As Passed by the Senate 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. H. B. No. 202 5
1997-1998 6
REPRESENTATIVES BATCHELDER-BOYD-BUCHY-COLONNA-GARCIA-HAINES-HARRIS- 8
HODGES-HOOD-KREBS-MEAD-MOTTLEY-NETZLEY-O'BRIEN-OLMAN-REID-SCHUCK- 9
SCHULER-SCHURING-TAYLOR-TERWILLEGER-VAN VYVEN-WESTON-WISE-TIBERI- 10
CORBIN-MILLER-HOUSEHOLDER-PRINGLE-JAMES-SYKES-CAREY-SAWYER- 11
GRENDELL-JOHNSON-VESPER-SALERNO-DAMSCHRODER-BRADING-MYERS-CORE- 12
HOTTINGER-STAPLETON-WINKLER-VERICH-LOGAN-BRITTON-OPFER-TAVARES- 13
PERZ-THOMAS-FORD-LUCAS-SULZER-WACHTMANN-MOTTL-BRADY-ROMAN- 14
MASON-CLANCY-CALLENDER-GARDNER-JORDAN-COUGHLIN-KASPUTIS-CATES- 15
WILSON-JONES-SENATORS GARDNER-SCHAFRATH-ZALESKI-SHOEMAKER- 16
WATTS-B. JOHNSON-DiDONATO-LATELL-WHITE-LATTA 17
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A B I L L
To enact section 125.30 of the Revised Code to 21
require the Department of Administrative Services 22
to create a business reply form to be used by 23
certain state agencies under a two-year pilot 24
program to obtain information from private 25
businesses and to require the Department to 26
create an on-line computer network system to 28
allow private businesses to electronically file 29
the business reply form. 30
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 32
Section 1. That section 125.30 of the Revised Code be 34
enacted to read as follows: 35
Sec. 125.30. (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 37
SERVICES SHALL DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING: 38
(1) CREATE A BUSINESS REPLY FORM THAT IS CAPABLE OF 40
CONTAINING INFORMATION THAT A PRIVATE BUSINESS IS REQUIRED TO 41
PROVIDE TO STATE AGENCIES ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE DIRECTOR OF 42
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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SHALL ADOPT RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH 43
CHAPTER 119. OF THE REVISED CODE SPECIFYING THE INFORMATION THAT 44
THE FORM SHALL CONTAIN. SUBJECT TO DIVISION (E) OF THIS SECTION, 45
STATE AGENCIES SHALL USE THE BUSINESS REPLY FORM TO OBTAIN 46
INFORMATION FROM PRIVATE BUSINESSES.
(2) CREATE AN ON-LINE COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM TO ALLOW 48
PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO ELECTRONICALLY FILE THE BUSINESS REPLY 49
FORM.
IN CREATING THE BUSINESS REPLY FORM DESCRIBED IN DIVISION 51
(A)(1) OF THIS SECTION, THE DIRECTOR MAY CONSIDER THE 52
RECOMMENDATIONS OF INTERESTED PARTIES FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS 53
COMMUNITY WHO HAVE DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE 54
CURRENT STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO AND THE 55
ASSOCIATED FORMS THAT ARE FILED BY SMALL BUSINESSES.
(B) THE DIRECTOR SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES BY WHICH STATE 58
AGENCIES MAY SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT IS COLLECTED THROUGH THE 59
FORM ESTABLISHED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. THESE 61
PROCEDURES SHALL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN
DESIGNATED AS CONFIDENTIAL BY ANY STATE AGENCY SHALL NOT BE MADE 63
AVAILABLE TO THE OTHER STATE AGENCIES HAVING ACCESS TO THE 65
BUSINESS REPLY FORM.
(C) NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, THE DIRECTOR MAY 68
REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND TO THE 70
COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE FINANCE AND THE COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE 71
STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE 72
SENATE ON THE PROGRESS OF STATE AGENCIES IN COMPLYING WITH 74
DIVISION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION. THE DIRECTOR MAY RECOMMEND A 75
FIVE PER CENT REDUCTION IN THE FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS OF ANY STATE 76
AGENCY THAT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THAT DIVISION WITHOUT GOOD 77
CAUSE.
(D) AS USED IN THIS SECTION: 79
(1) "STATE AGENCY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE BUREAU 81
OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, THE BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, THE 83
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY 84
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THAT ELECTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM AS PROVIDED IN 85
DIVISION (E) OF THIS SECTION.
(2) "FORM" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN DIVISION (B) OF 87
SECTION 125.91 OF THE REVISED CODE. 88
(E) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION PERTAINING TO THE 90
BUSINESS REPLY FORM CONSTITUTE A TWO-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM. NOT 91
LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE 92
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SHALL COMPLETE THE PLANNING 93
AND PREPARATION THAT IS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PILOT PROGRAM. 94
THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MAY REQUEST OTHER STATE 95
AGENCIES, AS DEFINED IN DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 125.91 OF THE
REVISED CODE, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM. IF THE 96
DIRECTOR SO REQUESTS, THE STATE AGENCY MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE 97
PROGRAM. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL CEASE TO HAVE 98
EFFECT THREE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
WITHIN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE 99
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SHALL REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR 100
OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND THE COMMITTEES DESCRIBED IN DIVISION 101
(C) OF THIS SECTION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. 102