Ohio Legislative Service Commission
Wendy Zhan, Director
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Agency Reports Submitted to the General Assembly

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.

AGRICULTURE, OHIO. DEPT. OF

AMUSEMENT RIDE SAFETY FINANCIAL REPORT, October 31, 2019, 9 pages

Report required by R.C. 1711.532; the Department reports no changes are needed to the fee schedule and no additional revenues are needed to meet the expenses of the next 12 months; includes spreadsheets of expenses and revenues between October 1, 2018, and September 30, 2019.

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CONSUMERS' COUNSEL, OFFICE OF THE OHIO

ANNUAL REPORT, 2019, 55 pages

Report required by R.C. 4911.17; presents mission, vision, and core values statements; includes biographies with pictures of members of the Governing Board and senior management; contains a chart of operating expenditures for 2019; recaps legislative advocacy activities for H.B. 6 and several other bills; summarizes major utility cases in which the Office represented consumers; lists all 2019 case activity before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; highlights activities to educate consumers about utility service and their choices.

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HIGHER EDUCATION, OHIO. DEPT. OF

THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS, FISCAL YEAR 2020, MAY 26, 2020, Cover letter, 15 pages + electronic zip file, size 15.6 MB

Report required by R.C. 3345.72; part one contains responses to 12 questions, designed to probe for serious cash flow problems, answered by the campus fiscal officer of all 37 of Ohio's state-supported colleges and universities for which the desired answer is NO; 29 institutions answered in the affirmative to one of the questions mostly related to concerns of the effect of COVID-19 on their S.B. 6 composite scores; Chancellor Gardner warns further financial challenges are expected in the fourth quarter due to reductions in State Share of Instruction (SSI) payments. 

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PUBLIC SAFETY, OHIO. DEPT. OF

ANNUAL REPORT, 2019, 24 pages

Summarizes the annual activities for the divisions: Ohio State Highway Patrol,  Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Ohio Emergency Medical Services, Ohio Emergency Management Agency, Ohio Homeland Security, Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, and Office Administration.

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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO

ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 2019, 12 pages

Presents pictures of Commissioners and notes the date their term ends; includes table of statistics about formal cases filed before PUCO and a summary of key cases; contains basic report on revenues and expenses; summarizes outreach efforts to consumers including statistics about its call center; as required by R.C. 4935.01, provides information on emerging trends in energy supply, demand, and costs to consumers specifying statewide and regional energy needs; briefly summarizes hazardous materials training grants, rail crossing safety upgrades, and safety inspections of motor carriers.

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REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION. OHIO. DEPT. OF

ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 2019, 87 pages

States mission of the Department and the Director's core values; first section presents numerous infograhics depicting staff statistics and demographics; remainder of document is organized around the departmental organizational structure, with extensive use of infographics: Office of Prisons, Parole and Community Services, Office of Administration, Holistic Services, Legal Services, and the Chief Inspector's Office.

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STATE RACING COMMISSION, OHIO.

ANNUAL REPORT, 2019, 22 pages

Submitted in compliance with R.C. Chapter 3769; contains pictures of current Commissioners and the Executive Director; presents numerous tables of statistics on topics, including the Commission's testing laboratory results, race horses, racing events, racing revenues, distributions of casino tax revenue received in 2019, equine deaths resulting from racing or training, and licenses issued.

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TREASURER OF STATE, OHIO.

ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 2019, 56 pages

Shares the Office's mission and guiding principles; describes activities for the fiscal year highlighting a new initiative called ResultsOhio, changes to the STABLE account program, and modifications to the OhioCheckbook website; includes financial summaries for the Ohio Treasury, including Linked Deposit Awards by County.

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