126.50 Definitions. - Ohio Statutes

126.50 Definitions.

As used in sections 126.50, 126.501, 126.502, 126.503, 126.504, 126.505, 126.506, and 126.507 of the Revised Code:

(A)”Critical services” means a service provided by the state the deferral or cancellation of which would cause at least one of the following:

(1)An immediate risk to the health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the state;

(2)A undermining of activity aimed at creating or retaining jobs in the state;

(3) An interference with the receipt of revenue to the state or the realization of savings to the state.

“Critical services” does not mean a deferral or cancellation of a service provided by the state that would result in inconvenience, sustainable delay, or other similar compromise to the normal provision of state-provided services.

(B) “State agency” has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, but does not include the elected state officers, the general assembly or any legislative agency, a court or any judicial agency, or a state institution of higher education.

Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.