As Passed by the Senate 1 122nd General Assembly 4 Regular Session Am. Sub. H. B. No. 192 5 1997-1998 6 REPRESENTATIVES CAREY-PRINGLE-VESPER-HAINES-PRENTISS-GARCIA-SAWYER- 8 HOTTINGER-PADGETT-LOGAN-BENDER-OLMAN-BOYD-JOHNSON-TAVARES- 9 VERICH-OPFER-METELSKY-AMSTUTZ-O'BRIEN-MEAD-ROBERTS-CORE- 10 OGG-LAWRENCE-SULZER-HOUSEHOLDER-REID-HARRIS-METZGER-TIBERI- 11 TERWILLEGER-ROMAN-SALERNO-WESTON-KRUPINSKI-GARDNER-BRADING- 12 STAPLETON-WACHTMANN-BUCHY-MYERS-GRENDELL-MAIER- 13 SENATORS HOTTINGER-SHOEMAKER-DiDONATO-CARNES-OELSLAGER- 14 WHITE-GARDNER-BLESSING 15 16 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 2 TOWNSHIPS OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS THAT MEET THE CONDITIONS OF 46 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 3 Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly, upon application 93 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. Of the foregoing appropriation line item 911-436, Rural 101 Fire Departments, any unencumbered or unalotted fiscal year 1998 102 amounts shall be transferred by the Director of Budget and 103 Management to appropriation line item 911-436 in fiscal year 104 1999. Those amounts so transferred from fiscal year 1998 to fiscal year 1999 are hereby appropriated. The appropriations 106 made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made 107 for the 1997-1999 biennium. COM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 109 State Special Revenue Fund 111 5F1 800-635 Small Government Fire 114 Departments $ 0 $ 500,000 116 TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue 117 Fund $ 0 $ 500,000 120 TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 0 $ 500,000 123 Small Government Fire Departments 126 The foregoing appropriation item 800-635, Small Government 128 Fire Departments, shall be disbursed through the Department of 130 Commerce, State Fire Marshal, to make loans under the Small 131 Government Fire Department Services Revolving Loan Program as 132 provided in section 3737.17 of the Revised Code. Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of 134 Budget and Management shall establish an account indicating the 135 source and amount of funds for the appropriation made in this act 136 and shall determine the form and manner in which the 137 appropriation account shall be maintained. Expenditures from 138 4 appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as 139 though made by Am. Sub. H.B. 215, the main operating 140 appropriations act, of the 122nd General Assembly. 141 The appropriations made in this act are subject to all 143 provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 215, the main operating 144 appropriations act, of the 122nd General Assembly that are 145 generally applicable to State Special Revenue Fund 146 appropriations. Section 3. There is hereby established in the state 148 treasury the Small Government Fire Departments Fund (Fund 5F1). 149 Section 4. The uncodified sections of law contained in 151 this act are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under 153 Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of 154 the Revised Code, the uncodified sections of law contained in 155 this act go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.