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Ex. OH-012 Order Primary source read

Am. Sub. H.B. 197 (133rd G.A.) (Mar. 27, 2020), secs. 11, 22, 32

An Act... to continue essential operations of state government and maintain the continuity of the state tax code in response to the declared pandemic and global health emergency related to COVID-19, to make appropriations, and to declare an emergency

133rd General Assembly; signed by Governor DeWine March 27, 2020 · Ohio (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Ohio
Level
State
Authority
Ohio Const. art. II; emergency measure
Issued
2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27 (emergency measure); Section 22 retroactive to March 9, 2020 (read as 2020-03-27)
End
Section 22 tolling expired 'on the date the period of emergency ends or July 30, 2020, whichever is sooner' (Sec. 22(C)); Section 11 license extensions ran to the earlier of 90 days after the emergency or December 1, 2020 (read as 2020-07-30)
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to July 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • courts
  • State agencies
  • political subdivisions
  • licensees
  • schools
Functions reached
  • CT courts, agencies, recorders
  • CL closings and litigation timelines
  • HR licensing and credentialing (licenses extended)
  • DM driver licenses and registrations (extended)
  • CS client matters (deadlines tolled)
Collection
Ohio OH

Operative words

SECTION 22. (A) The following that are set to expire between March 9, 2020, and July 30, 2020, shall be tolled: (1) A statute of limitation... (7) The time within which discovery or any aspect of discovery must be completed; (8) The time within which a party must be served;... (10) Any other criminal, civil, or administrative time limitation or deadline under the Revised Code. (B) This section applies retroactively to the date of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020.... SECTION 11.... (C)(2)... a license otherwise expiring pursuant to law during the period of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D... remains valid until the earlier of either ninety days after the date the emergency ends or December 1, 2020.

Enforcement

Statute; self-executing

Notes

Sec. 10 school food-service exemptions; Sec. 11 defines 'license' to include any license, permit, certificate or registration issued by a State agency or political subdivision, including driver licenses; Sec. 20 suspends R.C. 317.33 (recorder) until Aug. 30, 2020; Governor's veto message of Mar. 27, 2020 removed 'or deadline' from the tolling of tax due dates.

Retrieval note

Enrolled act, 17,600 lines; Sections 10-11 and 22 read.