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Section 101.68(B) of the Revised Code requires that when reports must be submitted to the General Assembly, copies of the reports must be submitted to the Director of the Legislative Service Commission (LSC). Section 101.68(C) requires LSC to monthly inform each member of the General Assembly of the reports received. Below is the annotated bibliography of reports recently submitted to LSC. The bibliography, compiled by the LSC Library staff, also includes other documents that may be of interest to legislators. The links to electronic copies of the documents are included; click "View Report" to open a document. Please call the LSC Library at (614) 466-5312 if you would like to receive more information about this document.
STATISTICS ON CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSES IN OHIO 2023, February 2024, 25 pages
Report required by R.C. 109.731; represents annual compilation of statistics submitted to the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission by Ohio sheriffs on the number of concealed carry licenses issued, renewed, suspended, and revoked, and applications denied; ranks counties as "the most" or "the fewest" in each category; provides statistics for each county; identifies 39 states with reciprocity agreements that allow Ohio permit holders to carry concealed handguns.
FISCAL WATCH DECLARATION AT EASTERN GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, March 11, 2024, 16 pages
Required by R.C. 3345.72(F); Chancellor Mike Duffey declares Eastern Gateway Community College (EGCC) under fiscal watch; identifies reportable events experienced and provides additional information about the events that led to the announcement of fiscal watch; contains full list of required steps for adopting a financial recovery plan.
ANNUAL REPORT 2023, 61 pages
Report required by R.C. 121.48; includes a description of the mission and the responsibilities of the Office, as well as an organizational chart; explains the investigative process and includes a flowchart for filing a complaint; summarizes the types of allegations as fraud, waste, abuse, corruption, and conflict of interest; provides a statistical summary of cases; summarizes selected investigations from 2023.
RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT, May 26, 2023, 20 pages
Created by Executive Order 2023-06D; the Nursing Home Quality and Accountability Task Force was established to evaluate and recommend short-term and long-term actions to improve the quality of care and quality of life in every nursing home in Ohio; report makes recommendations for actions in four areas of focus: enabling excellence, ensuring oversight and accountability, empowering residents, and facilitating data-backed decisions.
REPORT, January 2024, 24 pages
Created in 2023, the working group examined all facets of the student transportation process, including school bus regulations, school bus seat belts, and crash risk factors, and providing data-driven recommendations for improvements. The group issued 17 recommendations, including a uniform driver training curriculum, school zone and bus route safety audits, and increased penalties for drivers of other vehicles who violate traffic laws in school zones or around school buses.
DAMAGE PREVENTION ENFORCEMENT ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE 2023 CALENDAR YEAR, March 2024, 8 pages
Report required by R.C. 4913.43; Public Utilities Commission of Ohio through the Underground Technical Committee (UTC) assigned authority to enforce Ohio's utility damage prevention laws; lists members of the UTC; UTC met seven times and considered 124 cases in 2023; notes disposition of the cases; summarizes amounts of money collected through registrations and fines; summarizes process of conducting investigations, considering reports of inquiry, and reaching decisions.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2023: EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE OPERATIONS OF THE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, 135TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, JANUARY 1, 2023-DECEMBER 31, 2023, March 26, 2024, 27 pages
Report required by R.C. 171.04; includes progress of each fund on achieving 30-year funding plans, information on the retirement systems' investment performance, and the status of health care funds; summarizes enacted pension legislation; summarizes pending pension-related issues, the agency's recommendations, and the status of any actions taken in the 134th General Assembly; describes documents statutorily required to be submitted to the Council by the retirement systems; describes reports prepared by the Council; includes status sheet of pension legislation for the 135th General Assembly.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2023, 196 pages
Report required by R.C. 5703.42; describes the Department's activities in FY 2023; provides brief fiscal information about the Department; describes the responsibilities of certain staff and its divisions; provides detailed descriptions of the tax base, rates, and provisions of each of the state taxes and three revenue sharing funds administered by the Department, and 14 locally administered taxes; contains detailed statistical data concerning each individual tax, comparisons to "competitor states," if applicable, and a history of the major legislative changes to the tax.