As Passed by the House 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-ASLANIDES-TIBERI-DAMSCHRODER- 11
SALERNO-WIDENER-CORBIN-WILLAMOWSKI-HOUSEHOLDER-BENDER- 12
HOLLISTER-TERWILLEGER-WILSON-KRUPINSKI-HARTNETT-OGG- 13
GRENDELL-AUSTRIA-BARNES 14
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A B I L L
To create a grant program for fiscal year 2001 that 17
is to be administered by the Ohio Emergency 19
Management Agency and that is to provide funds
for certain purposes to countywide and county 20
emergency management agencies and regional 21
authorities for emergency management, to amend
Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 123rd 22
General Assembly, and to make an appropriation. 23
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 25
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created a grant program 27
for fiscal year 2001 to be administered by the Ohio Emergency 28
Management Agency within the Department of Public Safety. The 29
program shall provide funds to qualifying countywide emergency 30
management agencies established under section 5502.26 of the 31
Revised Code, regional authorities for emergency management 32
established under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code, and county 33
emergency management agencies established under section 5502.271 34
of the Revised Code. 35
(B) Within one hundred twenty days after the effective 37
date of this section, the Executive Director of the Emergency 38
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Management Agency shall accept and process applications for 39
grants of up to twenty-five thousand dollars each from the 40
countywide and county emergency management agencies, and regional 41
authorities for emergency management, of the twenty-five counties 42
with the lowest average federal adjusted gross income according 43
to the most recent figures available from the Department of 44
Taxation. The applications shall be in the form and shall be 45
filed within the time limits provided by the grant application 46
procedure, which shall be established by a committee composed of 47
the Executive Director, three employees of the Ohio Emergency 48
Management Agency chosen by the Executive Director, and three 49
members chosen by the Ohio Emergency Management Association. To 50
receive a grant under this division, an applicant shall 51
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Executive Director all of 52
the following:
(1) The countywide or county emergency management agency 54
or regional authority for emergency management serves one of the 55
twenty-five counties with the lowest average federal adjusted 56
gross income according to the most recent figures available from 57
the Department of Taxation. 58
(2) The agency or authority employs, or upon receipt of 60
the grant will employ, at least one permanent full-time employee. 61
(3) The agency or authority is, or within ninety days after 63
receipt of the grant will be, in compliance with all of the 64
requirements applicable to the agency or authority under Chapter 65
5502. of the Revised Code, including compliance with or 66
enrollment in a professional development training program in 67
accordance with rules adopted under section 5502.25 of the 69
Revised Code.
(4) The agency has obtained from the board of county 71
commissioners, or the authority has obtained from the executive 72
board of the regional authority, permission to apply for and to 73
receive a grant under this section. 74
(C) Following the expiration of the one-hundred-twenty-day 76
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period after the effective date of this section, all money 77
remaining in the appropriation made by this act shall be 78
available for grants to all countywide and county emergency 80
management agencies, and regional authorities for emergency 81
management, other than those in the twenty-five counties with the 82
lowest average federal adjusted gross income according to the 83
most recent figures available from the Department of Taxation. 84
Grants of this remaining money shall be awarded to these agencies 85
and authorities by the committee established under division (B) 86
of this section. These grants shall be used for special projects 87
proposed by the agency or authority. The committee established 88
under division (B) of this section shall establish the procedure 89
for applying for and awarding these grants and shall determine 90
the amounts to be awarded and the qualifications for projects to 91
be funded by the grants.
(D) Each agency or authority shall file with its 94
application a spending plan showing how it will use the grant 95
money. Grants made under this section are not intended to 96
supplant any federal, state, or local funding to an agency or 97
authority. Therefore, neither a state agency nor any political 98
subdivision of the state shall take into account the receipt of a 99
grant under this section in determining the amount of support 100
that the state agency or political subdivision provides to a 101
countywide or county emergency management agency or regional
authority for emergency management. 102
Section 2. That Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 104
123rd General Assembly be amended to read as follows: 105
"Sec. 82. DHS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 107
General Revenue Fund 109
GRF 763-403 Operating Expenses - 112
EMA $ 4,090,853 $ 3,574,514 114
GRF 763-409 MARCS Operations and 116
Maintenance $ 740,284 $ 735,997 118
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GRF 763-507 Individual and Family 120
Grants $ 100,000 $ 105,000 122
GRF 764-404 Transportation 124
Enforcement
Operations $ 2,156,879 $ 2,157,207 126
GRF 769-321 Food Stamp 128
Trafficking
Enforcement
Operations $ 716,936 $ 897,720 130
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $ 7,804,952 $ 7,470,438 133
STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND GROUP 136
5E2 763-634 COUNTY EMERGENCY 139
PREPAREDNESS $ 0 $ 1,000,000 141
TOTAL SSR SPECIAL REVENUE 142
FUND GROUP $ 0 $ 1,000,000 145
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 7,804,952 $ 7,470,438 148
8,470,438 149
American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness and Training 152
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating 154
Expenses - EMA, up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall be 156
distributed to the American Red Cross in Ohio for disaster 157
preparedness and emergency training.
The Ohio Emergency Management Agency shall develop an 159
agreement between the State of Ohio Chapters of the American Red 160
Cross to specify the terms by which these funds shall be 161
requested, distributed, and accounted for to enhance the disaster 162
response capability of the American Red Cross in Ohio. Funds
shall not be used for administrative costs. The Ohio Emergency 163
Management Agency shall require of the American Red Cross a plan 164
that facilitates implementation of the current Statement of 165
Understanding between the State of Ohio and the American Red 166
Cross. The release of funds shall be contingent upon a plan that
is satisfactory to both parties. 167
Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit 169
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Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating 171
Expenses - EMA, $200,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to 172
fund the Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit. 173
MARCS Operations and Maintenance Transfers 175
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the 177
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $304,284 178
in cash in fiscal year 2000 and $303,550 in cash in fiscal year 179
2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from appropriation item 180
763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund 4S2, MARCS 182
Maintenance Fund.
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the 184
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $436,000 185
in cash in fiscal year 2000 and $432,447 in cash in fiscal year 186
2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from appropriation item 187
763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund 4W6, MARCS 188
Operations Fund.
IFG State Match 190
The foregoing appropriation item 763-507, Individual and 192
Family Grants, shall be used to fund the state share of costs to 193
provide grants to individuals and families in cases of disaster. 194
COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND SERVICE UPGRADES PILOT 197
OF APPROPRIATION ITEM 763-634, COUNTY EMERGENCY 200
PREPAREDNESS, UP TO $1,000,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2001 SHALL BE
DISTRIBUTED TO QUALIFYING COUNTYWIDE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY 202
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OR REGIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR EMERGENCY 204
MANAGEMENT, AS PROVIDED IN SUB. S.B. 239 OF THE 123rd GENERAL 206
ASSEMBLY."
Section 3. That existing Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 208
of the 123rd General Assembly is hereby repealed. 209
Section 4. The uncodified sections of law contained in 211
this act are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under 212
Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of 213
the Revised Code, the uncodified sections of law contained in 214
this act go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.