Section 4928.582. Authority to obtain professional services

(A) To discharge the duties under section 4928.581 of the Revised Code, the public benefits advisory board may obtain professional services as the board determines appropriate. The professionals shall be promptly reimbursed by the director of development services for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under section 4928.581 of the Revised Code. The reimbursements constitute administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs for the purpose of division (A) of section 4928.51 of the Revised Code.

(B) The chairperson of the board may execute, subject to the advice and consent of the board, any professional-services retention agreements that the board determines appropriate.

Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.