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LEGISLATION OF INTEREST INTRODUCED IN THE 122ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY BILL STATUS AS OF 7/13/98 SENATE BILLS SB 1 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (KEARNS) Am & En. 737, 1901, 1907, 2919, 2935, 2937, 3113. Relative to the issuance and enforcement of temporary protection orders issued in domestic violence situations, protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved by a court of domestic relations, and protection orders of those types issued by courts of another state. The bill became effective October 21, 1997. SB 5 EMERGENCY SERVICES (HOWARD) En. 4742. Establishes training and continuing education requirements for emergency service telecommunicators, requires the state board of education to develop and administer a training program for emergency service telecommunicators, allows public agency telecommunicators to be trained in the program at no tuition or materials charge to the agency or teleconunumicator, and makes an appropriation. The bill became effective November 5, 1997. SB 10 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES (GAETH) Am 4511. Defines the vehicles of emergency management agency personnel as "public safety vehicles," in certain circumstances. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Highways & Transportation Committee. SB 11 RADIOACTIVE WASTE (SUHADOLNIK) Amends & En. 3747. Clarifies that the Board of Directors of the Ohio Low Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development Authority may select more than one contractor to execute the duties assigned to a contractor for the development and operation of such a facility and makes other changes in the statutes governing the Board. The bill became effective 8/6/97. SB 15 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT (SUHADOLNIK) En. 3. Prohibits a political subdivision from requiring its employees to reside in any specific area of this state. The bill was DEFEATED on the Senate floor. SB 27 WORKERS' COMPENSATION (HORN) Amend Sec. 4123. Permits public employers to become self-insuring for purposes of the Workers Compensation Law, permits certain organizations with a membership consisting of public employers to qualify for self-insuring status, requires the administrator of Workers Compensation to adopt rules regarding claims administrators, decreases the number of votes necessary for the Self-Insuring Employers Evaluation Board to revoke an employees self-insuring status and requires the administrator to provide for payment of claims of a defaulting self-insuring employer within 30 days after the default. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Insurance, Commerce & Labor Committee. SB 57 INCOME TAX DEDUCTION/FIRE FIGHTERS(DIDONATO) Amends section 5747.01 of the Revised Code to create a state income tax deduction of up to $750 for amounts paid by a fire fighter or auxiliary police officer for training programs, clothing and equipment used primarily for fire fighting or law enforcement purposes. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Ways & Means Committee. SB 65 WORKPLACE SAFETY COMMITTEE/ WORKERS' COMPENSATION DISCOUNT (HERINGTON) Amends section 4123.34 of the Revised Code to permit the Administrator of Workers' Compensation to give discount on premium rates for employers that establish an employee-management safety committee and implement official recommendations of that safety committee. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Insurance, Commerce & Labor Committee. SB 71 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (CUPP) Amends sections 153.56 and 2305.31 and to enact section 4113.62 of the Revised Code to void various types of provisions of a construction contract or subcontract that are considered to be against public policy, to prohibit construction contracts from requiring the purchasing of specific liability insurance, to establish new requirements and limitations relative to exercising rights under bond for certain public improvements. The bill has been signed by the Governor and is effective September 30, 1998. SB 72 BUILDING STANDARDS (CUPP) To amend sections 121.084, 303.02, 303.16, 303.24, 307.37, 307.38, 307.381, 307.40, 505.75, 505.77, 519.02, 3703.01, 3722.02, 3722.041, 3724.03, 3733.01, 3733.02, 3733.022, 3733.025, 3737.43, 3737.81, 3749.02, 3781.01, 3781.03, 3781.031, 3781.04, 3781.06, 3781.07, 3781.10, 3781.101,3781.102, 3781.105, 3781.108, 3781.11, 3781.12, 3781.13, 3781.15, 3781.19, 3781.20, 3781.25, 3781.26, 3781.27, 3781.28, 3781.29, 3781.31, 3781.32, 3781.99, 3783.01, 3783.03, 3783.05, 3783.07, 3791.031, 3791.04, 3791.041, 3791.07, 3791.99, 4104.01, 4104.44, 4105.011, 4105.11, 4105.17, 4112.01, 4112.02, 4112.022, 4511.69, 4703.18, 4733.18, 4740.12, 4933.31, and 5701.13; to amend, for purposes of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 3781.01 (3781.50), 3781.031 (3781.04), 3781.04(3781.49), 3781.06 (3781.02), 3781.07 (3781.06), 3781.101 (3781.15), 3781.102 (3781.22), 3781.105(3781.31), 3781.107 (3781.35), 3781.108(3781.34), 3781.15 (3781.48), 3781.17 (3781.47), 3781.19 (3781.17), 3781.20 (3781.16), 3781.25 section 3781.46; and to repeal sections 3781.02, 3781.05, 3781.061, 3781.08, 3781.09, 3781.103, 3781.104, 3781.111, 3781.16, 3781.18, 3781.181, 3781.182, 3781.183, 3791.01, 3791.02, 3791.03, 3791.042, 3791.043, 3791.05, and 3791.06 of the Revised Code to make various changes in the Board of Building Standards Law and to maintain the provisions of this act on and after July 1, 1997, by amending the version of section 3791.031 (3791.01) of the Revised Code that takes effect on that date. The bill has been assigned to the House Commerce & Labor Committee. SB 73 SANITARY DISTRICTS (HAGAN) Amends sections 121.22, 145.012, 6115.10, 6115.20, and 6115.65 and to enact sections 6115.103 and 6115.104 of the Revised Code to alter the composition and method of appointment of the members of the boards of directors of certain existing sanitary districts organized to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal and public use, and to limit the compensation paid and benefits provided to board members. The bill has been assigned to Senate Health Committee. SB 77 FINANCIAL REPORTS (GILLMOR) To amend sections 117.10 and 117.38 of the Revised Code to require certain public offices to publish a notice announcing the completion and availability of their annual financial reports instead of publishing the reports themselves, to make other changes regarding these reports, to require notification of the Auditor of State upon the creation or dissolution of a public office, and to allow the Auditor of State to audit the accounts of individuals receiving public money. The bill has been signed by the Governor. SB 83 LAND USE VIOLATIONS (JOHNSON) To enact sections 765.01 to 765.08 of the Revised Code to authorize municipal corporations to establish noncriminal land use infractions, to provide civil enforcement procedures for any such land use infractions established, and to authorize the establishment of land use violations bureaus to deal with such infractions. The bill has passed the Senate and been referred to the House Urban Subcommittee. SB 94 PROPERTY TAKINGS (CUPP) Fosters the protection of private property by requiring governmental agencies to utilize summaries of case law prepared by the Attorney General in considering certain governmental actions that may result in a taking of property requiring compensation under the Ohio Constitution and the U.S. Constitution and requiring the preparation of written assessments of such government actions. The bill has been assigned to the Senate State & Local Government & Veterans Affairs Committee. SB 116 ELECTIONS LAW (GARDNER) To amend sections 3599.02, 3599.11, 3599.12, 12 3599.14, 3599.17, 3599.18, 3599.19, 3599.20, 13 2599.21, 3599.22, 3599.23, 3599.25, 3599.31, 3599.32, 3599.35, 3599.36, 3599.37, 3599.38, 3599.39, and 3599.40 and to repeal section 3599.30 of the Revised Code to change certain penalties in the Elections Law and to make other changes in that Law. The bill became effective December 12, 1997. SB 130 NATIONAL GUARD PAY(WATTS) To amend sections 111.15, 124.11, 141.02, 145.01, 145.30, 718.01, 1751.54, 3319.13, 3319.14, 3923.381, 3923.382, 4117.01, 4141.01, 4506.02, 4911.04, 5101.312, 5903.01, 5903.99, 5911.011, 5911.03, 5911.04, 5911.08, 5913.01, 5913.02, 5913.021, 5913.03, 5913.04, 5913.05, 5913.051, 5913.06, 5913.07, 5913.08, 5913.09, 5913.10, 5913.17, 5919.01, 5919.02, 5919.04, 5919.071, 5919.09, 5919.12, 5919.13, 5919.14, 5 919.15, 5919.16, 5919.17, 5919.22, 5919.25, 5919.28, 5919.29, 5919.30, 5919.32, 5919.33, 5920.10, 5921.09, 5923.01, 5923.02, 5923.03, 5923.05, 5923.09, 5923.10, 5923.21, 5923.28, and 5924.15, to enact new sections 124.29 and 5903.02 and section 5919.35, and to repeal sections 124.28, 124.29, 5903.02, 5903.03, 5903.04, 5903.05, 5903.09, 5913.013, 5913.11, 5917.01, 5917.02, 5917.03, 5917.04, 5917.05, 5917.06, 5917.99, 33 of the Revised Code to exempt more clearly Reserve and Ohio National Guard pay and allowances from municipal taxation ; to give statutory effect to the federal exemption for military vehicles from the state Commercial Driver's License Law: to conform more to federal regulations state law governing the Ohio National Guard and the state military; to repeal the state Military Census Law; to make other changes in the law governing the Ohio military; and to declare an emergency. The bill has been signed by the Governor and will be effective September 18, 1997. SB 141 LOCAL LIQUOR OPTIONS (SCHAFRATH) To amend sections 4301.01, 4301.34, 4301.37, 4301.39, and 4305.14 and to enact sections 4301.322, 4301.332, 4301.353, 4301.354, 4301.363, and 4301.364 of the Revised Code to allow a local option liquor election on the sale of beer, the sale of wine and mixed beverages, the sale of spirituous liquor, and Sunday sales in a portion of a precinct or residence district where the status of such sales as allowed or prohibited is inconsistent with the status of such sales in the remainder of the precinct or residence district to shorten from four years to one year the period before certain local option liquor questions maybe resubmitted to the voters, and to declare an emergency. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Agriculture Committee. SB 142 MANUFACTURED HOMES (B. JOHNSON) To amend sections 303.21, 305.31, 319.202, 319.302, 319.54, 321.261, 321.45, 322.01, 322.02, 322.021, 322.03, 322.05, 322.99, 323.151, 323.152, 323.153, 323.154, 323.155, 323.156, 323.31, 325.31, 519.21, 1151.349, 1345.71, 1506.01, 1521.01, 1923.01, 3733.01, 3733.02, 3733.021, 3733.022, 3733.025, 3733.06, 3733.101, 3733.11, 3733.19, 3781.06, 3781.07, 3781.10, 3781.181, 3791.04, 4501.01, 4503.04, 4503.042, 4503.06, 4503.061, 4503.062, 4503.063, 4503.064, 4503.065, 4503.99, 4505.01, 4505.06, 4505.08, 4505.11, 4505.20, 4511.701, 4517.01, 4517.03, 4517.30, 4703.18, 4733.18, 4905.90, 5117.01, 5701.02, 5728.01, 5739.01, and 5739.02 and to enact sections 303.212, 322.06, 519.212, and 3781.184 of the Revised Code to define "mobile home," "manufactured home," "industrialized unit," and "recreational vehicle" to create distinct classifications of housing; to define "manufactured home park" to provide exceptions from the definition; to the sales and use taxes applicable to manufactured homes; to require that all manufactured and mobile homes pay ether a real property tax or a manufactured home tax; to specify that homes taxed as real property must be attached to a permanent foundation on land owned by the owner of the home; to permit manufactured and mobile homes located in the state prior to January 1, 1998, to continue to pay manufactured home taxes pursuant to the existing depreciation schedule; to base the manufactured home tax for homes locating in the state or changing ownership on or after January 1, 1998, on the assessed value of the home and calculated in a manner similar to real property; to establish procedures for surrender of the certificate of title when a home is to be taxed as real property; to specify conditions under which trailers and park trailers are taxed as manufactured and mobile homes; to define homestead to include specified manufactured and mobile homes and make changes in the homestead law to treat those homes as real property under that law; to clarify that state and local building codes do not govern manufactured homes but that all manufactured homes must be built pursuant to federal standards and carry a permanent tag to indicate compliance; to deem that manufactured homes built to federal standards meet Ohio and local energy standards for one, two, and three family homes; to require that manufactured homes that meet specified appearance criteria and are permanently duty of park operators and to extend that duty to all types of housing in a manufactured home park; to require a moving permit be obtained prior to moving a manufactured or mobile home on a public roadway and establish violations for not obtaining a permit; to expand local control of manufactured and mobile homes by requiring the clerk of court to notify owners that the home must be registered with the auditor, to require a certificate of title when a manufactured addition is made to a manufactured home, and to require that certificates of title be kept for thirty years instead of five years; and to change the motor vehicle law to reflect that manufactured homes are not motor vehicles. The bill has been referred to the House Ways & Means Committee. SB 146 CONCEALED WEAPONS (BLESSING) To amend sections 109.801 and 2923.12 of the Revised Code to permit retired law enforcement officers and certain retired state and federal officers to carry concealed weapons. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 158 PROPERTY DETACHMENT (BLESSING) Amends, enacts and repeals section 709 of the Ohio Revised Code. Revises the procedure by which property owners may detach their property from a municipal corporation and establishes procedures by which a township may petition for detachment of territory from a municipal corporation. The has been assigned to the Senate Ways & Means Committee. SB 162 MUNICIPAL ANNEXATIONS (CUPP) Amend, enacts, and repeals sections of the Ohio Revised Code. Revises the laws governing municipal annexations. The has been assigned to the Senate Ways & Means Committee. SB 166 SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNEXATION (LATELL)To amend sections 303.12, 519.12, 709.02, 709.03, 709.031, 709.032, 709.033, and 713.12, to enact new section 709.07, and to repeal section 709.07 of the Revised Code to include the possible adverse effects of a proposed annexation upon school districts as a consideration in the granting or denying of municipal annexation petitions, to change the process for appealing municipal annexation decisions, and to require notification of school districts of proposed amendments to zoning codes and proposed municipal annexations. The has been assigned to the Senate Ways & Means Committee. SB 180 UTILITY TAXES (BLESSING) Am., En. & Rep. 113, 319, 719, 4905, 4909, 4931,4933, 4939, 5703, 5705, 5711, 5717, 5727, 5733, 5739, 5741, 5745 & 5747. Levies a 7% excise tax on purchases of electric service; levies a 6% sales and use tax on sales of natural gas or telecommunications service; requires that electric companies, rural electric companies, natural gas companies and telephone, companies pay the corporation franchise tax rather than the public utility excise tax; requires electric companies and telephone companies to pay municipal income taxes; reduces tax assessment rates on the tangible personal property of electric companies and natural gas companies and requires a reduction in customers' rates. The bill has been assigned to Senate Ways & Means Committee. SB 184 OPEN RECORDS (OELSLAGER) Amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to grant members of the public the option of choosing the medium in which they will receive copies of public records, to require a public office to transmit copies of a public record through the United States mail if so requested, and to specify that orders and awards made under the Public Records Law are remedial and not punitive. The bill has passed out of the Senate 32-0 and has been referred to the House State Government Committee. SB 186 PUBLIC WORKS DISTRICTS (LATTA) To amend section 164.04 of the Revised Code to require the appointing authorities that appoint members of district public works integrating committees to appoint alternates for those members to act in their absence. The bill has been assigned to the House Transportation & Public Safety Committee. SB 201 WATER & SEWER DISTRICTS (OELSLAGER) To amend sections 6119.02, 6119.04, 6119.05, 6119.06, 6119.10, 6119.28, and 6119.41 and to enact sections 6119.061 and 6119.071 of the Revised Code to provide for the filing of a petition of remonstrance to preclude the establishment of a regional water and sewer district, to provide for the removal of members from the board of trustees of a district, to require a board to conduct a feasibility study prior to proceeding with certain projects or improvements, and to prohibit a board from awarding a contract to the entity that conducts the feasibility study for the same project. The bill has passed the Senate and has yet to be assigned to a House Committee. SB 204 PROPERTY SALES (LATTA) To amend sections 2329.13, 2329.14, 2329.26, and 2329.27 of the Revised Code to require a specified written notice be given to certain parties to the underlying action prior to an execution sale of real or personal property and to specify consequences of an execution sale that occurs after that notice and public notice by newspaper publication has been given. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 210 PORT AUTHORITY (OELSLAGER) Am., En., & Rep. 9, 109, 165, 307, 349, 2901, 2921, 2935 & 4582. Comprehensively revises the power and duties of port authorities, enhances the ability of port authorities and other political subdivisions to cooperate in the accomplishment of mutual objectives, establishes more consistency between the statutes governing port authorities established on or before July 9, 1982 and those established after that date, makes other changes in the laws governing and declares an emergency. The bill passed the Senate and has been assigned to the House Transportation & Public Safety Committee. SB 221 TOBACCO (DRAKE) Am. & En. 2927 & 5743. Makes the offenses of illegal distribution of cigarettes or other tobacco products applicable to persons under twenty-one years of age, increases the penalty for that offense and requires the revocation of the wholesale or retail license of a person who is convicted of the offense three or more times within a ten year period. The bill has been referred to the Senate Health Committee. SB 222 LAW ENFORCEMENT (GARDNER) To amend sections 1533.67, 1721.19, 2331.11, 2331.13, 3767.12, 3773.99, 4953.11, 4973.23, 4973.25, and 5923.27, to enact section 2923.162, and to repeal sections 1741.01, 1741-02, 1741.03, 1741.04, 1741.05, 1741.06, 1741.07, 1741.08, 1741.09,1741.10, 1741.11 1741.12, 1741.13, 1741.14, 1741.99, 2331.12, 3773.05, 3773..07, 3773.21, and 3773.211 of the Revised Code to eliminate certain exemptions from arrest, to revise the law enforcement powers that are granted to certain persons who are not traditional law enforcement officers, to eliminate, consolidate, or modify certain archaic law enforcement related provisions and offenses, and to repeal the law dealing with bridge companies. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 223 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS (DRAKE) To amend sections 133.07, 317.08, 317.32, 5301.67 to 5301.69, 5705.19 and 5739.026 and to enact sections 133.60, 133.61, 901.21, 901.22, 5301.691, and 5301.692 of the Revised Code to clarify the agricultural land uses that may be the subject of conservation easements; to authorize only the Director of Agriculture, local governments, and charitable organizations to acquire conservation easements in order to preserve the agricultural use of land; to permit counties to levy or increase the rate of a sales or use tax to acquire conservation easements and retire bonds issued for their purchase; to permit local governments to levy a tax outside the ten-mill limitation to acquire, supervise, and enforce conservation easements and to issue general obligation bonds to finance them; and to authorize the extinguishment of those conservation easements under specified circumstances. The bill has been assigned to the House Ways & Means Committee. SB 229 ODOT/LAND PURCHASES (OELSLAGER) To amend sections 124.34, 4117.01, 5501.31, 5513.02, 5515.02, 5521.01, and 5525.19, to enact section 5501.20, and to repeal section 5501.19 of the Revised Code to make changes in certain laws governing the Department of Transportation in the areas of appropriation of property for political subdivisions for transportation purposes and the purchase of certain supplies by the Department, to create a pilot program establishing the career professional service within the classified civil service of the Department of Transportation and authorizing the Department to appoint persons to positions within the career professional service, and to eliminate the right of certain unclassified employees of the Department to return to classified positions they previously held. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Highways & Transportation Committee. SB 237 ELECTRIC DEREGULATION (B. Johnson) Am., En. & Rep, 113, 718, 1551, 3317, 4905, 4906, 4909, 4911, 4913, 4928, 4933, 4935, 5703., 5705, 5727 and 5733. Provides for competition in retail electric service, including provisions regarding market structure, consumer protection, retail marketing areas, and transition revenues: levies a kilowatt-hour excise tax on electric distribution companies; revises taxes for electric companies and rural electric companies, and reduces tax assessment rates on the tangible personal property of electric companies and rural electric companies, except for transmission and distribution property. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Ways & Means Committee. SB 238 REINVESTMENT AREAS (Horn) Amends 3735. Prohibits a municipal corporation or county from entering into a community reinvestment areas (CRA) tax-exemption agreement, with any person that has business operations elsewhere in Ohio if part or all of those operations will be relocated to the CRA, unless the Director of Development determines that specific conditions are met and issues a relocation waiver, and permits the Director to issue such a waiver to enable a person that is a party to a CRA agreement and discontinues operations prior to the expiration of that agreement to enter into another agreement providing CRA or enterprise zone incentives if it meets specified conditions. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Economic Development, Technology & Aerospace Committee. SB 248 VILLAGE INCORPORATION (Gaeth) Amends 707. Allows territory to incorporate as a village with a population of as few as 25 persons if the territory meets specified conditions. The bill has been referred to the Senate State & Local Government & Veterans' Affairs Committee. SB 250 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (Horn) Enacts Section 3734 of the Ohio Revised Code. Requires specified political subdivisions to determine annually the full cost of solid waste management services provided by the political subdivisions. The bill has been referred to the Senate State & Local Government & Veterans' Affairs Committee.
HOUSE BILLS HB 3 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (MASON) Am&En.737,1901,1907,2919,2935,2937 & 3113. Relative to the enforcement of temporary protection orders issued in domestic violence situations, protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved by a court of domestic relations, and protection orders of those types issued by courts of another state and maintains the provisions of this act on and after July 1, 1997, by amending the versions of sections 1901 and 3113 of the Revised Code that take effect on that date. The bill has been referred to the House Criminal Justice Committee. HB 8 EMISSIONS TESTING (GRENDELL) Am , En. & Rep. 3704, 3706, 4503 & 5739. Repeals the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program and requires the Director of Environmental Protection Agency to negotiate alternatives to the program. The bill has been assigned to the House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 15 EMISSIONS TESTING (MOTTL) Am & Rep. 3704, 3706, 4503 & 5739. Repeals the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program. The bill has been assigned to the House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 22 SUBDIVISION PLATS (WISE) Am 711. Eliminates the requirement that subdivision plats in certain unincorporated territory be approved by a city planning commission or by a village planning commission, platting commissioner or legislative authority before being recorded and requires plat approval instead by a county or regional planning commission and permits platting rules to require proof of compliance with all applicable township zoning resolutions. The bill passed both Houses of the General Assembly and has been signed by the Governor. The bill became effective 10/21/97. HB 23 STATES' RIGHTS (WISE) Am 103 & 109. Requires the review of each bill introduced in either house of the General Assembly to determine whether compliance with a mandate imposed by federal law is among the bill's purposes and, if so, whether the federal mandate violates Ohio's rights under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and establishes a procedure for challenging the constitutionality of federal laws that impose mandates on the state. The bill has been assigned to the House State Government Committee. HB 26 SANITARY DISTRICTS (LUCAS) Am & En. 121, 145 & 6115. Alters the composition and method of appointment of the members of the boards of directors of certain existing sanitary districts organized to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal and public use and limits the compensation paid and benefits provided to board members. The bill has been signed by the Governor and will become effective May 6, 1998. HB 29 E-CHECK (REID) Am. & En. 3704. Requires the Director of Environmental Protection Agency to take specified actions to discontinue the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program by July 1, 1998, while assisting the state to comply with the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments; extends the exemptions for new vehicles under the program; revises the waiver limits for motor vehicles needing repairs under the program. The bill has been assigned to the House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 38 TELECOMMUNICATION TAXES (MOTTLEY) Am. & En. 113, 5703, 5727, 5733, 5739 & 5755. Levies an excise tax on purchases of certain telecommunications services; establishes a procedure under which property tax assessment rates on telephone company tangible personal property are raised or lowered depending on whether the company elects to subject purchases of its local telephone services to the new excise tax; subjects telephone companies and other providers of local telephone service to the corporate franchise tax; lowers the rate of the public utility excise tax for telephone companies and imposes that tax at the new lower rate on other providers of new telephone service; provides that the sales tax does not apply to long distance and cellular telephone telecommunications service excise tax revenue designed in part to offset local government revenue losses caused by the other changes. The bill has been referred to the House Ways & Means Committee. HB 43 E-CHECK (JERSE) Am. 3704. Suspends the operation of the enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program for one year or until all inspection stations are operational whichever is earlier; requires that two state inspectors be present at each station during operation; provides for the reimbursement of unnecessary repair costs incurred by motor vehicle owners under the program; requires the Director of Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate alternatives to the program; declares an emergency. The bill has been assigned to the House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 46 NUISANCE PROPERTY (GARCIA,) Am 715. Permits municipal corporations to recover the cost of abating nuisances by actions against any real property owned by the owner of the nuisance property. The bill has been assigned to the House Local Government & Townships Committee HB 48 GOVERNMENT AD SPACE (SCHUCK) En. 9. Permits state agencies and certain political subdivisions to contract to sell commercial advertising space and to accept and distribute goods containing commercial advertising that are provided free of charge to a state agency or political subdivision. The bill has been assigned to the House State Government Committee. HB 50 LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS (BATCHELDER) Am 135 & 321. Adds no-load money market mutual funds to the list of permissible investments for a subdivision or county treasurer in the absence of a written investment policy on behalf of the subdivision or county or the completion or application of specified initial or continuing education requirements. The bill has been passed by the House and has been assigned to the Senate Ways & Means Committee. HB 53 PRIMARY ELECTION DATE (KASPUTIS) Am 305, 511, 1545, 1901, 3501, 3503, 3505, 3509, 3511, 3513 & 3705. Changes the date of the primary election held in presidential election years from the third Tuesday in March to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. The bill has passed out of Senate Committee and is now in Senate Rules Committee. HB 58 PREVAILING WAGE (JACOBSON) Am 4115. Exempts public improvements and construction undertaken by, or under contract for, boards of education, school districts and institutions of higher education from the Prevailing Wage Law. The bill has been referred to the House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 66 CITY NUISANCES (FOX) Am 3719. Authorizes certain municipal law enforcement officials to designate as nuisances, and to close premises where felonious drug-related offenses have occurred. The bill has been referred to the House Criminal Justice Committee. HB 74 WORKERS' COMPENSATION (FOX) Am. 2744, 2919, 2951 & 4123. Excludes prisoners performing community service work of any kind for a charitable organization or political subdivision from coverage under the Workers' Compensation Laws; disallows civil actions for the injury or death of such prisoners and maintains the provisions of the act on and after May 15, 1997, by amending the version of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code that takes effect on that date. The bill has been assigned to House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 75 COMMUNITY SERVICE (FOX) Am 4123. Provides that the use of prisoners for work or community service work by an employer does not affect the employer's merit rating for workers' compensation purposes. The bill has been assigned to House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 90 ANNEXATION (FOX) Am 3311 & 3317. Requires a vote of the electors of the affected territory to determine school district affiliation when a municipal annexation occurs, except if an annexation agreement governing the affected territory is in effect. The bill has been voted out of the House Ethics & Elections Committee and is waiting for a referral to the House floor for a vote. HB 93 STALKING ORDERS (REID) Am. 2903. Authorizes the issuance of anti-stalking protection orders upon the filing of a complaint that alleges the commission of an assault offense or a violation of certain municipal ordinances. The bill became effective December 31, 1997. HB 96 CONCEALED WEAPONS (FOX) Am 109 & 2923. Authorizes police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys to issue licenses to certain persons to carry a concealed firearm and maintains the provisions of this act on and after July 1, 1997 by amending the version of Section 109 of the Revised Code that takes effect on that date. The bill has been referred to the House Criminal Justice Committee. HB 115 ANNEXATION (TERWILLEGER) Am., En. & Rep. 505 & 709. Revises the laws governing municipal annexations and detachments. The bill has been assigned to the House Local Government & Townships Committee. HB 116 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (TERWILLEGER) Am. & En. 5 & 3345. Requires the use of the English language by state and local government entities in official actions and proceedings, subject to certain exceptions and requests state institutions of higher education to refund fees to students who cannot reasonably understand the spoken language utilized by teaching personnel. The bill has passed the House has been assigned to the Senate Education Committee. HB 121 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (JACOBSON) Am. 3517. Prohibits elected officers and candidates for an elective office of any political subdivision from soliciting contributions from certain employees of the political subdivision. The bill has been referred to the House Ethics & Elections Committee. HB 132 MEDICAL TAX DEDUCTION (THOMAS) Amends 718, 5747 & 5748. Permits elderly taxpayers having qualified medical expenses exceeding 25% of income to deduct those expenses from state, municipal and school district income taxation. The bill has been assigned to the House Ways & Means Committee. HB 137 WORKERS' COMPENSATION (MOTTLEY) Am 4123. Permits public employers to become self-insuring employers for purposes of the Workers Compensation Law; permits certain organizations with a membership consisting of public employers to qualify for self-insuring status; requires the Administrator of Workers' Compensation to adopt rules regarding claims administrators; decreases the number of votes necessary for the Self-Insuring Employers Evaluation Board to revoke an employer's self-insuring status, and requires the Administrator to provide for the payment of claims of a defaulting self-insuring employer within 30 days after the default. The bill has been referred to the House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 149 IMPACTED CITIES (THOMAS) Am. 5709. Permits impacted cities to use payments in lieu of taxes arising from property developed under a tax increment financing ordinance to finance infrastructure at a remote location in the city. The bill has been referred to the House Ways & Means Committee. HB 153 MUNICIPAL TAX WITHHOLDING (BOYD) Enacts 718. Permits municipal corporations to require employers located outside the municipal corporation to withhold income taxes imposed by the municipal corporation on its residents. The bill has been referred to the House Ways & Means Committee. HB 162 MUNICIPAL WATER FUNDS (OLMAN) Am. 743. Allows a municipal corporation to transfer to its general fund, for economic development purposes, certain moneys collected from municipal water customers outside the municipal corporation. The bill has been referred to the House Local Government & Townships Committee. HB 168 PREVAILING WAGE (HOOD) Amends & Rep. 122, 125, 164, 165, 166, 175, 176, 307, 351, 1311, 1551, 1710, 1728, 3706, 4115, 4582, 4981, 6117 & 6121. Repeals the Prevailing Wage Law. The bill has been assigned to the House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 172 VEHICLE EMISSIONS (JOHNSON) Am, En. & Rep. 3704 & 4503. Replaces the enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program with a biennial basic motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program in those counties located in an area of the state that is in attainment for ozone and carbon monoxide, and requires the Director of Environmental Protection Agency to implement an additional program or programs in those areas, and declares an emergency. The bill was vetoed by the Governor. HB 190 EMISSIONS TESTING (YOUNG) Amends and repeals 3704, 3706, 4503 & 5739. Repeals the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program. The bill has been assigned to the House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 192 EMERGENCY SERVICES (CAREY) Enacts 3737. Creates the Small Government Fire Department Services Revolving Loan Program to help certain municipal corporation and townships meet specified fire fighting and emergency medical needs and makes and appropriations. The bill will become effective September 16, 1998. HB 194 PFDPF (VESPER) Amends and enacts 742. Institutes certain monetary and qualification adjustments for pensions, cost-of-living allowances, and death benefits for the survivors of certain Police and Firemen's Disability and Pension Fund Retirees. The bill has been assigned to the House Health, Retirement & Aging Committee. HB 197 JOINT POLICE DISTRICTS (OPFER) Amends and enacts sections 133, 504, 505, 2935 & 4513. Authorizes townships and municipal corporations to create joint police districts and provides for the distribution of traffic and parking fine moneys collected in such joint police districts. The bill has been assigned to the House Local Governments Committee. HB 204 GOVERNMENT PURCHASES (WACHTMANN) Amends 125. Allows certain political subdivisions to purchase supplies and services outside of a Department of Administrative Services purchase contract and without complying with competitive selection procedures can be made at a lower price than is available through such a contract. The bill is passed out of the House and has been referred to the Senate State & Local Government & Veteran's Affairs Committee. HB 209 SHOOTING RANGES (ROMAN) Enacts sections 1533 and provides limited immunity from civil and criminal liability to persons who operate or use shooting ranges. The bill has been signed by the Governor and becomes effective on November 21, 1997. HB 210 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET (CORE) Amends, enacts and repeals 121, 3701, 4501, 4503, 4505, 4511, 4981, 5501, 5502, 5513, 5531 & 5735. Makes appropriations and reappropriation for highways for the 1997-1999 biennium provides authorizations and conditions for the operation of state transportation related programs; requires the Department of Commerce to have two assistant directors; maintains the provisions of the act on and after May 15, 1997, by amending the version of Section 4511.191 of the Revised Code that takes effect on that date and maintains the provisions of the act on and after March 4, 1998, by amending the version of Section 5513.01 of the Revised Code that takes effect on that date. The bill was signed by the Governor. HB 215 BIENNIAL BUDGET (JOHNSON) Amends, reacts and repeals numerous sections of the Revised Code. Makes operating authorization for the biennium beginning July 1, 1997 and ending June 30, 1999 and provides authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. The bill was signed by the Governor and became effective 6/30/97. HB 220 ELECTRIC COMPETITION (AMSTUTZ) Am, En. & Rep. 1551, 4905, 4906. 4909, 4911, 4913, 4928, 4033 & 4935. Establishes a state policy promoting competition and customer choice in the supply of electricity within the state; requires existing electric distribution companies to receive approval by the Public Utilities Commission of their plans to make the transition to competition and customer choices; removes from regulation by the commission, as of January 1, 1998, all electric services except the distribution of an electric utility; requires such distribution services, as of January 1, 1998, to be offered on a nondiscriminatory and comparable basis; authorizes alternative ratemaking for such distribution services; authorizes the commission to determine the financial managerial and technical capabilities of electric distribution and electric services companies and subjects unregulated services of an electric utility to the Consumer Sales Practices Law. The bill has been assigned to the House Public Utilities Committee. HB 221 UNFUNDED MANDATES (BUCHY) En. 131. Exempts a political subdivision and certain courts from fulfilling a requirement imposed by the state if the requirement would result in expenditures by the political subdivision or court and state funds have not been appropriated to pay or reimburse the political subdivision or court for any cost of fulfilling the requirement. The bill has been assigned to the House State Government Committee. HB 222 WORKERS' COMPENSATION (THOMPSON) Amends & enacts 2913, 4121, 4123, 4127 & 414 1. Makes various changes in the structure, payment and determination of benefits; reduces the number of weeks an employee can receive nonworking wage loss; permits an employer to have an employee exempted from the Workers' Compensation Law for religious reasons; changes the duration of the continuing jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission to three years; requires hearing officers to report suspected fraudulent activity; limits recovery for aggravation of a preexisting condition; changes the definition of occupational disease; permits certain nonattorneys to represent parties in hearings before the Industrial Commission; creates the presumption concerning alcohol or a controlled substance as the cause of an employee's injury; exempted buildings and land used for agricultural production from safety rules that apply to workshops and factories; provides criminal penalties for employers who intentional misclassify their employees for workers' compensation purposes; prohibits kickbacks from health care providers under the Workers' Compensation Law; prohibits health care providers from receiving payments for false claims under the Workers Compensation law; provides that records kept by the Division of Safety and Hygiene are confidential; specifics that records produced by an attorney in connection with a workers' compensation claim are the property of the claimant; and makes other changes in the Workers' Compensation Law. The bill has been assigned to the House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 225 UNION DUES (JACOBSON) To amend section 4117.09 of the Revised Code to limit nonunion public employees fair share fees to twenty-five percent of the dues paid by public employees who are union members, unless the union can prove that the cost of bargaining for the agreement exceeds the amount that would be collected under such a limitation. The bill is in the House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 226 DISTRICT GOVERNANCE (WHALEN) To amend sections 102.02, 3313.02, 3313.04, 3313.11, 3313.70, 3315.15 ,and 3329.08 and to enact sections 3311.67 to 3311.77 and 3313.035 of the Revised Code to place on the ballot of a municipal school district the question of having its board of education remain organized as it currently is, reorganizing it as a nine-member board appointed by a mayor or reorganizing it in accordance with a petition submitted by electors, and to provide for the mayoral appointed board if the electors choose that option. The bill has been assigned to the House Select Committee on School Governance. HB 230 E-CHECK (REID) To amend section 3704.14 and to enact sections 3704.143 and 3704.144 of the Revised Code to establish a procedure for local officials in areas that meet attainment standards under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to evaluate participation in enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance testing; to specify that new motor vehicles are exempt for two years under the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program regardless of a change of ownership; to abolish the Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Legislative Oversight Committee; to require the Director of Environmental Protection Agency to request invalidation of certain air quality monitoring data, and to repeal sections 3704.143 and 3704.144 of the Revised Code three hundred days after the effective date of this act. The bill has been assigned to the House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 247 PRIVATE FIRE COMPANIES (MAIER) To amend sections 9.60, 125.04, and 125.13 of the Revised Code to allow private fire companies to participate in the cooperative purchasing and salvage supply programs operated by the Department of Administrative Services, and to grant such companies the immunity from tort liability granted to political subdivisions. The bill is being heard by the House State Government Committee. HB 251 E-CHECK (WISE) To establish a moratorium on any motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program in this state until there is final determination by a court that the Clean Air Act does not violate the provisions and principles of the United States Constitution. The bill has been referred to House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 253 TAX FORECLOSURE (BEATTY) To amend sections 5721.06 and 5721.13 of the Revised Code to hasten the commencement of tax foreclosure actions against delinquent real property. The bill has been assigned to House Ways & Means. HB 272 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT (TIBERI) En. 3. Prohibits a political subdivision from requiring its employees to reside in any specific area of this state. The bill has been referred to the House Local Government & Townships Committee. HB 274 BUILDING STANDARDS (GARCIA) Amends, Enacts and Repeals sections 121, 303, 307, 5005, 519, 373, 3737, 3749, 3781, 3783, 3791, 4104, 4105, 4112, 4511, 4703, 4733, 4740, 4933 & 5701 of the Revised Code. Makes various changes in the Board of Building Standards Law and maintains the provisions of this act on and after July 1, 1997 by amending the version of section 3791 of the Revised Code that takes effect on that date. The bill has been referred to House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 294 PROPERTY TAKINGS (BATCHELDER) Fosters the protection of private property by requiring governmental agencies to utilize summaries of case law prepared by the Attorney General in considering certain governmental actions that may result in a taking of property requiring compensation under the Ohio Constitution and the U.S. Constitution and requiring the preparation of written assessments of such government actions. The bill has passed the House and been assigned to the Senate State & Local Government & Veterans Affairs Committee. HB 300 INCOME TAX DEDUCTION/FIRE FIGHTERS(LOGAN) Amends section 5747.01 of the Revised Code to create a state income tax deduction of up to $750 for amounts paid by a fire fighter or auxiliary police officer for training programs, clothing and equipment used primarily for fire fighting or law enforcement purposes. The bill has been assigned to Senate Ways & Means Committee. HB 309 SCHOOL LAND TRANSFERS (TAYLOR) Amends section 3311.06 of the Revised Code to authorize the State Board of Education to approve certain transfers of annexed school district territory only upon receipt of an agreement negotiated by the affected school districts. The bill was reported out of House Committee 6/25/97. HB 329 BRADY ACT (YOUNG) To enact sections 2921.26 and 2921.431 of the Revised Code to prohibit any public official to charge a fee or tax under Public Law 103-159, the Brady Act, for any action taken to implement that Act, and to prohibit persons in possession of any information about any individual obtained under that Act to communicate it to any person not entitled to receive it or fail to destroy such information as required by this law. The bill has been assigned to House Transportation & Public Safety Committee. HB 336 ANTICIPATION NOTES (O'BRIEN) To amend sections 5705.19 and 5705.191 of the Revised Code to permit taxing authorities to issue property tax anticipation notes at any time during the life of the tax levy, to permit townships to levy a property tax for the purpose of building or maintaining walkways and similar improvements or for that purpose and for general street repair, and to modify the statement of purpose for property taxes levied for "greenspace." The bill has signed by the Governor. The bill became effective 11/12/97. HB 340 PUBLIC RECORDS (CALENDER) To amend section 149.43 and to enact section 149.432 of the Revised Code to generally exclude specified peace officer residential and familial information kept by a peace officers employer from the requirements of the Public Records Law. The bill was reported out of the House Ethics & Elections Committee on 5/29/97. HB 345 EMINENT DOMAIN (TAYLOR) To amend sections 163.07, 163.08, 163.14, 163.15, 13 163.16, 163.17, 163.18, 163.19, 163.21, 163.59, 14 and 163.62 of the Revised Code to require agencies to pay in just amounts determined by a court the attorney's fees, witness fees, and other actual expenses that a property owner incurs in eminent domain proceedings if the compensation and damages that the jury assesses for the affected property exceed the agency ''highest offer" for the property by 10 per cent or more. The bill has been assigned to a House subcommittee chaired by Rep. Perz. HB 371 DELINQUENT TAXES (HODGES) Permits county treasurers of counties having populations of at least 200,000 to collect delinquent real property taxes by selling certificates entitling the bearers to liens against the property in the amount of the delinquency. The bill will become effective February 25, 1998. HB 372 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE (GRENDELL) Authorizes county commissioners to propose a county charge billed monthly through telephone bills to pay for one or more public safety answering points of a countywide 9-1-1 emergency telephone system and requires a county that imposes such a charge to reimburse participating subdivisions for the training of public safety answering point telecommunicators. The bill has been assigned to the House Public Utilities Committee. HB 401 DRUG FORFEITURES (FORD) Am 2925, 2933, 4503. Gives 30% of the moneys and of the sale proceeds of property seized on the premises of a metropolitan housing authority and forfeited under the Felony Drug Abuse Offense Forfeiture Law to the metropolitan housing authority to use for community preventive education programs. The bill has been assigned to the House Criminal Justice Committee. HB 407 FUEL TAX (YOUNG) Am 5735. Increases the rate of the states tax on motor vehicle fuel if and only upon the scheduled expiration of the temporary federal fuel tax rate increase on Sept. 30, 1999, with the result that the net combined federal and state tax rate will decrease and revenue previously received by the federal government will be received by the state ; and repeals the increase in the state's tax rate in two stages after six years. The bill was assigned to the House Ways & Means Committee. HB 408 WELFARE REFORM (LAWRENCE) Am. En. & Rep. 117, 124, 127, 176, 307, 319, 3 29, 2151, 2301, 2329, 2715, 2716, 2901, 2921, 2951, 3101, 3107, 3109, 3111, 3113, 3115, 3301, 3313, 3317, 3701, 3727, 4115, 4117, 4123, 4141, 5101, 5103, 5104, 5107, 5111, 5115, 5119, 5122, 5123, 5139, 5153, 5502 & 5709. Abolishes the Aid to Dependent Children and the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program creates the Ohio Works First Program and revises the law governing the Disability Assistance Program, Title XX social services, day care, confidentiality of public assistance records and administration of human services, children services and child support enforcement. The bill has passed both Houses and has been signed by the Governor. The bill will be effective 10/1/97. HB 426 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS (CLANCY) To amend sections 316.03, 5705.12, 5705.29, 5705.35, 5705.36, 5747.51, and 5747.62; to amend for the purpose of adopting a new section numbers indicated in parentheses, section 5705.13 (5705.121); to enact new section 5705.13 section 5705.131; and to repeal sections 305.23, 505.83, and 505.831 of the Revised Code to permit taxing authorities of subdivisions to create accounts in which funds may be reserved for budget stabilization, self-insurance claim payments, the payment of claims under retrospective ratings plans for workers compensation, accumulated employee leave, capital projects, and nonexpendable trusts, and to specify that such reserves shall not affect state revenue distributions to certain subdivisions through local government funds. The bill is has been signed by the Governor and is effective July 22, 1998. HB 434 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES (SCHURING) To amend sections 715.70, 715.71, 715.72, 715.74, 718.03, and 5709.82 and to enact sections 701.07, 715.761, 715.82, and 5709.411 of the Revised Code to make various changes in procedures governing the creation of joint economic development zones and certain joint economic development districts, to grant additional authority to subdivisions joining in certain kinds of joint economic development zones regarding the issuance of industrial development bonds, sharing property taxes, and granting property tax exemptions, and to authorize municipal corporations, counties, townships, the state, and certain persons and private investors enter into cooperative economic development agreements. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Economic Development, Technology & Aerospace Committee. HB 445 MAYOR VACANCY (LOGAN) Amends 773. Requires that when a vacancy in the office of mayor of a city occurs under certain circumstances , an election be held to fill the office for part of the unexpired term. The bill will become effective March 17, 1998. HB 449 SEAT BELTS (METELSKY) To amend section 4513.263 of the Revised Code to enable a law enforcement officer to charge or arrest a person for a violation of the seat belt requirements as a primary offense, regardless of whether any other violation is suspected. The bill has been referred to House Transportation & Public Safety Committee. HB 452 HOUSING TRUST FUND (JOHNSON) To amend sections 175.21, 175.220, 175.25, 176.07, 317.32, 1309.40 1309.42, 1563.42, 1702.59, 2505.13, 4141.23, 4509.60, 5111.021, 5310.15, 5719.07, 5727.56, 5733.18, 5733.22, 6101.09, 6115.09 and to enact sections 175.251, 317.36, and 319.63 of the Revised Code to require that county recorders collect housing trust fund fees for the benefit of the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Trust Fund in the state treasury; to establish housing trust fund fees as an amount equal to fifty per cent of the fees that county recorders charge for specified services; to permit counties to retain one per cent off housing trust fund fees for administrative purposes and to require that counties pay the remainder to the Treasurer of State; change the name of the "Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee" to the "Housing Trust Fund 44 Oversight Committee" and expand its membership by eight members; to charge the Committee with overseeing the distribution of trust fund moneys; to require that the Department of Development adopt rules governing the mechanisms and criteria to be used in distributing trust fund moneys and to require that no trust fund moneys be distributed without the Oversight Committee's recommendation; to specify that the rules include requirements for the long-term maintenance of housing, that distributions not conflict with local housing plans, and that trust fund moneys not be used to replace existing project-based Section 8 rent subsidies; and to increase trust fund allocations for rural areas from thirty-five to forty per cent. The bill has been assigned to the House Finance & Appropriations Committee. HB 454 CONCEALED WEAPONS (HOOD) To amend sections 109.61, 1531.13, 1533.67, 1547.99, 2923.12, and 2923.121 and to repeal sections 1547.69 and 2923.16 of the Revised Code to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. The bill has been assigned to House Criminal Justice Committee. HB 455 COURT CLERKS & FEES (WESTON) To amend sections 901.26, 1901.31, 1907.20, 2743.70, and 2949.091 to require that the salary amend sections 1901.26, 1901.31, 1907.20, 2743.70, and 2949.091 to require that the salary of the clerk of a county court or certain municipal courts be set by the court's presiding judge instead of by a legislative authority and to change the deadline for transmission of certain court fees to the Treasurer of State. The bill has been assigned to House Ways & Means Committee. HB 456 TAX LAW STUDY (SCHURING) To create a joint legislative committee to review proposals for reforming the tax laws of Ohio and to provide for the drafting of legislation for reforming such laws. The bill has been assigned to House Ways & Means Committee. HB 461 PARKING METERS (MILLER) To amend sections 1905.01, 2151.23, 921.31, 2921.32, 2921.33, 2921.331, and 2931.03 and to enact sections 1901.201, 1907.021, 2305.013, and 4511.682 of the Revised Code to grant immunity from criminal prosecution and from damages and equitable relief in a civil action to a person who places money into a parking meter regardless of whether or not it has expired, to a person whose parking meter is so paid, and for a violation of specified offenses allegedly committed in relation to the previously described immunities and to remove jurisdiction from courts of record and mayors courts to hear and determine prosecutions and civil actions related to the immunities. The bill has been assigned to the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee. HB 467 MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS (SULZER) To amend section 731.57 of the Revised Code to include the treasurer of a city or village rather than the city director of law or village solicitor among the officials who may order the investment of moneys in the municipal corporation's treasury. The bill has been assigned to the Senate State & Local Government & Veteran's Affairs. HB 474 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (TERWILLEGER) To amend sections 343.01, 343.022, 343.03, 343.08, 343.99, 505.12, 505.27, 3707.39, 3707.42, 3734.01, 3734.03, 3734.50, 3734.521, 3734.53, 3734.55, 3734.56, 3734.57, 3734.571, 3734.572, 3734.573, 3734.574, and 3734.575 and to enact sections 343.021, 3734.561, and 3734.58 of the Revised Code to revise the statutes governing the management of solid wastes. The bill has been assigned to House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 525 EMINENT DOMAIN (SULZER) To amend sections 306.04, 306.35, 306.36, 504.19, 717.01, 719.01, 747.09, and 755.08, to enact section 163.70, and to repeal section 719.02 of the Revised Code generally to prohibit a political subdivision from using eminent domain to acquire real or personal property outside the political subdivision's boundaries. The bill been assigned to the House Local Government & Township Committee. HB 530 DEBT LIMIT (BRADING) To amend section 133.04 of the Revised Code to exempt from the calculation of a subdivision's debt limit any securities issued for permanent improvements if payments in lieu of taxes are pledged to repay those securities. The passed the House and is awaiting Senate Committee assignment. HB 536 SOLID WASTES (SCHUCK) Amends, enacts, and repeals sections 343, 505, 2929, 2951, 3707, 3714, 3734 and 3745 revises the status governing the management of solid wastes. The bill has been assigned to House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 546 PUBLIC WORKS DISTRICT (OPFER) Amends section 164 of the Ohio Revised Code. Authorizes the appointment of alternative members to the executive committees of district public works integrating committees to vote in the absence of executive committee members on any action taken by vote of the executive committee. The bill has been referred to House Transportation & Public Safety Committee. HB 550 (HODGES) To amend section 5709.85 of the Revised Code to allow local tax incentive review councils to require local authorities to provide information on the number of jobs at a tax exempt project site. The bill has been referred to House Ways & Means Committee. HB 563 ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES (TERWILLEGER) To enact sections 4928.01 to 4928.04 of the Revised Code to allow any customer within a community reinvestment area, enterprise zone, joint economic development district, or joint economic development zone, and to allow any political subdivision, to purchase electricity and related electric service from any supplier as of the act's effective date; to authorize a governmental entity creating such an area, district, or zone to be a retail supplier to such a customer; to authorize such a governmental, retail supplier to be a retail supplier also to an electric load center of any political subdivision within its jurisdictional boundaries; and to terminate the provisions of this act on January 1, 2003, by repealing sections 4928.01, 4928.02, 4928.03, and 4928.04 of the Revised Code on that date. The bill has been referred to House Public Utilities committee. HB 571 PUBLIC CONTRACTS (TIBERI) To enact section 9.314 and to repeal section 5719.042 of the Revised Code to allow state agencies, political subdivisions, and public officers and employees to reject bids submitted by vendors who are delinquent in the payment of taxes, workers' compensation insurance premiums, unemployment compensation contributions, child support, court costs, or any other obligation discoverable in a public record. The bill has been referred to House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 576 PROPERTY TAX LEVIES (CLANCY) To temporarily extend the deadline for certain municipal corporations to certify property tax levies for appearance on the November 4, 1997, election ballot, to repeal Section 1 of this act effective November 5, 1997, and to declare an emergency. The bill was placed in the House Ethics & Elections Committee. HB 582 WATER & SEWER DISTRICTS (MAIER) To amend sections 6119.04, 6119.05, 6119.06, 6119.24, 6119.26, 6119.47, and 6119.51, to enact sections 6119.471 and 6119.472, and to repeal section 6119.27 of the Revised Code to provide for the filing of a petition of remonstrance to preclude the establishment of a regional water and sewer district or to preclude the construction by such a district of a water resource project that will be wholly or partially financed through special assessments. The bill was referred to House Local Government & Townships. HB 601 PFDPF (HARTLEY) Amends section 742. Permit a recipient of partial disability benefits from the Police and Firemen's Disability & Pension Fund to apply for benefits based o permanent and total disability. The bill was referred to House Health, Retirement & Aging Committee. HB 605 UTILITY TAX OVERPAYMENTS (HOUSEHOLDER) To amend section 5727.47 of the Revised Code to revise the notice requirements for appeals of public utility tangible personal property tax assessments and to require that a separate account be established in the amount of the tax payment to which a public utility objects. The bill has been assigned to House Local Government & Townships Committee. HB 623 POLITICAL ACTIVITY (PRINGLE) To amend section 124.57 of the Revised Code to eliminate certain restrictions on the partisan political activity of classified employees by generally making restrictions on such activity similar to the restrictions imposed on the political activity of federal employees. The bill has been assigned to the House Ethics & Election Committee. HB 629 CANDIDACY DECLARATIONS (CATES) To amend sections 3501.38 and 3501.39 of the Revised Code to give a candidate whose declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate is found to be invalid an opportunity to correct the declaration or petition prior to the filing deadline. The bill has been assigned to the House Ethics & Elections Committee. HB 635 BAC LIMIT (Damschroder) Am. 1547, 2903 & 4511. Reduces the prohibited concentrations of alcohol in a person's blood, breath or urine for purposes of the state OMVI law, watercraft law and related laws. The bill has been assigned to the House Transportation & Public Safety Committee. HB 637 SET ASIDES (Wachtmann) Am. & Rep. 121, 122, 125, 153, 164, 169, 307, 340, 351, 3354, 3355, 3357, 3383, 4301, 4503, 4582, 4981. 5111 & 5126 and repeals Section 122.75 of the Revised Code as enacted by Am. Sub. HB 117 of the 121st General Assembly and Sec. 122.75 of the Revised Code as enacted by Am. Sub. HB 356 of the 121st General Assembly to eliminate the minority business enterprise development and set asides program and maintains the provisions of this act on and after March 4, 1998, by amending the version of Section 4301 of the Revised Code that takes effect on that date. The bill has been assigned to the House Criminal Justice Committee. HB 638 FUEL TAX (Carey) Am.. & En. 5735 & 5512. Reduces from four to two cents the percentage of motor fuel taxes that may be used to administer and enforce the state's motor vehicle laws and requires that the Director of Transportation develop a process to assign new and existing highway projects to one of three tiers, and requires that no Tier III highway project be funded by motor fuel taxes. The bill has been assigned to the House Transportation & Public Safety Committee. HB 645 FARMLAND PRESERVATION (Krebs) Am. & En. 121, 122, 123, 126, 135, 155, 164, 173, 303, 307, 317, 519, 711, 713, 901, 903, 1501, 3701. 3709, 3745, 3793, 3901, 4503, 5101, 5120, 5119, 5123, 5139, 5501, 5502, 5512, 5535, 4440, 5713, 5731 & 5739. Provides for the preservation of farmland through agricultural conservation easements and the Farmland Preservation Linked Deposit Program, requires certain state agencies to preserve farmland whenever possible; provides for the issuance of farmland preservation license plates, requires the Director of Agriculture to be notified when land in an agricultural security changes in the county and township zoning laws and the platting law; provides for countywide comprehensive land use plans and requires transportation improvement districts to comply with any such plan; exempts from sales and use taxes building materials used in a community reinvestment area; makes changes in the estate tax law; makes changes regarding household sewage disposal systems; creates the Building Permit Uniformity Study Committee; requires permits for the construction or establishment of access connections providing access to a public street, road or highway in a county that has adopted a countywide comprehensive land use plan, and maintains the provisions of the act on and after July 1, 1998 by amending the version of Sec. 5139 of the Revived Code that takes effect on that date. The bill has been assigned to the House Local Government & Townships Committee HB 647 ATTORNEY FEES (Womer Benjamin) Am. & En. 2721, 2907 & 3709. Prohibits an award of attorney's fees under the Declaratory Judgments Law unless a statute expressly authorizes the award in connection with a particular type of declaratory relief action or proceeding. The bill has been assigned to the House Civil & Commercial Law Committee. HB 648 DISABILITY BENEFITS (Van Vyven) Am., En. & Rep. 145, 171, 742, 3307, 3309, 4123, 5505, 5703 & 5731. Makes changes to the disability benefit program offered by the five state retirement systems, and makes other changes in the law governing the state retirement systems and declares an emergency. The bill will become effective September 16, 1998. HB 653 TREE TRIMMING (SCHULER) Amends sections 715.20 and 5543.14 of the Revised Code to authorize municipal corporations , counties, and townships under certain conditions to remove or trim trees and shrubs located in the public right-of-way without the consent of, or without paying compensation to, abutting landowners. The bill has passed out of the House and is awaiting Senate Committee assignment. HB 662 TAX ABATEMENTS (BRADY) Am. 133, 725, 1728, 3735 & 5709. Requires the legislative authority of a political subdivision that grants certain property tax exemptions to fully reimburse school districts for the amount of tax revenue that would have been received had the property not been exempted. The bill has been assigned to House Ways & Means Committee. HB 681 TRAUMA SYSTEM (SCHUCK) Am., En. & Repeals 9, 125, 307, 505, 733, 2929, 2949, 3375, 3728, 3729, 3747, 4501, 4513, 47654, 4766, 4767, 5502, 5503 & 5739. Creates a statewide trauma system and makes other changes in the laws regarding emergency medical services and fire services. The bill has been assigned to the House Health, Retirement & Aging Committee. HB 684 COMPENSATION/MAYORS' COURT (SCHULER) To amend section 1905.05 of the Revised Code to allow the compensation of a mayor's court magistrate to be fixed by contract. The bill passed the House and is awaiting committee assignment in the Senate. HB 712 HANDICAP PARKING (WILLIAMS) To amend sections 3781.111, 4503.44, 4503.99, 4507.021, 4511.69, and 4511.99 of the Revised Code to increase the penalties for a violation of the special parking privileges established for persons with certain disabilities and to make changes in the application process for removable windshield placards. The bill has been assigned to the House Transportation & Public Safety. HB 733 ELECTRIC DEREGULATION (Mead) Am., En. & Rep, 113, 718, 1551, 3317, 4905, 4906, 4909, 4911, 4913, 4928, 4933, 4935, 5703., 5705, 5727 and 5733. Provides for competition in retail electric service, including provisions regarding market structure, consumer protection, retail marketing areas, and transition revenues: levies a kilowatt-hour excise tax on electric distribution companies; revises taxes for electric companies and rural electric companies, and reduces tax assessment rates on the tangible personal property of electric companies and rural electric companies, except for transmission and distribution property. The bill has been referred to the House Public Utilities Committee. HB 758 MINIMUM WAGE (Britton) Amends section 4111.02 of the Revised Code to increase the state minimum wage. The bill has been referred to the House Commerce & Labor Committee. HB 760 CABLE TELEVISION (Olman) To amend sections 324.01, 718.01, 5701.08, 5709.08, 5709.10, 5709.11, 5709.12, 5709.121, 5733.01, 5739.01, and 5739.02 and to enact sections 1771.01 to 1771.11 of the Revised Code to provide for fair competition in the provision of cable television services by establishing conditions under which governmental cable operators may be formed, including the franchising of those operators by the Public Utilities Commission, and by taxing such operators in the manner of private cable operators. The bill has been referred to House Public Utilities Committee. HB 762 VILLAGE PROPERTY (Schuler) To amend section 703.21 of the Revised Code to require that the property of a village that surrenders its corporate powers be divided among the townships located within the village. The bill has been referred to the House Local Government & Townships Committee. HB 765 TOWNSHIP PARTITIONING (Terwilleger) To amend sections 503.02, 503.03, 503.08, and 503.09 of the Revised Code to provide that a township reduced at the request of a municipal corporation to less than twenty-two square miles may continue as a reduced township unless a petition is filed by the township electors, to change the procedure for partitioning a township, and to change who may petition in a township to have the unincorporated township territory separated from the incorporated township territory. The bill has been referred to the House Local Government & Townships Committee. HB 768 SLUDGE PERMITS (Krebs) Authorizes the Ohio EPA director to issue permits for the use, storage, treatment, or disposal of sludge and sludge materials, imposes an annual sludge fee, and otherwise regulates sludge. The bill has been assigned to the House Energy & Environment Committee. HB 770 BUDGET CORRECTIONS (Johnson) Amends and repeals numerous sections of the Revised Code. Corrects, supplements, and modifies certain authorizations and conditions established for the operation and administration of state programs and makes appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 1999. The bill has passed the General Assembly and is awaiting the Governor's signature. HB 773 FORECLOSURES (Garcia) Enacts Section 323 of the Ohio Revised Code. Authorizes foreclosure actions against the principal residence of the owner of tax-delinquent real property. HB 803 MUNICIPAL INCOME TAXES (Thomas) Amends sections 713 and 733 of the Revised Code. Enacts new sections to prescribe uniform payment, reporting and interest provisions for municipal income taxes and to make other changes in municipal income tax law. |
