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As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
H. B. No. 100
2025-2026
Representatives Santucci, Rogers
A
BILL
To
authorize
a temporary grant program for certain retailers that sell donated
goods and to make an appropriation.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
(A)
Terms used in this section have the same meanings as in section
5739.01 of the Revised Code. As used in this section:
(1)
"Qualifying retailer" means a vendor that is an
organization exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code, as described in section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, that satisfies both of the following
conditions:
(a)
Operates one or more retail stores that routinely sell tangible
personal property donated to the vendor;
(b)
Has experience in providing and uses a portion of its revenue to
provide job training and placement services and employment to
individuals with workplace disadvantages.
(2)
"Workplace disadvantages" means disabilities and other
barriers to employment including mental health issues, criminal
history, veteran status, and homelessness.
(3)
"State sales tax" means the tax levied under section
5739.02 of the Revised Code.
(B)
A qualifying retailer may apply to the director of development to
receive a grant under this section on a form and in the manner that
the director shall prescribe. The vendor shall include with the
application records of the number of individuals trained and employed
through workforce development programs offered by the vendor in the
preceding fiscal year, state sales tax records for the preceding
fiscal year, and any other information the director may require to
calculate the amount of the grant or determine whether the applicant
qualifies as a qualifying retailer. The director shall notify the
applicant whether the applicant has qualified for a grant within
thirty days after receiving an application. If the application is
approved, the director shall enter into an agreement with the
eligible applicant to provide the grant award. If the application is
denied, the director shall inform the applicant of the reason for the
denial.
(C)
Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a qualifying
retailer shall be entitled to receive a grant award equal to up to
twenty-five per cent of the revenue the vendor received from
collecting the state sales taxes from consumers on the sale of
tangible personal property donated to the vendor in the preceding
fiscal year.
Grant
funds shall be used by a qualifying retailer exclusively to fund job
training and placement services for individuals with workplace
disadvantages into competitive employment. Not later than the
thirty-first day of July following the fiscal year in which a
qualifying retailer was awarded a grant under this section, the
retailer shall file a report with the department of development
accounting for the use of grant funds in the preceding fiscal year
and listing the number of individuals served by the retailer's
workforce programs in that year. The department shall review each
report to ensure compliance with this section. The department shall
not conduct such a review more than four years after the last day of
the fiscal year covered by the report.
The
agreement entered into under division (B) of this section shall
include provisions for the recovery of any funds granted under this
section that a qualifying retailer did not use for purposes
authorized under this section.
(D)
A qualifying retailer shall not be awarded more than one million
dollars under this section in any fiscal year.
Section
2.
All
items in this act are hereby appropriated as designated out of any
moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund.
For all operating appropriations made in this act, those in the first
column are for fiscal year 2026 and those in the second column are
for fiscal year 2027. The operating appropriations made in this act
are in addition to any other operating appropriations made for these
fiscal years.
Section
3.
1
2
3
4
5
A
DEV
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
B
General
Revenue Fund
C
GRF
195593
Nonprofit
Workforce Grant
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
D
TOTAL
General Revenue Fund
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
E
TOTAL
ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
NONPROFIT
WORKFORCE GRANT
The
foregoing appropriation item 195593, Nonprofit Workforce Grant, shall
be used to award grants under division (B) of Section 1 of this act.
Section
4.
Within
the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget and
Management shall establish accounts indicating the source and amount
of funds for each appropriation made in this act, and shall determine
the manner in which appropriation accounts shall be maintained.
Expenditures from operating appropriations contained in this act
shall be accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all
applicable provisions of, the main operating appropriations act of
the 136th General Assembly.