Substitute House Bill No. 405 Summary

• Permits county coroner's offices to access the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway for deceased person identification using fingerprint impressions.

• Allows county treasurers to electronically deliver tax bills via email or telephone upon taxpayer request, with the ability to rescind the policy with 30 days notice.

• Clarifies the "appointing authority" for county hospital trustee boards to consist of the board of county commissioners, the county's senior probate judge, and the senior common pleas judge (with five total votes for appointments and reappointments).

• Modifies vacancy fill procedures for county offices to specify that if the last occupant was an elected partisan candidate, the relevant political party's county central committee makes the appointment; if an independent candidate, the board of county commissioners makes the appointment.

• Electronic mail addresses and telephone numbers provided for tax bill delivery are not public records under Ohio law.