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Section 149.01 | Official Reports – Number – Filing.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly Each elective state officer, the adjutant general, the adult parole authority, the department of agriculture, the director of administrative services, the public utilities commission, the superintendent of insurance, the superintendent of financial institutions, the superintendent of purchases and printing, the fire marshal, […]

Section 149.011 | Documents, Reports, and Records Definitions.

Effective: February 18, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided: (A) “Public office” includes any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function […]

Section 149.02 | Annual Reports in Triplicate.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Wherever in the Revised Code annual reports are required to be made to the governor, or annual reports to the governor are referred to, such reports shall be made in triplicate and filed as provided in section 149.01 of the Revised Code, […]

Section 149.04 | Printing of Messages and Inaugural Addresses.

Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly Messages of the governor, and the inaugural address of the governor-elect, shall be produced and distributed in electronic form to the governor, to each member of the general assembly, and to the state library. A physical copy of the message or address […]

Section 149.05 | Number of Reports Printed.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The annual reports of the elective state officers shall be printed in such numbers as the superintendent of purchases and printing determines.

Section 149.09 | Distributing Pamphlet Laws.

Effective: March 19, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 406 – 124th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall distribute the pamphlet laws in the following manner: one copy of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to each county law library, one copy of each […]

Section 149.091 | Publishing and Distributing Session Laws.

Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 141 – 131st General Assembly (A) The secretary of state shall compile, publish, and distribute the session laws either annually or biennially in a paper or electronic format. The annual or biennial publication shall contain all enrolled acts and joint resolutions, a subject index, a table indicating […]

Section 149.10 | Submission of Audit Reports.

Effective: November 23, 1977 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 221 – 112th General Assembly All boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, and departments in the executive branch of state government shall submit to the auditor of state a copy of each formal internally or independently produced audit report, as well as any management study or report which recommends […]

Section 149.11 | Distributing Publications Intended for General Public Use – Record Retention or Destruction Schedules.

Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) Any department, division, bureau, board, or commission of the state government issuing a report, pamphlet, document, or other publication intended for general public use and distribution, which publication is reproduced by duplicating processes in print whether through a contract awarded to […]

Section 149.12 | Distributing Legislative Publications to Libraries.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The state library board shall forward, free of charge, in a paper or electronic format, one copy of each legislative bulletin, daily house and senate journal, pamphlet law as described in section 149.09 of the Revised Code, and summary of enactments published […]

Section 149.17 | Highway Maps of Ohio.

Effective: March 9, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 649 – 122nd General Assembly Highway maps shall be published by the state and shall be officially designated as “Highway Maps of Ohio.” The director of transportation may designate the improved roads by color, and revise such maps from time to time as the improvement of the […]

Section 149.21 | Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act; Definitions; Applicability.

Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 139 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code: (1) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (2) “Legal material” means all of the following, whether or not in effect: (a) […]

Section 149.22 | Designation of Official Record.

Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 139 – 132nd General Assembly (A) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall designate the electronic record as official and comply with division (A) of section 149.23 and with section 149.24 of the Revised Code. (B) An official publisher […]

Section 149.23 | Authentication.

Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 139 – 132nd General Assembly (A) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 149.22 of the Revised Code shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to […]

Section 149.24 | Preservation and Security.

Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 139 – 132nd General Assembly (A) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under section 149.22 of the Revised Code shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic or nonelectronic form, and […]

Section 149.25 | Implementation.

Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 139 – 132nd General Assembly In implementing sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider all of the following: (A) Standards and practices of other jurisdictions; (B) The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation […]

Section 149.26 | Construction.

Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 139 – 132nd General Assembly In applying and construing sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code, a court shall consider the need to promote uniformity of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.