Ohio Revised Code|Section 111.18 | Record and deposit of fees - alternative payment programs.

                                                
(A) The secretary of state shall keep a record  of all fees collected by the secretary of state and, except as  otherwise provided in the Revised Code, shall pay them into the  state treasury to the credit of the corporate and uniform  commercial code filing fund created by section 1309.528 of the  Revised Code. 
(B) The secretary of state may implement alternative payment  programs that permit payment of any fee charged by the secretary  of state by means other than cash, check, money order, or credit  card; an alternative payment program may include, but is not  limited to, one that permits a fee to be paid by electronic means  of transmission. Fees paid under an alternative payment program  shall be deposited to the credit of the secretary of state  alternative payment program fund, which is hereby created in the  state treasury. Any investment income of the secretary of state  alternative payment program fund shall be credited to that fund  and used to operate the alternative payment program. Within two  working days following the deposit of funds to the credit of the  secretary of state alternative payment program fund, the secretary  of state shall pay those funds to the credit of the corporate and  uniform commercial code filing fund, subject to division (B) of  section 1309.401 of the Revised Code and except as otherwise  provided in the Revised Code.
The secretary of state shall adopt rules necessary to carry  out the purposes of this division.