Effective: October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
No member of either house of the general assembly except in compliance with this section, shall knowingly do any of the following:
(A) Be appointed as trustee, officer, or manager of a benevolent, educational, or correctional institution that is authorized, created, or regulated by the state and that is supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury;
(B) Serve on any committee or commission that is authorized or created by the general assembly and that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses;
(C) Accept any appointment, office, or employment from any committee or commission that is authorized or created by the general assembly and that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses or accept any appointment, office, or employment from any executive or administrative branch or department of the state that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses.
Any appointee, officer, or employee described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section who accepts a certificate of election to either house immediately shall resign from the appointment, office, or employment, and, if he fails or refuses to do so, his seat in the general assembly shall be deemed vacant. Any member of the general assembly who accepts any appointment, office, or employment described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section immediately shall resign from the general assembly, and, if he fails or refuses to do so, his seat in the general assembly shall be deemed vacant. This section does not apply to members of either house of the general assembly serving an educational institution of the state, supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury, in a capacity other than one named in division (A) of this section, school teachers, employees of boards of education, notaries public, or officers of the militia. Division (A) of this section does not apply to any member of either house of the general assembly appointed as trustee, officer, or manager of a private institution that only receives funds from the state treasury in exchange for services rendered.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 101 | General Assembly
Section 101.01 | Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Section 101.02 | Election of Officers of the Senate.
Section 101.12 | Presiding Officer Designated by Party Caucus.
Section 101.13 | Election of Officers of the House.
Section 101.15 | Public Committee Meetings.
Section 101.21 | Majority Required to Tenth Voting.
Section 101.22 | Evidence of Membership.
Section 101.24 | Powers of Each House Compelling Attendance.
Section 101.25 | Resignation of Member.
Section 101.26 | Members Ineligible to Certain Appointments and Employment.
Section 101.27 | Compensation of Members.
Section 101.271 | Medical Insurance for Members of General Assembly.
Section 101.272 | House Reimbursement Fund - Senate Reimbursement Fund.
Section 101.28 | Joint Conventions.
Section 101.29 | Legislative Employees.
Section 101.301 | Attorney-Client Testimonial Privilege Applies to Caucuses.
Section 101.31 | Duties of Certain Officers.
Section 101.311 | Sergeant at Arms of House and Assistants.
Section 101.312 | Authority of Senate Sergeant of Arms or Assistant Senate Sergeant of Arms.
Section 101.32 | Control of Assistants - Dismissal.
Section 101.33 | Temporary Officials.
Section 101.34 | Joint Legislative Ethics Committee - Fund.
Section 101.35 | Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review.
Section 101.351 | Goal of Rule Watch System.
Section 101.354 | Agency Inventories of Regulatory Restrictions and Report.
Section 101.355 | Regulatory Restriction Database and Website.
Section 101.36 | General Assembly Authority to Rescind Department of Health Orders or Rules.
Section 101.38 | Cystic Fibrosis Legislative Task Force.
Section 101.41 | Chairman of Committee Authorized to Subpoena Witnesses.
Section 101.43 | Punishment for Disobeying Subpoena or Refusing to Answer.
Section 101.45 | Fees of Sheriffs and Witnesses.
Section 101.46 | Chairman or Member of Committee May Administer Oaths.
Section 101.47 | Deposition on Complaint.
Section 101.51 | Printing of Legislative Document Definitions.
Section 101.52 | Responsibility for Printing.
Section 101.521 | Internal Printing.
Section 101.522 | Contracts With Private Printers.
Section 101.524 | Director of Administrative Services to Let Contract for Printing.
Section 101.53 | Format for Printing Bills.
Section 101.531 | Printing Pamphlet Laws and Session Laws Line Numbering.
Section 101.54 | Journals of General Assembly.
Section 101.541 | Appendix to House and Senate Journals.
Section 101.542 | Index of Journals and Appendix.
Section 101.543 | Printing and Binding of Daily and Final Journals.
Section 101.60 | General Assembly Identification Cards.
Section 101.62 | Expiration Date for Occupational Licensing Boards.
Section 101.63 | Review Hearings Regarding Occupational Licensing Boards.
Section 101.64 | Testimony From Common Sense Initiative Office.
Section 101.65 | Report of Findings and Recommendations.
Section 101.68 | Availability of Agency Reports.
Section 101.69 | Senate Miscellaneous Sales Fund - House Miscellaneous Sales Fund.
Section 101.691 | Excess or Surplus State Supplies Disposal by Director of Administrative Services.
Section 101.70 | Legislative Lobbying Definitions.
Section 101.71 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 101.711 | Contracts With Legislative Agents.
Section 101.72 | Contents of Initial Registration Statement.
Section 101.721 | Disqualification as Legislative Agent for Certain Offenses.
Section 101.73 | Statements of Expenditures.
Section 101.74 | Statement of Financial Transactions.
Section 101.75 | Filing Complaint With Joint Legislative Ethics Committee.
Section 101.76 | Efforts Excepted From Coverage.
Section 101.77 | Prohibition Against Contingent Fees.
Section 101.79 | Investigation of Violations.
Section 101.81 | Contempt of the General Assembly.
Section 101.82 | Sunset Review Committee Definitions.
Section 101.83 | Expiration Date of Agencies - Renewal.
Section 101.84 | Sunset Review Committee.
Section 101.85 | Schedule for Review of Agencies.
Section 101.86 | Evaluating Usefulness, Performance, and Effectiveness of Agency.
Section 101.87 | Report of Committee's Findings and Recommendations; Cooperation by Other Agencies.
Section 101.90 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Definitions.
Section 101.91 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Registration and Filing Requirements.
Section 101.92 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Registration Statements - Fee - Review.
Section 101.921 | Disqualification as Retirement System Lobbyist for Certain Offenses.
Section 101.96 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Scope of Regulations.
Section 101.97 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Conflicts of Interest.