Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records
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 any person, company, or the state printing division of the department of administrative services, shall cause to be delivered to the state library fifty copies of the publication, subject to the provisions of section 125.42 of the Revised Code.
(B) The state library board shall distribute the print publications so received as follows:
(1) Retain two copies in the state library;
(2) Send two copies to the document division of the library of congress;
(3) Send one copy to the Ohio history connection and to each public or college library in the state designated by the state library board to be a depository for state publications. In designating which libraries shall be depositories, the board shall select those libraries that can best preserve those publications and that are so located geographically as will make the publications conveniently accessible to residents in all areas of the state.
(4) Send one copy to each state in exchange for like publications of that state.
(C) A department, division, bureau, board, or commission of the state government shall notify the state library of the availability of documents or other publications, intended for general public use and distribution, which are made available electronically on its internet web site. The state library shall retain electronic publications in the state library digital archive and provide permanent access and records to each public or college library in the state designated by the state library board to be a depository for state publications.
(D) The print publications described in division (A) of this section and the electronic publications described in division (C) of this section shall be considered already prepared and available for inspection, and, subject to applicable copyright protections, reproduction by any person at all reasonable times during regular business hours at the state library and each library designated as a depository for state publications.
(E) The provisions of this section do not apply to any publication of the general assembly or to the publications described in sections 149.07, 149.091, and 149.17 of the Revised Code, except that the secretary of state shall forward to the document division of the library of congress two copies of all journals, two copies of the session laws as provided for in section 149.091 of the Revised Code, and two copies of all appropriation laws in separate form.
Last updated July 14, 2021 at 12:48 PM

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 1 | State Government

Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, and Records

Section 149.01 | Official Reports - Number - Filing.

Section 149.011 | Documents, Reports, and Records Definitions.

Section 149.02 | Annual Reports in Triplicate.

Section 149.03 | Governor's Authority as to Reports.

Section 149.04 | Printing of Messages and Inaugural Addresses.

Section 149.05 | Number of Reports Printed.

Section 149.07 | Final Journals Available to Members of General Assembly.

Section 149.09 | Distributing Pamphlet Laws.

Section 149.091 | Publishing and Distributing Session Laws.

Section 149.10 | Submission of Audit Reports.

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

Section 149.12 | Distributing Legislative Publications to Libraries.

Section 149.16 | Secretary of State or State Library Board Shall Distribute Law and Journals.

Section 149.17 | Highway Maps of Ohio.

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

Section 149.22 | Designation of Official Record.

Section 149.23 | Authentication.

Section 149.24 | Preservation and Security.

Section 149.25 | Implementation.

Section 149.26 | Construction.

Section 149.27 | Construction With Other Laws.

Section 149.30 | Public Functions of Ohio History Connection.

Section 149.301 | Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board.

Section 149.302 | National Museum of Afro-American History and Culture.

Section 149.304 | Historic Homestead Register Program.

Section 149.305 | Ohio African-American Hall of Fame.

Section 149.306 | Ohio African-American Hall of Fame Governing Board.

Section 149.307 | Ohio History License Plate Contribution Fund.

Section 149.308 | Ohio History Fund.

Section 149.309 | Ohio Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial.

Section 149.31 | Archives Administration for the State.

Section 149.311 | Application for Rehabilitation Tax Credit Certificate.

Section 149.33 | State Records Program - Office of State Records Administration.

Section 149.331 | State Record Administration Program.

Section 149.332 | Records Management Programs in the Legislative and Judicial Branches of State Government.

Section 149.333 | Applying for Record Disposal or Transfer.

Section 149.34 | Records Management Procedures.

Section 149.35 | Laws Prohibiting the Destruction of Records.

Section 149.351 | Prohibiting Destruction or Damage of Records.

Section 149.352 | Replevin of Public Records.

Section 149.36 | Authority Not Restricted.

Section 149.38 | County Records Commission.

Section 149.381 | Review of Applications for Disposal of Records or Schedules of Records Retention and Disposition by History Connection.

Section 149.39 | Records Commission - Municipal Corporation.

Section 149.40 | Making Only Necessary Records.

Section 149.41 | School District Records Commission - Educational Service Center Records Commission.

Section 149.411 | Library Records Commission.

Section 149.412 | Special Taxing District Records Commission.

Section 149.42 | Township Records Commission.

Section 149.43 | Availability of Public Records for Inspection and Copying.

Section 149.431 | Records of Governmental or Nonprofit Organizations Receiving Governmental Funds.

Section 149.432 | Releasing Library Record or Patron Information.

Section 149.433 | Exempting Security and Infrastructure Records.

Section 149.434 | Public Offices to Maintain Employee Database.

Section 149.435 | Confidentiality of Records Regarding Abused Children.

Section 149.436 | Written Request for Records for Occupant of School Vehicle Involved in Accident.

Section 149.44 | Rules and Procedures for Operation of State Records Centers and Archival Institutions Holding Public Records.

Section 149.45 | Public Office Redaction of Personal Information From Internet.

Section 149.52 | Filing Articles of Dedication.

Section 149.53 | Archaeological and Historic Survey and Salvage Work.

Section 149.54 | Archaeological and Historic Survey and Salvage Work Permit.

Section 149.56 | Program to Locate, Identify, and Evaluate Abandoned Property and Other Resources in Lake Erie.