As Passed by the Senate                       1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                         Am. Sub. H. B. No. 379  5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


     REPRESENTATIVES PETERSON-ALLEN-BARRETT-BRITTON-DISTEL-        8            

      FLANNERY-JACOBSON-NETZLEY-SCHULER-TERWILLEGER-TRAKAS-        9            

  WILLAMOWSKI-O'BRIEN-CAREY-HOOPS-VERICH-YOUNG-EVANS-KRUPINSKI-    10           

  WILLIAMS-SULZER-GRENDELL-TIBERI-AUSTRIA-TAYLOR-CORBIN-WILSON-    11           

   HARTNETT-OGG-MOTTLEY-CATES-GOODING-PATTON-FORD-OLMAN-JONES-     12           

    WINKLER-HOLLISTER-CALVERT-CLANCY-WIDENER-WOMER BENJAMIN-       13           

  STEVENS-BUCHY-HOOD-BARNES-SENATORS LATELL-SCHAFRATH-GARDNER-     14           

                           DRAKE-WATTS                             15           


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             To enact section 505.603 of the Revised Code to       19           

                provide townships with the ability to offer cash   20           

                payments, in lieu of otherwise offered health                   

                benefits or life insurance benefits, to their      21           

                officers and employees through a "cafeteria plan"  22           

                that meets Internal Revenue Code requirements.                  




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        24           

      Section 1.  That section 505.603 of the Revised Code be      26           

enacted to read as follows:                                        27           

      Sec. 505.603.  IN ADDITION TO OR IN LIEU OF PROVIDING        29           

BENEFITS TO TOWNSHIP OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES UNDER SECTION 505.60,  30           

505.601, OR 505.602 OF THE REVISED CODE, A BOARD OF TOWNSHIP       31           

TRUSTEES MAY OFFER BENEFITS TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES THROUGH A    32           

CAFETERIA PLAN THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 125 OF THE   33           

"INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986," 100 STAT. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 125,  35           

AS AMENDED, AFTER FIRST ADOPTING A POLICY AUTHORIZING AN OFFICER   37           

OR EMPLOYEE TO RECEIVE A CASH PAYMENT IN LIEU OF A BENEFIT         38           

OTHERWISE OFFERED TO TOWNSHIP OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES UNDER ANY OF   39           

THOSE SECTIONS, BUT ONLY IF THE CASH PAYMENT DOES NOT EXCEED                    

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TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT OF THE COST OF PREMIUMS OR PAYMENTS THAT      41           

OTHERWISE WOULD BE PAID BY THE BOARD FOR BENEFITS FOR THE OFFICER  42           

OR EMPLOYEE UNDER AN OFFERED POLICY, CONTRACT, OR PLAN.  NO CASH   43           

PAYMENT IN LIEU OF A BENEFIT SHALL BE MADE PURSUANT TO THIS        44           

SECTION UNLESS THE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE SIGNS A STATEMENT                        

AFFIRMING THAT THE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE IS COVERED UNDER ANOTHER    45           

HEALTH INSURANCE OR HEALTH CARE POLICY, CONTRACT, OR PLAN IN THE   46           

CASE OF A HEALTH BENEFIT, OR A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY IN THE CASE   47           

OF A LIFE INSURANCE BENEFIT, AND SETTING FORTH THE NAME OF THE     48           

EMPLOYER, IF ANY, THAT SPONSORS THE COVERAGE, THE NAME OF THE      49           

CARRIER THAT PROVIDES THE COVERAGE, AND AN IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF   50           

THE APPLICABLE POLICY, CONTRACT, OR PLAN.                          51