Effective: September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The office of small business and entrepreneurship in the development services agency shall prepare and publish a "small business register" or contract with any person as provided in this section to prepare and publish the register. The small business register shall contain the following information regarding each proposed rule recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship:
(1) The title and administrative code rule number of the proposed rule;
(2) A brief summary of the proposed rule;
(3) The date on which the proposed rule was recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship; and
(4) The name, address, and telephone number of an individual or office within the agency that proposed the rule who can provide information about the proposed rule.
(B) The small business register shall be published on a weekly basis. The information required under division (A) of this section shall be published in the register no later than two weeks after the proposed rule to which the information relates is recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship. The office shall furnish the small business register, on a single copy or subscription basis, to any person who requests it and pays a single copy price or subscription rate fixed by the office. The office shall furnish the chairpersons of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having jurisdiction over small businesses with free subscriptions to the small business register.
(C) Upon the request of the office of small business and entrepreneurship, the director of administrative services shall, in accordance with the competitive selection procedure of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, let a contract for the compilation, printing, and distribution of the small business register.
(D) The office of small business and entrepreneurship shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, such rules as are necessary to enable it to properly carry out this section.