Prescribe limitations on intercollegiate athlete contracts

(136th General Assembly)

(Substitute
House Bill Number 184)

AN
ACT

To amend sections 9.66,
126.65, 149.311, 718.13, 718.84, 3313.6028, 3315.063, 3327.017,
3333.133, 3333.97, 3345.89, 3376.01, 3379.10, 4503.44, 4506.11,
4507.05, 4507.21, 4507.23, 4771.12, 5104.32, 5104.53, 5165.26,
5502.262, 5525.17, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.73, and 5709.78; to amend,
for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in
parentheses, section 126.65 (5502.75); and to enact sections 169.081,
3345.111, 3376.14, 4771.021, and 5709.511 of the Revised Code and to
amend Sections 207.10, 207.20, 221.20, 243.20, and 343.10 of H.B. 96
of the 136th General Assembly, Sections 200.30 as subsequently
amended, 221.10 as subsequently amended, 221.15 as subsequently
amended, 229.10, and 373.15 as subsequently amended of H.B. 2 of the
135th General Assembly, and Section 265.550 of H.B. 33 of the 135th
General Assembly as subsequently amended and to repeal Section 751.80
of H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly to make appropriations and
to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state
programs.

Be
it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

Section
1.
That
sections 9.66, 126.65, 149.311, 718.13, 718.84, 3313.6028, 3315.063,
3327.017, 3333.133, 3333.97, 3345.89, 3376.01, 3379.10, 4503.44,
4506.11, 4507.05, 4507.21, 4507.23, 4771.12, 5104.32, 5104.53,
5165.26, 5502.262, 5525.17, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.73, and 5709.78 be
amended; section 126.65 (5502.75) be amended for the purpose of
adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses; and
sections 169.081, 3345.111, 3376.14, 4771.021, and 5709.511 of the
Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
9.66.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Economic development assistance" means all of the
following:

(a)
The programs and assistance provided or administered by the
department of development under Chapters 122. and 166. of the Revised
Code and any other section of the Revised Code under which the
department provides or administers economic development assistance;

(b)
The programs and assistance provided or administered by a political
subdivision under Chapters 725. and 1728. and sections 3735.67 to
3735.70, 5709.40 to 5709.43, 5709.61 to 5709.69, 5709.73 to 5709.75,
and 5709.77 to 5709.81 of the Revised Code and any other section of
the Revised Code under which a political subdivision provides
economic development assistance;

(c)
Assistance provided under any other section of the Revised Code under
which the state or a state agency provides or administers economic
development assistance;

(d)
The tax credit authorized by section 5725.31, 5729.07, or 5733.42 of
the Revised Code.

(2)
"Liability" means any of the following:

(a)
Any delinquent tax owed the state or a political subdivision of the
state;

(b)
Any moneys owed the state or a state agency for the administration or
enforcement of the environmental laws of the state;

(c)
Any other moneys owed the state, a state agency, or a political
subdivision of the state that are past due.

"Liability"
includes any item described in division (A)(2) of this section that
is being contested in a court of law.

(3)
"Political subdivision" means any county, municipal
corporation, or township of the state.

(4)
"State agency" means every organized body, office, or
agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any
function of state government.

(B)
A person who applies to the state, a state agency, or a political
subdivision for economic development assistance shall indicate on the
application for assistance whether the person has any outstanding
liabilities owed to the state, a state agency, or a political
subdivision. Such a person also shall authorize the state, state
agency, or political subdivision to inspect the personal or corporate
financial statements of the applicant, including tax records and
other similar information not open to public inspection.

(C)(1)
Whoever knowingly makes a false statement under division (B) of this
section concerning an application for economic development assistance
or who fails to provide any information required by that division is
ineligible for the assistance applied for and is ineligible for any
future economic development assistance from the state, a state
agency, or a political subdivision.

(2)
Whoever knowingly makes a false statement under division (B) of this
section concerning an application for economic development assistance
or who fails to provide any information required by that division
shall return any moneys received from the state, a state agency, or a
political subdivision in connection with that application.

(D)
Information submitted to a political subdivision, a port authority
created under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code, or a tax incentive
review council created under section 5709.85 of the Revised Code,
from an applicant or recipient of economic development assistance, or
of any grant, subgrant, exemption, credit, loan, award, cooperative
agreement, or other similar and related form of financial assistance,
and any information taken for any purpose from that information, is
confidential and not a public record under section 149.43 of the
Revised Code. However, the political subdivision, port authority, or
tax incentive review council may use that information to the extent
required to secure approval of an application and to comply with
specific mandates imposed under the Revised Code, provided that under
no circumstance shall the political subdivision, port authority, or
tax incentive review council publicly disclose information, with
respect to an applicant or a recipient, whether anonymized or not
anonymized, that is not a public record open to public inspection.

Sec.
149.311.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Historic building" means a building, including its
structural components, that is located in this state and that is
either individually listed on the national register of historic
places under 16 U.S.C. 470a, located in a registered historic
district, and certified by the state historic preservation officer as
being of historic significance to the district, or is individually
listed as an historic landmark designated by a local government
certified under 16 U.S.C. 470a(c).

(2)
"Qualified rehabilitation expenditures" means expenditures
paid or incurred during the rehabilitation period, and before and
after that period as determined under 26 U.S.C. 47, by an owner or
qualified lessee of an historic building to rehabilitate the
building. "Qualified rehabilitation expenditures" includes
architectural or engineering fees paid or incurred in connection with
the rehabilitation, and expenses incurred in the preparation of
nomination forms for listing on the national register of historic
places. "Qualified rehabilitation expenditures" does not
include any of the following:

(a)
The cost of acquiring, expanding, or enlarging an historic building;

(b)
Expenditures attributable to work done to facilities related to the
building, such as parking lots, sidewalks, and landscaping;

(c)
New building construction costs.

(3)
"Owner" of an historic building means a person holding the
fee simple interest in the building. "Owner" does not
include the state or a state agency, or any political subdivision as
defined in section 9.23 of the Revised Code.

(4)
"Qualified lessee" means a person subject to a lease
agreement for an historic building and eligible for the federal
rehabilitation tax credit under 26 U.S.C. 47. "Qualified lessee"
does not include the state or a state agency or political subdivision
as defined in section 9.23 of the Revised Code.

(5)
"Certificate owner" means the owner or qualified lessee of
an historic building to which a rehabilitation tax credit certificate
was issued under this section.

(6)
"Registered historic district" means an historic district
listed in the national register of historic places under 16 U.S.C.
470a, an historic district designated by a local government certified
under 16 U.S.C. 470a(c), or a local historic district certified under
36 C.F.R. 67.8 and 67.9.

(7)
"Rehabilitation" means the process of repairing or altering
an historic building or buildings, making possible an efficient use
while preserving those portions and features of the building and its
site and environment that are significant to its historic,
architectural, and cultural values.

(8)
"Rehabilitation period" means one of the following:

(a)
If the rehabilitation initially was not planned to be completed in
stages, a period chosen by the owner or qualified lessee not to
exceed twenty-four months during which rehabilitation occurs;

(b)
If the rehabilitation initially was planned to be completed in
stages, a period chosen by the owner or qualified lessee not to
exceed sixty months during which rehabilitation occurs. Each stage
shall be reviewed as a phase of a rehabilitation as determined under
26 C.F.R. 1.48-12 or a successor to that section.

(9)
"State historic preservation officer" or "officer"
means the state historic preservation officer appointed by the
governor under 16 U.S.C. 470a.

(10)
"Catalytic project" means the rehabilitation of an historic
building, the rehabilitation of which will foster economic
development within two thousand five hundred feet of the historic
building.

(B)
The owner or qualified lessee of an historic building may apply to
the director of development for a rehabilitation tax credit
certificate for qualified rehabilitation expenditures paid or
incurred by such owner or qualified lessee after April 4, 2007, for
rehabilitation of an historic building. If the owner of an historic
building enters a pass-through agreement with a qualified lessee for
the purposes of the federal rehabilitation tax credit under 26 U.S.C.
47, the qualified rehabilitation expenditures paid or incurred by the
owner after April 4, 2007, may be attributed to the qualified lessee.

The
form and manner of filing such applications shall be prescribed by
rule of the director. Each application shall state the amount of
qualified rehabilitation expenditures the applicant estimates will be
paid or incurred and shall indicate whether the historic building was
used as a theater before, and is intended to be used as a theater
after, the rehabilitation. The director may require applicants to
furnish documentation of such estimates.

The
director, after consultation with the tax commissioner and in
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules
that establish all of the following:

(1)
Forms and procedures by which applicants may apply for rehabilitation
tax credit certificates;

(2)
Criteria for reviewing, evaluating, and approving applications for
certificates within the limitations under division (D) of this
section, criteria for assuring that the certificates issued encompass
a mixture of high and low qualified rehabilitation expenditures, and
criteria for issuing certificates under division (C)(3)(b) of this
section;

(3)
Eligibility requirements for obtaining a certificate under this
section;

(4)
The form of rehabilitation tax credit certificates;

(5)
Reporting requirements and monitoring procedures;

(6)
Procedures and criteria for conducting cost-benefit analyses of
historic buildings that are the subjects of applications filed under
this section. The purpose of a cost-benefit analysis shall be to
determine whether rehabilitation of the historic building will result
in a net revenue gain in state and local taxes once the building is
used.

(7)
Any other rules necessary to implement and administer this section.

(C)
The director shall review the applications with the assistance of the
state historic preservation officer and determine whether all of the
following criteria are met:

(1)
That the building that is the subject of the application is an
historic building and the applicant is the owner or qualified lessee
of the building;

(2)
That the rehabilitation will satisfy standards prescribed by the
United States secretary of the interior under 16 U.S.C. 470, et seq.,
as amended, and 36 C.F.R. 67.7 or a successor to that section;

(3)
That receiving a rehabilitation tax credit certificate under this
section is a major factor in:

(a)
The applicant's decision to rehabilitate the historic building; or

(b)
To increase the level of investment in such rehabilitation.

(4)
The historic building that is the subject of the application is not,
and will not upon completion of the rehabilitation project be, part
of a qualified low-income housing project allocated a tax credit
pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code.

An
applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the state historic
preservation officer and director that the rehabilitation will
satisfy the standards described in division (C)(2) of this section
before the applicant begins the physical rehabilitation of the
historic building.

(D)(1)
If the director determines that an application meets the criteria in
division (C) of this section, the director shall conduct a
cost-benefit analysis for the historic building that is the subject
of the application to determine whether rehabilitation of the
historic building will result in a net revenue gain in state and
local taxes once the building is used. The director shall consider
the results of the cost-benefit analysis in determining whether to
approve the application. The director shall also consider the
potential economic impact and the regional distributive balance of
the credits throughout the state. The director shall not consider
whether the historic building is located in or will benefit an
economically distressed area, including by weighting preference based
on the poverty rate in the jurisdiction or census tract in which the
building is located, nor shall the director consider or give weighted
preference based on vacancy or underutilization of the building. The
director may approve an application only after completion of the
cost-benefit analysis.

(2)
A rehabilitation tax credit certificate shall not be issued for an
amount greater than the estimated amount furnished by the applicant
on the application for such certificate and approved by the director.
The director shall not approve more than a total of seventy-five
million dollars of rehabilitation tax credits for each of fiscal
years 2023 and 2024, and for each fiscal year thereafter, but the
director may reallocate unused tax credits from a prior fiscal year
for new applicants and such reallocated credits shall not apply
toward the dollar limit of this division.

(3)
For rehabilitations with a rehabilitation period not exceeding
twenty-four months as provided in division (A)(8)(a) of this section,
a rehabilitation tax credit certificate shall not be issued before
the rehabilitation of the historic building is completed.

(4)
For rehabilitations with a rehabilitation period not exceeding sixty
months as provided in division (A)(8)(b) of this section, a
rehabilitation tax credit certificate shall not be issued before a
stage of rehabilitation is completed. After all stages of
rehabilitation are completed, if the director cannot determine that
the criteria in division (C) of this section are satisfied for all
stages of rehabilitations, the director shall certify this finding to
the tax commissioner, and any rehabilitation tax credits received by
the applicant shall be repaid by the applicant and may be collected
by assessment as unpaid tax by the commissioner.

(5)
The director shall require the applicant to provide a third-party
cost certification by a certified public accountant of the actual
costs attributed to the rehabilitation of the historic building when
qualified rehabilitation expenditures exceed two hundred thousand
dollars.

If
an applicant whose application is approved for receipt of a
rehabilitation tax credit certificate fails to provide to the
director sufficient evidence of reviewable progress, including a
viable financial plan, copies of final construction drawings, and
evidence that the applicant has obtained all historic approvals
within twelve months after the date the applicant received
notification of approval, and if the applicant fails to provide
evidence to the director that the applicant has secured and closed on
financing for the rehabilitation within eighteen months after
receiving notification of approval, the director may rescind the
approval of the application. The director shall notify the applicant
if the approval has been rescinded. Credits that would have been
available to an applicant whose approval was rescinded shall be
available for other qualified applicants. Nothing in this division
prohibits an applicant whose approval has been rescinded from
submitting a new application for a rehabilitation tax credit
certificate.

(6)
The director may approve the application of, and issue a
rehabilitation tax credit certificate to, the owner of a catalytic
project, provided the application otherwise meets the criteria
described in divisions (C) and (D) of this section. The director may
not approve more than one application for a rehabilitation tax credit
certificate under division (D)(6) of this section during each state
fiscal biennium. The director shall not approve an application for a
rehabilitation tax credit certificate under division (D)(6) of this
section during the state fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2017, or
during any state fiscal biennium thereafter. The director shall
consider the following criteria in determining whether to approve an
application for a certificate under division (D)(6) of this section:

(a)
Whether the historic building is a catalytic project;

(b)
The effect issuance of the certificate would have on the availability
of credits for other applicants that qualify for a credit certificate
within the credit dollar limit described in division (D)(2) of this
section;

(c)
The number of jobs, if any, the catalytic project will create.

(7)(a)
The owner or qualified lessee of a historic building may apply for a
rehabilitation tax credit certificate under both divisions (B) and
(D)(6) of this section. In such a case, the director shall consider
each application at the time the application is submitted.

(b)
The director shall not issue more than one certificate under this
section with respect to the same qualified rehabilitation
expenditures.

(8)
The director shall give consideration for tax credits awarded under
this section to rehabilitations of historic buildings used as a
theater before, and intended to be used as a theater after, the
rehabilitation. In determining whether to approve an application for
such a rehabilitation, the director shall consider the extent to
which the rehabilitation will increase attendance at the theater and
increase the theater's gross revenue.

(9)
The director shall rescind the approval of any application if the
building that is the subject of the application is part of a
qualified low-income housing project allocated a tax credit pursuant
to section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code at any time before the
building's rehabilitation is complete.

(E)
Issuance of a certificate represents a finding by the director of the
matters described in divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section
only; issuance of a certificate does not represent a verification or
certification by the director of the amount of qualified
rehabilitation expenditures for which a tax credit may be claimed
under section 5725.151, 5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17, 5733.47, or
5747.76 of the Revised Code. The amount of qualified rehabilitation
expenditures for which a tax credit may be claimed is subject to
inspection and examination by the tax commissioner or employees of
the commissioner under section 5703.19 of the Revised Code and any
other applicable law. Upon the issuance of a certificate, the
director shall certify to the tax commissioner, in the form and
manner requested by the tax commissioner, the name of the applicant,
the amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures shown on the
certificate, and any other information required by the rules adopted
under this section.

(F)(1)
On or before the first day of August each year, the director and tax
commissioner jointly shall submit to the president of the senate and
the speaker of the house of representatives a report on the tax
credit program established under this section and sections 5725.151,
5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17, 5733.47, and 5747.76 of the Revised Code.
The report shall present an overview of the program and shall include
information on the number of rehabilitation tax credit certificates
issued under this section during the preceding fiscal year, an update
on the status of each historic building for which an application was
approved under this section, the dollar amount of the tax credits
granted under sections 5725.151, 5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17, 5733.47,
and 5747.76 of the Revised Code, and any other information the
director and commissioner consider relevant to the topics addressed
in the report.

(2)
On or before December 1, 2015, the director and tax commissioner
jointly shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker
of the house of representatives a comprehensive report that includes
the information required by division (F)(1) of this section and a
detailed analysis of the effectiveness of issuing tax credits for
rehabilitating historic buildings. The report shall be prepared with
the assistance of an economic research organization jointly chosen by
the director and commissioner.

(G)
There is hereby created in the state treasury the historic
rehabilitation tax credit operating fund. The director is authorized
to charge reasonable application and other fees in connection with
the administration of tax credits authorized by this section and
sections 5725.151, 5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17, 5733.47, and 5747.76 of
the Revised Code. Any such fees collected shall be credited to the
fund and used to pay reasonable costs incurred by the department of
development in administering this section and sections 5725.151,
5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17, 5733.47, and 5747.76 of the Revised Code.

The
Ohio historic preservation office is authorized to charge reasonable
fees in connection with its review and approval of applications under
this section. Any such fees collected shall be credited to the fund
and used to pay administrative costs incurred by the Ohio historic
preservation office pursuant to this section.

(H)
Notwithstanding sections 5725.151, 5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17,
5733.47, and 5747.76 of the Revised Code, the certificate owner of a
tax credit certificate issued under division (D)(6) of this section
may claim a tax credit equal to twenty-five per cent of the dollar
amount indicated on the certificate for a total credit of not more
than twenty-five million dollars. The credit claimed by such a
certificate owner for any calendar year, tax year, or taxable year
under section 5725.151, 5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17, 5733.47, or
5747.76 of the Revised Code shall not exceed five million dollars. If
the certificate owner is eligible for more than five million dollars
in total credits, the certificate owner may carry forward the balance
of the credit in excess of the amount claimed for that year for not
more than five ensuing calendar years, tax years, or taxable years.
If the credit claimed in any calendar year, tax year, or taxable year
exceeds the tax otherwise due, the excess shall be refunded to the
taxpayer.

(I)
Notwithstanding sections 5725.151, 5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17,
5733.47, and 5747.76 of the Revised Code, the following apply to a
tax credit approved under this section after September 13, 2022, and
before July 1, 2024:

(1)
The certificate holder may claim a tax credit equal to thirty-five
per cent of the dollar amount indicated on the tax credit certificate
if any county, township, or municipal corporation within which the
project is located has a population of less than three hundred
thousand according to the 2020 decennial census. The tax credit
equals twenty-five per cent of the dollar amount indicated on the
certificate if the project is not located within such a county,
township, or municipal corporation.

(2)
The total tax credit claimed under section 5725.151, 5725.34,
5726.52, 5729.17, 5733.47, or 5747.76 of the Revised Code for any one
project shall not exceed ten million dollars for any calendar year,
tax year, or taxable year.

(3)
If the credit claimed in any calendar year, tax year, or taxable year
exceeds the tax otherwise due, the excess shall be refunded to the
taxpayer, subject to division (I)(2) of this section.

(J)

If
a tax credit approved under this section between September 13, 2022,
and July 1, 2024, is rescinded pursuant to division (D)(5) of this
section, the provisions of divisions (I)(1) to (I)(3) of this section
apply to any tax credit approved for the same project following a new
application.

(K)

Notwithstanding
sections 5725.151, 5725.34, 5726.52, 5729.17, 5733.47, and 5747.76 of
the Revised Code, the certificate owner of a tax credit certificate
may claim a tax credit equal to thirty-five per cent of the dollar
amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures indicated on the
certificate if the project for which the certificate was issued is
located in a municipal corporation with a population of less than
three hundred thousand or in the unincorporated area of a township.

(K)
(L)

The director of development, in consultation with the director of
budget and management, shall develop and adopt a system of tracking
any information necessary to anticipate the impact of credits issued
under this section on tax revenues for current and future fiscal
years. Such information may include the number of applications
approved, the estimated rehabilitation expenditures and
rehabilitation period associated with such applications, the number
and amount of tax credit certificates issued, and any other
information the director of budget and management requires for the
purposes of this division.

(L)
(M)

For purposes of this section and Chapter 122:19-1 of the Ohio
Administrative Code, a tax credit certificate issued under this
section is effective on the date that all historic buildings
rehabilitated by the project are "placed in service," as
that term is used in section 47 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Sec.
169.081.
(A)
Notwithstanding division (I)(4) of section 169.08 of the Revised
Code, attorney unclaimed funds and interest earned thereon that are
first reported to the director under section 169.03 of the Revised
Code on or before January 1, 2016, and that are deemed abandoned and
escheat to the state on January 1, 2026, shall remain in the custody
of, or remain eligible for claim by, the director of the Ohio access
to justice foundation under division (A) of section 169.052 of the
Revised Code. Such funds shall continue to be subject to section
169.052 of the Revised Code until January 1, 2036, after which all
property rights, legal title to, and ownership of those funds and
interest earned thereon vest solely in the Ohio access to justice
foundation.

(B)
This section does not apply to attorney unclaimed funds and interest
earned thereon that are first reported to the director under section
169.03 of the Revised Code after January 1, 2016. Such funds are
subject to division (I), other than division (I)(1), of section
169.08 of the Revised Code, which may be offset by an appropriation
to the Ohio access to justice foundation under division (C) of this
section.

(C)
The general assembly may appropriate funds to the Ohio access to
justice foundation each biennium to offset attorney unclaimed funds
and interest earned thereon that are deemed abandoned and escheat to
the state pursuant to division (I), other than division (I)(1), of
section 169.08 of the Revised Code. Such funds shall not be subject
to section 169.052 of the Revised Code.

Sec.
718.13.
(A)
Any information gained as a result of returns, investigations,
hearings, or verifications required or authorized by this chapter or
by a charter or ordinance of a municipal corporation levying an
income tax pursuant to this chapter is confidential

and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code
,
and no person shall access or disclose such information except in
accordance with a proper judicial order or in connection with the
performance of that person's official duties or the official business
of the municipal corporation as authorized by this chapter or the
charter or ordinance authorizing the levy. The tax administrator of
the municipal corporation or a designee thereof may furnish copies of
returns filed or otherwise received under this chapter and other
related tax information to the internal revenue service, the tax
commissioner, and tax administrators of other municipal corporations.

(B)
This section does not prohibit a municipal corporation from
publishing or disclosing statistics in a form that does not disclose
information with respect to particular taxpayers.

(C)
A municipal corporation may provide tax information related to
municipal income tax revenues derived from a transformational major
sports facility mixed-use project district, as authorized under
section 123.281 of the Revised Code, to the department of taxation
and the fiscal officer of a governmental agency, as defined in
division (F) of section 123.28 of the Revised Code, that owns, or
holds a sufficient ownership in, a major sports facility located
within the territorial boundaries of a transformational major sports
facility mixed-use project district.

Sec.
718.84.
(A)
Any information gained as a result of returns, investigations,
hearings, or verifications required or authorized by sections 718.80
to 718.95 of the Revised Code is confidential

and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code
,
and no person shall disclose such information, except for official
purposes, in accordance with a proper judicial order, or as provided
in section 4123.271 or 5703.21 of the Revised Code. The tax
commissioner may furnish the internal revenue service with copies of
returns filed. This section does not prohibit the publication of
statistics in a form which does not disclose information with respect
to particular taxpayers.

(B)
In May and December of each year, the tax commissioner shall provide
each tax administrator with the following information for every
taxpayer that had municipal taxable income apportionable to the
municipal corporation under this chapter on tax returns filed with
the commissioner under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code
in the preceding five or seven months, respectively:

(1)
The taxpayer's name, address, and federal employer identification
number;

(2)
The taxpayer's apportionment ratio for, and amount of municipal
taxable income apportionable to, the municipal corporation pursuant
to section 718.82 of the Revised Code;

(3)
The amount of any pre-2017 net operating loss carryforward utilized
by the taxpayer;

(4)
Whether the taxpayer requested that any overpayment be carried
forward to a future taxable year;

(5)
The amount of any credit claimed under section 718.94 of the Revised
Code.

(C)
Not later than thirty days after each distribution made to municipal
corporations under section 718.83 of the Revised Code, the tax
commissioner shall provide to each municipal corporation a report
stating the name and federal identification number of every taxpayer
that made estimated payments that are attributable to the municipal
corporation and the amount of each such taxpayer's estimated payment.

(D)
Not later than the thirty-first day of January of each year, every
municipal corporation having taxpayers that have made the election
allowed under section 718.80 of the Revised Code shall provide to the
tax commissioner, in a format prescribed by the commissioner, the
name and mailing address of up to two persons to whom the municipal
corporation requests that the commissioner send the information
described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. The commissioner
shall not provide such information to any person other than a person
who is designated to receive the information under this section and
who is employed by the municipal corporation or by a tax
administrator, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, that
administers the municipal corporation's income tax, except as may
otherwise be provided by law.

(E)(1)
The tax commissioner may adopt rules that further govern the terms
and conditions under which tax returns filed with the commissioner
under this chapter, and any other information gained in the
performance of the commissioner's duties prescribed by this chapter,
shall be available for inspection by properly authorized officers,
employees, or agents of the municipal corporations to which the
taxpayer's net profit is apportioned under section 718.82 of the
Revised Code.

(2)
As used in this division, "properly authorized officer,
employee, or agent" means an officer, employee, or agent of a
municipal corporation who is authorized by charter or ordinance of
the municipal corporation to view or possess information referred to
in section 718.13 of the Revised Code.

(F)(1)
If, upon receiving the information described in division (B) of
section 718.91 of the Revised Code or division (B) or (C) of this
section, a municipal corporation discovers that it has additional
information in its possession that could result in a change to a
taxpayer's tax liability, the municipal corporation may refer the
taxpayer to the tax commissioner for an audit. Such referral shall be
made on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include any
information that forms the basis for the referral.

(2)
Upon receipt of a referral under division (F)(1) of this section, the
commissioner shall review the referral and may conduct an audit of
the taxpayer that is the subject of the referral based on the
information in the referral and any other relevant information
available to the commissioner.

(3)
Nothing in division (F) of this section shall be construed as forming
the sole basis upon which the commissioner may conduct an audit of a
taxpayer.

(4)
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a municipal corporation from
filing a writ of mandamus if the municipal corporation believes that
the commissioner has violated the commissioner's fiduciary duty as
the administrator of the tax levied by the municipal corporation.

Sec.
3313.6028.
(A)(1)
As used in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code, "science of
reading" means an interdisciplinary body of scientific evidence
that:

(a)
Informs how students learn to read and write proficiently;

(b)
Explains why some students have difficulty with reading and writing;

(c)
Indicates that all students benefit from explicit and systematic
instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency,
comprehension, and writing to become effective readers;

(d)
Does not rely on any model of teaching students to read based on
meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cues, including a
three-cueing approach.

(2)
As used in this section, "three-cueing approach" means any
model of teaching students to read based on meaning, structure and
syntax, and visual cues.

(B)
The department of education and workforce shall establish a list of
high-quality core curriculum and instructional materials in English
language arts, and a list of evidence-based reading intervention
programs, that are aligned with the science of reading and strategies
for effective literacy instruction.

(C)
Beginning not later than the 2024-2025 school year, each school
district, community school established under Chapter 3314. of the
Revised Code, and STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the
Revised Code, shall use core curriculum and instructional materials
in English language arts in each of grades pre-kindergarten to five
and evidence-based reading intervention programs in each of grades
pre-kindergarten to twelve only from the lists established under
division (B) of this section. Except as provided in division (D) of
this section, no district or school shall use any core curriculum,
instructional materials, or intervention program in grades
pre-kindergarten to five that use the three-cueing approach to teach
students to read.

(D)
A district or school may apply to the department for a waiver on an
individual student basis to use curriculum, instructional materials,
or an intervention program in grades pre-kindergarten through five
that uses the three-cueing approach to teach students to read, except
as follows:

(1)
No student for whom a reading improvement and monitoring plan has
been developed under division (C) of section 3313.608 of the Revised
Code shall be eligible for a waiver.

(2)
If a student has an individualized education program that explicitly
indicates the three-cueing approach is appropriate for the student's
learning needs, the student shall not be required to have a waiver.

In
determining whether to approve a waiver requested under this section,
the department shall consider the performance of the student's
district or school on the state report card issued under section
3302.03 of the Revised Code, including on the early literacy
component prescribed under division (D)(3)(e) of that section.

(E)(1)
The department shall identify vendors that provide professional
development to educators, including pre-service teachers and faculty
employed by educator preparation programs, on the use of high-quality
core curriculum and instructional materials and reading intervention
programs on the lists established under division (B) of this section.

(2)
A professional development committee established under section
3319.22 of the Revised Code shall qualify any completed professional
development coursework provided by a vendor described in division
(E)(1) of this section to count towards professional development
coursework requirements for teacher licensure renewal.

(3)
A professional development committee shall permit a teacher to apply
any hours earned over the minimum amount of hours required for
professional development coursework for teacher licensure renewal
under division (E)(2) of this section to the next renewal period for
that license.

(F)
Not later than the thirtieth day of June of each year, the department
shall prepare and issue a report regarding the implementation of this
section, including by districts and schools. The department shall
provide the report to the governor, and, in accordance with section
101.68 of the Revised Code, to the general assembly.

Sec.
3315.063.
No
board of education of any
city,
local, exempted village, or joint vocational
school
district shall expend more than fifteen per cent of the board's
annual operating budget on administrative salaries and benefits and
other costs associated with the district's administrative offices.

Sec.
3327.017.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Eligible student" has the same meaning as in section
3327.016 of the Revised Code.

(2)
"Mass transit system" has the same meaning as in section
4511.78 of the Revised Code.

(3)
"School district student" means a resident student enrolled
in the city, local, or exempted village school district.

(B)
No city, local, or exempted village school district shall provide or
arrange for transportation for any eligible student enrolled in any
of grades kindergarten through eight in a community school
established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or chartered
nonpublic school to and from school using vehicles operated by a mass
transit system, unless the district enters into an agreement with
that school authorizing such transportation. An agreement under
division (B) of this section shall not be effective unless both the
school district and community or chartered nonpublic school approve
it.

(C)
A city, local, or exempted village school district that elects to
provide or arrange for transportation for any eligible student
enrolled in any of grades nine through twelve in a community or
chartered nonpublic school to and from school using vehicles operated
by a mass transit system shall ensure that the student is assigned to
a route that does not require the student to make more than one
transfer.
With
respect to a mass transit system with a central transfer hub

(D)(1)
Beginning July 1, 2026, with respect to a city, local, or exempted
village school district that is
located
in a county that has a population between five hundred thirty
thousand and five hundred forty thousand according to the most recent
federal decennial census,
the
city, local, or exempted village
and
has a mass transit system located in that same county, the
school
district
may
use vehicles operated by the mass transit system to transport any of
the following to and from school:

(a)
Eligible students enrolled in any of grades nine through twelve in a
community or chartered nonpublic school;

(b)
School district students enrolled in any of grades nine through
twelve.

(2)
A school district that uses a mass transit system in accordance with
division (D)(1) of this section
shall
ensure
that

both
of the following:

(a)
Each student is assigned to a route that does not require the student
to make more than one transfer.

(b)
That
any
transfer does not occur at the central transfer hub for the mass
transit system.

Sec.
3333.133.
(A)
An individual who meets all of the following requirements may apply
for participation in the rural practice incentive program:

(1)
The individual is a citizen of the United States, a national of the
United States, or a permanent resident of the United States.

(2)
The individual either:

(a)
Is a student enrolled in the final year of law school; or

(b)
Has been admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio
supreme court for less than twelve years and remains in good
standing.

(3)
The individual is not enrolled in the public service loan forgiveness
program, 34 C.F.R. 685.219, or the "John R. Justice Prosecutors
and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008," 34 U.S.C. 10671 et seq.

(B)
An application for participation in the rural practice incentive
program shall be submitted to the chancellor of higher education on a
form that the chancellor shall prescribe. The individual shall submit
the following information with an application:

(1)
The individual's name, permanent address or address at which the
individual is currently residing if different from the permanent
address, and telephone number;

(2)
The law school the individual is attending or attended, the dates of
attendance, and verification of attendance;

(3)
The individual's employer, as applicable;

(4)
A summary and verification of the educational expenses for which the
individual seeks reimbursement under the program;

(5)
Verification that the individual has been admitted to the practice of
law in this state for less than
eight
twelve

years by the Ohio supreme court and remains in good standing, unless
the individual is a student;

(6)
Verification the individual is a citizen of the United States, a
national of the United States, or a permanent resident of the United
States.

Sec.
3333.97.
(A)
As used in this section, "state institution of higher education"
and "state university" have the same meanings as in section
3345.011 of the Revised Code.

(B)
The chancellor of higher education shall do all of the following:

(1)
Determine and provide the criteria for approving accelerated

ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree programs established under the accelerated college and career
pathways program established under section 3345.89 of the Revised
Code;

(2)
Provide technical assistance to each state university during the
development of accelerated
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree programs and aligned model college credit plus pathways as
required under section 3345.89 of the Revised Code;

(3)
Identify how students can count credit earned in high school, a
nontraditional training program, another state institution of higher
education, or work experiences as part of the
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree programs at a state university. Each state university shall
accept credit from incoming students that meet the criteria under
this division.

(4)
Annually publish on the chancellor's web site all of the following:

(a)
Each
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree program offered by a state university;

(b)
The number of students participating in each
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree program;

(c)
The number of students that complete each
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree program;

(d)
Any additional information as determined by the chancellor.

Sec.
3345.111.
Each
state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011
of the Revised Code, shall submit to the chancellor of higher
education and the department of administrative services each report
the state institution receives from an Ohio building or fire code
inspection of an existing building or structure under the control of
the state institution or a private entity on behalf of the state
institution. The department of administrative services shall post a
copy of each submitted report in a prominent location on its publicly
accessible web site. If an inspection report identifies any issues in
a building or structure requiring remediation, the department shall
prepare and post to its web site, alongside the report, an estimate
of the cost to conduct the remediation.

Sec.
3345.89.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"College credit plus pathways" means the pathways developed
under section 3365.13 of the Revised Code.

(2)
"State university" has the same meaning as in section
3345.011 of the Revised Code.

(B)
The accelerated college and career pathways program is established.
Under the program, each state university shall establish at least one
accelerated
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree program aligned to an in-demand career area by the 2027-2028
academic year. Each state university shall determine the number and
types of accelerated degrees to be offered. Each state university
shall do all of the following:

(1)
Include accelerated
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree programs in course and program catalogues;

(2)
Ensure that accelerated
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree programs are properly accredited and meet the requirements for
reduced credit hour degree programs. The chancellor of higher
education shall approve each accelerated
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree program developed by a state university that meets the
requirements established under section 3333.97 of the Revised Code.

(3)
Work collaboratively with local and regional business community
partners to identify in-demand career areas during the development of
accelerated
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree programs.

(4)
Report to the chancellor all of the following:

(a)
The accelerated
ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree programs the state university offers;

(b)
The number of students participating in each program;

(c)
The number of students that complete each program;

(d)
Any additional information required by the chancellor under section
3333.97 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1)
Each state university shall develop, in consultation with local and
regional primary and secondary education partners, model college
credit plus pathways that are aligned with the accelerated

ninety-hour
ninety
semester credit hour

degree programs offered by the state university and regional and
state workforce needs.

(2)
Each public and participating nonpublic secondary school shall
include the model college credit plus pathways developed under
division (C)(1) of this section in the information required to be
provided to students and parents under section 3365.04 of the Revised
Code.

(D)
The chancellor shall not distribute state share of instruction funds
to a state university in any fiscal year in which it does not comply
with this section, as determined by the chancellor.

Sec.
3376.01.
As
used in this chapter:

(A)
"Athlete agent" means an individual who holds a current and
valid certificate of registration issued under section 4771.08 of the
Revised Code or certificate of convenience issued under section
4771.09 of the Revised Code.

(B)
"Institutional marketing associate" means any third-party
entity that enters into a contract with, or otherwise acts on behalf
of, a state institution of higher education, private college, or an
institution's or college's intercollegiate athletics department.
"Institutional marketing associate" does not include either
of the following:

(1)
A state institution of higher education, private college, athletic
association, conference, or other group or organization with
authority over intercollegiate athletics;

(2)
A staff member, employee, officer, director, manager, or owner of any
of the entities described under division (B)(1) of this section.

(C)
"Official team activities" means all games, practices,
exhibitions, scrimmages, team appearances, team photograph sessions,
sports camps sponsored by a state institution of higher education or
private college, and other team-organized activities, regardless of
whether the activity takes place on or off campus, including
individual photograph sessions and news media interviews.

(D)
"State institution of higher education" has the same
meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.

(E)
"Student-athlete" means an individual who is eligible to
participate in, participates in, or has participated in
intercollegiate athletics for a state institution of higher education
or private college. "Student-athlete" does not include an
individual who participates in intramural athletics at a state
institution of higher education or private college or who
participates in professional athletics.

(F)
"Third-party entity" means any individual or entity,
including an athlete agent, other than a state institution of higher
education, private college, athletic association, conference, or
other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate
athletics.

(G)
"Private college" has the same meaning as in section
3365.01 of the Revised Code.

(H)
"Personal services" means services performed by a
student-athlete to which both of the following apply:

(1)
The services are nondelegable obligations for which the
student-athlete cannot substitute another individual to fulfill the
duties agreed upon by the student-athlete under the contract, and the
services must be rendered personally by that student-athlete.

(2)
The services involve skill-based or talent-based performance by the
student-athlete, and the contract is formed due to the
student-athlete's specific athletic ability, status as a
student-athlete, public persona, or brand recognition.

(I)
"Name, image, or likeness" includes personal services.

Sec.
3376.14.
(A)
No person shall enter into a contract with a student-athlete who
participates in intercollegiate athletics that provides compensation
to the student-athlete for use of the student-athlete's name, image,
or likeness if the contract does any of the following:

(1)
Remains in effect beyond the date the student-athlete is no longer
eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics;

(2)
Requires the student-athlete to provide as consideration either of
the following:

(a)
Any compensation the student-athlete may earn after the
student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in
intercollegiate athletics for use of the student-athlete's name,
image, or likeness;

(b)
Rights associated with the use of the student-athlete's name, image,
or likeness after the student-athlete is no longer eligible to
participate in intercollegiate athletics.

(3)
Requires any litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution
process arising from the contract to occur in another state.

(B)
A contract that provides a student-athlete with compensation for use
of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness shall require any
litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution process arising
from the contract to take place in Ohio and be governed by Ohio law.

(C)
The parties to any contract that provides a student-athlete with
compensation for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or
likeness shall ensure that the contract complies with this section.

(D)
The parties to any contract involving an individual who becomes a
student-athlete by transferring to a state institution of higher
education or private college located in this state from an
educational institution located outside this state shall ensure that
any contract to which both of the following apply complies with this
section:

(1)
The contract provides the individual with compensation for use of the
individual's name, image, or likeness.

(2)
The contract is in effect on the date of the transfer and is to
continue in effect at the new state institution of higher education
or private college.

(E)
A contract entered into in violation of this section is void.

Sec.
3379.10.
(A)
Recognizing this state's responsibility to foster culture and the
arts and to encourage the development of artists and craftspersons,
the general assembly declares it a policy of this state that a
portion of the money to be spent by state agencies on the
construction or renovation of public buildings be spent on the
acquisition of works of art to be placed in or on such buildings. In
pursuit of this policy, there is hereby established the per cent for
arts program, under which quality works of art are to be sold to such
agencies by the Ohio arts council and, in the process, qualified
professional artists are to be recognized.

(B)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Appropriation" does not include a reappropriation.

(2)
"Proceeds" does not include the proceeds of bonds, notes,
or other obligations issued in anticipation of the issuance of, or to
refund, other bonds, notes, or other obligations.

(3)
"Public building" means any building, facility, structure,
or park built or renovated using state money, including any publicly
owned lands or space surrounding or integral to the building,
facility, structure, or park but not including:

(a)
Parking lots, sidewalks, maintenance sheds, bridges, tunnels, sewers,
trails, fishponds and fishways, or warehouses, unless such structures
are adjuncts of the principal element of the project;

(b)
Buildings of a temporary nature;

(c)
Projects to correct any deficiencies or violations of a building or
housing code enacted by law;

(d)
Highway construction.

(4)
"Renovation" does not include a project of which the
principal purpose is the rehabilitation of plumbing, heating,
ventilating, air conditioning, or electrical systems.

(5)
"State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of
the Revised Code and includes a state university or college, a
community college established under Chapter 3354. of the Revised
Code, or a technical college established under Chapter 3357. of the
Revised Code.

(6)
"Work of art" includes all forms of original creations of
visual art, including, but not limited to:

(a)
Paintings, including all media and both portable and permanently
affixed works of art such as murals;

(b)
Sculpture, including bas-relief, high relief, mobile, fountain,
kinetic, environmental, electronic, and in-the-round sculpture;

(c)
Prints, calligraphy, clay, drawings, stained glass, mosaics,
photographs, fiber and textiles, wood, metal, plastics, and other
materials or combination of materials;

(d)
Mixed media, including any combination of forms of media.

(C)
Except
(C)(1)
Beginning on the effective date of this amendment, except
as
otherwise provided in division
(D)
(E)

of this section, whenever more than four million dollars of state
money, whether obtained from the sale of bonds or otherwise, is to be
spent by a state agency on the construction or renovation of a public
building, the agency that contracts for the construction or
renovation, consistent with division
(G)
(H)

of this section, shall contract with the council
to
use one per cent of the state money appropriated for the project or,
if applicable, one per cent of the nonappropriated state proceeds of
bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be sold for the
project,
to
purchase works of art from the council for display in or on the
public building and to make related outlays under division
(E)
(F)

of this section

using the lesser of the following:

(a)
One per cent of the state money appropriated for the project or, if
applicable, one per cent of the nonappropriated state proceeds of
bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be sold for the
project;

(b)
Two hundred thousand dollars
.

(2)
The calculation of whether more than four million dollars is to be
spent shall not be cumulative but shall be based on the amount of
each appropriation or each designation of nonappropriated state
proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be sold
for a project.

(D)

The
council, subject to the approval of the director of budget and
management, shall fix the prices at which it sells works of art for
the project to the state agency contracting for construction or
renovation.
The
calculation of whether more than four million dollars is to be spent
shall not be cumulative but shall be based on the amount of each
appropriation or each designation of nonappropriated state proceeds
of bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be sold for a
project.

(D)(1)
(E)(1)

Notwithstanding division (C) of this section, the director of budget
and management, after consulting with the council about the matter,
may determine that no state money, or a percentage less than one per
cent of the amount specified in that division, shall be spent to
purchase works of art from the council and to make related outlays
under division
(E)
(F)

of this section if the director of budget and management feels that
works of art would be out of place in or on the public building, that
there will be little opportunity for public appreciation of works of
art in or on the public building, that the value of some features or
characteristics inherent in the architectural design of the public
building should apply toward the one per cent requirement, or that
the public building is or will be amply supplied with works of art
even without works of art purchased from the council under division
(C) of this section. The director shall make all final decisions with
regard to whether and to what extent a construction or renovation
project is subject to division (C) or
(D)
(E)

of this section.

(2)
Not later than forty-five days after the effective date of a section
of an act providing that more than four million dollars of state
money is to be spent by a state agency on the construction or
renovation of a public building, the director of budget and
management shall prepare a preliminary report listing each
appropriation and each designation of nonappropriated state proceeds
of more than four million dollars for the construction or renovation
of a public building, and indicating the amount of the appropriation
or designation that shall be spent for the per cent for arts program.
The amount specified to be spent for the per cent for arts program
amount shall take into account any determination made by the director
under division
(D)(1)
(E)(1)

of this section. The director shall send a copy of the preliminary
report to the council and to each state agency that received an
appropriation or nonappropriated state proceeds of more than four
million dollars for the construction or renovation of a public
building under the act.

(3)
Not later than thirty days after the director sends the preliminary
report required under division
(D)(2)
(E)(2)

of this section, a state agency may deliver to the director of budget
and management a request for the director to make a determination
under division
(D)(1)
(E)(1)

of this section or to reconsider a determination made under that
division. If the director approves the request, the director shall
revise the preliminary report consistent with the approved request.
Not later than forty-five days after sending a preliminary report,
the director shall send a final report to the council and to each
state agency referred to in division
(D)(2)
(E)(2)

of this section.

(E)(1)
(F)(1)

Where appropriated state money will be used to purchase works of art
from the council under division (C) or
(D)
(E)

of this section, the state agency that has contracted to purchase the
works of art shall make payment to the council for the works of art
and related costs as follows:

(a)
The state agency shall encumber sufficient money to pay for the
purchase and installation of the works of art and shall authorize the
council to make payments against those encumbrances for the purchase
and installation of the works of art. The council shall use the
encumbered money to acquire and install the works of art.

(b)
If the council expects to make expenditures in connection with the
selection of artists for a specific project, including expenditures
for printing or for jurors, the council shall estimate the amount of
such expenditures it expects to make and certify that amount to the
state agency and to the director of budget and management. Upon
determining that there is an unobligated balance in an appropriation
for the state agency that may be used for the purpose, the director
of budget and management shall transfer the amount certified from the
appropriation to the per cent for art acquisitions fund, which is
hereby created in the state treasury, on an intrastate transfer
voucher. The fund shall be used by the council to pay costs it incurs
in connection with the selection of artists for specific projects,
including costs for printing and for jurors.

All
amounts encumbered or transferred under division
(E)(1)(a)
(F)(1)(a)

or (b) of this section shall be applied toward the percentage
requirement of division (C) or
(D)
(E)

of this section.

(2)
Where nonappropriated state proceeds of bonds, notes, or other
obligations will be used to purchase works of art from the council
under division (C) or
(D)
(E)

of this section, the state agency that has contracted to purchase the
works of art shall make payment to the council for the works of art
and related costs as follows:

(a)
The council shall submit to the state agency invoices requesting
payment for the purchase and installation of the works of art.

(b)
If the council expects to make expenditures in connection with the
selection of artists for a specific project, including expenditures
for printing or for jurors, the council shall estimate the amount of
such expenditures it expects to make and submit to the state agency
invoices requesting payment in that amount. The state agency shall
promptly remit payment to the council in the amounts of all such
invoices. Such remittances shall be deposited in the state treasury
to the credit of the per cent for art acquisitions fund.

All
amounts remitted under this division shall be applied toward the
percentage requirement of division (C) or
(D)
(E)

of this section.

(F)
(G)

The council shall consult with the chief executive officer, or the
officer's designee, of either the state agency spending state money
on the construction or renovation or the state agency or agencies
occupying or to occupy a public building for which the council will
supply a work of art, or both, before making decisions about the
following:

(1)
Which works of art will be purchased and on which sites they will be
placed;

(2)
Which artists, if any, will be commissioned to create a work of art;

(3)
The sale, exchange, and disposition of works of art used in the
program.

(G)
(H)

The council shall make all final decisions in regard to the matters
described in divisions
(F)(1)
(G)(1)

to (3) of this section.

(H)
(I)

Each state agency that has purchased works of art from the council
under division (C) or
(D)
(E)

of this section shall maintain the works of art and pay the costs of
maintenance. Money spent by the agency for maintenance of the works
of art shall not be applied toward the percentage requirement of
division (C) or
(D)
(E)

of this section.

Sec.
4503.44.
(A)
As used in this section and in section 4511.69 of the Revised Code:

(1)
"Person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to
walk" means any person who, as determined by a health care
provider, meets any of the following criteria:

(a)
Cannot walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest;

(b)
Cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane,
crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other
assistive device;

(c)
Is restricted by a lung disease to such an extent that the person's
forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured
by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension
is less than sixty millimeters of mercury on room air at rest;

(d)
Uses portable oxygen;

(e)
Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional
limitations are classified in severity as class III or class IV
according to standards set by the American heart association;

(f)
Is severely limited in the ability to walk due to an arthritic,
neurological, or orthopedic condition;

(g)
Is blind, legally blind, or severely visually impaired.

(2)
"Organization" means any private organization or
corporation, or any governmental board, agency, department, division,
or office, that, as part of its business or program, transports
persons with disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk on
a regular basis in a motor vehicle that has not been altered for the
purpose of providing it with accessible equipment for use by persons
with disabilities. This definition does not apply to division (I) of
this section.

(3)
"Health care provider" means a physician, physician
assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, optometrist, or
chiropractor as defined in this section except that an optometrist
shall only make determinations as to division (A)(1)(g) of this
section.

(4)
"Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine or
surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery under Chapter 4731. of
the Revised Code.

(5)
"Chiropractor" means a person licensed to practice
chiropractic under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code.

(6)
"Advanced practice registered nurse" means a certified
nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified registered
nurse anesthetist, or certified nurse-midwife who holds a certificate
of authority issued by the board of nursing under Chapter 4723. of
the Revised Code.

(7)
"Physician assistant" means a person who is licensed as a
physician assistant under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code.

(8)
"Optometrist" means a person licensed to engage in the
practice of optometry under Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code.

(9)
"Removable windshield placard" includes a standard
removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield
placard, or a permanent removable windshield placard, unless
otherwise specified.

(B)(1)
An organization, or a person with a disability that limits or impairs
the ability to walk, may apply for the registration of any motor
vehicle the organization or person owns or leases. When an adaptive
mobility vehicle is owned or leased by someone other than a person
with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk, the
owner or lessee may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles or a
deputy registrar for registration under this section. The application
for registration of a motor vehicle owned or leased by a person with
a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk shall be
accompanied by a signed statement from the applicant's health care
provider certifying that the applicant meets at least one of the
criteria contained in division (A)(1) of this section and that the
disability is expected to continue for more than six consecutive
months. The application for registration of an adaptive mobility
vehicle that is owned by someone other than a person with a
disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk shall be
accompanied by such documentary evidence of vehicle specifications or
alterations as the registrar may require by rule.

(2)
When an organization, a person with a disability that limits or
impairs the ability to walk, or a person who does not have a
disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk but owns a
motor vehicle that has been altered for the purpose of providing it
with accessible equipment for a person with a disability that limits
or impairs the ability to walk first submits an application for
registration of a motor vehicle under this section and every fifth
year thereafter, the organization or person shall submit a signed
statement from the applicant's health care provider, a completed
application, and any required documentary evidence of vehicle
specifications or alterations as provided in division (B)(1) of this
section, and also a power of attorney from the owner of the motor
vehicle if the applicant leases the vehicle. Upon submission of these
items, the registrar or deputy registrar shall issue to the applicant
appropriate vehicle registration and a set of license plates and
validation stickers, or validation stickers alone when required by
section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and
numbers ordinarily inscribed thereon, the license plates shall be
imprinted with the international symbol of access. The license plates
and validation stickers shall be issued upon payment of the regular
license fee as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code
and any motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised
Code, and the payment of a service fee equal to the amount
established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1)
A person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk
may apply to the registrar for a removable windshield placard by
completing and signing an application provided by the registrar.

(2)
The person shall include with the application a prescription from the
person's health care provider prescribing such a placard for the
person based upon a determination that the person meets at least one
of the criteria contained in division (A)(1) of this section. The
health care provider shall state on the prescription the length of
time the health care provider expects the applicant to have the
disability that limits or impairs the person's ability to walk. If
the length of time the applicant is expected to have the disability
is six consecutive months or less, the applicant shall submit an
application for a temporary removable windshield placard. If the
length of time the applicant is expected to have the disability is
permanent, the applicant shall submit an application for a permanent
removable windshield placard. All other applicants shall submit an
application for a standard removable windshield placard.

(3)
In addition to one placard or one or more sets of license plates, a
person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk
is entitled to one additional placard, but only if the person applies
separately for the additional placard, states the reasons why the
additional placard is needed, and the registrar, in the registrar's
discretion determines that good and justifiable cause exists to
approve the request for the additional placard.

(4)
An organization may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for a
standard removable windshield placard by completing and signing an
application provided by the registrar. The organization shall comply
with any procedures the registrar establishes by rule. The
organization shall include with the application documentary evidence
that the registrar requires by rule showing that the organization
regularly transports persons with disabilities that limit or impair
the ability to walk.

(5)
The registrar or deputy registrar shall issue to an applicant a
standard removable windshield placard, a temporary removable
windshield placard, or a permanent removable windshield placard, as
applicable, upon receipt of all of the following:

(a)
A completed and signed application for a removable windshield
placard;

(b)
The accompanying documents required under division (C)(2) or (4) of
this section;

(c)
Payment of a service fee equal to the amount established under
section 4503.038 of the Revised Code for a standard removable
windshield placard or a temporary removable windshield placard, or
payment of fifteen dollars for a permanent removable windshield
placard.

(6)
The removable windshield placard shall display the date of expiration
on both sides of the placard, or the word "permanent" if
the placard is a permanent removable windshield placard, and shall be
valid until expired, revoked, or surrendered. Except for a permanent
removable windshield placard, which has no expiration, a removable
windshield placard expires on the earliest of the following two
dates:

(a)
The date that the person issued the placard is expected to no longer
have the disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk, as
indicated on the prescription submitted with the application for the
placard;

(b)
Ten years after the date of issuance on the placard.

In
no case shall a removable windshield placard be valid for a period of
less than sixty days.

(7)
Standard removable windshield placards shall be renewable upon
application and upon payment of a service fee equal to the amount
established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code. The registrar
shall provide the application form and shall determine the
information to be included thereon.

(8)
The registrar shall determine the form and size of each type of the
removable windshield placard, the material of which it is to be made,
any differences in color between each type of placard to make them
readily identifiable, and any other information to be included
thereon, and shall adopt rules relating to the issuance, expiration,
revocation, surrender, and proper display of such placards. A
temporary removable windshield placard shall display the word
"temporary" in letters of such size as the registrar shall
prescribe. Any placard issued after October 14, 1999, shall be
manufactured in a manner that allows the expiration date of the
placard to be indicated on it through the punching, drilling, boring,
or creation by any other means of holes in the placard.

(9)
At the time a removable windshield placard is issued to a person with
a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk, the
registrar or deputy registrar shall enter into the records of the
bureau of motor vehicles the last date on which the person will have
that disability, as indicated on the accompanying prescription. For a
standard removable windshield placard, not less than thirty days
prior to that date and any renewal dates, the bureau shall send a
renewal notice to that person at the person's last known address as
shown in the records of the bureau, informing the person that the
person's removable windshield placard will expire on the indicated
date, and that the person is required to renew the placard by
submitting to the registrar or a deputy registrar another
prescription, and by complying with the renewal provisions. If such a
prescription is not received by the registrar or a deputy registrar
by that date, the placard issued to that person expires and no longer
is valid, and this fact shall be recorded in the records of the
bureau.

(10)
At least once every year, on a date determined by the registrar, the
bureau shall examine the records of the office of vital statistics,
located within the department of health, that pertain to deceased
persons, and also the bureau's records of all persons who have been
issued removable windshield placards. If the records of the office of
vital statistics indicate that a person to whom a removable
windshield placard has been issued is deceased, the bureau shall
cancel that placard, and note the cancellation in its records.

The
office of vital statistics shall make available to the bureau all
information necessary to enable the bureau to comply with division
(C)(10) of this section.

(11)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a person or
organization to apply for a removable windshield placard or
accessible license plates if the accessible license plates issued to
the person or organization under prior law have not expired or been
surrendered or revoked.

(D)
Any active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States,
including the reserve components of the armed forces and the national
guard, who has an illness or injury that limits or impairs the
ability to walk may apply to the registrar or a deputy registrar for
a temporary removable windshield placard. With the application, the
person shall present evidence of the person's active-duty status and
the illness or injury. Evidence of the illness or injury may include
a current department of defense convalescent leave statement, any
department of defense document indicating that the person currently
has an ill or injured casualty status or has limited duties, or a
prescription from any health care provider prescribing the placard
for the applicant. Upon receipt of the application and the necessary
evidence, the registrar or deputy registrar shall issue the applicant
the temporary removable windshield placard without the payment of any
service fee.

(E)
If an applicant for a removable windshield placard is a veteran of
the armed forces of the United States whose disability, as defined in
division (A)(1) of this section, is service-connected, the registrar
or deputy registrar, upon receipt of the application, presentation of
a signed statement from the applicant's health care provider
certifying the applicant's disability, and presentation of such
documentary evidence from the department of veterans affairs that the
disability of the applicant meets at least one of the criteria
identified in division (A)(1) of this section and is
service-connected as the registrar may require by rule, but without
the payment of any service fee, shall issue the applicant a removable
windshield placard that is valid until expired, surrendered, or
revoked.

(F)(1)
Upon a conviction of a violation of division (H) or (I) of this
section, the court shall report the conviction, and send the placard,
if available, to the registrar, who thereupon shall revoke the
privilege of using the placard and send notice in writing to the
placardholder at that holder's last known address as shown in the
records of the bureau, and the placardholder shall return the placard
if not previously surrendered to the court, to the registrar within
ten days following mailing of the notice.

(2)
Whenever a person to whom a removable windshield placard has been
issued moves to another state, the person shall surrender the placard
to the registrar; and whenever an organization to which a placard has
been issued changes its place of operation to another state, the
organization shall surrender the placard to the registrar.

(3)
If a person no longer requires a permanent removable windshield
placard, the person shall notify and surrender the placard to the
registrar or deputy registrar within ten days of no longer requiring
the placard. The person may still apply for a standard removable
windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard, if
applicable.

(G)
Subject to division (F) of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code, the
operator of a motor vehicle displaying a removable windshield placard
or the accessible license plates authorized by this section is
entitled to park the motor vehicle in any accessible parking location
reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or impair the
ability to walk.

(H)
No person or organization that is not eligible for the issuance of
license plates or any placard under this section shall willfully and
falsely represent that the person or organization is so eligible.

No
person or organization shall display license plates issued under this
section unless the license plates have been issued for the vehicle on
which they are displayed and are valid.

(I)
No person or organization to which a removable windshield placard is
issued shall do either of the following:

(1)
Display or permit the display of the placard on any motor vehicle
when having reasonable cause to believe the motor vehicle is being
used in connection with an activity that does not include providing
transportation for persons with disabilities that limit or impair the
ability to walk;

(2)
Refuse to return or surrender the placard, when required.

(J)
If a removable windshield placard
or
parking card
is
lost, destroyed, or mutilated, the placardholder
or
cardholder
may
obtain a duplicate by
doing
both of the following:

(1)
Furnishing suitable proof of the loss, destruction, or mutilation

attesting
the placard is lost, destroyed, or mutilated
to
the registrar
;

(2)
Paying a service fee equal to the amount paid when the placardholder
obtained the original placard
.

Any
placardholder who loses a placard and, after obtaining a duplicate,
finds the original, immediately shall surrender the original placard
to the registrar.

(K)(1)
The registrar shall pay all fees received under this section for the
issuance of removable windshield placards or duplicate removable
windshield placards into the state treasury to the credit of the
public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of
the Revised Code.

(2)
In addition to the fees collected under this section, the registrar
or deputy registrar shall ask each person applying for a removable
windshield placard or duplicate removable windshield placard or
license plate issued under this section, whether the person wishes to
make a two-dollar voluntary contribution to support rehabilitation
employment services. The registrar shall transmit the contributions
received under this division to the treasurer of state for deposit
into the rehabilitation employment fund, which is hereby created in
the state treasury. A deputy registrar shall transmit the
contributions received under this division to the registrar in the
time and manner prescribed by the registrar. The contributions in the
fund shall be used by the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities
agency to purchase services related to vocational evaluation, work
adjustment, personal adjustment, job placement, job coaching, and
community-based assessment from accredited community rehabilitation
program facilities.

(L)
For purposes of enforcing this section, every peace officer is deemed
to be an agent of the registrar. Any peace officer or any authorized
employee of the bureau of motor vehicles who, in the performance of
duties authorized by law, becomes aware of a person whose removable
windshield placard or parking card has been revoked pursuant to this
section, may confiscate that placard or parking card and return it to
the registrar. The registrar shall prescribe any forms used by law
enforcement agencies in administering this section.

No
peace officer, law enforcement agency employing a peace officer, or
political subdivision or governmental agency employing a peace
officer, and no employee of the bureau is liable in a civil action
for damages or loss to persons arising out of the performance of any
duty required or authorized by this section. As used in this
division, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in
division (B) of section 2935.01 of the Revised Code.

(M)
All applications for registration of motor vehicles and removable
windshield placards issued under this section, all renewal notices
for such items, and all other publications issued by the bureau that
relate to this section shall set forth the criminal penalties that
may be imposed upon a person who violates any provision relating to
accessible license plates issued under this section, the parking of
vehicles displaying such license plates, and the issuance,
procurement, use, and display of removable windshield placards issued
under this section.

(N)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree.

Sec.
4506.11.
(A)
Every commercial driver's license shall be marked "commercial
driver's license" or "CDL" and shall be of such
material and so designed as to prevent its reproduction or alteration
without ready detection. The commercial driver's license for
licensees under twenty-one years of age shall have characteristics
prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles distinguishing it from
that issued to a licensee who is twenty-one years of age or older.
Every commercial driver's license shall display all of the following
information:

(1)
The name and residence address of the licensee;

(2)
A photograph of the licensee showing the licensee's uncovered face;

(3)
A physical description of the licensee, including sex, height,
weight, and color of eyes and hair;

(4)
The licensee's date of birth;

(5)
The licensee's social security number if the person has requested
that the number be displayed in accordance with section 4501.31 of
the Revised Code or if federal law requires the social security
number to be displayed and any number or other identifier the
director of public safety considers appropriate and establishes by
rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and in
compliance with federal law;

(6)
The licensee's signature;

(7)
The classes of commercial motor vehicles the licensee is authorized
to drive and any endorsements or restrictions relating to the
licensee's driving of those vehicles;

(8)
The name of this state;

(9)
The dates of issuance and of expiration of the license;

(10)
If the licensee has certified willingness to make an anatomical gift
under section 2108.05 of the Revised Code, any symbol chosen by the
registrar of motor vehicles to indicate that the licensee has
certified that willingness;

(11)
If the licensee has executed a durable power of attorney for health
care or a declaration governing the use or continuation, or the
withholding or withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment and has
specified that the licensee wishes the license to indicate that the
licensee has executed either type of instrument, any symbol chosen by
the registrar to indicate that the licensee has executed either type
of instrument;

(12)
If the licensee has specified that the licensee wishes the license to
indicate that the licensee is a veteran, active duty, or reservist of
the armed forces of the United States and has presented a copy of the
licensee's DD-214 form or an equivalent document, any symbol chosen
by the registrar to indicate that the licensee is a veteran, active
duty, or reservist of the armed forces of the United States;

(13)
If the licensee is a noncitizen of the United States, a notation
designating that the licensee is a noncitizen
,
including a prominent statement with the words "Non-Domiciled
Commercial Driver's License"
;

(14)
Any other information the registrar considers advisable and requires
by rule.

(B)
The registrar may establish and maintain a file of negatives of
photographs taken for the purposes of this section.

(C)
Neither the registrar nor any deputy registrar shall issue a
commercial driver's license to anyone under twenty-one years of age
that does not have the characteristics prescribed by the registrar
distinguishing it from the commercial driver's license issued to
persons who are twenty-one years of age or older.

(D)
Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor.

Sec.
4507.05.
(A)
The registrar of motor vehicles, or a deputy registrar, upon
receiving an application for a temporary instruction permit and a
temporary instruction permit identification card for a driver's
license from any person who is at least fifteen years six months of
age, may issue such a permit and identification card entitling the
applicant to drive a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor
vehicle, upon the highways under the following conditions:

(1)
If the permit is issued to a person who is at least fifteen years six
months of age, but less than sixteen years of age:

(a)
The permit and identification card are in the holder's immediate
possession;

(b)
The holder is accompanied by an eligible adult who actually occupies
the seat beside the permit holder and does not have a prohibited
concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma,
breath, or urine as provided in division (A) of section 4511.19 of
the Revised Code;

(c)
The total number of occupants of the vehicle does not exceed the
total number of occupant restraining devices originally installed in
the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each occupant of the
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device.

(2)
If the permit is issued to a person who is at least sixteen years of
age:

(a)
The permit and identification card are in the holder's immediate
possession;

(b)
The holder is accompanied by a licensed operator who is at least
twenty-one years of age, is actually occupying a seat beside the
driver, and does not have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in
the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided
in division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code;

(c)
The total number of occupants of the vehicle does not exceed the
total number of occupant restraining devices originally installed in
the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each occupant of the
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device.

(B)
The registrar or a deputy registrar, upon receiving from any person
an application for a temporary instruction permit and temporary
instruction permit identification card to operate a motorcycle,
motor-driven cycle or motor scooter, or motorized bicycle, may issue
such a permit and identification card entitling the applicant, while
having the permit and identification card in the applicant's
immediate possession, to drive a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle or
motor scooter, under the restrictions prescribed in section 4511.53
of the Revised Code, or to drive a motorized bicycle under
restrictions determined by the registrar. A temporary instruction
permit and temporary instruction permit identification card to
operate a motorized bicycle may be issued to a person fourteen or
fifteen years old.

(C)
Any permit and identification card issued under this section shall be
issued in the same manner as a driver's license, upon a form to be
furnished by the registrar. A temporary instruction permit to drive a
motor vehicle other than a commercial motor vehicle shall be valid
for a period of one year.

(D)
Any person having in the person's possession a valid and current
driver's license or motorcycle operator's license or endorsement
issued to the person by another jurisdiction recognized by this state
is exempt from obtaining a temporary instruction permit for a
driver's license and from submitting to the examination for a
temporary instruction permit and the regular examination for
obtaining a driver's license or motorcycle operator's endorsement in
this state if the person does all of the following:

(1)
Submits to and passes vision screening as provided in section 4507.12
of the Revised Code;

(2)
Surrenders to the registrar or deputy registrar the person's driver's
license issued by the other jurisdiction; and

(3)
Complies with all other applicable requirements for issuance by this
state of a driver's license, driver's license with a motorcycle
operator's endorsement, or restricted license to operate a
motorcycle.

If
the person does not comply with all the requirements of this
division, the person shall submit to the regular examination for
obtaining a driver's license or motorcycle operator's endorsement in
this state in order to obtain such a license or endorsement.

(E)
The registrar may adopt rules governing the use of temporary
instruction permits and temporary instruction permit identification
cards.

(F)(1)
No holder of a permit issued under division (A) of this section shall
operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or
parking in violation of the conditions established under division (A)
of this section.

(2)
Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this section, no holder of a
permit that is issued under division (A) of this section and that is
issued on or after July 1, 1998, and who has not attained the age of
eighteen years, shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any
public or private property used by the public for purposes of
vehicular travel or parking between the hours of midnight and six
a.m.

The
holder of a permit issued under division (A) of this section on or
after July 1, 1998, who has not attained the age of eighteen years,
may operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or
parking between the hours of midnight and six a.m. if, at the time of
such operation, the holder is accompanied by the holder's parent,
guardian, or custodian, and the parent, guardian, or custodian holds
a current valid driver's or commercial driver's license issued by
this state, is actually occupying a seat beside the permit holder,
and does not have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole
blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided in
division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code.

(G)(1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no law
enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a motor vehicle being
operated on any street or highway to stop the motor vehicle for the
sole purpose of determining whether each occupant of the motor
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device as required by division (A) of
this section, or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation,
or summons if the requirement in that division has been or is being
violated, or for causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of
a person for a violation of that requirement.

(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no law
enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a motor vehicle being
operated on any street or highway to stop the motor vehicle for the
sole purpose of determining whether a violation of division (F)(2) of
this section has been or is being committed or for the sole purpose
of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons for such a violation or for
causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for
such violation.

(H)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Eligible adult" means any of the following:

(a)
An instructor of a driver training course approved by the department
of public safety;

(b)
Any of the following persons who holds a current valid driver's or
commercial driver's license issued by this state:

(i)
A parent, guardian, or custodian of the permit holder;

(ii)
A person twenty-one years of age or older who acts in loco parentis
of the permit holder
;

(iii)
A person twenty-one years of age or older if the permit holder is an
emancipated young adult as defined in section 5180.42 of the Revised
Code
.

(2)
"Occupant restraining device" has the same meaning as in
section 4513.263 of the Revised Code.

(I)
Whoever violates division (F)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of
a minor misdemeanor.

Sec.
4507.21.
(A)
Except as provided in section 4507.061 of the Revised Code, each
applicant for a driver's license shall file an application in the
office of the registrar of motor vehicles or of a deputy registrar.

(B)(1)
Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, each person
under twenty-one years of age applying for a driver's license issued
in this state and each person twenty-one years of age or older
applying for an initial limited term license in this state shall
present satisfactory evidence of having successfully completed one of
the following:

(a)
A driver training course approved by the director of public safety.

(b)
A driver training course comparable to a driver training course
described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section and administered by a
branch of the armed forces of the United States and completed by the
applicant while residing outside this state for the purpose of being
with or near any person serving in the armed forces of the United
States.

(2)
Each person under twenty-one years of age applying for a driver's
license also shall present, on a form prescribed by the registrar, an
affidavit signed by an eligible adult attesting that the person has
acquired at least fifty hours of actual driving experience, with at
least ten of those hours being at night.

(3)
Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, each person
twenty-one years of age or older applying for an initial limited term
license in this state also shall present, on a form prescribed by the
registrar, an affidavit signed by an adult who holds a current valid
driver's or commercial driver's license issued by this state that the
applicant has acquired at least fifty hours of actual driving
experience, with at least ten of those hours being at night,
accompanied by the signing adult.

(4)

Both

All

of
the following individuals are exempt from the requirements specified
in divisions (B)(1) and (3) of this section:

(a)
A person who receives a waiver of the examination by the registrar in
accordance with section 4507.10 of the Revised Code;

(b)
An initial limited term license applicant twenty-one years of age or
older who is from a country with which the registrar has a reciprocal
arrangement in accordance with section 4507.101 of the Revised Code
;

(c)
A person who possesses both a valid, unexpired visa issued by the
United States department of state and a valid, unexpired foreign
driver's license and who presents a form, prescribed by the
registrar, attesting to the person's relationship with a hospital or
a health system;

(d)
A person who possesses a valid, unexpired agricultural guest worker
visa in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1188 and who presents a form,
prescribed by the registrar, attesting to the person's employment on
a farm located in this state and signed by that person's employer
.

(C)(1)
An applicant for an initial driver's license shall present
satisfactory evidence of successful completion of the abbreviated
driver training course for adults, approved by the director of public
safety under section 4508.02 of the Revised Code, if all of the
following apply:

(a)
The applicant is twenty-one years of age or older.

(b)
The applicant failed the road or maneuverability test required under
division (A)(2) of section 4507.11 of the Revised Code.

(c)
In the twelve months immediately preceding the date of application,
the applicant has not successfully completed a driver training
course.

(2)
An applicant shall present satisfactory evidence as required under
division (C)(1) of this section prior to attempting the test a second
or subsequent time.

(D)
If the registrar or deputy registrar determines that the applicant is
entitled to the driver's license, it shall be issued. If the
application shows that the applicant's license has been previously
canceled or suspended, the deputy registrar shall forward the
application to the registrar, who shall determine whether the license
shall be granted.

(E)
An applicant shall file an application under this section in
duplicate, and the deputy registrar issuing the license shall
immediately forward to the office of the registrar the original copy
of the application, together with the duplicate copy of any
certificate of completion if issued for purposes of division (B) of
this section. The registrar shall prescribe rules as to the manner in
which the deputy registrar files and maintains the applications and
other records. The registrar shall file every application for a
driver's or commercial driver's license and index them by name and
number, and shall maintain a suitable record of all licenses issued,
all convictions and bond forfeitures, all applications for licenses
denied, and all licenses that have been suspended or canceled.

(F)
For purposes of section 2313.06 of the Revised Code, the registrar
shall maintain accurate and current lists of the residents of each
county who are eighteen years of age or older, have been issued, on
and after January 1, 1984, driver's or commercial driver's licenses
that are valid and current, and would be electors if they were
registered to vote, regardless of whether they actually are
registered to vote. The lists shall contain the names, addresses,
dates of birth, duration of residence in this state, citizenship
status, and social security numbers, if the numbers are available, of
the licensees, and may contain any other information that the
registrar considers suitable.

(G)
Each person under eighteen years of age applying for a motorcycle
operator's endorsement or a restricted license enabling the applicant
to operate a motorcycle shall present satisfactory evidence of having
completed the courses of instruction in the motorcycle safety and
education program described in section 4508.08 of the Revised Code or
a comparable course of instruction administered by a branch of the
armed forces of the United States and completed by the applicant
while residing outside this state for the purpose of being with or
near any person serving in the armed forces of the United States. If
the registrar or deputy registrar then determines that the applicant
is entitled to the endorsement or restricted license, it shall be
issued.

(H)
No person shall knowingly make a false statement in an affidavit
presented in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section.

(I)
As used in this section, "eligible adult" means any of the
following persons:

(1)
A parent, guardian, or custodian of the applicant;

(2)
A person over the age of twenty-one who acts in loco parentis of the
applicant and who maintains proof of financial responsibility with
respect to the operation of a motor vehicle owned by the applicant or
with respect to the applicant's operation of any motor vehicle
;

(3)
A person over the age of twenty-one who holds a current valid
driver's or commercial driver's license issued by this state if the
applicant is an emancipated young adult as defined in section 5180.42
of the Revised Code
.

(J)
Whoever violates division (H) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor and shall be fined one hundred dollars.

Sec.
4507.23.
(A)
Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each application
for a temporary instruction permit and examination or a reprint shall
be accompanied by a fee of five dollars.

(B)
Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each application
for a driver's license made by a person who previously held such a
license and whose license has expired not more than two years prior
to the date of application, and who is required under this chapter to
give an actual demonstration of the person's ability to drive, shall
be accompanied by a fee of three dollars in addition to any other
fees.

(C)(1)
Except as provided in divisions (E) and (I) of this section, each
application for a driver's license, or motorcycle operator's
endorsement, or renewal of a driver's license shall be accompanied by
a fee of six dollars if the license or endorsement will expire on the
applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance or a fee
of eleven dollars and fifty cents if the license or endorsement will
expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of
issuance.

(2)
Except as provided in divisions (I) and (J) of this section, each
application for a duplicate driver's license shall be accompanied by
a fee of seven dollars and fifty cents. The duplicate driver's
licenses issued under this section shall be distributed by the deputy
registrar in accordance with rules adopted by the registrar of motor
vehicles.

(3)
Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each application
for a reprint of a driver's license shall be accompanied by a fee
equivalent to the fee required for a duplicate driver's license.

(D)
Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each application
for a motorized bicycle license or a reprint or duplicate thereof
shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars and fifty cents if the
license will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the
date of issuance or a fee of four dollars and fifty cents if the
license will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the
date of issuance.

(E)
Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each application
for a driver's license or renewal of a driver's license that will be
issued to a person who is less than twenty-one years of age shall be
accompanied by whichever of the following fees is applicable:

(1)
If the person is sixteen years of age or older, but less than
seventeen years of age, a fee of seven dollars and twenty-five cents;

(2)
If the person is seventeen years of age or older, but less than
eighteen years of age, a fee of six dollars;

(3)
If the person is eighteen years of age or older, but less than
nineteen years of age, a fee of four dollars and seventy-five cents;

(4)
If the person is nineteen years of age or older, but less than twenty
years of age, a fee of three dollars and fifty cents;

(5)
If the person is twenty years of age or older, but less than
twenty-one years of age, a fee of two dollars and twenty-five cents.

(F)
The registrar and any deputy registrar may charge a fee for the
authentication of the documents required for processing a driver's
license, motorized bicycle license, or temporary instruction permit
identification cards as required by sections 4507.13 and 4511.521 of
the Revised Code as follows:

(1)
One dollar and fifty cents for a temporary instruction permit;

(2)
One dollar and fifty cents for a license issued to a person who is
less than twenty-one years of age;

(3)
One dollar and fifty cents for a license that will expire on the
applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance;

(4)
Three dollars for a license that will expire on the applicant's
birthday eight years after the date of issuance.

A
deputy registrar that authenticates the required documents for a
driver's license, motorized bicycle license, or temporary instruction
permit identification cards shall retain the entire amount of the
fee.

(G)
Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each transaction
described in divisions (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this section
shall be accompanied by an additional fee as follows:

(1)
Twelve dollars for a temporary instruction permit;

(2)
Twelve dollars for a license issued to a person who is less than
twenty-one years of age;

(3)
Twelve dollars for a license or endorsement that will expire on the
applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance;

(4)
Twenty-three dollars and fifty cents for a license or endorsement
that will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the
date of issuance.

The
additional fee is for the purpose of defraying the department of
public safety's costs associated with the administration and
enforcement of the motor vehicle and traffic laws of Ohio.

(H)
At the time and in the manner provided by section 4503.10 of the
Revised Code, the deputy registrar shall transmit the fees collected
under divisions (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), those portions of the
fees specified in and collected under division (F), and the
additional fee under division (G) of this section to the registrar.
The registrar shall deposit the fees into the public safety - highway
purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.

(I)
A disabled veteran who has a service-connected disability
either

rated

or
compensated
at
one hundred per cent by the veterans' administration may apply to the
registrar or a deputy registrar for the issuance to that veteran,
without the payment of any fee prescribed in this section, of any of
the following items:

(1)
A temporary instruction permit and examination;

(2)
A new, renewal, reprint, or duplicate driver's or commercial driver's
license;

(3)
A motorcycle operator's endorsement;

(4)
A motorized bicycle license or reprint or duplicate thereof;

(5)
A document authentication fee as provided in division (F) of this
section.

An
application made under division (I) of this section shall be
accompanied by such documentary evidence of disability as the
registrar may require by rule.

(J)(1)
The registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules that establish a
prorated fee schedule that specifies the fee to be charged by the
registrar or a deputy registrar for the issuance of a duplicate
driver's license. The rules shall require the base fee to be equal to
the fee for a duplicate driver's license that existed immediately
prior to July 1, 2015. In order to determine the prorated amount for
a duplicate license under the rules, the registrar shall reduce the
base fee by an amount determined by the registrar that is correlated
with the number of months between the date a person applies for the
duplicate and the date of expiration of the license. The registrar
shall allocate the money received from a prorated duplicate driver's
license fee to the same funds and in the same proportion as the
allocation of the base fee.

(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the registrar has
adopted rules under division (J)(1) of this section, an applicant for
a duplicate driver's license shall be required to pay only the
appropriate prorated fee established under those rules.

Sec.
4771.021.
(A)
As used in this section, "name, image, or likeness" has the
same meaning as in section 3376.01 of the Revised Code.

(B)
No athlete agent shall enter into an agent contract with an athlete
under which the athlete agent represents the athlete in relation to
contracts or legal matters regarding opportunities to earn
compensation for use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness if the
agent contract remains in effect beyond the date the athlete is no
longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics.

Sec.
4771.12.
(A)
Fees charged by an athlete agent for services provided to an athlete
may be negotiated between the parties.

(B)(1)
Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an athlete
agent shall establish an interest-bearing trust fund or similar
account in a depository approved by the Ohio athletic commission to
be used for the deposit of all revenues received on behalf of an
athlete. An athlete agent shall deposit any revenue received on
behalf of an athlete in the interest-bearing trust fund or account.
The athlete agent shall notify the commission of the address and
location of the trust fund or account and the depository in which it
is located.

(2)
An athlete agent who is an attorney licensed to practice law in this
state may deposit any revenue received on behalf of an athlete in a
trust account already maintained by the agent attorney in a financial
institution in this state for the deposit of revenue received on
behalf of clients.

(C)
No athlete agent shall share fees with any person other than an
employee of the athlete agent. If an athlete agent shares a fee with
an employee, the athlete agent shall obtain written consent from the
athlete prior to entering a fee agreement with the athlete.

(D)
As used in divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section, "name,
image, or likeness" has the same meaning as in section 3376.01
of the Revised Code. No athlete agent shall enter a fee agreement
that requires the athlete to provide as consideration either of the
following:

(1)
Any compensation the athlete may earn after the athlete is no longer
eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics for use of the
athlete's name, image, or likeness;

(2)
Rights associated with the use of the athlete's name, image, or
likeness after the athlete is no longer eligible to participate in
intercollegiate athletics.

(E)

No
athlete agent shall enter fee agreements that are prohibited under
this chapter.

(D)

(F)

If
an athlete agent collects a fee or expense from an athlete as
consideration for obtaining employment for the athlete, and the
athlete agent fails to procure such employment, the agent shall
retain only the following portion of the fee or expense:

(1)
The cost of reasonable expenses incurred by the athlete agent during
the course of representing the athlete in efforts to obtain
employment for the athlete;

(2)
A negotiated fee in connection with instances where the athlete
receives a bonus or some compensation for signing a professional
sports services contract.

(E)

(G)

Nothing
in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Ohio
supreme court to establish or regulate fees for activities considered
to be the practice of law.

Sec.
5104.32.
(A)
All purchases of publicly funded child care shall be made under a
contract entered into by a licensed child care center, licensed type
A family child care home, licensed type B family child care home,
certified in-home aide, approved child day camp, licensed preschool
program, licensed school child program, or border state child care
provider and the department of children and youth. All contracts for
publicly funded child care shall be contingent upon the availability
of state and federal funds. The department shall prescribe a standard
form to be used for all contracts for the purchase of publicly funded
child care, regardless of the source of public funds used to purchase
the child care. To the extent permitted by federal law and
notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that
regulates state contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of
state or federal funds, all contracts for publicly funded child care
shall be entered into in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter and are exempt from any other provision of the Revised Code
that regulates state contracts or contracts involving the expenditure
of state or federal funds.

(B)
Each contract for publicly funded child care shall specify at least
the following:

(1)
That the provider of publicly funded child care agrees to be paid at
the rate established pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code;

(2)
Whether the county department of job and family services, the
provider, or a child care resource and referral service organization
will make eligibility determinations, whether the provider or a child
care resource and referral service organization will be required to
collect information to be used by the county department to make
eligibility determinations, and the time period within which the
provider or child care resource and referral service organization is
required to complete required eligibility determinations or to
transmit to the county department any information collected for the
purpose of making eligibility determinations;

(3)
That the provider, other than a border state child care provider,
shall continue to be licensed, approved, or certified pursuant to
this chapter and shall comply with all standards and other
requirements in this chapter and in rules adopted pursuant to this
chapter for maintaining the provider's license, approval, or
certification;

(4)
That, in the case of a border state child care provider, the provider
shall continue to be licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by
the state in which the provider is located and shall comply with all
standards and other requirements established by that state for
maintaining the provider's license, certificate, or other approval;

(5)
Whether the provider will be paid by the department of children and
youth or in some other manner as prescribed by rules adopted under
section 5104.42 of the Revised Code;

(6)
That the contract is subject to the availability of state and federal
funds.

(C)(1)
The department shall establish an automated child care system to
track child attendance and enrollment and calculate payments for
publicly funded child care. Not later than July
5
9
,

2026
2028
,
and thereafter, the department shall calculate payments for publicly
funded child care based on a child's enrollment, as described in 45
C.F.R. 98.45(m), rather than on a child's attendance.

(2)
Each eligible provider that provides publicly funded child care shall
participate in the automated child care system. A provider
participating in the system shall not do any of the following:

(a)
Use or have possession of a personal identification number or
password issued to a caretaker parent under the automated child care
system;

(b)
Falsify child attendance or enrollment records;

(c)
Knowingly seek or accept payment for publicly funded child care for a
child not enrolled with the provider or for which the provider was
not eligible;

(d)
Knowingly seek or accept payment for child care for a child who
resides in the provider's own home.

(D)
The department may withhold any money due under this chapter and may
recover through any appropriate method any money erroneously paid
under this chapter if evidence demonstrates that a provider of
publicly funded child care failed to comply with either of the
following:

(1)
The terms of the contract entered into under this section;

(2)
This chapter or any rules adopted under it.

(E)
If the department has evidence that a provider has employed an
individual who is ineligible for employment under section 5104.013 of
the Revised Code and the provider has not released the individual
from employment upon notice that the individual is ineligible, the
department may terminate immediately the contract entered into under
this section to provide publicly funded child care.

(F)
Any decision by the department concerning publicly funded child care,
including the recovery of funds, overpayment determinations, and
contract terminations is final and is not subject to appeal, hearing,
or further review under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

Sec.
5104.53.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)

"Family
services program" has the same meaning as in section 5101.35 of
the Revised Code.

(2)

"IEP"
has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code.

(2)
(3)

"Resource caregiver" has the same meaning as in section
5103.02 of the Revised Code.

(B)
The early childhood education grant program is created in the
department of children and youth. Subject to available funds, the
program shall support and invest in early learning and development
programs operating in this state by awarding grants to programs that
meet the conditions of this section in an amount that corresponds to
the number of eligible children served by the programs.

(C)
To be eligible for a grant under this section, an early learning and
development program shall meet each of the following conditions:

(1)
The program is rated through the step up to quality program
established under section 5104.29 of the Revised Code at the tiered
rating specified by the department in rules adopted under this
section.

(2)
The program provides early learning and development services to one
or more preschool-age children described in division (D) of this
section.

(3)
The program meets any other eligibility condition specified by the
department in rules adopted under this section.

(D)
A preschool-age child who meets all of the following conditions, as
determined by a county department of job and family services, is
eligible to participate in the early childhood education grant
program if a slot is available:

(1)
Either the amount of the child's family income does not exceed two
hundred per cent of the federal poverty line or the child meets one
of the following conditions:

(a)
An IEP has been developed for the child;

(b)
The child is placed with a resource caregiver as described in Chapter
5103. of the Revised Code, with such placement documented by either a
family case plan or kinship permanency incentive payments;

(c)
The child is homeless as described in division (V) of section 5104.01
of the Revised Code.

(2)
The child is a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien.

(3)
The child meets any other eligibility condition specified by the
department in rules adopted under this section.

(E)
Any funds appropriated to the department for purposes of the early
childhood education grant program shall be used as follows:

(1)
In each fiscal year, not more than two per cent of appropriated funds
shall be used for program support and technical assistance.

(2)
Appropriated funds other than those described in division (E)(1) of
this section shall be distributed to grant recipients.

(F)
In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director
shall adopt rules to implement this section and administer the early
childhood education grant program, including rules addressing all of
the following topics:

(1)
Eligibility conditions and other requirements for participation in
the grant program by early learning and development programs,
including the tiered rating at which a program becomes eligible to
participate;

(2)
Eligibility conditions for children participating in the early
childhood education grant program if a slot is available;

(3)
Standards, procedures, and requirements to apply for and distribute
funds to participating early learning and development programs;

(4)
In the event funds are distributed in error under the program,
methods by which the department may recover those funds.

(G)
The award of an early childhood education grant under this section
shall not be considered publicly funded child care or a family
services program.

Sec.
5165.26.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Base rate" means the portion of a nursing facility's total
per medicaid day payment rate determined under divisions (A) and (B)
of section 5165.15 of the Revised Code.

(2)
"CMS" means the United States centers for medicare and
medicaid services.

(3)
"Long-stay resident" means an individual who has resided in
a nursing facility for at least one hundred one days.

(4)
"Nursing facilities for which a quality score was determined"
includes nursing facilities that are determined to have a quality
score of zero.

(5)
"SFF list" means the list of nursing facilities that the
United States department of health and human services creates under
the special focus facility program.

(6)
"Special focus facility program" means the program
conducted by the United States secretary of health and human services
pursuant to section 1919(f)(10) of the "Social Security Act,"
42 U.S.C. 1396r(f)(10).

(B)
Subject to divisions (D) and (E) and except as provided in division
(F) of this section, the department of medicaid shall determine each
nursing facility's per medicaid day quality incentive payment rate as
follows:

(1)
Determine the sum of the quality scores determined under division (C)
of this section for all nursing facilities.

(2)
Determine the average quality score by dividing the sum determined
under division (B)(1) of this section by the number of nursing
facilities for which a quality score was determined.

(3)
Determine the sum of the total number of medicaid days for all of the
calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is
determined for all nursing facilities for which a quality score was
determined.

(4)
Multiply the average quality score determined under division (B)(2)
of this section by the sum determined under division (B)(3) of this
section.

(5)
Determine the value per quality point by determining the quotient of
the following:

(a)
The sum determined under division (E)(2) of this section.

(b)
The product determined under division (B)(4) of this section.

(6)
Multiply the value per quality point determined under division (B)(5)
of this section by the nursing facility's quality score determined
under division (C) of this section.

(C)(1)
Except as provided in divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section, a
nursing facility's quality score for a state fiscal year shall be the
sum of the following:

(a)
The total number of points that CMS assigned to the nursing facility
under CMS's nursing facility five-star quality rating system for the
following quality metrics, or CMS's successor metrics as described
below, based on the most recent four-quarter average data, or the
average data for fewer quarters in the case of successor metrics,
available in the database maintained by CMS and known as nursing home
compare in the most recent month of the calendar year during which
the fiscal year for which the rate is determined begins:

(i)
The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents at high
risk for pressure ulcers who had pressure ulcers;

(ii)
The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents who had
a urinary tract infection;

(iii)
The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents whose
ability to move independently worsened;

(iv)
The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents who had
a catheter inserted and left in their bladder.

If
CMS ceases to publish any of the metrics specified in division
(C)(1)(a) of this section, the department shall use the nursing
facility quality metrics on the same topics that CMS subsequently
publishes.

(b)
Seven and five-tenths points for fiscal year 2024 and three points
for fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years if the nursing
facility's occupancy rate is greater than seventy-five per cent. For
purposes of this division, the department shall utilize the
facility's occupancy rate for licensed beds reported on its cost
report for the calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the
rate is determined or, if the facility is not required to be
licensed, the facility's occupancy rate for certified beds. If the
facility surrenders licensed or certified beds before the first day
of July of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins, the
department shall calculate a nursing facility's occupancy rate by
dividing the inpatient days reported on the facility's cost report
for the calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is
determined by the product of the number of days in the calendar year
and the facility's number of licensed, or if applicable, certified
beds on the first day of July of the calendar year in which the
fiscal year begins.

(c)
Beginning with state fiscal year 2025, the total number of points
that CMS assigned to the nursing facility under CMS's nursing
facility five-star quality rating system for the following quality
metrics, or successor metrics designated by CMS, based on the most
recent four-quarter average data available in the database maintained
by CMS and known as nursing home compare in the most recent month of
the calendar year during which the fiscal year for which the rate is
determined begins:

(i)
The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents whose
need for help with daily activities has increased;

(ii)
The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents
experiencing one or more falls with major injury;

(iii)
The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents who were
administered an antipsychotic medication;

(iv)
Adjusted total nurse staffing hours per resident per day using
quintiles instead of deciles by using the points assigned to the
higher of the two deciles that constitute the quintile.

If
CMS ceases to publish any of the metrics specified in division
(C)(1)(c) of this section, the department shall use the nursing
facility quality metrics on the same topics CMS subsequently
publishes.

(2)
In determining a nursing facility's quality score for a state fiscal
year, the department shall make the following adjustment to the
number of points that CMS assigned to the nursing facility for each
of the quality metrics specified in divisions (C)(1)(a) and (c) of
this section:

(a)
Unless division (C)(2)(b) or (c) of this section applies, divide the
number of the nursing facility's points for the quality metric by
twenty.

(b)
If CMS assigned the nursing facility to the lowest percentile for the
quality metric, reduce the number of the nursing facility's points
for the quality metric to zero.

(c)
If the nursing facility's total number of points calculated for or
during a state fiscal year for all of the quality metrics specified
in divisions (C)(1)(a), and if applicable, division (C)(1)(c) of this
section is less than a number of points that is equal to the
twenty-fifth percentile of all nursing facilities, calculated using
the points for the July 1 rate setting of that fiscal year reduce the
nursing facility's points to zero until the next point calculation.
If a facility's recalculated points under division (C)(3) of this
section are below the number of points determined to be the
twenty-fifth percentile for that fiscal year, the facility shall
receive zero points for the remainder of that fiscal year.

(3)
A nursing facility's quality score shall be recalculated for the
second half of the state fiscal year based on the most recent four
quarter average data, or the average data for fewer quarters in the
case of successor metrics, available in the database maintained by
CMS and known as the care compare, in the most recent month of the
calendar year during which the fiscal year for which the rate is
determined begins. The metrics specified by division (C)(1)(b) of
this section shall not be recalculated. In redetermining the quality
payment for each facility based on the recalculated points, the
department shall use the same per point value determined for the
quality payment at the start of the fiscal year.

(D)
A nursing facility shall not receive a quality incentive payment if
the Department of Health assigned the nursing facility to the SFF
list under the special focus facility program and the nursing
facility is listed in table A, on the first day of May of the
calendar year for which the rate is being determined.

(E)
The total amount to be spent on quality incentive payments under
division (B) of this section for a fiscal year shall be determined as
follows:

(1)
Determine the following amount for each nursing facility:

(a)
The amount that is five and two-tenths per cent of the nursing
facility's base rate for nursing facility services provided on the
first day of the state fiscal year plus one dollar and seventy-nine
cents plus sixty per cent of the per diem amount by which the nursing
facility's
rate
for direct care costs determined for the fiscal year under section
5165.19 of the Revised Code
cost
per case-mix unit
changed
as a result of the rebasing conducted under section 5165.36 of the
Revised Code.
The
nursing facility's cost per case-mix unit is determined under
division (C) of section 5165.19 of the Revised Code and for purposes
of this division shall not be multiplied by the facility's semiannual
case-mix score determined under section 5165.192 of the Revised Code.

(b)
Multiply the amount determined under division (E)(1)(a) of this
section by the number of the nursing facility's medicaid days for the
calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is
determined.

(2)
Determine the sum of the products determined under division (E)(1)(b)
of this section for all nursing facilities for which the product was
determined for the state fiscal year.

(3)
To the sum determined under division (E)(2) of this section, add one
hundred twenty-five million dollars.

(F)(1)

Beginning
July 1, 2023, a new nursing facility shall receive a quality
incentive payment for the fiscal year in which the new facility
obtains an initial provider agreement and the immediately following
fiscal year equal to the median quality incentive payment determined
for nursing facilities for the fiscal year. For the state fiscal year
after the immediately following fiscal year and subsequent fiscal
years, the quality incentive payment shall be determined under
division (C) of this section.

(2)
A nursing facility that undergoes a change of operator with an
effective date of July 1, 2025, or later shall not receive a quality
incentive payment until the earlier of the first day of January or
the first day of July that is at least six months after the effective
date of the change of operator. Thereafter any quality incentive
payment shall be determined under division (C) of this section.

(G)
The intent of the general assembly, in amending this section, is to
clarify statutory language in response to the decision of the Ohio
Supreme Court in the case
State
ex rel. LeadingAge Ohio v. Ohio Dept. of Medicaid
,
Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-3066 and to require the department to
continue calculating and paying the quality incentive payments in the
manner they were actually paid in state fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
The general assembly acknowledges that the department calculated the
quality incentive pool in the way the general assembly originally
intended.

Sec.
5502.262.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Administrator" means the superintendent, principal, chief
administrative officer, or other person having supervisory authority
of any of the following:

(a)
A city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district;

(b)
A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised
Code, as required through reference in division (A)(11)(d) of section
3314.03 of the Revised Code;

(c)
A STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, as
required through reference in section 3326.11 of the Revised Code;

(d)
A college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328.
of the Revised Code;

(e)
A district or school operating a career-technical education program
approved by the department of education and workforce under section
3317.161 of the Revised Code;

(f)
A chartered nonpublic school;

(g)
An educational service center;

(h)
A preschool program or school-age child care program licensed by the
department of
education
and workforce
children
and youth
;

(i)
Any other facility that primarily provides educational services to
children subject to regulation by the department of education and
workforce.

(2)
"Emergency management test" means a regularly scheduled
drill, exercise, or activity designed to assess and evaluate an
emergency management plan under this section.

(3)
"Building" means any school, school building, facility,
program, or center.

(4)
"Regional mobile training officer" means the regional
mobile training officer appointed under section 5502.70 of the
Revised Code for the region in which a district, school, center,
program, or facility is located.

(B)(1)
Each administrator shall develop and adopt a comprehensive emergency
management plan, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to
division (F) of this section, for each building under the
administrator's control. The administrator shall examine the
environmental conditions and operations of each building to determine
potential hazards to student and staff safety and shall propose
operating changes to promote the prevention of potentially dangerous
problems and circumstances. In developing the plan for each building,
the administrator shall involve community law enforcement and safety
officials, parents of students who are assigned to the building, and
teachers and nonteaching employees who are assigned to the building.
The administrator may involve the regional mobile training officer in
the development of the plan. The administrator shall incorporate
remediation strategies into the plan for any building where
documented safety problems have occurred.

(2)
Each administrator shall also incorporate into the emergency
management plan adopted under division (B)(1) of this section all of
the following:

(a)
A protocol for addressing serious threats to the safety of property,
students, employees, or administrators;

(b)
A protocol for responding to any emergency events that occur and
compromise the safety of property, students, employees, or
administrators. This protocol shall include, but not be limited to,
all of the following:

(i)
A floor plan that is unique to each floor of the building;

(ii)
A site plan that includes all building property and surrounding
property;

(iii)
An emergency contact information sheet.

(c)
A threat assessment plan developed as prescribed in section 5502.263
of the Revised Code. A building may use the model plan developed by
the department of public safety under that section;

(d)
A protocol for school threat assessment teams established under
section 3313.669 of the Revised Code;

(e)
A protocol that addresses student use of cellular telephones during
an active threat or emergency.

(3)
Each protocol described in division (B) of this section shall include
procedures determined to be appropriate by the administrator for
responding to threats and emergency events, respectively, including
such things as notification of appropriate law enforcement personnel,
calling upon specified emergency response personnel for assistance,
and informing parents of affected students.

Prior
to the opening day of each school year, the administrator shall
inform each student or child enrolled in the school and the student's
or child's parent of the parental notification procedures included in
the protocol.

(4)
Each administrator shall keep a copy of the emergency management plan
adopted pursuant to this section in a secure place.

(C)(1)
The administrator shall submit to the director of public safety, in
accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (F) of this
section, an electronic copy of the emergency management plan
prescribed by division (B) of this section not less than once every
three years, whenever a major modification to the building requires
changes in the procedures outlined in the plan, and whenever
information on the emergency contact information sheet changes.

(2)
The administrator also shall file a copy of the plan with each law
enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the school building
and, upon request, to any of the following:

(a)
The fire department that serves the political subdivision in which
the building is located;

(b)
The emergency medical service organization that serves the political
subdivision in which the building is located;

(c)
The county emergency management agency for the county in which the
building is located;

(d)
The regional mobile training officer.

(3)
Upon receipt of an emergency management plan, the director shall post
the information on the contact and information management system and
submit the information in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to
division (F) of this section, to the attorney general, who shall post
that information on the Ohio law enforcement gateway or its
successor.

(4)
Any department or entity to which copies of an emergency management
plan are filed under this section shall keep the copies in a secure
place.

(D)(1)
Not later than the first day of September of each year, each
administrator shall review the emergency management plan and certify
to the director that the plan is current and accurate.

(2)
Anytime that an administrator updates the emergency management plan
pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, the administrator shall
file copies, not later than the tenth day after the revision is
adopted and in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (F)
of this section, to the director and to any entity with which the
administrator filed a copy under division (C)(2) of this section.

(E)
Each administrator shall do both of the following:

(1)
Prepare and conduct at least one annual emergency management test, as
defined in division (A)(2) of this section, in accordance with rules
adopted pursuant to division (F) of this section;

(2)
Grant access to each building under the control of the administrator
to law enforcement personnel and to entities described in division
(C)(2) of this section, to enable the personnel and entities to hold
training sessions for responding to threats and emergency events
affecting the building, provided that the access occurs outside of
student instructional hours and the administrator, or the
administrator's designee, is present in the building during the
training sessions.

(F)
The director of public safety, in consultation with representatives
from the education community and in accordance with Chapter 119. of
the Revised Code, shall adopt rules regarding emergency management
plans under this section, including the content of the plans and
procedures for filing the plans. The rules shall specify that plans
and information required under division (B) of this section be
submitted on standardized forms developed by the director for such
purpose. The rules shall also specify the requirements and procedures
for emergency management tests conducted pursuant to division (E)(1)
of this section. Failure to comply with the rules may result in
discipline pursuant to section 3319.31 of the Revised Code or any
other action against the administrator as prescribed by rule.

(G)
Division (B) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code applies to any
administrator who is subject to the requirements of this section and
is not exempt under division (H) of this section and who is an
applicant for a license or holds a license from the state board of
education pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code.

(H)(1)
The director may exempt any administrator from the requirements of
this section, if the director determines that the requirements do not
otherwise apply to a building or buildings under the control of that
administrator.

(2)
The director shall exempt from the requirements of this section the
administrator of an online learning school, established under section
3302.42 of the Revised Code, unless students of that school
participate in in-person instruction or assessments at a location
that is not covered by an existing emergency management plan,
developed under this section as of December 14, 2021.

(I)
Copies of the emergency management plan, including all records
related to the plan, emergency management tests, and information
required under division (B) of this section are security records and
are not public records pursuant to section 149.433 of the Revised
Code. In addition, the information posted to the contact and
information management system, pursuant to division (C)(3)(b) of this
section, is exempt from public disclosure or release in accordance
with sections 149.43, 149.433, and 5502.03 of the Revised Code.

Notwithstanding
section 149.433 of the Revised Code, a floor plan filed with the
attorney general pursuant to this section is not a public record to
the extent it is a record kept by the attorney general.

Sec.

126.65

5502.75
.

(A)

As
used in this section, "public safety officer" includes all
the following, whether paid or volunteer:

(1)
A peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code;

(2)
A firefighter of a lawfully constituted fire department;

(3)
A first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency
medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical
technician-paramedic certified under Chapter 4765. of the Revised
Code.

(B)

The
state post-traumatic stress fund is created in the state treasury.
The director of
budget
and management
public
safety
shall
be the trustee of the fund.

(B)
(C)

The state post-traumatic stress fund shall be used for the following
purposes:

(1)
Payment of compensation for lost wages that result from a public
safety officer being disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder
received in the course of, and arising out of, employment as a public
safety officer but without an accompanying physical injury;

(2)
Payment of medical, nurse, therapy, and hospital services and
medicines required to treat a public safety officer diagnosed with
post-traumatic stress disorder received in the course of, and arising
out of, employment as a public safety officer but without an
accompanying physical injury;

(3)
Payment of administrative costs incurred in providing the
compensation and benefits described in divisions
(B)(1)
(C)(1)

and (2) of this section.

(C)
(D)

No employer shall discharge, demote, reassign, or take any punitive
action against any public safety officer because the officer filed a
claim or instituted, pursued, or testified in any proceedings related
to compensation or benefits paid from the state post traumatic stress
fund as a result of a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder
received in the course of, and arising out of, employment as a public
safety officer but without an accompanying physical injury. Any such
officer may file an action in the common pleas court of the county of
the officer's employment in which the relief which may be granted
shall be limited to reasonable attorney fees and reinstatement with
back pay, if the action is based on discharge, or an award for wages
lost if based upon demotion, reassignment, or punitive action taken,
offset by earnings subsequent to discharge, demotion, reassignment,
or punitive action taken. The action shall be forever barred unless
filed within one hundred eighty days immediately following the
discharge, demotion, reassignment, or punitive action taken, and no
action may be instituted or maintained unless the employer has
received written notice of a claimed violation of this section within
the ninety days immediately following the discharge, demotion,
reassignment, or punitive action taken.

(D)
(E)

There shall be no payments made from the state post-traumatic stress
fund pursuant to division
(B)
(C)

of this section and no person is eligible for any claims and no
liability shall accrue to any state party under this section.

Sec.
5525.17.
(A)(1)

If
a contractor has not commenced
his

work within a reasonable time, or does not carry the same forward
with reasonable progress, or is improperly performing
his

the

work, or has abandoned, or fails or refuses to complete a contract
entered into under Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516.,
5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533.,
and 5535. of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall
make a finding to that effect and so notify the contractor in
writing, and the rights of the contractor to control and supervise
the work shall immediately cease. The director shall forthwith give
written notice to the sureties on the bonds of such contractor of
such action.
If

(2)
If
,
within ten days after the receipt of such notice, such sureties on
the contract performance bond or any one or more of them notify the
director in writing of their intention to enter upon and complete the
work covered by such contract, such sureties shall be permitted to do
so and the director shall allow them thirty days, after the receipt
of such notice in writing, within which to enter upon the work and
resume construction, unless such time is extended by the director for
good cause shown. If such sureties do not carry the same forward with
reasonable progress, or if they improperly perform, abandon, or fail
to complete the work covered by any such contract, the director shall
complete the same in the manner provided in this section.
In

(3)
Except as provided in division (A)(4) of this section, in
the
event the sureties on the contract performance bond, or any one or
more of them, notify the director in writing of their intention to
enter upon and complete the work covered by such contract, and then
fail or refuse to so complete, any additional costs reasonably
incurred by the director as a result of such failure or refusal shall
be computed by the director and become the liability of such surety,
which is not limited by the amount of the contract performance bond.

If

(4)(a)
In the event the sureties on a contract performance bond that relates
to a major bridge project, or any one or more of them, notify the
director in writing of their intention to enter upon and complete the
work covered by such contract, and then fail or refuse to so
complete, any additional costs reasonably incurred by the director as
a result of such failure or refusal shall be computed by the director
and become the liability of such surety in an amount not to exceed
one hundred fifteen per cent of the contract performance bond.

(b)
As used in division (A)(4)(a) of this section, "major bridge
project" means a bridge project that spans the Ohio river for a
contract that was awarded with the allowances authorized under
division (D) of section 5517.011 of the Revised Code.

(5)
If
the
surety fails to pay
such

the

amount

computed by the director under division (A)(3) or (4) of this
section
,
the director shall certify the facts to the attorney general, who
shall proceed to collect such additional costs from the surety and
the amount so collected shall be paid into the state treasury to the
credit of the fund from which the excess cost was originally paid.

(B)

If,
after receiving notice of the action of the director in terminating
the control of the contractor over the work covered by
his

the

contract, the sureties on such contract performance bond do not
within ten days give the director the written notice provided for in
this section, the director shall cause that portion of the work which
remains uncompleted to be re-estimated and relet in accordance with
the requirements applicable to original bids; or in the event the
director determines with the approval of the controlling board that
an extraordinary emergency exists,
he

the director

may contract for the completion of the work without advertising for
bids, if
he

the director

considers it to be in the best public interest.

(C)

Before
entering into a contract for the completion of any such improvement

in accordance with division (B) of this section
,
the director shall require a contract performance bond and a payment
bond with sufficient sureties each in an amount equal to one hundred
per cent of the estimated cost of completing the work, and conditions
relating to the bonds of original contractors shall apply to such
bonds.

(D)(1)

If
the cost of completing such work
under
division (C) of this section
exceeds
the amount set aside or apportioned therefor, the remainder of the
cost shall be paid from the appropriations from the state highway
operating fund available for the use of the department of
transportation and against which no contractual obligations exist.

If

(2)
Subject to the limitation specified in division (A)(4) of this
section, if
the
cost of completing any such improvement exceeds the portion of the
contract price remaining unpaid to the original contractor at the
time of
his

default, such excess shall be computed by the director and becomes
the liability of such contractor or surety or both. If either the
contractor or surety fails to pay such amount, the director shall
certify the facts to the attorney general, who shall proceed to
collect such excess cost from the contractor and the sureties upon

his

the

contract performance bond, and the amount so collected shall be paid
into the state treasury to the credit of the fund from which the
excess cost was originally paid.

(E)

Where
the estimated cost of completing a defaulted contract does not exceed
five thousand dollars, the director may complete the same by force
account, or by a contract let without advertisement.

Sec.
5709.40.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Blighted area" and "impacted city" have the same
meanings as in section 1728.01 of the Revised Code.

(2)
"Business day" means a day of the week excluding Saturday,
Sunday, and a legal holiday as defined under section 1.14 of the
Revised Code.

(3)
"Housing renovation" means a project carried out for
residential purposes.

(4)
"Improvement" means the increase in the assessed value of
any real property that would first appear on the tax list and
duplicate of real and public utility property after the effective
date of an ordinance adopted under this section were it not for the
exemption granted by that ordinance.

(5)
"Incentive district" means an area not more than three
hundred acres in size enclosed by a continuous boundary in which a
project is being, or will be, undertaken and having one or more of
the following distress characteristics:

(a)
At least fifty-one per cent of the residents of the district have
incomes of less than eighty per cent of the median income of
residents of the political subdivision in which the district is
located, as determined in the same manner specified under section
119(b) of the "Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,"
88 Stat. 633, 42 U.S.C. 5318, as amended;

(b)
The average rate of unemployment in the district during the most
recent twelve-month period for which data are available is equal to
at least one hundred fifty per cent of the average rate of
unemployment for this state for the same period.

(c)
At least twenty per cent of the people residing in the district live
at or below the poverty level as defined in the federal Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5301, as amended, and
regulations adopted pursuant to that act.

(d)
The district is a blighted area.

(e)
The district is in a situational distress area as designated by the
director of development under division (F) of section 122.23 of the
Revised Code.

(f)
As certified by the engineer for the political subdivision, the
public infrastructure serving the district is inadequate to meet the
development needs of the district as evidenced by a written economic
development plan or urban renewal plan for the district that has been
adopted by the legislative authority of the subdivision.

(g)
The district is comprised entirely of unimproved land that is located
in a distressed area as defined in section 122.23 of the Revised
Code.

(6)
"Overlay" means an area of not more than three hundred
acres that is a square, or that is a rectangle having two longer
sides that are not more than twice the length of the two shorter
sides, that the legislative authority of a municipal corporation
delineates on a map of a proposed incentive district.

(7)
"Project" means development activities undertaken on one or
more parcels, including, but not limited to, construction, expansion,
and alteration of buildings or structures, demolition, remediation,
and site development, and any building or structure that results from
those activities.

(8)
"Public infrastructure improvement" includes, but is not
limited to, public roads and highways; water and sewer lines; the
continued maintenance of those public roads and highways and water
and sewer lines; environmental remediation; land acquisition,
including acquisition in aid of industry, commerce, distribution, or
research; demolition, including demolition on private property when
determined to be necessary for economic development purposes;
stormwater and flood remediation projects, including such projects on
private property when determined to be necessary for public health,
safety, and welfare; the provision of gas, electric, and
communications service facilities, including the provision of gas or
electric service facilities owned by nongovernmental entities when
such improvements are determined to be necessary for economic
development purposes; the enhancement of public waterways through
improvements that allow for greater public access; and off-street
parking facilities, including those in which all or a portion of the
parking spaces are reserved for specific uses when determined to be
necessary for economic development purposes.

(9)
"Nonperforming parcel" means a parcel to which all of the
following apply:

(a)
The parcel is exempted from taxation under division (B) of this
section or has been included in a district created under division (C)
of this section.

(b)
The parcel's owner is required to make payments in lieu of taxes in
accordance with section 5709.42 of the Revised Code.

(c)
No such payments have been remitted to the county treasurer since the
inception of the exemption or district.

(B)
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance,
may declare improvements to certain parcels of real property located
in the municipal corporation to be a public purpose. Improvements
with respect to a parcel that is used or to be used for residential
purposes may be declared a public purpose under this division only if
the parcel is located in a blighted area of an impacted city. For
this purpose, "parcel that is used or to be used for residential
purposes" means a parcel that, as improved, is used or to be
used for purposes that would cause the tax commissioner to classify
the parcel as residential property in accordance with rules adopted
by the commissioner under section 5713.041 of the Revised Code.
Except as otherwise provided under division (D) of this section or
section 5709.51
or
5709.511
of
the Revised Code, not more than seventy-five per cent of an
improvement thus declared to be a public purpose may be exempted from
real property taxation for a period of not more than ten years. The
ordinance shall specify the percentage of the improvement to be
exempted from taxation and the life of the exemption.

An
ordinance adopted or amended under this division shall designate the
specific public infrastructure improvements made, to be made, or in
the process of being made by the municipal corporation that directly
benefit, or that once made will directly benefit, the parcels for
which improvements are declared to be a public purpose. The service
payments provided for in section 5709.42 of the Revised Code shall be
used to finance the public infrastructure improvements designated in
the ordinance, for the purpose described in division (D)(1) of this
section or as provided in section 5709.43 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1)
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may adopt an
ordinance creating an incentive district and declaring improvements
to parcels within the district to be a public purpose and, except as
provided in division (C)(2) of this section, exempt from taxation as
provided in this section, but no legislative authority of a municipal
corporation that has a population that exceeds twenty-five thousand,
as shown by the most recent federal decennial census, shall adopt an
ordinance that creates an incentive district if the sum of the
taxable value of real property in the proposed district for the
preceding tax year and the taxable value of all real property in the
municipal corporation that would have been taxable in the preceding
year were it not for the fact that the property was in an existing
incentive district and therefore exempt from taxation exceeds
twenty-five per cent of the taxable value of real property in the
municipal corporation for the preceding tax year. The ordinance shall
delineate the boundary of the proposed district and specifically
identify each parcel within the district. A proposed district may not
include any parcel, other than a nonperforming parcel, that is or has
been exempted from taxation under division (B) of this section or
that is or has been within another district created under this
division. On and after the effective date of the district, a
nonperforming parcel within the district is no longer exempted from
taxation under division (B) of this section or included within an
incentive district under any previous ordinance, and the parcel's
owner is no longer required to make payments in lieu of taxes under
such a previous ordinance in accordance with section 5709.42 of the
Revised Code. Any exemption application filed with the tax
commissioner under section 5715.27 of the Revised Code under the
second ordinance shall identify the nonperforming parcels included in
the second district, the original ordinance under which the
nonperforming parcels were originally exempted, and the value history
of each nonperforming parcel since the enactment of the original
ordinance. An ordinance may create more than one such district, and
more than one ordinance may be adopted under division (C)(1) of this
section.

(2)(a)
Not later than thirty days prior to adopting an ordinance under
division (C)(1) of this section, if the municipal corporation intends
to apply for exemptions from taxation under section 5709.911 of the
Revised Code on behalf of owners of real property located within the
proposed incentive district, the legislative authority of the
municipal corporation shall conduct a public hearing on the proposed
ordinance. Not later than thirty days prior to the public hearing,
the legislative authority shall give notice of the public hearing and
the proposed ordinance by first class mail to every real property
owner whose property is located within the boundaries of the proposed
incentive district that is the subject of the proposed ordinance. The
notice shall include a map of the proposed incentive district on
which the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall
have delineated an overlay. The notice shall inform the property
owner of the owner's right to exclude the owner's property from the
incentive district if the owner's entire parcel of property will not
be located within the overlay, by submitting a written response in
accordance with division (C)(2)(b) of this section. The notice also
shall include information detailing the required contents of the
response, the address to which the response may be mailed, and the
deadline for submitting the response.

(b)
Any owner of real property located within the boundaries of an
incentive district proposed under division (C)(1) of this section
whose entire parcel of property is not located within the overlay may
exclude the property from the proposed incentive district by
submitting a written response to the legislative authority of the
municipal corporation not later than forty-five days after the
postmark date on the notice required under division (C)(2)(a) of this
section. The response shall be sent by first class mail or delivered
in person at a public hearing held by the legislative authority under
division (C)(2)(a) of this section. The response shall conform to any
content requirements that may be established by the municipal
corporation and included in the notice provided under division
(C)(2)(a) of this section. In the response, property owners may
identify a parcel by street address, by the manner in which it is
identified in the ordinance, or by other means allowing the identity
of the parcel to be ascertained.

(c)
Before adopting an ordinance under division (C)(1) of this section,
the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall amend the
ordinance to exclude any parcel located wholly or partly outside the
overlay for which a written response has been submitted under
division (C)(2)(b) of this section. A municipal corporation shall not
apply for exemptions from taxation under section 5709.911 of the
Revised Code for any such parcel, and service payments may not be
required from the owner of the parcel. Improvements to a parcel
excluded from an incentive district under this division may be
exempted from taxation under division (B) of this section pursuant to
an ordinance adopted under that division or under any other section
of the Revised Code under which the parcel qualifies.

(3)(a)
An ordinance adopted under division (C)(1) of this section shall
specify the life of the incentive district and the percentage of the
improvements to be exempted, shall designate the public
infrastructure improvements made, to be made, or in the process of
being made, that benefit or serve, or, once made, will benefit or
serve parcels in the district. The ordinance also shall identify one
or more specific projects being, or to be, undertaken in the district
that place additional demand on the public infrastructure
improvements designated in the ordinance. The project identified may,
but need not be, the project under division (C)(3)(b) of this section
that places real property in use for commercial or industrial
purposes. Except as otherwise permitted under that division, the
service payments provided for in section 5709.42 of the Revised Code
shall be used to finance the designated public infrastructure
improvements, for the purpose described in division (D)(1), (E), or
(F) of this section, or as provided in section 5709.43 of the Revised
Code.

An
ordinance adopted under division (C)(1) of this section on or after
March 30, 2006, shall not designate police or fire equipment as
public infrastructure improvements, and no service payment provided
for in section 5709.42 of the Revised Code and received by the
municipal corporation under the ordinance shall be used for police or
fire equipment.

(b)
An ordinance adopted under division (C)(1) of this section may
authorize the use of service payments provided for in section 5709.42
of the Revised Code for the purpose of housing renovations within the
incentive district, provided that the ordinance also designates
public infrastructure improvements that benefit or serve the
district, and that a project within the district places real property
in use for commercial or industrial purposes. Service payments may be
used to finance or support loans, deferred loans, and grants to
persons for the purpose of housing renovations within the district.
The ordinance shall designate the parcels within the district that
are eligible for housing renovation. The ordinance shall state
separately the amounts or the percentages of the expected aggregate
service payments that are designated for each public infrastructure
improvement and for the general purpose of housing renovations.

(4)
Except with the approval of the board of education of each city,
local, or exempted village school district within the territory of
which the incentive district is or will be located, and subject to
division (E) of this section, the life of an incentive district shall
not exceed ten years, and the percentage of improvements to be
exempted shall not exceed seventy-five per cent. With approval of the
board of education, the life of a district may be not more than
thirty years, and the percentage of improvements to be exempted may
be not more than one hundred per cent. The approval of a board of
education shall be obtained in the manner provided in division (D) of
this section.

(D)(1)
If the ordinance declaring improvements to a parcel to be a public
purpose or creating an incentive district specifies that payments in
lieu of taxes provided for in section 5709.42 of the Revised Code
shall be paid to the city, local, or exempted village, and joint
vocational school district in which the parcel or incentive district
is located in the amount of the taxes that would have been payable to
the school district if the improvements had not been exempted from
taxation, the percentage of the improvement that may be exempted from
taxation may exceed seventy-five per cent, and the exemption may be
granted for up to thirty years, without the approval of the board of
education as otherwise required under division (D)(2) of this
section.

(2)
Improvements with respect to a parcel may be exempted from taxation
under division (B) of this section, and improvements to parcels
within an incentive district may be exempted from taxation under
division (C) of this section, for up to ten years or, with the
approval under this paragraph of the board of education of the city,
local, or exempted village school district within which the parcel or
district is located, for up to thirty years. The percentage of the
improvement exempted from taxation may, with such approval, exceed
seventy-five per cent, but shall not exceed one hundred per cent. Not
later than forty-five business days prior to adopting an ordinance
under this section declaring improvements to be a public purpose that
is subject to approval by a board of education under this division,
the legislative authority shall deliver to the board of education a
notice stating its intent to adopt an ordinance making that
declaration. The notice regarding improvements with respect to a
parcel under division (B) of this section shall identify the parcels
for which improvements are to be exempted from taxation, provide an
estimate of the true value in money of the improvements, specify the
period for which the improvements would be exempted from taxation and
the percentage of the improvement that would be exempted, and
indicate the date on which the legislative authority intends to adopt
the ordinance. The notice regarding improvements to parcels within an
incentive district under division (C) of this section shall delineate
the boundaries of the district, specifically identify each parcel
within the district, identify each anticipated improvement in the
district, provide an estimate of the true value in money of each such
improvement, specify the life of the district and the percentage of
improvements that would be exempted, and indicate the date on which
the legislative authority intends to adopt the ordinance. The board
of education, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, may
approve the exemption for the period or for the exemption percentage
specified in the notice; may disapprove the exemption for the number
of years in excess of ten, may disapprove the exemption for the
percentage of the improvement to be exempted in excess of
seventy-five per cent, or both; or may approve the exemption on the
condition that the legislative authority and the board negotiate an
agreement providing for compensation to the school district equal in
value to a percentage of the amount of taxes exempted in the eleventh
and subsequent years of the exemption period or, in the case of
exemption percentages in excess of seventy-five per cent,
compensation equal in value to a percentage of the taxes that would
be payable on the portion of the improvement in excess of
seventy-five per cent were that portion to be subject to taxation, or
other mutually agreeable compensation. If an agreement is negotiated
between the legislative authority and the board to compensate the
school district for all or part of the taxes exempted, including
agreements for payments in lieu of taxes under section 5709.42 of the
Revised Code, the legislative authority shall compensate the joint
vocational school district within which the parcel or district is
located at the same rate and under the same terms received by the
city, local, or exempted village school district.

(3)
The board of education shall certify its resolution to the
legislative authority not later than fourteen days prior to the date
the legislative authority intends to adopt the ordinance as indicated
in the notice. If the board of education and the legislative
authority negotiate a mutually acceptable compensation agreement, the
ordinance may declare the improvements a public purpose for the
number of years specified in the ordinance or, in the case of
exemption percentages in excess of seventy-five per cent, for the
exemption percentage specified in the ordinance. In either case, if
the board and the legislative authority fail to negotiate a mutually
acceptable compensation agreement, the ordinance may declare the
improvements a public purpose for not more than ten years, and shall
not exempt more than seventy-five per cent of the improvements from
taxation. If the board fails to certify a resolution to the
legislative authority within the time prescribed by this division,
the legislative authority thereupon may adopt the ordinance and may
declare the improvements a public purpose for up to thirty years, or,
in the case of exemption percentages proposed in excess of
seventy-five per cent, for the exemption percentage specified in the
ordinance. The legislative authority may adopt the ordinance at any
time after the board of education certifies its resolution approving
the exemption to the legislative authority, or, if the board approves
the exemption on the condition that a mutually acceptable
compensation agreement be negotiated, at any time after the
compensation agreement is agreed to by the board and the legislative
authority.

(4)
If a board of education has adopted a resolution waiving its right to
approve exemptions from taxation under this section and the
resolution remains in effect, approval of exemptions by the board is
not required under division (D) of this section. If a board of
education has adopted a resolution allowing a legislative authority
to deliver the notice required under division (D) of this section
fewer than forty-five business days prior to the legislative
authority's adoption of the ordinance, the legislative authority
shall deliver the notice to the board not later than the number of
days prior to such adoption as prescribed by the board in its
resolution. If a board of education adopts a resolution waiving its
right to approve agreements or shortening the notification period,
the board shall certify a copy of the resolution to the legislative
authority. If the board of education rescinds such a resolution, it
shall certify notice of the rescission to the legislative authority.

(5)
If the legislative authority is not required by division (D) of this
section to notify the board of education of the legislative
authority's intent to declare improvements to be a public purpose,
the legislative authority shall comply with the notice requirements
imposed under section 5709.83 of the Revised Code, unless the board
has adopted a resolution under that section waiving its right to
receive such a notice.

(6)
Nothing in division (D) of this section prohibits the legislative
authority of a municipal corporation from amending the ordinance or
resolution under section 5709.51
or
5709.511
of
the Revised Code to extend the term of the exemption.

(E)(1)
If a proposed ordinance under division (C)(1) of this section exempts
improvements with respect to a parcel within an incentive district
for more than ten years, or the percentage of the improvement
exempted from taxation exceeds seventy-five per cent, not later than
forty-five business days prior to adopting the ordinance the
legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall deliver to
the board of county commissioners of the county within which the
incentive district will be located a notice that states its intent to
adopt an ordinance creating an incentive district. The notice shall
include a copy of the proposed ordinance, identify the parcels for
which improvements are to be exempted from taxation, provide an
estimate of the true value in money of the improvements, specify the
period of time for which the improvements would be exempted from
taxation, specify the percentage of the improvements that would be
exempted from taxation, and indicate the date on which the
legislative authority intends to adopt the ordinance.

(2)
The board of county commissioners, by resolution adopted by a
majority of the board, may object to the exemption for the number of
years in excess of ten, may object to the exemption for the
percentage of the improvement to be exempted in excess of
seventy-five per cent, or both. If the board of county commissioners
objects, the board may negotiate a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement with the legislative authority. In no case shall the
compensation provided to the board exceed the property taxes forgone
due to the exemption. If the board of county commissioners objects,
and the board and legislative authority fail to negotiate a mutually
acceptable compensation agreement, the ordinance adopted under
division (C)(1) of this section shall provide to the board
compensation in the eleventh and subsequent years of the exemption
period equal in value to not more than fifty per cent of the taxes
that would be payable to the county or, if the board's objection
includes an objection to an exemption percentage in excess of
seventy-five per cent, compensation equal in value to not more than
fifty per cent of the taxes that would be payable to the county, on
the portion of the improvement in excess of seventy-five per cent,
were that portion to be subject to taxation. The board of county
commissioners shall certify its resolution to the legislative
authority not later than thirty days after receipt of the notice.

(3)
If the board of county commissioners does not object or fails to
certify its resolution objecting to an exemption within thirty days
after receipt of the notice, the legislative authority may adopt the
ordinance, and no compensation shall be provided to the board of
county commissioners. If the board timely certifies its resolution
objecting to the ordinance, the legislative authority may adopt the
ordinance at any time after a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement is agreed to by the board and the legislative authority,
or, if no compensation agreement is negotiated, at any time after the
legislative authority agrees in the proposed ordinance to provide
compensation to the board of fifty per cent of the taxes that would
be payable to the county in the eleventh and subsequent years of the
exemption period or on the portion of the improvement in excess of
seventy-five per cent, were that portion to be subject to taxation.

(F)
Service payments in lieu of taxes that are attributable to any amount
by which the effective tax rate of either a renewal levy with an
increase or a replacement levy exceeds the effective tax rate of the
levy renewed or replaced, or that are attributable to an additional
levy, for a levy authorized by the voters for any of the following
purposes on or after January 1, 2006, and which are provided pursuant
to an ordinance creating an incentive district under division (C)(1)
of this section that is adopted on or after January 1, 2006, or a
later date as specified in this division, shall be distributed to the
appropriate taxing authority as required under division (C) of
section 5709.42 of the Revised Code in an amount equal to the amount
of taxes from that additional levy or from the increase in the
effective tax rate of such renewal or replacement levy that would
have been payable to that taxing authority from the following levies
were it not for the exemption authorized under division (C) of this
section:

(1)
A tax levied under division (L) of section 5705.19 or section
5705.191 or 5705.222 of the Revised Code for community developmental
disabilities programs and services pursuant to Chapter 5126. of the
Revised Code;

(2)
A tax levied under division (Y) of section 5705.19 of the Revised
Code for providing or maintaining senior citizens services or
facilities;

(3)
A tax levied under section 5705.22 of the Revised Code for county
hospitals;

(4)
A tax levied by a joint-county district or by a county under section
5705.19, 5705.191, or 5705.221 of the Revised Code for alcohol, drug
addiction, and mental health services or facilities;

(5)
A tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code for library
purposes;

(6)
A tax levied under section 5705.24 of the Revised Code for the
support of children services and the placement and care of children;

(7)
A tax levied under division (Z) of section 5705.19 of the Revised
Code for the provision and maintenance of zoological park services
and facilities under section 307.76 of the Revised Code;

(8)
A tax levied under section 511.27 or division (H) of section 5705.19
of the Revised Code for the support of township park districts;

(9)
A tax levied under division (A), (F), or (H) of section 5705.19 of
the Revised Code for parks and recreational purposes of a joint
recreation district organized pursuant to division (B) of section
755.14 of the Revised Code;

(10)
A tax levied under section 1545.20 or 1545.21 of the Revised Code for
park district purposes;

(11)
A tax levied under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code for the
purpose of making appropriations for public assistance; human or
social services; public relief; public welfare; public health and
hospitalization; and support of general hospitals;

(12)
A tax levied under section 3709.29 of the Revised Code for a general
health district program.

(13)
A tax levied by a township under section 505.39, division (I) of
section 5705.19, or division (JJ) of section 5705.19 of the Revised
Code to the extent the proceeds are used for the purposes described
in division (I) of that section, for the purpose of funding fire,
emergency medical, and ambulance services as described in that
section and those divisions. Division (F)(13) of this section applies
only if the township levying the tax provides fire, emergency
medical, or ambulance services in the incentive district, and only to
incentive districts created by an ordinance adopted on or after the
effective date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 69 of the
132nd general assembly, March 23, 2018. The board of township
trustees may, by resolution, waive the application of this division
or negotiate with the municipal corporation that created the district
for a lesser amount of payments in lieu of taxes.

(G)
An exemption from taxation granted under this section commences with
the tax year specified in the ordinance so long as the year specified
in the ordinance commences after the effective date of the ordinance.
If the ordinance specifies a year commencing before the effective
date of the resolution or specifies no year whatsoever, the exemption
commences with the tax year in which an exempted improvement first
appears on the tax list and duplicate of real and public utility
property and that commences after the effective date of the
ordinance. In lieu of stating a specific year, the ordinance may
provide that the exemption commences in the tax year in which the
value of an improvement exceeds a specified amount or in which the
construction of one or more improvements is completed, provided that
such tax year commences after the effective date of the ordinance.
With respect to the exemption of improvements to parcels under
division (B) of this section, the ordinance may allow for the
exemption to commence in different tax years on a parcel-by-parcel
basis, with a separate exemption term specified for each parcel.

Except
as otherwise provided in this division or section 5709.51
or
5709.511
of
the Revised Code, the exemption ends on the date specified in the
ordinance as the date the improvement ceases to be a public purpose
or the incentive district expires, or ends on the date on which the
public infrastructure improvements and housing renovations are paid
in full from the municipal public improvement tax increment
equivalent fund established under division (A) of section 5709.43 of
the Revised Code, whichever occurs first. The exemption of an
improvement with respect to a parcel or within an incentive district
may end on a later date, as specified in the ordinance, if the
legislative authority and the board of education of the city, local,
or exempted village school district within which the parcel or
district is located have entered into a compensation agreement under
section 5709.82 of the Revised Code with respect to the improvement,
and the board of education has approved the term of the exemption
under division (D)(2) of this section, but in no case shall the
improvement be exempted from taxation for more than thirty years.
Exemptions shall be claimed and allowed in the same manner as in the
case of other real property exemptions. If an exemption status
changes during a year, the procedure for the apportionment of the
taxes for that year is the same as in the case of other changes in
tax exemption status during the year.

(H)
Additional municipal financing of public infrastructure improvements
and housing renovations may be provided by any methods that the
municipal corporation may otherwise use for financing such
improvements or renovations. If the municipal corporation issues
bonds or notes to finance the public infrastructure improvements and
housing renovations and pledges money from the municipal public
improvement tax increment equivalent fund to pay the interest on and
principal of the bonds or notes, the bonds or notes are not subject
to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.

(I)
The municipal corporation, not later than fifteen days after the
adoption of an ordinance under this section, shall submit to the
director of development a copy of the ordinance. On or before the
thirty-first day of March of each year, the municipal corporation
shall submit a status report to the director. The report shall
indicate, in the manner prescribed by the director, the progress of
the project during each year that an exemption remains in effect,
including a summary of the receipts from service payments in lieu of
taxes; expenditures of money from the funds created under section
5709.43 of the Revised Code; a description of the public
infrastructure improvements and housing renovations financed with
such expenditures; and a quantitative summary of changes in
employment and private investment resulting from each project.

(J)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a legislative
authority from declaring to be a public purpose improvements with
respect to more than one parcel.

(K)
If a parcel is located in a new community district in which the new
community authority imposes a community development charge on the
basis of rentals received from leases of real property as described
in division (L)(2) of section 349.01 of the Revised Code, the parcel
may not be exempted from taxation under this section.

(L)(1)
Notwithstanding the limitations on the life of an incentive district
and the number of years that improvements to a parcel or parcels
within an incentive district may be exempted from taxation prescribed
by divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the legislative authority
of a municipal corporation may amend an ordinance originally adopted
under division (C) of this section before January 1, 2006, to extend
the life of an incentive district created by that ordinance. The
extension shall be for a period not to exceed fifteen years and shall
not increase the percentage of the value of improvements exempted
from taxation.

(2)
Before adopting an amendment authorized by division (L)(1) of this
section, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall
provide notice of the amendment to each board of education of the
city, local, or exempted village school district in which the
incentive district is located, in the same manner as provided under
division (D) of this section, and shall obtain the approval of each
such board in the manner required under that division, except both of
the following apply:

(a)
The board of education may approve the exemption on the condition
that the legislative authority and the board negotiate an agreement
providing for mutually agreeable compensation to the school district.

(b)
If the board of education fails to certify a resolution approving the
amendment to the legislative authority within the time prescribed by
division (D) of this section, the legislative authority shall not
adopt the amendment authorized under division (L) of this section.

(3)
No approval otherwise required by division (L)(2) of this section
shall be required from a board of education if either of the
following apply:

(a)
The amendment provides for compensation to the city, local, or
exempted village school district in which the incentive district is
located equal in value to the amount of taxes that would be payable
to the school district if the improvements exempted from taxation had
not been exempted for the additional period.

(b)
The board of education has adopted a resolution waiving its right to
approve exemptions from taxation pursuant to division (D)(4) of this
section. If the board has adopted such a resolution, the municipal
corporation shall comply with the notice requirements imposed by
section 5709.83 of the Revised Code before taking formal action to
adopt an amendment authorized under division (L)(1) of this section
unless the board has adopted a resolution under that section waiving
its right to receive that notice.

(4)
Not later than fourteen days before adopting an amendment authorized
by division (L)(1) of this section, the legislative authority of the
municipal corporation shall deliver a notice identical to a notice
required under section 5709.83 of the Revised Code to the board of
county commissioners of each county in which the incentive district
is located.

Sec.
5709.41.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Business day" means a day of the week excluding Saturday,
Sunday, and a legal holiday as defined under section 1.14 of the
Revised Code.

(2)
"Improvement" means the increase in assessed value of any
parcel of property subsequent to the acquisition of the parcel by a
municipal corporation engaged in urban redevelopment or by a township
engaged in redevelopment.

(B)
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township, by
ordinance or resolution, may declare to be a public purpose any
improvement to a parcel of real property if both of the following
apply:

(1)
The municipal corporation or township held fee title to the parcel
prior to the adoption of the ordinance or resolution;

(2)
The parcel is leased, or the fee of the parcel is conveyed, to any
person either before or after adoption of the ordinance or
resolution.

Improvements
used or to be used for residential purposes may be declared a public
purpose under this section only if the parcel is located in a
blighted area of an impacted city, in the case of a municipal
corporation, or in a blighted area, in the case of a township, as
those terms are defined in section 1728.01 of the Revised Code. For
this purpose, "parcel that is used or to be used for residential
purposes" means a parcel that, as improved, is used or to be
used for purposes that would cause the tax commissioner to classify
the parcel as residential property in accordance with rules adopted
by the commissioner under section 5713.041 of the Revised Code.

(C)
Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this
section, not more than seventy-five per cent of an improvement thus
declared to be a public purpose may be exempted from real property
taxation. The ordinance or resolution shall specify the percentage of
the improvement to be exempted from taxation. If a parcel is located
in a new community district in which the new community authority
imposes a community development charge on the basis of rentals
received from leases of real property as described in division (L)(2)
of section 349.01 of the Revised Code, the parcel may not be exempted
from taxation under this section.

(1)
If the ordinance or resolution declaring improvements to a parcel to
be a public purpose specifies that payments in lieu of taxes provided
for in section 5709.42 or 5709.74 of the Revised Code shall be paid
to the city, local, or exempted village school district in which the
parcel is located in the amount of the taxes that would have been
payable to the school district if the improvements had not been
exempted from taxation, the percentage of the improvement that may be
exempted from taxation may exceed seventy-five per cent, and the
exemption may be granted for up to thirty years, without the approval
of the board of education as otherwise required under division (C)(2)
of this section.

(2)
Improvements may be exempted from taxation for up to ten years or,
with the approval of the board of education of the city, local, or
exempted village school district within the territory of which the
improvements are or will be located, for up to thirty years. The
percentage of the improvement exempted from taxation may, with such
approval, exceed seventy-five per cent, but shall not exceed one
hundred per cent. Not later than forty-five business days prior to
adopting an ordinance or resolution under this section, the
legislative authority shall deliver to the board of education a
notice stating its intent to declare improvements to be a public
purpose under this section. The notice shall describe the parcel and
the improvements, provide an estimate of the true value in money of
the improvements, specify the period for which the improvements would
be exempted from taxation and the percentage of the improvements that
would be exempted, and indicate the date on which the legislative
authority intends to adopt the ordinance or resolution. The board of
education, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, may
approve the exemption for the period or for the exemption percentage
specified in the notice, may disapprove the exemption for the number
of years in excess of ten, may disapprove the exemption for the
percentage of the improvements to be exempted in excess of
seventy-five per cent, or both, or may approve the exemption on the
condition that the legislative authority and the board negotiate an
agreement providing for compensation to the school district equal in
value to a percentage of the amount of taxes exempted in the eleventh
and subsequent years of the exemption period, or, in the case of
exemption percentages in excess of seventy-five per cent,
compensation equal in value to a percentage of the taxes that would
be payable on the portion of the improvement in excess of
seventy-five per cent were that portion to be subject to taxation.
The board of education shall certify its resolution to the
legislative authority not later than fourteen days prior to the date
the legislative authority intends to adopt the ordinance or
resolution as indicated in the notice. If the board of education
approves the exemption on the condition that a compensation agreement
be negotiated, the board in its resolution shall propose a
compensation percentage. If the board of education and the
legislative authority negotiate a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement, the ordinance or resolution may declare the improvements a
public purpose for the number of years specified in the ordinance or
resolution or, in the case of exemption percentages in excess of
seventy-five per cent, for the exemption percentage specified in the
ordinance or resolution. In either case, if the board and the
legislative authority fail to negotiate a mutually acceptable
compensation agreement, the ordinance or resolution may declare the
improvements a public purpose for not more than ten years, but shall
not exempt more than seventy-five per cent of the improvements from
taxation. If the board fails to certify a resolution to the
legislative authority within the time prescribed by this division,
the legislative authority thereupon may adopt the ordinance or
resolution and may declare the improvements a public purpose for up
to thirty years. The legislative authority may adopt the ordinance or
resolution at any time after the board of education certifies its
resolution approving the exemption to the legislative authority, or,
if the board approves the exemption on the condition that a mutually
acceptable compensation agreement be negotiated, at any time after
the compensation agreement is agreed to by the board and the
legislative authority. If a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement is negotiated between the legislative authority and the
board, including agreements for payments in lieu of taxes under
section 5709.42 or 5709.74 of the Revised Code, the legislative
authority shall compensate the joint vocational school district
within the territory of which the improvements are or will be located
at the same rate and under the same terms received by the city,
local, or exempted village school district.

(3)
If a board of education has adopted a resolution waiving its right to
approve exemptions from taxation and the resolution remains in
effect, approval of exemptions by the board is not required under
this division. If a board of education has adopted a resolution
allowing a legislative authority to deliver the notice required under
this division fewer than forty-five business days prior to the
legislative authority's adoption of the ordinance or resolution, the
legislative authority shall deliver the notice to the board not later
than the number of days prior to such adoption as prescribed by the
board in its resolution. If a board of education adopts a resolution
waiving its right to approve exemptions or shortening the
notification period, the board shall certify a copy of the resolution
to the legislative authority. If the board of education rescinds such
a resolution, it shall certify notice of the rescission to the
legislative authority.

(4)
If the legislative authority is not required by division (C)(1), (2),
or (3) of this section to notify the board of education of the
legislative authority's intent to declare improvements to be a public
purpose, the legislative authority shall comply with the notice
requirements imposed under section 5709.83 of the Revised Code,
unless the board has adopted a resolution under that section waiving
its right to receive such a notice.

(5)
Nothing in division (C) of this section prohibits the legislative
authority of a municipal corporation or township from amending the
ordinance or resolution under section 5709.51
or
5709.511
of
the Revised Code to extend the term of the exemption.

(D)
An exemption granted under this section commences with the tax year
specified in the ordinance or resolution so long as the year
specified in the ordinance or resolution commences after the
effective date of the ordinance or resolution. If the ordinance or
resolution specifies a year commencing before the effective date of
the ordinance or resolution or specifies no year, the exemption
commences with the tax year in which an exempted improvement first
appears on the tax list and that commences after the effective date
of the ordinance or resolution. In lieu of stating a specific year,
the ordinance or resolution may provide that the exemption commences
in the tax year in which the value of an improvement exceeds a
specified amount or in which the construction of one or more
improvements is completed, provided that such tax year commences
after the effective date of the ordinance or resolution. In lieu of
stating a specific year, the ordinance or resolution may allow for
the exemption to commence in different tax years on a
parcel-by-parcel basis, with a separate exemption term specified for
each parcel. The exemption ends on the date specified in the
ordinance or resolution as the date the improvement ceases to be a
public purpose. The exemption shall be claimed and allowed in the
same or a similar manner as in the case of other real property
exemptions. If an exemption status changes during a tax year, the
procedure for the apportionment of the taxes for that year is the
same as in the case of other changes in tax exemption status during
the year.

(E)
A municipal corporation or township, not later than fifteen days
after the adoption of an ordinance or resolution granting a tax
exemption under this section, shall submit to the director of
development a copy of the ordinance or resolution. On or before the
thirty-first day of March each year, the municipal corporation or
township shall submit a status report to the director of development
outlining the progress of the project during each year that the
exemption remains in effect.

Sec.
5709.511.
(A)
As used in this section, "multinational for-profit entity"
means an entity that is organized for profit, headquartered in Ohio,
and has business operations in both the United States and other
countries.

(B)
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, a board of
township trustees, or a board of county commissioners may amend, or
provide in, an ordinance or resolution adopted in accordance with
division (B) of section 5709.40, section 5709.41, division (B) of
section 5709.73, or division (A) of section 5709.78 of the Revised
Code, as applicable, to extend the exemption from taxation of
improvements to the parcel or parcels designated in the ordinance or
resolution for an additional period of not more than thirty years if
all of the following conditions are met:

(1)
The buildings and structures on the parcels are owned by a
multinational for-profit entity.

(2)
The multinational for-profit entity has maintained a presence on the
site for more than twenty-five years.

(3)
The multinational for-profit entity will commit to investing at least
one hundred million dollars at the location over the period of the
extended exemption authorized by this section.

(4)
The multinational for-profit entity will commit to retaining at least
one thousand jobs related to the parcels over the period of the
extended exemption authorized by this section.

(5)
The improvements were previously subject to an exemption from
taxation pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted in accordance
with division (B) of section 5709.40, section 5709.41, division (B)
of section 5709.73, or division (A) of section 5709.78 of the Revised
Code and that exemption expired after tax year 2024.

(C)
Not later than fifteen days after adopting or amending an ordinance
or resolution under this section, the legislative authority of the
municipal corporation, board of township trustees, or board of county
commissioners shall send a copy of the amendment to the director of
development.

(D)
The extension of a tax exemption under division (B) of this section
may, as provided in the ordinance or resolution authorizing the
extension, commence in tax year 2025 or any succeeding tax year and
apply as applicable to succeeding tax years regardless of the
effective date of this section.

Sec.
5709.73.
(A)
As used in this section and section 5709.74 of the Revised Code:

(1)
"Business day" means a day of the week excluding Saturday,
Sunday, and a legal holiday as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised
Code.

(2)
"Further improvements" or "improvements" means
the increase in the assessed value of real property that would first
appear on the tax list and duplicate of real and public utility
property after the effective date of a resolution adopted under this
section were it not for the exemption granted by that resolution. For
purposes of division (B) of this section, "improvements" do
not include any property used or to be used for residential purposes.
For this purpose, "property that is used or to be used for
residential purposes" means property that, as improved, is used
or to be used for purposes that would cause the tax commissioner to
classify the property as residential property in accordance with
rules adopted by the commissioner under section 5713.041 of the
Revised Code.

(3)
"Housing renovation" means a project carried out for
residential purposes.

(4)
"Incentive district" has the same meaning as in section
5709.40 of the Revised Code, except that a blighted area is in the
unincorporated area of a township.

(5)
"Overlay" has the same meaning as in section 5709.40 of the
Revised Code, except that the overlay is delineated by the board of
township trustees.

(6)
"Project" and "public infrastructure improvement"
have the same meanings as in section 5709.40 of the Revised Code.

(7)
"Urban township" has the same meaning as in section 504.01
of the Revised Code.

(8)
"Nonperforming parcel" means a parcel to which all of the
following apply:

(a)
The parcel is exempted from taxation under division (B) of this
section or has been included in a district created under division (C)
of this section.

(b)
The parcel's owner is required to make payments in lieu of taxes in
accordance with section 5709.74 of the Revised Code.

(c)
No such payments have been remitted to the county treasurer since the
inception of the exemption or district.

(B)
A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution that declares to
be a public purpose any public infrastructure improvements made that
are necessary for the development of certain parcels of land located
in the unincorporated area of the township. Except for a resolution
adopted by the board of an urban township, the resolution shall be
adopted by a unanimous vote of the board. Except as otherwise
provided under division (D) of this section or section 5709.51
or
5709.511
of
the Revised Code, the resolution may exempt from real property
taxation not more than seventy-five per cent of further improvements
to a parcel of land that directly benefits from the public
infrastructure improvements, for a period of not more than ten years.
The resolution shall specify the percentage of the further
improvements to be exempted and the life of the exemption.

(C)(1)
A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution creating an
incentive district and declaring improvements to parcels within the
district to be a public purpose and, except as provided in division
(C)(2) of this section, exempt from taxation as provided in this
section. Except for a resolution adopted by the board of an urban
township, the resolution shall be adopted by a unanimous vote of the
board. A board of township trustees of a township that has a
population that exceeds twenty-five thousand, as shown by the most
recent federal decennial census, may not adopt a resolution that
creates an incentive district if the sum of the taxable value of real
property in the proposed district for the preceding tax year and the
taxable value of all real property in the township that would have
been taxable in the preceding year were it not for the fact that the
property was in an existing incentive district and therefore exempt
from taxation exceeds twenty-five per cent of the taxable value of
real property in the township for the preceding tax year. The
district shall be located within the unincorporated area of the
township and shall not include any territory that is included within
a district created under division (B) of section 5709.78 of the
Revised Code. The resolution shall delineate the boundary of the
proposed district and specifically identify each parcel within the
district. A proposed district may not include any parcel, other than
a nonperforming parcel, that is or has been exempted from taxation
under division (B) of this section or that is or has been within
another district created under this division. On and after the
effective date of the district, a nonperforming parcel within the
district is no longer exempted from taxation under division (B) of
this section or included within an incentive district under any
previous resolution, and the parcel's owner is no longer required to
make payments in lieu of taxes under such a previous resolution in
accordance with section 5709.74 of the Revised Code. Any exemption
application filed with the tax commissioner under section 5715.27 of
the Revised Code under the second resolution shall identify the
nonperforming parcels included in the second district, the original
resolution under which the nonperforming parcels were originally
exempted, and the value history of each nonperforming parcel since
the enactment of the original resolution. A resolution may create
more than one such district, and more than one resolution may be
adopted under division (C)(1) of this section.

(2)(a)
Not later than thirty days prior to adopting a resolution under
division (C)(1) of this section, if the township intends to apply for
exemptions from taxation under section 5709.911 of the Revised Code
on behalf of owners of real property located within the proposed
incentive district, the board shall conduct a public hearing on the
proposed resolution. Not later than thirty days prior to the public
hearing, the board shall give notice of the public hearing and the
proposed resolution by first class mail to every real property owner
whose property is located within the boundaries of the proposed
incentive district that is the subject of the proposed resolution.
The notice shall include a map of the proposed incentive district on
which the board of township trustees shall have delineated an
overlay. The notice shall inform the property owner of the owner's
right to exclude the owner's property from the incentive district if
both of the following conditions are met:

(i)
The owner's entire parcel of property will not be located within the
overlay.

(ii)
The owner has submitted a statement to the board of county
commissioners of the county in which the parcel is located indicating
the owner's intent to seek a tax exemption for improvements to the
owner's parcel under division (A) or (B) of section 5709.78 of the
Revised Code within the next five years.

When
both of the preceding conditions are met, the owner may exclude the
owner's property from the incentive district by submitting a written
response in accordance with division (C)(2)(b) of this section. The
notice also shall include information detailing the required contents
of the response, the address to which the response may be mailed, and
the deadline for submitting the response.

(b)
Any owner of real property located within the boundaries of an
incentive district proposed under division (C)(1) of this section who
meets the conditions specified in divisions (C)(2)(a)(i) and (ii) of
this section may exclude the property from the proposed incentive
district by submitting a written response to the board not later than
forty-five days after the postmark date on the notice required under
division (C)(2)(a) of this section. The response shall include a copy
of the statement submitted under division (C)(2)(a)(ii) of this
section. The response shall be sent by first class mail or delivered
in person at a public hearing held by the board under division
(C)(2)(a) of this section. The response shall conform to any content
requirements that may be established by the board and included in the
notice provided under division (C)(2)(a) of this section. In the
response, property owners may identify a parcel by street address, by
the manner in which it is identified in the resolution, or by other
means allowing the identity of the parcel to be ascertained.

(c)
Before adopting a resolution under division (C)(1) of this section,
the board shall amend the resolution to exclude any parcel for which
a written response has been submitted under division (C)(2)(b) of
this section. A township shall not apply for exemptions from taxation
under section 5709.911 of the Revised Code for any such parcel, and
service payments may not be required from the owner of the parcel.
Improvements to a parcel excluded from an incentive district under
this division may be exempted from taxation under division (B) of
this section pursuant to a resolution adopted under that division or
under any other section of the Revised Code under which the parcel
qualifies.

(3)(a)
A resolution adopted under division (C)(1) of this section shall
specify the life of the incentive district and the percentage of the
improvements to be exempted, shall designate the public
infrastructure improvements made, to be made, or in the process of
being made, that benefit or serve, or, once made, will benefit or
serve parcels in the district. The resolution also shall identify one
or more specific projects being, or to be, undertaken in the district
that place additional demand on the public infrastructure
improvements designated in the resolution. The project identified
may, but need not be, the project under division (C)(3)(b) of this
section that places real property in use for commercial or industrial
purposes.

A
resolution adopted under division (C)(1) of this section on or after
March 30, 2006, shall not designate police or fire equipment as
public infrastructure improvements, and, except as provided in
division (F) of this section, no service payment provided for in
section 5709.74 of the Revised Code and received by the township
under the resolution shall be used for police or fire equipment.

(b)
A resolution adopted under division (C)(1) of this section may
authorize the use of service payments provided for in section 5709.74
of the Revised Code for the purpose of housing renovations within the
incentive district, provided that the resolution also designates
public infrastructure improvements that benefit or serve the
district, and that a project within the district places real property
in use for commercial or industrial purposes. Service payments may be
used to finance or support loans, deferred loans, and grants to
persons for the purpose of housing renovations within the district.
The resolution shall designate the parcels within the district that
are eligible for housing renovations. The resolution shall state
separately the amount or the percentages of the expected aggregate
service payments that are designated for each public infrastructure
improvement and for the purpose of housing renovations.

(4)
Except with the approval of the board of education of each city,
local, or exempted village school district within the territory of
which the incentive district is or will be located, and subject to
division (E) of this section, the life of an incentive district shall
not exceed ten years, and the percentage of improvements to be
exempted shall not exceed seventy-five per cent. With approval of the
board of education, the life of a district may be not more than
thirty years, and the percentage of improvements to be exempted may
be not more than one hundred per cent. The approval of a board of
education shall be obtained in the manner provided in division (D) of
this section.

(D)
Improvements with respect to a parcel may be exempted from taxation
under division (B) of this section, and improvements to parcels
within an incentive district may be exempted from taxation under
division (C) of this section, for up to ten years or, with the
approval of the board of education of the city, local, or exempted
village school district within which the parcel or district is
located, for up to thirty years. The percentage of the improvements
exempted from taxation may, with such approval, exceed seventy-five
per cent, but shall not exceed one hundred per cent. Not later than
forty-five business days prior to adopting a resolution under this
section declaring improvements to be a public purpose that is subject
to approval by a board of education under this division, the board of
township trustees shall deliver to the board of education a notice
stating its intent to adopt a resolution making that declaration. The
notice regarding improvements with respect to a parcel under division
(B) of this section shall identify the parcels for which improvements
are to be exempted from taxation, provide an estimate of the true
value in money of the improvements, specify the period for which the
improvements would be exempted from taxation and the percentage of
the improvements that would be exempted, and indicate the date on
which the board of township trustees intends to adopt the resolution.
The notice regarding improvements made under division (C) of this
section to parcels within an incentive district shall delineate the
boundaries of the district, specifically identify each parcel within
the district, identify each anticipated improvement in the district,
provide an estimate of the true value in money of each such
improvement, specify the life of the district and the percentage of
improvements that would be exempted, and indicate the date on which
the board of township trustees intends to adopt the resolution. The
board of education, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board,
may approve the exemption for the period or for the exemption
percentage specified in the notice; may disapprove the exemption for
the number of years in excess of ten, may disapprove the exemption
for the percentage of the improvements to be exempted in excess of
seventy-five per cent, or both; or may approve the exemption on the
condition that the board of township trustees and the board of
education negotiate an agreement providing for compensation to the
school district equal in value to a percentage of the amount of taxes
exempted in the eleventh and subsequent years of the exemption period
or, in the case of exemption percentages in excess of seventy-five
per cent, compensation equal in value to a percentage of the taxes
that would be payable on the portion of the improvements in excess of
seventy-five per cent were that portion to be subject to taxation, or
other mutually agreeable compensation.

The
board of education shall certify its resolution to the board of
township trustees not later than fourteen days prior to the date the
board of township trustees intends to adopt the resolution as
indicated in the notice. If the board of education and the board of
township trustees negotiate a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement, the resolution may declare the improvements a public
purpose for the number of years specified in the resolution or, in
the case of exemption percentages in excess of seventy-five per cent,
for the exemption percentage specified in the resolution. In either
case, if the board of education and the board of township trustees
fail to negotiate a mutually acceptable compensation agreement, the
resolution may declare the improvements a public purpose for not more
than ten years, and shall not exempt more than seventy-five per cent
of the improvements from taxation. If the board of education fails to
certify a resolution to the board of township trustees within the
time prescribed by this section, the board of township trustees
thereupon may adopt the resolution and may declare the improvements a
public purpose for up to thirty years or, in the case of exemption
percentages proposed in excess of seventy-five per cent, for the
exemption percentage specified in the resolution. The board of
township trustees may adopt the resolution at any time after the
board of education certifies its resolution approving the exemption
to the board of township trustees, or, if the board of education
approves the exemption on the condition that a mutually acceptable
compensation agreement be negotiated, at any time after the
compensation agreement is agreed to by the board of education and the
board of township trustees. If a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement is negotiated between the board of township trustees and
the board of education, including agreements for payments in lieu of
taxes under section 5709.74 of the Revised Code, the board of
township trustees shall compensate the joint vocational school
district within which the parcel or district is located at the same
rate and under the same terms received by the city, local, or
exempted village school district.

If
a board of education has adopted a resolution waiving its right to
approve exemptions from taxation under this section and the
resolution remains in effect, approval of such exemptions by the
board of education is not required under division (D) of this
section. If a board of education has adopted a resolution allowing a
board of township trustees to deliver the notice required under
division (D) of this section fewer than forty-five business days
prior to adoption of the resolution by the board of township
trustees, the board of township trustees shall deliver the notice to
the board of education not later than the number of days prior to the
adoption as prescribed by the board of education in its resolution.
If a board of education adopts a resolution waiving its right to
approve exemptions or shortening the notification period, the board
of education shall certify a copy of the resolution to the board of
township trustees. If the board of education rescinds the resolution,
it shall certify notice of the rescission to the board of township
trustees.

If
the board of township trustees is not required by division (D) of
this section to notify the board of education of the board of
township trustees' intent to declare improvements to be a public
purpose, the board of township trustees shall comply with the notice
requirements imposed under section 5709.83 of the Revised Code before
taking formal action to adopt the resolution making that declaration,
unless the board of education has adopted a resolution under that
section waiving its right to receive the notice.

Nothing
in this division prohibits the board of township trustees from
amending the resolution under section 5709.51
or
5709.511
of
the Revised Code to extend the term of the exemption.

(E)(1)
If a proposed resolution under division (C)(1) of this section
exempts improvements with respect to a parcel within an incentive
district for more than ten years, or the percentage of the
improvement exempted from taxation exceeds seventy-five per cent, not
later than forty-five business days prior to adopting the resolution
the board of township trustees shall deliver to the board of county
commissioners of the county within which the incentive district is or
will be located a notice that states its intent to adopt a resolution
creating an incentive district. The notice shall include a copy of
the proposed resolution, identify the parcels for which improvements
are to be exempted from taxation, provide an estimate of the true
value in money of the improvements, specify the period of time for
which the improvements would be exempted from taxation, specify the
percentage of the improvements that would be exempted from taxation,
and indicate the date on which the board of township trustees intends
to adopt the resolution.

(2)
The board of county commissioners, by resolution adopted by a
majority of the board, may object to the exemption for the number of
years in excess of ten, may object to the exemption for the
percentage of the improvement to be exempted in excess of
seventy-five per cent, or both. If the board of county commissioners
objects, the board may negotiate a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement with the board of township trustees. In no case shall the
compensation provided to the board of county commissioners exceed the
property taxes foregone due to the exemption. If the board of county
commissioners objects, and the board of county commissioners and
board of township trustees fail to negotiate a mutually acceptable
compensation agreement, the resolution adopted under division (C)(1)
of this section shall provide to the board of county commissioners
compensation in the eleventh and subsequent years of the exemption
period equal in value to not more than fifty per cent of the taxes
that would be payable to the county or, if the board of county
commissioner's objection includes an objection to an exemption
percentage in excess of seventy-five per cent, compensation equal in
value to not more than fifty per cent of the taxes that would be
payable to the county, on the portion of the improvement in excess of
seventy-five per cent, were that portion to be subject to taxation.
The board of county commissioners shall certify its resolution to the
board of township trustees not later than thirty days after receipt
of the notice.

(3)
If the board of county commissioners does not object or fails to
certify its resolution objecting to an exemption within thirty days
after receipt of the notice, the board of township trustees may adopt
its resolution, and no compensation shall be provided to the board of
county commissioners. If the board of county commissioners timely
certifies its resolution objecting to the trustees' resolution, the
board of township trustees may adopt its resolution at any time after
a mutually acceptable compensation agreement is agreed to by the
board of county commissioners and the board of township trustees, or,
if no compensation agreement is negotiated, at any time after the
board of township trustees agrees in the proposed resolution to
provide compensation to the board of county commissioners of fifty
per cent of the taxes that would be payable to the county in the
eleventh and subsequent years of the exemption period or on the
portion of the improvement in excess of seventy-five per cent, were
that portion to be subject to taxation.

(F)
Service payments in lieu of taxes that are attributable to any amount
by which the effective tax rate of either a renewal levy with an
increase or a replacement levy exceeds the effective tax rate of the
levy renewed or replaced, or that are attributable to an additional
levy, for a levy authorized by the voters for any of the following
purposes on or after January 1, 2006, and which are provided pursuant
to a resolution creating an incentive district under division (C)(1)
of this section that is adopted on or after January 1, 2006, or a
later date as specified in this division, shall be distributed to the
appropriate taxing authority as required under division (C) of
section 5709.74 of the Revised Code in an amount equal to the amount
of taxes from that additional levy or from the increase in the
effective tax rate of such renewal or replacement levy that would
have been payable to that taxing authority from the following levies
were it not for the exemption authorized under division (C) of this
section:

(1)
A tax levied under division (L) of section 5705.19 or section
5705.191 or 5705.222 of the Revised Code for community developmental
disabilities programs and services pursuant to Chapter 5126. of the
Revised Code;

(2)
A tax levied under division (Y) of section 5705.19 of the Revised
Code for providing or maintaining senior citizens services or
facilities;

(3)
A tax levied under section 5705.22 of the Revised Code for county
hospitals;

(4)
A tax levied by a joint-county district or by a county under section
5705.19, 5705.191, or 5705.221 of the Revised Code for alcohol, drug
addiction, and mental health services or families;

(5)
A tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code for library
purposes;

(6)
A tax levied under section 5705.24 of the Revised Code for the
support of children services and the placement and care of children;

(7)
A tax levied under division (Z) of section 5705.19 of the Revised
Code for the provision and maintenance of zoological park services
and facilities under section 307.76 of the Revised Code;

(8)
A tax levied under section 511.27 or division (H) of section 5705.19
of the Revised Code for the support of township park districts;

(9)
A tax levied under division (A), (F), or (H) of section 5705.19 of
the Revised Code for parks and recreational purposes of a joint
recreation district organized pursuant to division (B) of section
755.14 of the Revised Code;

(10)
A tax levied under section 1545.20 or 1545.21 of the Revised Code for
park district purposes;

(11)
A tax levied under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code for the
purpose of making appropriations for public assistance; human or
social services; public relief; public welfare; public health and
hospitalization; and support of general hospitals;

(12)
A tax levied under section 3709.29 of the Revised Code for a general
health district program;

(13)
A tax levied by a township under section 505.39, 505.51, or division
(I), (J), (U), or (JJ) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code for the
purpose of funding fire, police, emergency medical, or ambulance
services as described in those sections. Division (F)(13) of this
section applies only to incentive districts created by a resolution
adopted on or after March 22, 2019, the effective date of the
amendment of this section by H.B. 500 of the 132nd general assembly,
and only if that resolution specifies that division (F) of this
section shall apply to such a tax.

(G)
An exemption from taxation granted under this section commences with
the tax year specified in the resolution so long as the year
specified in the resolution commences after the effective date of the
resolution. If the resolution specifies a year commencing before the
effective date of the resolution or specifies no year whatsoever, the
exemption commences with the tax year in which an exempted
improvement first appears on the tax list and duplicate of real and
public utility property and that commences after the effective date
of the resolution. In lieu of stating a specific year, the resolution
may provide that the exemption commences in the tax year in which the
value of an improvement exceeds a specified amount or in which the
construction of one or more improvements is completed, provided that
such tax year commences after the effective date of the resolution.
With respect to the exemption of improvements to parcels under
division (B) of this section, the resolution may allow for the
exemption to commence in different tax years on a parcel-by-parcel
basis, with a separate exemption term specified for each parcel.

Except
as otherwise provided in this division and
section

sections

5709.51

and
5709.511
of
the Revised Code, the exemption ends on the date specified in the
resolution as the date the improvement ceases to be a public purpose
or the incentive district expires, or ends on the date on which the
public infrastructure improvements and housing renovations are paid
in full from the township public improvement tax increment equivalent
fund established under section 5709.75 of the Revised Code, whichever
occurs first. The exemption of an improvement with respect to a
parcel or within an incentive district may end on a later date, as
specified in the resolution, if the board of township trustees and
the board of education of the city, local, or exempted village school
district within which the parcel or district is located have entered
into a compensation agreement under section 5709.82 of the Revised
Code with respect to the improvement and the board of education has
approved the term of the exemption under division (D) of this
section, but in no case shall the improvement be exempted from
taxation for more than thirty years. The board of township trustees
may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution permitting the township to
enter into such agreements as the board finds necessary or
appropriate to provide for the construction or undertaking of public
infrastructure improvements and housing renovations. Any exemption
shall be claimed and allowed in the same or a similar manner as in
the case of other real property exemptions. If an exemption status
changes during a tax year, the procedure for the apportionment of the
taxes for that year is the same as in the case of other changes in
tax exemption status during the year.

(H)
The board of township trustees may issue the notes of the township to
finance all costs pertaining to the construction or undertaking of
public infrastructure improvements and housing renovations made
pursuant to this section. The notes shall be signed by the board and
attested by the signature of the township fiscal officer, shall bear
interest not to exceed the rate provided in section 9.95 of the
Revised Code, and are not subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised
Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of the notes shall
pledge the funds of the township public improvement tax increment
equivalent fund established pursuant to section 5709.75 of the
Revised Code to pay the interest on and principal of the notes. The
notes, which may contain a clause permitting prepayment at the option
of the board, shall be offered for sale on the open market or given
to the vendor or contractor if no sale is made.

(I)
The township, not later than fifteen days after the adoption of a
resolution under this section, shall submit to the director of
development a copy of the resolution. On or before the thirty-first
day of March of each year, the township shall submit a status report
to the director. The report shall indicate, in the manner prescribed
by the director, the progress of the project during each year that
the exemption remains in effect, including a summary of the receipts
from service payments in lieu of taxes; expenditures of money from
the fund created under section 5709.75 of the Revised Code; a
description of the public infrastructure improvements and housing
renovations financed with the expenditures; and a quantitative
summary of changes in private investment resulting from each project.

(J)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a board of
township trustees from declaring to be a public purpose improvements
with respect to more than one parcel.

If
a parcel is located in a new community district in which the new
community authority imposes a community development charge on the
basis of rentals received from leases of real property as described
in division (L)(2) of section 349.01 of the Revised Code, the parcel
may not be exempted from taxation under this section.

(K)
A board of township trustees that adopted a resolution under this
section prior to July 21, 1994, may amend that resolution to include
any additional public infrastructure improvement. A board of township
trustees that seeks by the amendment to utilize money from its
township public improvement tax increment equivalent fund for land
acquisition in aid of industry, commerce, distribution, or research,
demolition on private property, or stormwater and flood remediation
projects may do so provided that the board currently is a party to a
hold-harmless agreement with the board of education of the city,
local, or exempted village school district within the territory of
which are located the parcels that are subject to an exemption. For
the purposes of this division, a "hold-harmless agreement"
means an agreement under which the board of township trustees agrees
to compensate the school district for one hundred per cent of the tax
revenue that the school district would have received from further
improvements to parcels designated in the resolution were it not for
the exemption granted by the resolution.

(L)(1)
Notwithstanding the limitation prescribed by division (D) of this
section on the number of years that improvements to a parcel or
parcels may be exempted from taxation, and subject to division (L)(3)
of this section, a board of trustees of a township with a population
of fifteen thousand or more may amend a resolution originally adopted
under this section before December 31, 1994, to extend the exemption
of improvements to the parcel or parcels included in such resolution
for an additional period not to exceed fifteen years. The amendment
shall not increase the percentage of improvements to the parcel or
parcels exempted from taxation.

(2)
Notwithstanding the limitations prescribed by divisions (C) and (D)
of this section on the life of an incentive district and the number
of years that improvements to a parcel or parcels within an incentive
district may be exempted from taxation, and subject to division
(L)(3) of this section, a board of township trustees may amend a
resolution originally adopted under division (C) of this section
before January 1, 2006, to extend the life of an incentive district
created by that resolution. The extension shall be for a period not
to exceed fifteen years and shall not increase the percentage of the
value of improvements exempted from taxation.

(3)
Before adopting an amendment authorized under division (L)(1) or (2)
of this section, the board of township trustees shall provide notice
of the amendment to each board of education of the city, local, or
exempted village school district in which the exempted parcels or
incentive district are located, in the same manner as provided under
division (D) of this section, and shall obtain the approval of each
such board of education in the manner required under that division,
except that (a) the board of education may approve the exemption on
the condition that the board of township trustees and the board of
education negotiate an agreement providing for compensation to the
school district equal in value to the amount of taxes the district
forgoes in each year the exemption is extended or any other mutually
agreeable compensation and (b) if the board of education fails to
certify a resolution approving the amendment to the board of township
trustees within the time prescribed by division (D) of this section,
the board of township trustees shall not adopt the amendment.

No
approval under division (L)(3) of this section shall be required for
an amendment authorized under division (L)(2) of this section if the
amendment provides for compensation to the city, local, or exempted
village school district in which the incentive district is located
equal in value to the amount of taxes that would be payable to the
school district if the improvements exempted from taxation had not
been exempted for the additional period. Approval is also not
required for an amendment authorized under either division (L)(1) or
(2) of this section from a board of education that has adopted a
resolution waiving its right to approve exemptions from taxation
pursuant to division (D) of this section. If the board of education
has adopted such a resolution, the board of township trustees shall
comply with the notice requirements imposed under section 5709.83 of
the Revised Code before taking formal action to adopt the amendment
unless the board of education has adopted a resolution under that
section waiving its right to receive the notice. Not later than
fourteen days before adopting an amendment authorized under division
(L)(1) or (2) of this section, the board of township trustees shall
deliver a notice identical to a notice required under section 5709.83
of the Revised Code to the board of county commissioners of each
county in which the exempted parcels or incentive district are
located.

Sec.
5709.78.
(A)
A board of county commissioners may, by resolution, declare
improvements to certain parcels of real property located in the
unincorporated territory of the county to be a public purpose. Except
as otherwise provided under division (C) of this section or section
5709.51
or
5709.511
of
the Revised Code, not more than seventy-five per cent of an
improvement thus declared to be a public purpose may be exempted from
real property taxation, for a period of not more than ten years. The
resolution shall specify the percentage of the improvement to be
exempted and the life of the exemption.

A
resolution adopted under this division shall designate the specific
public infrastructure improvements made, to be made, or in the
process of being made by the county that directly benefit, or that
once made will directly benefit, the parcels for which improvements
are declared to be a public purpose. The service payments provided
for in section 5709.79 of the Revised Code shall be used to finance
the public infrastructure improvements designated in the resolution,
or as provided in section 5709.80 of the Revised Code.

(B)(1)
A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution creating an
incentive district and declaring improvements to parcels within the
district to be a public purpose and, except as provided in division
(B)(2) of this section, exempt from taxation as provided in this
section, but no board of county commissioners of a county that has a
population that exceeds twenty-five thousand, as shown by the most
recent federal decennial census, shall adopt a resolution that
creates an incentive district if the sum of the taxable value of real
property in the proposed district for the preceding tax year and the
taxable value of all real property in the county that would have been
taxable in the preceding year were it not for the fact that the
property was in an existing incentive district and therefore exempt
from taxation exceeds twenty-five per cent of the taxable value of
real property in the county for the preceding tax year. The district
shall be located within the unincorporated territory of the county
and shall not include any territory that is included within a
district created under division (C) of section 5709.73 of the Revised
Code. The resolution shall delineate the boundary of the proposed
district and specifically identify each parcel within the district. A
proposed district may not include any parcel that is or has been
exempted from taxation under division (A) of this section or that is
or has been within another district created under this division. A
resolution may create more than one such district, and more than one
resolution may be adopted under division (B)(1) of this section.

(2)(a)
Not later than thirty days prior to adopting a resolution under
division (B)(1) of this section, if the county intends to apply for
exemptions from taxation under section 5709.911 of the Revised Code
on behalf of owners of real property located within the proposed
incentive district, the board of county commissioners shall conduct a
public hearing on the proposed resolution. Not later than thirty days
prior to the public hearing, the board shall give notice of the
public hearing and the proposed resolution by first class mail to
every real property owner whose property is located within the
boundaries of the proposed incentive district that is the subject of
the proposed resolution. The board also shall provide the notice by
first class mail to the clerk of each township in which the proposed
incentive district will be located. The notice shall include a map of
the proposed incentive district on which the board of county
commissioners shall have delineated an overlay. The notice shall
inform property owners of the owner's right to exclude the owner's
property from the incentive district if both of the following
conditions are met:

(i)
The owner's entire parcel of property will not be located within the
overlay.

(ii)
The owner has submitted a statement to the board of township trustees
of the township in which the parcel is located indicating the owner's
intent to seek a tax exemption for improvements to the owner's parcel
under section 5709.41 or division (B) or (C) of section 5709.73 of
the Revised Code within the next five years.

When
both of the preceding conditions are met, the owner may exclude the
owner's property from the incentive district by submitting a written
response in accordance with division (B)(2)(b) of this section. The
notice also shall include information detailing the required contents
of the response, the address to which the response may be mailed, and
the deadline for submitting the response.

(b)
Any owner of real property located within the boundaries of an
incentive district proposed under division (B) (1) of this section
who meets the conditions specified in divisions (B)(2)(a)(i) and (ii)
of this section may exclude the property from the proposed incentive
district by submitting a written response to the board not later than
forty-five days after the postmark date on the notice required under
division (B)(2)(a) of this section. The response shall include a copy
of the statement submitted under division (B)(2)(a)(ii) of this
section. The response shall be sent by first class mail or delivered
in person at a public hearing held by the board under division
(B)(2)(a) of this section. The response shall conform to any content
requirements that may be established by the board and included in the
notice provided under division (B)(2)(a) of this section. In the
response, property owners may identify a parcel by street address, by
the manner in which it is identified in the resolution, or by other
means allowing the identity of the parcel to be ascertained.

(c)
Before adopting a resolution under division (B)(1) of this section,
the board shall amend the resolution to exclude any parcel for which
a written response has been submitted under division (B)(2)(b) of
this section. A county shall not apply for exemptions from taxation
under section 5709.911 of the Revised Code for any such parcel, and
service payments may not be required from the owner of the parcel.
Improvements to a parcel excluded from an incentive district under
this division may be exempted from taxation under division (A) of
this section pursuant to a resolution adopted under that division or
under any other section of the Revised Code under which the parcel
qualifies.

(3)(a)
A resolution adopted under division (B)(1) of this section shall
specify the life of the incentive district and the percentage of the
improvements to be exempted, shall designate the public
infrastructure improvements made, to be made, or in the process of
being made, that benefit or serve, or, once made, will benefit or
serve parcels in the district. The resolution also shall identify one
or more specific projects being, or to be, undertaken in the district
that place additional demand on the public infrastructure
improvements designated in the resolution. The project identified
may, but need not be, the project under division (B)(3)(b) of this
section that places real property in use for commercial or industrial
purposes.

A
resolution adopted under division (B)(1) of this section on or after
March 30, 2006, shall not designate police or fire equipment as
public infrastructure improvements, and no service payment provided
for in section 5709.79 of the Revised Code and received by the county
under the resolution shall be used for police or fire equipment.

(b)
A resolution adopted under division (B)(1) of this section may
authorize the use of service payments provided for in section 5709.79
of the Revised Code for the purpose of housing renovations within the
incentive district, provided that the resolution also designates
public infrastructure improvements that benefit or serve the
district, and that a project within the district places real property
in use for commercial or industrial purposes. Service payments may be
used to finance or support loans, deferred loans, and grants to
persons for the purpose of housing renovations within the district.
The resolution shall designate the parcels within the district that
are eligible for housing renovations. The resolution shall state
separately the amount or the percentages of the expected aggregate
service payments that are designated for each public infrastructure
improvement and for the purpose of housing renovations.

(4)
Except with the approval of the board of education of each city,
local, or exempted village school district within the territory of
which the incentive district is or will be located, and subject to
division (D) of this section, the life of an incentive district shall
not exceed ten years, and the percentage of improvements to be
exempted shall not exceed seventy-five per cent. With approval of the
board of education, the life of a district may be not more than
thirty years, and the percentage of improvements to be exempted may
be not more than one hundred per cent. The approval of a board of
education shall be obtained in the manner provided in division (C) of
this section.

(C)(1)
Improvements with respect to a parcel may be exempted from taxation
under division (A) of this section, and improvements to parcels
within an incentive district may be exempted from taxation under
division (B) of this section, for up to ten years or, with the
approval of the board of education of each city, local, or exempted
village school district within which the parcel or district is
located, for up to thirty years. The percentage of the improvements
exempted from taxation may, with such approval, exceed seventy-five
per cent, but shall not exceed one hundred per cent. Not later than
forty-five business days prior to adopting a resolution under this
section declaring improvements to be a public purpose that is subject
to the approval of a board of education under this division, the
board of county commissioners shall deliver to the board of education
a notice stating its intent to adopt a resolution making that
declaration. The notice regarding improvements with respect to a
parcel under division (A) of this section shall identify the parcels
for which improvements are to be exempted from taxation, provide an
estimate of the true value in money of the improvements, specify the
period for which the improvements would be exempted from taxation and
the percentage of the improvements that would be exempted, and
indicate the date on which the board of county commissioners intends
to adopt the resolution. The notice regarding improvements to parcels
within an incentive district under division (B) of this section shall
delineate the boundaries of the district, specifically identify each
parcel within the district, identify each anticipated improvement in
the district, provide an estimate of the true value in money of each
such improvement, specify the life of the district and the percentage
of improvements that would be exempted, and indicate the date on
which the board of county commissioners intends to adopt the
resolution. The board of education, by resolution adopted by a
majority of the board, may approve the exemption for the period or
for the exemption percentage specified in the notice; may disapprove
the exemption for the number of years in excess of ten, may
disapprove the exemption for the percentage of the improvements to be
exempted in excess of seventy-five per cent, or both; or may approve
the exemption on the condition that the board of county commissioners
and the board of education negotiate an agreement providing for
compensation to the school district equal in value to a percentage of
the amount of taxes exempted in the eleventh and subsequent years of
the exemption period or, in the case of exemption percentages in
excess of seventy-five per cent, compensation equal in value to a
percentage of the taxes that would be payable on the portion of the
improvements in excess of seventy-five per cent were that portion to
be subject to taxation, or other mutually agreeable compensation.

(2)
The board of education shall certify its resolution to the board of
county commissioners not later than fourteen days prior to the date
the board of county commissioners intends to adopt its resolution as
indicated in the notice. If the board of education and the board of
county commissioners negotiate a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement, the resolution of the board of county commissioners may
declare the improvements a public purpose for the number of years
specified in that resolution or, in the case of exemption percentages
in excess of seventy-five per cent, for the exemption percentage
specified in the resolution. In either case, if the board of
education and the board of county commissioners fail to negotiate a
mutually acceptable compensation agreement, the resolution may
declare the improvements a public purpose for not more than ten
years, and shall not exempt more than seventy-five per cent of the
improvements from taxation. If the board of education fails to
certify a resolution to the board of county commissioners within the
time prescribed by this section, the board of county commissioners
thereupon may adopt the resolution and may declare the improvements a
public purpose for up to thirty years or, in the case of exemption
percentages proposed in excess of seventy-five per cent, for the
exemption percentage specified in the resolution. The board of county
commissioners may adopt the resolution at any time after the board of
education certifies its resolution approving the exemption to the
board of county commissioners, or, if the board of education approves
the exemption on the condition that a mutually acceptable
compensation agreement be negotiated, at any time after the
compensation agreement is agreed to by the board of education and the
board of county commissioners. If a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement is negotiated between the board of county commissioners and
the board of education, including agreements for payments in lieu of
taxes under section 5709.79 of the Revised Code, the board of county
commissioners shall compensate the joint vocational school district
within which the parcel or district is located at the same rate and
under the same terms received by the city, local, or exempted village
school district.

(3)
If a board of education has adopted a resolution waiving its right to
approve exemptions from taxation under this section and the
resolution remains in effect, approval of such exemptions by the
board of education is not required under division (C) of this
section. If a board of education has adopted a resolution allowing a
board of county commissioners to deliver the notice required under
division (C) of this section fewer than forty-five business days
prior to approval of the resolution by the board of county
commissioners, the board of county commissioners shall deliver the
notice to the board of education not later than the number of days
prior to such approval as prescribed by the board of education in its
resolution. If a board of education adopts a resolution waiving its
right to approve exemptions or shortening the notification period,
the board of education shall certify a copy of the resolution to the
board of county commissioners. If the board of education rescinds
such a resolution, it shall certify notice of the rescission to the
board of county commissioners.

(4)
Nothing in division (C) of this section prohibits the board of county
commissioners from amending the resolution under section 5709.51
or
5709.511
of
the Revised Code to extend the term of the exemption.

(D)(1)
If a proposed resolution under division (B)(1) of this section
exempts improvements with respect to a parcel within an incentive
district for more than ten years, or the percentage of the
improvement exempted from taxation exceeds seventy-five per cent, not
later than forty-five business days prior to adopting the resolution
the board of county commissioners shall deliver to the board of
township trustees of any township within which the incentive district
is or will be located a notice that states its intent to adopt a
resolution creating an incentive district. The notice shall include a
copy of the proposed resolution, identify the parcels for which
improvements are to be exempted from taxation, provide an estimate of
the true value in money of the improvements, specify the period of
time for which the improvements would be exempted from taxation,
specify the percentage of the improvements that would be exempted
from taxation, and indicate the date on which the board intends to
adopt the resolution.

(2)
The board of township trustees, by resolution adopted by a majority
of the board, may object to the exemption for the number of years in
excess of ten, may object to the exemption for the percentage of the
improvement to be exempted in excess of seventy-five per cent, or
both. If the board of township trustees objects, the board of
township trustees may negotiate a mutually acceptable compensation
agreement with the board of county commissioners. In no case shall
the compensation provided to the board of township trustees exceed
the property taxes forgone due to the exemption. If the board of
township trustees objects, and the board of township trustees and the
board of county commissioners fail to negotiate a mutually acceptable
compensation agreement, the resolution adopted under division (B)(1)
of this section shall provide to the board of township trustees
compensation in the eleventh and subsequent years of the exemption
period equal in value to not more than fifty per cent of the taxes
that would be payable to the township or, if the board of township
trustee's objection includes an objection to an exemption percentage
in excess of seventy-five per cent, compensation equal in value to
not more than fifty per cent of the taxes that would be payable to
the township on the portion of the improvement in excess of
seventy-five per cent, were that portion to be subject to taxation.
The board of township trustees shall certify its resolution to the
board of county commissioners not later than thirty days after
receipt of the notice.

(3)
If the board of township trustees does not object or fails to certify
a resolution objecting to an exemption within thirty days after
receipt of the notice, the board of county commissioners may adopt
its resolution, and no compensation shall be provided to the board of
township trustees. If the board of township trustees certifies its
resolution objecting to the commissioners' resolution, the board of
county commissioners may adopt its resolution at any time after a
mutually acceptable compensation agreement is agreed to by the board
of county commissioners and the board of township trustees. If the
board of township trustees certifies a resolution objecting to the
commissioners' resolution, the board of county commissioners may
adopt its resolution at any time after a mutually acceptable
compensation agreement is agreed to by the board of county
commissioners and the board of township trustees, or, if no
compensation agreement is negotiated, at any time after the board of
county commissioners in the proposed resolution to provide
compensation to the board of township trustees of fifty per cent of
the taxes that would be payable to the township in the eleventh and
subsequent years of the exemption period or on the portion of the
improvement in excess of seventy-five per cent, were that portion to
be subject to taxation.

(E)
Service payments in lieu of taxes that are attributable to any amount
by which the effective tax rate of either a renewal levy with an
increase or a replacement levy exceeds the effective tax rate of the
levy renewed or replaced, or that are attributable to an additional
levy, for a levy authorized by the voters for any of the following
purposes on or after January 1, 2006, and which are provided pursuant
to a resolution creating an incentive district under division (B)(1)
of this section that is adopted on or after January 1, 2006, shall be
distributed to the appropriate taxing authority as required under
division (D) of section 5709.79 of the Revised Code in an amount
equal to the amount of taxes from that additional levy or from the
increase in the effective tax rate of such renewal or replacement
levy that would have been payable to that taxing authority from the
following levies were it not for the exemption authorized under
division (B) of this section:

(1)
A tax levied under division (L) of section 5705.19 or section
5705.191 or 5705.222 of the Revised Code for community developmental
disabilities programs and services pursuant to Chapter 5126. of the
Revised Code;

(2)
A tax levied under division (Y) of section 5705.19 of the Revised
Code for providing or maintaining senior citizens services or
facilities;

(3)
A tax levied under section 5705.22 of the Revised Code for county
hospitals;

(4)
A tax levied by a joint-county district or by a county under section
5705.19, 5705.191, or 5705.221 of the Revised Code for alcohol, drug
addiction, and mental health services or facilities;

(5)
A tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code for library
purposes;

(6)
A tax levied under section 5705.24 of the Revised Code for the
support of children services and the placement and care of children;

(7)
A tax levied under division (Z) of section 5705.19 of the Revised
Code for the provision and maintenance of zoological park services
and facilities under section 307.76 of the Revised Code;

(8)
A tax levied under section 511.27 or division (H) of section 5705.19
of the Revised Code for the support of township park districts;

(9)
A tax levied under division (A), (F), or (H) of section 5705.19 of
the Revised Code for parks and recreational purposes of a joint
recreation district organized pursuant to division (B) of section
755.14 of the Revised Code;

(10)
A tax levied under section 1545.20 or 1545.21 of the Revised Code for
park district purposes;

(11)
A tax levied under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code for the
purpose of making appropriations for public assistance; human or
social services; public relief; public welfare; public health and
hospitalization; and support of general hospitals;

(12)
A tax levied under section 3709.29 of the Revised Code for a general
health district program.

(F)
An exemption from taxation granted under this section commences with
the tax year specified in the resolution so long as the year
specified in the resolution commences after the effective date of the
resolution. If the resolution specifies a year commencing before the
effective date of the resolution or specifies no year whatsoever, the
exemption commences with the tax year in which an exempted
improvement first appears on the tax list and duplicate of real and
public utility property and that commences after the effective date
of the resolution. In lieu of stating a specific year, the resolution
may provide that the exemption commences in the tax year in which the
value of an improvement exceeds a specified amount or in which the
construction of one or more improvements is completed, provided that
such tax year commences after the effective date of the resolution.
With respect to the exemption of improvements to parcels under
division (A) of this section, the resolution may allow for the
exemption to commence in different tax years on a parcel-by-parcel
basis, with a separate exemption term specified for each parcel.

Except
as otherwise provided in this division, the exemption ends on the
date specified in the resolution as the date the improvement ceases
to be a public purpose or the incentive district expires, or ends on
the date on which the county can no longer require annual service
payments in lieu of taxes under section 5709.79 of the Revised Code,
whichever occurs first. The exemption of an improvement with respect
to a parcel or within an incentive district may end on a later date,
as specified in the resolution, if the board of commissioners and the
board of education of the city, local, or exempted village school
district within which the parcel or district is located have entered
into a compensation agreement under section 5709.82 of the Revised
Code with respect to the improvement, and the board of education has
approved the term of the exemption under division (C)(1) of this
section, but in no case shall the improvement be exempted from
taxation for more than thirty years. Exemptions shall be claimed and
allowed in the same or a similar manner as in the case of other real
property exemptions. If an exemption status changes during a tax
year, the procedure for the apportionment of the taxes for that year
is the same as in the case of other changes in tax exemption status
during the year.

(G)
If the board of county commissioners is not required by this section
to notify the board of education of the board of county
commissioners' intent to declare improvements to be a public purpose,
the board of county commissioners shall comply with the notice
requirements imposed under section 5709.83 of the Revised Code before
taking formal action to adopt the resolution making that declaration,
unless the board of education has adopted a resolution under that
section waiving its right to receive such a notice.

(H)
The county, not later than fifteen days after the adoption of a
resolution under this section, shall submit to the director of
development a copy of the resolution. On or before the thirty-first
day of March of each year, the county shall submit a status report to
the director. The report shall indicate, in the manner prescribed by
the director, the progress of the project during each year that an
exemption remains in effect, including a summary of the receipts from
service payments in lieu of taxes; expenditures of money from the
fund created under section 5709.80 of the Revised Code; a description
of the public infrastructure improvements and housing renovations
financed with such expenditures; and a quantitative summary of
changes in employment and private investment resulting from each
project.

(I)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a board of
county commissioners from declaring to be a public purpose
improvements with respect to more than one parcel.

(J)
If a parcel is located in a new community district in which the new
community authority imposes a community development charge on the
basis of rentals received from leases of real property as described
in division (L)(2) of section 349.01 of the Revised Code, the parcel
may not be exempted from taxation under this section.

Section
2.
That
existing sections 9.66, 126.65, 149.311, 718.13, 718.84, 3313.6028,
3315.063, 3327.017, 3333.133, 3333.97, 3345.89, 3376.01, 3379.10,
4503.44, 4506.11, 4507.05, 4507.21, 4507.23, 4771.12, 5104.32,
5104.53, 5165.26, 5502.262, 5525.17, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.73, and
5709.78 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.

Section
3.
The
amendment or enactment by this act of sections 3376.01, 3376.14,
4771.021, and 4771.12 of the Revised Code applies to contracts and
agreements entered into on or after the effective date of this
section.

Section
4.
(A)
As used in this section, "qualified property" means
property that satisfies the qualifications for tax exemption under
section 717.051 of the Revised Code and that is owned or leased by a
municipal corporation, county, new community authority, or port
authority situated within a county having a population of greater
than one million three hundred thousand.

(B)
Notwithstanding sections 5713.08, 5713.081, and 5715.27 of the
Revised Code, and without regard to any time or payment limitations
under any section of the Revised Code, the municipal corporation,
county, new community authority, or port authority that owns or
leases qualified property at any time within twelve months after the
effective date of this section may file an application with the Tax
Commissioner requesting that the qualified property be placed on the
exempt list and that all unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest on the
property be abated.

(C)
The application shall be made on the form prescribed by the Tax
Commissioner under section 5715.27 of the Revised Code and shall list
the name of the county in which the property is located; the
property's legal description, taxable value, and the amount, in
dollars, of the unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest; the date of
acquisition of title to the property or the effective date of the
lease of the property; the use of the property during any time that
the unpaid taxes accrued; and any other information required by the
Commissioner. The county auditor shall supply the required
information upon request of the applicant.

(D)
Upon request of the applicant, the county treasurer shall determine
if all taxes, penalties, and interest that became a lien on the
qualified property before it was first used by the property's owner
or a prior owner for an exempt purpose have been paid in full. If so,
the county treasurer shall issue a certificate to the applicant
stating that all such taxes, penalties, and interest have been paid
in full. The applicant shall attach the county treasurer's
certificate to the application filed with the Tax Commissioner under
this section. The Commissioner shall not consider an application
filed under this section unless such a certificate is attached to it.

(E)
Upon receipt of an application, the Tax Commissioner shall determine
if the qualified property meets the qualifications set forth in this
section and if so shall issue an order directing that the property be
placed on the exempt list of the county in which it is located and
that all unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest for each year that the
property met the qualifications for exemption described in section
717.051 of the Revised Code be abated. If the Commissioner finds that
the property is or previously was being used for a purpose that would
disqualify it for such exemption, the Tax Commissioner shall issue an
order denying the application with respect to such tax years where
the Commissioner finds that disqualifying use.

(F)
If the Tax Commissioner finds that the property is not entitled to
the tax exemption and abatement of unpaid taxes, penalties, and
interest for any of the years for which the applicant claims an
exemption or abatement, the Commissioner shall order the county
treasurer of the county in which the property is located to collect
all taxes, penalties, and interest on the property for those years as
required by law.

(G)
The Tax Commissioner may apply this section to any qualified property
that is the subject of an application for exemption pending before
the Commissioner on the effective date of this section, without
requiring the property owner to file an additional application. The
Commissioner may also apply this section to any qualified property
that is the subject of an application for exemption filed on or after
the effective date of this section and on or before twelve months
after that effective date, even though the application does not
expressly request abatement of unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest.

Section
5.
That
Section 265.550 of H.B. 33 of the 135th General Assembly (as amended
by H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly) be amended to read as
follows:

Sec.
265.550.
PUPIL
TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROGRAMS

(A)
The Department of Education and Workforce shall establish two pilot
programs under which two educational service centers shall provide
transportation to students in lieu of the students receiving
transportation from their resident school district. Not later than
October 15, 2023, the Department shall select both of the following
to participate in a pilot program under this section:

(1)
One service center that is in a county located in central Ohio with a
population of 1,323,807, according to the 2020 United States census;

(2)
One service center that is in a county located in southwest Ohio with
a population of 537,309, according to the 2020 United States census.

(B)(1)
The service center selected under division (A)(1) of this section
shall identify students who are struggling with transportation
issues, as determined by their resident school district, and are
served by the service center, community schools, or chartered
nonpublic schools that enroll students from the district or districts
for whom the service center will provide transportation during the
2024-2025 school year.

(2)
The service center selected under division (A)(2) of this section
shall provide transportation during the 2024-2025, 2025-2026, and
2026-2027 school years to any student whom the district and the
educational service center determine is struggling with
transportation issues that meets either of the following criteria:

(a)
The student attends a school different from the one to which the
student would be assigned in the student's resident school district.

(b)
The student is a child with a disability for whom the student's
resident school district is required to provide transportation as a
related service.

(3)

In
addition to providing transportation to and from a student's place of
residence, the service center selected under division (A)(2) of this
section also may provide transportation to and from a student's
workplace learning experiences.

(4)

Both
service centers shall report to the Department, in the manner
prescribed by the Department, students who are transported by the
service center.

(C)
No community school or chartered nonpublic school shall be required
to participate in either pilot program.

(D)
Each participating educational service center shall do all of the
following for each applicable school year:

(1)
Arrange for the use of a sufficient number of school buses or other
approved vehicles designed to transport not more than nine
passengers, not including the driver, and bus drivers or other
individuals authorized to transport students in other approved
vehicles, to transport students from participating schools who
qualify for transportation under section 3327.01 of the Revised Code
and the school district's transportation policy. However, nothing
shall preclude the service center from providing transportation to
other students enrolled in the schools.

(2)
Collaborate with participating schools to designate daily start and
end times for each applicable school year that will enable timely and
efficient transportation of the schools' students;

(3)
On behalf of participating schools, notify the school district of the
students that they will not require transportation for the applicable
school year.

(E)(1)
Except as described in division (E)(2) of this section, the
Department shall deduct from the school district's transportation
payment under section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code and pay to the
educational service center the statewide average cost per student for
the qualifying ridership, under section 3317.0212 of the Revised
Code, for each student transported by the service center in
compliance with this section.

(2)
In the case of a student described in division (C)(1) of section
3317.024 of the Revised Code, the service center shall not receive a
payment under division (E)(1) of this section. Instead, the
department shall make a payment to the service center for such
student in the manner prescribed under division (C) of section
3317.024 of the Revised Code.

(F)
The educational service centers and the school districts shall not be
subject to section 3327.021 of the Revised Code during each school
year in which the pilot program they participate in operates with
regard to students enrolled in participating schools. Notwithstanding
section 3314.46 of the Revised Code, the service centers may provide
transportation to any participating community school they sponsor.

(G)
The educational service centers shall comply with all transportation
requirements for students with disabilities as specified in the
individualized education programs developed for the students pursuant
to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code
.

(H)
The Department shall evaluate the pilot program in which the service
center selected under division (A)(1) of this section participates
and issue a report of its findings not later than September 15, 2025.
The Department shall evaluate the pilot program in which the service
center selected under division (A)(2) of this section participates
and issue a report of its findings not later than September 15, 2027.
The educational service centers and participating schools shall
submit data and other information to the Department, in a manner
determined by the Department, for the purpose of conducting the
evaluation.

Section
6.
That
existing Section 265.550 of H.B. 33 of the 135th General Assembly (as
amended by H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly) is hereby repealed.

Section
7.
That
Sections 200.30 (as amended by H.B. 96 of the 136th General
Assembly), 221.10 (as amended by S.B. 54 of the 135th General
Assembly), 221.15 (as amended by H.B. 96 of the 136th General
Assembly), 229.10, and 373.15 (as amended by H.B. 96 of the 136th
General Assembly) of H.B. 2 of the 135th General Assembly be amended
to read as follows:

Sec.
200.30.
ONE
TIME STRATEGIC COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS

On
June 28, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Director of
Budget and Management shall transfer $17,800,000 cash from the
General Revenue Fund to the One Time Strategic Community Investments
Fund (Fund 5AY1).

The
foregoing appropriation item 042509, One Time Strategic Community
Investments, shall be used by the Office of Budget and Management to
provide grants for the projects listed in this section in the amounts
listed. Prior to disbursing a grant to a recipient, the Office of
Budget and Management shall enter into a grant agreement with the
recipient. As part of the grant agreement, the recipient shall agree
to complete a final report, in a form and manner to be prescribed by
the Office of Budget and Management, detailing how the recipient used
the grant and submit the report to the Office of Budget and
Management.

An
amount equal to the unexpended, unencumbered balance of the foregoing
appropriation item 042509, One Time Strategic Community Investments,
at the end of fiscal year 2025 is hereby reappropriated for the same
purpose in fiscal year 2026.

1

2

A

Project

Amount

B

Adams
County Fairgrounds Improvements

$400,000

C

Adams
County Welcome Center

$350,000

D

Adams
County Community Foundation

$200,000

E

West
Union Wastewater Plant Improvements

$200,000

F

Lima
Veterans Memorial Hall Improvements

$10,000,000

G

Allen
County Airport Fuel Farm

$1,000,000

H

Rhodes
State Advanced Manufacturing Equipment and Lab

$440,000

I

Allen
County Child Support Enforcement Agency Facility

$375,000

J

Heir
Force Community School Land Acquisition

$250,000

K

Temple
Christian School Building Expansion

$250,000

L

Boys
and Girls Club of Lima

$100,000

M

Ashland
County Fair

$1,100,000

N

Cinnamon
Lake Sewer District Lift Station

$1,000,000

O

Charles
Mill Marina Houseboat and Path Renovation

$910,000

P

Hugo
Young Theatre

$248,554

Q

Davy
McClure Outdoor Education Shelter

$200,000

R

Ashland
County Fire Training Facility

$200,000

S

Hickory
Street Sanitary Sewer Lift Station

$76,000

T

Rowsburg
Community Center

$30,000

U

Hayesville
Pedestrian Walkway

$25,000

V

SPIRE
Institute

$1,000,000

W

Ashtabula
Juvenile Court Improvements

$800,000

X

Boys
and Girls Club of Ashtabula

$132,274

Y

Country
Neighbor Program

$101,600

Z

VFW
Roof Repairs Geneva Post 6846

$99,037

AA

Ashtabula
Arts Center Restroom Project

$45,000

AB

Athens
Regional Training Center

$2,500,000

AC

The
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks Food Sector Accelerator
Project

$700,000

AD

Nelsonville-York
Elementary School (NYES) Playground Renovation

$250,000

AE

York
Township VFD Project

$250,000

AF

City
of Nelsonville Dog Park

$139,731

AG

Boys
and Girls Club of Athens

$100,000

AH

Buchtel
Village Park Project

$100,000

AI

Edna
Brooks Domestic Violence Shelter

$36,800

AJ

Village
of Waynesfield Veteran’s Park Enhancement

$352,950

AK

Saint
Mary's Reservoir Mill

$250,000

AL

New
Bremen Public Library Renovation

$200,000

AM

YMCA
Auglaize-Mercer Recreation Complex

$200,000

AN

Barton
VFD Station

$1,000,000

AO

Belmont
Volunteer Fire Department New Station

$1,000,000

AP

The
Sargus Center Revitalization and Sustainability Initiative

$500,000

AQ

Mead
Township Hall and Garage Project

$300,000

AR

VFW
Roof Repairs Powhatan Point Post 5565

$24,900

AS

Future
Plans Sanctuary

$3,000,000

AT

Brown
County Junior Fair Covered Horse Arena

$400,000

AU

Water
Infrastructure Bramel Mobile Home Park

$400,000

AV

Millikin
Interchange Improvements

$8,500,000

AW

Madison
Township Firehouse Improvements

$1,750,000

AX

BCRTA
Outdoor Workforce Training

$1,000,000

AY

Riversedge
Amphitheater Expansion

$1,000,000

AZ

Shuler
Benninghofen Mixed-Use Project

$1,000,000

BA

VOA
MetroPark Museum Grand Entrance

$1,000,000

BB

Oxford
Student Safety Project

$800,000

BC

Liberty
Playground Replacement Project

$500,000

BD

Madison
Township Park Revitalization

$500,000

BE

Welding
Lab Program Expansion in Fairfield Township

$450,000

BF

Monroe
Plaza South Project

$400,000

BG

Hamilton
YWCA Domestic Violence Project

$400,000

BH

World
Class Clubs: Repairing Community Gymnasium

$225,000

BI

Boys
and Girls Club of West Chester/Liberty

$218,796

BJ

VFW
Roof Repairs West Chester Post 7696

$15,560

BK

Carroll
County Annex Building Rehab

$500,000

BL

Seven
Ranges Scout Reservation Facility Upgrades

$500,000

BM

Dellroy
Village Storm Drain and Street Repair

$250,000

BN

Carroll
County Agricultural Service Center

$200,000

BO

Minerva
Downtown Revitalization Project

$200,000

BP

Dellroy
Village Offices/Garage Renovations

$195,250

BQ

Champaign
Aviation Museum Improvements

$20,000

BR

Champion
City Sports and Wellness Center

$4,000,000

BS

A.B.
Graham Memorial

$750,000

BT

Champion
Center Arena Improvements

$250,000

BU

Goshen
Fire Department Station 18 Rebuild

$2,500,000

BV

Felicity
Veterans Village Housing Project

$1,000,000

BW

Milford
Five Points Landing

$400,000

BX

Union
Township Community Splash Pad

$268,125

BY

Nisbet
Park Amphitheater

$250,000

BZ

Moscow
Ohio River Stabilization, Phase III

$240,000

CA

Williamsburg
Township Emergency Services Upgrades

$150,000

CB

Owensville
Historical Society Museum

$132,000

CC

Williamsburg
Community Park Trail Extension

$86,770

CD

VFW
Roof Repairs Loveland Post 5354

$28,505

CE

VFW
Roof Repairs New Richmond Post 6770

$20,894

CF

Boys
and Girls Club of Clermont

$18,921

CG

Wilmington
Runway Reopening and Improvements

$3,500,000

CH

Doan-Walnut-Short
Street Water Main

$500,000

CI

Columbiana
County Annex/Drug Task Force Building

$2,900,000

CJ

Utica
Shale Academy Improvements

$2,500,000

CK

East
Palestine Village Safety Complex

$1,000,000

CL

Hanover
Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Expansion Initiative

$250,000

CM

Lepper
Restoration Project

$175,000

CN

City
of Coshocton Fire Training Tower

$1,000,000

CO

Coshocton
Skip’s Landing and Downtown Revitalization

$750,000

CP

City
of Coshocton Roscoe Cemetery Improvements

$460,000

CQ

City
of Coshocton Pickleball Court Upgrades

$300,000

CR

City
of Coshocton Water Plant Electrical Upgrades

$300,000

CS

City
of Coshocton Town Hall Roof Project

$240,000

CT

City
of Coshocton Emergency Generator Project

$200,000

CU

Coshocton
County Library Masonry Project

$48,000

CV

Maplecrest
Community Center

$500,000

CW

The
Galion Depot Canopy Restoration Project

$200,000

CX

The
New Washington Veteran’s Memorial Park Project

$34,460

CY

Cuyahoga
County Northcoast Connector

$20,000,000

CZ

Bedrock
Riverfront Development

$8,000,000

DA

Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame Museum Expansion and Renovation Project

$7,000,000

DB

Cleveland
Port Bulk Terminal Modernization

$5,000,000

DC

West
Side Market in Cleveland

$2,400,000

DD

Cahoon
Park

$2,000,000

DE

Cleveland
Zoo Primate Forest

$2,000,000

DF

Irishtown
Bend Park

$2,000,000

DG

Valor
Acres Brecksville Veterans Affairs Hospital Site Redevelopment

$2,000,000

DH

Blue
Abyss

$1,800,000

DI

Two
Foundation Building Purchase and Renovation

$1,625,000

DJ

Park
Synagogue

$1,500,000

DK

The
Music Settlement – Gries House Redevelopment

$1,500,000

DL

Brook
Park Community Center Restoration

$1,000,000

DM

Cleveland
Women’s Soccer Stadium

$1,000,000

DN

Electric
Building Renovation

$1,000,000

DO

Independence
Selig Drive Emergency Access

$1,000,000

DP

Shaker
Heights Doan Brook Park

$1,000,000

DQ

YMCA
of Greater Cleveland – New Facility Construction

$1,000,000

DR

Argonaut
Project - Advancing Aviation and Maritime Pipeline

$800,000

DS

Birthing
Beautiful Communities Birth Center

$800,000

DT

Connecting
the Circle

$800,000

DU

Glenville
YMCA

$800,000

DV

Saint
Edwards High School Sustainable Urban Agriculture

$800,000

DW

Cleveland
Public Square Improvements

$750,000

DX

University
Heights Municipal Sewer Project

$700,000

DY

University
Hospitals Breast Center - Parma

$700,000

DZ

Cleveland
Habitat Building Project

$507,500

EA

Cleveland
Airport NEOFIX

$500,000

EB

Euclid
Public Library Green Branch Improvements

$500,000

EC

Hospice
of the Western Reserve Center for Community Engagement and Hospice
Care

$500,000

ED

JumpStart
Northern Ohio Operations

$500,000

EE

Ohio
Aerospace Institute Sensitive Information Research Facility

$500,000

EF

Rocky
River Fire Station Improvements

$500,000

EG

Saint
Casimir Parish Improvements

$500,000

EH

Seven
Hills Fire Department

$500,000

EI

Vocational
Guidance Services Renovation Cleveland Facility

$500,000

EJ

YWCA
of Greater Cleveland

$500,000

EK

Boys
and Girls Club of Broadway in Cuyahoga County

$485,005

EL

Maltz
Museum of Jewish Heritage

$480,000

EM

Richmond
Heights Salt Bin

$450,000

EN

Magnolia
Clubhouse

$400,000

EO

Middleburg
Heights Central Park Phase 1

$400,000

EP

Cleveland
Institute of Art - Interactive Media Lab

$365,000

EQ

Greenstone
Lifeline Connection Improvements

$327,867

ER

Chagrin
Valley Volunteer Fire Station

$300,000

ES

Berea
City Hall and Police Station Upgrades

$250,000

ET

Jenning's
Center for Older Adults

$250,000

EU

Journey
Center for Safety and Healing/Domestic Violence Shelter

$200,000

EV

Lyndhurst
Community Center Audio Visual Project

$200,000

EW

MetroHealth
Emergency Department Refresh

$200,000

EX

Northeast
Ohio Music Arts Development Hub

$200,000

EY

Olmsted
Falls Visibility Project

$200,000

EZ

Achievement
Centers for Children Westlake facility

$100,000

FA

Camp
Cheerful Reimagined
Achievement
Centers for Children Camp Cheerful facility

$175,000

$75,000

FB

VFW
Roof Repairs Solon Post 1863

$88,787

FC

VFW
Roof Repairs Parma Post 1974

$28,633

FD

VFW
Roof Repairs Cleveland Post 2533

$17,208

FE

Western
Ohio Regional Fire Training Facility

$750,000

FF

Eldora
Speedway Public Safety Upgrades

$400,000

FG

Historic
Bear’s Mill Infrastructure Restoration

$275,000

FH

The
Darke County Fish and Game Association

$120,000

FI

Ney/Washington
Township Fire Department Building

$300,000

FJ

Veterans
Memorial Park at Latty’s Grove Rehabilitation Project

$200,000

FK

Little
Brown Jug Grandstand Renovation

$2,500,000

FL

Sunbury
Ohio-to-Erie Trail Expansion

$1,250,000

FM

Boardman
Arts Park Improvements Whimsy Venue

$1,000,000

FN

Stockhands
Horses for Healing, Capital Improvement Project

$908,000

FO

Dempsey
Wildlife and Education Renovation

$600,000

FP

Delaware
County Bicentennial Barn Renovation

$500,000

FQ

Powell
Adventure Park Expansion

$480,000

FR

"Smuirfield"
Golf Project

$225,000

FS

Ohio
Fallen Heroes Memorial

$70,000

FT

VFW
Roof Repairs Sunbury Post 8736

$58,440

FU

Worenstaff
Memorial Public Library Renovation

$34,000

FV

The
Landing in Erie County

$3,000,000

FW

Battery
Park Coastal Improvements

$1,000,000

FX

NW
Ohio Water Quality Improvements/Cold Creek Foundation

$800,000

FY

Camp
Timberlane Infrastructure Improvements

$600,000

FZ

Kelley's
Island East Lakeshore Shoreline Protection

$400,000

GA

Erie
County Fairgrounds Infrastructure Improvements

$250,000

GB

Erie
County Jail Surveillance Upgrades

$200,000

GC

Huron
Boat Basin and Amphitheater Capital Improvement Project

$200,000

GD

Sawmill
Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion

$200,000

GE

Violet
Township Event Center

$2,100,000

GF

Gateway
Mixed Use District

$2,000,000

GG

Government
Services Building Acquisition and Renovation

$2,000,000

GH

Wendel
Pool Dehumidification System Replacement

$550,000

GI

Walnut
Township Flood Mitigation

$500,000

GJ

Pickerington
Covered Bridge Rehabilitation

$350,000

GK

Pickerington
Connects

$234,410

GL

Elmwood
Playground

$225,000

GM

Expanding
Horizons – Meals on Wheels Senior Services Center

$200,000

GN

Historic
Lancaster Bell and Clock Tower

$150,000

GO

Sycamore
Creek Park Pond Restoration

$125,000

GP

Wagnalls
Memorial Window Project

$50,000

GQ

American
Legion Post 283 Improvements

$20,000

GR

Rushville
Union Lions Club Accessible Parking

$5,500

GS

Jeffersonville
Rattlesnake Water System Improvements

$1,000,000

GT

Wayne
Township Firehouse Community Shelter

$175,000

GU

The
Ohio Center for Advanced Technologies

$20,000,000

GV

Columbus
Symphony Orchestra – Music for All

$18,500,000

GW

Downtown
Columbus Capital Line

$10,000,000

GX

Heritage
Trail Expansion

$8,000,000

GY

John
Glenn International Airport Improvements

$7,500,000

GZ

OP
Chaney Grain Elevator Restoration

$2,800,000

HA

Downtown
Security Command Center

$1,500,000

HB

Unverferth
House Revitalization and Expansion Campaign

$1,500,000

HC

Historic
Dublin Riverfront Revitalization

$1,230,000

HD

Heartland
Music Incubator

$1,000,000

HE

Norwich
Township Fire Department Station 84

$1,000,000

HF

Westland
Mall Renovations

$1,000,000

HG

Hilliard
First Responders Park

$800,500

HH

Green
Lawn Cemetery Chapel

$750,000

HI

Heinzerling
Facility Improvements

$750,000

HJ

Whitehall
Police Department Emergency Facility

$605,220

HK

Knoll
View Place

$600,000

HL

Tolles
Cybersecurity Lab Renovation

$600,000

HM

Edison
Welding Institute Renovations

$500,000

HN

Elevate
Northland

$500,000

HO

LifeTown
Kindness Center

$500,000

HP

National
Center for Urban Solutions Facility

$500,000

HQ

Scioto
Rise Place

$500,000

HR

Dublin
Brand Road Pedestrian Tunnel Flood Mitigation

$468,000

HS

OZEM
Gardner House Rehabilitation

$375,000

HT

Somali
Community Link Center

$350,000

HU

The
Refuge

$250,000

HV

Grandview
Heights Fire EMS Police Facility

$200,000

HW

Grandview
Heights McKinley Field Park

$200,000

HX

Tawnya
Salyer Memorial Statue

$200,000

HY

Columbus
Urban League Career Connect Hub

$150,000

HZ

Boys
and Girls Club of J. Ashburn

$138,585

IA

VFW
Roof Repairs Reynoldsburg Post 9473

$32,695

IB

Building
the Future of 4-H Camp Palmer

$1,825,000

IC

Community
Event and Recreational Facility Renovation in Wauseon

$500,000

ID

Fulton
County Fairgrounds Arts and Craft Building

$80,000

IE

Gallia
County Council on Aging New Facility

$2,500,000

IF

Reservoir
Enhancement Project

$2,250,000

IG

Gallia
County Sheriff Office Renovation

$225,000

IH

Hambden
Fire Station Project

$2,000,000

II

Montville
Fire Station Construction

$1,250,000

IJ

Chardon
Fire Department Equipment Project

$1,000,000

IK

Burton
Berkshire Local Schools Career Pathways Program

$915,037

IL

Geauga
County Fair

$500,000

IM

Russell
Township Community Building

$370,905

IN

Chester
Township Police Department Building Renovation

$348,875

IO

Chardon
Memorial Stadium Restroom and Concession Project

$250,000

IP

Geauga
County Safety Center Parking Lot

$250,000

IQ

Salt
Dome Structural Repairs

$155,000

IR

St.
Mary School Playground Enhancements

$4,000

IS

Cedarville
Opera House

$12,000,000

IT

Clifton
Union School Improvements

$3,900,000

IU

Future
Development of Wright-Patterson

$3,500,000

IV

Clifton
Opera House

$1,900,000

IW

Skyway
SCIF Center

$1,000,000

IX

Spring
House Park: Phase One

$1,000,000

IY

WSU:
Archive Facility Upgrades

$500,000

IZ

OhioMeansJobs
Greene County Improving Accessibility Project

$175,000

JA

Ohio
Veterans’ Children’s Home Expansion and Upgrade, Phase 1

$150,000

JB

Cambridge
YMCA

$3,000,000

JC

Route
40 East Sewer Extension

$1,000,000

JD

Cambridge
Fire Department Renovations

$560,000

JE

Old
Washington Community VFD Station

$250,000

JF

Hamilton
County Convention Center District Development

$46,000,000

JG

University
of Cincinnati Health

$16,750,000

JH

Xavier
University College of Osteopathic Medicine

$9,750,000

JI

Riverbend
2.0

$8,000,000

JJ

Blue
Line Foundation HQ and Regional Training Center

$1,000,000

JK

605
Plum Convention Center Garage Renovation

$945,771

JL

Boys
and Girls Club of Taft

$300,978

JM

Boys
and Girls Club of East Hamilton

$194,722

JN

Boys
and Girls Club of Sheakley

$58,529

JO

Findlay
YMCA

$1,250,000

JP

Hancock
County Fair

$500,000

JQ

Hancock
County Park District

$250,000

JR

Owens
State Community College CDL Facilities

$250,000

JS

Ada
War Memorial Park

$500,000

JT

Hardin
County Fair

$500,000

JU

Kenton
Fire Department

$500,000

JV

Ohio
Northern University HealthWise Mobile Health Clinic

$500,000

JW

Pump
House Funding – Rodney Hensel

$200,000

JX

Hardin
County Veterans Memorial Park District

$50,000

JY

Alger
Baseball Field

$40,000

JZ

Harrison
County Fairground Replacement and Enhancement

$720,000

KA

Regional
Safety Center at Tappan Lake

$650,000

KB

Jewett
Fire and Emergency Equipment Storage Building

$325,000

KC

Village
of Bowerston VFD

$205,000

KD

Village
of Bowerston Maintenance Building

$100,000

KE

Napoleon
Public Library Improvements

$1,000,000

KF

The
Henry County Community Event Center Office Addition

$1,000,000

KG

Corn
City Regional Fire District New Fire Station

$500,000

KH

Napoleon
Water Tower Upgrades

$135,000

KI

Core
Networking Equipment at The Center for Child and Family Advocacy
(CCFA) in Henry County

$72,000

KJ

Malinta
Community Historical Society Site Project

$45,000

KK

Highland
County Engineer Truck Barn

$1,000,000

KL

Camp
Wyandot Historic Camper Cabin Project

$50,000

KM

Union
Furnace
/
Starr Township Improvements

$35,000

KN

Agricultural
Society Millersburg Expo

$750,000

KO

Safe
Harbor Ohio

$500,000

KP

Winesburg
Park Improvements

$250,000

KQ

West
Holmes Local Schools Robotics Program

$22,000

KR

Norwalk
Theater Restoration

$2,000,000

KS

Norwalk
Public Library Rehab

$400,000

KT

Feichtner
Memorial Building Improvements

$250,000

KU

Huron
County Transfer Station Scale Replacement

$202,000

KV

Jackson
County Memorial Building Renovation

$2,500,000

KW

City
of Jackson Park and Trail Revitalization

$1,000,000

KX

Jackson
County Courthouse Building and Grounds Renovation

$600,000

KY

Blamer
Park Renovation

$392,038

KZ

Wellston
Food Pantry Turn-Key Renovation

$200,000

LA

Wellston
Fire Department Training Academy

$175,000

LB

Jefferson
County Agricultural Society Small Animal Barn

$35,000

LC

Mount
Vernon Police Station

$2,000,000

LD

Fredericktown
Water Infrastructure Improvements

$750,000

LE

Family
Fun Grounds in Knox County

$125,000

LF

Willoughby
Osborne Park Shoreline Protection

$2,000,000

LG

Uptown
Mentor Revitalization

$1,500,000

LH

ISTEM
Painesville Township Haden Facility and Crowns Project

$1,000,000

LI

Mentor
Fire Station

$1,000,000

LJ

University
Hospitals TriPoint Breast Center - Painesville

$938,750

LK

Concord
Township Waterline Extension Project

$500,000

LL

Lake
Erie College Center for Health Sciences

$500,000

LM

Lake
Metro Parks Lakefront Trail

$500,000

LN

Kirtland
Public Library Roof Project

$340,625

LO

Mentor
on the Lake – Lake Overlook

$300,000

LP

Rabbit
Run Theater Improvements

$100,000

LQ

VFW
Roof Repairs Mentor Post 9295

$35,478

LR

Resources
for Restoring Lives and Providing Safety and Security

$15,328

LS

Wayne
National Forest Welcome Center

$5,000,000

LT

Coal
Grove Village Riverfront Park

$1,250,000

LU

Lawrence
County School Communications

$750,000

LV

Necco
Center Improvements

$375,000

LW

Boys
and Girls Club of Portsmouth

$100,000

LX

Buckeye
Lake North Shore Park and Pier

$8,500,000

LY

Memorial
Health Systems Education and Event Center

$3,000,000

LZ

Johnstown
- Mink Street Water Infrastructure

$500,000

MA

Newark
Towne Center Project

$1,854,000

MB

Buckeye
Valley Family YMCA Pataskala Childcare Center

$200,000

MC

Mary
Ann Township Fire Department

$66,000

MD

Hanover
Hains Hill Drive Drainage Improvements

$52,000

ME

Junior
Achievement - Regional Satellite Learning Center

$50,000

MF

Boys
and Girls Club of Newark

$46,195

MG

Indian
Lake Advocacy Group

$5,000,000

MH

Logan
County Sewer District Flat Branch Upgrades

$1,500,000

MI

Bellefontaine
Calvary Christian School

$250,000

MJ

Indian
Lake Pickleball

$150,000

MK

Lorain
County Community College Desich Entrepreneurship Center 3rd Floor
Microelectronics Training Hub

$2,500,000

ML

Lorain
County Fairs

$2,500,000

MM

Boys
and Girls Club of Elyria South

$1,000,000

MN

Lorain
County PACE Site Modifications

$1,000,000

MO

The
Nord Center Capital Improvement Project

$1,000,000

MP

French
Creek Sports Complex

$925,000

MQ

Lorain
County Justice Center

$750,000

MR

North
Ridgeville Cypress Avenue Project

$700,000

MS

Sheffield
Lake Field House Rec Complex

$600,000

MT

Black
River Landing Amphitheater

$500,000

MU

Haven
Center Emergency Shelter
/
Neighborhood Alliance

$500,000

MV

Vocational
Guidance Services (VGS) Project - Lorain

$500,000

MW

Lorain
County Health and Dental Facility

$375,000

MX

Elyria
Public Library West River Branch

$300,000

MY

Lorain
Hispanic Veterans Memorial

$300,000

MZ

Lorain
County Kennel Project

$250,000

NA

El
Centro Facility Improvements

$200,000

NB

Good
Knights Bed Building Center

$150,000

NC

Sheffield
Village Colorado Avenue Side Path

$150,000

ND

Carlisle
Township Hall Project

$100,000

NE

VFW
Roof Repairs Wellington Post 6941

$12,276

NF

Lucas
County Seawall and River Edge Reconstruction Project

$3,000,000

NG

Toledo
Innovation Center

$3,000,000

NH

Inclusive
Multigenerational Community and Recreation Center (IMCRC)

$2,900,000

NI

Virginia
Stranahan Trail and Senior Affordable Housing/Senior Center
Development

$2,700,000

NJ

Eugene
F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport Terminal Renovation Project

$2,000,000

NK

Toledo
YWCA Domestic Shelter Project

$2,000,000

NL

Toledo
Zoo Reptile House

$1,740,000

NM

Toledo
Fire and Rescue Department Facility Repairs

$1,600,000

NN

Ottawa
Park Revitalization Phase 1

$950,000

NO

Imagination
Station; Toledo Science Center World of Discovery Exhibit

$750,000

NP

Homer
Hanham Boys and Girls Club Renovation

$650,000

NQ

Toledo
Seagate Food Bank

$650,000

NR

Pre-Medical
and Health Science Academy at Mercy College

$500,000

NS

Toledo
School for the Performing Arts Replacement Windows

$500,000

NT

Sylvania
Township Safety Training and Grounds Improvement

$485,000

NU

Toledo
Safe Haven Ronald McDonald Facility

$300,000

NV

Whitney
Manor

$300,000

NW

Toledo
Hensville Entertainment District

$250,000

NX

Ottawa
Hills Walk Path Project

$175,000

NY

Glass
City Mural Wall Lighting (Toledo)

$100,000

NZ

Lucas
County Sheriff Substation Renovation

$100,000

OA

Toledo
Broadway Commercial Redevelopment Project

$100,000

OB

Madison
County Airport Improvements

$35,938

OC

Animal
Charity of Ohio Infrastructure Expansion

$1,500,000

OD

Community
Learning Center

$1,000,000

OE

West
Branch Regional Community Education and Wellness Training Center
in Mahoning County

$875,000

OF

Mahoning
Valley Historical Society Expansion and Improvement

$750,000

OG

Campbell
Access and Safety Project

$660,000

OH

Mahoning
County Veterans Center

$650,000

OI

Salem
Airpark Improvements

$600,000

OJ

Youngstown
Area Jewish Federation Building Expansion

$501,389

OK

Mahoning
Valley Regional Multi-Jurisdictional Infrastructure Initiative

$450,000

OL

Boys
and Girls Club of Youngstown

$300,000

OM

Youngstown
Playhouse Roof

$238,000

ON

Village
of Poland

$185,000

OO

Boys
and Girls Club of Oak Hill

$159,131

OP

City
of Struthers Mauthe Park Splash Pad

$103,150

OQ

Rich
Center for Autism Building for Tomorrow Phase 2

$100,000

OR

OCCHA
Renovado Capital Campaign

$93,500

OS

Canfield
Police Department Drone Program

$60,000

OT

War
Vet Museum Facility and Program Improvement Project

$60,000

OU

Austintown
9-11 Memorial Park

$50,000

OV

VFW
Roof Repairs Ellsworth Post 9571

$14,480

OW

Marion
Harding Performing Arts Center

$347,000

OX

Magnetic
Springs Community Park

$153,000

OY

Marion
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Chapel

$450,000

OZ

George
W. King Mansion – Etowah

$300,000

PA

Boys
and Girls Club of Oak Street

$277,170

PB

Terradise
Nature Center Interpretive Center

$200,000

PC

Women’s
History Resource Center Phase II

$185,000

PD

City
of Wadsworth Brickyard Athletic Complex and Fixler Reservation

$2,500,000

PE

Lake
Medina

$1,500,000

PF

Akron
Childrens Medina Health Center

$1,400,000

PG

Medina
County Career Center Modular Fire Training Tower

$1,000,000

PH

Oenslager
Nature Center

$500,000

PI

City
of Medina Multi-Use Uptown Loop Phase 1

$396,000

PJ

Medina
County Radio System – Seville Tower

$450,000

PK

Medina
County Sheriff Office Jail Safety Enhancement

$200,000

PL

Equine
Assisted Mental Health Community Campus

$200,000

PM

Majestic
Equine Connections

$200,000

PN

Main
Street Medina Facade Improvement

$150,000

PO

Medina
County Achievement Center Renovation and Innovative Vocational
Training Building

$100,000

PP

Serenite
Restaurant and Culinary Institute Roof/Gutter Repair

$65,000

PQ

Main
Street Medina South Town Gateway

$62,000

PR

VFW
Roof Repairs Medina Post 5137

$60,898

PS

Homer
Township Tornado Siren Project

$36,834

PT

Chippewa
Lake Area Emergency Siren

$35,000

PU

Ohio
University Airport Improvements

$2,500,000

PV

Meigs
County Transportation Hub

$1,500,000

PW

Racine
Entertainment District

$1,500,000

PX

1872
Hall Complex

$250,000

PY

Meigs
County Fair

$250,000

PZ

Fort
Recovery Water Tower

$600,000

QA

Troy
Great Miami River Recreation Connectivity Project

$2,000,000

QB

Troy-Miami
County Public Library Improvements

$500,000

QC

Bethel
Township VFD Improvements

$400,000

QD

Graysville
and Community VFD Improvements

$250,000

QE

Bethel
Community Center Improvements

$183,000

QF

Woodsfield
Government and Community Center

$100,000

QG

Midway
Community and Senior Citizens

$70,000

QH

Laings
Community Center

$23,000

QI

VFW
Roof Repairs Sardis Post 9930

$19,836

QJ

Miami
Chapel Inspire Zone Youth Workforce Development Center – Boys &
Girls Club

$3,000,000

QK

Dayton
Aviation Heritage Site (Wright Factory)

$2,000,000

QL

Dayton
International Airport Concourse B

$2,000,000

QM

Future
Development of Wright-Patterson

$1,500,000

QN

Healthy
Family Market
/
Dayton Children's Pediatric Center

$1,500,000

QO

Tri-Cities
North Regional Wastewater Authority

$1,500,000

QP

Kettering
Business Park

$1,250,000

QQ

West
Carrollton River District and Whitewater Park

$500,000

QR

Countryside
Park Revitalization

$1,000,000

QS

Ronald
McDonald House of Dayton

$1,000,000

QT

Schuster
Center

$1,000,000

QU

Union
Ring Road Completion Project - Phase II

$1,000,000

QV

Uptown
Centerville Connectivity and Development Improvements

$1,000,000

QW

Harrison
Township Police Headquarters Renovation

$950,000

QX

Saint
Vincent de Paul Community Donation Intake Facility

$800,000

QY

Saint
Vincent de Paul Social Services Emergency Shelter for Men

$500,000

QZ

Homefull
Housing, Food and Jobs Center

$750,000

RA

Jefferson
Township Community Improvements

$600,000

RB

BOLT
Innovation Center

$500,000

RC

Centerville
Schools Safety Access

$500,000

RD

Dayton
Dream Center Transitional Housing

$500,000

RE

East
End Whole Family Services Hub Facility Expansion and Renovation in
Dayton

$500,000

RF

Union
Ring Road Completion Project - Phase III

$500,000

RG

Robinette
Park

$400,000

RH

Homefull’s
Healthy Start Child Care & Early Learning Center West Dayton

$350,000

RI

Dayton
Airshow

$300,000

RJ

Germantown
Covered Bridge

$275,000

RK

Dayton
Clothes that Work! Facility Improvements

$250,000

RL

Flyghtwood
Sports Life and Leadership Campus

$250,000

RM

Grant
Park Accessibility Improvements

$250,000

RN

K-12
Gallery and TEJAS Acquisition Project

$250,000

RO

Miami
Township Public Works

$250,000

RP

Old
North Dayton Park Expansion Project

$250,000

RQ

Catholic
Social Services Supervised Visitation Center

$200,000

RR

Dayton
Alvis, Inc.

$195,149

RS

Boys
and Girls Club of Dayton

$154,851

RT

Preservation
of Dayton Woman’s Club Historic Mansion

$100,000

RU

West
Memory Gardens Flood Mitigation Project

$75,000

RV

German
Township Channel Maintenance

$60,000

RW

Miamisburg
Historical Society Improvements

$40,000

RX

Pennsville
Volunteer Fire Department – New Building Construction

$1,500,000

RY

Historic
Preservation, Job Creation, and Healthcare Expansion at the
Stanbery Building (McConnelsville)

$500,000

RZ

Malta/McConnelsville
Equipment Project

$325,000

SA

Chesterhill
VFD Station

$250,000

SB

Morgan
County Emergency Communications Center

$250,000

SC

Morgan
County Fair

$250,000

SD

Reinersville
Volunteer Fire Department

$50,000

SE

Flying
Horse Farms Renovation and Updates to Facilities

$350,000

SF

Morrow
County Engineers Facility

$250,000

SG

Morrow
County Health Department Renovations

$250,000

SH

Water
Filter Installation for Legacy Phosphorus Fields

$500,000

SI

The
Wilds Giraffe Barn and Innovative Guest Lodging

$2,500,000

SJ

Avondale
Youth Center HVAC Upgrade

$450,000

SK

The
Tribe Athletic Complex Track

$1,000,000

SL

Ottawa
County Workforce Hub and Center for Career Advancement

$1,250,000

SM

Skills
Academy in Ottawa County

$250,000

SN

Ottawa
County Fairgrounds Upgrades

$200,000

SO

Put-In-Bay
Downtown Promenade Renovation

$200,000

SP

Genoa
Civic Theatre Improvements

$100,000

SQ

Paulding
County Agricultural Society Racetrack Lighting Improvement

$41,000

SR

Antwerp
Rotary Basketball Court

$40,000

SS

Perry
County Community Access and Workforce Training

$500,000

ST

Reading
Township Volunteer Fire Department

$1,250,000

SU

Thornville
AMVETS 51

$80,000

SV

South
Bloomfield Corridor Improvements

$1,500,000

SW

Ohio
Christian University for Science

$500,000

SX

Pickaway
County Library

$250,000

SY

Memorial
Hall Window Replacement Project

$200,000

SZ

Pike
Emergency Operations Backup Power Project

$750,000

TA

Ravenna
Health Center

$1,500,000

TB

Serenity
House Residential Facility

$700,000

TC

Happy
Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary Welcome Center

$500,000

TD

Kent
Safety Town

$250,000

TE

Shalersville
Park

$225,000

TF

Freedom
Township Historical Society Historical Museum

$105,000

TG

Buchert
Park Improvements

$51,000

TH

Portage
County Children’s Advantage HVAC

$40,000

TI

Windham
Historical Society

$27,950

TJ

Preble
County Fairgrounds Stall Barns

$700,000

TK

Preble
Gratis Well Reconstruction

$50,000

TL

Fort
Jennings Park Pedestrian Bridge and Park Improvements

$350,000

TM

The
Ottoville Park Community Wellness and Recreation Enhancement
Project

$213,000

TN

Womens
Policy and Resource Center

$100,000

TO

Buckeye
Park Improvements

$40,000

TP

Mansfield
Christian School Improvements

$1,500,000

TQ

Avita
Comprehensive Cancer Center

$1,150,000

TR

Plymouth
Fire Department Building Replacement

$600,000

TS

Mansfield
Theater "Road to 100" Renovation

$500,000

TT

YMCA-North
Central Ohio Sports Complex

$500,000

TU

Main
Street Plaza Improvement Project

$250,000

TV

Richland
County Agricultural Society

$100,000

TW

VFW
Roof Repairs Mansfield Post 3494

$27,964

TX

Ohio
Genealogical Society Archives Security

$10,000

TY

Hopewell
Regional Visitor Center

$5,000,000

TZ

Union
Township Fire Department Project

$175,000

UA

Fremont
Downtown Revitalization

$1,350,000

UB

Hayes
Presidential Library Improvements

$300,000

UC

Fremont
Water Access Emergency Response

$150,000

UD

Shawnee
State University College of Health and Human Services

$5,000,000

UE

Appalachian
Youth Behavioral Health Services Expansion

$2,000,000

UF

Scioto
County Safety Operations Center

$696,000

UG

Scioto
County Fairgrounds

$600,000

UH

Green
Township Garage

$500,000

UI

Installer
Technician Registered Apprenticeship in Scioto County

$323,150

UJ

Portsmouth
Courtroom Renovations

$240,000

UK

Bloom-Vernon
Local Schools Lighting

$51,600

UL

Seneca
County Agricultural Center

$370,000

UM

Fostoria
Learning Center Security

$352,000

UN

Seneca
County Museum Interior Revitalization

$190,000

UO

Bettsville
Emergency Medical Services Renovation

$150,000

UP

Attica-Venice
Township Joint Cemetery Mausoleum

$93,742

UQ

Court
Street Streetscape Project

$50,000

UR

Ritz
Theatre Marquee Renovation

$30,000

US

Fort
Loramie Industrial Park

$724,000

UT

Midwest
Regional ESC Resilient Heights Improvements

$600,000

UU

Shelby
County Community Workforce Training Center

$500,000

UV

Boys
and Girls Club of Massillon

$193,904

UW

VFW
Roof Repairs Louisville Post 7490

$42,970

UX

Hall
of Fame Village

$9,763,126

UY

Pro
Football Hall of Fame Modernization

$7,000,000

UZ

Stark
County Juvenile Detention System Demolition

$64,200

VA

Cascade
Plaza

$5,000,000

VB

New
Franklin Sewer Project

$3,800,000

VC

Akron-Canton
Airport West Side Development for Aeronautic Activity

$3,200,000

VD

Cuyahoga
Falls Regional Fire Training Complex

$3,000,000

VE

Akron
Art Museum – Center for Digital Discovery

$2,000,000

VF

Akron
Zoo Veterinary Hospital

$1,750,000

VG

Akron
Community Health Center Addiction One Campus Expansion

$1,250,000

VH

Barberton
City Hall and Justice Center

$1,000,000

VI

Summit
County Mobile Medical Project

$1,000,000

VJ

Boston
Heights Safety Center

$986,831

VK

Middle
School Trades Education Center in Summit County

$750,000

VL

Hudson
Inclusive Playground

$680,000

VM

Summit
County Fairgrounds New Agriculture Center

$600,000

VN

Macedonia
Service Center

$500,000

VO

Child
Guidance and Family Solutions – Multi-Campus

$450,000

VP

Boys
and Girls Club - Steve Wise

$440,913

VQ

Akron
Urban League Building Improvements

$400,000

VR

Legacy
Building Project Improvements

$400,000

VS

Bath
North Fork Preserve Improvements

$170,000

VT

Copley
Road Trail East

$150,000

VU

G.A.R.
Hall Rehabilitation

$150,000

VV

Stark
State Oil and Natural Gas Job Training Equipment

$100,000

VW

Stow
First Responders Memorial

$95,863

VX

Special
Education Cornerstone Community School

$76,393

VY

Boston
Township Hall ADA Upgrades

$50,000

VZ

Cortland
Safety Service Complex
/
Training Facility

$2,150,000

WA

West
Warren Industrial Park Traffic and Fire Suppression Improvements

$1,500,000

WB

Holy
Trinity Orthodox Christian Academy and Preschool

$1,000,000

WC

Eastwood
Field Renovations

$500,000

WD

Trumbull
County Fairgrounds Grandstand Renovation

$500,000

WE

Cortland’s
Outdoor Education & Event Space

$350,000

WF

Bloomfield
Regional Emergency Medical Services Renovation Project

$345,000

WG

Mosquito
Lake State Park Water Improvements

$330,350

WH

Camp
Sugarbush Infrastructure Improvements

$300,000

WI

John
F. Kennedy Renovation Project

$300,000

WJ

Hubbard
Outpost Sanitary Sewer Project

$175,000

WK

Liberty
Township Fencing Project

$100,000

WL

Victory
Christian School Renovation

$100,000

WM

Tuscarawas
County Facilities Investments in Health, Safety, and Election
Security

$2,500,000

WN

Tuscarawas
County Engineer Building

$1,350,000

WO

Cleveland
Clinic Union Hospital Cancer Center

$1,000,000

WP

Fire,
EMT, Law Enforcement Burn Building

$500,000

WQ

Norma
Johnson Center Improvements (Red Barn and Brandywine)

$250,000

WR

Dover
Public Library Roof Replacement Project

$85,731

WS

Transportation
Research Center, Inc. Impact Lab Upgrades

$24,000,000

WT

Richwood
Pickleball

$218,000

WU

Leesburg
Township Walking Trail and Playground Project

$162,545

WV

The
Village of Richwood Fairgrounds

$49,849

WW

Northwest
State Community College Van Wert Campus Renovation

$1,000,000

WX

Van
Wert Regional Airport Runway Project

$600,000

WY

VFW
Roof Repairs Van Wert Post 5803

$41,754

WZ

Middle
Point Memorial Park

$25,000

XA

Moser
Park Concession Stand Replacement

$19,860

XB

Wilkesville
Township Outdoor Warning Siren

$35,000

XC

Cincinnati
Open Tennis Tournament

$27,500,000

XD

Warren
County Ion Exchange Project

$200,000

XE

Waynesville
and Maineville Girl Scout Camp Improvements

$200,000

XF

VFW
Roof Repairs Mason Post 9622

$9,969

XG

Mid
Ohio Valley Aquatic Center

$750,000

XH

Decatur
Township Building Construction

$350,000

XI

Boys
and Girls Club of Marietta

$213,909

XJ

Marietta
Saint Mary of the Assumption Roof Project

$150,000

XK

Betsy
Mills Drainage Project

$79,000

XL

Marietta
College Womens Softball Complex

$50,000

XM

VFW
Roof Repairs New Matamoras Post 6387

$13,740

XN

Shreve
Wastewater Treatment Plant System Improvements

$1,750,000

XO

Wooster
Community Hospital Improvements

$1,000,000

XP

Wayne
County Agricultural Society, Inc.

$415,000

XQ

Wayne
County Airport Hangar Construction Project

$350,000

XR

Wayne
County Emergency Vehicle Drivers Training Course

$300,000

XS

Boys
and Girls Club of Orrville

$280,318

XT

Boys
and Girls Club of Edgewood

$186,771

XU

Foodsphere
Commercial Kitchen/Food Marketplace

$100,000

XV

Edgerton
Community Center

$425,000

XW

Installation
of Elevator to North Annex Building in Williams County

$187,076

XX

Wabash
Cannonball Trail: Design Engineering

$153,500

XY

Wood
County Engineer Garage and Maintenance Facility (Bowling Green)

$1,000,000

XZ

Wood
County Educational Service Center

$750,000

YA

Positive
Community Connections Center Project (Bowling Green)

$600,000

YB

Wood
County Committee on Aging

$500,000

YC

City
of Perrysburg

$200,000

YD

North
Baltimore Public Library Emergency Repairs

$100,000

YE

Wood
County Public Library Heating Project

$100,000

YF

Upper
Sandusky Midway Industrial Park

$400,000

YG

VFW
Roof Repairs Carey Post 3759

$20,712

Sec.
221.10.

1

2

3

A

MHA
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES

B

Mental
Health Facilities Improvement Fund (Fund 7033)

C

C58001

Community
Assistance Projects

$25,000,000

D

C58007

Infrastructure
Renovations

$95,000,000

E

C58048

Community
Resiliency Projects

$3,500,000

F

C58050

Community
Support

$20,481,364

$20,231,364

G

C58051

Dayton
Behavioral Health Hospital

$10,000,000

H

Mental
Health Facilities Improvement Fund (Fund 7033) Total

$153,981,364

$153,731,364

I

TOTAL
ALL FUNDS

$153,981,364

$153,731,364

Sec.
221.15.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT

The
foregoing appropriation item C58050, Community Support, shall be used
to support the projects listed in this section.

1

2

A

Cleveland
Christian Home - Child Wellness Campus

$1,500,000

B

Boys
& Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati

$1,400,000

C

Lindner
Center

$1,000,000

D

The
Buckeye Ranch

$1,000,000

E

Bellefaire
Child and Youth Services Center

$750,000

F

LADD
Forever Home

$720,000

G

Best
Point West Cincinnati Early Childhood and Mental Health Center
Construction

$650,000

H

St.
Vincent de Paul Child and Family Advocacy Center

$600,000

I

Clark
County Family Justice Center

$500,000

J

Horses
on the Hill

$500,000

K

Netcare
Facility Improvements

$500,000

L

New
Main Office for Community Counseling Center of Ashtabula County

$500,000

M

Ravenwood
Health Renovation

$500,000

N

Toledo
YWCA Domestic Shelter Project

$500,000

O

Tri-County
Response Center Project

$500,000

P

Vista
Village

$500,000

Q

The
Crossroads Center New Recovery Treatment Center

$430,000

R

Applewood
Centers Inc.

$425,000

S

Harcum
House

$400,000

T

Maryhaven
Residential Treatment Facility Improvements

$400,000

U

May
Dugan Center Renovation

$400,000

V

YWCA
of Greater Cincinnati Domestic Violence Shelter

$400,000

W

Integrated
Community Solutions Community Center

$350,000

X

Shelby
Health & Wellness Renovation Project

$350,000

Y

Journey
Center for Safety and Healing

$300,000

Z

Alliance
Area Domestic Violence Shelter

$250,000

AA

Alliance
YWCA Headquarters Improvements

$250,000

AB

Ashtabula
County Transitional Housing for Homeless Youth

$250,000

AC

CommQuest
Reception Project

$250,000

AD

Lower
Lights Christian Health Center

$250,000

AE

Paint
Creek Youth Center - Multipurpose Community Building

$250,000

AF

St.
Vincent Behavioral Health Project

$250,000

AG

The
Refuge - New Building

$250,000

AH

Tobacco
Treatment Center of Ohio

$250,000

AI

Wayfinders
Ohio Emergency Homeless Shelter

$250,000

AJ

Addiction
Services Council Facility Expansion

$230,000

AK

Richland
County Shelter Renovation Project

$217,235

AL

Cincinnati
Children's Hospital Youth Mental Health Facility

$210,000

AM

Child
Guidance & Family Solutions (CGFS) - Akron Project

$200,000

AN

Child
Guidance & Family Solutions (CGFS) - Stow Buildout

$200,000

AO

Hancock
County ADAMH Board

$200,000

AP

Sanctuary
Night - Expanding to Meet the Need

$200,000

AQ

Canton
Domestic Violence Shelter

$175,000

AR

OhioGuidestone
Youth and Family Resiliency Center

$150,000

AS

Lorain
County Safe Harbor

$115,000

AT

Foundations
Community Childcare, Inc. (FCC)

$101,129

AU

Shelby
Mercy Mission House Renovations

$101,000

AV

Beyond
the Walls

$100,000

AW

Blue
Line Foundation HQ & Regional Training Center

$100,000

AX

Haven
Home Renovations

$100,000

AY

Livingston
Avenue Community New Direction Project

$100,000

AZ

Mansfield
Domestic Violence Shelter Child Advocacy Center Renovation

$100,000

BA

The
Cocoon Project for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

$100,000

BB

Toledo
Lutheran Social Services Expansion Project

$100,000

BC

Muskingum
Behavioral Health Improvements

$57,000

BD

Veterans
Resource Center Project

$50,000

The
Department of Behavioral Health shall distribute the foregoing
earmark to Vista Village notwithstanding sections 153.06 and 153.07
of the Revised Code.

Sec.
229.10.

1

2

3

A

DRC
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION

B

Adult
Correctional Building Fund (Fund 7027)

C

C50100

Local
Jails

$50,000,000

D

C50101

Community-Based
Correctional Facilities

$8,993,223

E

C50136

General
Building Renovation

$255,140,000

F

C501HN

Morgan
County Jail Improvements

$300,000

G

C501HP

Ashtabula
County Public Safety Center Security Upgrades

$250,000

H

Adult
Correctional Building Fund (Fund 7027) Total

$314,433,223

$314,683,223

I

TOTAL
ALL FUNDS

$314,433,223

$314,683,223

Sec.
373.15.
The foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, shall be equal to
the amount of all unreleased local parks projects and allowable
administrative costs specified in this section, unless amounts are
released prior to June 30, 2024.

Of
the foregoing appropriation item C725E2, Local Parks, Recreation, and
Conservation Projects, an amount equal to two per cent of the
projects listed may be used by the Department of Natural Resources
for the administration of local projects.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Mandel Jewish Community Center Preston's H.O.P.E. Playground, is the
unencumbered balance as of June 30, 2024, in appropriation item
C26086, Mandel Jewish Community Center.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Geller Park Pickleball Court Complex, is the unencumbered balance as
of June 30, 2024, in appropriation item C315GR, Heath Port Authority
Primary Standards Lab, minus $41,000.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Lake Erie Council - Boys Scouts of America Beaumont Scout Camp, is
the unencumbered balance as of June 30, 2024, in appropriation item
C38335, Lake Erie Council - Boys Scouts of America Beaumont Scout
Camp.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Lima Simmons Field Sports Complex, is the unencumbered balance as of
June 30, 2024, in appropriation item C38124, Allen County Airport
Communications.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Beverly Island Park Bridge and Mid-Ohio Aquatic Center, is the
unencumbered balance as of June 30, 2024, in appropriation item
C230FM, Cultural and Sports Facilities Projects, earmarked for the
Carnes Center.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Rootstown TWP Community Park Improvements Project, is the
unencumbered balance as of June 30, 2024, in appropriation item
C23062, Village of Edinburg Veterans Memorial.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Lagore Memorial Dog Park at Caesar Creek, is the unencumbered balance
as of June 30, 2024, in appropriation item C230FM, Cultural and
Sports Facilities Projects, earmarked for Warren County Community
Services.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Versailles Heritage Park, is the unencumbered balance as of June 30,
2024, in appropriation item C230J7, Cardinal Center.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
GRIT Chesapeake Community Center, is the unencumbered balance as of
June 30, 2024, in appropriation item C32231, GRIT Chesapeake
Community Center.

The
amount reappropriated for the foregoing appropriation item C725E2,
Local Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Projects, earmarked for
Vienna Air Heritage Park, is the unencumbered balance as of June 30,
2024, in appropriation item C34567, Western Reserve Port Authority.

1

2

A

Project
List

B

Downtown
Cleveland Lakefront Access Project

$5,000,000

C

Mentor
Erosion Mitigation

$3,000,000

D

Heritage
Trail Extension

$2,500,000

E

Cleveland
Tower City and Bedrock Development Activities

$2,000,000

F

Smale
Riverfront Park

$1,700,000

G

Cincinnati
Findlay Community and Recreation Center

$1,200,000

H

Gateway
to Freedom Park

$1,200,000

I

Akron
Area YMCA Camp Y-Noah Capital Improvement

$1,000,000

J

South
Point Community Pool

$1,000,000

K

Cincinnati
Zoo and Botanical Garden Pedestrian Bridge

$900,000

L

The
Wilds RV Park and Campground

$900,000

M

Conneaut
Marina Improvement

$850,000

N

Irishtown
Bend and Canal Basin Park

$850,000

$765,000

O

Auglaize
Mercer Recreational Complex

$750,000

P

Copley
Ridgewood Trail

$750,000

Q

Delhi
Towne Square

$750,000

R

Environmental
Education Pavilion at Forest Lawn Stormwater Park

$750,000

S

Glen
Helen Nature Preserve Accessibility Improvements

$750,000

T

Sandusky
Bay Pathway/Landing Park

$750,000

U

Detroit
Shoreway Project

$750,000

V

GRIT
Chesapeake Community Center

$750,000

W

Dublin
Bridge Park and Greenways Project

$650,000

X

Kurt
Tunnell Memorial Trail

$500,000

Y

Massillon
Park Splash Pad

$500,000

Z

North
Ridgeville Mills Creek

$500,000

AA

Oak
Harbor Waterfront

$500,000

AB

Sidney
Feeder Canal Bike Trail

$500,000

AC

The
Foundry

$500,000

AD

Geneva
Township Park - Old Lake Road Shoreline Restoration

$450,000

AE

Hamilton-Clover
Groff Trail Project

$450,000

AF

McCord
Park Renovations

$450,000

AG

Mentor
Marsh Observation Tower

$450,000

AH

Wadsworth
Memorial Park Improvements

$420,000

AI

Mosquito
Creek Lake Park Improvements

$404,000

AJ

Buckeye
Lake Feeder Channel Restoration

$400,000

AK

Chagrin
Meadows Preserve

$400,000

AL

Kelleys
Island East Lakeshore Shoreline Protection

$400,000

AM

Lake
Metroparks Lake Erie Shoreline Trail and Revetment Wall

$400,000

AN

McDonald
Commons Renovation and Construction

$400,000

AO

Solon
to Chagrin Falls Multi- Purpose Trail

$400,000

AP

Lake
Erie Council - Boys Scouts of America Beaumont Scout Camp

$350,000

AQ

Dover
Riverfront Park Improvements

$350,000

AR

Alum
Creek Pedestrian/Bike Bridge - Bexley

$350,000

AS

Boeckling
Building Pier

$350,000

AT

Elyria
Intergenerational Community Center

$350,000

AU

Fairport
Harbor Marina Boat Launch

$350,000

AV

Gateway
Regional Sports Complex

$350,000

AW

Wauseon
Community Social and Recreational Center

$350,000

AX

Sheffield
Village French Creek Project

$325,000

AY

Lima
Simmons Field Sports Complex

$300,000

AZ

Camp
Joy

$300,000

BA

Canal
Fulton Community Park

$300,000

BB

Chagrin
River Trail

$300,000

BC

Creston
Community Park Renovations

$300,000

BD

Glenford
Earthworks Phase III

$300,000

BE

Kalida
St. Michael Holy Name Ballpark

$300,000

BF

Magic
Mile Trail

$300,000

BG

Massillon
Park Splash Pad

$300,000

BH

Mayerson
JCC Expansion

$300,000

BI

Niles
Bike Path Bridge Improvements

$300,000

BJ

North
Canton Price Park Recreation and Accessibility Improvements

$300,000

BK

Plain
Township Diamond Park Historic Barn

$300,000

BL

Portage
Lakes Drive Community Park

$300,000

BM

Reservoir
Connector Trail Phase 2

$300,000

BN

Solon-Chagrin
Falls Multi-purpose Trail

$300,000

BO

Wadsworth
City Park

$300,000

BP

Grailville
Park Improvements

$260,000

BQ

Cave
Lake Center for Community Leadership

$250,000

BR

Coke
Oven Community Civic Center Park

$250,000

BS

Rotary
Lodge at River Cliff Park Renovation

$250,000

BT

Covington
- Schoolhouse Park

$250,000

BU

Heights
to Hudson Trail

$250,000

BV

J.
Babe Stern Ball Field

$250,000

BW

Johnstown
Splash Pad

$250,000

BX

Lockington
Trail Bridge

$250,000

BY

SPIRE
Institute and Academy

$250,000

BZ

Timken
Gatehouse Renovation

$250,000

CA

West
Carrollton Whitewater Park

$250,000

CB

Wooster
Barnes Preserve

$250,000

CC

Beverly
Island Park Bridge

$250,000

CD

Mid-Ohio
Aquatic Center

$250,000

CE

Vienna
Air Heritage Park

$250,000

CF

Valleyview
Park

$240,000

CG

Cave
Lake Dam

$225,000

CH

Dan
Beard Scout Camp Flooding and Erosion Mitigation

$223,000

CI

Chillicothe
Paint Creek Recreational Trail

$215,000

CJ

Lawrence
County Union Rome Trails and Walkways

$214,000

CK

Mandel
Jewish Community Center Preston's H.O.P.E Playground

$210,000

CL

Geller
Park Pickleball Court Complex

$210,000

CM

Bradstreet's
Landing Pier, Lakefront Access and Resiliency Improvements

$200,000

CN

Camp
Oty'Okwa Capital Improvements

$200,000

CO

Center
Gateway Improvement Project - Rocky River

$200,000

CP

Centerville
Benham's Grove

$200,000

CQ

City
of Monroe Lookout Point

$200,000

CR

Franklin
Furnace Park

$200,000

CS

Great
Miami River Trail – Middletown to Monroe Segment Construction
Project

$200,000

CT

Home
Road Trail Extension

$200,000

CU

Lorain
County Metro Park Connector

$200,000

CV

Mayerson
JCC Improvements

$200,000

CW

Mount
Aloysius Community Recreational Center

$200,000

CX

Munson
Springs Nature Preserve and Historical Site

$200,000

CY

Portage
Bike and Hike Trail - Mill Race Segment

$200,000

CZ

Shared
Use Path Connector (Goosepond Road-Licking Health Department)

$200,000

DA

Sheffield
Village Trails

$200,000

DB

Union
and Rome Township Trails Project

$200,000

DC

Shawnee
West Buckeye Trail

$195,000

DD

Jim
Terrell Park Canoe/Kayak Launch

$190,000

DE

Darke
County Art Trail

$180,000

DF

Bryn
Du Barn

$175,000

DG

Norton
Bicentennial Park

$175,000

DH

Antrim
Community Center

$150,000

DI

Brown
County Board of Developmental Disabilities Resource and Community
Center

$150,000

DJ

Buckeye
Lake Boat Ramps and Pier Enabling Project

$150,000

DK

Findlay
Playground/Grant Park/Over-the-Rhine Recreation Center

$150,000

DL

Forest
Park Central Park Improvements

$150,000

DM

Lancaster
All Accessible Sports Complex and Park

$150,000

DN

Mansfield
B&O Trail Connector

$150,000

DO

Mansfield
Central Park

$150,000

DP

Medina
County Rocky River Trail West Branch

$150,000

DQ

Mill
Creek Valley Conservancy District Corridor Revitalization

$150,000

DR

Mount
Gilead Park Site Preparations

$150,000

DS

North
Kingsville Village - Community Park

$150,000

DT

North
Olmsted Community Park Improvements

$150,000

DU

Pickerington
Soccer Association Facility Improvements

$150,000

DV

Restore
Rockefeller

$150,000

DW

Rio
Grande Reservoir and Park Improvements

$150,000

DX

Swanton
Railroad Park

$150,000

DY

Wellsville
Marina Dredging

$150,000

DZ

West
Union SR 41 Shared Use Path Phase II

$140,000

EA

Bellefontaine
Blue Jacket Park

$135,000

EB

Wadsworth
Durling Park Improvements

$135,000

EC

Carey
Splash Pad

$125,000

ED

Fairlawn
Gully Water Quality Basins

$125,000

EE

Flight
Line: East Dayton Rails-to-Trails

$125,000

EF

Friedt
Park

$125,000

EG

Old
Murray City School Building Demolition

$125,000

EH

Willard
Park Improvements

$110,000

EI

Lodi's
Richman Field Splash Pad

$105,000

EJ

Avon
Lake Weiss Field Park Pavilion Replacement Project

$100,000

EK

Brunswick
Hills Township Park

$100,000

EL

Sylvania
Plummer Pool

$100,000

EM

Cobblestone
Park - Medina

$100,000

EN

Columbia
Township Wooster Pike Bike Trail

$100,000

EO

Fairfax
Ziegler Park Improvements

$100,000

EP

Holden
Arboretum All-Season Trails

$100,000

EQ

Mansfield
Sterkel Park

$100,000

ER

Mecca
Township Recreation Center

$100,000

ES

Miracle
Field Complex

$100,000

ET

Mitchell
Park Trail Connector

$100,000

EU

Ottawa
Memorial Pool Splash Pad

$100,000

EV

Outdoor
Theater and Performing Arts Community Park - Hillsboro

$100,000

EW

Pickleball
Courts at Patricia Allyn Park

$100,000

EX

Plain
City Heritage Trail

$100,000

EY

The
Pony Wagon Trail

$100,000

EZ

The
Wilds Shade and Shelter Improvements

$100,000

FA

Veterans
Memorial at Rose Run Park

$100,000

FB

Village
of Bellville Historic Bandstand Renovations

$100,000

FC

Weatherstone
Park - Wadsworth

$100,000

FD

Whitehall
Community Park Revitalization

$100,000

FE

Acres
of Adventure Learning Center

$90,000

FF

Byesville
Patriot Park

$90,000

FG

Hart
Crane Park

$85,000

FH

Lagore
Memorial Dog Park at Caesar Creek

$75,000

FI

4-H
Camp Piedmont Upgrades

$75,000

FJ

Brook
Park Central Park

$75,000

FK

Buckeye
Lake Crystal Lagoon

$75,000

FL

Fairborn
Memorial Park

$75,000

FM

Geneva-on-the-Lake
Shoreline Protection Project

$75,000

FN

Independence
Pool Facility Improvements

$75,000

FO

Leipsic
Buckeye Park

$75,000

FP

Little
Miami River Access and Park Development

$75,000

FQ

McConnelsville
Community Recreational Building

$75,000

FR

Middleport-Pomeroy
Walking Path Project Phase IV

$75,000

FS

Mt.
Sterling Mason Park

$75,000

FT

New
Concord Swimming Pool

$75,000

FU

Outdoor
Sports Court Revitalization - Springdale

$75,000

FV

Sharon
Nature Preserve Trails Phase I

$75,000

FW

Summit
Lake Vision Plan

$75,000

FX

Hiestand
Woods Park and Preserve

$75,000

FY

Versailles
Heritage Park

$75,000

FZ

Wadsworth
Safety Town Park

$75,000

GA

Western
Reserve Greenway Bike Trail

$75,000

GB

Voice
of America MetroPark Tylersville Road Entrance

$70,000

GC

Ellsworth
Hills Learning Lab

$65,000

GD

Buckeye
Trail East Fork Wildlife Area

$57,000

GE

Avon
Lake Veterans Park Gazebo

$50,000

GF

Bellaire
Walking Trail

$50,000

GG

Big
Walnut Trail Extension and Park

$50,000

GH

Big
Walnut Trail SE Columbus - Eastland Area

$50,000

GI

Brunswick
Lake ADA Canoe/Kayak Launch

$50,000

GJ

Buckeye
Lake Crystal Lagoon and Public Park

$50,000

GK

Caldwell
Race Track Upgrades

$50,000

GL

Camp
Sherman Park

$50,000

GM

Center
Ice Foundation

$50,000

GN

Cleveland
Botanical Garden Public Accessible Garden Path

$50,000

GO

Drews
Trak Memorial Pump Track Expansion

$50,000

GP

Greenwich
Reservoir Park

$50,000

GQ

Harmar
Pedestrian Bridge Restoration Projects

$50,000

GR

Jeromesville
Square Park

$50,000

GS

Keener
Park Renovations/Pickleball Courts

$50,000

GT

Kelley
Nature Preserve Boat Ramp

$50,000

GU

Levitt
Pavilion Dayton

$50,000

GV

Madison
Village Dana's Park

$50,000

GW

Madison
Village Wetland Trail

$50,000

GX

Milford
Center Rail Depot

$50,000

GY

Millersport
Lions Park

$50,000

GZ

P&G
MLB Cincinnati Reds Youth Academy

$50,000

HA

Pomeroy
Multimodal Path

$50,000

HB

Prairie
Trail/Stitt Park Improvements

$50,000

HC

Richmond
Heights Community Park Gazebo

$50,000

HD

Salt
Fork State Park

$50,000

HE

Shade
Community Center Upgrades

$50,000

HF

Village
of Bloomdale Reservoir Project

$50,000

HG

West
Union Pedestrian Bike Path

$50,000

HH

Bruce
L. Chapin Bridge- Northcoast Inland Trail

$45,000

HI

Selby
Building Revitalization

$45,000

HJ

Village
of Dunkirk Splash Pad and Storage Building

$45,000

HK

Burr
Oak State Park

$44,000

HL

Chippewa
Falls Rail Trail Parking Lot

$40,000

HM

Chippewa
Park Shelter House

$40,000

HN

Monroe
Community Park Activity Center

$40,000

HO

Nimisila
Park Excavating

$40,000

HP

Rittman
Splash Pad

$40,000

HQ

Waverly
Canal Park

$40,000

HR

Rootstown
TWP Community Park Improvements

$35,000

HS

Jeromesville
Community Garden

$35,000

HT

Village
of Highland Hills Gazebo

$35,000

HU

Monroeville
Clark Park - North Coast Inland Trail Connection

$33,000

HV

Camp
McKinley Improvements

$30,000

HW

Keener
Park Sledding Hill

$30,000

HX

Perry
Township Community Recreation Center

$30,000

HY

Village
of Weston Community Splash Pad

$30,000

HZ

Aurora
Kayak Launch Platform

$26,000

IA

Blue
Heron Park Trail Phase II

$25,000

IB

Charlement
Reservation Stable

$25,000

IC

East
Liverpool Park Improvements

$25,000

ID

Gloria
Glens Southwest Park Grading

$25,000

IE

YMCA
Auglaize-Mercer Recreation Complex

$25,000

IF

Rayland
Friendship Park Restroom Project

$25,000

IG

Willshire
Ballpark Enhancements

$25,000

IH

Oakwood
Community Park

$22,610

II

Blue
Heron Park Flood Mitigation

$20,000

IJ

Clifton
to Yellow Springs Bike Trail

$20,000

IK

Hardin
County Veterans Memorial Park

$20,000

IL

Moser
Park Concession Stand Replacement

$20,000

IM

Zuck
Riparian Preserve Trail

$18,000

IN

Wakeman
Trail Connector

$17,000

IO

Sardinia
Veteran's Community Park Revitalization

$15,000

IP

Seville
Memorial Park Public Restroom Facilities

$15,000

IQ

Kokosing
Gap Trail

$14,000

IR

Village
of Albany Bike Paths

$10,000

IS

Paulding
County Trails Project

$7,500

IT

Buckeye
Trail Boesel Easement Bridge

$2,800

Section
8.
That
existing Sections 200.30 (as amended by H.B. 96 of the 136th General
Assembly), 221.10 (as amended by S.B. 54 of the 135th General
Assembly), 221.15 (as amended by H.B. 96 of the 136th General
Assembly), 229.10, and 373.15 (as amended by H.B. 96 of the 136th
General Assembly) of H.B. 2 of the 135th General Assembly are hereby
repealed.

Section
9.
That
Sections 207.10, 207.20, 221.20, 243.20, and 343.10 of H.B. 96 of the
136th General Assembly be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
207.10.

1

2

3

4

5

A

DAS
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

B

General
Revenue Fund

C

GRF

100413

EDCS
Lease Rental Payments

$9,300,000

$9,300,000

D

GRF

100414

MARCS
Lease Rental Payments

$6,450,000

$6,450,000

E

GRF

100415

OAKS
Lease Rental Payments

$2,450,000

$2,450,000

F

GRF

100416

STARS
Lease Rental Payments

$1,100,000

$1,100,000

G

GRF

100447

Administrative
Buildings Lease Rental Bond Payments

$45,500,000

$60,500,000

H

GRF

100456

State
IT Services

$978,412

$1,512,297

I

GRF

100459

Ohio
Business Gateway

$14,325,421

$14,368,107

J

GRF

100469

Aronoff
Center Building Maintenance

$222,000

$222,000

K

GRF

130321

State
Agency Support Services

$28,000,000

$28,000,000

L

General
Revenue Fund Total

$108,325,833

$123,902,404

M

Dedicated
Purpose Fund Group

N

4K90

100673

Ohio
Professionals Licensing System

$7,175,727

$7,439,069

O

5AB1

100674

Next
Generation 9-1-1

$3,500,000

$0

P

5L70

100610

Professional
Development

$2,013,841

$2,014,854

Q

5NM0

100663

9-1-1
Program

$956,663

$980,078

R

5V60

100619

Employee
Educational Development

$1,234,461

$1,268,484

S

7093

100675

Next
Generation 9-1-1

$13,469,622

$14,804,264

T

Dedicated
Purpose Fund Group Total

$28,350,314

$26,506,749

U

Internal
Service Activity Fund Group

V

1120

100616

DAS
Administration

$14,683,912

$15,113,177

W

1170

100644

General
Services Division - Operating

$23,091,398

$22,574,348

X

1220

100637

Fleet
Management

$25,449,633

$22,866,905

Y

1250

100622

Human
Resources Division - Operating

$26,081,909

$26,319,177

Z

1250

100657

Benefits
Communication

$620,036

$628,275

AA

1300

100606

Risk
Management Reserve

$24,015,458

$24,051,115

AB

1320

100631

DAS
Building Management

$53,101,399

$54,715,341

AC

1330

100607

IT
Services Delivery

$194,935,390

$197,374,206

AD

2100

100612

State
Printing

$31,450,162

$32,512,922

AE

2290

100630

IT
Governance

$40,176,321

$40,741,507

AF

2290

100640

Consolidated
IT Purchases

$28,265,838

$28,265,838

AG

4270

100602

Investment
Recovery

$1,835,187

$1,891,267

AH

4N60

100617

Major
IT Purchases

$3,984,131

$3,984,131

AI

5C20

100605

MARCS
Administration

$35,336,608

$35,689,974

AJ

5EB0

100635

OAKS
Support Organization

$101,832,561

$104,303,226

AK

5EB0

100656

OAKS
Updates and Developments

$11,427,405

$11,403,567

AL

5KZ0

100659

Building
Improvement

$2,276,705

$3,876,705

$2,777,458

AM

5LJ0

100661

IT
Development

$12,839,922

$12,839,922

AN

5PC0

100665

Enterprise
Applications

$14,160,852

$14,244,654

AO

5WU0

100672

Ohio
Benefits

$151,980,462

$0

AP

Internal
Service Activity Fund Group Total

$797,545,289

$799,145,289

$652,297,010

AQ

Fiduciary
Fund Group

AR

5UH0

100670

Enterprise
Transactions

$1,590,000

$1,640,000

AS

Fiduciary
Fund Group Total

$1,590,000

$1,640,000

AT

TOTAL
ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS

$935,811,436

$937,411,436

$804,346,163

Sec.
207.20.
EDCS LEASE RENTAL PAYMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 100413, EDCS Lease Rental Payments,
shall be used to make payments during the period from July 1, 2025,
through June 30, 2027, pursuant to leases and agreements entered into
under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, as supplemented by Section
701.10 of H.B. 529 of the 132nd General Assembly, as amended by
Section 601.10 of H.B. 166 of the 133rd General Assembly, and other
prior acts of the General Assembly, with respect to financing the
costs associated with the acquisition, development, implementation,
and integration of the Enterprise Data Center Solutions (EDCS)
information technology initiative.

MULTI-AGENCY
RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LEASE RENTAL PAYMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 100414, MARCS Lease Rental Payments,
shall be used to make payments during the period from July 1, 2025,
through June 30, 2027, pursuant to leases and agreements entered into
under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, as supplemented by Section
701.10 of Sub. H.B. 497 of the 130th General Assembly and other prior
acts of the General Assembly, with respect to financing the costs
associated with the acquisition, development, implementation, and
integration of the Multi-Agency Radio Communications System (MARCS)
upgrade.

OHIO
ADMINISTRATIVE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM LEASE RENTAL PAYMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 100415, OAKS Lease Rental Payments,
shall be used to make payments during the period from July 1, 2025,
through June 30, 2027, pursuant to leases and agreements entered into
under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, as supplemented by Section
701.10 of H.B. 529 of the 132nd General Assembly and other prior acts
of the General Assembly, with respect to financing the costs
associated with the acquisition, development, implementation, and
integration of the Ohio Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS).

STATE
TAXATION ACCOUNTING AND REVENUE SYSTEM LEASE RENTAL PAYMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 100416, STARS Lease Rental Payments,
shall be used to make payments during the period from July 1, 2025,
through June 30, 2027, pursuant to leases and agreements entered into
under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, as supplemented by Section
701.30 of H.B. 529 of the 132nd General Assembly and other prior acts
of the General Assembly, with respect to financing the costs
associated with the acquisition, development, implementation, and
integration of the State Taxation Accounting and Revenue System
(STARS).

ADMINISTRATIVE
BUILDINGS LEASE RENTAL BOND PAYMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 100447, Administrative Buildings Lease
Rental Bond Payments, shall be used to meet all payments during the
period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, by the Department of
Administrative Services pursuant to leases and agreements under
Chapters 152. and 154. of the Revised Code. These appropriations are
the source of funds pledged for bond service charges on related
obligations issued under Chapters 152. and 154. of the Revised Code.

DAS
- BUILDING OPERATING PAYMENTS AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT FUND

The
foregoing appropriation item 130321, State Agency Support Services,
may be used to provide funding for the cost of property appraisals or
building studies that the Department of Administrative Services may
be required to obtain for property that is being sold by the state or
property under consideration to be renovated or purchased by the
state.

Notwithstanding
section 125.28 of the Revised Code, the foregoing appropriation item
130321, State Agency Support Services, also may be used to pay the
operating expenses of state facilities maintained by the Department
of Administrative Services that are not billed to building tenants,
other costs associated with the Voinovich Center in Youngstown, Ohio,
or costs of repairing vehicles donated pursuant to section 125.13 of
the Revised Code. These expenses may include, but are not limited to,
the costs for vacant space and space undergoing renovation, and the
rent expenses of tenants that are relocated because of building
renovations. These payments may be processed by the Department of
Administrative Services through intrastate transfer vouchers and
placed into the Building Management Fund (Fund 1320).

At
least once per year, the portion of appropriation item 130321, State
Agency Support Services, that is not used for the regular expenses of
the appropriation item may be processed by the Department of
Administrative Services through intrastate transfer voucher and
placed in the Building Improvement Fund (Fund 5KZ0).

On
the effective date of this amendment, or as soon as possible
thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall transfer
$1,600,000 cash from the General Revenue Fund to the Building
Improvement Fund (Fund 5KZ0).

Sec.
221.20.
OHIO
CENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE

Of
the foregoing appropriation item 055321, Operating Expenses, $650,000
in each fiscal year shall be used for the Ohio Center for the Future
of Forensic Science at Bowling Green State University. The purpose of
the Center shall be to foster forensic science research techniques
(BCI Eminent Scholar) and to create professional training
opportunities to students (BCI Scholars) in the forensic science
fields.

DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE PROGRAM

Of
the foregoing appropriation item 055321, Operating Expenses, $100,000
in each fiscal year may be used by the Attorney General for the
purpose of providing funding to domestic violence programs as defined
in section 109.46 of the Revised Code.

BUREAU
OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION RECORDS SYSTEM (BCIRS) LEASE RENTAL
PAYMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 055406, BCIRS Lease Rental Payments,
shall be used for payments during the period from July 1, 2025,
through June 30, 2027, pursuant to leases and agreements entered into
pursuant to Section 701.40 of S.B. 310 of the 131st General Assembly
and other prior acts of the General Assembly, with respect to
financing the costs associated with the acquisition, development,
implementation, and integration of the BCIRS.

COUNTY
SHERIFFS' PAY SUPPLEMENT

The
foregoing appropriation item 055411, County Sheriffs' Pay Supplement,
shall be used for the purpose of supplementing the annual
compensation of county sheriffs as required by section 325.06 of the
Revised Code.

At
the request of the Attorney General, the Director of Budget and
Management may transfer appropriation from appropriation item 055321,
Operating Expenses, to appropriation item 055411, County Sheriffs'
Pay Supplement. Any appropriation so transferred shall be used to
supplement the annual compensation of county sheriffs as required by
section 325.06 of the Revised Code.

COUNTY
PROSECUTORS' PAY SUPPLEMENT

The
foregoing appropriation item 055415, County Prosecutors' Pay
Supplement, shall be used for the purpose of supplementing the annual
compensation of certain county prosecutors as required by section
325.111 of the Revised Code.

At
the request of the Attorney General, the Director of Budget and
Management may transfer appropriation from appropriation item 055321,
Operating Expenses, to appropriation item 055415, County Prosecutors'
Pay Supplement. Any appropriation so transferred shall be used to
supplement the annual compensation of county prosecutors as required
by section 325.111 of the Revised Code.

DRUG
ABUSE RESPONSE TEAM GRANT PROGRAM

The
Attorney General shall maintain the Drug Abuse Response Team Grant
Program for the purpose of replicating or expanding successful law
enforcement programs that address the opioid epidemic similar to the
Drug Abuse Response Team established by the Lucas County Sheriff's
Department, and the Quick Response Teams established in Colerain
Township's Department of Public Safety in Hamilton County and Summit
County. Any grants awarded by this grant program may include
requirements for private or nonprofit matching support.

The
foregoing appropriation items 055431, Drug Abuse Response Team
Grants, and 055610, Drug Abuse Response Team Grants, shall be used by
the Attorney General to fund grants to law enforcement or other
government agencies; the primary purpose of the grants shall be to
replicate or expand successful law enforcement programs that address
the opioid epidemic similar to the Drug Abuse Response Team
established by the Lucas County Sheriff's Department and the Quick
Response Teams established in Colerain Township's Department of
Public Safety in Hamilton County and Summit County.

Each
recipient of a grant under this program shall, within six months of
the end date of the grant, submit a written report describing the
outcomes that resulted from the grant to the Governor, the President
of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives.

DRUG
TESTING EQUIPMENT

The
foregoing appropriation item 055432, Drug Testing Equipment, shall be
used to purchase, operate, and maintain drug testing equipment for
the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.

INTERNET
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE

The
foregoing appropriation item 055434, Internet Crimes Against Children
Task Force, shall be used by the Attorney General in support of the
Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force for the purposes
described in section 195.02 of the Revised Code.

VICTIMS
OF CRIME

The
foregoing appropriation item 055441, Victims of Crime, shall be
allocated to the Crime Victim Services Section. Prior to using the
funds from this appropriation item, the Attorney General shall, to
the extent possible, first use funds related to the federal Victims
of Crime Act.

CLEVELAND
RAPE CRISIS CENTER

Of
the foregoing appropriation item 055501, Rape Crisis Centers,
$300,000 in each fiscal year shall be distributed to the Cleveland
Rape Crisis Center to provide services for at-risk youth through the
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Human Trafficking Drop-in Center.

SCHOOL
SAFETY TRAINING GRANTS

(A)
The foregoing appropriation item 055502, School Safety Training
Grants, shall be used by the Attorney General, in consultation with
the Director of Education and Workforce and the Director of
Behavioral Health, solely to make grants to public and chartered
nonpublic schools, educational service centers, local law enforcement
agencies, and schools operated by county boards of developmental
disabilities administering special education services programs
pursuant to section 5126.05 of the Revised Code for school safety and
school climate programs and training.

(B)
The use of the grants includes, but is not limited to, all of the
following:

(1)
The support of school resource officer certification training;

(2)
Any type of active shooter and school safety training or equipment;

(3)
All grade level type educational resources;

(4)
Training to identify and assist students with mental health issues;

(5)
School supplies or equipment related to school safety or for
implementing the school's safety plan;

(6)
Any other training, supplies, services, or equipment related to
school safety.

(C)
The schools, educational service centers, and county boards shall
work or contract with the county sheriff's office or a local police
department in whose jurisdiction they are located to develop the
programs and training described in divisions (B)(1), (2), (3), (5),
and (6) of this section. Any grant awarded directly to a local law
enforcement agency, or to a nonprofit or charitable law enforcement
training organization on the law enforcement agency's behalf, shall
not be used to fund a similar request made by a school located within
the jurisdiction of the local law enforcement agency.

(D)
The Attorney General is authorized to make payments directly to
school or law enforcement nonprofit or charitable training
organizations on behalf of any public and chartered nonpublic
schools, educational service centers, local law enforcement agencies,
and schools operated by county boards of developmental disabilities
administering special education services.

(E)
As used in this section, "public school" means any school
operated by a school district board of education, any community
school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and any
STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code.

DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE PROGRAMS

The
foregoing appropriation item 055504, Domestic Violence Programs,
shall be used by the Attorney General for the purpose of funding
domestic violence programs as defined in section 109.46 of the
Revised Code.

FINDING
MY CHILDHOOD AGAIN PILOT PROGRAM

Of
the foregoing appropriation item 055504, Domestic Violence Programs,
$300,000 in each fiscal year shall be distributed to the Battered
Women's Shelter of Summit and Medina counties for expenses related to
the creation and implementation of a pilot program called "Finding
my Childhood Again."

BATTERED
WOMEN'S SHELTER

Of
the foregoing appropriation item 055504, Domestic Violence Programs,
$50,000 in each fiscal year shall be distributed to the Battered
Women's Shelter of Summit and Medina counties for the cost of
operating the commercial kitchen located at its Market Street
Facility, and $50,000 in each fiscal year shall be distributed to the
Battered Women's Shelter of Portage County.

TRANSPORTATION
GRANTS

Of
the foregoing appropriation item 055504, Domestic Violence Programs,
$25,000 in fiscal year 2026 shall be provided as grants to Ohio
domestic violence shelters to buy transportation vouchers,
ridesharing credits, or gas cards for eligible clients. The Attorney
General shall adopt any rules necessary for the administration of the
grant program.

PIKE
COUNTY CAPITAL CASE

An
amount equal to the unexpended, unencumbered balance of appropriation
item 055505, Pike County Capital Case, at the end of fiscal year 2025
is hereby reappropriated to the same appropriation item for the same
purpose in fiscal year 2026.

An
amount equal to the unexpended, unencumbered balance of appropriation
item 055505, Pike County Capital Case, at the end of fiscal year 2026
is hereby reappropriated to the same appropriation item for the same
purpose in fiscal year 2027.

LAW
ENFORCEMENT TRAINING

The
foregoing appropriation item 055509, Law Enforcement Training, shall
be used by the Attorney General for state funding of the training of
peace officers and troopers that is required under section 109.803 of
the Revised Code.

Of
the foregoing appropriation item 055509, Law Enforcement Training,
the Attorney General may use up to $150,000 in each fiscal year for
administrative expenses associated with the program, including
curriculum development.

ATTORNEY
GENERAL COLLECTIONS SYSTEM LEASE RENTAL PAYMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 055668, Collections System Lease Rental
Payments, shall be used to make payments during the period from July
1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, pursuant to leases and agreements
entered into under Section 701.10 of S.B. 310 of the 133rd General
Assembly or Section 709.01 of H.B. 687 of the 134th General Assembly,
with respect to financing the costs associated with the acquisition,
development, implementation, and integration of the Attorney General
New Collection System.

NARCOTICS
TASK FORCES

The
foregoing appropriation item 055614, Narcotics Task Forces, shall be
used to support narcotics task forces funded by the Attorney General.

WORKERS'
COMPENSATION SECTION

The
Workers' Compensation Fund (Fund 1950) is entitled to receive
quarterly payments from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the
Ohio Industrial Commission to fund legal services provided to the
Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Ohio Industrial Commission
during the fiscal year.

In
addition, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation shall transfer payments
for the support of the Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit.

All
amounts shall be mutually agreed upon by the Attorney General, the
Bureau of Workers' Compensation, and the Ohio Industrial Commission.

GENERAL
HOLDING ACCOUNT

The
foregoing appropriation item 055631, General Holding Account, shall
be used to distribute moneys under the terms of
grant
agreements pertaining to body armor,
relevant
court orders
,

or other settlements received in a variety of cases involving the
Office of the Attorney General. If it is determined that additional
amounts are necessary for this purpose, the amounts are hereby
appropriated.

ANTITRUST
SETTLEMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 055632, Antitrust Settlements, shall be
used to distribute moneys under the terms of relevant court orders or
other out-of-court settlements in antitrust cases or antitrust
matters involving the Office of the Attorney General. If it is
determined that additional amounts are necessary for this purpose,
the amounts are hereby appropriated.

CHARITABLE
SETTLEMENT HOLDING ACCOUNT

The
foregoing appropriation item 055674, Charitable Settlement Holding
Account, shall be used to distribute money in the Charitable
Settlements Holding Account Fund (Fund 5BY1), which is created in the
state treasury, under the terms of relevant court orders or other
settlements received in the charitable law cases involving the Office
of the Attorney General. If it is determined that additional amounts
are necessary for this purpose, the amounts are hereby appropriated.

On
July 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Attorney General
shall certify to the Director of Budget and Management the amount of
cash receipts related to settlements received in charitable law cases
and credited to the General Holding Account (Fund R004). The Director
of Budget and Management shall transfer the amounts certified to the
Charitable Settlements Holding Account Fund (Fund 5BY1).

CONSUMER
FRAUDS

The
foregoing appropriation item 055630, Consumer Frauds, shall be used
for distribution of moneys from court-ordered judgments against
sellers in actions brought by the Office of the Attorney General
under sections 1334.08 and 4549.48 and division (B) of section
1345.07 of the Revised Code. These moneys shall be used to provide
restitution to consumers victimized by the fraud that generated the
court-ordered judgments. If it is determined that additional amounts
are necessary for this purpose, the amounts are hereby appropriated.

ORGANIZED
CRIME COMMISSION DISTRIBUTIONS

The
foregoing appropriation item 055601, Organized Crime Commission
Distributions, shall be used by the Organized Crime Investigations
Commission, as provided by section 177.011 of the Revised Code, to
reimburse political subdivisions for the expenses the political
subdivisions incur when their law enforcement officers participate in
an organized crime task force and to support the operations of the
retail theft task force. If it is determined that additional amounts
are necessary for this purpose, the amounts are hereby appropriated.

COLLECTION
PAYMENT REDISTRIBUTION

The
foregoing appropriation item 055650, Collection Payment
Redistribution, shall be used for the purpose of allocating the
revenue where debtors mistakenly paid the client agencies instead of
the Attorney General's Collections Enforcement Section. If it is
determined that additional amounts are necessary for this purpose,
the amounts are hereby appropriated.

Sec.
243.20.
UNCLAIMED
FUNDS - OPERATING

Of
the foregoing appropriation item 800602, Unclaimed Funds - Operating,
$1,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the Division of
Unclaimed Funds to use technologies, outreach, advertising, and other
direct or indirect methods to locate and notify owners of unclaimed
funds, or persons with an established right to ownership of unclaimed
funds, and assist them with filing claims to those unclaimed funds.

UNCLAIMED
FUNDS PAYMENTS

The
foregoing appropriation item 800625, Unclaimed Funds-Claims, shall be
used to pay claims under section 169.08 of the Revised Code. If it is
determined by the Director of Commerce that additional appropriation
amounts are necessary to make such payments, the Director of Commerce
may request that the Director of Budget and Management approve such
increases. Any approved increases are hereby appropriated.

DIVISION
OF REAL ESTATE AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

The
foregoing appropriation item 800631, Real Estate Appraisal Recovery,
shall be used to pay settlements, judgments, and court orders under
section 4763.16 of the Revised Code. If it is determined by the
Director of Commerce that additional appropriation amounts are
necessary to make such payments, the Director of Commerce may request
that the Director of Budget and Management approve such increases.
Any approved increases are hereby appropriated.

The
foregoing appropriation item 800611, Real Estate Recovery, shall be
used to pay settlements, judgments, and court orders under section
4735.12 of the Revised Code. If it is determined by the Director of
Commerce that additional appropriation amounts are necessary to make
such payments, the Director of Commerce may request that the Director
of Budget and Management approve such increases. Any approved
increases are hereby appropriated.

The
foregoing appropriation item 800653, Real Estate Home Inspector
Recovery, shall be used to pay settlements, judgments, and court
orders under section 4764.21 of the Revised Code. If it is determined
by the Director of Commerce that additional appropriation amounts are
necessary to make such payments, the Director of Commerce may request
that the Director of Budget and Management approve such increases.
Any approved increases are hereby appropriated.

FIRE
DEPARTMENT GRANTS

(A)
The foregoing appropriation item 800639, Fire Department Grants,
shall be used to make annual grants to the following eligible
recipients: volunteer fire departments, fire departments that serve
one or more small municipalities or small townships, joint fire
districts comprised of fire departments that primarily serve small
municipalities or small townships, local units of government
responsible for such fire departments, and local units of government
responsible for the provision of fire protection services for small
municipalities or small townships. For the purposes of these grants,
a private fire company, as that phrase is defined in section 9.60 of
the Revised Code, that is providing fire protection services under a
contract to a political subdivision of the state, is an additional
eligible recipient for a training grant.

Eligible
recipients that consist of small municipalities or small townships
that all intend to contract with the same fire department or private
fire company for fire protection services may jointly apply and be
considered for a grant. If a joint applicant is awarded a grant, the
State Fire Marshal shall, if feasible, proportionately award the
grant and any equipment purchased with grant funds to each of the
joint applicants based upon each applicant's contribution to and
demonstrated need for fire protection services. For the purpose of
this grant program, an eligible recipient or any firefighting entity
that is contracted to serve an eligible recipient may only file, be
listed as joint applicant, or be designated as a service provider on
one grant application per fiscal year.

If
the grant awarded to joint applicants is an equipment grant and the
equipment to be purchased cannot be readily distributed or possessed
by multiple recipients, each of the joint applicants shall be awarded
by the State Fire Marshal an ownership interest in the equipment so
purchased in proportion to each applicant's contribution to and
demonstrated need for fire protection services. The joint applicants
shall then mutually agree on how the equipment is to be maintained,
operated, stored, or disposed of. If, for any reason, the joint
applicants cannot agree as to how jointly owned equipment is to be
maintained, operated, stored, or disposed of or any of the joint
applicants no longer maintain a contract with the same fire
protection service provider as the other applicants, then the joint
applicants shall, with the assistance of the State Fire Marshal,
mutually agree as to how the jointly owned equipment is to be
maintained, operated, stored, disposed of, or owned. If the joint
applicants cannot agree how the grant equipment is to be maintained,
operated, stored, disposed of, or owned, the State Fire Marshal may,
in its discretion, require all of the equipment acquired by the joint
applicants with grant funds to be returned to the State Fire Marshal.
The State Fire Marshal may then award the returned equipment to any
eligible recipients. For this paragraph only, an "equipment
grant" also includes a MARCS Grant.

(B)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the grants shall be
used by recipients to purchase firefighting or rescue equipment or
gear or similar items, to provide full or partial reimbursement for
the documented costs of firefighter training, or, at the discretion
of the State Fire Marshal, to cover fire department costs for
providing fire protection services in that grant recipient's
jurisdiction.

(1)
Of the foregoing appropriation item 800639, Fire Department Grants,
up to $1,300,000 per fiscal year may be used to pay for the State
Fire Marshal's costs of providing firefighter I certification classes
or other firefighter classes approved by the State Fire Marshal at no
cost to selected students attending the Ohio Fire Academy or other
class providers approved by the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire
Marshal may establish the qualifications and selection processes for
students to attend such classes by written policy, and such students
shall be considered eligible recipients of fire department grants for
the purposes of this portion of the grant program.

(2)
Of the foregoing appropriation item 800639, Fire Department Grants,
up to $4,000,000 in each fiscal year may be used for MARCS Grants.
MARCS Grants may be used for the payment of user access fees by the
eligible recipient to cover costs for accessing MARCS.

(3)
Of the foregoing appropriation item 800639, Fire Department Grants,
$30,000 in fiscal year 2026 shall be used to support volunteer
firefighter training programs at the Northwestern Ohio Volunteer
Firemen's Association Fire School.

For
purposes of this section, a MARCS Grant is a grant for systems,
equipment, or services that are a part of, integrated into, or
otherwise interoperable with the Multi-Agency Radio Communication
System (MARCS) operated by the state.

MARCS
Grant awards may be up to $50,000 in each fiscal year per eligible
recipient. Each eligible recipient may apply, as a separate entity or
as a part of a joint application, for only one MARCS Grant per fiscal
year. The State Fire Marshal may give a preference to MARCS Grants
that will enhance the overall interoperability and effectiveness of
emergency communication networks in the geographic region that
includes and that is adjacent to the applicant.

Eligible
recipients that are or were awarded fire department grants that are
not MARCS Grants may also apply for and receive MARCS Grants in
accordance with criteria for the awarding of grant funds established
by the State Fire Marshal.

(4)
Grant awards for firefighting or rescue equipment or gear or for fire
department costs of providing fire protection services shall be up to
$15,000 per fiscal year, or up to $25,000 per fiscal year if an
eligible entity serves a jurisdiction in which the Governor declared
a natural disaster during the preceding or current fiscal year in
which the grant was awarded. In addition to any grant funds awarded
for rescue equipment or gear, or for fire department costs associated
with the provision of fire protection services, an eligible entity
may receive a grant for up to $15,000 per fiscal year for full or
partial reimbursement of the documented costs of firefighter
training. For each fiscal year, the State Fire Marshal shall
determine the total amounts to be allocated for each eligible
purpose.

(5)
Of the foregoing appropriation item 800639, Fire Department Grants,
$8,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 shall be used to issue grants to
small
county volunteer fire departments
eligible
recipients
located
within counties having a total population that is 70,000 or lower as
of the most recent decennial census.

Small

These
small
county
volunteer fire department grants may be up to
$50,000per

$50,000
per eligible
recipient.
Grant awards are to be used for firefighting or rescue equipment or
gear, or for fire department costs associated with the provision of
fire protection services.

(C)
The grants shall be administered by the State Fire Marshal in
accordance with rules the State Fire Marshal adopts as part of the
state fire code adopted pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised
Code that are necessary for the administration and operation of the
grant program. The rules may further define the entities eligible to
receive grants and establish criteria for the awarding and
expenditure of grant funds, including methods the State Fire Marshal
may use to verify the proper use of grant funds or to obtain
reimbursement for or the return of equipment for improperly used
grant funds. To the extent consistent with this section and until the
rules are updated, the existing rules in the state fire code adopted
pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised Code for fire department
grants under this section apply to MARCS Grants. Any amounts in
appropriation item 800639, Fire Department Grants, in excess of the
amount allocated for these grants may be used for the administration
of the grant program.

CASH
TRANSFER FROM THE OHIO HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION SAFETY FUND TO THE
STATE FIRE MARSHAL FUND

On
July 1, 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter, the Director of
Budget and Management shall transfer $8,000,000 cash from the Ohio
Highway and Transportation Safety Fund (Fund 5XI0) to the State Fire
Marshal Fund (Fund 5460).

Sec.
343.10.

1

2

3

4

5

A

DNR
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

B

General
Revenue Fund

C

GRF

725401

Division
of Wildlife - Operating Subsidy

$1,700,000

$1,700,000

D

GRF

725413

Parks
and Recreational Facilities Lease Rental Bond Payments

$57,500,000

$76,500,000

E

GRF

725456

Canal
Lands

$118,000

$118,000

F

GRF

725459

Buckeye
State Tree Nursery

$1,134,650

$1,134,650

G

GRF

725460

LWCF
Recreation Lands

$262,646

$266,995

H

GRF

725505

Healthy
Lake Erie Program

$450,000

$0

I

GRF

725507

Coal
and Mine Safety Programs

$3,222,147

$3,297,340

J

GRF

725520

Special
Projects

$350,000

$350,000

K

GRF

725903

Natural
Resources General Obligation Bond Debt Service

$14,300,000

$14,300,000

L

GRF

727321

Division
of Forestry

$10,000,000

$10,000,000

M

GRF

729321

Office
of Information Technology

$526,055

$526,337

N

GRF

730321

Parks
and Recreation

$27,650,000

$47,650,000

O

GRF

736321

Division
of Engineering

$2,431,760

$2,476,358

P

GRF

737321

Division
of Water Resources

$2,402,230

$2,403,759

Q

GRF

738321

Office
of Real Estate and Land Management

$1,038,539

$1,060,089

R

GRF

741321

Division
of Natural Areas and Preserves

$5,104,211

$5,205,199

S

General
Revenue Fund Total

$128,190,238

$166,988,727

T

Dedicated
Purpose Fund Group

U

2270

725406

Parks
Projects Personnel

$4,831,529

$4,976,475

V

4300

725671

Canal
Lands

$479,012

$479,012

W

4S90

725622

NatureWorks
Personnel

$317,806

$327,341

X

4U60

725668

Scenic
Rivers Protection

$58,860

$58,860

Y

5090

725602

State
Forest

$10,852,951

$11,010,594

Z

5110

725646

Ohio
Geological Mapping

$6,123,647

$6,323,883

AA

5120

725605

State
Parks Operations

$43,122,931

$43,358,465

AB

5140

725606

Lake
Erie Shoreline

$1,694,771

$1,732,863

AC

5160

725620

Water
Management

$3,256,522

$3,562,000

AD

5180

725643

Oil
and Gas Regulation and Safety

$31,230,432

$31,784,411

AE

5180

725677

Oil
and Gas Well Plugging

$47,734,902

$48,022,027

AF

5210

725627

Off-Road
Vehicle Trails

$1,781,723

$286,068

AG

5220

725656

Natural
Areas and Preserves

$585,191

$600,500

AH

5290

725639

Mining
Regulation and Safety

$4,004,552

$4,090,096

AI

5310

725648

Reclamation
Forfeiture

$195,573

$195,579

AJ

5BJ1

7256A6

Parks
and Recreation

$27,500,000

$7,500,000

AK

5BJ1

5DB1

7256A7

Wildlife
Area Land Royalties

$3,000,000

$0

AL

5EL0

725612

Wildlife
Law Enforcement

$11,826

$11,826

AM

5HK0

725625

Ohio
Nature Preserves

$9,239

$9,239

AN

5LD0

725458

Oil
and Gas Leasing Commission

$10,000

$10,000

AO

5P20

725634

Wildlife
Boater Angler Administration

$5,968,330

$5,968,330

AP

5TD0

725514

Park
Maintenance

$1,540,331

$1,540,331

AQ

6150

725661

Dam
Safety

$5,673,950

$6,473,950

AR

6970

725670

Submerged
Lands

$667,210

$679,080

AS

6H20

725681

H2Ohio

$21,200,000

$21,200,000

AT

7015

740401

Division
of Wildlife Conservation

$84,946,128

$87,919,242

AU

7086

725414

Waterways
Improvement

$5,782,184

$5,880,807

AV

7086

739401

Watercraft
Operations

$28,432,898

$28,922,532

AW

8150

725636

Cooperative
Management Projects

$625,271

$625,271

AX

8160

725649

Wetlands
Habitat

$659,691

$659,691

AY

8170

725655

Wildlife
Conservation Checkoff

$1,923,060

$1,923,060

AZ

8180

725629

Cooperative
Fisheries Research

$1,500,000

$1,500,000

BA

8190

725685

Ohio
River Management

$43,786

$43,786

BB

81B0

725688

Wildlife
Habitats

$1,359,102

$1,359,102

BC

Dedicated
Purpose Fund Group Total

$347,123,408

$329,034,421

BD

Internal
Service Activity Fund Group

BE

1550

725601

Departmental
Projects

$1,566,470

$1,586,980

BF

1570

725651

Program
Support

$26,713,040

$27,292,005

BG

5100

725631

Maintenance
- State-owned Residences

$43,713

$43,713

BH

Internal
Service Activity Fund Group Total

$28,323,223

$28,922,698

BI

Capital
Projects Fund Group

BJ

7061

725405

Clean
Ohio Trail Operating

$267,307

$273,030

BK

Capital
Projects Fund Group Total

$267,307

$273,030

BL

Fiduciary
Fund Group

BM

5ZT0

7256A2

State
Park Lodges Maintenance and Repair

$11,950,641

$11,950,641

BN

Fiduciary
Fund Group Total

$11,950,641

$11,950,641

BO

Holding
Account Fund Group

BP

R017

725659

Performance
Cash Bond Refunds

$450,999

$450,999

BQ

R043

725624

Forestry

$2,104,919

$2,104,919

BR

Holding
Account Fund Group Total

$2,555,918

$2,555,918

BS

Federal
Fund Group

BT

3320

725669

Federal
Mine Safety Grant

$306,979

$316,189

BU

3B30

725640

Federal
Forest Pass-Thru

$419,535

$419,535

BV

3B40

725641

Federal
Flood Pass-Thru

$106,648

$106,648

BW

3B50

725645

Federal
Abandoned Mine Lands

$69,114,806

$69,268,735

BX

3B60

725653

Federal
Land and Water Conservation Grants

$10,800,000

$25,800,000

BY

3B70

725654

Reclamation
- Regulatory

$1,311,309

$1,340,625

BZ

3IR0

7256A5

Long
Term Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation

$100,000

$100,000

CA

3P10

725632

Geological
Survey - Federal

$805,102

$786,700

CB

3P20

725642

Oil
and Gas - Federal

$20,109,957

$20,115,008

CC

3P20

725698

Oil
And Gas - Federal Orphan Well Plug

$22,363,120

$22,363,120

CD

3P30

725650

Coastal
Management - Federal

$3,953,487

$4,013,587

CE

3P40

725660

Federal
- Soil and Water Resources

$416,420

$422,292

CF

3R50

725673

Acid
Mine Drainage Abatement/Treatment

$860,489

$860,489

CG

3Z50

725657

Federal
Recreation and Trails

$1,122,594

$1,127,603

CH

Federal
Fund Group Total

$131,790,446

$147,040,531

CI

TOTAL
ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS

$650,201,181

$686,765,966

Section
10.
That
existing Sections 207.10, 207.20, 221.20, 243.20, and 343.10 of H.B.
96 of the 136th General Assembly are hereby repealed.

Section
11.
That
Section 751.80 of H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly is hereby
repealed.

Section
12.
On July 1, 2026, or as soon as
possible thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall
transfer $40,000,000 cash from the General Revenue Fund to the State
Post-Traumatic Stress Fund.

Section
13.

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
14.

1

2

3

4

5

A

COM
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

B

Dedicated
Purpose Fund Group

C

5DI1

800664

Access
to Justice Unclaimed Funds

$19,500

$90,500

D

Dedicated
Purpose Fund Group Total

$19,500

$90,500

E

TOTAL
ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS

$19,500

$90,500

OAJF
UNCLAIMED FUNDS

The
foregoing appropriation item 800664, Access to Justice Unclaimed
Funds, shall be distributed to Ohio Access to Justice Foundation
(OAJF), in accordance with section 169.081 of the Revised Code, to
offset escheatments to which OAJF is subject under H.B. 96 of the
136th General Assembly.

On
the effective date of this section, or as soon as possible
thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall transfer
$110,000 cash from the General Revenue Fund to the Access to Justice
Unclaimed Funds Fund (Fund 5DI1), which is hereby created in the
state treasury.

Section
15.
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, H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly.

Section
16.
Section
4503.44 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite
of the section as amended by both H.B. 33 and H.B. 195 of the 135th
General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments
are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation,
finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in
this act.

Speaker
___________________ of the House of Representatives.

President
___________________ of the Senate.

Passed
________________________, 20____

Approved
________________________, 20____

Governor.

The section numbering of law
of a general and permanent nature is complete and in conformity with
the Revised Code.

Director, Legislative
Service Commission.

Filed
in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the
____ day of ___________, A. D. 20____.

Secretary of State.

File
No. _________ Effective Date ___________________