Ohio Code § 5505.05

§ 5505.05.

(A) Each member of the state highway patrol retirement board, upon appointment or election,

shall take an oath of office that he will support the constitutions of the United

States and this state, that he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs

of the board, and that he will not knowingly violate or willfully permit the violation

of any law applicable to this chapter.  The oath shall be subscribed to by the member making it, certified by the officer

before whom it is taken, and immediately filed in the office of the secretary of state. (B) The members of the board shall serve without compensation, except that they shall

suffer no loss because of absence from their regular employment while engaged in official

duties as board members.  The members of the board shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses from

the expense fund. (C) The board may secure insurance coverage designed to indemnify board members and employees

for their actions or conduct in the performance of official duties, and may pay required

premiums for such coverage from the expense fund. (D) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing a policy for reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by board members

in the performance of their official duties.  As part of any audit performed under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, an inquiry

shall be made into whether board members have complied with these rules. (E) No board member shall accept payment or reimbursement for travel expenses, other

than for meals and other food and beverages provided to the member, from any source

other than the expense fund.  Except in the case of an emergency, no out-of-state travel expenses shall be reimbursed

unless approved in advance by a majority of the board at a regular board meeting.