Ohio Code 5126.024 – Declaration of eligibility prior to appointment to board
(A) No individual may be appointed or reappointed to a county board of developmental disabilities unless the individual, before the appointment or reappointment, provides to the appointing authority a written declaration specifying both of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5126.024
- Appointing authority: means the following:
(1) In the case of a member of a county board of developmental disabilities appointed by, or to be appointed by, a board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners;
(2) In the case of a member of a county board appointed by, or to be appointed by, a senior probate judge, the senior probate judge. See Ohio Code 5126.01
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Immediate family: means parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, spouses, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles, mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, and daughters-in-law. See Ohio Code 5126.01
(1) That no circumstance described in section 5126.023 of the Revised Code exists that bars the individual from serving on the county board;
(2) Whether the individual or an immediate family member of the individual has an ownership interest in or is under contract with an agency contracting with the county board, and, if such an ownership interest or contract exists, the identity of the agency and the nature of the relationship to that agency.
(B) On appointment or reappointment of an individual to the county board, the appointing authority shall provide a copy of the individual’s declaration to the superintendent of the county board. The declaration is a public record for the purpose of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.