2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [41] XLI LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 4117: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
4117.20 [First of two versions] Prohibiting conflict of interest in bargaining.

(A) No person who is a member of the same local, state, national, or international organization as the employee organization with which the public employer is bargaining or who has an interest in the outcome of the bargaining, which interest is in conflict with the interest of the public employer, shall participate on behalf of the public employer in the collective bargaining process except that the person may, where entitled, vote on the ratification of an agreement.

(B) The public employer shall immediately remove from his role, if any, in the collective bargaining negotiations or in any matter in connection with negotiations any person who violates division (A) of this section.

Effective Date: 04-01-1984

This section is set out twice. See also § 4117.20, as amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1, subject to referendum.

4117.20 [Second of two versions] Prohibiting conflict of interest in bargaining

(A) No person who is a member of the same local, state, national, or international organization as the employee organization with which the public employer is bargaining or who has an interest in the outcome of the bargaining, which interest is in conflict with the interest of the public employer, shall participate on behalf of the public employer in the collective bargaining process except that the person may, where entitled, vote on the ratification of an agreement.

(B) No public official or employee shall participate on behalf of a public employer in the collective bargaining process with respect to any matter in which the immediate family of the official or employee has a direct interest in the outcome of the matter. As used in this division, “immediate family” has the same meaning as in section 102.01 of the Revised Code.

(C) The public employer shall immediately remove from the person’s role, if any, in the collective bargaining negotiations or in any matter in connection with negotiations any person who violates division (A) or (B) of this section.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1. This amendment is subject to referendum in the Nov. 8, 2011 election.

Effective Date: 04-01-1984

See 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, §4.

The amendment to this section by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1 has been made subject to referendum in the upcoming November, 2011 election.

This section is set out twice.