As Passed by the House 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. H. B. No. 181 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES CORBIN-THOMAS-VESPER-JONES-CATES-PERRY- 8
OPFER-R.MILLER-GOODMAN-MEAD-METZGER-AMSTUTZ-HOOPS- 9
O'BRIEN-KREBS-SULLIVAN-BRADING-CORE-WILLAMOWSKI-JAMES- 10
BARRETT-PATTON 11
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A B I L L
To make appropriations for the Industrial Commission 14
for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, and 15
ending June 30, 2001.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 16
Section 1. All items in this section are hereby 18
appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the 19
credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in 20
this section, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2000, 21
and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2001.
OIC INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION 22
FND ALI ALI TITLE FY 2000 FY 2001 24
Workers' Compensation Fund Group 26
023 845-321 Operating Expenses $ 44,553,579 $ 45,040,356 31
023 845-410 Attorney General 33
Payments $ 2,793,129 $ 2,860,681 35
023 845-402 Rent - William Green 37
Building $ 4,791,355 $ 4,982,679 39
821 845-605 Service Account $ 150,000 $ 150,000 43
TOTAL WCF Workers' Compensation 44
Fund Group $ 52,288,063 $ 53,033,716 47
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 52,288,063 $ 53,033,716 50
Rent - William Green Building 53
The foregoing appropriation item 845-402, Rent - William 55
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Green Building, shall be used for rent and operating expenses for 56
the space occupied by the Industrial Commission in the William 57
Green Building.
Service Account 59
The foregoing appropriation item 845-605, Service Account, 61
shall be used for any expense related to revenues collected and 62
deposited in Fund 821, such as coin copier expense, coin changer 64
purchases, expenses related to conferences that produce revenue, 65
publications that produce revenue, and replacement of furniture 66
and equipment.
Section 2. Accounting 68
Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of 70
Budget and Management shall establish accounts indicating the 71
source and amount of funds for each appropriation made in this 72
act and shall determine the form and manner in which 73
appropriation accounts shall be maintained.
The appropriations made in this act are subject to all 75
provisions of the main operating appropriations act of the 123rd 76
General Assembly that are generally applicable to such 77
appropriations. 78
Section 3. Reissuance of Voided Warrants 80
In order to provide funds for the reissuance of voided 82
warrants pursuant to section 117.47 of the Revised Code, there is 83
hereby appropriated, out of moneys in the state treasury from the 84
fund credited as provided in section 117.47 of the Revised Code, 85
that amount sufficient to pay such warrants when approved by the 86
Office of Budget and Management.
Section 4. Judgments Against State 88
Any appropriations contained in this act, except those to 90
be applied to or used for payment of guarantees by or on behalf 91
of the state or for debt service on bonds, notes, or certificates 92
of participation, may be used for the purpose of satisfying 94
judgments, settlements, or administrative awards ordered or 95
approved by the Court of Claims or any other court of competent
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jurisdiction in connection with civil actions against the state. 97
Section 5. Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 99
Notwithstanding section 131.33 of the Revised Code, 101
unexpended balances of appropriations and reappropriations 102
against which encumbrances have been lawfully incurred by the 103
Industrial Commission are, at the close of fiscal years 1999 and 104
2000, to the extent of such encumbrances, hereby reappropriated 105
from the funds from which they were originally appropriated and 106
reappropriated and, except for encumbrances for items of special 107
order manufacture not available on term contract or open market, 108
made available for the purpose of discharging such encumbrances 109
for a period of five months from the end of the fiscal year.
Unexpended balances of appropriations and reappropriations 110
against which encumbrances for items of special order manufacture 111
not available on term contract or in the open market have been 112
lawfully incurred are, at the close of the fiscal year, to the 113
extent of such encumbrances, hereby reappropriated and made 114
available for the purpose of discharging such encumbrances for a
period of five months from the end of the fiscal year or, if the 115
Director of Budget and Management approves, for a period of not 116
more than twelve months from the end of the fiscal year. 117
Any items for which unexpended balances are reappropriated 119
beyond a five-month period from the end of the fiscal year shall 120
be reported to the Controlling Board by the Director of Budget 121
and Management. The report on each such item shall include the 122
item, the cost of the item, the vendor involved, and the delivery 123
date. Such reports to the board shall be updated on a quarterly
basis while the encumbrance remains open. 124
After any such period, reappropriations made for the 126
purpose of discharging encumbrances for operating expenses, 127
defined as those encumbrances incurred for personal services, 128
maintenance, and equipment, are canceled. Reappropriations for 129
encumbrances other than operating expenses or items of special 130
manufacture not available on term contract or in the open market
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may be extended by obtaining the approval of the Director of 131
Budget and Management. 132
Section 6. Responsibilities of the Chairperson 134
The Chairperson of the Industrial Commission shall, on or 136
before January 31, 2000, and subsequently on or before July 31, 138
2000, January 31, 2001, and July 31, 2001, prepare and present a 139
report to the chairperson and ranking members of the standing 140
committees of the House of Representatives and Senate to which
matters dealing with workers' compensation and the Industrial 141
Commission are normally referred, and to ranking members of both 142
committees. Each report shall contain information relative to 144
the number of cases disposed of in the preceding six-month 145
period, the number of cases pending, and the number of cases on 146
appeal as well as the efforts the Commission has made in
maintaining and improving communication with the Administrator of 147
Workers' Compensation and the Bureau of Workers' Compensation. 148
Section 7. Independent and Severable Items 150
If any item of law that constitutes the whole or part of a 153
codified or uncodified section of law contained in this act, or
if any application of any item of law that constitutes the whole 154
or part of a codified or uncodified section of law contained in 155
this act, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other 156
items of law or applications of items of law that can be given 157
effect without the invalid item of law or application. To this 158
end, the items of law of which the codified and uncodified 159
sections of law contained in this act are composed, and their 160
applications, are independent and severable.
Section 8. Effective Date 162
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, the 164
uncodified sections of law contained in this act, and the items 166
of law of which the uncodified sections of law contained in this 167
act are composed, are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, 168
under Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 170
of the Revised Code, the uncodified sections of law contained in 171
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this act, and the items of law of which the uncodified sections 172
of law contained in this act are composed, go into immediate 173
effect when this act becomes law. 174