As Reported by House Finance and Appropriations Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. Sub. S. B. No. 239 5
1999-2000 6
SENATORS CUPP-CARNES-KEARNS-OELSLAGER-DRAKE- 9
REPRESENTATIVES MEAD-AMSTUTZ-WOMER BENJAMIN-METZGER-VESPER-
EVANS-HOOPS-STAPLETON-O'BRIEN-CAREY-PETERSON-GOODMAN-BOYD- 10
PERRY-D. MILLER-BARRETT 11
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A B I L L
To create a grant program for fiscal year 2001 that 14
is to be administered by the Ohio Emergency 16
Management Agency and that is to provide funds
for certain purposes to countywide and county 17
emergency management agencies and regional 18
authorities for emergency management, to amend
Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 123rd 19
General Assembly, and to make an appropriation. 20
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 22
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created a grant program 24
for fiscal year 2001 to be administered by the Ohio Emergency 25
Management Agency within the Department of Public Safety. The 26
program shall provide funds to qualifying countywide emergency 27
management agencies established under section 5502.26 of the 28
Revised Code, regional authorities for emergency management 29
established under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code, and county 30
emergency management agencies established under section 5502.271 31
of the Revised Code. 32
(B) Within one hundred twenty days after the effective 34
date of this section, the Executive Director of the Emergency 35
Management Agency shall accept and process applications for 36
grants of up to twenty-five thousand dollars each from the 37
countywide and county emergency management agencies, and regional 38
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authorities for emergency management, of the twenty-five counties 39
with the lowest average federal adjusted gross income according 40
to the most recent figures available from the Department of 41
Taxation. The applications shall be in the form and shall be 42
filed within the time limits provided by the grant application 43
procedure, which shall be established by a committee composed of 44
the Executive Director, three employees of the Ohio Emergency 45
Management Agency chosen by the Executive Director, and three 46
members chosen by the Ohio Emergency Management Association. To 47
receive a grant under this division, an applicant shall 48
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Executive Director all of 49
the following:
(1) The countywide or county emergency management agency 51
or regional authority for emergency management serves one of the 52
twenty-five counties with the lowest average federal adjusted 53
gross income according to the most recent figures available from 54
the Department of Taxation. 55
(2) The agency or authority employs, or upon receipt of 57
the grant will employ, at least one permanent full-time employee. 58
(3) The agency or authority is, or within ninety days after 60
receipt of the grant will be, in compliance with all of the 61
requirements applicable to the agency or authority under Chapter 62
5502. of the Revised Code, including compliance with or 63
enrollment in a professional development training program in 64
accordance with rules adopted under section 5502.25 of the 66
Revised Code.
(4) The agency has obtained from the board of county 68
commissioners, or the authority has obtained from the executive 69
board of the regional authority, permission to apply for and to 70
receive a grant under this section. 71
(C) Following the expiration of the one-hundred-twenty-day 73
period after the effective date of this section, all money 74
remaining in the appropriation made by this act shall be 75
available for grants to all countywide and county emergency 77
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management agencies, and regional authorities for emergency 78
management, other than those in the twenty-five counties with the 79
lowest average federal adjusted gross income according to the 80
most recent figures available from the Department of Taxation. 81
Grants of this remaining money shall be awarded to these agencies 82
and authorities by the committee established under division (B) 83
of this section. These grants shall be used for special projects 84
proposed by the agency or authority. The committee established 85
under division (B) of this section shall establish the procedure 86
for applying for and awarding these grants and shall determine 87
the amounts to be awarded and the qualifications for projects to 88
be funded by the grants.
(D) Each agency or authority shall file with its 91
application a spending plan showing how it will use the grant 92
money. Grants made under this section are not intended to 93
supplant any federal, state, or local funding to an agency or 94
authority. Therefore, neither a state agency nor any political 95
subdivision of the state shall take into account the receipt of a 96
grant under this section in determining the amount of support 97
that the state agency or political subdivision provides to a 98
countywide or county emergency management agency or regional
authority for emergency management. 99
Section 2. That Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 101
123rd General Assembly be amended to read as follows: 102
"Sec. 82. DHS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 104
General Revenue Fund 106
GRF 763-403 Operating Expenses - 109
EMA $ 4,090,853 $ 3,574,514 111
GRF 763-409 MARCS Operations and 113
Maintenance $ 740,284 $ 735,997 115
GRF 763-507 Individual and Family 117
Grants $ 100,000 $ 105,000 119
GRF 764-404 Transportation 121
Enforcement
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Operations $ 2,156,879 $ 2,157,207 123
GRF 769-321 Food Stamp 125
Trafficking
Enforcement
Operations $ 716,936 $ 897,720 127
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $ 7,804,952 $ 7,470,438 130
STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND GROUP 133
5E2 763-634 COUNTY EMERGENCY 136
PREPAREDNESS $ 0 $ 1,000,000 138
TOTAL SSR SPECIAL REVENUE 139
FUND GROUP $ 0 $ 1,000,000 142
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 7,804,952 $ 7,470,438 145
8,470,438 146
American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness and Training 149
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating 151
Expenses - EMA, up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall be 153
distributed to the American Red Cross in Ohio for disaster 154
preparedness and emergency training.
The Ohio Emergency Management Agency shall develop an 156
agreement between the State of Ohio Chapters of the American Red 157
Cross to specify the terms by which these funds shall be 158
requested, distributed, and accounted for to enhance the disaster 159
response capability of the American Red Cross in Ohio. Funds
shall not be used for administrative costs. The Ohio Emergency 160
Management Agency shall require of the American Red Cross a plan 161
that facilitates implementation of the current Statement of 162
Understanding between the State of Ohio and the American Red 163
Cross. The release of funds shall be contingent upon a plan that
is satisfactory to both parties. 164
Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit 166
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating 168
Expenses - EMA, $200,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to 169
fund the Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit. 170
MARCS Operations and Maintenance Transfers 172
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Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the 174
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $304,284 175
in cash in fiscal year 2000 and $303,550 in cash in fiscal year 176
2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from appropriation item 177
763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund 4S2, MARCS 179
Maintenance Fund.
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the 181
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $436,000 182
in cash in fiscal year 2000 and $432,447 in cash in fiscal year 183
2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from appropriation item 184
763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund 4W6, MARCS 185
Operations Fund.
IFG State Match 187
The foregoing appropriation item 763-507, Individual and 189
Family Grants, shall be used to fund the state share of costs to 190
provide grants to individuals and families in cases of disaster. 191
COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND SERVICE UPGRADES PILOT 194
OF APPROPRIATION ITEM 763-634, COUNTY EMERGENCY 197
PREPAREDNESS, UP TO $1,000,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2001 SHALL BE
DISTRIBUTED TO QUALIFYING COUNTYWIDE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY 199
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OR REGIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR EMERGENCY 201
MANAGEMENT, AS PROVIDED IN SUB. S.B. 239 OF THE 123rd GENERAL 203
ASSEMBLY."
Section 3. That existing Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 205
of the 123rd General Assembly is hereby repealed. 206
Section 4. The uncodified sections of law contained in 208
this act are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under 209
Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of 210
the Revised Code, the uncodified sections of law contained in 211
this act go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.