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As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
S. B. No. 391
2025-2026
Senator Cutrona
To
amend sections 124.15, 124.152, 3328.15, 3333.01, 3770.02, 4121.02,
and 4905.10 of the Revised Code
regarding
maximum compensation paid to individuals appointed by the Governor
and confirmed by the Senate.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
That
sections 124.15, 124.152, 3328.15, 3333.01, 3770.02, 4121.02, and
4905.10 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec.
124.15.
(A)
Board and commission members appointed prior to July 1, 1991, shall
be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedules
of rates:
Schedule
B
Pay
Ranges and Step Values
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
Range
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
B
23
Hourly
5.72
5.91
6.10
6.31
C
Annually
11897.60
12292.80
12688.00
13124.80
D
Step
5
Step
6
E
Hourly
6.52
6.75
F
Annually
13561.60
14040.00
G
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
H
24
Hourly
6.00
6.20
6.41
6.63
I
Annually
12480.00
12896.00
13332.80
13790.40
J
Step
5
Step
6
K
Hourly
6.87
7.10
L
Annually
14289.60
14768.00
M
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
N
25
Hourly
6.31
6.52
6.75
6.99
O
Annually
13124.80
13561.60
14040.00
14539.20
P
Step
5
Step
6
Q
Hourly
7.23
7.41
R
Annually
15038.40
15412.80
S
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
T
26
Hourly
6.63
6.87
7.10
7.32
U
Annually
13790.40
14289.60
14768.00
15225.60
V
Step
5
Step
6
W
Hourly
7.53
7.77
X
Annually
15662.40
16161.60
Y
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
Z
27
Hourly
6.99
7.23
7.41
7.64
AA
Annually
14534.20
15038.40
15412.80
15891.20
AB
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
AC
Hourly
7.88
8.15
8.46
AD
Annually
16390.40
16952.00
17596.80
AE
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
AF
28
Hourly
7.41
7.64
7.88
8.15
AG
Annually
15412.80
15891.20
16390.40
16952.00
AH
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
AI
Hourly
8.46
8.79
9.15
AJ
Annually
17596.80
18283.20
19032.00
AK
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
AL
29
Hourly
7.88
8.15
8.46
8.79
AM
Annually
16390.40
16952.00
17596.80
18283.20
AN
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
AO
Hourly
9.15
9.58
10.01
AP
Annually
19032.00
19926.40
20820.80
AQ
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
AR
30
Hourly
8.46
8.79
9.15
9.58
AS
Annually
17596.80
18283.20
19032.00
19926.40
AT
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
AU
Hourly
10.01
10.46
10.99
AV
Annually
20820.80
21756.80
22859.20
AW
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
AX
31
Hourly
9.15
9.58
10.01
10.46
AY
Annually
19032.00
19962.40
20820.80
21756.80
AZ
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
BA
Hourly
10.99
11.52
12.09
BB
Annually
22859.20
23961.60
25147.20
BC
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
BD
32
Hourly
10.01
10.46
10.99
11.52
BE
Annually
20820.80
21756.80
22859.20
23961.60
BF
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
Step
8
BG
Hourly
12.09
12.68
13.29
13.94
BH
Annually
25147.20
26374.40
27643.20
28995.20
BI
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
BJ
33
Hourly
10.99
11.52
12.09
12.68
BK
Annually
22859.20
23961.60
25147.20
26374.40
BL
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
Step
8
BM
Hourly
13.29
13.94
14.63
15.35
BN
Annually
27643.20
28995.20
30430.40
31928.00
BO
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
BP
34
Hourly
12.09
12.68
13.29
13.94
BQ
Annually
25147.20
26374.40
27643.20
28995.20
BR
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
Step
8
BS
Hourly
14.63
15.35
16.11
16.91
BT
Annually
30430.40
31928.00
33508.80
35172.80
BU
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
BV
35
Hourly
13.29
13.94
14.63
15.35
BW
Annually
27643.20
28995.20
30430.40
31928.00
BX
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
Step
8
BY
Hourly
16.11
16.91
17.73
18.62
BZ
Annually
33508.80
35172.80
36878.40
38729.60
CA
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
CB
36
Hourly
14.63
15.35
16.11
16.91
CC
Annually
30430.40
31928.00
33508.80
35172.80
CD
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
Step
8
CE
Hourly
17.73
18.62
19.54
20.51
CF
Annually
36878.40
38729.60
40643.20
42660.80
Schedule
C
Pay
Range and Values
1
2
3
4
A
Range
Minimum
Maximum
B
41
Hourly
10.44
15.72
C
Annually
21715.20
32697.60
D
42
Hourly
11.51
17.35
E
Annually
23940.80
36088.00
F
43
Hourly
12.68
19.12
G
Annually
26374.40
39769.60
H
44
Hourly
13.99
20.87
I
Annually
29099.20
43409.60
J
45
Hourly
15.44
22.80
K
Annually
32115.20
47424.00
L
46
Hourly
17.01
24.90
M
Annually
35380.80
51792.00
N
47
Hourly
18.75
27.18
O
Annually
39000.00
56534.40
P
48
Hourly
20.67
29.69
Q
Annually
42993.60
61755.20
R
49
Hourly
22.80
32.06
S
Annually
47424.00
66684.80
(B)
The pay schedule of all employees shall be on a biweekly basis, with
amounts computed on an hourly basis.
(C)
Part-time employees shall be compensated on an hourly basis for time
worked, at the rates shown in division (A) of this section or in
section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
(D)
The salary and wage rates in division (A) of this section or in
section 124.152 of the Revised Code represent base rates of
compensation and may be augmented by the provisions of section
124.181 of the Revised Code. In those cases where lodging, meals,
laundry, or other personal services are furnished an employee in the
service of the state, the actual costs or fair market value of the
personal services shall be paid by the employee in such amounts and
manner as determined by the director of administrative services and
approved by the director of budget and management, and those personal
services shall not be considered as a part of the employee's
compensation. An appointing authority that appoints employees in the
service of the state, with the approval of the director of
administrative services and the director of budget and management,
may establish payments to employees for uniforms, tools, equipment,
and other requirements of the department and payments for the
maintenance of them.
The
director of administrative services may review collective bargaining
agreements entered into under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code that
cover employees in the service of the state and determine whether
certain benefits or payments provided to the employees covered by
those agreements should also be provided to employees in the service
of the state who are exempt from collective bargaining coverage and
are paid in accordance with section 124.152 of the Revised Code or
are listed in division (B)(2) or (4) of section 124.14 of the Revised
Code. On completing the review, the director of administrative
services, with the approval of the director of budget and management,
may provide to some or all of these employees any payment or benefit,
except for salary, contained in such a collective bargaining
agreement even if it is similar to a payment or benefit already
provided by law to some or all of these employees. Any payment or
benefit so provided shall not exceed the highest level for that
payment or benefit specified in such a collective bargaining
agreement. The director of administrative services shall not provide,
and the director of budget and management shall not approve, any
payment or benefit to such an employee under this division unless the
payment or benefit is provided pursuant to a collective bargaining
agreement to a state employee who is in a position with similar
duties as, is supervised by, or is employed by the same appointing
authority as, the employee to whom the benefit or payment is to be
provided.
As
used in this division, "payment or benefit already provided by
law" includes, but is not limited to, bereavement, personal,
vacation, administrative, and sick leave, disability benefits,
holiday pay, and pay supplements provided under the Revised Code, but
does not include wages or salary.
(E)
New employees paid in accordance with schedule B of division (A) of
this section or schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code
shall be employed at the minimum rate established for the range
unless otherwise provided. Employees with qualifications that are
beyond the minimum normally required for the position and that are
determined by the director to be exceptional may be employed in, or
may be transferred or promoted to, a position at an advanced step of
the range. Further, in time of a serious labor market condition when
it is relatively impossible to recruit employees at the minimum rate
for a particular classification, the entrance rate may be set at an
advanced step in the range by the director of administrative
services. This rate may be limited to geographical regions of the
state. Appointments made to an advanced step under the provision
regarding exceptional qualifications shall not affect the step
assignment of employees already serving. However, anytime the hiring
rate of an entire classification is advanced to a higher step, all
incumbents of that classification being paid at a step lower than
that being used for hiring, shall be advanced beginning at the start
of the first pay period thereafter to the new hiring rate, and any
time accrued at the lower step will be used to calculate advancement
to a succeeding step. If the hiring rate of a classification is
increased for only a geographical region of the state, only
incumbents who work in that geographical region shall be advanced to
a higher step. When an employee in the unclassified service changes
from one state position to another or is appointed to a position in
the classified service, or if an employee in the classified service
is appointed to a position in the unclassified service, the
employee's salary or wage in the new position shall be determined in
the same manner as if the employee were an employee in the classified
service. When an employee in the unclassified service who is not
eligible for step increases is appointed to a classification in the
classified service under which step increases are provided, future
step increases shall be based on the date on which the employee last
received a pay increase. If the employee has not received an increase
during the previous year, the date of the appointment to the
classified service shall be used to determine the employee's annual
step advancement eligibility date. In reassigning any employee to a
classification resulting in a pay range increase or to a new pay
range as a result of a promotion, an increase pay range adjustment,
or other classification change resulting in a pay range increase, the
director shall assign such employee to the step in the new pay range
that will provide an increase of approximately four per cent if the
new pay range can accommodate the increase. When an employee is being
assigned to a classification or new pay range as the result of a
class plan change, if the employee has completed a probationary
period, the employee shall be placed in a step no lower than step two
of the new pay range. If the employee has not completed a
probationary period, the employee may be placed in step one of the
new pay range. Such new salary or wage shall become effective on such
date as the director determines.
(F)
If employment conditions and the urgency of the work require such
action, the director of administrative services may, upon the
application of a department head, authorize payment at any rate
established within the range for the class of work, for work of a
casual or intermittent nature or on a project basis. Payment at such
rates shall not be made to the same individual for more than three
calendar months in any one calendar year. Any such action shall be
subject to the approval of the director of budget and management as
to the availability of funds. This section and sections 124.14 and
124.152 of the Revised Code do not repeal any authority of any
department or public official to contract with or fix the
compensation of professional persons who may be employed temporarily
for work of a casual nature or for work on a project basis.
(G)(1)
Except as provided in divisions (G)(2) and (3) of this section, each
state employee paid in accordance with schedule B of this section or
schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code shall be eligible
for advancement to succeeding steps in the range for the employee's
class or grade according to the schedule established in this
division. Beginning on the first day of the pay period within which
the employee completes the prescribed probationary period in the
employee's classification with the state, each employee shall receive
an automatic salary adjustment equivalent to the next higher step
within the pay range for the employee's class or grade.
Except
as provided in divisions (G)(2) and (3) of this section, each
employee paid in accordance with schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of
the Revised Code shall be eligible to advance to the next higher step
until the employee reaches the top step in the range for the
employee's class or grade, if the employee has maintained
satisfactory performance in accordance with criteria established by
the employee's appointing authority. Those step advancements shall
not occur more frequently than once in any twelve-month period.
When
an employee is promoted, the step entry date shall be set to account
for a probationary period. When an employee is reassigned to a higher
pay range, the step entry date shall be set to allow an employee who
is not at the highest step of the range to receive a step advancement
one year from the reassignment date. Step advancement shall not be
affected by demotion. A promoted employee shall advance to the next
higher step of the pay range on the first day of the pay period in
which the required probationary period is completed. Step advancement
shall become effective at the beginning of the pay period within
which the employee attains the necessary length of service. Time
spent on authorized leave of absence shall be counted for this
purpose.
If
determined to be in the best interest of the state service, the
director of administrative services may, either statewide or in
selected agencies, adjust the dates on which annual step advancements
are received by employees paid in accordance with schedule E-1 of
section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
(2)(a)
There shall be a moratorium on annual step advancements under
division (G)(1) of this section beginning June 21, 2009, through June
20, 2011. Step advancements shall resume with the pay period
beginning June 21, 2011. Upon the resumption of step advancements,
there shall be no retroactive step advancements for the period the
moratorium was in effect. The moratorium shall not affect an
employee's performance evaluation schedule.
An
employee who begins a probationary period before June 21, 2009, shall
advance to the next step in the employee's pay range at the end of
probation, and then become subject to the moratorium. An employee who
is hired, promoted, or reassigned to a higher pay range between June
21, 2009, through June 20, 2011, shall not advance to the next step
in the employee's pay range until the next anniversary of the
employee's date of hire, promotion, or reassignment that occurs on or
after June 21, 2011.
(b)
The moratorium under division (G)(2)(a) of this section shall apply
to the employees of the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the
treasurer of state, and the attorney general, who are subject to this
section unless the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the
treasurer of state, or the attorney general decides to exempt the
office's employees from the moratorium and so notifies the director
of administrative services in writing on or before July 1, 2009.
(3)
Employees in intermittent positions shall be employed at the minimum
rate established for the pay range for their classification and are
not eligible for step advancements.
(H)
Employees in appointive managerial or professional positions paid in
accordance with schedule C of this section or schedule E-2 of section
124.152 of the Revised Code may be appointed at any rate within the
appropriate pay range. This rate of pay may be adjusted higher or
lower within the respective pay range at any time the appointing
authority so desires as long as the adjustment is based on the
employee's ability to successfully administer those duties assigned
to the employee. Salary adjustments shall not be made more frequently
than once in any six-month period under this provision to incumbents
holding the same position and classification.
(I)
When an employee is assigned to duty outside this state, the employee
may be compensated, upon request of the department head and with the
approval of the director of administrative services, at a rate not to
exceed fifty per cent in excess of the employee's current base rate
for the period of time spent on that duty.
(J)
Unless compensation for members of a board or commission is otherwise
specifically provided by law, the director of administrative services
shall establish the rate and method of payment for members of boards
and commissions pursuant to the pay schedules listed in section
124.152 of the Revised Code
.
However, compensation for a member of a board or commission who is
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate
on or after the effective date of this amendment shall be established
in accordance with division (E) of section 124.152 of the Revised
Code
.
(K)
Regular full-time employees in positions assigned to classes within
the instruction and education administration series under the job
classification plans of the director of administrative services,
except certificated employees on the instructional staff of Ohio deaf
and blind education services, whose positions are scheduled to work
on the basis of an academic year rather than a full calendar year,
shall be paid according to the pay range assigned by the applicable
job classification plan, but only during those pay periods included
in the academic year of the school where the employee is located.
(1)
Part-time or substitute teachers or those whose period of employment
is other than the full academic year shall be compensated for the
actual time worked at the rate established by this section.
(2)
Employees governed by this division are exempt from sections 124.13
and 124.19 of the Revised Code.
(3)
Length of service for the purpose of determining eligibility for step
advancements as provided by division (G) of this section and for the
purpose of determining eligibility for longevity pay supplements as
provided by division (E) of section 124.181 of the Revised Code shall
be computed on the basis of one full year of service for the
completion of each academic year.
(L)
The superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services shall,
subject to the approval of the director of education and workforce,
carry out both of the following:
(1)
Annually, between the first day of April and the last day of June,
establish for the ensuing fiscal year a schedule of hourly rates for
the compensation of each certificated employee on the instructional
staff of Ohio deaf and blind education services constructed as
follows:
(a)
Determine for each level of training, experience, and other
professional qualification for which an hourly rate is set forth in
the current schedule, the per cent that rate is of the rate set forth
in such schedule for a teacher with a bachelor's degree and no
experience. If there is more than one such rate for such a teacher,
the lowest rate shall be used to make the computation.
(b)
Determine which six city, local, and exempted village school
districts with territory in Franklin county have in effect on, or
have adopted by, the first day of April for the school year that
begins on the ensuing first day of July, teacher salary schedules
with the highest minimum salaries for a teacher with a bachelor's
degree and no experience;
(c)
Divide the sum of such six highest minimum salaries by ten thousand
five hundred sixty;
(d)
Multiply each per cent determined in division (L)(1)(a) of this
section by the quotient obtained in division (L)(1)(c) of this
section;
(e)
One hundred five per cent of each product thus obtained shall be the
hourly rate for the corresponding level of training, experience, or
other professional qualification in the schedule for the ensuing
fiscal year.
(2)
Annually, assign each certificated employee on the instructional
staff of Ohio deaf and blind education services to an hourly rate on
the schedule that is commensurate with the employee's training,
experience, and other professional qualifications.
If
an employee is employed on the basis of an academic year, the
employee's annual salary shall be calculated by multiplying the
employee's assigned hourly rate times one thousand seven hundred
sixty. If an employee is not employed on the basis of an academic
year, the employee's annual salary shall be calculated in accordance
with the following formula:
(a)
Multiply the number of days the employee is required to work pursuant
to the employee's contract by eight;
(b)
Multiply the product of division (L)(2)(a) of this section by the
employee's assigned hourly rate.
Each
employee shall be paid an annual salary in biweekly installments. The
amount of each installment shall be calculated by dividing the
employee's annual salary by the number of biweekly installments to be
paid during the year.
Sections
124.13 and 124.19 of the Revised Code do not apply to an employee who
is paid under this division.
As
used in this division, "academic year" means the number of
days in each school year that the state school for the deaf and the
state school for the blind are required to be open for instruction
with pupils in attendance. Upon completing an academic year, an
employee paid under this division shall be deemed to have completed
one year of service. An employee paid under this division is eligible
to receive a pay supplement under division (L)(1), (2), or (3) of
section 124.181 of the Revised Code for which the employee qualifies,
but is not eligible to receive a pay supplement under division (L)(4)
or (5) of that section. An employee paid under this division is
eligible to receive a pay supplement under division (L)(6) of section
124.181 of the Revised Code for which the employee qualifies, except
that the supplement is not limited to a maximum of five per cent of
the employee's regular base salary in a calendar year.
(M)
Division (A) of this section does not apply to "exempt
employees," as defined in section 124.152 of the Revised Code,
who are paid under that section.
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this chapter, when an employee transfers
between bargaining units or transfers out of or into a bargaining
unit, the director of administrative services shall establish the
employee's compensation and adjust the maximum leave accrual schedule
as the director deems equitable.
Sec.
124.152.
(A)(1)
Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, each exempt
employee shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule
E-1 or schedule E-2 of division (B) of this section.
(2)
Each exempt employee who holds a position in the unclassified civil
service pursuant to division (A)(26) or (30) of section 124.11 of the
Revised Code may be paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule
E-1 or schedule E-2 of division (B) of this section, as applicable.
(B)(1)
Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1
or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in
accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period
that includes July 1, 2024:
Schedule
E-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A
Pay
Ranges and Step Values
B
C
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
Step
8
D
Range
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A
1
Hourly
13.52
14.13
14.72
15.37
B
Annually
28122
29390
30618
31970
C
2
Hourly
16.41
17.10
17.83
18.63
D
Annually
34133
35568
37086
38750
E
3
Hourly
17.20
17.97
18.76
19.56
F
Annually
35776
37378
39021
40685
G
4
Hourly
18.05
18.86
19.77
20.62
H
Annually
37544
39229
41122
42890
I
5
Hourly
18.94
19.80
20.62
21.54
J
Annually
39395
41184
42890
44803
K
6
Hourly
19.95
20.79
21.68
22.59
L
Annually
41496
43243
45094
46987
M
7
Hourly
21.18
21.97
22.88
23.68
24.58
N
Annually
44054
45698
47590
49254
51126
O
8
Hourly
22.40
23.39
24.40
25.50
26.70
P
Annually
46592
48651
50752
53040
55536
Q
9
Hourly
23.89
25.14
26.37
27.69
29.09
R
Annually
49691
52291
54850
57595
60507
S
10
Hourly
25.76
27.18
28.64
30.30
31.91
T
Annually
53581
56534
59571
63024
66373
U
11
Hourly
28.08
29.69
31.42
33.19
35.07
V
Annually
58406
61755
65354
69035
72946
W
12
Hourly
30.96
32.71
34.46
36.36
38.38
40.48
42.13
44.11
X
Annually
64397
68037
71677
75629
79830
84198
87630
91749
Y
13
Hourly
34.14
36.00
37.97
40.02
42.27
44.55
46.38
48.56
Z
Annually
71011
74880
78978
83242
87922
92664
96470
101005
AA
14
Hourly
37.53
39.67
41.80
44.07
46.56
49.15
51.19
53.58
AB
Annually
78062
82514
86944
91666
96845
102232
106475
111446
AC
15
Hourly
41.23
43.55
46.01
48.54
51.23
54.04
56.26
58.91
AD
Annually
85758
90584
95701
100963
106558
112403
117021
122533
AE
16
Hourly
45.45
47.99
50.62
53.47
56.40
59.63
62.08
64.98
AF
Annually
94536
99819
105290
111218
117312
124030
129126
135158
AG
17
Hourly
50.09
52.85
55.81
58.88
62.19
65.66
69.27
AH
Annually
104187
109928
116085
122470
129355
136573
144082
AI
18
Hourly
55.20
58.25
61.54
64.92
68.51
72.35
AJ
Annually
114816
121160
128003
135034
142501
150488
AK
19
Hourly
60.72
64.37
67.69
71.41
75.37
79.58
AL
Annually
126298
133890
140795
148533
156770
165526
Schedule
E-2
1
2
3
4
A
Range
Minimum
Maximum
B
41
Hourly
16.23
54.57
C
Annually
33758
113506
D
42
Hourly
17.89
60.25
E
Annually
37211
125320
F
43
Hourly
19.70
66.35
G
Annually
40976
138008
H
44
Hourly
21.73
72.49
I
Annually
45198
150779
J
45
Hourly
24.01
79.15
K
Annually
49941
164632
L
46
Hourly
26.43
86.50
M
Annually
54974
179920
N
47
Hourly
29.14
94.41
O
Annually
60611
196373
P
48
Hourly
32.14
102.98
Q
Annually
66851
214198
R
49
Hourly
35.44
111.20
S
Annually
73715
231296
(2)
Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1
or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in
accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period
that includes July 1, 2025:
Schedule
E-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A
Pay
Ranges and Step Values
B
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
Step
8
C
Range
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A
1
Hourly
14.13
14.77
15.38
16.06
B
Annually
29390
30722
31990
33405
C
2
Hourly
17.15
17.87
18.63
19.47
D
Annually
35672
37170
38750
40498
E
3
Hourly
17.97
18.78
19.60
20.44
F
Annually
37378
39062
40768
42515
G
4
Hourly
18.86
19.71
20.66
21.55
H
Annually
39229
40997
42973
44824
I
5
Hourly
19.79
20.69
21.55
22.51
J
Annually
41163
43035
44824
46821
K
6
Hourly
20.85
21.73
22.66
23.61
L
Annually
43368
45198
47133
49109
M
7
Hourly
22.13
22.96
23.91
24.75
25.69
N
Annually
46030
47757
49733
51480
53435
O
8
Hourly
23.41
24.44
25.50
26.65
27.90
P
Annually
48693
50835
53040
55432
58032
Q
9
Hourly
24.97
26.27
27.56
28.94
30.40
R
Annually
51938
54642
57325
60195
63232
S
10
Hourly
26.92
28.40
29.93
31.66
33.35
T
Annually
55994
59072
62254
65853
69368
U
11
Hourly
29.34
31.03
32.83
34.68
36.65
V
Annually
61027
64542
68286
72134
76232
W
12
Hourly
32.35
34.18
36.01
38.00
40.11
42.30
44.03
46.09
X
Annually
67288
71094
74901
79040
83429
87984
91582
95867
Y
13
Hourly
35.68
37.62
39.68
41.82
44.17
46.55
48.47
50.75
Z
Annually
74214
78250
82534
86986
91874
96824
100818
105560
AA
14
Hourly
39.22
41.46
43.68
46.05
48.66
51.36
53.49
55.99
AB
Annually
81578
86237
90854
95784
101213
106829
111259
116459
AC
15
Hourly
43.09
45.51
48.08
50.72
53.54
56.47
58.79
61.56
AD
Annually
89627
94661
100006
105498
111363
117458
122283
128045
AE
16
Hourly
47.50
50.15
52.90
55.88
58.94
62.31
64.87
67.90
AF
Annually
98800
104312
110032
116230
122595
129605
134930
141232
AG
17
Hourly
52.34
55.23
58.32
61.53
64.99
68.61
72.39
AH
Annually
108867
114878
121306
127982
135179
142709
150571
AI
18
Hourly
57.68
60.87
64.31
67.84
71.59
75.61
AJ
Annually
119974
126610
133765
141107
148907
157269
AK
19
Hourly
63.45
67.27
70.74
74.62
78.76
83.16
AL
Annually
131976
139922
147139
155210
163821
172973
Schedule
E-2
1
2
3
4
A
Range
Minimum
Maximum
B
41
Hourly
16.23
57.03
C
Annually
33758
118622
D
42
Hourly
17.89
62.96
E
Annually
37211
130957
F
43
Hourly
19.70
69.34
G
Annually
40976
144227
H
44
Hourly
21.73
75.75
I
Annually
45198
157560
J
45
Hourly
24.01
82.71
K
Annually
49941
172037
L
46
Hourly
26.43
90.39
M
Annually
54974
188011
N
47
Hourly
29.14
98.66
O
Annually
60611
205213
P
48
Hourly
32.14
107.61
Q
Annually
66851
223829
R
49
Hourly
35.44
116.20
S
Annually
73715
241696
(3)
Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1
or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in
accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period
that includes July 1, 2026:
Schedule
E-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A
Pay
Ranges and Step Values
B
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
Step
5
Step
6
Step
7
Step
8
C
Range
D
1
Hourly
14.55
15.21
15.84
16.54
E
Annually
30264
31637
32947
34403
F
2
Hourly
17.66
18.41
19.19
20.05
G
Annually
36733
38293
39915
41704
H
3
Hourly
18.51
19.34
20.19
21.05
I
Annually
38501
40227
41995
43784
J
4
Hourly
19.43
20.30
21.28
22.20
K
Annually
40414
42224
44262
46176
L
5
Hourly
20.38
21.31
22.20
23.19
M
Annually
42390
44325
46176
48235
N
6
Hourly
21.48
22.38
23.34
24.32
O
Annually
44678
46550
48547
50586
P
7
Hourly
22.79
23.65
24.63
25.49
26.46
Q
Annually
47403
49192
51230
53019
55037
R
8
Hourly
24.11
25.17
26.27
27.45
28.74
S
Annually
50149
52354
54642
57096
59779
T
9
Hourly
25.72
27.06
28.39
29.81
31.31
U
Annually
53498
56285
59051
62005
65125
V
10
Hourly
27.73
29.25
30.83
32.61
34.35
W
Annually
57678
60840
64126
67829
71448
X
11
Hourly
30.22
31.96
33.81
35.72
37.75
Y
Annually
62858
66477
70325
74298
78520
Z
12
Hourly
33.32
35.21
37.09
39.14
41.31
43.57
45.35
47.47
AA
Annually
69306
73237
77147
81411
85925
90626
94328
98738
AB
13
Hourly
36.75
38.75
40.87
43.07
45.50
47.95
49.92
52.27
AC
Annually
76440
80600
85010
89586
94640
99736
103834
108722
AD
14
Hourly
40.40
42.70
44.99
47.43
50.12
52.90
55.09
57.67
AE
Annually
84032
88816
93579
98654
104250
110032
114587
119954
AF
15
Hourly
44.38
46.88
49.52
52.24
55.15
58.16
60.55
63.41
AG
Annually
92310
97510
103002
108659
114712
120973
125944
131893
AH
16
Hourly
48.93
51.65
54.49
57.56
60.71
64.18
66.82
69.94
AI
Annually
101774
107432
113339
119725
126277
133494
138986
145475
AJ
17
Hourly
53.91
56.89
60.07
63.38
66.94
70.67
74.56
AK
Annually
112133
118331
124946
131830
139235
146994
155085
AL
18
Hourly
59.41
62.70
66.24
69.88
73.74
77.88
AM
Annually
123573
130416
137779
145350
153379
161990
AN
19
Hourly
65.35
69.29
72.86
76.86
81.12
85.65
AO
Annually
135928
144123
151549
159869
168730
178152
Schedule
E-2
1
2
3
4
A
Range
Minimum
Maximum
B
41
Hourly
16.23
58.74
C
Annually
33758
122179
D
42
Hourly
17.89
64.85
E
Annually
37211
134888
F
43
Hourly
19.70
71.42
G
Annually
40976
148554
H
44
Hourly
21.73
78.02
I
Annually
45198
162282
J
45
Hourly
24.01
85.19
K
Annually
49941
177195
L
46
Hourly
26.43
93.10
M
Annually
54974
193648
N
47
Hourly
29.14
101.62
O
Annually
60611
211370
P
48
Hourly
32.14
110.84
Q
Annually
66851
230547
R
49
Hourly
35.44
119.69
S
Annually
73715
248955
(C)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Exempt employee" means a permanent full-time or permanent
part-time employee paid directly by warrant of the director of budget
and management whose position is included in the job classification
plan established under division (A) of section 124.14 of the Revised
Code but who is not considered a public employee for the purposes of
Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. "Exempt employee" also
includes a permanent full-time or permanent part-time employee of the
secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney
general who has not been placed in an appropriate bargaining unit by
the state employment relations board.
(2)
"Base rate of pay" means the rate of pay established under
schedule E-1 of this section, plus the supplement provided under
division (E) of section 124.181 of the Revised Code, plus any
supplements enacted into law that are added to schedule E-1 of this
section.
(D)
Notwithstanding any division of this section to the contrary, or
division (E) or (G) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code with
respect to requirements for step placement and advancement, no exempt
employee other than a captain or equivalent officer in the state
highway patrol shall be placed in step value 7 in range 17 of
schedule E-1 of division (B) of this section.
(E)
Notwithstanding any division of this section or section 124.15 of the
Revised Code to the contrary, all of the following apply:
(1)
No full-time exempt employee who is appointed by the governor subject
to the advice and consent of the senate on or after the effective
date of this amendment shall be paid an annual salary greater than
one hundred thousand dollars.
(2)
No part-time exempt employee who is appointed by the governor subject
to the advice and consent of the senate on or after the effective
date of this amendment shall be paid an hourly rate greater than
forty-eight dollars and eight cents per hour.
(3)
At the time the governor transmits the name of a proposed appointee
to the senate for the senate's advice and consent, the governor also
shall transmit the proposed salary or wage for the appointee.
Sec.
3328.15.
(A)
Each college-preparatory boarding school established under this
chapter shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of up to
twenty-five members. Five of those members shall be appointed by the
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor's
appointments may be based on nonbinding recommendations made by the
director of education and workforce. Of the remaining members,
initial members shall be appointed by the school's operator and
future members shall be appointed pursuant to the bylaws adopted
under section 3328.13 of the Revised Code. The governor, operator, or
any other person or entity who appoints a member of the board of
trustees under this section or the bylaws adopted under section
3328.13 of the Revised Code may remove that member from the board at
any time.
(B)
The terms of office of the initial members shall be as follows:
(1)
Two members appointed by the governor shall serve for an initial term
of three years.
(2)
Two members appointed by the governor shall serve for an initial term
of two years.
(3)
One member appointed by the governor shall serve for an initial term
of one year.
(4)
One-third of the members appointed by the operator, rounded down to
the nearest whole number, shall serve for an initial term of three
years.
(5)
One-third of the members appointed by the operator, rounded down to
the nearest whole number, shall serve for an initial term of two
years.
(6)
One-third of the members appointed by the operator, rounded down to
the nearest whole number, shall serve for an initial term of one
year.
(7)
Any remaining members appointed by the operator shall serve for an
initial term of one year.
Thereafter
the terms of office of all members shall be for three years.
The
beginning date and ending date of terms of office shall be as
prescribed by the school's operator, unless modified in the bylaws
adopted under section 3328.13 of the Revised Code.
(C)
Vacancies on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the
initial appointments. A member appointed to an unexpired term shall
serve for the remainder of that term and may be reappointed subject
to division (D) of this section.
(D)
No member may serve for more than three consecutive three-year terms.
(E)
The officers of the board shall be selected by and from among the
members of the board.
(F)
Compensation
Except
as otherwise provided in this division, compensation
for
the members of the board, if any, shall be as prescribed in the
bylaws adopted under section 3328.13 of the Revised Code.
Any
compensation set in those bylaws shall be set in accordance with
division (E) of section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
(G)
It shall be construed that any contract entered into by the board of
trustees or any officer or trustee of a college-preparatory boarding
school, including, but not limited to, an agreement or contract
required by section 3318.08, 3318.60, or 3318.61 of the Revised Code,
is entered into by such individuals in their official capacities as
representatives of the college-preparatory boarding school. No
officer, trustee, or member of the board of trustees of a
college-preparatory boarding school incurs any personal liability by
virtue of section 3318.08, 3318.60, or 3318.61 of the Revised Code or
the entering into any contract on behalf of the school.
Sec.
3333.01.
(A)
There is hereby created the department of higher education, which
shall be composed of the chancellor of higher education and the
chancellor's employees, agents, and representatives. The chancellor
shall perform the functions, exercise the powers, and discharge the
duties as are assigned to the chancellor by law.
(B)
The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall
appoint the chancellor of higher education. The chancellor shall
serve at the pleasure of the governor, and the governor shall
prescribe the chancellor's duties in addition to the chancellor's
duties prescribed by law. The governor shall fix the compensation for
the chancellor.
For any chancellor appointed on or after the effective date of this
amendment, in fixing the chancellor's compensation, the governor
shall comply with division (E) of section 124.152 of the Revised
Code.
The chancellor shall be a member of the governor's cabinet.
(C)
The chancellor is responsible for appointing and fixing the
compensation of all professional, administrative, and clerical
employees and staff members necessary to assist in the performance of
the chancellor's duties. All employees and staff shall serve at the
chancellor's pleasure.
(D)
The chancellor shall be a person qualified by training and experience
to understand the problems and needs of the state in the field of
higher education and to devise programs, plans, and methods of
solving the problems and meeting the needs.
(E)
Neither the chancellor nor any staff member or employee of the
chancellor shall be a trustee, officer, or employee of any public or
private college or university while serving as chancellor, staff
member, or employee.
Sec.
3770.02.
(A)
Subject to the advice and consent of the senate, the governor shall
appoint a director of the state lottery commission who shall serve at
the pleasure of the governor. The director shall devote full time to
the duties of the office and shall hold no other office or
employment. The director shall meet all requirements for appointment
as a member of the commission and shall, by experience and training,
possess management skills that equip the director to administer an
enterprise of the nature of a state lottery. The director shall
receive an annual salary in accordance with pay range 48
and
division (E)
of
section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1)
The director shall attend all meetings of the commission and shall
act as its secretary. The director shall keep a record of all
commission proceedings and shall keep the commission's records,
files, and documents at the commission's principal office. All
records of the commission's meetings shall be available for
inspection by any member of the public, upon a showing of good cause
and prior notification to the director.
(2)
The director shall be the commission's executive officer and shall be
responsible for keeping all commission records and supervising and
administering the state lottery in accordance with this chapter, and
carrying out all commission rules adopted under section 3770.03 of
the Revised Code.
(C)(1)
The director shall appoint deputy directors as necessary and as many
regional managers as are required. The director may also appoint
necessary professional, technical, and clerical assistants. All such
officers and employees shall be appointed and compensated pursuant to
Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. Regional and assistant regional
managers, sales representatives, and any lottery executive account
representatives shall remain in the unclassified service. The
assistant director shall act as director in the absence or disability
of the director. If the director does not appoint an assistant
director, the director shall designate a deputy director to act as
director in the absence or disability of the director.
(2)
The director, in consultation with the director of administrative
services, may establish standards of proficiency and productivity for
commission field representatives.
(D)
The director shall request the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation, the department of public safety, or any other state,
local, or federal agency to supply the director with the criminal
records of any job applicant and may periodically request the
criminal records of commission employees. At or prior to the time of
making such a request, the director shall require a job applicant or
commission employee to obtain fingerprint cards prescribed by the
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation at a qualified law enforcement agency, and the director
shall cause these fingerprint cards to be forwarded to the bureau of
criminal identification and investigation and the federal bureau of
investigation. The commission shall assume the cost of obtaining the
fingerprint cards and shall pay to each agency supplying criminal
records for each investigation under this division a reasonable fee,
as determined by the agency.
(E)
The director shall license lottery sales agents pursuant to section
3770.05 of the Revised Code and, when it is considered necessary, may
revoke or suspend the license of any lottery sales agent. The
director may license video lottery technology providers, independent
testing laboratories, and gaming employees, and promulgate rules
relating thereto. When the director considers it necessary, the
director may suspend or revoke the license of a video lottery
technology provider, independent testing laboratory, or gaming
employee, including suspension or revocation without affording an
opportunity for a prior hearing under section 119.07 of the Revised
Code when the public safety, convenience, or trust requires immediate
action.
(F)
The director shall confer at least once each month with the
commission, at which time the director shall advise it regarding the
operation and administration of the lottery. The director shall make
available at the request of the commission all documents, files, and
other records pertaining to the operation and administration of the
lottery. The director shall prepare and make available to the
commission each month a complete and accurate accounting of lottery
revenues, prize money disbursements and the cost of goods and
services awarded as prizes, operating expenses, and all other
relevant financial information, including an accounting of all
transfers made from any lottery funds in the custody of the treasurer
of state to benefit education.
(G)
The director may enter into contracts for the operation or promotion
of the lottery pursuant to Chapter 125. of the Revised Code.
(H)(1)
Pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under section 3770.03 of
the Revised Code, the director shall require any lottery sales agents
to deposit to the credit of the state lottery fund, in banking
institutions designated by the treasurer of state, net proceeds due
the commission as determined by the director.
(2)
Pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code, the director may impose penalties for the failure of a
sales agent to transfer funds to the commission in a timely manner.
Penalties may include monetary penalties, immediate suspension or
revocation of a license, or any other penalty the commission adopts
by rule.
(I)
The director may arrange for any person, or any banking institution,
to perform functions and services in connection with the operation of
the lottery as the director may consider necessary to carry out this
chapter.
(J)(1)
As used in this chapter, "statewide joint lottery game"
means a lottery game that the commission sells solely within this
state under an agreement with other lottery jurisdictions to sell the
same lottery game solely within their statewide or other
jurisdictional boundaries.
(2)
If the governor directs the director to do so, the director shall
enter into an agreement with other lottery jurisdictions to conduct
statewide joint lottery games. If the governor signs the agreement
personally or by means of an authenticating officer pursuant to
section 107.15 of the Revised Code, the director then may conduct
statewide joint lottery games under the agreement.
(3)
The entire net proceeds from any statewide joint lottery games shall
be used to fund elementary, secondary, vocational, and special
education programs in this state.
(4)
The commission shall conduct any statewide joint lottery games in
accordance with rules it adopts under division (B)(5) of section
3770.03 of the Revised Code.
(K)(1)
The director shall enter into an agreement with the department of
mental
health and addiction services
behavioral
health
under
which the department shall provide a program of gambling addiction
services on behalf of the commission. The commission shall pay the
costs of the program provided pursuant to the agreement.
(2)
As used in this section, "gambling addiction services" has
the same meaning as in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec.
4121.02.
(A)
There is hereby created the industrial commission. The commission
shall consist of three members appointed by the governor, with the
advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be an individual
who, on account of the individual's previous vocation, employment, or
affiliations, can be classed as a representative of employers; one
shall be an individual who, on account of the individual's previous
vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as a
representative of employees; and one shall be an individual who, on
account of the individual's previous vocation, employment, or
affiliations, can be classed as a representative of the public. Each
member shall have six or more years of recognized expertise in the
field of workers' compensation, and at least one member shall be an
attorney registered to practice law in this state. No more than two
members of the industrial commission shall belong to or be affiliated
with the same political party.
(B)
Within thirty days after the industrial commission nominating council
submits its list to the governor under division (D) of this section,
the governor shall make initial appointments to the commission. Of
the initial appointments, the member who is a representative of
employees shall serve a term ending on June 30, 1995; the member who
is a representative of employers shall serve a term ending on June
30, 1997; and the member who is a representative of the public shall
serve a term ending on June 30, 1999. Thereafter, terms of office are
for six years, beginning on the first day of July and ending on the
thirtieth day of June.
(C)
Each member shall hold office from the date of the member's
confirmation by the senate, as provided in division (E) of this
section, until the end of the term for which the member was
appointed, except that if a member has not been appointed by the end
of the term, the member shall remain in office until the member's
successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed,
whichever occurs first. However, if a member is appointed to fill a
full term subsequent to an initial appointment, the term of office is
as provided in division (B) of this section. The governor shall not
appoint any person to more than two full six-year terms of office on
the commission. This restriction does not prevent the governor from
appointing a person to fill a vacancy caused by death, resignation,
or removal of a commission member, or from appointing that person
twice to full terms on the commission, or from appointing a person
previously appointed to fill less than a full term twice to full
terms on the commission. Except for the public member's tenure as
chairperson of the self-insuring employer's evaluation board, a
member of the commission shall hold no other office of trust or
profit, engage in any other occupation or business, or serve on any
committee of any political party and shall devote full time to the
member's duties as a member of the commission.
(D)
In making appointments to the commission, the governor shall select
the members from the list of the names submitted by the industrial
commission nominating council pursuant to this division. Within
thirty days after October 20, 1993, the nominating council shall
submit to the governor for the initial appointments a list containing
three separate names for the employer, employee, and public members
to be filled. Within seven days of the submission of the initial
list, the governor shall either appoint individuals from the list or
request the nominating council to submit another list of three names
for each member the governor has not appointed from the original
list, which list the nominating council shall submit to the governor
within seven days of the governor's request. The governor then shall
appoint, within seven days of the submission of the second list,
individuals from either list to fill each position for which the
governor has not made an appointment from the original list.
Thereafter, within sixty days of a vacancy occurring as a result of
the expiration of a term and within thirty days after other vacancies
occurring on the commission, the nominating council shall submit an
initial list containing three names for each vacancy. Within seven
days of the submission of the initial list, the governor shall either
appoint individuals from the list or request the nominating council
to submit another list of three names for each member the governor
has not appointed from the original list, which list the nominating
council shall submit to the governor within fourteen days of the
governor's request. The governor then shall appoint, within seven
days of the submission of the second list, one of the individuals
from either list to fill the vacancy for which the governor has not
made an appointment from the original list. In order for a name of an
individual to be submitted to the governor under this division, the
nominating council shall approve the individual by an affirmative
vote of not less than two-thirds of its members.
(E)
The governor shall notify the senate of the names of the individuals
for whom the governor is making the initial appointments to the
commission within thirty days after the submission of the names to
the governor by the industrial commission nominating council under
division (D) of this section. For appointments subsequent to the
initial appointments under this division, if the appointment is to
fill a member's term which is to expire, the governor shall notify
the senate of the name of the individual to be appointed to fill that
position by no later than the first day of June of the year that the
term is to expire. For subsequent appointments to fill a vacancy on
the commission occurring as a result of the death, resignation, or
removal of the commission member, the governor shall notify the
senate of the name of the individual to be appointed to fill the
remainder of that term within thirty days after the submission of the
names to the governor by the nominating council under division (D) of
this section. For all appointments, the senate shall refer the matter
to an appropriate standing committee for consideration of the
appointments, and the committee shall hold a public hearing to
consider the appointments. After conclusion of the public hearing,
the standing committee shall make its recommendations to the senate.
The senate shall not confirm any appointee if the individual does not
meet the qualifications of division (A) of this section or if the
individual has not been approved by the industrial commission
nominating council as provided in division (D) of this section. If
the full senate fails to take a final vote on an appointment within
thirty days after the governor submits the names to the senate under
this division, the individual's appointment is deemed confirmed by
the senate and the individual shall take the office of commission
member subject to removal as provided in division (F) of this
section.
(F)
The governor may remove or suspend a member of the commission
pursuant to section 3.04 of the Revised Code. The governor shall
notify the senate of any decision to remove or suspend a commission
member. The senate shall refer the matter to an appropriate standing
committee for consideration and the committee shall hold a public
hearing to consider the matter. At the hearing, the governor or the
governor's authorized representative may present evidence and give
testimony in support of the decision. The commission member or the
member's authorized representatives may appear and present evidence
and testimony. After conclusion of the public hearing, the committee
shall make its recommendation to the senate.
Upon
receipt of a recommendation from the standing committee, the senate
shall vote on the issue of whether to advise and consent to the
removal or suspension of the member. The senate shall vote on the
matter within sixty legislative days from the date the governor
communicates the decision to remove or suspend the member.
(G)
The governor shall determine the compensation of the members of the
commission, based upon such facts as the governor considers
appropriate, provided that the salary of each member shall be no less
than seventy-five thousand dollars per year. In addition, each
commission member shall receive an annual salary increase based upon
the average salary increases of other state department directors for
that year, not to exceed five per cent per year.
The salary of a member of the commission appointed on or after the
effective date of this amendment is subject to division (E) of
section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
(H)
Before entering upon the duties of office, each member shall take and
subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and swear and affirm
that the member holds no position under any committee of a political
party, which oath or affirmation the member shall file in the office
of the governor. Each member shall give a bond in the sum of fifty
thousand dollars, which bond shall be approved by the governor and
filed with the treasurer of state. All employees or deputies of the
commission who receive or disburse state funds shall give a bond to
the state in the amounts and surety approved by the industrial
commission.
(I)
As used in this section only, "office of trust or profit"
means:
(1)
A federal or state elective office or an elected office of a
political subdivision of the state;
(2)
A position on a board or commission of the state that is appointed by
the governor;
(3)
An office set forth in section 121.03, 121.04, or 121.05 of the
Revised Code;
(4)
An office of the government of the United States that is appointed by
the president of the United States.
Sec.
4905.10.
(A)
For the sole purpose of maintaining and administering the public
utilities commission and exercising its supervision and jurisdiction
over the railroads and public utilities of this state, an amount
equivalent to the appropriation from the public utilities fund
created under division (B) of this section to the public utilities
commission for railroad and public utilities regulation in each
fiscal year shall be apportioned among and assessed against each
railroad and public utility within this state by the commission by
first computing an assessment as though it were to be made in
proportion to the intrastate gross earnings or receipts, excluding
earnings or receipts from sales to other public utilities for resale,
of the railroad or public utility for the calendar year next
preceding that in which the assessment is made. The commission may
include in that first computation any amount of a railroad's or
public utility's intrastate gross earnings or receipts that were
underreported in a prior year. In addition to whatever penalties
apply under the Revised Code to such underreporting, the commission
shall assess the railroad or public utility interest at the rate
stated in division (A) of section 1343.01 of the Revised Code. The
commission shall deposit any interest so collected into the public
utilities fund. The commission may exclude from that first
computation any such amounts that were overreported in a prior year.
The
final computation of the assessment shall consist of imposing upon
each railroad and public utility whose assessment under the first
computation would have been one hundred dollars or less an assessment
of one hundred dollars and recomputing the assessments of the
remaining railroads and public utilities by apportioning an amount
equal to the appropriation to the public utilities commission for
administration of the utilities division in each fiscal year less the
total amount to be recovered from those paying the minimum
assessment, in proportion to the intrastate gross earnings or
receipts of the remaining railroads and public utilities for the
calendar year next preceding that in which the assessments are made.
In
the case of an assessment based on intrastate gross receipts under
this section against a public utility that is an electric utility as
defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, or an electric
services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator
subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code,
such receipts shall be those specified in the utility's, company's,
cooperative's, or aggregator's most recent report of intrastate gross
receipts and sales of kilowatt hours of electricity, filed with the
commission pursuant to division (F) of section 4928.06 of the Revised
Code, and verified by the commission.
In
the case of an assessment based on intrastate gross receipts under
this section against a retail natural gas supplier or governmental
aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the
Revised Code, such receipts shall be those specified in the
supplier's or aggregator's most recent report of intrastate gross
receipts and sales of hundred cubic feet of natural gas, filed with
the commission pursuant to division (B) of section 4929.23 of the
Revised Code, and verified by the commission. However, no such retail
natural gas supplier or such governmental aggregator serving or
proposing to serve customers of a particular natural gas company, as
defined in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, shall be assessed
under this section until after the commission, pursuant to section
4905.26 or 4909.18 of the Revised Code, has removed from the base
rates of the natural gas company the amount of assessment under this
section that is attributable to the value of commodity sales service,
as defined in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, in the base rates
paid by those customers of the company that do not purchase that
service from the natural gas company.
(B)
Through calendar year 2005, on or before the first day of October in
each year, the commission shall notify each such railroad and public
utility of the sum assessed against it, whereupon payment shall be
made to the commission, which shall deposit it into the state
treasury to the credit of the public utilities fund, which is hereby
created. Beginning in calendar year 2006, on or before the fifteenth
day of May in each year, the commission shall notify each railroad
and public utility that had a sum assessed against it for the current
fiscal year of more than one thousand dollars that fifty per cent of
that amount shall be paid to the commission by the twentieth day of
June of that year as an initial payment of the assessment against the
company for the next fiscal year. On or before the first day of
October in each year, the commission shall make a final determination
of the sum of the assessment against each railroad and public utility
and shall notify each railroad and public utility of the sum assessed
against it. The commission shall deduct from the assessment for each
railroad or public utility any initial payment received. Payment of
the assessment shall be made to the commission by the first day of
November of that year. The commission shall deposit the payments
received into the state treasury to the credit of the public
utilities fund. Any such amounts paid into the fund but not expended
by the commission shall be credited ratably, after first deducting
any deficits accumulated from prior years, by the commission to
railroads and public utilities that pay more than the minimum
assessment, according to the respective portions of such sum
assessable against them for the ensuing fiscal year. The assessments
for such fiscal year shall be reduced correspondingly.
(C)
Within five days after the beginning of each fiscal year through
fiscal year 2006, the director of budget and management shall
transfer from the general revenue fund to the public utilities fund
an amount sufficient for maintaining and administering the public
utilities commission and exercising its supervision and jurisdiction
over the railroads and public utilities of the state during the first
four months of the fiscal year. The director shall transfer the same
amount back to the general revenue fund from the public utilities
fund at such time as the director determines that the balance of the
public utilities fund is sufficient to support the appropriations
from the fund for the fiscal year. The director may transfer less
than that amount if the director determines that the revenues of the
public utilities fund during the fiscal year will be insufficient to
support the appropriations from the fund for the fiscal year, in
which case the amount not paid back to the general revenue fund shall
be payable to the general revenue fund in future fiscal years.
(D)
For the purpose of this section only, "public utility"
includes:
(1)
In addition to an electric utility as defined in section 4928.01 of
the Revised Code, an electric services company, an electric
cooperative, or a governmental aggregator subject to certification
under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code, to the extent of the
company's, cooperative's, or aggregator's engagement in the business
of supplying or arranging for the supply in this state of any retail
electric service for which it must be so certified;
(2)
In addition to a natural gas company as defined in section 4929.01 of
the Revised Code, a retail natural gas supplier or governmental
aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the
Revised Code, to the extent of the supplier's or aggregator's
engagement in the business of supplying or arranging for the supply
in this state of any competitive retail natural gas service for which
it must be certified.
(E)
Each public utilities commissioner shall receive a salary fixed at
the level set by pay range 49 under schedule E-2
and division (E)
of section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
Section
2.
That
existing sections 124.15, 124.152, 3328.15, 3333.01, 3770.02,
4121.02, and 4905.10 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.