Auditor of State, Fiscal Integrity ActPassed during the 130th General Assembly and enacted on March 23, 2015, the Fiscal Integrity Act raises the bar of accountability for fiscal officers across the state. The law helps deter accounting errors and fraud with increased training requirements and a new removal process for fiscal officers. Newly elected or appointed fiscal officers must complete:
Re-elected fiscal officers must complete 12 hours of continuing education courses before the end of each subsequent term (including 2 hours of ethics training). Fiscal officers may count certain training programs or seminars including:
Fiscal officers that fall under the requirements include: city auditors, city treasurers, township fiscal officers, village fiscal officers, village clerk-treasurers, village clerks, and in the case of a municipality with a charter, whomever the charter designates with the duties of these offices. For more information and to access the Training Portal, visit https://www.ohioauditor.gov/fiscalintegrity/default.html |