As Reported by the House Economic Development and 1
Small Business Committee 2
122nd General Assembly 5
Regular Session H. B. No. 202 6
1997-1998 7
REPRESENTATIVES BATCHELDER-BOYD-BUCHY-COLONNA-GARCIA-HAINES-HARRIS- 9
HODGES-HOOD-KREBS-MEAD-MOTTLEY-NETZLEY-O'BRIEN-OLMAN-REID-SCHUCK- 10
SCHULER-SCHURING-TAYLOR-TERWILLEGER-VAN VYVEN-WESTON-WISE-TIBERI- 11
CORBIN-MILLER-HOUSEHOLDER-PRINGLE-JAMES-SYKES-CAREY 12
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A B I L L
To amend section 125.91 and to enact section 125.936 16
of the Revised Code to require the State Forms 17
Management Control Center to create a single 18
business reply form to be used by state agencies 19
to obtain information from private businesses and 20
to require the Center to create an on-line 21
computer network system to allow private 22
businesses to electronically file the single 23
business reply form. 24
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 26
Section 1. That section 125.91 be amended and section 28
125.936 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: 29
Sec. 125.91. As EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 40
125.936 OF THE REVISED CODE, AS used in sections 125.92 to 125.98 41
of the Revised Code:
(A) "State agency" includes every department, bureau, 44
board, commission, office, or other organized body established by 45
the constitution and laws of the state for the exercise of any 46
function of state government, but does not include any
state-supported institution of higher education, the general 47
assembly or any legislative agency, the attorney general, the 48
auditor of state, the secretary of state, the treasurer of state, 49
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the bureau of workers' compensation, any court or judicial 50
agency, or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
(B) "Form" means any document, device, or item used to 52
convey information, regardless of medium, that has blank spaces 53
for the insertion of information and that may have a 54
predetermined format and data elements to guide the entry,
interpretration INTERPRETATION, and use of the information. 55
"Form" does not include letterheads, envelopes, labels, tags, 56
tickets, or note pads, or forms mandated by the federal 57
government, but does include all computer-generated forms except 58
those mandated by the federal government. As used in sections 59
125.931 to 125.935 of the Revised Code, "form" applies only to a 60
form that is used by a state agency and that is completed in
whole or in part by A private business, political subdivisions, 61
or the public.
Sec. 125.936. (A) AS PART OF ITS DUTIES UNDER SECTION 63
125.92 AND DIVISION (F) OF SECTION 125.93 OF THE REVISED CODE, 64
THE STATE FORMS MANAGEMENT CONTROL CENTER SHALL DO BOTH OF THE 65
FOLLOWING:
(1) CREATE A SINGLE BUSINESS REPLY FORM THAT IS CAPABLE OF 67
CONTAINING ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT A PRIVATE BUSINESS IS 68
REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TO ALL STATE AGENCIES ON A REGULAR BASIS. 69
ALL STATE AGENCIES SHALL USE THE SINGLE BUSINESS REPLY FORM TO 70
OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM PRIVATE BUSINESSES.
(2) CREATE AN ON-LINE COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM TO ALLOW 72
PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO ELECTRONICALLY FILE THE SINGLE BUSINESS 73
REPLY FORM.
(B) THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SHALL 75
ESTABLISH PROCEDURES BY WHICH STATE AGENCIES MAY SHARE THE 76
INFORMATION THAT IS COLLECTED THROUGH THE FORM ESTABLISHED UNDER 77
DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. THESE PROCEDURES SHALL PROVIDE 79
THAT INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS CONFIDENTIAL BY ANY 81
STATE AGENCY SHALL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OTHER STATE 83
AGENCIES HAVING ACCESS TO THE SINGLE BUSINESS REPLY FORM.
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(C)(1) NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, THE 86
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE STATE FORMS MANAGEMENT CONTROL CENTER SHALL 87
REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND TO THE 89
COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE FINANCE AND THE COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE 91
STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE 93
SENATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CENTER IN COMPLYING WITH DIVISION 95
(A) OF THIS SECTION.
(2) NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, THE ADMINISTRATOR 98
OF THE STATE FORMS MANAGEMENT CONTROL CENTER SHALL REPORT TO THE 99
DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND TO THE COMMITTEES THAT 101
HANDLE FINANCE AND THE COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE STATE GOVERNMENT 103
AFFAIRS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE ON THE 104
PROGRESS OF STATE AGENCIES IN COMPLYING WITH DIVISION (A)(1) OF 105
THIS SECTION. THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL RECOMMEND A FIVE PER CENT 106
REDUCTION IN THE FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS OF ANY STATE AGENCY THAT 107
HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THAT DIVISION WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE. 108
(D) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "STATE AGENCY" HAS THE SAME 110
MEANING AS IN SECTION 125.91 OF THE REVISED CODE EXCEPT THAT IT 112
ALSO INCLUDES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE AUDITOR OF STATE, THE 113
SECRETARY OF STATE, THE TREASURER OF STATE, AND THE BUREAU OF
WORKERS' COMPENSATION. 114
Section 2. That existing section 125.91 of the Revised 116
Code is hereby repealed. 117