149.091 Publishing and distributing session laws. - Ohio Statutes

149.091 Publishing and distributing session laws.

(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, the secretary of state shall compile, publish, and distribute either annually or biennially in a paper format a maximum of nine hundred copies of the session laws. The annual or biennial publication shall contain all enrolled acts and joint resolutions. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed with each compilation of enrolled acts and joint resolutions distributed a subject index, a table indicating Revised Code sections affected, and the secretary of state’s certificate that the laws, as compiled and distributed, are true copies of the original enrolled acts or joint resolutions in the secretary of state’s office.

The secretary of state shall distribute the compilations of the session laws in the following manner:

(1) One shall be forwarded to each county auditor.

(2) One shall be forwarded to each county law library.

(3) Two hundred may be distributed, free of charge, to public officials.

(4) Remaining compilations may be sold by the secretary of state at a price that shall not exceed the actual cost of publication and distribution.

(B) Notwithstanding division (C) of this section, the secretary of state shall compile, publish, and distribute, either annually or biennially, in permanently bound volumes, a minimum of twenty-five copies of the session laws. The annual or biennial volumes shall contain copies of all enrolled acts and joint resolutions. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed with each volume of enrolled acts and joint resolutions distributed a subject index, a table indicating Revised Code sections affected, and the secretary of state’s certificate that the laws so assembled are true copies of the original enrolled acts or joint resolutions in the secretary of state’s office.

The secretary of state shall distribute the permanently bound volumes of the session laws in the following manner:

(1) Five copies shall be forwarded to the clerk of the house of representatives.

(2) Five copies shall be forwarded to the clerk of the senate.

(3) Five copies shall be forwarded to the legislative service commission.

(4) Two copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio supreme court.

(5) Two copies shall be forwarded to the division of the library of congress.

(6) Two copies shall be forwarded to the state library.

(7) Two copies shall be forwarded to the Ohio historical society.

(8) Two copies shall be retained by the secretary of state.

(C) The secretary of state annually or biennially may compile, publish, and distribute the session laws in an electronic format instead of compiling and publishing the session laws as provided in division (A) of this section. If the secretary of state compiles and publishes the session laws in an electronic format, the following apply:

(1) The session laws in electronic format shall include copies of all enrolled acts and joint resolutions and shall contain a subject index and a table indicating Revised Code sections affected.

(2) Each compilation of the session laws in electronic format shall include the secretary of state’s certificate that the laws so compiled and published are true copies of the original enrolled acts and joint resolutions in the secretary of state’s office.

(3) The session laws may be distributed in an electronic format to public officials free of charge.

(4) The session laws may be sold in an electronic format to individuals or entities not specified in division (A) or (B) of this section. The price shall not exceed the actual cost of producing and distributing the session laws in an electronic format.

Effective Date: 03-19-2003