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It is extremely important that you contact your legislators of the House and Senate about Governor's Taft proposal to freeze the Local Government Fund, LGF, and the Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund, LGRAF. If the Governor's proposal is adopted, the freeze will cut the figures you relied on to create your 2001 budget. This in turn would in all probability create a funding shortfall. See bulletin No.3 --January 30, 2001.

Just a note to everyone about the OML Legislative Luncheon. The Luncheon will be held on March 14, 2001. The Luncheon will be held in the Statehouse Atrium in Columbus, Ohio. Registration for the event will be at 11:30 a.m. and lunch will begin at noon. The program will end no later than 1:30 p.m. to accommodate the House and Senate Session. This also would be a great opportunity to talk to your legislator about the previously mention freezes on LGF and. LGRAF

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

HOUSE TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC SAFETY, 3 p.m., Rm. 116, Chr. Damschroder, Phone: 466-1374.

HB 18 TRAFFIC FINES (Willamowski) Imposes an additional one dollar fine for state moving violations and requires that the additional fine money be used to maintain and upgrade public safety equipment used by police officers. (1st Hearing - Sponsor)

HB 40 TRAFFIC FINES (Sulzer) Imposes an additional court cost of $1 in cases involving a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a motor vehicle speeding violation, creates the Spinal Cord Injury and Head Injury Cure Research Fund, and requires the additional court cost to be deposited into that fund. (1st Hearing - Sponsor)

HOUSE FINANCE: TRANSPORTATION & JUSTICE SUB., 7 p.m., Rm. 113, Chr. Evans, Phone: 466-1482.
Hearings on the transportation budget (HB 73) with proponent, opponent and interested party testimony to be accepted.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

SENATE JUDICIARY ON CIVIL JUSTICE, 10:30 a.m., North Hearing Rm., Chr. Jacobson, Phone: 466-4538.

SB 24 SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY EXPANSION (Johnson) Include as a governmental function under the Political Subdivision Sovereign Immunity Law the operation of a bicycle motorcross, bicycling, skating, skate boarding, or scooter riding facility. (2nd Hearing - Proponent & opponent)

HOUSE PUBLIC UTILITIES, 11 a.m., Rm. 017, Chr. Olman, Phone: 466-1731.

HB 9 NATURAL GAS SALES (Setzer) Subjects retail natural gas suppliers and governmental aggregators to certification by the Public Utilities Commission, authorizes governmental aggregation for competitive retail natural gas services, and authorizes the PUCO, upon application by a governmental aggregator, to require a natural gas company to provide distribution service on a comparable and nondiscriminatory basis within the area of the governmental aggregation. (1st Hearing - Sponsor & opponent)

SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVT. & VETERAN'S AFFAIRS, 3 p.m. or after session, South Hearing Rm., Chr. Spada, Phone: 466-8056.

SB 5 ANNEXATION (Wachtmann) Revises the laws governing municipal annexations. (1st Hearing - Sponsor)

HOUSE FINANCE: TRANSPORTATION & JUSTICE SUB., 3 p.m., Rm. 113, Chr. Evans, Phone: 466-1482.
Hearings on the transportation budget (HB 73) with proponent and opponent testimony on the budgets of the departments of Transportation and Public Safety and the Public Works Commission.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15

HOUSE FINANCE: TRANSPORTATION & JUSTICE SUB., 9 a.m., Rm. 113, Chr. Evans, Phone: 466-1482.
Hearings on the transportation budget (HB 73) with proponent and opponent testimony on the budgets of the departments of Transportation and Public Safety.

HOUSE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, 9:30 a.m., Rm. 114, Chr. Hollister, Phone: 644-8728.