Members Only Briefs

Legislative Information

• Adopting General Assembly and Congressional Districts* Revised (July 15, 2011)

• A Guide to Legislative History in Ohio* (Jan. 26, 2010)

• Land Conveyance Bills* (Jan. 26, 2010)

• General Assembly Open Meetings Law* (Nov. 21, 2008)

• Laws Affecting Members Leaving the General Assembly* (Oct. 31, 2008)

• Overview of Administrative Rule-Making in Ohio (July 30, 2008)

• Restrictions Against Current or Former General Assembly Members Holding 
  Public Offices or positions of Public Employment (Oct. 11, 2006)

• Some Suggestions on How to Approach the Ohio Constitution (Nov. 8, 2002)

Agriculture

• Ohio's Agricultural Commodity Marketing Programs* (March 23, 2010)

Crimes, Correction, & Law Enforcement

• An Updated Summary of Ohio OVI and OVUAC Law* (Jan. 27, 2009)

Education

• Ohio Graduation Tests (Oct. 5, 2007)

• Transportation of Students (Aug. 31, 2007)

• Interscholastic Athletics in Ohio (Jan. 8, 2007) 

• Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals Under the No Child Left Behind Act (Aug. 30, 2006) 

Elections

• Overview of Ohio's Election Process (Mar. 4, 2008)

• How an Issue Becomes a Statewide Ballot Issue* (Sept. 18, 2006)

Environment & Natural Resources

• Regulation of Wetlands* (Jan. 27, 2009)

• Ohio Law Governing Ground Water Ownership and Allocation (Dec. 20, 2007)

Health

• Ohio Immunization Laws* (April 10, 2009)

• The Medicaid Estate Recovery Program* (Nov. 21, 2008)

• Medicaid and "Special Needs Trusts" in Ohio (Feb. 23, 2007)

Highways & Transportation

• Graduated Licensing of Teenage Drivers* (Jan. 27, 2009)

Industry, Commerce, & Labor

• Financing Unemployment Benefits--Federal Loans to Cover Shortfalls (April 10, 2009)

• Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs Under Ohio and Federal Law* (Jan. 27, 2009)

• Employment-At-Will and Wrongful Discharge in Ohio* (Sept. 18, 2006)

Juvenile & Family Law

• Duty of Adult Children to Support an Aged or Infirm Parent* (March 23, 2010)

• Allocating and Modifying Parental Rights and Responsibilities in Ohio* (July 30, 2008)

• Grandparent Visitation Rights in Ohio (Feb. 1, 2007)

• Parenting Time and Visitation Orders in Ohio (Jan. 31, 2007)

Local Government

• Municipal Home Rule* (Jan.26, 2010)

• State and Local Government Responsibility for Expenses of Disposing of a Dead Body (Feb. 23, 2007)

Public Retirement

• Ohio's Public Retirement Systems (April 10, 2009)

• Social Security Benefit Reductions Affecting Government Employees (Dec. 3, 2007)

• Purchasing Credit for Exempt Service under the Public Employees Retirement System (Mar. 17, 2006)

State Government

• Ohio Laws Governing State Holidays* (Nov. 21, 2008)

• The Controlling Board* (Nov. 21, 2008)

• Public Records Law in Ohio* (Oct. 23, 2008)

• Ohio's Open Meeting Law* (Sept. 18, 2006)

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*This Members Only Brief is an update of an earlier Brief on this subject.