As Reported by the Senate Finance and 2
Financial Institutions Committee 2
123rd General Assembly 5
Regular Session Sub. S. B. No. 239 6
1999-2000 7
SENATORS CUPP-CARNES-KEARNS 9
_________________________________________________________________ 11
A B I L L
To create a grant program for fiscal year 2001 that 13
is to be administered by the Ohio Emergency 15
Management Agency and that is to provide funds
for certain purposes to countywide and county 16
emergency management agencies and regional 17
authorities for emergency management, to amend
Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 123rd 18
General Assembly, and to make an appropriation. 19
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 21
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created a grant program 23
for fiscal year 2001 to be administered by the Ohio Emergency 24
Management Agency within the Department of Public Safety. The 25
program shall provide funds to qualifying countywide emergency 26
management agencies established under section 5502.26 of the 27
Revised Code, regional authorities for emergency management 28
established under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code, and county 29
emergency management agencies established under section 5502.271 30
of the Revised Code. 31
(B) Within one hundred twenty days after the effective 33
date of this section, the Executive Director of the Emergency 34
Management Agency shall accept and process applications for 35
grants of up to twenty-five thousand dollars each from the 36
countywide and county emergency management agencies, and regional 37
authorities for emergency management, of the twenty-five counties 38
with the lowest average federal adjusted gross income according 39
2
to the most recent figures available from the Department of 40
Taxation. The applications shall be in the form and shall be 41
filed within the time limits provided by the grant application 42
procedure, which shall be established by a committee composed of 43
the Executive Director, three employees of the Ohio Emergency 44
Management Agency chosen by the Executive Director, and three 45
members chosen by the Ohio Emergency Management Association. To 46
receive a grant under this division, an applicant shall 47
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Executive Director all of 48
the following:
(1) The countywide or county emergency management agency 50
or regional authority for emergency management serves one of the 51
twenty-five counties with the lowest average federal adjusted 52
gross income according to the most recent figures available from 53
the Department of Taxation. 54
(2) The agency or authority employs, or upon receipt of 56
the grant will employ, at least one permanent full-time employee. 57
(3) The agency or authority is, or within ninety days after 59
receipt of the grant will be, in compliance with all of the 60
requirements applicable to the agency or authority under Chapter 61
5502. of the Revised Code, including compliance with or 62
enrollment in a professional development training program in 63
accordance with rules adopted under section 5502.25 of the 65
Revised Code.
(4) The agency has obtained from the board of county 67
commissioners, or the authority has obtained from the executive 68
board of the regional authority, permission to apply for and to 69
receive a grant under this section. 70
(C) Following the expiration of the one-hundred-twenty-day 72
period after the effective date of this section, all money 73
remaining in the appropriation made by this act shall be 74
available for grants to all countywide and county emergency 76
management agencies, and regional authorities for emergency 77
management, other than those in the twenty-five counties with the 78
3
lowest average federal adjusted gross income according to the 79
most recent figures available from the Department of Taxation. 80
Grants of this remaining money shall be awarded to these agencies 81
and authorities by the committee established under division (B) 82
of this section. These grants shall be used for special projects 83
proposed by the agency or authority. The committee established 84
under division (B) of this section shall establish the procedure 85
for applying for and awarding these grants and shall determine 86
the amounts to be awarded and the qualifications for projects to 87
be funded by the grants.
(D) Each agency or authority receiving a grant under this 89
section shall file with its application a spending plan showing 90
how it will use the grant money. Grants made under this section 91
are not intended to supplant any federal, state, or local funding 92
to an agency or authority. Therefore, neither a state agency nor 93
any political subdivision of the state shall take into account 94
the receipt of a grant under this section in determining the 95
amount of support that the state agency or political subdivision 96
provides to a countywide or county emergency management agency or 97
regional authority for emergency management. 98
Section 2. That Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 100
123rd General Assembly be amended to read as follows: 101
"Sec. 82. DHS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 103
General Revenue Fund 105
GRF 763-403 Operating Expenses - 108
EMA $ 4,090,853 $ 3,574,514 110
GRF 763-409 MARCS Operations and 112
Maintenance $ 740,284 $ 735,997 114
GRF 763-507 Individual and Family 116
Grants $ 100,000 $ 105,000 118
GRF 764-404 Transportation 120
Enforcement
Operations $ 2,156,879 $ 2,157,207 122
4
GRF 769-321 Food Stamp 124
Trafficking
Enforcement
Operations $ 716,936 $ 897,720 126
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $ 7,804,952 $ 7,470,438 129
STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND GROUP 132
5E2 763-634 COUNTY EMERGENCY 135
PREPAREDNESS $ 0 $ 1,000,000 137
TOTAL SSR SPECIAL REVENUE 138
FUND GROUP $ 0 $ 1,000,000 141
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 7,804,952 $ 7,470,438 144
8,470,438 145
American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness and Training 148
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating 150
Expenses - EMA, up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall be 152
distributed to the American Red Cross in Ohio for disaster 153
preparedness and emergency training.
The Ohio Emergency Management Agency shall develop an 155
agreement between the State of Ohio Chapters of the American Red 156
Cross to specify the terms by which these funds shall be 157
requested, distributed, and accounted for to enhance the disaster 158
response capability of the American Red Cross in Ohio. Funds
shall not be used for administrative costs. The Ohio Emergency 159
Management Agency shall require of the American Red Cross a plan 160
that facilitates implementation of the current Statement of 161
Understanding between the State of Ohio and the American Red 162
Cross. The release of funds shall be contingent upon a plan that
is satisfactory to both parties. 163
Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit 165
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating 167
Expenses - EMA, $200,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to 168
fund the Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit. 169
MARCS Operations and Maintenance Transfers 171
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the 173
5
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $304,284 174
in cash in fiscal year 2000 and $303,550 in cash in fiscal year 175
2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from appropriation item 176
763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund 4S2, MARCS 178
Maintenance Fund.
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the 180
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $436,000 181
in cash in fiscal year 2000 and $432,447 in cash in fiscal year 182
2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from appropriation item 183
763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund 4W6, MARCS 184
Operations Fund.
IFG State Match 186
The foregoing appropriation item 763-507, Individual and 188
Family Grants, shall be used to fund the state share of costs to 189
provide grants to individuals and families in cases of disaster. 190
COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND SERVICE UPGRADES PILOT 193
OF APPROPRIATION ITEM 763-634, COUNTY EMERGENCY 196
PREPAREDNESS, UP TO $1,000,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2001 SHALL BE
DISTRIBUTED TO QUALIFYING COUNTYWIDE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY 198
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OR REGIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR EMERGENCY 200
MANAGEMENT, AS PROVIDED IN SUB. S.B. 239 OF THE 123rd GENERAL 202
ASSEMBLY."
Section 3. That existing Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 204
of the 123rd General Assembly is hereby repealed. 205
Section 4. The uncodified sections of law contained in 207
this act are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under 208
Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of 209
the Revised Code, the uncodified sections of law contained in 210
this act go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.