Ohio § 101.73

§ 101.73.

(A) Each legislative agent and each employer shall file in the office of the joint legislative

ethics committee, with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.72 of the Revised Code , a statement of expenditures as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section.  A legislative agent shall file a separate statement of expenditures under this section

for each employer engaging the legislative agent. (B)(1) In addition to the information required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section,

a statement filed by a legislative agent shall show the total amount of expenditures

made by the legislative agent during the reporting period covered by the statement. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an employer or any legislative

agent the employer engaged made, either separately or in combination with each other,

either directly or indirectly, expenditures to, at the request of, for the benefit

of, or on behalf of any particular member of the general assembly, any particular

member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a department created

under section 121.02 of the Revised Code , or any particular member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees

listed in division (B)(2) of this section, then the employer or legislative agent

shall also state all of the following: (a) The name of the public officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit,

or on whose behalf the expenditures were made; (b) The total amount of the expenditures made; (c) A brief description of the expenditures made; (d) The approximate date the expenditures were made; (e) The specific items of legislation, if any, for which the expenditures were made and

the identity of the client on whose behalf each expenditure was made. As used in division (B)(2) of this section, “ expenditures ” does not include expenditures made by a legislative agent as payment for meals and

other food and beverages. (3) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, a legislative agent made expenditures

as payment for meals and other food and beverages, other than for meals and other

food and beverages provided to a member of the general assembly at a meeting at which

the member participated in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or provided to

a member of the general assembly at a meeting or convention of a national organization

to which any state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative agency or

state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code , pays membership dues, that, when added to the amount of previous payments made for

meals and other food and beverages by that legislative agent during that same calendar

year, exceeded a total of fifty dollars to, at the request of, for the benefit of,

or on behalf of any particular member of the general assembly, any particular member

of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code , or any particular member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees

listed in division (B)(3) of this section, then the legislative agent shall also state

all of the following regarding those expenditures: (a) The name of the public officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit,

or on whose behalf the expenditures were made; (b) The total amount of the expenditures made; (c) A brief description of the expenditures made; (d) The approximate date the expenditures were made; (e) The specific items of legislation, if any, for which the expenditures were made and

the identity of the client on whose behalf each expenditure was made. (C) In addition to the information required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section,

a statement filed by an employer shall show the total amount of expenditures made

by the employer filing the statement during the period covered by the statement.  As used in this section, “ expenditures ” does not include the expenses of maintaining office facilities or the compensation

paid to legislative agents engaged by an employer. No employer is required to show any expenditure on a statement filed under this division

if the expenditure is reported on a statement filed under division (B) of this section

by a legislative agent engaged by the employer. (D) Any statement required to be filed under this section shall be filed at the times

specified in section 101.72 of the Revised Code .  Each statement shall cover expenditures made during the four-calendar-month period

that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the

statement is required to be filed. No portion of the amount of an expenditure for a dinner, party, or other function

sponsored by an employer or legislative agent need be attributed to, or counted toward

the amount for, a reporting period specified in division (B)(2) or (3) of this section

if the sponsor has invited to the function all the members of either of the following: (1) The general assembly; (2) Either house of the general assembly. However, the amount spent for such function and its date and purpose shall be reported

separately on the statement required to be filed under this section and the amount

spent for the function shall be added with other expenditures for the purpose of determining

the total amount of expenditures reported in the statement under division (B)(1) or

(C) of this section. If it is impractical or impossible for a legislative agent or employer to determine

exact dollar amounts or values of expenditures, reporting of good faith estimates,

based upon reasonable accounting procedures, constitutes compliance with this section. (E) All legislative agents and employers shall retain receipts or maintain records for

all expenditures that are required to be reported pursuant to this section.  These receipts or records shall be maintained for a period ending on the thirty-first

day of December of the second calendar year after the year in which the expenditure

was made. (F)(1) An employer or legislative agent who is required to file an expenditure statement

under division (B) or (C) of this section shall deliver a copy of the statement, or

of the portion showing the expenditure, to the public officer or employee who is listed

in the statement as having received the expenditure or on whose behalf it was made,

at least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by an expenditure statement filed under division

(B)(2) of this section, an employer or any legislative agent the employer engaged

made, either separately or in combination with each other, either directly or indirectly,

expenditures for transportation, lodging, or food and beverages purchased for consumption

on the premises in which the food and beverages were sold to, at the request of, for

the benefit of, or on behalf of any of the public officers or employees described

in division (B)(2) of this section, the employer or legislative agent shall deliver

to the public officer or employee a statement that contains all of the nondisputed

information prescribed in division (B)(2)(a) through (e) of this section with respect

to the expenditures described in division (F)(2) of this section.  The statement of expenditures made under division (F)(2) of this section shall be

delivered to the public officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit,

or on whose behalf those expenditures were made on the same day in which a copy of

the expenditure statement or of a portion showing the expenditure is delivered to

the public officer or employee under division (F)(1) of this section.  An employer is not required to show any expenditure on a statement delivered under

division (F)(2) of this section if the expenditure is shown on a statement delivered

under division (F)(2) of this section by a legislative agent engaged by the employer.