124-11-18. Mileage reimbursement and subpoenaed witness fees

(A) Public employees may be paid witness fees only if they were subpoenaed to a hearing which they attended at a time they were not scheduled to work. Public employees shall be paid by their appointing authority for the time they are absent from their jobs to attend hearings before the board, provided they were either subpoenaed or were parties to the action.

(B) Mileage shall be paid to any subpoenaed witness, not a party, who works or resides outside of franklin county and who incurs unreimbursed travel expense to attend hearings before the board. Neither parking costs nor food and lodging are reimbursable.

(C) Parties may not subpoena themselves.

(D) Mileage and witness fees shall not be paid to anyone who fails to register at the hearing attended.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/10/2014 and 02/10/2019
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 124.03
Rule Amplifies: 124.03 , 124.14, 124.328, 124.33, 124.34, 124.40, 124.56, 2335.05, 2335.06
Prior Effective Dates: 7/1/79, 3/3/86

Prior History: (R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/01/2010 and 03/01/2015
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 124.03
Rule Amplifies: 124.03, 124.14, 124.328, 124.33, 124.34, 124.40, 124.56, 2335.05
Prior Effective Dates: 7/1/79, 3/3/86 )