This regulation is adopted pursuant to division (B) of section
102.02 of the Revised Code, which reads in pertinent part as follows:
The joint legislative ethics committee, using the rule-making
procedures of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may require any class of public
officials or employees whose positions involve a substantial and material
exercise of administrative discretion in the formulation of public policy,
expenditure of public funds, enforcement of laws and rules of the state or a
county or city, or the execution of other public trusts, to file an annual
statement on or before the fifteenth day of April
May, or if
appointed after such date, within ninety days after appointment.
(A) The joint legislative ethics committee
finds that
the following do hold positions which
involve a substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in the
formulation of public policy, expenditure of public funds, enforcement of laws,
rules, and regulations of the state, or the execution of other public trusts
and, by reason whereof, the joint legislative ethics committee hereby requires
said staff members and employees to file an annual financial disclosure
statement on or before the fifteenth day of May of each year on a form
prescribed by the committee:
(1) The
chief of staff of the majority caucus of
the senate;
(2) The chief of staff
of the majority caucus of the house of representatives;
(3) The chief of staff of the minority caucus
of the senate;
(4) The chief of
staff of the minority caucus of the house of representatives;
(5) The senate clerk;
(6) The house legislative clerk;
(7) The deputy chief of staff of the
senate;
(8) The director of external affairs
for the senate;
(9) The director of operations for
the senate;
(10)
(8) The
majority director of communications
and constituent services for the
senate;
(11) The director of computer services
for the senate;
(12)
(9) The
executive secretary
chief administrative officer of the house of
representatives;
(13)
(10) The legal counsel for the majority caucus of the
senate;
(14)
(11) The legal counsel of the majority caucus of the
house of representatives;
(12)
The majority director of budget and finance for the
senate;
(15)
(13) The budget director
of finance for the house of
representatives;
(16)
(14) The executive directors of the legislative
service commission,
legislative office of
joint education oversight
committee,
legislative
office of
joint medicaid oversight
committee, legislative information systems,
correctional institution inspection committee, joint legislative ethics
committee, and joint committee on agency rule review
.;
and
(17) The legislative budget
officer for the legislative budget office Do hold positions which involve a
substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in the
formulation of public policy, expenditure of public funds, enforcement of laws,
rules, and regulations of the state, or the execution of other public trusts
and, by reason whereof, the joint legislative ethics committee hereby requires
said staff members and employees to file an annual financial disclosure
statement on or before the fifteenth day of April of each year on a form
prescribed by the committee.
(B) Said form prescribed by the committee
under this rule shall solicit the information described in division (A) of
section 102.02 of the Revised Code.
(C) The committee shall send such persons
written notice of this requirement by the fifteenth day of February of each
year the filing is required, unless such person is appointed after such date,
in which case the notice shall be sent within thirty days after appointment and
the filing shall be made not later than ninety days after
appointment.
(D) The requirements
established by this rule shall apply to comparable positions which may be
created by either the senate or the house of representatives in the
future.
(E) A financial disclosure
statement filed pursuant to this rule shall be subject to public
inspection.
(F) The committee may
for good cause extend, for a reasonable time, the deadline for filing a
financial disclosure statement pursuant to this rule.
(G) No person shall knowingly fail to file a
statement as required by this rule.
(H) Persons failing to comply with this rule
shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 102. of the
Revised Code.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code 101-5-01
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
1/30/2023 and
01/30/2028
Promulgated
Under: 111.15
Statutory
Authority: 101.34
Rule
Amplifies: 102.02
Prior
Effective Dates: 02/28/1995 (Emer.), 05/12/1995,
02/22/2019
Effective:
2/22/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/29/2018 and
02/22/2024
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 101.34, 102.02
Rule
Amplifies: 102.02
Prior Effective Dates: 02/28/1995 (Emer.),
05/12/1995
