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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.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2018-2019, 122 pages
Describes the Department's role in the H2Ohio initiative and the launch of Growing Ohio (a magazine); reviews the annual activity in the Department's major areas of responsibility: plant and animal life, food supply, consumer services (amusement ride and weights and measures), conservation (soil, water, and livestock enironmental permitting), and rural Ohio programs (historic family farms, farmland preservation, and grape industry); includes Ohio Agricultural Statistics 2018-2019 prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Statistics Service that contain numerous statistics about crop production and livestock industry, and provides county summaries.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2019, 31 pages
Report required by R.C. 1345.05; summarizes actions taken in 2019 to bring about compliance with the Consumer Sales Practices Act: lawsuits, other judgments, and assurances of voluntary compliance; briefly describes the work of the Economic Crimes, Consumer Assistance, Identity Theft, Education, and Elder Justice units; notes the top complaint in 2019 concerned motor vehicles.
2019 CAPITAL CRIMES ANNUAL REPORT: STATE AND FEDERAL CASES, April 2020, 395 pages
Report required by R.C. 109.97(B); provides a legislative history of capital punishment in Ohio; explains the statutes, executive clemency review, the law as it relates to individuals with intellectual disabilities, and DNA testing; presents statistics and demographic characteristics about individuals receiving death sentences; includes case history sheets for every case that resulted in a death sentence since 1981, noting state and federal procedural events; reports that as of December 31, 2019, 335 individuals received a death sentence (340 total death sentences because certain individuals received two sentences), 56 executions were carried out, and notes there are 143 active death sentences.
CRIMES VICTIM SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 2019, 30 pages
Report required by R.C. 2743.69; money from the Ohio Victims of Crime Compensation Fund for the period paid 2,677 claims averaging $2961 each for the period; notes funds cover reimbursement for medical expenses, crime-scene cleanup, counseling, and other services to crime victims and their families; outlines the duties of the Grants and Victim Services Initiatives units of the Crime Victims Section; describes the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (required by R.C. 2907.28), the Victim and Information and Notification Everyday (VINE), and the Crime Victims Compensation programs; includes tables and graphs of administrative costs, statistics about applications and awards, processing times, annual payouts, types of incidents, subrogation recoveries, and awards by counties.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2019
Presents an overview of the Department and the activities of its divisions and programs: Financial Institutions, Industrial Compliance, Liquor Control, Real Estate and Professional Licensing, Securities, State Fire Marshal, Unclaimed Funds, and Medical Marijuana Control Program; the report is available on the agency website https://spark.adobe.com/page/IdE90IOOTezX2/.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2019, 150 pages
Summarizes the agency's initiatives in the areas of opportunity zones, historic preservation, business assistance, and tourism; appendix includes detailed tables with information concerning the various tax credits and programs (such as Ohio Housing Trust Fund and Community Services Block Grant program) managed by the agency.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2019, 20 pages
Report required by R.C. 5123.33; infographics used to report expenditures, grant expenditures, and expenditures by programs; explains how services are provided through the county boards of developmental disabilities; briefly describes the Department's service programs and the number of persons served in each program: early intervention, employment first, multi-system youth, supportive technology, the Family Advisory Council, and residential care facilities.
ANNUAL REPORT, STATE FISCAL YEAR 2019, 18 pages
Report required by R.C. 3745.01; notes 2019 was the 50-year anniversary of the last time the Cuyahoga River was on fire; reviews the major activities of the agency to address drinking water, ground water, clean air, and land remediation; includes rules summary for all rules filed with Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review Agency for this period.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2019, 20 pages
Report required by R.C. 3701.04; presents mission of the Department; highlights some programs that meet its core responsibilities: infectious diseases, prepardness, health improvement and maintenance, health equity and access, environmental health, and regulatory compliance; includes infographics to convey financial information.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2019, 56 pages
Reviews the Department's numerous Divisions and their responsibilities and identifies its leadership staff; describes its priorities, objectives, and accomplishments for the period; includes tables of summary financial information as of December 31, 2018, for life insurance companies, fraternal benefit societies, health insuring companies, multiple employer welfare arrangements, mutual protective associations-property, fire and casualty companies, and title companies.
ANNUAL REPORT, STATE FISCAL YEAR 2019, 23 pages
Reviews the Department's activities in the areas of children and family services and employment services; presents financial summary for the Department using tables and graphs.
ANNUAL CHILD CARE LICENSING REPORT, STATE FISCAL YEAR 2019, 13 pages
Report required by R.C. 5104.04(H); provides information about child care facility licensing and inspection activities by the Department; provides statistics on noncompliance findings that resulted from the inspections; includes statistics about events classified as serious incidents, injuries, child fatalities, and child abuse and neglect.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT RESERVE FUND, FISCAL YEAR 2019, March 2020, 5 pages
Report required by R.C. 9.823(D); details the amount of reserves and the disbursments made from the reserves.
STATE AND PERMISSIVE (LOCAL) SALES AND USE TAX COLLECTIONS FOR INDUSTRIES RELATED TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM, JULY 1-DECEMBER 31, 2019, March 23, 2020, 3 pages
Report required by R.C. 5739.36; summarizes sales and use tax collections for industries related to travel and tourism for the reporting period; table reflects categories related to tourism as defined in Section 5 of S.B. 314 of the 129th General Assembly.
CANINE RESEARCH REPORT TO THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 2019, May 2020, 63 pages
Report required by R.C. 955.14; reports on research financed by funds set aside from each permament county dog license fee and directed to the College for grants to its faculty; summarizes completed and inprocess research projects; includes lists of the amount of money allotted to each of the research projects and the total amount of money contributed to the fund by each county; explains the grant review process; includes blank grant application.