102-5-10 Deadlines; receipt of financial disclosure statements.

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DEADLINES:      RECEIPT      OF     FINANCIAL      DISCLOSURE

STATEMENTS.

(A)             GENERAL FIL? G DEADLINE:

(1)                 THE GENERAL FIL?JG DEADL?JE IS APRIL FIFTEENTH OF EACH YEAR.

(2)                IF APRIL FIFTEENTH FALLS ON A DAY THAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE ENTIRE DAY, THE FILING DEADLINE WILL BE DETERMINED BY SECTION 1.14 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(3)                 THE GENERAL FILING DEADL?JE DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:

(a)               A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE;

(b)               A PERSON APPOINTED TO AN UNEXPIRED TERM OF ELECTIVE OFFICE;

(c)               A PERSON  WHO HOLDS  ELECTIVE  OFFICE  IN A VILLAGE ADVANCED TO CITY STATUS;

(d)               A  PERSON  APPO?JTED  TO  OR  EMPLOYED  ?J  A

NON"ELECTIVE          FIL?JG        POSITION         AFTER FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH OF ANY CALENDAR YEAR.

THE  APPROPRIATE  FILING  DEADLINE  FOR  EACH  OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS SET FORTH BELOW.

(B)              FILING DEADL?JE FOR A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE:

(1)                 A CANDIDATE  FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE MUST FILE THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT NO LATER THAN THE THIRTIETH DAY BEFORE  THE PR?1ARY, SPECIAL,

OR GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH THE CANDIDATE'S

CANDIDACY     IS    TO    BE    VOTED     UPON,    WHICHEVER ELECTION OCCURS FIRST.

(2)                 A PERSON WHO IS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE b?JST FILE THE F?JANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT NO LATER THAN  THE  TWENTIETH  DAY  BEFORE  THE  EARLIEST

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ELECTION     AT    WHICH    THE    WRITE ?J    CANDIDATE'S CANDIDACY IS TO BE VOTED UPON.

(3)                 FOR PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPHS (B)(l) AND (B)(2)  OF THIS RULE, A "CANDIDATE" IS DEFINED AS A PERSON CERTIFIED BY A BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  FOR PLACEMENT ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT OF A PRIMARY, GENERAL,   OR  SPECIAL  ELECTION   AS  DESCRIBED   IN

DIVISION (H) OF SECTION 3501.01 OF THE REVISED ?ODE.

(4)                 AN E?CUMBENT "\\?IO SERVES IN ANY OF THE OFFICES FOR WHICH THE FILING OF A F? ANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WITH  THE  ETHICS COMMISSION IS REQUIRED, AND WHO, AT THE TIME OF THE ANNUAL APRIL DEADLINE FOR THE FIL? G OF A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, IS NOT CERTIFIED BY A BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR PLACEMENT ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT OF A PRIMARY, SPECIAL, OR GENERAL ELECTION, IS NOT A "CANDIDATE" AT THE TIME OF THE DEADLINE. THEREFORE, THE INCUMBENT IS REQUIRED TO  FILE A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WITH THE OHIO ETHICS COMMISSION ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIFTEENTH; DUE TO HAV? G HELD OFFICE IN THE PRIOR YEAR, EVEN IF THE ? CUMBENT INTENDS TO BECOME A

YEAR  IN WHICH  THE  STATEMENT  IS  REQUIRED  TO BE FILED.

(C)              FILING     DEADLINE     FOR    A    PERSON     APPOINTED     TO    AN UNEXPIRED TERM OF ELECTIVE OFFICE:

(1)               A PERSON APPO? TED TO . FILL A VACANCY FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM OF ELECTIVE OFFICE MUST FILE THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THE PERSON IS QUALIFIED FOR OFFICE.

(2)               A PERSON IS QUALIFIED FOR OFFICE ON THE DAY THAT THE PERSON IS SWORN INTO OFFICE.

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(D)              FILING DEADLINE FOR A PERSON WHO HOLDS ELECTIVE OFFICE IN A VILLAGE ADVANCED TO CITY STATUS:

(1)               A PERSON WHO HOLDS ELECTIVE OFFICE IN A VILLAGE THAT HAS BEEN ADVANCED TO A CITY BASED ON AN INCREASE IN THE POPULATION OF THE h?JNICIPALITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO FILE A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SO LONG AS THE PERSON CONTINUES IN THE VILLAGE POSITION TO WHICH THE PERSON WAS ELECTED OR APPOINTED PRIOR TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY;

(2)               A PERSON WHO HOLDS ELECTIVE OFFICE ?J A VILLAGE THAT HAS BEEN ADVANCED TO A  CITY  MUST  FILE  A F? ANCIAL  DISCLOSURE  STATEMENT  CONSISTENT WITH PARAGRAPH .{fil OF THIS RULE IF THE PERSON IS A CANDIDATE OR WRITE"IN  CANDIDATE  FOR  AN ELECTIVE POSITION WITH THE CITY.

(E)              FILING DEADL? E FOR A PERSON APPO?HED TO  OR EMPLOYED IN, A NON-ELECTIVE FILING POSITION AFTER FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH OF ANY CALENDAR YEAR:

A PERSON WHO IS APPOINTED TO, OR EI\?PLOYED ? . A NON­ ELECTIVE POSITION AFTER FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH MUST FILE WITH?J NINETY DAYS OF THE  APPO? TMENT  OR EMPLOYMENT DATE.

(F)               FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS FILING DATE:

(1)               THE ?:NITED TATES POST OFFICE POSTMARK, OR SHIPPING DATE OF A COJ\??ERCIAL DELIVERY SERVICE, WILL BE THE FIL?G DATE.

(2)               THE DATE A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS PHYSICALLY RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION WILL BE THE   FILING   DATE   OF  ANY   F? ANCIAL   DISCLOSURE

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STATEMENT WITHOUT A UNITED STATES POST OFFICE POSTMARK, OR SHIPPING DATE OF A COMMERCIAL DELIVERY  SERVICE.

Effective: January 1, 2002

Review Dates: July 31, 2006

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Promulgated Under: Rule Authorized By: Rule Amplifies:

RC Sec. 111.15

RC Sec. 102.05

RC Sec. 102.02,

102.022, 102.05, and

102.07