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    Meeting Reminder and Draft Vexatious PRR Changes

    By: Marisa Myers , 11 days ago
    Posted in: Public Service Attorneys Committee

    Reminder: we're less than a week away from the next Public Service Attorneys Committee meeting! It's scheduled for Thursday, April 16 from 12:00-1:30. There's still time to register ! The meeting will feature 1 hour of general CLE credit . Ethical ...

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    RE: Buy America provisions in County Purchasing

    By: Denise DePalma , 11 days ago
    Posted in: Public Service Attorneys Committee

    Hi Jeffrey - I'm in the legal office for the Ohio Department of Administrative Services. If you want to discuss, you can call me at 614-466-0767. ------------------------------ Denise DePalma ------------------------------

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    Buy America provisions in County Purchasing

    By: Jeffrey Murphy, Esq , 11 days ago
    Posted in: Public Service Attorneys Committee

    It was asked of me whether the Buy America provisions from RC 125.11(B) apply to the county purchasing when going out for bid. The project has neither state purchasing nor federal money involved. I found where Dept. of Admin. Services (DAS) was to draft ...

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    RE: HB 184 and HB 695

    By: Marisa Myers , 12 days ago
    Posted in: Public Service Attorneys Committee

    Yes, thank you for noting that background, Yosef. It's true that legislation can take on a life of its own during the process, and HB184 took on a number of amendments. Bill sponsors do not always have direct involvement in the amendments added to their ...

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    RE: HB 184 and HB 695

    By: Yosef Schiff, Esq , 13 days ago
    Posted in: Public Service Attorneys Committee

    I did a little digging to see when that provision got into the bill. The version of the bill passed by the House was much shorter and didn't contain that provision. In fact, neither did the version that was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. ...