As Introduced

124th General Assembly
Regular Session
2001-2002
H. B. No. 129


REPRESENTATIVES Webster, Boccieri, Peterson, Cates, Jolivette, Hughes, Allen, Husted, Calvert, Hoops, Faber, Carey



A BILL
To amend section 5705.281 of the Revised Code to 1
permit a county budget commission to waive the 2
requirement that a taxing authority adopt a tax 3
budget for a subdivision or taxing unit.4


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

       Section 1.  That section 5705.281 of the Revised Code be5
amended to read as follows:6

       Sec. 5705.281. IfNotwithstanding section 5705.28 of the 7
Revised Code, the county budget commission has provided for the 8
apportionment of the county undivided local government fund and 9
the county undivided local government revenue assistance fund 10
under an alternative method or formula basis pursuant to sections 11
5747.53 and 5747.63 of the Revised Code for any fiscal year, the12
commission, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 13
commission, including an affirmative vote by the county auditor, 14
may waive the requirement that the taxing authority of a 15
subdivision or other taxing unit entitled to a share of such fund16
adopt a tax budget under section 5709.285705.28 of the Revised 17
Code, or may permit such a taxing authority to adopt a tax budget 18
containing only such information as may be required by the 19
commission to apportion those funds under the alternative method 20
or formula, notwithstanding any provision for a tax budget in the 21
resolution approving the alternative method or formula.22

       Section 2.  That existing section 5705.281 of the Revised 23
Code is hereby repealed.24