Rules and Public Hearing Notices

Rule(s): 109:1-1-04

This rule is being amended to raise the annual report filing threshold from annual gross receipts of more than five thousand dollars or gross assets of more than fifteen thousand dollars to gross receipts of at least twenty-five thousand dollars or gross assets of more than twenty-five thousand dollars, all to reflect recent changes in state law.

Rule(s): 109-4-01, 109-4-02, 109-4-03, 109-4-04, 109-4-05

These rules govern how the Attorney General’s office will adequately protect confidential personal information collected and maintained by the office. Rule 109-4-01 contains applicable definitions. Rule 109-4-02 sets forth: the office’s criteria for accessing confidential personal information; how an individual may access his or her own confidential personal information; how the office will notify a person of invalid access; and the duties of a privacy point of contact within the office. Rule 109-4-03 lists valid reasons for Attorney General employees to access confidential personal information. Rule 109-4-04 list the confidentiality statutes applicable to the office. Rule 109-4-05 sets forth how access to confidential personal information in computerized systems will be restricted and logged.

Rule(s): 109:6-1-01, 109:6-1-02, 109:6-1-03, 109:6-1-04, 109:6-1-05

Every five years, the Ohio Attorney General's Environmental Background Investigation Unit is obligated to review the rules that govern the Unit's background checks of off-site solid, infectious, and hazardous waste facilities and decide whether to amend them. After completing this review our office proposes to amend these rules. Both the current and proposed rules consist of five subsections, OAC 109:6-1-01 to 109:6-1-05. The subsections are entitled: 1) definitions, 2) disclosure statements, 3) fingerprinting, 4) fees, and 5) waiver. Together these subsections describe in detail the environmental background investigation process. The proposed amendments to the subsections clarify existing ambiguities and streamline the disclosure process. To view the Environmental Background Investigation Unit’s proposed rules, please click on the links below.

Rule(s): 109:1-1-04, 109:1-1-05

109:1-1-04, titled "Annual Report." This rule is being amended to raise the annual report filing threshold from annual gross receipts of more than five thousand dollars or gross assets of more than fifteen thousand dollars to gross receipts of at least twenty-five thousand dollars or gross assets of more than twenty-five thousand dollars. The proposed rule also includes filers of the IRS Form 90-N among those organizations that shall file the Attorney General's certification form. 109:1-1-05, titled "place of Filing." This rule is being amended to require use of the Attorney General's on-line registration and filing system for submission of charitable trust registration materials, annual reports and filing fees. To the extent that materials cannot be accepted through on-line filing system, an address is provided for mail or delivery of such items to the Atorney General.

Rule(s): 109:1-5-01, 109:1-5-02

109:1-5-01, titled "Place of Filing." This rule is proposed to require that the Attorney General's on-line filing system be used for the submission of all registration materials and reports by charitable organizations, professional solicitors and fund-raising counsel. To the extent that materials cannot be accepted through the on-line filing system, an address is provided for mail or delivery of such items to the Attorney General. 109:1-5-02, titled "Annual Financial Report of Charitable Organization." This rule is proposed to specify the form of annual financial report to be filed with the Attorney General by charitable organizations pursuant to R.C. 1716.04.