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2022 Op. Ohio Att'y Gen. [i] (2022)

handle is hein.sag/sagoh0168 and id is 1 raw text is: January 4, 2022 The Honorable Derek W. DeVine Seneca County Prosecuting Attorney 79 S. Washington Street Tiffin, Ohio 44883 SYLLABUS: 2022-001 1. For purposes of R.C. 3501.054, a nongovern- mental person or entity is a person or entity that is neither an official nor a constituent part of a federal, state, or local government. 2. R.C. 3501.054 prohibits public officials from collaborating with nongovernmental persons or entities only when the public official is act- ing in his or her official capacity. It does not prohibit public officials from collaborating with nongovernmental persons or entities in the official's private capacity. It does not, for example, prohibit a board of elections member from serving as a member or in a leadership role of a county political party central or exec- utive committee. 3. As used in R.C. 3501.054, collaborate means to jointly administer a project.