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Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.31 (2026)

Workers' compensation fund

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Effective:
May 1, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill NO91 - 125th General Assembly
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The moneys in the state treasury for the use of the bureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall be known as the workers' compensation fund group. The moneys from each fund shall be disbursed respectively pursuant to vouchers approved by the administrator of workers' compensation or the administrator's designee, or by the chairperson of the commission or the chairperson's designee.

The bureau and the commission shall provide for the custody, safekeeping, and deposit of all moneys, checks, and drafts received by the bureau or commission or any employees or agents prior to paying the moneys, checks, and drafts to the treasurer of state as provided by section 113.08 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1958–2014 · leading case: Rajeh v. Steel City Corp., 813 N.E.2d 697 (Ohio Ct. App. 2004).
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Rajeh v. Steel City Corp., 813 N.E.2d 697 (Ohio Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “He found that Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Fund is a “State benefit” as defined by Section 1621(c)(1)(B) for three reasons: (1) the fund was created pursuant to R.C. 4123.31, which appropriates money in the state treasury for the Workers’ Compensation Fund; (2) R.”
Clemons v. Ohio Bur. of Workers' Comp., 2014 Ohio 1259 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). “The Court of Claims has exclusive, original jurisdiction over civil actions filed against the state for money damages sounding in law.”
State Ex Rel. H. K. Porter Co. v. Klapp, 159 N.E.2d 360 (Ohio Ct. App. 1958). “) Again in determining the form of rating system to be used, the commission is expressly authorized to use its judgment in fixing and determining the merit rating system to be used under §4123.31 R. C., providing in part as follows: “The commission may apply that form of rating…”
State ex rel. Superior Foundry, Inc. v. Indus. Comm'n, 168 Ohio St. (N.S.) 537 (Ohio 1959). · cites it 2× “Under the provisions of Section 4123.31, Revised Code, the Industrial Commission is given wide latitude, based upon experience, regarding the rating of employers as concerns occupational diseases.”
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