Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 121 · 97 active provisions
As used in sections 121.01 to 121.20 of the Revised Code: (A) "Department" means the several departments of state administration enumerated in section 121.02 of the Revised Code.(B) "Division" means a part of a department established as provided in section 121.07 of the Revised Code for the convenient performance of on…
The following administrative departments and their respective directors are hereby created: (A) The office of budget and management, which shall be administered by the director of budget and management; (B) The department of commerce, which shall be administered by the director of commerce; (C) The department of admini…
The following administrative department heads shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold their offices during the term of the appointing governor, and are subject to removal at the pleasure of the governor. (A) The director of budget and management; (B) The director of…
The administrative department head of an administrative department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code or an administrative department head appointed under section 121.03 of the Revised Code may direct an otherwise independent official or state agency that is organized under the administrative department o…
Offices are created within the several departments as follows: In the department of commerce: Commissioner of securities; Superintendent of real estate and professional licensing; Superintendent of financial institutions; State fire marshal; Superintendent of industrial compliance; Superintendent of liquor control; Sup…
Except as otherwise provided in this section, in each department, there shall be an assistant director designated by the director of that department. In the department of health, there shall be two assistant directors, each of whom shall be designated by the director of health. In the department of transportation, ther…
The officers mentioned in sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code shall be appointed by the director of the department in which their offices are respectively created, and shall hold office during the pleasure of such director.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the officers mentioned in sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code and the offices and divisions they administer shall be under the direction, supervision, and control of the directors of their respective departments, and shall perform such duties as the director…
(A) There is hereby created in the department of commerce the position of deputy director of administration. This officer shall be appointed by the director of commerce, serve under the director's direction, supervision, and control, perform the duties the director prescribes, and hold office during the director's plea…
All powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the department of commerce prior to September 9, 1957, respecting the superintendent of insurance and any officers, deputies, or employees of the division of insurance, shall after that date be vested in and imposed upon the department of insurance.
The superintendent of insurance shall have no official connection with any insurance company, nor own any stock therein, nor be interested in the business thereof, except as a policyholder.
(A) The superintendent of industrial compliance in the department of commerce shall do all of the following: (1) Administer and enforce the general laws of this state pertaining to buildings, pressure piping, boilers, bedding, upholstered furniture, and stuffed toys, steam engineering, elevators, plumbing, licensed occ…
(A) All moneys collected under sections 3783.05, 3791.07, 4104.07, 4104.18, 4104.44, 4105.17, 4105.20, 4169.03, and 5104.051 of the Revised Code, and any other moneys collected by the division of industrial compliance shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund, which…
The financial literacy education fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of funds transferred to it from the consumer finance fund pursuant to section 1321.21 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used to support various financial literacy education programs developed or implemented by the…
There is hereby created the high school financial literacy fund in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated to it, any interest and earnings from the fund, and any other donations, grants, gifts, or other moneys received. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Th…
The director of agriculture shall be a person actively identified with agriculture. The chief of the division of animal health shall be a graduate of a recognized college of veterinary medicine and licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in this state.
The director of health shall be either:(A) A physician holding the degree of doctor of medicine from a medical college approved by the state medical board who, before assuming his duties, has been licensed to practice medicine in the state and who has had experience in pursuing some phase of medical practice;(B) An ind…
(A) Each officer whose office is created by sections 121.02, 121.04, and 121.05 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe an oath of office as provided by law and give bond, conditioned according to law, with security to be approved by the governor in the penal sum, not le…
Except as otherwise authorized in this section and section 108.05 of the Revised Code, each officer whose office is created by sections 121.02, 121.04, and 121.05 of the Revised Code shall devote the entire amount of time for which he receives compensation from that office to the duties of the office, and shall hold no…
The director of each department may, with the approval of the governor, establish and appoint advisory boards to aid in the conduct of the work of his department or any division thereof. Such advisory boards shall exercise no administrative function, and their members shall receive no compensation, but may receive thei…
Each department may employ, subject to the civil service laws in force at the time the employment is made, the necessary employees, and, if the rate of compensation is not otherwise fixed by law, fix their compensation.All offices created by sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code shall be in the unclassified ci…
The director of each department shall, with the approval of the governor, maintain a central office at a location in the state that the director finds necessary for the efficient performance of the department. The central office of a department shall not be relocated from Columbus to another location in this state unti…
Not later than ten days after receiving notice from the federal government about a reduction or other modification to federal funding a state agency receives, the state agency that received the notice shall submit a copy to the president of the senate, or the president's designee, and to the speaker of the house of rep…
Under the direction of the governor, the directors of departments shall devise a practical and working basis for co-operation and co-ordination of work and for the elimination of duplication and overlapping functions. They shall co-operate with each other in the employment of services and the use of quarters and equipm…
Each department shall make and file a report of its transactions and proceedings at the time and in the manner prescribed by section 149.01 of the Revised Code.