards that have insignificant monetary value; unsolicited	1285
gifts of nominal value or trivial items of informational value; or	1286
earned income from any person, other than a legislative agent, for	1287
personal services that are customarily provided in connection with	1288
the practice of a bona fide business, if that business initially	1289
began before the public official or employee conducting that	1290
business was elected or appointed to the public official's or	1291
employee's office or position of employment.	1292

(I) "Employer" means any person who, directly or indirectly,	1293
engages an executive agency lobbyist or legislative agent.	1294

(J) "Executive agency decision," "executive agency lobbyist,"	1295
and "executive agency lobbying activity" have the same meanings as	1296
in section 121.60 of the Revised Code.	1297

(K) "Legislation," "legislative agent," "financial	1298
transaction," and "actively advocate" have the same meanings as in	1299
section 101.70 of the Revised Code.	1300

(L) "Expenditure" has the same meaning as in section 101.70	1301
of the Revised Code when used in relation to activities of a	1302
legislative agent, and the same meaning as in section 121.60 of	1303
the Revised Code when used in relation to activities of an	1304
executive agency lobbyist.	1305

Sec. 102.02.  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division	1306
(H) of this section, all of the following shall file with the	1307
appropriate ethics commission the disclosure statement described	1308
in this division on a form prescribed by the appropriate	1309
commission: every person who is elected to or is a candidate for a	1310
state, county, or city office and every person who is appointed to	1311
fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in such an elective office;	1312
all members of the state board of education; the director,	1313
assistant directors, deputy directors, division chiefs, or persons	1314
of equivalent rank of any administrative department of the state;	1315
the president or other chief administrative officer of every state	1316
institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of	1317
the Revised Code; the executive director and the members of the	1318
capitol square review and advisory board appointed or employed	1319
pursuant to section 105.41 of the Revised Code; all members of the	1320
Ohio casino control commission, the executive director of the	1321
commission, all professional employees of the commission, and all	1322
technical employees of the commission who perform an internal	1323
audit function; the individuals set forth in division (B)(2) of	1324
section 187.03 of the Revised Code; the chief executive officer	1325
and the members of the board of each state retirement system; each	1326
employee of a state retirement board who is a state retirement	1327
system investment officer licensed pursuant to section 1707.163 of	1328
the Revised Code; the members of the Ohio retirement study council	1329
appointed pursuant to division (C) of section 171.01 of the	1330
Revised Code; employees of the Ohio retirement study council,	1331
other than employees who perform purely administrative or clerical	1332
functions; the administrator of workers' compensation and each	1333
member of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors;	1334
the bureau of workers' compensation director of investments; the	1335
chief investment officer of the bureau of workers' compensation;	1336
all members of the board of commissioners on grievances and	1337
discipline of the supreme court and the ethics commission created	1338
under section 102.05 of the Revised Code; every business manager,	1339
treasurer, or superintendent of a city, local, exempted village,	1340
joint vocational, or cooperative education school district or an	1341
educational service center; every person who is elected to or is a	1342
candidate for the office of member of a board of education of a	1343
city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative	1344
education school district or of a governing board of an	1345
educational service center that has a total student count of	1346
twelve thousand or more as most recently determined by the	1347
department of education pursuant to section 3317.03 of the Revised	1348
Code; every person who is appointed to the board of education of a	1349
municipal school district pursuant to division (B) or (F) of	1350
section 3311.71 of the Revised Code; all members of the board of	1351
directors of a sanitary district that is established under Chapter	1352
6115. of the Revised Code and organized wholly for the purpose of	1353
providing a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use,	1354
and that includes two municipal corporations in two counties;	1355
every public official or employee who is paid a salary or wage in	1356
accordance with schedule C of section 124.15 or schedule E-2 of	1357
section 124.152 of the Revised Code; members of the board of	1358
trustees and the executive director of the southern Ohio	1359
agricultural and community development foundation; all members	1360
appointed to the Ohio livestock care standards board under section	1361
904.02 of the Revised Code; and every other public official or	1362
employee who is designated by the appropriate ethics commission	1363
pursuant to division (B) of this section.	1364

The disclosure statement shall include all of the following:

1365

(1)(a) The name of the person filing the statement, the	1366
person's spouse, and each memberdependent child of the person's	1367
immediate familyperson who is eighteen years of age or older and	1368
allwho resides in the person's household;	1369

(b) All names under which the person, spouse, or members of	1370
the person's immediate familydependent child who is eighteen	1371
years of age or older and who resides in the person's household do	1372
business;	1373

(2)(a) Subject to divisions (A)(2)(b) and, (c), and (d) of	1374
this section and except as otherwise provided in section 102.022	1375
of the Revised Code, identification of every source of income,	1376
other than income from a legislative agent identified in division	1377
(A)(2)(b) of this section or income derived by and received in the	1378
name of the spouse of the person filing the statement that is not	1379
clearly designated for the use and benefit of the person filing	1380
the statement, received during the preceding calendar year, in the	1381
person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or	1382
benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief	1383
description of the nature of the services for which the income was	1384
received. If the person filing the statement is a member of the	1385
general assembly, the statement shall identify the amount of every	1386
source of income received in accordance with the following ranges	1387
of amounts: zero or more, but less than one thousand dollars; one	1388
thousand dollars or more, but less than ten thousand dollars; ten	1389
thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-five thousand	1390
dollars; twenty-five thousand dollars or more, but less than fifty	1391
thousand dollars; fifty thousand dollars or more, but less than	1392
one hundred thousand dollars; and one hundred thousand dollars or	1393
more. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall not be construed to	1394
require a person filing the statement who derives income from a	1395
business or profession to disclose the individual items of income	1396
that constitute the gross income of that business or profession,	1397
except for those individual items of income that are attributable	1398
to the person's or, if the income is shared with the person, the	1399
partner's, solicitation of services or goods or performance,	1400
arrangement, or facilitation of services or provision of goods on	1401
behalf of the business or profession of clients, including	1402
corporate clients, who are legislative agents. A person who files	1403
the statement under this section shall disclose the identity of	1404
and the amount of income received from a person who the public	1405
official or employee knows or has reason to know is doing or	1406
seeking to do business of any kind with the public official's or	1407
employee's agency.	1408

(b) If the person filing the statement is a member of the	1409
general assembly, the statement shall identify every source of	1410
income and the amount of that income that was received from a	1411
legislative agent during the preceding calendar year, in the	1412
person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or	1413
benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief	1414
description of the nature of the services for which the income was	1415
received. Division (A)(2)(b) of this section requires the	1416
disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under	1417
section 4732.12 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons	1418
certified under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, if those	1419
clients or patients are legislative agents. Division (A)(2)(b) of	1420
this section requires a person filing the statement who derives	1421
income from a business or profession to disclose those individual	1422
items of income that constitute the gross income of that business	1423
or profession that are received from legislative agents.	1424

(c) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2)(c) of	1425
this section, division (A)(2)(a) of this section applies to	1426
attorneys, physicians, and other persons who engage in the	1427
practice of a profession and who, pursuant to a section of the	1428
Revised Code, the common law of this state, a code of ethics	1429
applicable to the profession, or otherwise, generally are required	1430
not to reveal, disclose, or use confidences of clients, patients,	1431
or other recipients of professional services except under	1432
specified circumstances or generally are required to maintain	1433
those types of confidences as privileged communications except	1434
under specified circumstances. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section	1435
does not require an attorney, physician, or other professional	1436
subject to a confidentiality requirement as described in division	1437
(A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose the name, other identity, or	1438
address of a client, patient, or other recipient of professional	1439
services if the disclosure would threaten the client, patient, or	1440
other recipient of professional services, would reveal details of	1441
the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional	1442
advice or other services were sought, or would reveal an otherwise	1443
privileged communication involving the client, patient, or other	1444
recipient of professional services. Division (A)(2)(a) of this	1445
section does not require an attorney, physician, or other	1446
professional subject to a confidentiality requirement as described	1447
in division (A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose in the brief	1448
description of the nature of services required by division	1449
(A)(2)(a) of this section any information pertaining to specific	1450
professional services rendered for a client, patient, or other	1451
recipient of professional services that would reveal details of	1452
the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional	1453
advice was sought or would reveal an otherwise privileged	1454
communication involving the client, patient, or other recipient of	1455
professional services.	1456

(d) If the person filing the statement received rental income	1457
from residential property owned by the person, the statement shall	1458
identify only the address of each property that is a source of	1459
rental income.	1460

(3) The name of every corporation on file with the secretary	1461
of state that is incorporated in this state or holds a certificate	1462
of compliance authorizing it to do business in this state, trust,	1463
business trust, partnership, or association that transacts	1464
business in this state in which the person filing the statement or	1465
any other person for the person's use and benefit had during the	1466
preceding calendar year an investment of over one thousand dollars	1467
at fair market value as of the thirty-first day of December of the	1468
preceding calendar year, or the date of disposition, whichever is	1469
earlier, or in which the person holds any office or has a	1470
fiduciary relationship, and a description of the nature of the	1471
investment, office, or relationship. Division (A)(3) of this	1472
section does not require disclosure of the name of any bank,	1473
savings and loan association, credit union, or building and loan	1474
association with which the person filing the statement has a	1475
deposit or a withdrawable share account.	1476

(4) All fee simple and leasehold interests to which the	1477
person filing the statement holds legal title to or a beneficial	1478
interest in real property located within the state, excluding the	1479
person's residence and property used primarily for personal	1480
recreation;	1481

(5) The names of all persons residing or transacting business	1482
in the state to whom the person filing the statement owesowed	1483
during the preceding calendar year, in the person's own name or in	1484
the name of any other person, more than onefive thousand	1485
dollars, if the debt was not paid in full within sixty days after	1486
the debt was incurred. Division (A)(5) of this section shall not	1487
be construed to require the disclosure of debts owed by the person	1488
resulting from the ordinary conduct of a business or profession or	1489
debts on the person's residence or real property used primarily	1490
for personal recreation, except that the superintendent of	1491
financial institutions shall disclose the names of all	1492
state-chartered savings and loan associations and of all service	1493
corporations subject to regulation under division (E)(2) of	1494
section 1151.34 of the Revised Code to whom the superintendent in	1495
the superintendent's own name or in the name of any other person	1496
owes any money, and that the superintendent and any deputy	1497
superintendent of banks shall disclose the names of all	1498
state-chartered banks and all bank subsidiary corporations subject	1499
to regulation under section 1109.44 of the Revised Code to whom	1500
the superintendent or deputy superintendent owes any money.	1501

(6) The names of all persons residing or transacting business	1502
in the state, other than a depository excluded under division	1503
(A)(3) of this section, who oweowed during the preceding calendar	1504
year more than onefive thousand dollars to the person filing the	1505
statement, either in the person's own name or to any person for	1506
the person's use or benefit, if the debt was not paid in full	1507
within sixty days after the debt was incurred. Division (A)(6) of	1508
this section shall not be construed to require the disclosure of	1509
clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12 or	1510
4732.15 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons certified	1511
under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, nor the disclosure of	1512
debts owed to the person resulting from the ordinary conduct of a	1513
business or profession.	1514

(7) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the	1515
Revised Code, the source of each gift of over seventy-five	1516
dollars, or of each gift of over twenty-five dollars received by a	1517
member of the general assembly from a legislative agent, received	1518
by the person in the person's own name or by any other person for	1519
the person's use or benefit during the preceding calendar year,	1520
except gifts received by will or by virtue of section 2105.06 of	1521
the Revised Code, or received from spouses, parents, grandparents,	1522
children, grandchildren, siblings, nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts,	1523
brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law,	1524
fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, or any person to whom the person	1525
filing the statement stands in loco parentis, or received by way	1526
of distribution from any inter vivos or testamentary trust	1527
established by a spouse or by an ancestor;	1528

(8) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the	1529
Revised Code, identification of the source and amount of every	1530
payment of expenses incurred for travel to destinations inside or	1531
outside this state that is received by the person in the person's	1532
own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit	1533
and that is incurred in connection with the person's official	1534
duties, except for such expenses paid for or reimbursed by the	1535
United States government or a state or local government located in	1536
the United States and except for expenses for travel to meetings	1537
or conventions of a national or state organization to which any	1538
state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative	1539
agency or state institution of higher education as defined in	1540
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues, or any	1541
political subdivision or any office or agency of a political	1542
subdivision pays membership dues;	1543

(9)(8)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(8)(d)	1544
of this section and section 102.022 of the Revised Code,	1545
identification of the source of payment of expenses for meals and	1546
other food and beverages, other than for meals and other food and	1547
beverages provided at a meeting at which the person participated	1548
in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or at a meeting or	1549
convention of a national or state organization to which any state	1550
agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative agency or	1551
state institution of higher education as defined in section	1552
3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues, or any	1553
political subdivision or any office or agency of a political	1554
subdivision pays membership dues,any expenditures that are	1555
incurredreceived in connection with the person's official duties	1556
and that exceed one hundred dollars aggregated per calendar year;	1557

(10) If the disclosure statement is filed by a public	1558
official or employee described in division (B)(2) of section	1559
101.73 of the Revised Code or division (B)(2) of section 121.63 of	1560
the Revised Code who receives a statement from a legislative	1561
agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer that contains the	1562
information described in division (F)(2) of section 101.73 of the	1563
Revised Code or division (G)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised	1564
Code, all of the nondisputed information contained in the	1565
statement delivered to that public official or employee by the	1566
legislative agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer under	1567
division (F)(2) of section 101.73 or (G)(2) of section 121.63 of	1568
the Revised Code.	1569

(b) As used in this section, "expenditure" means any of the	1570
following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of,	1571
or on behalf of the person filing the statement:	1572

(i) A payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit,	1573
reimbursement, or gift of money, real estate, or anything of	1574
value, including, but not limited to, food and beverages,	1575
entertainment, lodging, transportation, or honorariums;	1576

(ii) A contract, promise, or agreement to make an	1577
expenditure, whether or not legally enforceable; or	1578

(iii) The purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other	1579
thing of value.	1580

(c) As used in this section, "expenditure" does not include	1581
any of the following:	1582

(i) Meals and other food and beverages provided at a meeting	1583
at which the person filing the statement participated in a panel,	1584
seminar, or speaking engagement or at a meeting or convention of a	1585
national or state organization to which any state agency,	1586
including, but not limited to, any legislative agency or state	1587
institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of	1588
the Revised Code, pays membership dues, or any political	1589
subdivision or any office or agency of a political subdivision	1590
pays membership dues;	1591

(ii) Gifts received by will or by virtue of section 2105.06	1592
of the Revised Code, or received from spouses, parents,	1593
grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, nephews, nieces,	1594
uncles, aunts, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law,	1595
daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, or any person to	1596
whom the person filing the statement stands in loco parentis, or	1597
received by way of distribution from any inter vivos or	1598
testamentary trust established by a spouse or by an ancestor;	1599

(iii) A contribution, gift, or grant to a foundation or other	1600
charitable organization that is exempt from federal income	1601
taxation under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;	1602

(iv) The purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other	1603
thing of value that is available to the general public on the same	1604
terms as it is available to the person filing the statement; or	1605

(v) An offer or sale of securities to the person filing the	1606
statement that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R. 230.501 to	1607
230.508, adopted under the authority of the "Securities Act of	1608
1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C. 77a and following, or that is	1609
governed by a comparable provision under state law.	1610

(d) The joint legislative ethics committee and the Ohio	1611
ethics commission may, by rule, create exceptions to the reporting	1612
requirement described in division (A)(8)(a) of this section. A	1613
person filing a statement with the joint legislative ethics	1614
committee or the Ohio ethics commission shall not be required to	1615
report the source of an expenditure under that division if the	1616
expenditure falls under an exception created by the body with	1617
which the statement is filed.	1618

A person may file a statement required by this section in	1619
person or by mail. A person who is a candidate for elective office	1620
shall file the statement no later than the thirtieth day before	1621
the primary, special, or general election at which the candidacy	1622
is to be voted on, whichever election occurs soonest, except that	1623
a person who is a write-in candidate shall file the statement no	1624
later than the twentieth day before the earliest election at which	1625
the person's candidacy is to be voted on. A person who holds	1626
elective office shall file the statement on or before the	1627
fifteenth day of April of each year unless the person is a	1628
candidate for office. A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy	1629
for an unexpired term in an elective office shall file the	1630
statement within fifteen days after the person qualifies for	1631
office. Other persons shall file an annual statement on or before	1632
the fifteenth day of April or, if appointed or employed after that	1633
date, within ninety days after appointment or employment. No	1634
person shall be required to file with the appropriate ethics	1635
commission more than one statement or pay more than one filing fee	1636
for any one calendar year.	1637

The appropriate ethics commission, for good cause, may extend	1638
for a reasonable time the deadline for filing a statement under	1639
this section.	1640

A statement filed under this section is subject to public	1641
inspection at locations designated by the appropriate ethics	1642
commission except as otherwise provided in this section.	1643

(B) The Ohio ethics commission, the joint legislative ethics	1644
committee, and the board of commissioners on grievances and	1645
discipline of the supreme court, using the rule-making procedures	1646
of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may require any class of	1647
public officials or employees under its jurisdiction and not	1648
specifically excluded by this section whose positions involve a	1649
substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in	1650
the formulation of public policy, expenditure of public funds,	1651
enforcement of laws and rules of the state or a county or city, or	1652
the execution of other public trusts, to file an annual statement	1653
on or before the fifteenth day of April under division (A) of this	1654
section. The appropriate ethics commission shall send the public	1655
officials or employees written notice of the requirement by the	1656
fifteenth day of February of each year the filing is required	1657
unless the public official or employee is appointed after that	1658
date, in which case the notice shall be sent within thirty days	1659
after appointment, and the filing shall be made not later than	1660
ninety days after appointment.	1661

Except for disclosure statements filed by members of the	1662
board of trustees and the executive director of the southern Ohio	1663
agricultural and community development foundation, disclosure	1664
statements filed under this division or division (E) of this	1665
section with the Ohio ethics commission by members of boards,	1666
commissions, or bureaus of the state for which no compensation is	1667
received other than reasonable and necessary expenses shall be	1668
kept confidential. Disclosure statements filed with the Ohio	1669
ethics commission under division (A) or (E) of this section by	1670
business managers, treasurers, and superintendents of city, local,	1671
exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education	1672
school districts or educational service centers shall be kept	1673
confidential, except that any person conducting an audit of any	1674
such school district or educational service center pursuant to	1675
section 115.56 or Chapter 117. of the Revised Code may examine the	1676
disclosure statement of any business manager, treasurer, or	1677
superintendent of that school district or educational service	1678
center. Disclosure statements filed with the Ohio ethics	1679
commission under division (A) or (E) of this section by the	1680
individuals set forth in division (B)(2) of section 187.03 of the	1681
Revised Code shall be kept confidential. The Ohio ethics	1682
commission shall examine each disclosure statement required to be	1683
kept confidential to determine whether a potential conflict of	1684
interest exists for the person who filed the disclosure statement.	1685
A potential conflict of interest exists if the private interests	1686
of the person, as indicated by the person's disclosure statement,	1687
might interfere with the public interests the person is required	1688
to serve in the exercise of the person's authority and duties in	1689
the person's office or position of employment. If the commission	1690
determines that a potential conflict of interest exists, it shall	1691
notify the person who filed the disclosure statement and shall	1692
make the portions of the disclosure statement that indicate a	1693
potential conflict of interest subject to public inspection in the	1694
same manner as is provided for other disclosure statements. Any	1695
portion of the disclosure statement that the commission determines	1696
does not indicate a potential conflict of interest shall be kept	1697
confidential by the commission and shall not be made subject to	1698
public inspection, except as is necessary for the enforcement of	1699
Chapters 102. and 2921. of the Revised Code and except as	1700
otherwise provided in this division.	1701

(C) No person shall knowingly fail to file, on or before the	1702
applicable filing deadline established under this section, a	1703
statement that is required by this section.	1704

(D) No person shall knowingly file a false statement that is	1705
required to be filed under this section.	1706

(E)(1) A person may file an amended disclosure statement	1707
under this section not more than one hundred eighty days after the	1708
original statement was required to be filed. Upon receiving an	1709
amended statement filed under this division, the appropriate	1710
ethics commission shall acknowledge receipt of the amended	1711
statement and, except as provided in division (E)(3) of this	1712
section, shall accept and retain it in the same manner as the	1713
original statement.	1714

(2) A person may file an amended disclosure statement under	1715
this section more than one hundred eighty days after the original	1716
statement was required to be filed only in order to correct an	1717
error made in good faith. Upon receiving an amended statement	1718
filed under this division, the appropriate ethics commission shall	1719
acknowledge receipt of the amended statement. The appropriate	1720
ethics commission may accept and retain an amended statement filed	1721
under this division in the same manner as the original statement,	1722
unless the commission determines that the person filing the	1723
amended statement:	1724

(a) Did not make an error in good faith;

1725

(b) Knowingly failed to provide the information required by	1726
this section or by section 102.022 of the Revised Code; or	1727

(c) Knowingly filed a false statement under this section.

1728

(3) A person who files an amended disclosure statement under	1729
division (E)(1) or (2) of this section shall file with the amended	1730
statement a written explanation of the information the person has	1731
amended and the reason for the amendment.	1732

(4) The appropriate ethics commission may reject an amended	1733
statement filed under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section if	1734
any of the additional information submitted in the statement is	1735
material to a complaint, charge, or inquiry.	1736

(F)(1) Except as provided in divisions (E)(F)(2) and (3) of	1737
this section, the statement required by division (A) or (B) of	1738
this section shall be accompanied by a filing fee of sixty	1739
dollars.	1740

(2) The statement required by division (A) of this section	1741
shall be accompanied by the following filing fee to be paid by the	1742
person who is elected or appointed to, or is a candidate for, any	1743
of the following offices:	1744

	For state office, except member of the				1745
	state board of education		$95		1746
	For office of member of general assembly		$40		1747
	For county office		$60		1748
	For city office		$35		1749
	For office of member of the state board				1750
	of education		$35		1751
					1752
					1753
	For office of member of a city, local,				1754
	exempted village, or cooperative				1755
	education board of				1756
	education or educational service				1757
	center governing board		$30		1758
	For position of business manager,				1759
	treasurer, or superintendent of a				1760
	city, local, exempted village, joint				1761
	vocational, or cooperative education				1762
	school district or				1763
	educational service center		$30		1764

(3) No judge of a court of record or candidate for judge of a	1765
court of record, and no referee or magistrate serving a court of	1766
record, shall be required to pay the fee required under division	1767
(E)(F)(1) or (2) or (F)(G) of this section.	1768

(4) For any public official who is appointed to a nonelective	1769
office of the state and for any employee who holds a nonelective	1770
position in a public agency of the state, the state agency that is	1771
the primary employer of the state official or employee shall pay	1772
the fee required under division (E)(F)(1) or (F)(G) of this	1773
section.	1774

(F)(G) If a statement required to be filed under this section	1775
is not filed by the date on which it is required to be filed, the	1776
appropriate ethics commission shall assess the person required to	1777
file the statement a late filing fee of ten dollars for each day	1778
the statement is not filed, except that the total amount of the	1779
late filing fee shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars.	1780

(G)(H)(1) The appropriate ethics commission other than the	1781
Ohio ethics commission and the joint legislative ethics committee	1782
shall deposit all fees it receives under divisions (E)(F) and	1783
(F)(G) of this section into the general revenue fund of the state.	1784

(2) The Ohio ethics commission shall deposit all receipts,	1785
including, but not limited to, fees it receives under divisions	1786
(E)(F) and (F)(G) of this section, investigative or other fees,	1787
costs, or other funds it receives as a result of court orders, and	1788
all moneys it receives from settlements under division (G)(H) of	1789
section 102.06 of the Revised Code, into the Ohio ethics	1790
commission fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury.	1791
All moneys credited to the fund shall be used solely for expenses	1792
related to the operation and statutory functions of the	1793
commission.	1794

(3) The joint legislative ethics committee shall deposit all	1795
receipts it receives from the payment of financial disclosure	1796
statement filing fees under divisions (E)(F) and (F)(G) of this	1797
section into the joint legislative ethics committee investigative	1798
fund.	1799

(H)(I) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a	1800
person elected or appointed to the office of precinct, ward, or	1801
district committee member under Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code;	1802
a presidential elector; a delegate to a national convention;	1803
village or township officials and employees; any physician or	1804
psychiatrist who is paid a salary or wage in accordance with	1805
schedule C of section 124.15 or schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of	1806
the Revised Code and whose primary duties do not require the	1807
exercise of administrative discretion; or any member of a board,	1808
commission, or bureau of any county or city who receives less than	1809
one thousand dollars per year for serving in that position.	1810

Sec. 102.021.  (A)(1) For the twenty-four monthtwelve-month	1811
period immediately following the end of the former state elected	1812
officer's or staff member's service or public employment, except	1813
as provided in division (B) or (D) of this section, each former	1814
state elected officer or staff member who filed or was required to	1815
file a disclosure statement under section 102.02 of the Revised	1816
Code shall file, on or before the deadlines specified in division	1817
(D) of this section, with the joint legislative ethics committee a	1818
statement that shall include the information described in	1819
divisions (A)(2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section, as	1820
applicable. The statement shall be filed on a form and in the	1821
manner specified by the joint legislative ethics committee. This	1822
division does not apply to a state elected officer or staff member	1823
who filed or was required to file a disclosure statement under	1824
section 102.02 of the Revised Code, who leaves service or public	1825
employment, and who takes another position as a state elected	1826
officer or staff member who files or is required to file a	1827
disclosure statement under that section.	1828

No person shall fail to file, on or before the deadlines	1829
specified in division (D) of this section, a statement that is	1830
required by this division.	1831

(2) The statement referred to in division (A)(1) of this	1832
section shall describe the source of all income received, in the	1833
former state elected officer's or staff member's own name or by	1834
any other person for the person's use or benefit, and briefly	1835
describe the nature of the services for which the income was	1836
received if the source of the income was any of the following:	1837

(a) An executive agency lobbyist or a legislative agent;

1838

(b) The employer of an executive agency lobbyist or	1839
legislative agent, except that this division does not apply if the	1840
employer is any state agency or political subdivision of the	1841
state;	1842

(c) Any entity, association, or business that, at any time	1843
during the two immediately preceding calendar years, was awarded	1844
one or more contracts by one or more state agencies that in the	1845
aggregate had a value of one hundred thousand dollars or more, or	1846
bid on one or more contracts to be awarded by one or more state	1847
agencies that in the aggregate had a value of one hundred thousand	1848
dollars or more.	1849

(3) If the former state elected officer or staff member	1850
received no income as described in division (A)(2) of this	1851
section, the statement referred to in division (A)(1) of this	1852
section shall indicate that fact.	1853

(4) If the former state elected officer or staff member	1854
directly or indirectly made, either separately or in combination	1855
with another, any expenditure or gift for transportation, lodging,	1856
or food or beverages to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or	1857
on behalf of any public officer or employee, and if the former	1858
state elected officer or staff member would be required to report	1859
the expenditure or gift in a statement under sections 101.70 to	1860
101.79 or sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code, whichever	1861
is applicable, if the former state elected officer or staff member	1862
was a legislative agent or executive agency lobbyist at the time	1863
the expenditure or gift was made, the statement referred to in	1864
division (A)(1) of this section shall include all information	1865
relative to that gift or expenditure that would be required in a	1866
statement under sections 101.70 to 101.79 or sections 121.60 to	1867
121.69 of the Revised Code if the former state elected officer or	1868
staff member was a legislative agent or executive agency lobbyist	1869
at the time the expenditure or gift was made.	1870

(5) If the former state elected officer or staff member made	1871
no expenditure or gift as described in division (A)(4) of this	1872
section, the statement referred to in division (A)(1) of this	1873
section shall indicate that fact.	1874

(B) If, at any time during the twenty-four monthtwelve-month	1875
period immediately following the end of the former state elected	1876
officer's or staff member's service or public employment, a former	1877
state elected officer or staff member who filed or was required to	1878
file a disclosure statement under section 102.02 of the Revised	1879
Code becomes a legislative agent or an executive agency lobbyist,	1880
the former state elected officer or staff member shall comply with	1881
all registration and filing requirements set forth in sections	1882
101.70 to 101.79 or sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code,	1883
whichever is applicable, and, the former state elected officer or	1884
staff member also shall file a statement under division (A)(1) of	1885
this section except that the statement filed under division (A)(1)	1886
of this section does not need to include information regarding any	1887
income source, expenditure, or gift to the extent that that	1888
information was included in any registration or statement filed	1889
under sections 101.70 to 101.79 or sections 121.60 to 121.69 of	1890
the Revised Code.	1891

(C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, division	1892
(A)(2) of this section applies to attorneys, physicians, and other	1893
persons who engage in the practice of a profession and who,	1894
pursuant to a section of the Revised Code, the common law of this	1895
state, a code of ethics applicable to the profession, or	1896
otherwise, generally are required not to reveal, disclose, or use	1897
confidences of clients, patients, or other recipients of	1898
professional services except under specified circumstances or	1899
generally are required to maintain those types of confidences as	1900
privileged communications except under specified circumstances.	1901
Division (A)(2) of this section does not require an attorney,	1902
physician, or other professional subject to a confidentiality	1903
requirement as described in this division to disclose the name,	1904
other identity, or address of a client, patient, or other	1905
recipient of professional services if the disclosure would	1906
threaten the client, patient, or other recipient of professional	1907
services, would reveal details of the subject matter for which	1908
legal, medical, or professional advice or other services were	1909
sought, or would reveal an otherwise privileged communication	1910
involving the client, patient, or other recipient of professional	1911
services. Division (A)(2) of this section does not require an	1912
attorney, physician, or other professional subject to a	1913
confidentiality requirement as described in this division to	1914
disclose in the brief description of the nature of services	1915
required by division (A)(2) of this section any information	1916
pertaining to specific professional services rendered for a	1917
client, patient, or other recipient of professional services that	1918
would reveal details of the subject matter for which legal,	1919
medical, or professional advice was sought or would reveal an	1920
otherwise privileged communication involving the client, patient,	1921
or other recipient of professional services.	1922

(D)(1) Each state elected officer or staff member who filed	1923
or was required to file a disclosure statement under section	1924
102.02 of the Revised Code and who leaves public service or public	1925
employment shall file an initial statement under division (A)(1)	1926
of this section not later than the day on which the former state	1927
elected officer or staff member leaves public service or public	1928
employment. The initial statement shall specify whether the person	1929
will, or will not, receive any income from a source described in	1930
division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section.	1931

If a person files an initial statement under this division	1932
that states that the person will receive income from a source	1933
described in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, the	1934
person is required to file statements under division (A)(2), (3),	1935
(4), or (5) of this section at the times specified in division	1936
(D)(2) of this section.	1937

If a person files an initial statement under this division	1938
that states that the person will not receive income from a source	1939
described in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section,	1940
except as otherwise provided in this division, the person is not	1941
required to file statements under division (A)(2), (4), or (5) of	1942
this section or to file subsequent statements under division	1943
(A)(3) of this section. If a person files an initial statement	1944
under this division that states that the person will not receive	1945
income from a source described in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c)	1946
of this section, and, subsequent to the filing of that initial	1947
statement, the person receives any income from a source described	1948
in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, the person	1949
within ten days shall file a statement under division (A)(2) of	1950
this section that contains the information described in that	1951
division, and the person thereafter shall file statements under	1952
division (A)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section at the times	1953
specified in division (D)(2) of this section.	1954

(2) After the filing of the initial statement under division	1955
(D)(1) of this section, each person required to file a statement	1956
under division (A)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section shall file	1957
it on or before the last calendar day of January, May, and	1958
September. The statements described in divisions (A)(2), (3), and	1959
(5) of this section shall relate to the sources of income the	1960
person received in the immediately preceding filing period from	1961
each source of income in each of the categories listed in division	1962
(A)(2) of this section. The statement described in division (A)(4)	1963
of this section shall include any information required to be	1964
reported regarding expenditures and gifts of the type described in	1965
division (A)(4) of this section occurring since the filing of the	1966
immediately preceding statement.	1967

If, pursuant to this division, a person files a statement	1968
under division (A)(2) of this section, the person is required to	1969
file statements under division (A)(4) of this section, and	1970
subsequent statements under division (A)(2), (3), or (5) of this	1971
section, at the times specified in this division. In addition, if,	1972
subsequent to the filing of the statement under division (A)(2) of	1973
this section, the person receives any income from a source	1974
described in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section that	1975
was not listed on the statement filed under division (A)(2) of	1976
this section, the person within ten days shall file a statement	1977
under division (A)(2) of this section that contains the	1978
information described in that division regarding the new income	1979
source.	1980

If, pursuant to this division, a person files a statement	1981
under division (A)(3) of this section, except as otherwise	1982
provided in this division, the person thereafter is not required	1983
to file statements under division (A)(2), (4), or (5) of this	1984
section, or to file subsequent statements under division (A)(3) of	1985
this section. If, subsequent to the filing of the statement under	1986
division (A)(3) of this section, the person receives any income	1987
from a source described in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this	1988
section, the person within ten days shall file a statement under	1989
division (A)(2) of this section that contains the information	1990
described in that division regarding the new income source, and	1991
the person thereafter shall file statements under division (A)(4)	1992
of this section, and subsequent statements under division (A)(2)	1993
or (3) of this section, at the times specified in this division.	1994

(3) No fee shall be required for filing an initiala	1995
statement under division (D)(1) of this section. The person filing	1996
a statement under division (D)(2) of this section that is required	1997
to be filed on or before the last calendar day of January, May,	1998
and September shall pay a ten dollar filing fee with each such	1999
statement not to exceed thirty dollars in any calendar year. The	2000
However, the joint legislative ethics committee may charge late	2001
fees in the same manner as specified in division (G) of section	2002
101.72 of the Revised Code.	2003

(E) Any state elected officer or staff member who filed or	2004
was required to file a disclosure statement under section 102.02	2005
of the Revised Code and who leaves public service or public	2006
employment shall provide a forwarding address to the officer's or	2007
staff member's last employer, and the employer shall provide the	2008
person's name and address to the joint legislative ethics	2009
committee. The former elected state officer or staff member shall	2010
provide updated forwarding addresses as necessary to the joint	2011
legislative ethics committee during the twenty-four month	2012
twelve-month period during which division (A)(1) of this section	2013
applies. The public agency or appointing authority that was the	2014
last employer of a person required to file a statement under	2015
division (A)(2) of this section shall furnish to the person a copy	2016
of the form needed to complete the initial statement required	2017
under division (D)(1) of this section.	2018

(F) During the twenty-four monthtwelve-month period	2019
immediately following the end of the former state elected	2020
officer's or staff member's service or public employment, no	2021
person required to file a statement under this section shall	2022
receive from a source described in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c)	2023
of this section, and no source described in division (A)(2)(a),	2024
(b), or (c) of this section shall pay to that person, any	2025
compensation that is contingent in any way upon the introduction,	2026
modification, passage, or defeat of any legislation or the outcome	2027
of any executive agency decision.	2028

(G)(1) As used in this section, "state elected officer or	2029
staff member" means any elected officer of this state, any staff,	2030
as defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code, or any staff, as	2031
defined in section 121.60 of the Revised Code.	2032

(2) As used in this section, "expenditure" has the meaning	2033
defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code when used in	2034
relation to activities of a legislative agent, and the meaning	2035
defined in section 121.60 of the Revised Code when used in	2036
relation to activities of an executive agency lobbyist.	2037

Sec. 102.03.  (A)(1) No present or former public official or	2038
employee shall, during public employment or service or for twelve	2039
months thereafter, represent a client or act in a representative	2040
capacity for any person on any matter in which the public official	2041
or employee personally participated as a public official or	2042
employee through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation,	2043
the rendering of advice, investigation, or other substantial	2044
exercise of administrative discretion.	2045

(2) For twenty-four months after the conclusion of service,	2046
no former commissioner or attorney examiner of the public	2047
utilities commission shall represent a public utility, as defined	2048
in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code, or act in a representative	2049
capacity on behalf of such a utility before any state board,	2050
commission, or agency.	2051

(3) For twenty-four months after the conclusion of employment	2052
or service, no former public official or employee who personally	2053
participated as a public official or employee through decision,	2054
approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice,	2055
the development or adoption of solid waste management plans,	2056
investigation, inspection, or other substantial exercise of	2057
administrative discretion under Chapter 343. or 3734. of the	2058
Revised Code shall represent a person who is the owner or operator	2059
of a facility, as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code,	2060
or who is an applicant for a permit or license for a facility	2061
under that chapter, on any matter in which the public official or	2062
employee personally participated as a public official or employee.	2063

(4) For a period of one year after the conclusion of	2064
employment or service as a member or employee of the general	2065
assembly, no former member or employee of the general assembly	2066
shall represent, or act in a representative capacity for, any	2067
person on any matter before the general assembly, any committee of	2068
the general assembly, or the controlling board. Division (A)(4) of	2069
this section does not apply to or affect a person who separates	2070
from service with the general assembly on or before December 31,	2071
1995. As used in division (A)(4) of this section "person" does not	2072
include any state agency or political subdivision of the state.	2073

(5) As used in divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this	2074
section, "matter" includes any case, proceeding, application,	2075
determination, issue, or question, but does not include the	2076
proposal, consideration, or enactment of statutes, rules,	2077
ordinances, resolutions, or charter or constitutional amendments.	2078
As used in division (A)(4) of this section, "matter" includes the	2079
proposal, consideration, or enactment of statutes, resolutions, or	2080
constitutional amendments. As used in division (A) of this	2081
section, "represent" includes any formal or informal appearance	2082
before, or any written or oral communication with, any public	2083
agency on behalf of any person.	2084

(6)(5) Nothing contained in division (A) of this section	2085
shall prohibit, during such period, a former public official or	2086
employee from being retained or employed to represent, assist, or	2087
act in a representative capacity for the public agency by which	2088
the public official or employee was employed or on which the	2089
public official or employee served.	2090

(7)(6) Division (A) of this section shall not be construed to	2091
prohibit the performance of ministerial functions, including, but	2092
not limited to, the filing or amendment of tax returns,	2093
applications for permits and licenses, incorporation papers, and	2094
other similar documents.	2095

(8)(7) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit a	2096
nonelected public official or employee of a state agency, as	2097
defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, from becoming a	2098
public official or employee of another state agency. Division (A)	2099
of this section does not prohibit such an official or employee	2100
from representing or acting in a representative capacity for the	2101
official's or employee's new state agency on any matter in which	2102
the public official or employee personally participated as a	2103
public official or employee at the official's or employee's former	2104
state agency. However, no public official or employee of a state	2105
agency shall, during public employment or for twelve months	2106
thereafter, represent or act in a representative capacity for the	2107
official's or employee's new state agency on any audit or	2108
investigation pertaining to the official's or employee's new state	2109
agency in which the public official or employee personally	2110
participated at the official's or employee's former state agency	2111
through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the	2112
rendering of advice, investigation, or other substantial exercise	2113
of administrative discretion.	2114

(9)(8) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit a	2115
nonelected public official or employee of a political subdivision	2116
from becoming a public official or employee of a different	2117
department, division, agency, office, or unit of the same	2118
political subdivision. Division (A) of this section does not	2119
prohibit such an official or employee from representing or acting	2120
in a representative capacity for the official's or employee's new	2121
department, division, agency, office, or unit on any matter in	2122
which the public official or employee personally participated as a	2123
public official or employee at the official's or employee's former	2124
department, division, agency, office, or unit of the same	2125
political subdivision. As used in this division, "political	2126
subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or	2127
any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for	2128
government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of	2129
the state.	2130

(10)(9) No present or former Ohio casino control commission	2131
official shall, during public service or for two years thereafter,	2132
represent a client, be employed or compensated by a person	2133
regulated by the commission, or act in a representative capacity	2134
for any person on any matter before or concerning the commission.	2135

No present or former commission employee shall, during public	2136
employment or for two years thereafter, represent a client or act	2137
in a representative capacity on any matter in which the employee	2138
personally participated as a commission employee through decision,	2139
approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice,	2140
investigation, or other substantial exercise of administrative	2141
discretion.	2142

(B) No present or former public official or employee shall	2143
disclose or use, without appropriate authorization, any	2144
information acquired by the public official or employee in the	2145
course of the public official's or employee's official duties that	2146
is confidential because of statutory provisions, or that has been	2147
clearly designated to the public official or employee as	2148
confidential when that confidential designation is warranted	2149
because of the status of the proceedings or the circumstances	2150
under which the information was received and preserving its	2151
confidentiality is necessary to the proper conduct of government	2152
business.	2153

(C) No public official or employee shall participate within	2154
the scope of duties as a public official or employee, except	2155
through ministerial functions as defined in division (A) of this	2156
section, in any license or rate-making proceeding that directly	2157
affects the license or rates of any person, partnership, trust,	2158
business trust, corporation, or association in which the public	2159
official or employee or immediate family owns or controls more	2160
than five per cent. No public official or employee shall	2161
participate within the scope of duties as a public official or	2162
employee, except through ministerial functions as defined in	2163
division (A) of this section, in any license or rate-making	2164
proceeding that directly affects the license or rates of any	2165
person to whom the public official or employee or immediate	2166
family, or a partnership, trust, business trust, corporation, or	2167
association of which the public official or employee or the public	2168
official's or employee's immediate family owns or controls more	2169
than five per cent, has sold goods or services totaling more than	2170
one thousand dollars during the preceding year, unless the public	2171
official or employee has filed a written statement acknowledging	2172
that sale with the clerk or secretary of the public agency and the	2173
statement is entered in any public record of the agency's	2174
proceedings. This division shall not be construed to require the	2175
disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under	2176
section 4732.12 or 4732.15 of the Revised Code, or patients of	2177
persons certified under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code.	2178

(D) No public official or employee shall use or authorize the	2179
use of the authority or influence of office or employment to	2180
secure anything of value or the promise or offer of anything of	2181
value that is of such a character as to manifest a substantial and	2182
improper influence upon the public official or employee with	2183
respect to that person's duties.	2184

(E) No public official or employee shall solicit or accept	2185
anything of value that is of such a character as to manifest a	2186
substantial and improper influence upon the public official or	2187
employee with respect to that person's duties.	2188

(F) No person shall promise or give to a public official or	2189
employee anything of value that is of such a character as to	2190
manifest a substantial and improper influence upon the public	2191
official or employee with respect to that person's duties.	2192

(G) In the absence of bribery or another offense under the	2193
Revised Code or a purpose to defraud, contributions made to a	2194
campaign committee, political party, legislative campaign fund,	2195
political action committee, or political contributing entity on	2196
behalf of an elected public officer or other public official or	2197
employee who seeks elective office shall be considered to accrue	2198
ordinarily to the public official or employee for the purposes of	2199
divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section.	2200

As used in this division, "contributions," "campaign	2201
committee," "political party," "legislative campaign fund,"	2202
"political action committee," and "political contributing entity"	2203
have the same meanings as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.	2204

(H)(1) No public official or employee, except for the	2205
president or other chief administrative officer of or a member of	2206
a board of trustees of a state institution of higher education as	2207
defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, who is required	2208
to file a financial disclosure statement under section 102.02 of	2209
the Revised Code shall solicit or accept, and no person shall give	2210
to that public official or employee, an honorarium. Except as	2211
provided in division (H)(2) of this section, this division and	2212
divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section do not prohibit a	2213
public official or employee who is required to file a financial	2214
disclosure statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code from	2215
accepting and do not prohibit a person from giving to that public	2216
official or employee the payment of actual travel expenses,	2217
including any expenses incurred in connection with the travel for	2218
lodging, and meals, food, and beverages provided to the public	2219
official or employee at a meeting at which the public official or	2220
employee participates in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement	2221
or provided to the public official or employee at a meeting or	2222
convention of a national organization to which any state agency,	2223
including, but not limited to, any state legislative agency or	2224
state institution of higher education as defined in section	2225
3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues. Except as	2226
provided in division (H)(2) of this section, this division and	2227
divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section do not prohibit a	2228
public official or employee who is not required to file a	2229
financial disclosure statement under section 102.02 of the Revised	2230
Code from accepting and do not prohibit a person from promising or	2231
giving to that public official or employee an honorarium or the	2232
payment of travel, meal, and lodging expenses if the honorarium,	2233
expenses, or both were paid in recognition of demonstrable	2234
business, professional, or esthetic interests of the public	2235
official or employee that exist apart from public office or	2236
employment, including, but not limited to, such a demonstrable	2237
interest in public speaking and were not paid by any person or	2238
other entity, or by any representative or association of those	2239
persons or entities, that is regulated by, doing business with, or	2240
seeking to do business with the department, division, institution,	2241
board, commission, authority, bureau, or other instrumentality of	2242
the governmental entity with which the public official or employee	2243
serves.	2244

(2) No person who is a member of the board of a state	2245
retirement system, a state retirement system investment officer,	2246
or an employee of a state retirement system whose position	2247
involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the	2248
investment of retirement system funds shall solicit or accept, and	2249
no person shall give to that board member, officer, or employee,	2250
payment of actual travel expenses, including expenses incurred	2251
with the travel for lodging, meals, food, and beverages.	2252

(I) A public official or employee may accept travel, meals,	2253
and lodging or expenses or reimbursement of expenses for travel,	2254
meals, and lodging in connection with conferences, seminars, and	2255
similar events related to official duties if the travel, meals,	2256
and lodging, expenses, or reimbursement is not of such a character	2257
as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon the	2258
public official or employee with respect to that person's duties.	2259
The house of representatives and senate, in their code of ethics,	2260
and the Ohio ethics commission, under section 111.15 of the	2261
Revised Code, may adopt rules setting standards and conditions for	2262
the furnishing and acceptance of such travel, meals, and lodging,	2263
expenses, or reimbursement.	2264

A person who acts in compliance with this division and any	2265
applicable rules adopted under it, or any applicable, similar	2266
rules adopted by the supreme court governing judicial officers and	2267
employees, does not violate division (D), (E), or (F) of this	2268
section. This division does not preclude any person from seeking	2269
an advisory opinion from the appropriate ethics commission under	2270
section 102.08 of the Revised Code.	2271

(J) For purposes of divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this	2272
section, the membership of a public official or employee in an	2273
organization shall not be considered, in and of itself, to be of	2274
such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper	2275
influence on the public official or employee with respect to that	2276
person's duties. As used in this division, "organization" means a	2277
church or a religious, benevolent, fraternal, or professional	2278
organization that is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) and	2279
described in subsection 501(c)(3), (4), (8), (10), or (19) of the	2280
"Internal Revenue Code of 1986." This division does not apply to a	2281
public official or employee who is an employee of an organization,	2282
serves as a trustee, director, or officer of an organization, or	2283
otherwise holds a fiduciary relationship with an organization.	2284
This division does not allow a public official or employee who is	2285
a member of an organization to participate, formally or	2286
informally, in deliberations, discussions, or voting on a matter	2287
or to use the public official's or employee's official position	2288
with regard to the interests of the organization on the matter if	2289
the public official or employee has assumed a particular	2290
responsibility in the organization with respect to the matter or	2291
if the matter would affect that person's personal, pecuniary	2292
interests.	2293

(K) It is not a violation of this section for a prosecuting	2294
attorney to appoint assistants and employees in accordance with	2295
division (B) of section 309.06 and section 2921.421 of the Revised	2296
Code, for a chief legal officer of a municipal corporation or an	2297
official designated as prosecutor in a municipal corporation to	2298
appoint assistants and employees in accordance with sections	2299
733.621 and 2921.421 of the Revised Code, for a township law	2300
director appointed under section 504.15 of the Revised Code to	2301
appoint assistants and employees in accordance with sections	2302
504.151 and 2921.421 of the Revised Code, or for a coroner to	2303
appoint assistants and employees in accordance with division (B)	2304
of section 313.05 of the Revised Code.	2305

As used in this division, "chief legal officer" has the same	2306
meaning as in section 733.621 of the Revised Code.	2307

(L) No present public official or employee with a casino	2308
gaming regulatory function shall indirectly invest, by way of an	2309
entity the public official or employee has an ownership interest	2310
or control in, or directly invest in a casino operator, management	2311
company, holding company, casino facility, or gaming-related	2312
vendor. No present public official or employee with a casino	2313
gaming regulatory function shall directly or indirectly have a	2314
financial interest in, have an ownership interest in, be the	2315
creditor or hold a debt instrument issued by, or have an interest	2316
in a contractual or service relationship with a casino operator,	2317
management company, holding company, casino facility, or	2318
gaming-related vendor. This section does not prohibit or limit	2319
permitted passive investing by the public official or employee.	2320

As used in this division, "passive investing" means	2321
investment by the public official or employee by means of a mutual	2322
fund in which the public official or employee has no control of	2323
the investments or investment decisions. "Casino operator,"	2324
"holding company," "management company," "casino facility," and	2325
"gaming-related vendor" have the same meanings as in section	2326
3772.01 of the Revised Code.	2327

(M) A member of the Ohio casino control commission, the	2328
executive director of the commission, or an employee of the	2329
commission shall not:	2330

(1) Accept anything of value, including but not limited to a	2331
gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from a casino operator,	2332
management company, or other person subject to the jurisdiction of	2333
the commission, or from an officer, attorney, agent, or employee	2334
of a casino operator, management company, or other person subject	2335
to the jurisdiction of the commission;	2336

(2) Solicit, suggest, request, or recommend, directly or	2337
indirectly, to a casino operator, management company, or other	2338
person subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, or to an	2339
officer, attorney, agent, or employee of a casino operator,	2340
management company, or other person subject to the jurisdiction of	2341
the commission, the appointment of a person to an office, place,	2342
position, or employment;	2343

(3) Participate in casino gaming or any other amusement or	2344
activity at a casino facility in this state or at an affiliate	2345
gaming facility of a licensed casino operator, wherever located.	2346
A member of the Ohio casino control commission, the executive	2347
director of the commission, or an employee of the commission may	2348
participate in any other amusement or activity at a casino	2349
facility in this state or at an affiliate gaming facility of a	2350
licensed casino operator, wherever located, if the member,	2351
executive director, or employee pays the same price as the general	2352
public for that amusement or activity.	2353

In addition to the penalty provided in section 102.99 of the	2354
Revised Code, whoever violates division (M)(1), (2), or (3) of	2355
this section forfeits the individual's office or employment.	2356

Sec. 102.031.  (A) As used in this section:

2357

(1) "Business associate" means a person with whom a member of	2358
the general assembly is conducting or undertaking a financial	2359
transaction.	2360

(2) "Contribution" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01	2361
of the Revised Code.	2362

(3) "Employee" does not include a member of the general	2363
assembly whose nonlegislative position of employment does not	2364
involve the performance of or the authority to perform	2365
administrative or supervisory functions; or whose nonlegislative	2366
position of employment, if the member is a public employee, does	2367
not involve a substantial and material exercise of administrative	2368
discretion in the formulation of public policy, expenditure of	2369
public funds, enforcement of laws and rules of the state or a	2370
county or city, or execution of other public trusts.	2371

(4) "Expenditure" has the meaning defined in section 101.70	2372
of the Revised Code.	2373

(B) No member of the general assembly shall vote on any	2374
legislation that the member knows is then being actively advocated	2375
if the member is one of the following with respect to a	2376
legislative agent or employer that is then actively advocating on	2377
that legislation:	2378

(1) An employee;

2379

(2) A business associate;

2380

(3) A person, other than an employee, who is hired under	2381
contract to perform certain services, and that position involves a	2382
substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in	2383
the formulation of public policy.	2384

(C) No member of the general assembly shall knowingly accept	2385
any of the following from a legislative agent or a person required	2386
to file a statement described in division (A)(2) of section	2387
102.021 of the Revised Code:	2388

(1) The payment of any expenses for travel or lodging except	2389
as otherwise authorized by division (H) of section 102.03 of the	2390
Revised Code;	2391

(2) MoreExpenditures of more than seventy-fivetwo hundred	2392
fifty dollars aggregated per calendar year as payment for meals	2393
and other food and beverages, other than any contribution and	2394
other than expenditures for those meals and other food and	2395
beverages provided to the member at a meeting at which the member	2396
participates in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement, at a	2397
meeting or convention of a national organization to which any	2398
state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative	2399
agency or state institution of higher education as defined in	2400
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues, or at	2401
a dinner, party, or function to which all members of the general	2402
assembly or all members of either house of the general assembly	2403
are invited;	2404

(3) A gift of any amount in the form of cash or the	2405
equivalent of cash, or a gift of any other thing of value whose	2406
value exceeds seventy-five dollars. As used in division (C)(3) of	2407
this section, "gift" does not include any contribution or any	2408
gifts of meals and other food and beverages or the payment of	2409
expenses incurred for travel to destinations either inside or	2410
outside this state that is received by a member of the general	2411
assembly and that is incurred in connection with the member's	2412
official duties.	2413

(D) It is not a violation of division (C)(2) of this section	2414
if, within sixty days after receiving notice from a legislative	2415
agent that the legislative agent has provided a member of the	2416
general assembly with expenditures of more than seventy-fivetwo	2417
hundred fifty dollars aggregated in a calendar year as payment for	2418
meals and other food and beverages, the member of the general	2419
assembly returns to that legislative agent the amount received	2420
that exceeds seventy-fivetwo hundred fifty dollars.	2421

(E) The joint legislative ethics committee may impose a fine	2422
of not more than one thousand dollars upon a member of the general	2423
assembly who violates division (B) of this section.	2424

Sec. 102.06.  (A) The appropriate ethics commission shall	2425
receive and may initiate complaints against persons subject to	2426
this chapter concerning conduct alleged to be in violation of this	2427
chapter or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the Revised Code. All	2428
complaints except those by the commission shall be by affidavit	2429
made on personal knowledge, subject to the penalties of perjury.	2430
Complaints by the commission shall be by affidavit, based upon	2431
reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred.	2432

(B) The appropriate ethics commission shall investigate	2433
complaints, may investigate charges presented to it, and may	2434
request further information, including the specific amount of	2435
income from a source, from any person filing with the commission a	2436
statement required by section 102.02 or 102.021 of the Revised	2437
Code, if the information sought is directly relevant to a	2438
complaint or charges received by the commission pursuant to this	2439
section. This information is confidential, except that the	2440
commission, in its discretion, may share information gathered in	2441
the course of any investigation with, or disclose the information	2442
to, the inspector general, any appropriate prosecuting authority,	2443
any law enforcement agency, or any other appropriate ethics	2444
commission. If the accused person is a member of the public	2445
employees retirement board, state teachers retirement board,	2446
school employees retirement board, board of trustees of the Ohio	2447
police and fire pension fund, or state highway patrol retirement	2448
board, or is a member of the bureau of workers' compensation board	2449
of directors, the appropriate ethics commission, in its	2450
discretion, also may share information gathered in the course of	2451
an investigation with, or disclose the information to, the	2452
attorney general and the auditor of state. The person so requested	2453
shall furnish the information to the commission, unless within	2454
fifteen days from the date of the request the person files an	2455
action for declaratory judgment challenging the legitimacy of the	2456
request in the court of common pleas of the county of the person's	2457
residence, the person's place of employment, or Franklin county.	2458
The requested information need not be furnished to the commission	2459
during the pendency of the judicial proceedings. Proceedings of	2460
the commission in connection with the declaratory judgment action	2461
shall be kept confidential except as otherwise provided by this	2462
section. Before the commission proceeds to take any formal action	2463
against a person who is the subject of an investigation based on	2464
charges presented to the commission, a complaint shall be filed	2465
against the person. If the commission finds that a complaint is	2466
not frivolous, and there is reasonable cause to believe that the	2467
facts alleged in a complaint constitute a violation of division	2468
(B) or (C) of section 102.07 or section 102.02, 102.021, 102.03,	2469
102.04, 102.07, 2921.42, or 2921.43 of the Revised Code, it shall	2470
hold a hearing. If the commission does not so find, it shall	2471
dismiss the complaint and notify the accused person in writing of	2472
the dismissal of the complaint. The commission shall not make a	2473
report of its finding unless the accused person requests a report.	2474
Upon the request of the accused person, the commission shall make	2475
a public report of its finding. The person against whom the	2476
complaint is directed shall be given reasonable notice by	2477
certified mail of the date, time, and place of the hearing and a	2478
statement of the charges and the law directly involved and shall	2479
be given the opportunity to be represented by counsel, to have	2480
counsel appointed for the person if the person is unable to afford	2481
counsel without undue hardship, to examine the evidence against	2482
the person, to produce evidence and to call and subpoena witnesses	2483
in the person's defense, to confront the person's accusers, and to	2484
cross-examine witnesses. The commission shall have a stenographic	2485
record made of the hearing. The hearing shall be closed to the	2486
public.	2487

(C)(1)(a) If, upon the basis of the hearing, the appropriate	2488
ethics commission finds by a preponderance of the evidence that	2489
the facts alleged in the complaint are true and constitute a	2490
violation of division (B) or (C) of section 102.07 or section	2491
102.02, 102.021, 102.03, 102.04, 102.07, 2921.42, or 2921.43 of	2492
the Revised Code, it shall report its findings to the appropriate	2493
prosecuting authority for proceedings in prosecution of the	2494
violation and to the appointing or employing authority of the	2495
accused. If the accused person is a member of the public employees	2496
retirement board, state teachers retirement board, school	2497
employees retirement board, board of trustees of the Ohio police	2498
and fire pension fund, or state highway patrol retirement board,	2499
the commission also shall report its findings to the Ohio	2500
retirement study council.	2501

(b) If the Ohio ethics commission reports its findings to the	2502
appropriate prosecuting authority under division (C)(1)(a) of this	2503
section and the prosecuting authority has not initiated any	2504
official action on those findings within ninety days after	2505
receiving the commission's report of them, the commission may	2506
publicly comment that no official action has been taken on its	2507
findings, except that the commission shall make no comment in	2508
violation of the Rules of Criminal Procedure or about any	2509
indictment that has been sealed pursuant to any law or those	2510
rules. The commission shall make no comment regarding the merits	2511
of its findings. As used in division (C)(1)(b) of this section,	2512
"official action" means prosecution, closure after investigation,	2513
or grand jury action resulting in a true bill of indictment or no	2514
true bill of indictment.	2515

(2) If the appropriate ethics commission does not find by a	2516
preponderance of the evidence that the facts alleged in the	2517
complaint are true and constitute a violation of division (B) or	2518
(C) of section 102.07 or section 102.02, 102.021, 102.03, 102.04,	2519
102.07, 2921.42, or 2921.43 of the Revised Code or if the	2520
commission has not scheduled a hearing within ninety days after	2521
the complaint is filed or has not finally disposed of the	2522
complaint within six months after it has been heard, it shall	2523
dismiss the complaint and notify the accused person in writing of	2524
the dismissal of the complaint. The commission shall not make a	2525
report of its finding unless the accused person requests a report.	2526
Upon the request of the accused person, the commission shall make	2527
a public report of the finding, but in this case all evidence and	2528
the record of the hearing shall remain confidential unless the	2529
accused person also requests that the evidence and record be made	2530
public. Upon request by the accused person, the commission shall	2531
make the evidence and the record available for public inspection.	2532

(D) The appropriate ethics commission, or a member of the	2533
commission, may administer oaths, and the commission may issue	2534
subpoenas to any person in the state compelling the attendance of	2535
witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books, accounts,	2536
and records. The commission shall issue subpoenas to compel the	2537
attendance of witnesses and the production of documents upon the	2538
request of an accused person. Section 101.42 of the Revised Code	2539
shall govern the issuance of these subpoenas insofar as	2540
applicable. Upon the refusal of any person to obey a subpoena or	2541
to be sworn or to answer as a witness, the commission may apply to	2542
the court of common pleas of Franklin county under section 2705.03	2543
of the Revised Code. The court shall hold proceedings in	2544
accordance with Chapter 2705. of the Revised Code. The commission	2545
or the accused person may take the depositions of witnesses	2546
residing within or without the state in the same manner as	2547
prescribed by law for the taking of depositions in civil actions	2548
in the court of common pleas.	2549

(E) At least once each year, the Ohio ethics commission shall	2550
report on its activities of the immediately preceding year to the	2551
majority and minority leaders of the senate and house of	2552
representatives of the general assembly. The report shall indicate	2553
the total number of complaints received, initiated, and	2554
investigated by the commission, the total number of complaints for	2555
which formal hearings were held, and the total number of	2556
complaints for which formal prosecution was recommended or	2557
requested by the commission. The report also shall indicate the	2558
nature of the inappropriate conduct alleged in each complaint and	2559
the governmental entity with which any employee or official that	2560
is the subject of a complaint was employed at the time of the	2561
alleged inappropriate conduct.	2562

(F) The Ohio ethics commission shall maintain a list of all	2563
executive agencies. The commission shall provide copies of the	2564
list to the general public on request and may charge a reasonable	2565
fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the document.	2566

(G) All papers, records, affidavits, and documents upon any	2567
complaint, inquiry, or investigation relating to the proceedings	2568
of the appropriate ethics commission shall be sealed and are	2569
private and confidential, except as otherwise provided in this	2570
section and section 102.07 of the Revised Code.	2571

(G)(H)(1) When a complaint or charge is before it, the Ohio	2572
ethics commission or the appropriate prosecuting authority, in	2573
consultation with the person filing the complaint or charge, the	2574
accused, and any other person the commission or prosecuting	2575
authority considers necessary, may compromise or settle the	2576
complaint or charge with the agreement of the accused. The	2577
compromise or settlement may include mediation, restitution,	2578
rescission of affected contracts, forfeiture of any benefits	2579
resulting from a violation or potential violation of law,	2580
resignation of a public official or employee, or any other relief	2581
that is agreed upon between the commission or prosecuting	2582
authority and the accused.	2583

(2) Any settlement agreement entered into under division	2584
(G)(1) of this section shall be in writing and be accompanied by a	2585
statement of the findings of the commission or prosecuting	2586
authority and the reasons for entering into the agreement. The	2587
commission or prosecuting authority shall retain the agreement and	2588
statement in the commission's or prosecuting authority's office	2589
and, in the commission's or prosecuting authority's discretion,	2590
may make the agreement, the statement, and any supporting	2591
information public, unless the agreement provides otherwise.	2592

(3) If a settlement agreement is breached by the accused, the	2593
commission or prosecuting authority, in the commission's or	2594
prosecuting authority's discretion, may rescind the agreement and	2595
reinstitute any investigation, hearing, or prosecution of the	2596
accused. No information obtained from the accused in reaching the	2597
settlement that is not otherwise discoverable from the accused	2598
shall be used in any proceeding before the commission or by the	2599
appropriate prosecuting authority in prosecuting the violation.	2600
Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, if a	2601
settlement agreement is breached, any statute of limitations for a	2602
violation of this chapter or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the	2603
Revised Code is tolled from the date the complaint or charge is	2604
filed until the date the settlement agreement is breached.	2605

Sec. 102.07. (A) Beginning with disclosure statements	2606
required to be filed for calendar year 2012, the Ohio ethics	2607
commission shall publish and make available to the public on its	2608
official web site each disclosure statement filed with the	2609
commission by a person who is elected to, a candidate for, or	2610
appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in any elective	2611
office listed in division (A) of section 102.02 of the Revised	2612
Code, except for statements that are required to be kept	2613
confidential under division (B) of that section.	2614

(B) No member, employee, or agent of the Ohio ethics	2615
commission, board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of	2616
the supreme court, or joint legislative ethics committee shall	2617
divulge any information or any books, papers, or documents	2618
presented to the commission, joint legislative ethics committee,	2619
or board of commissioners on grievances and discipline without the	2620
consent, in writing, of the appropriate ethics commission, unless	2621
such books, papers, or documents were presented at a public	2622
hearing, except as provided in section 102.06 of the Revised Code.	2623

(C) No person shall divulge information that appears on a	2624
disclosure statement and is required to be kept confidential under	2625
division (B) of section 102.02 of the Revised Code.	2626

Sec. 102.99.  (A) Whoever violates division (C) of section	2627
102.02 or division (C) of section 102.031 of the Revised Code is	2628
guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.	2629

(B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 102.02, division	2630
(B) or (C) of section 102.07, or section 102.021, 102.03, or	2631
102.04, or 102.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor	2632
of the first degree.	2633

Sec. 109.54.  (A) The bureau of criminal identification and	2634
investigation may investigate any criminal activity in this state	2635
that is of statewide or intercounty concern when requested by	2636
local authorities and may aid federal authorities, when requested,	2637
in their investigation of any criminal activity in this state. The	2638
bureau may investigate any criminal activity in this state related	2639
to the conduct of elections when requested by the secretary of	2640
state. The bureau may assist the Ohio ethics commission and the	2641
joint legislative ethics committee in investigating violations of	2642
sections 102.02, 102.021, 102.03, 102.031, 102.04, 2921.42, and	2643
2921.43 of the Revised Code, upon request by the agency having the	2644
appropriate investigative jurisdiction. The bureau may investigate	2645
any criminal activity in this state involving drug abuse or	2646
illegal drug distribution prohibited under Chapter 3719. or 4729.	2647
of the Revised Code. The superintendent and any agent of the	2648
bureau may participate, as the director of an organized crime task	2649
force established under section 177.02 of the Revised Code or as a	2650
member of the investigatory staff of a task force established	2651
under that section, in an investigation of organized criminal	2652
activity anywhere within this state under sections 177.01 to	2653
177.03 of the Revised Code.	2654

(B) The bureau may provide any trained investigative	2655
personnel and specialized equipment that are requested by any	2656
sheriff or chief of police, by the authorized designee of any	2657
sheriff or chief of police, or by any other authorized law	2658
enforcement officer to aid and assist the officer in the	2659
investigation and solution of any crime or the control of any	2660
criminal activity occurring within the officer's jurisdiction.	2661
This assistance shall be furnished by the bureau without	2662
disturbing or impairing any of the existing law enforcement	2663
authority or the prerogatives of local law enforcement authorities	2664
or officers. Investigators provided pursuant to this section, or	2665
engaged in an investigation pursuant to section 109.83 of the	2666
Revised Code, may go armed in the same manner as sheriffs and	2667
regularly appointed police officers under section 2923.12 of the	2668
Revised Code.	2669

(C)(1) The bureau shall obtain recording equipment that can	2670
be used to record depositions of the type described in division	2671
(A) of section 2152.81 and division (A) of section 2945.481 of the	2672
Revised Code, or testimony of the type described in division (D)	2673
of section 2152.81 and division (D) of section 2945.481 or in	2674
division (C) of section 2937.11 of the Revised Code, shall obtain	2675
closed circuit equipment that can be used to televise testimony of	2676
the type described in division (C) of section 2152.81 and division	2677
(C) of section 2945.481 or in division (B) of section 2937.11 of	2678
the Revised Code, and shall provide the equipment, upon request,	2679
to any court for use in recording any deposition or testimony of	2680
one of those types or in televising the testimony in accordance	2681
with the applicable division.	2682

(2) The bureau shall obtain the names, addresses, and	2683
telephone numbers of persons who are experienced in questioning	2684
children in relation to an investigation of a violation of section	2685
2905.03, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06,	2686
2907.07, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.23, 2907.24, 2907.31, 2907.32,	2687
2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, or 2919.22 of the Revised Code or an	2688
offense of violence and shall maintain a list of those names,	2689
addresses, and telephone numbers. The list shall include a	2690
classification of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers by	2691
appellate district. Upon request, the bureau shall provide any	2692
county sheriff, chief of police, prosecuting attorney, village	2693
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer	2694
with the name, address, and telephone number of any person	2695
contained in the list.	2696

Sec. 121.60.  As used in sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the	2697
Revised Code:	2698

(A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in	2699
section 101.70 of the Revised Code.	2700

(B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to,	2701
at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of an elected	2702
executive official, the director of a department created under	2703
section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official,	2704
or a member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed	2705
in this division:	2706

(1) A payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit,	2707
reimbursement, or gift of money, real estate, or anything of	2708
value, including, but not limited to, food and beverages,	2709
entertainment, lodging, transportation, or honorariums;	2710

(2) A contract, promise, or agreement to make an expenditure,	2711
whether or not legally enforceable;	2712

(3) The purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other	2713
thing of value. "Expenditure" does not include a contribution,	2714
gift, or grant to a foundation or other charitable organization	2715
that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection	2716
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. "Expenditure" does not	2717
include the purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other thing	2718
of value that is available to the general public on the same terms	2719
as it is available to the persons listed in this division, or an	2720
offer or sale of securities to any person listed in this division	2721
that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R. 230.501 to 230.508,	2722
adopted under the authority of the "Securities Act of 1933," 48	2723
Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and following, or that is governed by a	2724
comparable provision under state law.	2725

(C) "Employer" means any person who, directly or indirectly,	2726
engages an executive agency lobbyist.	2727

(D) "Engage" means to make any arrangement, and "engagement"	2728
means arrangement, whereby an individual is employed or retained	2729
for compensation to act for or on behalf of an employer to	2730
influence executive agency decisions or to conduct any executive	2731
agency lobbying activity.	2732

(E) "Financial transaction" means a transaction or activity	2733
that is conducted or undertaken for profit and arises from the	2734
joint ownership or the ownership or part ownership in common of	2735
any real or personal property or any commercial or business	2736
enterprise of whatever form or nature between the following:	2737

(1) An executive agency lobbyist, the executive agency	2738
lobbyist's employer, or a member of the immediate family of the	2739
executive agency lobbyist or the executive agency lobbyist's	2740
employer; and	2741

(2) Any elected executive official, the director of a	2742
department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an	2743
executive agency official, or any member of the staff of a public	2744
officer or employee listed in division (E)(2) of this section.	2745

"Financial transaction" does not include any transaction or	2746
activity described in division (E) of this section if it is	2747
available to the general public on the same terms, or if it is an	2748
offer or sale of securities to any person listed in division	2749
(E)(2) of this section that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R.	2750
230.501 to 230.508, adopted under the authority of the "Securities	2751
Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and following, or that is	2752
governed by a comparable provision under state law.	2753

(F) "Executive agency" means the office of an elected	2754
executive official, a department created under section 121.02 of	2755
the Revised Code, or any other state agency, department, board, or	2756
commission controlled or directed by an elected executive official	2757
or otherwise subject to an elected executive official's authority.	2758
For the purposes of sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code	2759
only, "executive agency" includes the nonprofit corporation formed	2760
under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. "Executive agency" does	2761
not include any court, the general assembly, or the controlling	2762
board.	2763

(G) "Executive agency decision" means a decision of an	2764
executive agency regarding the expenditure of funds of the state	2765
or of an executive agency with respect to the award of a contract,	2766
grant, lease, or other financial arrangement under which such	2767
funds are distributed or allocated, or a regulatory decision of an	2768
executive agency or any board or commission of the state.	2769
"Executive agency decision" does not include either of the	2770
following:	2771

(1) A purchasing decision for which a vendor has filed a	2772
statement certifying that the vendor has not made campaign	2773
contributions in an amount such that section 3517.13 of the	2774
Revised Code would invalidate the decision, if that vendor has not	2775
engaged an executive agency lobbyist;	2776

(2) The award of a competitively bid contract for which bid	2777
specifications were prepared and for which at least three eligible	2778
competitive bids were received by the executive agency.	2779

(H) "Executive agency lobbyist" means any person engaged to	2780
influencewhose direct communication with executive agency	2781
officials or employees for the purpose of influencing executive	2782
agency decisions or to conductconducting executive agency	2783
lobbying activity as one of the person's main purposes on a	2784
regular and substantial basisconstitutes at least twenty-five per	2785
cent of the total performance time for which the person is	2786
compensated by a specific employer. "Executive agency lobbyist"	2787
does not include an elected or appointed officer or employee of a	2788
federal or state agency, state college, state university, or	2789
political subdivision who attempts to influence or affect	2790
executive agency decisions in a fiduciary capacity as a	2791
representative of the officer's or employee's agency, college,	2792
university, or political subdivision.	2793

(I) "Executive agency lobbying activity" means contacts made	2794
to promote, oppose, or otherwise influence the outcome of an	2795
executive agency decision by direct communication with any person	2796
described in division (E)(2) of this section, or the Ohio casino	2797
control commission. "Lobbying activity" does not include any of	2798
the following:	2799

(1) The action of any person having a direct interest in	2800
executive agency decisions who, under Section 3 of Article I, Ohio	2801
Constitution, assembles together with other persons to consult for	2802
their common good, instructs a person listed in the first	2803
paragraph of division (I) of this section, or petitions such a	2804
person for the redress of grievances;	2805

(2) Contacts made for the sole purpose of gathering	2806
information contained in a public record;	2807

(3) Appearances before an executive agency to give testimony.

2808

(J) "Executive agency official" means an officer or employee	2809
of an executive agency whose principal duties are to formulate	2810
policy or to participate directly or indirectly in the	2811
preparation, review, or award of contracts, grants, leases, or	2812
other financial arrangements with an executive agency.	2813

(K) "Aggrieved party" means a party entitled to resort to a	2814
remedy.	2815

(L) "Elected executive official" means the governor,	2816
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state,	2817
treasurer of state, and the attorney general.	2818

(M) "Staff" means any officer or employee of an executive	2819
agency whose official duties are to formulate policy and who	2820
exercises administrative or supervisory authority or who	2821
authorizes the expenditure of state funds.	2822

Sec. 121.62.  (A) Each executive agency lobbyist and each	2823
employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee,	2824
within ten days following the engagement of an executive agency	2825
lobbyist, an initial registration statement showing all of the	2826
following:	2827

(1) The name, business address, and occupation of the	2828
executive agency lobbyist;	2829

(2) The name and business address of the employer or of the	2830
real party in interest on whose behalf the executive agency	2831
lobbyist is acting, if it is different from the employer. For the	2832
purposes of division (A) of this section, where a trade	2833
association or other charitable or fraternal organization that is	2834
exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c) of the	2835
federal Internal Revenue Code is the employer, the statement need	2836
not list the names and addresses of every member of the	2837
association or organization, so long as the association or	2838
organization itself is listed.	2839

(3) A brief description of the executive agency decision to	2840
which the engagement relates;	2841

(4) The name of the executive agency or agencies to which the	2842
engagement relates.	2843

(B) In addition to the initial registration statement	2844
required by division (A) of this section, each executive agency	2845
lobbyist and employer shall file with the joint committee, not	2846
later than the last day of January, May, and September of each	2847
year, an updated registration statement that confirms the	2848
continuing existence of each engagement described in an initial	2849
registration statement and that lists the specific executive	2850
agency decisions that the lobbyist sought to influence under the	2851
engagement during the period covered by the updated statement, and	2852
with it any statement of expenditures required to be filed by	2853
section 121.63 of the Revised Code and any details of financial	2854
transactions required to be filed by section 121.64 of the Revised	2855
Code.	2856

(C) If an executive agency lobbyist is engaged by more than	2857
one employer, the lobbyist shall file a separate initial and	2858
updated registration statement for each engagement. If an employer	2859
engages more than one executive agency lobbyist, the employer need	2860
file only one updated registration statement under division (B) of	2861
this section, which shall contain the information required by	2862
division (B) of this section regarding all of the executive agency	2863
lobbyists engaged by the employer.	2864

(D)(1) A change in any information required by division	2865
(A)(1), (2), or (B) of this section shall be reflected in the next	2866
updated registration statement filed under division (B) of this	2867
section.	2868

(2) Within thirty days following the termination of an	2869
engagement, the executive agency lobbyist who was employed under	2870
the engagement shall send written notification of the termination	2871
to the joint committee.	2872

(E) A registration fee of twenty-fivethirty-five dollars	2873
shall be charged for filing an initial registration statement. All	2874
money collected from registration fees under this division and	2875
late filing fees under division (G) of this section shall be	2876
deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the joint	2877
legislative ethics committee fund created under section 101.34 of	2878
the Revised Code.	2879

(F) Upon registration pursuant to this section, an executive	2880
agency lobbyist shall be issued a card by the joint committee	2881
showing that the lobbyist is registered. The registration card and	2882
the executive agency lobbyist's registration shall be valid from	2883
the date of their issuance until the next thirty-first day of	2884
JanuaryDecember of thean even-numbered year following the year	2885
in which the initial registration was filed.	2886

(G) The executive director of the joint committee shall be	2887
responsible for reviewing each registration statement filed with	2888
the joint committee under this section and for determining whether	2889
the statement contains all of the required information. If the	2890
joint committee determines that the registration statement does	2891
not contain all of the required information or that an executive	2892
agency lobbyist or employer has failed to file a registration	2893
statement, the joint committee shall send written notification by	2894
certified mail to the person who filed the registration statement	2895
regarding the deficiency in the statement or to the person who	2896
failed to file the registration statement regarding the failure.	2897
Any person so notified by the joint committee shall, not later	2898
than fifteen days after receiving the notice, file a registration	2899
statement or an amended registration statement that contains all	2900
of the required information. If any person who receives a notice	2901
under this division fails to file a registration statement or such	2902
an amended registration statement within this fifteen-day period,	2903
the joint committee shall assess a late filing fee equal to twelve	2904
dollars and fifty cents per day, up to a maximum fee of one	2905
hundred dollars, upon that person. The joint committee may waive	2906
the late filing fee for good cause shown.	2907

(H) On or before the fifteenth day of March of each year, the	2908
joint committee shall, in the manner and form that it determines,	2909
publish a report containing statistical information on the	2910
registration statements filed with it under this section during	2911
the preceding year.	2912

(I) If an employer who engages an executive agency lobbyist	2913
is the recipient of a contract, grant, lease, or other financial	2914
arrangement pursuant to which funds of the state or of an	2915
executive agency are distributed or allocated, the executive	2916
agency or any aggrieved party may consider the failure of the	2917
employer or the executive agency lobbyist to comply with this	2918
section as a breach of a material condition of the contract,	2919
grant, lease, or other financial arrangement.	2920

(J) Executive agency officials may require certification from	2921
any person seeking the award of a contract, grant, lease, or	2922
financial arrangement that the person and the person's employer	2923
are in compliance with this section.	2924

Sec. 121.63.  (A) Each executive agency lobbyist and each	2925
employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee,	2926
with the updated registration statement required by division (B)	2927
of section 121.62 of the Revised Code, a statement of expenditures	2928
as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. An	2929
executive agency lobbyist shall file a separate statement of	2930
expenditures under this section for each employer that engages the	2931
executive agency lobbyist.	2932

(B)(1) In addition to the information required by divisions	2933
(B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by an executive	2934
agency lobbyist shall show the total amount of expenditures made	2935
during the reporting period covered by the statement by the	2936
executive agency lobbyist.	2937

(2) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an	2938
employer or any executive agency lobbyist the employer engaged	2939
made, either separately or in combination with each other,	2940
expenditures to,that, when added to the amount of previous	2941
expenditures made by that employer or executive agency lobbyist	2942
during the same calendar year, exceed a total of one hundred	2943
dollars at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a	2944
particular elected executive official, the director of a	2945
department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, a	2946
particular executive agency official, or a particular member of	2947
the staff of any public officer listed in division (B)(2) of this	2948
section, the employer or executive agency lobbyist also shall	2949
state the name of the public officer or employee to whom, at whose	2950
request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures	2951
were made, the total amount of the expenditures made, a brief	2952
description of the expenditures made, the approximate date the	2953
expenditures were made, the executive agency decision, if any,	2954
sought to be influenced, and the identity of the client on whose	2955
behalf the expenditure was made.	2956

As used in division (B)(2) of this section, "expenditures"	2957
does not include expenditures made by an executive agency lobbyist	2958
as payment for meals and other food and beverages.	2959

(3) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an	2960
executive agency lobbyist made expenditures as payment for meals	2961
and other food and beverages, other than for meals and other food	2962
and beverages provided at a meeting at which the person	2963
participated in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or at a	2964
meeting or convention of a national organization to which any	2965
state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative	2966
agency or state institution of higher education as defined in	2967
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues, that,	2968
when added to the amount of previous payments made for meals and	2969
other food and beverages by that executive agency lobbyist during	2970
that same calendar year, exceeded a total of fifty dollars to, at	2971
the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a particular	2972
elected executive official, the director of a department created	2973
under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, a particular executive	2974
agency official, or any particular member of the staff of any of	2975
the public officers or employees listed in division (B)(3) of this	2976
section, then the executive agency lobbyist shall also state	2977
regarding those expenditures the name of the public officer or	2978
employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose	2979
behalf the expenditures were made, the total amount of the	2980
expenditures made, a brief description of the expenditures made,	2981
the approximate date the expenditures were made, the executive	2982
agency decision, if any, sought to be influenced, and the identity	2983
of the client on whose behalf the expenditure was made.	2984

(C) In addition to the information required by divisions	2985
division (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by an	2986
employer shall show the total amount of expenditures made by the	2987
an employer or executive agency lobbyist filing the statement	2988
during the period covered by the statement. As used in this	2989
section, "expenditures" does not include the expenses of	2990
maintaining office facilities, or the compensation paid to	2991
executive agency lobbyists engaged to influence executive agency	2992
decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activityA	2993
statement filed by an executive agency lobbyist shall show all	2994
executive agency decisions that the executive agency lobbyist has	2995
sought to influence on behalf of the employer during the period	2996
covered by the statement. A statement filed by an employer shall	2997
show all executive agency decisions that the employer has sought	2998
to influence during the period covered by the statement.	2999

No employer shall be required to show any expenditure or	3000
executive agency decision on a statement filed under this division	3001
if the expenditure or executive agency decision is reported on a	3002
statement filed under division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section	3003
by an executive agency lobbyist engaged by the employer. No	3004
executive agency lobbyist shall be required to show any	3005
expenditure on a statement filed under this division if the	3006
expenditure is reported on a statement filed under division (B) of	3007
this section by the executive agency lobbyist's employer.	3008

(D) Any statement required to be filed under this section	3009
shall be filed at the times specified in section 121.62 of the	3010
Revised Code. Each statement shall cover expenditures made during	3011
the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the	3012
month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is	3013
required to be filed.	3014

(E) If it is impractical or impossible for an executive	3015
agency lobbyist or employer to determine exact dollar amounts or	3016
values of expenditures, reporting of good faith estimates, based	3017
on reasonable accounting procedures, constitutes compliance with	3018
this division.	3019

(F) Executive agency lobbyists and employers shall retain	3020
receipts or maintain records for all expenditures that are	3021
required to be reported pursuant to this section. These receipts	3022
or records shall be maintained for a period ending on the	3023
thirty-first day of December of the second calendar year after the	3024
year in which the expenditure was made.	3025

(G)(1) At least ten days before the date on which the	3026
statement is filed, each employer or executive agency lobbyist who	3027
is required to file an expenditure statement under division (B)(2)	3028
or (3) of this section shall deliver a copynotice of the	3029
statement, or the portion showing the expenditure, to the public	3030
officer or employee who is listed in the statement as having	3031
received the expenditure or on whose behalf it was made.	3032

(2) If, during a reporting period covered by an expenditure	3033
statement filed under division (B)(2) of this section, an employer	3034
or any executive agency lobbyist the employer engaged made, either	3035
separately or in combination with each other, either directly or	3036
indirectly, expenditures for an honorarium or for transportation,	3037
lodging, or food and beverages purchased for consumption on the	3038
premises in which the food and beverages were sold to, at the	3039
request of, for the benefit or, or on behalf of any of the public	3040
officers or employees described in division (B)(2) of this	3041
section, the employer or executive agency lobbyist shall deliver	3042
to the public officer or employee a statement that contains all of	3043
the nondisputed information prescribed in division (B)(2) of this	3044
section with respect to the expenditures described in division	3045
(G)(2) of this section. The statement of expenditures made under	3046
division (G)(2) of this section shall be delivered to the public	3047
officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit,	3048
or on whose behalf those expenditures were made on the same day in	3049
which a copy of the expenditure statement or of a portion showing	3050
the expenditure is delivered to the public officer or employee	3051
under division (G)(1) of this section. An employer is not required	3052
to show any expenditure on a statement delivered under division	3053
(G)(2) of this section if the expenditure is shown on a statement	3054
delivered under division (G)(2) of this section by a legislative	3055
agent engaged by the employer.	3056

(H) As used in this section, "expenditure" does not include	3057
the expenses of maintaining office facilities or the compensation	3058
paid to executive agency lobbyists engaged to influence executive	3059
agency decisions or to conduct executive agency lobbying activity.	3060

Sec. 121.64.  (A) Each executive agency lobbyist who has had	3061
any financial transaction with or for the benefit of an elected	3062
executive official, the director of a department created under	3063
section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official,	3064
or any member of the staff of any of the public officers or	3065
employees listed in this division shall describe the details of	3066
the transaction, including the name of the public officer or	3067
employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date	3068
it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint	3069
legislative ethics committee with the updated registration	3070
statement required by division (B) of section 121.62 of the	3071
Revised Code. The statements shall be filed at the times specified	3072
in section 121.62 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall	3073
describe each financial transaction that occurred during the	3074
four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month	3075
immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required	3076
to be filed.	3077

(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each	3078
employer who has had any financial transaction with or for the	3079
benefit of an elected executive official, the director of a	3080
department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an	3081
executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any of	3082
the public officers or employees listed in this division shall	3083
describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the	3084
public officer or employee, the purpose and nature of the	3085
transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a	3086
statement filed with the joint committee with the updated	3087
registration statement required by division (B) of section 121.62	3088
of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed at the times	3089
specified in section 121.62 of the Revised Code. Each statement	3090
shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the	3091
four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month	3092
immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required	3093
to be filed.	3094

(C) At least ten days before the date on which the statement	3095
is filed, each employer or executive agency lobbyist who is	3096
required to file a statement describing a financial transaction	3097
under this section shall deliver a copynotice of the statement	3098
transaction to the public officer or employee with whom or for	3099
whose benefit the transaction was made.	3100

(D) No employer shall be required to file any statement under	3101
this section or to deliver a copynotice of the statement	3102
transaction to a public officer or employee with whom or for whose	3103
benefit the transaction was made if the financial transaction to	3104
which the statement pertains is reported by an executive agency	3105
lobbyist engaged by the employer.	3106

Sec. 121.65.  If a dispute arises between an elected	3107
executive official, the director of a department created under	3108
section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official,	3109
or any member of the staff of any public officer or employee	3110
listed in this division and an employer or executive agency	3111
lobbyist with respect to an expenditure or financial transaction	3112
alleged in a statement to be filed under section 121.63 or 121.64	3113
of the Revised Code, the public officer or employee, employer, or	3114
executive agency lobbyist may file a complaint with the Ohio	3115
ethics commission. The commission shall proceed to investigate the	3116
complaint as though it were filed under section 102.06 of the	3117
Revised Code.	3118

The complaint shall be filed at least three days prior to the	3119
time the statement is required to be filed with the joint	3120
legislative ethics committee. The time for filing a disputed	3121
expenditure or financial transaction in any statement of	3122
expenditures or the details of a financial transaction that	3123
contains a disputed expenditure or financial transaction shall be	3124
extended pending the final decision of the commission. This	3125
extension does not extend the time for filing the nondisputed	3126
portions of either type of statement. The commission shall notify	3127
the parties of its final decision by certified mail. If the	3128
commission decides that the disputed expenditure or financial	3129
transaction should be reported, the employer or executive agency	3130
lobbyist shall include the matter in an amendedthe statement and.	3131
The employer or executive agency lobbyist shall file the amended	3132
statement not later than ten days after receiving notice of the	3133
decision of the commission by certified mail.	3134

An employer or executive agency lobbyist who files a false	3135
statement of expenditures or details of a financial transaction is	3136
liable in a civil action to any public officer or employee who	3137
sustains damage as a result of the filing or publication of the	3138
statement.	3139

Sec. 121.68.  (A) The joint legislative ethics committee	3140
shall keep on file the statements required by sections 121.62,	3141
121.63, and 121.64 of the Revised Code. These statements are	3142
public records and open to public inspection, and the joint	3143
committee shall computerizepublish them so that the information	3144
contained inand make them is readily accessibleavailable to the	3145
general public on its official web site. The joint committee shall	3146
provide copies of the statements to the general public on request	3147
and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying	3148
and delivering the statement.	3149

(B) Not later than the last day of February and October of	3150
each year, the joint committee shall compile from the registration	3151
statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered	3152
executive agency lobbyists and their employers, and distribute the	3153
list to each elected executive official and the director of each	3154
department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, who	3155
shall distribute the list to the appropriate personnel under his	3156
jurisdiction. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list	3157
to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee	3158
not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the list.	3159

(C) The joint committee shall maintain a list of all	3160
executive agencies. The joint committee shall provide copies of	3161
the list to the general public on request and may charge a	3162
reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering	3163
the document.	3164

(D) The joint committee shall prescribe and make available an	3165
appropriate form for the filings required by sections 121.62,	3166
121.63, and 121.64 of the Revised Code. The form shall contain the	3167
following notice in boldface type: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FILES	3168
A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13	3169
OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE."	3170

(E)(D) The joint committee may adopt rules as necessary to	3171
implement sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code, and any	3172
such rules it adopts shall be adopted in accordance with section	3173
111.15 of the Revised Code.	3174

(F)(E) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that	3175
explains in clear and concise language the provisions of sections	3176
121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code and make it available free of	3177
charge to executive agency lobbyists, employers, and any other	3178
interested persons.	3179

Sec. 4503.033.  (A) Annually, on or before the thirty-first	3180
day of January, every deputy registrar shall file with the	3181
registrar of motor vehicles on a form prescribed by the registrar,	3182
a statement disclosing all of the following:	3183

(1) The name of the person filing the statement, and, if	3184
applicable, of histhe person's spouse and of members of histhe	3185
person's immediate family;	3186

(2) Any contribution made within the previous calendar year	3187
by the person and, if applicable, by histhe person's spouse and	3188
by members of histhe person's immediate family to each of the	3189
following:	3190

(a) Any political party;

3191

(b) Any candidate for the office of governor, attorney	3192
general, secretary of state, treasurer of state, auditor of state,	3193
member of the senate or house of representatives of the general	3194
assembly, or to the campaign committee of any such candidate.	3195

(3) The month, day, and year in which the contribution was	3196
made;	3197

(4) The full name and address of each person, political	3198
party, or campaign committee to which a contribution was made;	3199

(5) The value in dollars and cents of the contribution.

3200

(B) No person shall knowingly fail to file, on or before the	3201
filing deadline under this section, a statement that is required	3202
by division (A) of this section.	3203

(C) No person shall knowingly make a false statement in a	3204
statement that is required to be filed under division (A) of this	3205
section.	3206

(D) On and after March 2, 1994, the statement required by	3207
division (A) of this section shall be accompanied by a filing fee	3208
of twenty-five dollars. If the statement required by division (A)	3209
of this section is not filed by the date on which it is required	3210
to be filed, the registrar of motor vehicles shall assess a late	3211
filing fee as prescribed in division (F)(G) of section 102.02 of	3212
the Revised Code. The registrar shall deposit all fees he receives	3213
under this division into the general revenue fund of the state.	3214

(E) Not later than the date a deputy registrar is required to	3215
file a statement under division (A) of this section, the deputy	3216
registrar shall file a copy of the statement with the office of	3217
the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall keep the	3218
copies of all statements filed with histhe office of the	3219
secretary of state under this division only for the purpose of	3220
making them available for public inspection.	3221

(F) Whoever violates division (B) of this section shall be	3222
fined one thousand dollars. Whoever violates division (C) of this	3223
section shall be fined ten thousand dollars.	3224

Section 2.  That existing sections 101.15, 101.301, 101.34,	3225
101.70, 101.72, 101.73, 101.74, 101.75, 101.78, 101.90, 101.92,	3226
101.93, 101.94, 101.95, 101.98, 102.01, 102.02, 102.021, 102.03,	3227
102.031, 102.06, 102.07, 102.99, 109.54, 121.60, 121.62, 121.63,	3228
121.64, 121.65, 121.68, and 4503.033 of the Revised Code are	3229
hereby repealed.	3230

Section 3.  Sections 101.72, 101.92, and 121.62 of the	3231
Revised Code, as amended by this act, take effect December 1,	3232
2014.	3233

Section 4.  Section 102.07 of the Revised Code is presented	3234
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am.	3235
Sub. H.B. 285 and Am. Sub. H.B. 492 of the 120th General Assembly.	3236
The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division	3237
(B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be	3238
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds	3239
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in	3240
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in	3241
this act.	3242