As Reported by the Senate Finance and 1
Financial Institutions Committee 2
122nd General Assembly 5
Regular Session Am. Sub. H. B. No. 192 6
1997-1998 7
REPRESENTATIVES CAREY-PRINGLE-VESPER-HAINES-PRENTISS-GARCIA-SAWYER- 9
HOTTINGER-PADGETT-LOGAN-BENDER-OLMAN-BOYD-JOHNSON-TAVARES- 10
VERICH-OPFER-METELSKY-AMSTUTZ-O'BRIEN-MEAD-ROBERTS-CORE- 11
OGG-LAWRENCE-SULZER-HOUSEHOLDER-REID-HARRIS-METZGER-TIBERI- 12
TERWILLEGER-ROMAN-SALERNO-WESTON-KRUPINSKI-GARDNER-BRADING- 13
STAPLETON-WACHTMANN-BUCHY-MYERS-GRENDELL-MAIER 14
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A B I L L
To enact section 3737.17 of the Revised Code to 18
create the Small Government Fire Department 19
Services Revolving Loan Program to help certain 20
municipal corporations, townships, and fire 21
districts meet specified fire fighting and 23
emergency medical needs, and to make an 24
appropriation. 25
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 27
Section 1. That section 3737.17 of the Revised Code be 29
enacted to read as follows: 30
Sec. 3737.17. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, A "QUALIFYING 33
SMALL GOVERNMENT" MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: 34
(1) A TOWNSHIP THAT HAS A POPULATION OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE 37
THOUSAND OR, REGARDLESS OF ITS POPULATION, IS LOCATED IN A COUNTY 38
THAT HAS A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND; 39
(2) A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT HAS A POPULATION OF NOT 41
MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED; 42
(3) A FIRE DISTRICT, JOINT FIRE DISTRICT, OR FIRE AND 44
AMBULANCE DISTRICT THAT SHARES TERRITORY EXCLUSIVELY WITH 45
TOWNSHIPS OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS THAT MEET THE CONDITIONS OF 46
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DIVISION (A)(1) OR (2) OF THIS SECTION. 48
(B) THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL SHALL ADMINISTER A SMALL 51
GOVERNMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM UNDER 52
WHICH THE FIRE MARSHAL MAKES LOANS TO QUALIFYING SMALL
GOVERNMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: 53
(1) TO EXPEDITE PURCHASES OF MAJOR EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE 56
FIGHTING, AMBULANCE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL, OR RESCUE SERVICES; 57
(2) TO EXPEDITE PROJECTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR 60
RENOVATION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS. 61
A LOAN FOR EITHER PURPOSE UNDER THE SMALL GOVERNMENT FIRE 63
DEPARTMENT SERVICES REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM IS NOT TO CARRY 64
INTEREST, AND IS TO BE REPAID WITHIN A TERM OF NOT LONGER THAN 65
TWENTY YEARS. A QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO 67
RECEIVE A LOAN FOR A PROJECT OR PURCHASE UNDER THE PROGRAM UNLESS 68
THE QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTES TO THE PROJECT OR 69
PURCHASE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO AT LEAST FIVE PER CENT OF THE LOAN 70
AMOUNT.
(C) A QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT MAY APPLY TO THE FIRE 73
MARSHAL FOR A LOAN UNDER THE SMALL GOVERNMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT 74
SERVICES REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM. IN ITS APPLICATION, THE 75
QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT SHALL EXPLAIN HOW IT QUALIFIES FOR 76
THE LOAN, DESCRIBE THE PROJECT OR PURCHASE FOR WHICH IT IS 77
REQUESTING A LOAN, STATE THE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN IT REQUESTS, AND 78
STATE THE AMOUNT IT IS PREPARED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT OR 79
PURCHASE. THE QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT SHALL PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SUPPORT ITS APPLICATION FOR A LOAN 81
UNDER THE PROGRAM AS REQUESTED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL. 82
(D) THE FIRE MARSHAL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 119. OF 85
THE REVISED CODE, SHALL ADOPT RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 87
SMALL GOVERNMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM. 88
Section 2. All items in this section are hereby 90
appropriated as designated out of moneys in the state treasury to 91
the credit of the State Special Revenue Fund. In accordance with 92
Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly, upon application 93
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by the Department of Commerce and approval by the Controlling 94
Board, line item 911-436, Rural Fire Departments, may be used to 95
transfer moneys from the General Revenue Fund to Fund 5F1, Small 96
Government Fire Departments, within the State Special Revenue 97
Fund Group. For all appropriations made in this act, those in 98
the first column are for fiscal year 1998 and those in the second 99
column are for fiscal year 1999. The appropriations made in this 100
act are in addition to any other appropriations made for the 101
1997-1999 biennium.
COM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 103
State Special Revenue Fund 105
5F1 800-635 Small Government Fire 108
Departments $ 250,000 $ 250,000 110
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue 111
Fund $ 250,000 $ 250,000 114
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 250,000 $ 250,000 117
Small Government Fire Departments 120
The foregoing appropriation item 800-635, Small Government 122
Fire Departments, shall be disbursed through the Department of 124
Commerce, State Fire Marshal, to make loans under the Small 125
Government Fire Department Services Revolving Loan Program as 126
provided in section 3737.17 of the Revised Code.
Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of 128
Budget and Management shall establish an account indicating the 129
source and amount of funds for the appropriation made in this act 130
and shall determine the form and manner in which the 131
appropriation account shall be maintained. Expenditures from 132
appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as 133
though made by Am. Sub. H.B. 215, the main operating 134
appropriations act, of the 122nd General Assembly. 135
The appropriations made in this act are subject to all 137
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 215, the main operating 138
appropriations act, of the 122nd General Assembly that are 139
generally applicable to State Special Revenue Fund 140
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appropriations.
Section 3. There is hereby established in the state 142
treasury the Small Government Fire Departments Fund (Fund 5F1). 143
Section 4. The uncodified section of law contained in this 145
act is not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio 147
Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the 148
Revised Code, the uncodified section of law contained in this act 149
goes into immediate effect when this act becomes law.