In the case State ex rel. Ohio AG v. Burns, 2020-Ohio-3820, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2728, an Ohio appellate court found that a school’s CEO did not “receive or collect” public money within the meaning of R.C. 9.39 because the funds at issue were directed to and controlled by the school’s CFO, the CEO was not the CFO’s supervisor, and the CFO acted independently, without oversight from the CEO. The CEO’s employment contract included no provision by which he was granted control over money in the school’s accounts or supervisory authority over the CFO.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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