As Passed by the Senate 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. Sub. S. B. No. 239 5
1999-2000 6
SENATORS CUPP-CARNES-KEARNS-OELSLAGER-DRAKE 8
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A B I L L
To create a grant program for fiscal year 2001 that 12
is to be administered by the Ohio Emergency 14
Management Agency and that is to provide funds
for certain purposes to countywide and county 15
emergency management agencies and regional 16
authorities for emergency management, to amend
Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 123rd 17
General Assembly, and to make an appropriation. 18
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 20
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created a grant program 22
for fiscal year 2001 to be administered by the Ohio Emergency 23
Management Agency within the Department of Public Safety. The 24
program shall provide funds to qualifying countywide emergency 25
management agencies established under section 5502.26 of the 26
Revised Code, regional authorities for emergency management 27
established under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code, and county 28
emergency management agencies established under section 5502.271 29
of the Revised Code. 30
(B) Within one hundred twenty days after the effective 32
date of this section, the Executive Director of the Emergency 33
Management Agency shall accept and process applications for 34
grants of up to twenty-five thousand dollars each from the 35
countywide and county emergency management agencies, and regional 36
authorities for emergency management, of the twenty-five counties 37
with the lowest average federal adjusted gross income according 38
to the most recent figures available from the Department of 39
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Taxation. The applications shall be in the form and shall be 40
filed within the time limits provided by the grant application 41
procedure, which shall be established by a committee composed of 42
the Executive Director, three employees of the Ohio Emergency 43
Management Agency chosen by the Executive Director, and three 44
members chosen by the Ohio Emergency Management Association. To 45
receive a grant under this division, an applicant shall 46
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Executive Director all of 47
the following:
(1) The countywide or county emergency management agency 49
or regional authority for emergency management serves one of the 50
twenty-five counties with the lowest average federal adjusted 51
gross income according to the most recent figures available from 52
the Department of Taxation. 53
(2) The agency or authority employs, or upon receipt of 55
the grant will employ, at least one permanent full-time employee. 56
(3) The agency or authority is, or within ninety days after 58
receipt of the grant will be, in compliance with all of the 59
requirements applicable to the agency or authority under Chapter 60
5502. of the Revised Code, including compliance with or 61
enrollment in a professional development training program in 62
accordance with rules adopted under section 5502.25 of the 64
Revised Code.
(4) The agency has obtained from the board of county 66
commissioners, or the authority has obtained from the executive 67
board of the regional authority, permission to apply for and to 68
receive a grant under this section. 69
(C) Following the expiration of the one-hundred-twenty-day 71
period after the effective date of this section, all money 72
remaining in the appropriation made by this act shall be 73
available for grants to all countywide and county emergency 75
management agencies, and regional authorities for emergency 76
management, other than those in the twenty-five counties with the 77
lowest average federal adjusted gross income according to the 78
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most recent figures available from the Department of Taxation. 79
Grants of this remaining money shall be awarded to these agencies 80
and authorities by the committee established under division (B) 81
of this section. These grants shall be used for special projects 82
proposed by the agency or authority. The committee established 83
under division (B) of this section shall establish the procedure 84
for applying for and awarding these grants and shall determine 85
the amounts to be awarded and the qualifications for projects to 86
be funded by the grants.
(D) Each agency or authority shall file with its 89
application a spending plan showing how it will use the grant 90
money. Grants made under this section are not intended to 91
supplant any federal, state, or local funding to an agency or 92
authority. Therefore, neither a state agency nor any political 93
subdivision of the state shall take into account the receipt of a 94
grant under this section in determining the amount of support 95
that the state agency or political subdivision provides to a 96
countywide or county emergency management agency or regional
authority for emergency management. 97
Section 2. That Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 99
123rd General Assembly be amended to read as follows: 100
"Sec. 82. DHS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 102
General Revenue Fund 104
GRF 763-403 Operating Expenses - 107
EMA $ 4,090,853 $ 3,574,514 109
GRF 763-409 MARCS Operations and 111
Maintenance $ 740,284 $ 735,997 113
GRF 763-507 Individual and Family 115
Grants $ 100,000 $ 105,000 117
GRF 764-404 Transportation 119
Enforcement
Operations $ 2,156,879 $ 2,157,207 121
GRF 769-321 Food Stamp 123
Trafficking
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Enforcement
Operations $ 716,936 $ 897,720 125
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $ 7,804,952 $ 7,470,438 128
STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND GROUP 131
5E2 763-634 COUNTY EMERGENCY 134
PREPAREDNESS $ 0 $ 1,000,000 136
TOTAL SSR SPECIAL REVENUE 137
FUND GROUP $ 0 $ 1,000,000 140
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 7,804,952 $ 7,470,438 143
8,470,438 144
American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness and Training 147
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating 149
Expenses - EMA, up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall be 151
distributed to the American Red Cross in Ohio for disaster 152
preparedness and emergency training.
The Ohio Emergency Management Agency shall develop an 154
agreement between the State of Ohio Chapters of the American Red 155
Cross to specify the terms by which these funds shall be 156
requested, distributed, and accounted for to enhance the disaster 157
response capability of the American Red Cross in Ohio. Funds
shall not be used for administrative costs. The Ohio Emergency 158
Management Agency shall require of the American Red Cross a plan 159
that facilitates implementation of the current Statement of 160
Understanding between the State of Ohio and the American Red 161
Cross. The release of funds shall be contingent upon a plan that
is satisfactory to both parties. 162
Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit 164
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating 166
Expenses - EMA, $200,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to 167
fund the Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit. 168
MARCS Operations and Maintenance Transfers 170
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the 172
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $304,284 173
in cash in fiscal year 2000 and $303,550 in cash in fiscal year 174
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2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from appropriation item 175
763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund 4S2, MARCS 177
Maintenance Fund.
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the 179
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $436,000 180
in cash in fiscal year 2000 and $432,447 in cash in fiscal year 181
2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from appropriation item 182
763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund 4W6, MARCS 183
Operations Fund.
IFG State Match 185
The foregoing appropriation item 763-507, Individual and 187
Family Grants, shall be used to fund the state share of costs to 188
provide grants to individuals and families in cases of disaster. 189
COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND SERVICE UPGRADES PILOT 192
OF APPROPRIATION ITEM 763-634, COUNTY EMERGENCY 195
PREPAREDNESS, UP TO $1,000,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2001 SHALL BE
DISTRIBUTED TO QUALIFYING COUNTYWIDE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY 197
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OR REGIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR EMERGENCY 199
MANAGEMENT, AS PROVIDED IN SUB. S.B. 239 OF THE 123rd GENERAL 201
ASSEMBLY."
Section 3. That existing Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 203
of the 123rd General Assembly is hereby repealed. 204
Section 4. The uncodified sections of law contained in 206
this act are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under 207
Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of 208
the Revised Code, the uncodified sections of law contained in 209
this act go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.