(A) State employees are entitled to paid leave when summoned for jury duty by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 124.135

  • Appointing authority: means the officer, commission, board, or body having the power of appointment to, or removal from, positions in any office, department, commission, board, or institution. See Ohio Code 124.01
  • Commission: means the municipal civil service commission of any city, except that, when in reference to the commission that serves a city school district, "commission" means the civil service commission determined under section 124. See Ohio Code 124.01
  • Employee: means any person holding a position subject to appointment, removal, promotion, or reduction by an appointing officer. See Ohio Code 124.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

(B) State employees are entitled to paid leave when subpoenaed to appear before any court, commission, board, or other legally constituted body authorized by law to compel the attendance of witnesses. This division does not apply if the state employee is a party to the action or proceeding involved or is subpoenaed as a result of secondary employment outside the service of the state.

(C) Each full-time permanent state employee paid in accordance with section 124.152 of the Revised Code and those employees described in divisions (B)(2) and (4) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code also may be entitled, in their appointing authority‘s discretion, to paid leave when appointed to serve on advisory boards or commissions or when soliciting for charities for which payroll deductions are made.