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To amend sections 5104.01, 5104.04, 5104.30, 5104.32, | 1 |
5104.34, 5104.35, 5104.38, 5104.39, 5139.41, | 2 |
5739.031, 5739.032, 5739.12, 5739.122, 5739.21, | 3 |
5741.03, 5741.12, and 5741.121; to enact sections | 4 |
5101.31 and 5104.382; and to repeal section | 5 |
3302.041 of the Revised Code to make program and | 6 |
budgetary modifications, to amend the versions of | 7 |
sections 5739.031, 5739.12, and 5741.12 of the | 8 |
Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect | 9 |
July 1, 2003, to continue the provisions of this | 10 |
act on and after that effective date, to amend | 11 |
Sections 40 and 142 of Am. Sub. H.B. 94 of the | 12 |
124th General Assembly, to amend Section 125 of | 13 |
Am. Sub. H.B. 94 of the 124th General Assembly, as | 14 |
subsequently amended, to amend Section 140 of Am. | 15 |
Sub. H.B. 94 of the 124th General Assembly, as | 16 |
subsequently amended, and to make an | 17 |
appropriation. | 18 |
Section 1. That sections 5104.01, 5104.04, 5104.30, 5104.32, | 19 |
5104.34, 5104.35, 5104.38, 5104.39, 5139.41, 5739.031, 5739.032, | 20 |
5739.12, 5739.122, 5739.21, 5741.03, 5741.12, and 5741.121 be | 21 |
amended and sections 5101.31 and 5104.382 of the Revised Code be | 22 |
enacted to read as follows: | 23 |
Sec. 5101.31. Any record, data, pricing information, or other | 24 |
information regarding a drug rebate agreement or a supplemental | 25 |
drug rebate agreement for the medicaid program established under | 26 |
Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code or the disability medical | 27 |
assistance program established under section 5115.10 of the | 28 |
Revised Code that the department of job and family services | 29 |
receives from a pharmaceutical manufacturer or creates pursuant to | 30 |
negotiation of the agreement is not a public record under section | 31 |
149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be treated by the department | 32 |
as confidential information. | 33 |
Sec. 5104.01. As used in this chapter: | 34 |
(A) "Administrator" means the person responsible for the | 35 |
daily operation of a center or type A home. The administrator and | 36 |
the owner may be the same person. | 37 |
(B) "Approved child day camp" means a child day camp approved | 38 |
pursuant to section 5104.22 of the Revised Code. | 39 |
(C) "Authorized provider" means a person authorized by a | 40 |
county director of job and family services to operate a certified | 41 |
type B family day-care home. | 42 |
(D) "Border state child day-care provider" means a child | 43 |
day-care provider that is located in a state bordering Ohio and | 44 |
that is licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by that state | 45 |
to provide child day-care. | 46 |
(E) "Caretaker parent" means the father or mother of a child | 47 |
whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the | 48 |
child, a person who has legal custody of a child and whose | 49 |
presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child, a | 50 |
guardian of a child whose presence in the home is needed as the | 51 |
caretaker of the child, and any other person who stands in loco | 52 |
parentis with respect to the child and whose presence in the home | 53 |
is needed as the caretaker of the child. | 54 |
(F) "Certified type B family day-care home" and "certified | 55 |
type B home" mean a type B family day-care home that is certified | 56 |
by the director of the county department of job and family | 57 |
services pursuant to section 5104.11 of the Revised Code to | 58 |
receive public funds for providing child day-care pursuant to this | 59 |
chapter and any rules adopted under it. | 60 |
(G) "Chartered nonpublic school" means a school that meets | 61 |
standards for nonpublic schools prescribed by the state board of | 62 |
education for nonpublic schools pursuant to section 3301.07 of the | 63 |
Revised Code. | 64 |
(H) "Child" includes an infant, toddler, preschool child, or | 65 |
school child. | 66 |
(I) "Child care block grant act" means the "Child Care and | 67 |
Development Block Grant Act of 1990," established in section 5082 | 68 |
of the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990," 104 Stat. | 69 |
1388-236 (1990), 42 U.S.C. 9858, as amended. | 70 |
(J) "Child day camp" means a program in which only school | 71 |
children attend or participate, that operates for no more than | 72 |
seven hours per day, that operates only during one or more public | 73 |
school district's regular vacation periods or for no more than | 74 |
fifteen weeks during the summer, and that operates outdoor | 75 |
activities for each child who attends or participates in the | 76 |
program for a minimum of fifty per cent of each day that children | 77 |
attend or participate in the program, except for any day when | 78 |
hazardous weather conditions prevent the program from operating | 79 |
outdoor activities for a minimum of fifty per cent of that day. | 80 |
For purposes of this division, the maximum seven hours of | 81 |
operation time does not include transportation time from a child's | 82 |
home to a child day camp and from a child day camp to a child's | 83 |
home. | 84 |
(K) "Child day-care" means administering to the needs of | 85 |
infants, toddlers, preschool children, and school children outside | 86 |
of school hours by persons other than their parents or guardians, | 87 |
custodians, or relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption for any | 88 |
part of the twenty-four-hour day in a place or residence other | 89 |
than a child's own home. | 90 |
(L) "Child day-care center" and "center" mean any place in | 91 |
which child day-care or publicly funded child day-care is provided | 92 |
for thirteen or more children at one time or any place that is not | 93 |
the permanent residence of the licensee or administrator in which | 94 |
child day-care or publicly funded child day-care is provided for | 95 |
seven to twelve children at one time. In counting children for the | 96 |
purposes of this division, any children under six years of age who | 97 |
are related to a licensee, administrator, or employee and who are | 98 |
on the premises of the center shall be counted. "Child day-care | 99 |
center" and "center" do not include any of the following: | 100 |
(1) A place located in and operated by a hospital, as defined | 101 |
in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, in which the needs of | 102 |
children are administered to, if all the children whose needs are | 103 |
being administered to are monitored under the on-site supervision | 104 |
of a physician licensed under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code or | 105 |
a registered nurse licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised | 106 |
Code, and the services are provided only for children who, in the | 107 |
opinion of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, are | 108 |
exhibiting symptoms of a communicable disease or other illness or | 109 |
are injured; | 110 |
(2) A child day camp; | 111 |
(3) A place that provides child day-care, but not publicly | 112 |
funded child day-care, if all of the following apply: | 113 |
(a) An organized religious body provides the child day-care; | 114 |
(b) A parent, custodian, or guardian of at least one child | 115 |
receiving child day-care is on the premises and readily accessible | 116 |
at all times; | 117 |
(c) The child day-care is not provided for more than thirty | 118 |
days a year; | 119 |
(d) The child day-care is provided only for preschool and | 120 |
school children. | 121 |
(M) "Child day-care resource and referral service | 122 |
organization" means a community-based nonprofit organization that | 123 |
provides child day-care resource and referral services but not | 124 |
child day-care. | 125 |
(N) "Child day-care resource and referral services" means all | 126 |
of the following services: | 127 |
(1) Maintenance of a uniform data base of all child day-care | 128 |
providers in the community that are in compliance with this | 129 |
chapter, including current occupancy and vacancy data; | 130 |
(2) Provision of individualized consumer education to | 131 |
families seeking child day-care; | 132 |
(3) Provision of timely referrals of available child day-care | 133 |
providers to families seeking child day-care; | 134 |
(4) Recruitment of child day-care providers; | 135 |
(5) Assistance in the development, conduct, and dissemination | 136 |
of training for child day-care providers and provision of | 137 |
technical assistance to current and potential child day-care | 138 |
providers, employers, and the community; | 139 |
(6) Collection and analysis of data on the supply of and | 140 |
demand for child day-care in the community; | 141 |
(7) Technical assistance concerning locally, state, and | 142 |
federally funded child day-care and early childhood education | 143 |
programs; | 144 |
(8) Stimulation of employer involvement in making child | 145 |
day-care more affordable, more available, safer, and of higher | 146 |
quality for their employees and for the community; | 147 |
(9) Provision of written educational materials to caretaker | 148 |
parents and informational resources to child day-care providers; | 149 |
(10) Coordination of services among child day-care resource | 150 |
and referral service organizations to assist in developing and | 151 |
maintaining a statewide system of child day-care resource and | 152 |
referral services if required by the department of job and family | 153 |
services; | 154 |
(11) Cooperation with the county department of job and family | 155 |
services in encouraging the establishment of parent cooperative | 156 |
child day-care centers and parent cooperative type A family | 157 |
day-care homes. | 158 |
(O) "Child-care staff member" means an employee of a child | 159 |
day-care center or type A family day-care home who is primarily | 160 |
responsible for the care and supervision of children. The | 161 |
administrator may be a part-time child-care staff member when not | 162 |
involved in other duties. | 163 |
(P) "Drop-in child day-care center," "drop-in center," | 164 |
"drop-in type A family day-care home," and "drop-in type A home" | 165 |
mean a center or type A home that provides child day-care or | 166 |
publicly funded child day-care for children on a temporary, | 167 |
irregular basis. | 168 |
(Q) "Employee" means a person who either: | 169 |
(1) Receives compensation for duties performed in a child | 170 |
day-care center or type A family day-care home; | 171 |
(2) Is assigned specific working hours or duties in a child | 172 |
day-care center or type A family day-care home. | 173 |
(R) "Employer" means a person, firm, institution, | 174 |
organization, or agency that operates a child day-care center or | 175 |
type A family day-care home subject to licensure under this | 176 |
chapter. | 177 |
(S) "Federal poverty line" means the official poverty | 178 |
guideline as revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of | 179 |
the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 | 180 |
U.S.C. 9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of | 181 |
the family of the person whose income is being determined. | 182 |
(T) "Head start program" means a comprehensive child | 183 |
development program that receives funds distributed under the | 184 |
"Head Start Act," 95 Stat. 499 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9831, as | 185 |
amended, or under section 3301.31 of the Revised Code. | 186 |
(U) "Income" means gross income, as defined in section | 187 |
5107.10 of the Revised Code, less any amounts required by federal | 188 |
statutes or regulations to be disregarded. | 189 |
(V) "Indicator checklist" means an inspection tool, used in | 190 |
conjunction with an instrument-based program monitoring | 191 |
information system, that contains selected licensing requirements | 192 |
that are statistically reliable indicators or predictors of a | 193 |
child day-care center or type A family day-care home's compliance | 194 |
with licensing requirements. | 195 |
(W) "Infant" means a child who is less than eighteen months | 196 |
of age. | 197 |
(X) "In-home aide" means a person certified by a county | 198 |
director of job and family services pursuant to section 5104.12 of | 199 |
the Revised Code to provide publicly funded child day-care to a | 200 |
child in a child's own home pursuant to this chapter and any rules | 201 |
adopted under it. | 202 |
(Y) "Instrument-based program monitoring information system" | 203 |
means a method to assess compliance with licensing requirements | 204 |
for child day-care centers and type A family day-care homes in | 205 |
which each licensing requirement is assigned a weight indicative | 206 |
of the relative importance of the requirement to the health, | 207 |
growth, and safety of the children that is used to develop an | 208 |
indicator checklist. | 209 |
(Z) "License capacity" means the maximum number in each age | 210 |
category of children who may be cared for in a child day-care | 211 |
center or type A family day-care home at one time as determined by | 212 |
the director of job and family services considering building | 213 |
occupancy limits established by the department of commerce, number | 214 |
of available child-care staff members, amount of available indoor | 215 |
floor space and outdoor play space, and amount of available play | 216 |
equipment, materials, and supplies. | 217 |
(AA) "Licensed preschool program" or "licensed school child | 218 |
program" means a preschool program or school child program, as | 219 |
defined in section 3301.52 of the Revised Code, that is licensed | 220 |
by the department of education pursuant to sections 3301.52 to | 221 |
3301.59 of the Revised Code. | 222 |
(BB) "Licensee" means the owner of a child day-care center or | 223 |
type A family day-care home that is licensed pursuant to this | 224 |
chapter and who is responsible for ensuring its compliance with | 225 |
this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. | 226 |
(CC) "Operate a child day camp" means to operate, establish, | 227 |
manage, conduct, or maintain a child day camp. | 228 |
(DD) "Owner" includes a person, as defined in section 1.59 of | 229 |
the Revised Code, or government entity. | 230 |
(EE) "Parent cooperative child day-care center," "parent | 231 |
cooperative center," "parent cooperative type A family day-care | 232 |
home," and "parent cooperative type A home" mean a corporation or | 233 |
association organized for providing educational services to the | 234 |
children of members of the corporation or association, without | 235 |
gain to the corporation or association as an entity, in which the | 236 |
services of the corporation or association are provided only to | 237 |
children of the members of the corporation or association, | 238 |
ownership and control of the corporation or association rests | 239 |
solely with the members of the corporation or association, and at | 240 |
least one parent-member of the corporation or association is on | 241 |
the premises of the center or type A home during its hours of | 242 |
operation. | 243 |
(FF) "Part-time child day-care center," "part-time center," | 244 |
"part-time type A family day-care home," and "part-time type A | 245 |
home" mean a center or type A home that provides child day-care or | 246 |
publicly funded child day-care for no more than four hours a day | 247 |
for any child. | 248 |
(GG) "Place of worship" means a building where activities of | 249 |
an organized religious group are conducted and includes the | 250 |
grounds and any other buildings on the grounds used for such | 251 |
activities. | 252 |
(HH) "Preschool child" means a child who is three years old | 253 |
or older but is not a school child. | 254 |
(II) "Protective day-care" means publicly funded child | 255 |
day-care for the direct care and protection of a child to whom | 256 |
either of the following applies: | 257 |
(1) A case plan prepared and maintained for the child | 258 |
pursuant to section 2151.412 of the Revised Code indicates a need | 259 |
for protective day-care and the child resides with a parent, | 260 |
stepparent, guardian, or another person who stands in loco | 261 |
parentis as defined in rules adopted under section 5104.38 of the | 262 |
Revised Code; | 263 |
(2) The child and the child's caretaker either temporarily | 264 |
reside in a facility providing emergency shelter for homeless | 265 |
families or are determined by the county department of job and | 266 |
family services to be homeless, and are otherwise ineligible for | 267 |
publicly funded child day-care. | 268 |
(JJ) "Publicly funded child day-care" means administering to | 269 |
the needs of infants, toddlers, preschool children, and school | 270 |
children under age thirteen during any part of the | 271 |
twenty-four-hour day by persons other than their caretaker parents | 272 |
for remuneration wholly or in part with federal or state funds, | 273 |
including child care block grant act funds, distributed by the | 274 |
department of job and family services. | 275 |
(KK) "Religious activities" means any of the following: | 276 |
worship or other religious services; religious instruction; Sunday | 277 |
school classes or other religious classes conducted during or | 278 |
prior to worship or other religious services; youth or adult | 279 |
fellowship activities; choir or other musical group practices or | 280 |
programs; meals; festivals; or meetings conducted by an organized | 281 |
religious group. | 282 |
(LL) "School child" means a child who is enrolled in or is | 283 |
eligible to be enrolled in a grade of kindergarten or above but is | 284 |
less than fifteen years old. | 285 |
(MM) "School child day-care center," "school child center," | 286 |
"school child type A family day-care home," and "school child type | 287 |
A family home" mean a center or type A home that provides child | 288 |
day-care for school children only and that does either or both of | 289 |
the following: | 290 |
(1) Operates only during that part of the day that | 291 |
immediately precedes or follows the public school day of the | 292 |
school district in which the center or type A home is located; | 293 |
(2) Operates only when the public schools in the school | 294 |
district in which the center or type A home is located are not | 295 |
open for instruction with pupils in attendance. | 296 |
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calculated by the department of development pursuant to division | 301 |
(A)(1)(g) of section 5709.61 of the Revised Code. | 302 |
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months of age but less than three years of age. | 304 |
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a permanent residence of the administrator in which child day-care | 306 |
or publicly funded child day-care is provided for seven to twelve | 307 |
children at one time or a permanent residence of the administrator | 308 |
in which child day-care is provided for four to twelve children at | 309 |
one time if four or more children at one time are under two years | 310 |
of age. In counting children for the purposes of this division, | 311 |
any children under six years of age who are related to a licensee, | 312 |
administrator, or employee and who are on the premises of the type | 313 |
A home shall be counted. "Type A family day-care home" does not | 314 |
include a residence in which the needs of children are | 315 |
administered to, if all of the children whose needs are being | 316 |
administered to are siblings of the same immediate family and the | 317 |
residence is the home of the siblings. "Type A family day-care | 318 |
home" and "type A home" do not include any child day camp. | 319 |
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a permanent residence of the provider in which child day-care is | 321 |
provided for one to six children at one time and in which no more | 322 |
than three children are under two years of age at one time. In | 323 |
counting children for the purposes of this division, any children | 324 |
under six years of age who are related to the provider and who are | 325 |
on the premises of the type B home shall be counted. "Type B | 326 |
family day-care home" does not include a residence in which the | 327 |
needs of children are administered to, if all of the children | 328 |
whose needs are being administered to are siblings of the same | 329 |
immediate family and the residence is the home of the siblings. | 330 |
"Type B family day-care home" and "type B home" do not include any | 331 |
child day camp. | 332 |
Sec. 5104.04. (A) The department of job and family services | 333 |
shall establish procedures to be followed in investigating, | 334 |
inspecting, and licensing child day-care centers and type A family | 335 |
day-care homes. | 336 |
(B)(1) The department shall, at least twice during every | 337 |
twelve-month period of operation of a center or type A home, | 338 |
inspect the center or type A home. The department shall inspect a | 339 |
part-time center or part-time type A home at least once during | 340 |
every twelve-month period of operation. The department shall | 341 |
provide a written inspection report to the licensee within a | 342 |
reasonable time after each inspection. The licensee shall display | 343 |
all written reports of inspections conducted during the current | 344 |
licensing period in a conspicuous place in the center or type A | 345 |
home. | 346 |
At least one inspection shall be unannounced and all | 347 |
inspections may be unannounced. No person, firm, organization, | 348 |
institution, or agency shall interfere with the inspection of a | 349 |
center or type A home by any state or local official engaged in | 350 |
performing duties required of the state or local official by | 351 |
Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant to | 352 |
Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, including inspecting the center | 353 |
or type A home, reviewing records, or interviewing licensees, | 354 |
employees, children, or parents. | 355 |
Upon receipt of any complaint that a center or type A home is | 356 |
out of compliance with the requirements of Chapter 5104. of the | 357 |
Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 5104. of the | 358 |
Revised Code, the department shall investigate and may inspect a | 359 |
center or type A home. | 360 |
(2) If the department implements an instrument-based program | 361 |
monitoring information system, it may use an indicator checklist | 362 |
to comply with division (B)(1) of this section. | 363 |
(3) The department shall, at least once during every | 364 |
twelve-month period of operation of a center or type A home, | 365 |
collect information concerning the amounts charged by the center | 366 |
or home for providing child day-care services for use in | 367 |
establishing | 368 |
5104.30 of the Revised Code. | 369 |
(C) In the event a licensed center or type A home is | 370 |
determined to be out of compliance with the requirements of | 371 |
Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant to | 372 |
Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, the department shall notify the | 373 |
licensee of the center or type A home in writing regarding the | 374 |
nature of the violation, what must be done to correct the | 375 |
violation, and by what date the correction must be made. If the | 376 |
correction is not made by the date established by the department, | 377 |
the department may commence action under Chapter 119. of the | 378 |
Revised Code to revoke the license. | 379 |
(D) The department may deny or revoke a license, or refuse to | 380 |
renew a license of a center or type A home, if the applicant | 381 |
knowingly makes a false statement on the application, does not | 382 |
comply with the requirements of Chapter 5104. or rules adopted | 383 |
pursuant to Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, or has pleaded | 384 |
guilty to or been convicted of an offense described in section | 385 |
5104.09 of the Revised Code. | 386 |
(E) If the department finds, after notice and hearing | 387 |
pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that any person, | 388 |
firm, organization, institution, or agency licensed under section | 389 |
5104.03 of the Revised Code is in violation of any provision of | 390 |
Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant to | 391 |
Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, the department may issue an | 392 |
order of revocation to the center or type A home revoking the | 393 |
license previously issued by the department. Upon the issuance of | 394 |
any order of revocation, the person whose license is revoked may | 395 |
appeal in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. | 396 |
(F) The surrender of a center or type A home license to the | 397 |
department or the withdrawal of an application for licensure by | 398 |
the owner or administrator of the center or type A home shall not | 399 |
prohibit the department from instituting any of the actions set | 400 |
forth in this section. | 401 |
(G) Whenever the department receives a complaint, is advised, | 402 |
or otherwise has any reason to believe that a center or type A | 403 |
home is providing child day-care without a license issued or | 404 |
renewed pursuant to section 5104.03 and is not exempt from | 405 |
licensing pursuant to section 5104.02 of the Revised Code, the | 406 |
department shall investigate the center or type A home and may | 407 |
inspect the areas children have access to or areas necessary for | 408 |
the care of children in the center or type A home during suspected | 409 |
hours of operation to determine whether the center or type A home | 410 |
is subject to the requirements of Chapter 5104. or rules adopted | 411 |
pursuant to Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code. | 412 |
(H) The department, upon determining that the center or type | 413 |
A home is operating without a license, shall notify the attorney | 414 |
general, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the | 415 |
center or type A home is located, or the city attorney, village | 416 |
solicitor, or other chief legal officer of the municipal | 417 |
corporation in which the center or type A home is located, that | 418 |
the center or type A home is operating without a license. Upon | 419 |
receipt of the notification, the attorney general, prosecuting | 420 |
attorney, city attorney, village solicitor, or other chief legal | 421 |
officer of a municipal corporation shall file a complaint in the | 422 |
court of common pleas of the county in which the center or type A | 423 |
home is located requesting that the court grant an order enjoining | 424 |
the owner from operating the center or type A home. The court | 425 |
shall grant such injunctive relief upon a showing that the | 426 |
respondent named in the complaint is operating a center or type A | 427 |
home and is doing so without a license. | 428 |
(I) The department shall prepare an annual report on | 429 |
inspections conducted under this section. The report shall include | 430 |
the number of inspections conducted, the number and types of | 431 |
violations found, and the steps taken to address the violations. | 432 |
The department shall file the report with the governor, the | 433 |
president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and | 434 |
minority leader of the house of representatives on or before the | 435 |
first day of January of each year, beginning in 1999. | 436 |
Sec. 5104.30. (A) The department of job and family services | 437 |
is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for | 438 |
administration and coordination of federal and state funding for | 439 |
publicly funded child day-care in this state. Publicly funded | 440 |
child day-care shall be provided to the following: | 441 |
(1) Recipients of transitional child day-care as provided | 442 |
under section 5104.34 of the Revised Code; | 443 |
(2) Participants in the Ohio works first program established | 444 |
under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; | 445 |
(3) Individuals who would be participating in the Ohio works | 446 |
first program if not for a sanction under section 5107.16 of the | 447 |
Revised Code and who continue to participate in a work activity, | 448 |
developmental activity, or alternative work activity pursuant to | 449 |
an assignment under section 5107.42 of the Revised Code; | 450 |
(4) A family receiving publicly funded child day-care on | 451 |
October 1, 1997, until the family's income reaches one hundred | 452 |
fifty per cent of the federal poverty line; | 453 |
(5) Subject to available funds, other individuals determined | 454 |
eligible in accordance with rules adopted under section 5104.38 of | 455 |
the Revised Code. | 456 |
The department shall apply to the United States department of | 457 |
health and human services for authority to operate a coordinated | 458 |
program for publicly funded child day-care, if the director of job | 459 |
and family services determines that the application is necessary. | 460 |
For purposes of this section, the department of job and family | 461 |
services may enter into agreements with other state agencies that | 462 |
are involved in regulation or funding of child day-care. The | 463 |
department shall consider the special needs of migrant workers | 464 |
when it administers and coordinates publicly funded child day-care | 465 |
and shall develop appropriate procedures for accommodating the | 466 |
needs of migrant workers for publicly funded child day-care. | 467 |
(B) The department of job and family services shall | 468 |
distribute state and federal funds for publicly funded child | 469 |
day-care, including appropriations of state funds for publicly | 470 |
funded child day-care and appropriations of federal funds for | 471 |
publicly funded child day-care under Title XX of the "Social | 472 |
Security Act," 88 Stat. 2337 (1974), 42 U.S.C.A. 1397, as amended, | 473 |
and the child care block grant act. The department may use any | 474 |
state funds appropriated for publicly funded child day-care as the | 475 |
state share required to match any federal funds appropriated for | 476 |
publicly funded child day-care. | 477 |
(C) The department may use federal funds available under the | 478 |
child care block grant act to hire staff to prepare any rules | 479 |
required under this chapter and to administer and coordinate | 480 |
federal and state funding for publicly funded child day-care. | 481 |
Not more than five per cent of the aggregate amount of those | 482 |
federal funds received for a fiscal year may be expended for | 483 |
administrative costs. The department shall allocate and use at | 484 |
least four per cent of the federal funds for the following: | 485 |
(1) Activities designed to provide comprehensive consumer | 486 |
education to parents and the public; | 487 |
(2) Activities that increase parental choice; | 488 |
(3) Activities, including child day-care resource and | 489 |
referral services, designed to improve the quality, and increase | 490 |
the supply, of child day-care. | 491 |
(D) The department shall ensure that any federal funds | 492 |
received by the state under the child care block grant act will be | 493 |
used only to supplement, and will not be used to supplant, | 494 |
federal, state, and local funds available on the effective date of | 495 |
that act for publicly funded child day-care and related programs. | 496 |
A county department of job and family services may purchase child | 497 |
day-care from funds obtained through any other means. | 498 |
(E) The department shall encourage the development of | 499 |
suitable child day-care throughout the state, especially in areas | 500 |
with high concentrations of recipients of public assistance and | 501 |
families with low incomes. The department shall encourage the | 502 |
development of suitable child day-care designed to accommodate the | 503 |
special needs of migrant workers. On request, the department, | 504 |
through its employees or contracts with state or community child | 505 |
day-care resource and referral service organizations, shall | 506 |
provide consultation to groups and individuals interested in | 507 |
developing child day-care. The department of job and family | 508 |
services may enter into interagency agreements with the department | 509 |
of education, the board of regents, the department of development, | 510 |
and other state agencies and entities whenever the cooperative | 511 |
efforts of the other state agencies and entities are necessary for | 512 |
the department of job and family services to fulfill its duties | 513 |
and responsibilities under this chapter. | 514 |
The department may develop and maintain a registry of persons | 515 |
providing child day-care. The director may adopt rules pursuant to | 516 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures and | 517 |
requirements for the registry's administration. | 518 |
(F)(1) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with | 519 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing | 520 |
521 |
(a) Reimbursement ceilings for providers of publicly funded | 522 |
child day-care; | 523 |
(b) A procedure for paying providers of publicly funded child | 524 |
day-care. | 525 |
(2) In establishing | 526 |
ceilings under division (F)(1)(a) of this section, the director | 527 |
shall | 528 |
(a) Use the information obtained under division (B)(3) of | 529 |
section 5104.04 of the Revised Code | 530 |
531 | |
532 | |
533 | |
534 | |
535 | |
536 | |
537 |
(b) Establish an enhanced | 538 |
providers who provide child day-care for caretaker parents who | 539 |
work nontraditional hours | 540 |
(c) For a type B family day-care home provider that has | 541 |
received limited certification pursuant to rules adopted under | 542 |
division (G)(1) of section 5104.011 of the Revised Code, | 543 |
544 | |
reimbursement | 545 |
546 |
(i) If the provider is a person described in division | 547 |
(G)(1)(a) of section 5104.011 of the Revised Code, seventy-five | 548 |
per cent of the
reimbursement | 549 |
B family day-care home certified by the same county department of | 550 |
job and family services pursuant to section 5104.11 of the Revised | 551 |
Code; | 552 |
(ii) If the provider is a person described in division | 553 |
(G)(1)(b) of section 5104.011 of the Revised Code, sixty per cent | 554 |
of the reimbursement ceiling that applies to a type B family | 555 |
day-care home certified by the same county department pursuant to | 556 |
section 5104.11 of the Revised Code. | 557 |
(3) In establishing reimbursement ceilings under division | 558 |
(F)(1)(a) of this section, the director may establish different | 559 |
reimbursement ceilings based on any of the following: | 560 |
(a) Geographic location of the provider; | 561 |
(b) Type of care provided; | 562 |
(c) Age of the child served; | 563 |
(d) Special needs of the child served; | 564 |
(e) Whether the expanded hours of service are provided; | 565 |
(f) Whether weekend service is provided; | 566 |
(g) Whether the provider has exceeded the minimum | 567 |
requirements of state statutes and rules governing child day-care; | 568 |
(h) Any other factors the director considers appropriate. | 569 |
Sec. 5104.32. (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this | 570 |
section, all purchases of publicly funded child day-care shall be | 571 |
made under a contract entered into by a licensed child day-care | 572 |
center, licensed type A family day-care home, certified type B | 573 |
family day-care home, certified in-home aide, approved child day | 574 |
camp, licensed preschool program, licensed school child program, | 575 |
or border state child day-care provider and the county department | 576 |
of job and family services. A county department of job and family | 577 |
services may enter into a contract with a provider for publicly | 578 |
funded child day-care for a specified period of time or upon a | 579 |
continuous basis for an unspecified period of time. All contracts | 580 |
for publicly funded child day-care shall be contingent upon the | 581 |
availability of state and federal funds. The department of job and | 582 |
family services shall prescribe a standard form to be used for all | 583 |
contracts for the purchase of publicly funded child day-care, | 584 |
regardless of the source of public funds used to purchase the | 585 |
child day-care. To the extent permitted by federal law and | 586 |
notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that | 587 |
regulates state or county contracts or contracts involving the | 588 |
expenditure of state, county, or federal funds, all contracts for | 589 |
publicly funded child day-care shall be entered into in accordance | 590 |
with the provisions of this chapter and are exempt from any other | 591 |
provision of the Revised Code that regulates state or county | 592 |
contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state, county, | 593 |
or federal funds. | 594 |
(B) Each contract for publicly funded child day-care shall | 595 |
specify at least the following: | 596 |
(1) | 597 |
598 | |
be
paid for rendering services at the | 599 |
customarily charged by the provider for children enrolled for | 600 |
child day-care
| 601 |
pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, or a rate the | 602 |
county department negotiates with the provider; | 603 |
(2) | 604 |
605 | |
606 | |
607 | |
608 | |
609 | |
610 |
| 611 |
individual potentially eligible for publicly funded child day-care | 612 |
who is subsequently determined to be eligible, the county | 613 |
department agrees to pay for all child day-care provided between | 614 |
the date the county department receives the individual's completed | 615 |
application and the date the individual's eligibility is | 616 |
determined; | 617 |
| 618 |
services, the provider, or a child day-care resource and referral | 619 |
service organization will make eligibility determinations, whether | 620 |
the provider or a child day-care resource and referral service | 621 |
organization will be required to collect information to be used by | 622 |
the county department to make eligibility determinations, and the | 623 |
time period within which the provider or child day-care resource | 624 |
and referral service organization is required to complete required | 625 |
eligibility determinations or to transmit to the county department | 626 |
any information collected for the purpose of making eligibility | 627 |
determinations; | 628 |
| 629 |
day-care provider, shall continue to be licensed, approved, or | 630 |
certified pursuant to this chapter or sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 | 631 |
of the Revised Code and shall comply with all standards and other | 632 |
requirements in this chapter and those sections and in rules | 633 |
adopted pursuant to this chapter or those sections for maintaining | 634 |
the provider's license, approval, or certification; | 635 |
| 636 |
provider, the provider shall continue to be licensed, certified, | 637 |
or otherwise approved by the state in which the provider is | 638 |
located and shall comply with all standards and other requirements | 639 |
established by that state for maintaining the provider's license, | 640 |
certificate, or other approval; | 641 |
| 642 |
department of job and family services or the state department of | 643 |
job and family services; | 644 |
| 645 |
state and federal funds. | 646 |
(C) Unless specifically prohibited by federal law, the county | 647 |
department of job and family services shall give individuals | 648 |
eligible for publicly funded child day-care the option of | 649 |
obtaining certificates for payment that the individual may use to | 650 |
purchase services from any provider qualified to provide publicly | 651 |
funded child day-care under section 5104.31 of the Revised Code. | 652 |
Providers of publicly funded child day-care may present these | 653 |
certificates for payment for reimbursement in accordance with | 654 |
rules that the director of job and family services shall adopt. | 655 |
Only providers may receive reimbursement for certificates for | 656 |
payment. The value of the certificate for payment shall be based | 657 |
on the
| 658 |
provider | 659 |
pursuant to section
5104.30 of the Revised Code, | 660 |
661 | |
662 | |
663 | |
664 | |
665 | |
666 | |
department negotiates with the provider. The county department may | 667 |
provide the certificates for payment to the individuals or may | 668 |
contract with child day-care providers or child day-care resource | 669 |
and referral service organizations that make determinations of | 670 |
eligibility for publicly funded child day-care pursuant to | 671 |
contracts entered into under section 5104.34 of the Revised Code | 672 |
for the providers or resource and referral service organizations | 673 |
to provide the certificates for payment to individuals whom they | 674 |
determine are eligible for publicly funded child day-care. | 675 |
For each six-month period a provider of publicly funded child | 676 |
day-care provides publicly funded child day-care to the child of | 677 |
an individual given certificates of payment, the individual shall | 678 |
provide the provider certificates for days the provider would have | 679 |
provided publicly funded child day-care to the child had the child | 680 |
been present. County departments shall specify the maximum number | 681 |
of days providers will be provided certificates of payment for | 682 |
days the provider would have provided publicly funded child | 683 |
day-care had the child been present. The maximum number of days | 684 |
shall not exceed ten days in a six-month period during which | 685 |
publicly funded child day-care is provided to the child regardless | 686 |
of the number of providers that provide publicly funded child | 687 |
day-care to the child during that period. | 688 |
Sec. 5104.34. (A)(1) Each county department of job and | 689 |
family services shall implement procedures for making | 690 |
determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child day-care. | 691 |
Under those procedures, the eligibility determination for each | 692 |
applicant shall be made no later than thirty calendar days from | 693 |
the date the county department receives a completed application | 694 |
for publicly funded child day-care. Each applicant shall be | 695 |
notified promptly of the results of the eligibility determination. | 696 |
An applicant aggrieved by a decision or delay in making an | 697 |
eligibility determination may appeal the decision or delay to the | 698 |
department of job and family services in accordance with section | 699 |
5101.35 of the Revised Code. The due process rights of applicants | 700 |
shall be protected. | 701 |
To the extent permitted by federal law, the county department | 702 |
may make all determinations of eligibility for publicly funded | 703 |
child day-care, may contract with child day-care providers or | 704 |
child day-care resource and referral service organizations for the | 705 |
providers or resource and referral service organizations to make | 706 |
all or any part of the determinations, and may contract with child | 707 |
day-care providers or child day-care resource and referral service | 708 |
organizations for the providers or resource and referral service | 709 |
organizations to collect specified information for use by the | 710 |
county department in making determinations. If a county department | 711 |
contracts with a child day-care provider or a child day-care | 712 |
resource and referral service organization for eligibility | 713 |
determinations or for the collection of information, the contract | 714 |
shall require the provider or resource and referral service | 715 |
organization to make each eligibility determination no later than | 716 |
thirty calendar days from the date the provider or resource and | 717 |
referral organization receives a completed application that is the | 718 |
basis of the determination and to collect and transmit all | 719 |
necessary information to the county department within a period of | 720 |
time that enables the county department to make each eligibility | 721 |
determination no later than thirty days after the filing of the | 722 |
application that is the basis of the determination. | 723 |
The county department may station employees of the department | 724 |
in various locations throughout the county to collect information | 725 |
relevant to applications for publicly funded child day-care and to | 726 |
make eligibility determinations. The county department, child | 727 |
day-care provider, and child day-care resource and referral | 728 |
service organization shall make each determination of eligibility | 729 |
for publicly funded child day-care no later than thirty days after | 730 |
the filing of the application that is the basis of the | 731 |
determination, shall make each determination in accordance with | 732 |
any relevant rules adopted pursuant to section 5104.38 of the | 733 |
Revised Code, and shall notify promptly each applicant for | 734 |
publicly funded child day-care of the results of the determination | 735 |
of the applicant's eligibility. | 736 |
The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in | 737 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for monitoring | 738 |
the eligibility determination process. In accordance with those | 739 |
rules, the state department shall monitor eligibility | 740 |
determinations made by county departments of job and family | 741 |
services and shall direct any entity that is not in compliance | 742 |
with this division or any rule adopted under this division to | 743 |
implement corrective action specified by the department. | 744 |
(2) All eligibility determinations for publicly funded child | 745 |
day-care shall be made in accordance with rules adopted pursuant | 746 |
to division (A) of section 5104.38 of the Revised Code and, if a | 747 |
county department of job and family services specifies, pursuant | 748 |
to rules adopted under division (B) of that section, a maximum | 749 |
amount of income a family may have to be eligible for publicly | 750 |
funded child day-care, the income maximum specified by the county | 751 |
department. Publicly funded child day-care may be provided only to | 752 |
eligible infants, toddlers, preschool children, and school | 753 |
children under age thirteen. For an applicant to be eligible for | 754 |
publicly funded child day-care, the caretaker parent must be | 755 |
employed or participating in a program of education or training | 756 |
for an amount of time reasonably related to the time that the | 757 |
parent's children are receiving publicly funded child day-care. | 758 |
This restriction does not apply to families whose children are | 759 |
eligible for
protective | 760 |
Subject to available funds, a county department of job and | 761 |
family services shall allow a family to receive publicly funded | 762 |
child day-care unless the family's income exceeds the maximum | 763 |
income eligibility limit. Initial and continued eligibility for | 764 |
publicly funded child day-care is subject to available funds | 765 |
unless the family is receiving child day-care pursuant to division | 766 |
(A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code. | 767 |
If the county department must limit eligibility due to lack of | 768 |
available funds, it shall give first priority for publicly funded | 769 |
child day-care to an assistance group whose income is not more | 770 |
than the maximum income eligibility limit that received | 771 |
transitional child day-care in the previous month but is no longer | 772 |
eligible because the twelve-month period has expired. Such an | 773 |
assistance group shall continue to receive priority for publicly | 774 |
funded child day-care until its income exceeds the maximum income | 775 |
eligibility limit. | 776 |
(3) An assistance group that ceases to participate in the | 777 |
Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the | 778 |
Revised Code is eligible for transitional child day-care at any | 779 |
time during the immediately following twelve-month period that | 780 |
both of the following apply: | 781 |
(a) The assistance group requires child day-care due to | 782 |
employment; | 783 |
(b) The assistance group's income is not more than one | 784 |
hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line. | 785 |
An assistance group ineligible to participate in the Ohio | 786 |
works first program pursuant to section 5101.83 or section 5107.16 | 787 |
of the Revised Code is not eligible for transitional child | 788 |
day-care. | 789 |
(B) To the extent permitted by federal law, a county | 790 |
department of job and family services may require a caretaker | 791 |
parent determined to be eligible for publicly funded child | 792 |
day-care to pay a fee according to the schedule of fees | 793 |
established in rules adopted under section 5104.38 of the Revised | 794 |
Code. Each county department shall make protective day-care | 795 |
services available to children without regard to the income or | 796 |
assets of the caretaker parent of the child. | 797 |
(C) A caretaker parent receiving publicly funded child | 798 |
day-care shall report to the entity that determined eligibility | 799 |
any changes in status with respect to employment or participation | 800 |
in a program of education or training not later than ten calendar | 801 |
days after the change occurs. | 802 |
(D) If a county department of job and family services | 803 |
determines that available resources are not sufficient to provide | 804 |
publicly funded child day-care to all eligible families who | 805 |
request it, the county department may establish a waiting list. A | 806 |
county department may establish separate waiting lists within the | 807 |
waiting list based on income. When resources become available to | 808 |
provide publicly funded child day-care to families on the waiting | 809 |
list, a county department that establishes a waiting list shall | 810 |
assess the needs of the next family scheduled to receive publicly | 811 |
funded child day-care. If the assessment demonstrates that the | 812 |
family continues to need and is eligible for publicly funded child | 813 |
day-care, the county department shall offer it to the family. If | 814 |
the county department determines that the family is no longer | 815 |
eligible or no longer needs publicly funded child day-care, the | 816 |
county department shall remove the family from the waiting list. | 817 |
(E) As used in this section, "maximum income eligibility | 818 |
limit" means the amount of income specified in rules adopted under | 819 |
division (A) of section 5104.38 of the Revised Code or, if a | 820 |
county department of job and family services specifies a higher | 821 |
amount pursuant to rules adopted under division (B) of that | 822 |
section, the amount the county department specifies. | 823 |
Sec. 5104.35. (A) The county department of job and family | 824 |
services shall do all of the following: | 825 |
(1) Accept any gift, grant, or other funds from either public | 826 |
or private sources offered unconditionally or under conditions | 827 |
which are, in the judgment of the department, proper and | 828 |
consistent with this chapter and deposit the funds in the county | 829 |
public assistance fund established by section 5101.161 of the | 830 |
Revised Code; | 831 |
(2) Recruit individuals and groups interested in | 832 |
certification as in-home aides or in developing and operating | 833 |
suitable licensed child day-care centers, type A family day-care | 834 |
homes, or certified type B family day-care homes, especially in | 835 |
areas with high concentrations of recipients of public assistance, | 836 |
and for that purpose provide consultation to interested | 837 |
individuals and groups on request; | 838 |
(3) Inform clients of the availability of child day-care | 839 |
services; | 840 |
(4) Pay to a child day-care center, type A family day-care | 841 |
home, certified type B family day-care home, in-home aide, | 842 |
approved child day camp, licensed preschool program, licensed | 843 |
school child program, or border state child day-care provider for | 844 |
child day-care services, the amount provided for in division (B) | 845 |
of section 5104.32 of the Revised Code. If part of the cost of | 846 |
care of a child is paid by the child's parent or any other person, | 847 |
the amount paid shall be subtracted from the amount the county | 848 |
department pays. | 849 |
(5) In accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section | 850 |
5104.39 of the Revised Code, provide monthly reports to the | 851 |
director of job and family services and the director of budget and | 852 |
management regarding expenditures for the purchase of publicly | 853 |
funded child day-care. | 854 |
(B) The county department of job and family services may do | 855 |
any of the following: | 856 |
(1) To the extent permitted by federal law, use public child | 857 |
day-care funds to extend the hours of operation of the county | 858 |
department to accommodate the needs of working caretaker parents | 859 |
and enable those parents to apply for publicly funded child | 860 |
day-care; | 861 |
(2) In accordance with rules adopted by the director of job | 862 |
and family services,
request a waiver of the | 863 |
864 | |
section 5104.30 of the Revised Code for the purpose of paying a | 865 |
higher rate for publicly funded child day-care based upon the | 866 |
special needs of a child | 867 |
868 |
(3) To the extent permitted by federal law, use state and | 869 |
federal funds to pay deposits and other advance payments that a | 870 |
provider of child day-care customarily charges all children who | 871 |
receive child day-care from that provider; | 872 |
(4) To the extent permitted by federal law, pay for up to | 873 |
thirty days of child day-care for a child whose caretaker parent | 874 |
is seeking employment, taking part in employment orientation | 875 |
activities, or taking part in activities in anticipation of | 876 |
enrollment or attendance in an education or training program or | 877 |
activity, if the employment or education or training program or | 878 |
activity is expected to begin within the thirty-day period. | 879 |
Sec. 5104.38. In addition to any other rules adopted under | 880 |
this chapter, the director of job and family services shall adopt | 881 |
rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code | 882 |
governing financial and administrative requirements for publicly | 883 |
funded child day-care and establishing all of the following: | 884 |
(A) Procedures and criteria to be used in making | 885 |
determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child day-care | 886 |
that give priority to children of families with lower incomes and | 887 |
procedures and criteria for eligibility for publicly funded | 888 |
protective day-care. The rules shall specify the maximum amount of | 889 |
income a family may have for initial and continued eligibility. | 890 |
891 | |
892 | |
893 | |
two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line. | 894 |
(B) Procedures under which a county department of job and | 895 |
family services may, if the department, under division (A) of this | 896 |
section, specifies a maximum amount of income a family may have | 897 |
for eligibility for publicly funded child day-care that is less | 898 |
than the maximum amount specified in that division, specify a | 899 |
maximum amount of income a family residing in the county the | 900 |
county department serves may have for initial and continued | 901 |
eligibility for publicly funded child day-care that is higher than | 902 |
the amount specified by the department but does not exceed the | 903 |
maximum amount specified in division (A) of this section; | 904 |
(C) A schedule of fees requiring all eligible caretaker | 905 |
parents to pay a fee for publicly funded child day-care according | 906 |
to income and family size, which shall be uniform for all types of | 907 |
publicly funded child day-care, except as authorized by rule, and, | 908 |
to the extent permitted by federal law, shall permit the use of | 909 |
state and federal funds to pay the customary deposits and other | 910 |
advance payments that a provider charges all children who receive | 911 |
child day-care from that provider. The schedule of fees may not | 912 |
provide for a caretaker parent to pay a fee that exceeds ten per | 913 |
cent of the parent's family income. | 914 |
(D) A formula based upon a percentage of the county's total | 915 |
expenditures for publicly funded child day-care for determining | 916 |
the maximum amount of state and federal funds appropriated for | 917 |
publicly funded child day-care that a county department may use | 918 |
for administrative purposes; | 919 |
(E) Procedures to be followed by the department and county | 920 |
departments in recruiting individuals and groups to become | 921 |
providers of child day-care; | 922 |
(F) Procedures to be followed in establishing state or local | 923 |
programs designed to assist individuals who are eligible for | 924 |
publicly funded child day-care in identifying the resources | 925 |
available to them and to refer the individuals to appropriate | 926 |
sources to obtain child day-care; | 927 |
(G) Procedures to deal with fraud and abuse committed by | 928 |
either recipients or providers of publicly funded child day-care; | 929 |
(H) Procedures for establishing a child day-care grant or | 930 |
loan program in accordance with the child care block grant act; | 931 |
(I) Standards and procedures for applicants to apply for | 932 |
grants and loans, and for the department to make grants and loans; | 933 |
(J) A definition of "person who stands in loco parentis" for | 934 |
the purposes of division (II)(1) of section 5104.01 of the Revised | 935 |
Code; | 936 |
(K) Procedures for a county department of job and family | 937 |
services to follow in making eligibility determinations and | 938 |
redeterminations for publicly funded child day-care available | 939 |
through telephone, computer, and other means at locations other | 940 |
than the county department; | 941 |
(L) Any other rules necessary to carry out sections 5104.30 | 942 |
to 5104.39 of the Revised Code. | 943 |
Sec. 5104.382. In adopting rules under division (A) of | 944 |
section 5104.38 of the Revised Code establishing criteria for | 945 |
eligibility for publicly funded child day-care, the director of | 946 |
job and family services may prescribe the amount, duration, and | 947 |
scope of benefits available as publicly funded child day-care. | 948 |
Sec. 5104.39. (A) The director of job and family services | 949 |
shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised | 950 |
Code establishing a procedure for monitoring the expenditures of | 951 |
county departments of job and family services to ensure that | 952 |
expenditures do not exceed the available federal and state funds | 953 |
for publicly funded child day-care. The department, with the | 954 |
assistance of the office of budget and management and the day-care | 955 |
advisory council created pursuant to section 5104.08 of the | 956 |
Revised Code, shall monitor the anticipated future expenditures of | 957 |
county departments for publicly funded child day-care and shall | 958 |
compare those anticipated future expenditures to available federal | 959 |
and state funds for publicly funded child day-care. Whenever the | 960 |
department determines that the anticipated future expenditures of | 961 |
the county departments will exceed the available federal and state | 962 |
funds for publicly funded child day-care, it promptly shall notify | 963 |
the county departments and, before the available state and federal | 964 |
funds are used, the director shall issue and implement an | 965 |
administrative order that shall specify both of the following: | 966 |
(1) Priorities for expending the remaining available federal | 967 |
and state funds for publicly funded child day-care; | 968 |
(2) Instructions and procedures to be used by the county | 969 |
departments. | 970 |
(B) The order may | 971 |
(1) Suspend enrollment of all new participants in any program | 972 |
of publicly funded child day-care | 973 |
(2) Limit enrollment of new participants to those with | 974 |
incomes at or
below
a specified percentage | 975 |
poverty line | 976 |
977 | |
978 |
(3) Disenroll existing participants with income above a | 979 |
specified percentage of the federal poverty line. | 980 |
(C) Each county department shall comply with the order no | 981 |
later than thirty days after it is issued. If the department fails | 982 |
to notify the county departments and to implement the reallocation | 983 |
priorities specified in the order before the available federal and | 984 |
state funds for publicly funded child day-care are used, the state | 985 |
department shall provide sufficient funds to the county | 986 |
departments for publicly funded child day-care to enable each | 987 |
county department to pay for all publicly funded child day-care | 988 |
that was provided by providers pursuant to contract prior to the | 989 |
date that the county department received notice under this | 990 |
991 | |
county the priorities. | 992 |
(D) If after issuing an order under this | 993 |
suspend or limit enrollment of new participants or disenroll | 994 |
existing participants the department determines that available | 995 |
state and federal funds for publicly funded child day-care exceed | 996 |
the anticipated future expenditures of the county departments, the | 997 |
director may issue and implement another administrative order | 998 |
increasing income eligibility levels to a specified percentage of | 999 |
the federal poverty line. The order shall include instructions and | 1000 |
procedures to be used by the county departments. Each county | 1001 |
department shall comply with the order not later than thirty days | 1002 |
after it is issued. | 1003 |
| 1004 |
of the following: | 1005 |
(1) Conduct a quarterly evaluation of the program of publicly | 1006 |
funded child day-care that is operated pursuant to sections | 1007 |
5104.30 to 5104.39 of the Revised Code; | 1008 |
(2) Prepare reports based upon the evaluations that specify | 1009 |
for each county the number of participants and amount of | 1010 |
expenditures; | 1011 |
(3) Provide copies of the reports to both houses of the | 1012 |
general assembly and, on request, to interested parties. | 1013 |
Sec. 5139.41. On and after January 1, 1995, the | 1014 |
appropriation made to the department of youth services for care | 1015 |
and custody of felony delinquents shall be expended in accordance | 1016 |
with a formula that the department shall develop for each year of | 1017 |
a biennium. The formula shall be consistent with sections 5139.41 | 1018 |
to 5139.45 of the Revised Code and shall be developed in | 1019 |
accordance with the following guidelines: | 1020 |
(A) The department shall set aside at least three per cent | 1021 |
but not more than five per cent of the appropriation for purposes | 1022 |
of funding the contingency program described in section 5139.45 of | 1023 |
the Revised Code and of use in accordance with that section. | 1024 |
(B)(1) After setting aside the amount described in division | 1025 |
(A) of this section, the department shall set aside twenty-five | 1026 |
per cent of the remainder of the appropriation and use that amount | 1027 |
for the purpose described in division (B)(2) of this section and | 1028 |
to pay certain of the operational costs associated with, and to | 1029 |
provide cash flow for, the following: | 1030 |
(a) Institutions; | 1031 |
(b) The diagnosis, care, or treatment of felony delinquents | 1032 |
at institutions, facilities, or centers pursuant to contracts | 1033 |
entered into under section 5139.08 of the Revised Code; | 1034 |
(c) Community corrections facilities constructed, | 1035 |
reconstructed, improved, or financed as described in section | 1036 |
5139.36 of the Revised Code for the purpose of providing | 1037 |
alternative placement and services for felony delinquents who have | 1038 |
been diverted from care and custody in institutions. | 1039 |
(2) The department may use a portion of the twenty-five per | 1040 |
cent of the remainder of the appropriation set aside pursuant to | 1041 |
division (B)(1) of this section for administrative expenses | 1042 |
incurred by the department in connection with the felony | 1043 |
delinquent care and custody program described in section 5139.43 | 1044 |
of the Revised Code and the associated contingency program | 1045 |
described in section 5139.45 of the Revised Code. | 1046 |
(C) After setting aside the amounts described in divisions | 1047 |
(A) and (B)(1) of this section, the department shall set aside the | 1048 |
amount of the appropriation that is equal to twenty-five per cent | 1049 |
of the amount that is calculated by multiplying the per diem cost | 1050 |
for the care and custody of felony delinquents, as determined | 1051 |
pursuant to division (D) of section 5139.42 of the Revised Code, | 1052 |
by the number of bed days that the department projects for | 1053 |
occupancy in community corrections facilities described in | 1054 |
division (B)(1)(c) of this section. The department shall use the | 1055 |
amount of the appropriation that is set aside pursuant to this | 1056 |
division to pay the percentage of the per diem cost for the care | 1057 |
and custody of felony delinquents who are in the care and custody | 1058 |
of community corrections facilities described in division | 1059 |
(B)(1)(c) of this section for which the department is responsible | 1060 |
under sections 5139.41 to 5139.45 of the Revised Code. | 1061 |
(D) After setting aside the amounts described in divisions | 1062 |
(A) to (C) of this section, the department shall set aside the | 1063 |
amount of the appropriation that is necessary to pay seventy-five | 1064 |
per cent of the per diem cost of public safety beds and shall use | 1065 |
that amount for the purpose of paying that per diem cost. | 1066 |
(E) After setting aside the amounts described in divisions | 1067 |
(A) to (D) of this section, the department shall use the remainder | 1068 |
of the appropriation in connection with the felony delinquent care | 1069 |
and custody program described in section 5139.43 of the Revised | 1070 |
Code, except that, for fiscal year 2002 and fiscal year 2003 and | 1071 |
only for those two fiscal years, the total number of beds | 1072 |
available to all counties via public safety beds and county | 1073 |
allocations shall not be less than the total beds used by all the | 1074 |
counties during fiscal year 2000 funded by care and custody | 1075 |
chargebacks (Line Item 401) and as public safety beds. | 1076 |
(F) If the department's appropriation for a fiscal year is | 1077 |
subsequently revised by law or its expenditures ordered to be | 1078 |
reduced by executive order under section 126.05 of the Revised | 1079 |
Code, the department may adjust the amounts described in divisions | 1080 |
(A) to (E) of this section in a manner consistent with the | 1081 |
revision or reduction. | 1082 |
Sec. 5739.031. (A) Upon application, the tax commissioner | 1083 |
may issue a direct payment permit that authorizes a consumer to | 1084 |
pay the sales tax levied by or pursuant to section 5739.02, | 1085 |
5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code or the use tax | 1086 |
levied by or pursuant to section 5741.02, 5741.021, 5741.022, or | 1087 |
5741.023 of the Revised Code directly to the state and waives the | 1088 |
collection of the tax by the vendor or seller if payment directly | 1089 |
to the state would improve compliance and increase the efficiency | 1090 |
of the administration of the tax. The commissioner may adopt rules | 1091 |
establishing the criteria for the issuance of such permits. | 1092 |
(B) Each permit holder, on or before the twenty-third day of | 1093 |
each month, shall make and file with the treasurer of state a | 1094 |
return for the preceding month in such form as is prescribed by | 1095 |
the tax commissioner and shall pay the tax shown on the return to | 1096 |
be due. The return shall show the sum of the prices of taxable | 1097 |
merchandise used and taxable services received, the amount of tax | 1098 |
due from the permit holder, and such other information as the | 1099 |
commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner, upon written | 1100 |
request by the permit holder, may extend the time for making and | 1101 |
filing returns and paying the tax. If the commissioner determines | 1102 |
that a permit holder's tax liability is not such as to merit | 1103 |
monthly filing, the commissioner may authorize the permit holder | 1104 |
to file returns and pay the tax at less frequent intervals. The | 1105 |
treasurer of state shall show on the return the date it was filed | 1106 |
and the amount of the payment remitted to the treasurer. | 1107 |
Thereafter, the treasurer immediately shall transmit all returns | 1108 |
filed under this section to the tax commissioner. | 1109 |
Any permit holder required to file a return and pay the tax | 1110 |
under this section whose total payment for any calendar year | 1111 |
equals or exceeds the amount shown in section 5739.032 of the | 1112 |
Revised Code shall make each payment required by this section in | 1113 |
the second ensuing and each succeeding year by electronic funds | 1114 |
transfer as prescribed by, and on or before the dates specified | 1115 |
in, section 5739.032 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise | 1116 |
prescribed by that section. | 1117 |
(C) For purposes of reporting and remitting the tax, the | 1118 |
price of tangible personal property or services purchased by, or | 1119 |
of tangible personal property produced by, the permit holder shall | 1120 |
be determined under division (G) of section 5741.01 of the Revised | 1121 |
Code. Notwithstanding section 5739.033 of the Revised Code, the | 1122 |
situs of any purchase transaction made by the permit holder is the | 1123 |
location where the tangible personal property or service is | 1124 |
received by the permit holder. | 1125 |
(D) It shall be the duty of every permit holder required to | 1126 |
make a return and pay its tax under this section to keep and | 1127 |
preserve suitable records of purchases together with invoices of | 1128 |
purchases, bills of lading, asset ledgers, depreciation schedules, | 1129 |
transfer journals, and such other primary and secondary records | 1130 |
and documents in such form as the commissioner requires. All such | 1131 |
records and other documents shall be open during business hours to | 1132 |
the inspection of the tax commissioner, and shall be preserved for | 1133 |
a period of four years, unless the commissioner, in writing, has | 1134 |
authorized their destruction or disposal at an earlier date, or by | 1135 |
order or by reason of a waiver of the four-year time limitation | 1136 |
pursuant to section 5739.16 of the Revised Code requires that they | 1137 |
be kept longer. | 1138 |
(E) A permit granted pursuant to this section shall continue | 1139 |
to be valid until surrendered by the holder or canceled for cause | 1140 |
by the tax commissioner. | 1141 |
(F) Persons who hold a direct payment permit that has not | 1142 |
been canceled shall not be required to issue exemption | 1143 |
certificates and shall not be required to pay the tax as | 1144 |
prescribed in sections 5739.03, 5739.033, and 5741.12 of the | 1145 |
Revised Code. Such persons shall notify vendors and sellers from | 1146 |
whom purchases of tangible personal property or services are made, | 1147 |
of their direct payment permit number and that the tax is being | 1148 |
paid directly to the state. Upon receipt of such notice, such | 1149 |
vendor or seller shall be absolved from all duties and liabilities | 1150 |
imposed by section 5739.03 or 5741.04 of the Revised Code with | 1151 |
respect to sales of tangible personal property or services to such | 1152 |
permit holder. | 1153 |
Vendors and sellers who make sales upon which the tax is not | 1154 |
collected by reason of the provisions of this section shall | 1155 |
maintain records in such manner that the amount involved and | 1156 |
identity of the purchaser may be ascertained. The receipts from | 1157 |
such sales shall not be subject to the tax levied in section | 1158 |
5739.10 of the Revised Code. | 1159 |
Upon the cancellation or surrender of a direct payment | 1160 |
permit, the provisions of sections 5739.03, 5741.04, and 5741.12 | 1161 |
of the Revised Code shall immediately apply to all purchases made | 1162 |
subsequent to such cancellation or surrender by the person who | 1163 |
previously held such permit, and such person shall so notify | 1164 |
vendors and sellers from whom purchases of tangible personal | 1165 |
property or services are made, in writing, prior to or at the time | 1166 |
of the first purchase after such cancellation or surrender. Upon | 1167 |
receipt of such notice, the vendor shall be subject to the | 1168 |
provisions of sections 5739.03 and 5739.10 of the Revised Code and | 1169 |
the seller shall be subject to the provisions of section 5741.04 | 1170 |
of the Revised Code, with respect to all sales subsequently made | 1171 |
to such person. Failure of any such person to notify vendors or | 1172 |
sellers from whom purchases of tangible personal property or | 1173 |
services are made of the cancellation or surrender of a direct | 1174 |
payment permit shall be considered as a refusal to pay the tax by | 1175 |
the person required to issue such notice. | 1176 |
Sec. 5739.032. (A) If the total amount of tax required to be | 1177 |
paid by a permit holder under section 5739.031 of the Revised Code | 1178 |
for any calendar year indicated in the following schedule equals | 1179 |
or exceeds the amounts prescribed for that year in the schedule, | 1180 |
the permit holder shall remit each monthly tax payment in the | 1181 |
second ensuing and each succeeding year by electronic funds | 1182 |
transfer as prescribed by division (B) of this section. | 1183 |
Year | 1992 | 1993 through 1999 | 2000 and thereafter | 1184 | |||
Tax payment | $1,200,000 | $600,000 | $60,000 | 1185 |
If a permit holder's tax payment for each of two consecutive | 1186 |
years beginning with 2000 is less than sixty thousand dollars, the | 1187 |
permit holder is relieved of the requirement to remit taxes by | 1188 |
electronic funds transfer for the year that next follows the | 1189 |
second of the consecutive years in which the tax payment is less | 1190 |
than sixty thousand dollars, and is relieved of that requirement | 1191 |
for each succeeding year, unless the tax payment in a subsequent | 1192 |
year equals or exceeds sixty thousand dollars. | 1193 |
The tax commissioner shall notify each permit holder required | 1194 |
to remit taxes by electronic funds transfer of the permit holder's | 1195 |
obligation to do so, shall maintain an updated list of those | 1196 |
permit holders, and shall timely certify the list and any | 1197 |
additions thereto or deletions therefrom to the treasurer of | 1198 |
state. Failure by the tax commissioner to notify a permit holder | 1199 |
subject to this section to remit taxes by electronic funds | 1200 |
transfer does not relieve the permit holder of its obligation to | 1201 |
remit taxes by electronic funds transfer. | 1202 |
(B) Permit holders required by division (A) of this section | 1203 |
to remit payments by electronic funds transfer shall remit such | 1204 |
payments to the treasurer of state in the manner prescribed by | 1205 |
this section and rules adopted by the treasurer of state under | 1206 |
section 113.061 of the Revised Code, and on or before the | 1207 |
following dates | 1208 |
1209 |
(1) On or before each of the eleventh, eighteenth, and | 1210 |
twenty-fifth days of each month, a permit holder shall remit an | 1211 |
amount equal to one-fourth of the permit holder's total tax | 1212 |
liability for the same month in the preceding calendar year. | 1213 |
(2) On or before the twenty-third day of each month, a permit | 1214 |
holder shall report the taxes due for the previous month and shall | 1215 |
remit that amount, less any amounts paid for that month as | 1216 |
required by division (B)(1) of this section. | 1217 |
The payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer does not | 1218 |
affect a permit holder's obligation to file the monthly return as | 1219 |
required under section 5739.031 of the Revised Code. | 1220 |
(C) A permit holder required by this section to remit taxes | 1221 |
by electronic funds transfer may apply to the treasurer of state | 1222 |
in the manner prescribed by the treasurer of state to be excused | 1223 |
from that requirement. The treasurer of state may excuse the | 1224 |
permit holder from remittance by electronic funds transfer for | 1225 |
good cause shown for the period of time requested by the permit | 1226 |
holder or for a portion of that period. The treasurer of state | 1227 |
shall notify the tax commissioner and the permit holder of the | 1228 |
1229 | |
practicable. | 1230 |
| 1231 |
payments under division (B) of this section fails to make a | 1232 |
payment, the commissioner may impose an additional charge not to | 1233 |
exceed five per cent of that unpaid amount. | 1234 |
(2) If a permit holder required by this section to remit | 1235 |
taxes by electronic funds transfer remits those taxes by some | 1236 |
means other than by electronic funds transfer as prescribed by | 1237 |
this section and the rules adopted by the treasurer of state, and | 1238 |
the tax commissioner determines that such failure was not due to | 1239 |
reasonable cause or was due to willful neglect, the commissioner | 1240 |
may | 1241 |
1242 | |
1243 | |
cent of the amount of the taxes required to be paid by electronic | 1244 |
funds transfer | 1245 |
(3) Any
additional charge
| 1246 |
(D)(1) or (2) of this section is in addition to any other penalty | 1247 |
or charge imposed under this chapter, and shall be considered as | 1248 |
revenue arising from taxes imposed under this chapter. An | 1249 |
additional charge may be collected by assessment in the manner | 1250 |
prescribed by section 5739.13 of the Revised Code. The tax | 1251 |
commissioner may | 1252 |
may
adopt rules governing such | 1253 |
No additional charge shall be | 1254 |
division (D)(2) of this section against a permit holder that has | 1255 |
been notified of its obligation to remit taxes under this section | 1256 |
and that remits its first two tax payments after such notification | 1257 |
by some means other than electronic funds transfer. The additional | 1258 |
charge may be | 1259 |
subsequent tax payment that the permit holder remits by some means | 1260 |
other than electronic funds transfer. | 1261 |
Sec. 5739.12. Each person who has or is required to have a | 1262 |
vendor's license, on or before the twenty-third day of each month, | 1263 |
shall make and file a return for the preceding month, on forms | 1264 |
prescribed by the tax commissioner, and shall pay the tax shown on | 1265 |
the return to be due. The commissioner may require a vendor that | 1266 |
operates from multiple locations or has multiple vendor's licenses | 1267 |
to report all tax liability on one consolidated return. The return | 1268 |
shall show the amount of tax due from the vendor to the state for | 1269 |
the period covered by the return and such other information as the | 1270 |
commissioner deems necessary for the proper administration of this | 1271 |
chapter. The commissioner may extend the time for making and | 1272 |
filing returns and paying the tax, and may require that the return | 1273 |
for the last month of any annual or semiannual period, as | 1274 |
determined by the commissioner, be a reconciliation return | 1275 |
detailing the vendor's sales activity for the preceding annual or | 1276 |
semiannual period. The reconciliation return shall be filed by the | 1277 |
last day of the month following the last month of the annual or | 1278 |
semiannual period. The commissioner may remit all or any part of | 1279 |
amounts or penalties which may become due under this chapter and | 1280 |
may adopt rules relating thereto. Such return shall be filed by | 1281 |
mailing it to the tax commissioner, together with payment of the | 1282 |
amount of tax shown to be due thereon after deduction of any | 1283 |
discount provided for under this section. Remittance shall be made | 1284 |
payable to the treasurer of state. The return shall be considered | 1285 |
filed when received by the tax commissioner, and the payment shall | 1286 |
be considered made when received by the tax commissioner or when | 1287 |
credited to an account designated by the treasurer of state or the | 1288 |
tax commissioner. If the return is filed and the amount of tax | 1289 |
shown thereon to be due is paid on or before the date such return | 1290 |
is required to be filed, the vendor shall be entitled to a | 1291 |
discount of three-fourths of one per cent of the amount shown to | 1292 |
be due on the return. Amounts paid to the clerk of courts pursuant | 1293 |
to section 4505.06 of the Revised Code shall be subject to the | 1294 |
three-fourths of one per cent discount. The discount shall be in | 1295 |
consideration for prompt payment to the clerk of courts and for | 1296 |
other services performed by the vendor in the collection of the | 1297 |
tax. | 1298 |
Upon application to the commissioner, a vendor who is | 1299 |
required to file monthly returns may be relieved of the | 1300 |
requirement to report and pay the actual tax due, provided that | 1301 |
the vendor agrees to remit to the tax commissioner payment of not | 1302 |
less than an amount determined by the commissioner to be the | 1303 |
average monthly tax liability of the vendor, based upon a review | 1304 |
of the returns or other information pertaining to such vendor for | 1305 |
a period of not less than six months nor more than two years | 1306 |
immediately preceding the filing of the application. Vendors who | 1307 |
agree to the above conditions shall make and file an annual or | 1308 |
semiannual reconciliation return, as prescribed by the | 1309 |
commissioner. The reconciliation return shall be filed by mailing | 1310 |
or delivering it to the tax commissioner, together with payment of | 1311 |
the amount of tax shown to be due thereon after deduction of any | 1312 |
discount provided in this section. Remittance shall be made | 1313 |
payable to the treasurer of state. Failure of a vendor to comply | 1314 |
with any of the above conditions may result in immediate | 1315 |
reinstatement of the requirement of reporting and paying the | 1316 |
actual tax liability on each monthly return, and the commissioner | 1317 |
may at the commissioner's discretion deny the vendor the right to | 1318 |
report and pay based upon the average monthly liability for a | 1319 |
period not to exceed two years. The amount ascertained by the | 1320 |
commissioner to be the average monthly tax liability of a vendor | 1321 |
may be adjusted, based upon a review of the returns or other | 1322 |
information pertaining to the vendor for a period of not less than | 1323 |
six months nor more than two years preceding such adjustment. | 1324 |
The commissioner may authorize vendors whose tax liability is | 1325 |
not such as to merit monthly returns, as ascertained by the | 1326 |
commissioner upon the basis of administrative costs to the state, | 1327 |
to make and file returns at less frequent intervals. When returns | 1328 |
are filed at less frequent intervals in accordance with such | 1329 |
authorization, the vendor shall be allowed the discount of | 1330 |
three-fourths of one per cent in consideration for prompt payment | 1331 |
with the return, provided the return is filed together with | 1332 |
payment of the amount of tax shown to be due thereon, at the time | 1333 |
specified by the commissioner. | 1334 |
Any vendor who fails to file a return or pay the full amount | 1335 |
of the tax shown on the return to be due under this section and | 1336 |
the rules of the commissioner may, for each such return the vendor | 1337 |
fails to file or each such tax the vendor fails to pay in full as | 1338 |
shown on the return within the period prescribed by this section | 1339 |
and the rules of the commissioner, be required to forfeit and pay | 1340 |
into the state treasury an additional charge not exceeding fifty | 1341 |
dollars or ten per cent of the tax required to be paid for the | 1342 |
reporting period, whichever is greater, as revenue arising from | 1343 |
the tax imposed by this chapter, and such sum may be collected by | 1344 |
assessment in the manner provided in section 5739.13 of the | 1345 |
Revised Code. The commissioner may remit all or a portion of the | 1346 |
additional charge and may adopt rules relating to the imposition | 1347 |
and remission of the additional charge. | 1348 |
If the amount required to be collected by a vendor from | 1349 |
consumers is in excess of five per cent of the vendor's receipts | 1350 |
from
sales | 1351 |
Revised Code, or in the case of sales subject to a tax levied | 1352 |
pursuant to section 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised | 1353 |
Code, in excess of the percentage equal to the aggregate rate of | 1354 |
such taxes and the tax levied by section 5739.02 of the Revised | 1355 |
Code, such excess shall be remitted along with the remittance of | 1356 |
the amount of tax due under section 5739.10 of the Revised Code. | 1357 |
The commissioner, if the commissioner deems it necessary in | 1358 |
order to insure the payment of the tax imposed by this chapter, | 1359 |
may require returns and payments to be made for other than monthly | 1360 |
periods. The returns shall be signed by the vendor or the vendor's | 1361 |
authorized agent. | 1362 |
Any vendor required to file a return and pay the tax under | 1363 |
this section, whose total payment in any year indicated in | 1364 |
division (A) of section 5739.122 of the Revised Code equals or | 1365 |
exceeds the amount shown in that division, shall make each payment | 1366 |
required by this section in the second ensuing and each succeeding | 1367 |
year by electronic funds transfer as prescribed by, and on or | 1368 |
before the dates specified in, section 5739.122 of the Revised | 1369 |
Code, except as otherwise prescribed by that section. For a vendor | 1370 |
that operates from multiple locations or has multiple vendor's | 1371 |
licenses, in determining whether the vendor's total payment equals | 1372 |
or exceeds the amount shown in division (A) of that section, the | 1373 |
vendor's total payment amount shall be the amount of the vendor's | 1374 |
total tax liability for the previous calendar year for all of the | 1375 |
vendor's locations or licenses. | 1376 |
Sec. 5739.122. (A) If the total amount of tax required to be | 1377 |
paid by a vendor under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code for any | 1378 |
calendar year indicated in the following schedule equals or | 1379 |
exceeds the amounts prescribed for that year in the schedule, the | 1380 |
vendor shall remit each monthly tax payment in the second ensuing | 1381 |
and each succeeding tax year by electronic funds transfer as | 1382 |
prescribed by divisions (B) and (C) of this section. | 1383 |
Year | 1992 | 1993 through 1999 | 2000 and thereafter | 1384 | |||
Tax payment | $1,200,000 | $600,000 | $60,000 | 1385 |
If a vendor's tax payment for each of two consecutive years | 1386 |
beginning with 2000 is less than sixty thousand dollars, the | 1387 |
vendor is relieved of the requirement to remit taxes by electronic | 1388 |
funds transfer for the year that next follows the second of the | 1389 |
consecutive years in which the tax payment is less than sixty | 1390 |
thousand dollars, and is relieved of that requirement for each | 1391 |
succeeding year unless the tax payment in a subsequent year equals | 1392 |
or exceeds sixty thousand dollars. | 1393 |
The tax commissioner shall notify each vendor required to | 1394 |
remit taxes by electronic funds transfer of the vendor's | 1395 |
obligation to do so, shall maintain an updated list of those | 1396 |
vendors, and shall timely certify the list and any additions | 1397 |
thereto or deletions therefrom to the treasurer of state. Failure | 1398 |
by the tax commissioner to notify a vendor subject to this section | 1399 |
to remit taxes by electronic funds transfer does not relieve the | 1400 |
vendor of its obligation to remit taxes by electronic funds | 1401 |
transfer. | 1402 |
(B) Vendors required by division (A) of this section to remit | 1403 |
payments by electronic funds transfer shall remit such payments to | 1404 |
the treasurer of state in the manner prescribed by this section | 1405 |
and rules adopted by the treasurer of state under section 113.061 | 1406 |
of the Revised Code, and on or before the following dates | 1407 |
1408 |
(1) On or before the eleventh day of each month, a vendor | 1409 |
shall remit an amount equal to the taxes collected during the | 1410 |
first seven days of the month. On or before the eighteenth day of | 1411 |
each month, a vendor shall remit an amount equal to the taxes | 1412 |
collected on the eighth through the fourteenth day of the month. | 1413 |
On or before the twenty-fifth day of each month, a vendor shall | 1414 |
remit an amount equal to the taxes collected on the fifteenth | 1415 |
through the twenty-first day of the month. | 1416 |
(2) In lieu of remitting the actual amounts collected for the | 1417 |
periods specified in division (B)(1) of this section, a vendor | 1418 |
may, on or before each of the eleventh, eighteenth, and | 1419 |
twenty-fifth days of each month, remit an amount equal to | 1420 |
one-fourth of the vendor's total tax liability for the same month | 1421 |
in the preceding calendar year. | 1422 |
(3) On or before the twenty-third day of each month, a vendor | 1423 |
shall report the taxes collected for the previous month and shall | 1424 |
remit that amount, less any amounts paid for that month as | 1425 |
required by division (B)(1) or (2) of this section. | 1426 |
The payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer does not | 1427 |
affect a vendor's obligation to file the monthly return as | 1428 |
required under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code. | 1429 |
(C) A vendor required by this section to remit taxes by | 1430 |
electronic funds transfer may apply to the treasurer of state in | 1431 |
the manner prescribed by the treasurer of state to be excused from | 1432 |
that requirement. The treasurer of state may excuse the vendor | 1433 |
from remittance by electronic funds transfer for good cause shown | 1434 |
for the period of time requested by the vendor or for a portion of | 1435 |
that period. The treasurer of state shall notify the tax | 1436 |
commissioner and
the vendor of the | 1437 |
state's decision as soon as is practicable. | 1438 |
(D)(1) If a vendor that is required to remit payments under | 1439 |
division (B) of this section fails to make a payment, the | 1440 |
commissioner may impose an additional charge not to exceed five | 1441 |
per cent of that unpaid amount. | 1442 |
(2) If a vendor required by this section to remit taxes by | 1443 |
electronic funds transfer remits those taxes by some means other | 1444 |
than by electronic funds transfer as prescribed by this section | 1445 |
and the rules adopted by the treasurer of state, and the treasurer | 1446 |
of state determines that such failure was not due to reasonable | 1447 |
cause or was due to willful neglect, the treasurer of state shall | 1448 |
notify the tax commissioner of the failure to remit by electronic | 1449 |
funds transfer and shall provide the commissioner with any | 1450 |
information used in making that determination. The tax | 1451 |
commissioner may
| 1452 |
1453 | |
1454 | |
per cent of the amount of the taxes required to be paid by | 1455 |
electronic funds transfer | 1456 |
dollars. | 1457 |
(3) Any additional charge | 1458 |
(D)(1) or (2) of this section is in addition to any other penalty | 1459 |
or charge imposed under this chapter, and shall be considered as | 1460 |
revenue arising from taxes imposed under this chapter. An | 1461 |
additional charge may be collected by assessment in the manner | 1462 |
prescribed by section 5739.13 of the Revised Code. The tax | 1463 |
commissioner may | 1464 |
may
adopt rules governing such | 1465 |
No additional charge shall be | 1466 |
division (D)(2) of this section against a vendor that has been | 1467 |
notified of its obligation to remit taxes under this section and | 1468 |
that remits its first two tax payments after such notification by | 1469 |
some means other than electronic funds transfer. The additional | 1470 |
charge may be | 1471 |
subsequent tax payment that the vendor remits by some means other | 1472 |
than electronic funds transfer. | 1473 |
Sec. 5739.21. (A) Four and two-tenths per cent of all money | 1474 |
deposited into the state treasury under sections 5739.01 to | 1475 |
5739.31 of the Revised Code and not required to be distributed as | 1476 |
provided in section 5739.102 of the Revised Code or division (B) | 1477 |
of this section shall be credited to the local government fund for | 1478 |
distribution in accordance with section 5747.50 of the Revised | 1479 |
Code, six-tenths of one per cent shall be credited to the local | 1480 |
government revenue assistance fund for distribution in accordance | 1481 |
with section 5747.61 of the Revised Code, and ninety-five and | 1482 |
two-tenths per cent shall be credited to the general revenue fund. | 1483 |
(B) In any case where any county or transit authority has | 1484 |
levied a tax or taxes pursuant to section 5739.021, 5739.023, or | 1485 |
5739.026 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall, within | 1486 |
forty-five days after the end of each month, determine and certify | 1487 |
to the director of budget and management the amount of the | 1488 |
proceeds of such tax or taxes | 1489 |
billings and assessments received during that month, or shown on | 1490 |
tax returns or reports filed during that month, to be returned to | 1491 |
the county or transit authority levying the tax or taxes. The | 1492 |
amount to be returned to each county and transit authority shall | 1493 |
be a fraction of the aggregate amount of money collected with | 1494 |
respect to each area in which one or more of such taxes are | 1495 |
concurrently in effect with the tax levied by section 5739.02 of | 1496 |
the Revised Code, the numerator of which is the rate of the tax | 1497 |
levied by the county or transit authority and the denominator of | 1498 |
which is the aggregate rate of such taxes applicable to such area; | 1499 |
provided, that the aggregate amount to be returned to any county | 1500 |
or transit authority shall be reduced by one per cent, which shall | 1501 |
be certified directly to the credit of the local sales tax | 1502 |
administrative fund, which is hereby created in the state | 1503 |
treasury. For the purpose of determining the amount to be returned | 1504 |
to a county and transit authority in which the rate of tax imposed | 1505 |
by the transit authority has been reduced under section 5739.028 | 1506 |
of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall use the respective | 1507 |
rates of tax imposed by the county or transit authority that | 1508 |
results from the change in the rates authorized under that | 1509 |
section. The director of budget and management shall transfer, | 1510 |
from the same funds and in the same proportions specified in | 1511 |
division (A) of this section, to the permissive tax distribution | 1512 |
fund created by division (B)(1) of section 4301.423 of the Revised | 1513 |
Code and to the local sales tax administrative fund, the amounts | 1514 |
certified by the tax commissioner. The tax commissioner shall | 1515 |
then, on or before the twentieth day of the month in which such | 1516 |
certification is made, provide for payment of such respective | 1517 |
amounts to the county treasurer and to the fiscal officer of the | 1518 |
transit authority levying the tax or taxes. The amount transferred | 1519 |
to the local sales tax administrative fund is for use by the tax | 1520 |
commissioner in defraying costs incurred in administering such | 1521 |
taxes levied by a county or transit authority. | 1522 |
Sec. 5741.03. (A) Four and two-tenths per cent of all money | 1523 |
deposited into the state treasury under sections 5741.01 to | 1524 |
5741.22 of the Revised Code that is not required to be distributed | 1525 |
as provided in division (B) of this section shall be credited to | 1526 |
the local government fund for distribution in accordance with | 1527 |
section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, six-tenths of one per cent | 1528 |
shall be credited to the local government revenue assistance fund | 1529 |
for distribution in accordance with section 5747.61 of the Revised | 1530 |
Code, and ninety-five and two-tenths per cent shall be credited to | 1531 |
the general revenue fund. | 1532 |
(B) In any case where any county or transit authority has | 1533 |
levied a tax or taxes pursuant to section 5741.021, 5741.022, or | 1534 |
5741.023 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall, within | 1535 |
forty-five days after the end of each month, determine and certify | 1536 |
to the director of budget and management the amount of the | 1537 |
proceeds of such tax or taxes | 1538 |
billings and assessments received during that month, or shown on | 1539 |
tax returns or reports filed during that month, to be returned to | 1540 |
the county or transit authority levying the tax or taxes, which | 1541 |
amounts shall be determined in the manner provided in section | 1542 |
5739.21 of the Revised Code. The director of budget and management | 1543 |
shall transfer, from the same funds and in the same proportions | 1544 |
specified in division (A) of this section, to the permissive tax | 1545 |
distribution fund created by division (B)(1) of section 4301.423 | 1546 |
of the Revised Code and to the local sales tax administrative fund | 1547 |
created by division (B) of section 5739.21 of the Revised Code, | 1548 |
the amounts certified by the tax commissioner. The tax | 1549 |
commissioner shall then, on or before the twentieth day of the | 1550 |
month in which such certification is made, provide for payment of | 1551 |
such respective amounts to the county treasurer or to the fiscal | 1552 |
officer of the transit authority levying the tax or taxes. The | 1553 |
amount transferred to the local sales tax administrative fund is | 1554 |
for use by the tax commissioner in defraying costs | 1555 |
commissioner incurs in administering such taxes levied by a county | 1556 |
or transit authority. | 1557 |
Sec. 5741.12. (A) Each seller required by section 5741.17 of | 1558 |
the Revised Code to register with the tax commissioner, and any | 1559 |
seller authorized by the commissioner to collect the tax imposed | 1560 |
by or pursuant to section 5741.02, 5741.021, 5741.022, or 5741.023 | 1561 |
of the Revised Code is subject to the same requirements and | 1562 |
entitled to the same deductions and discount for prompt payments | 1563 |
as are vendors under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code. The | 1564 |
powers and duties of the commissioner and the treasurer of state | 1565 |
with respect to returns and tax remittances under this section | 1566 |
shall be identical with those prescribed in section 5739.12 of the | 1567 |
Revised Code. | 1568 |
(B) Every person storing, using, or consuming tangible | 1569 |
personal property or receiving the benefit of a service, the | 1570 |
storage, use, consumption, or receipt of which is subject to the | 1571 |
tax imposed by or pursuant to section 5741.02, 5741.021, 5741.022, | 1572 |
or 5741.023 of the Revised Code, when such tax was not paid to a | 1573 |
seller, shall, on or before the twenty-third day of each month, | 1574 |
file with the tax commissioner a return for the preceding month in | 1575 |
such form as is prescribed by the commissioner, showing such | 1576 |
information as the commissioner deems necessary, and shall pay the | 1577 |
tax shown on the return to be due. Remittance shall be made | 1578 |
payable to the treasurer of state. The commissioner may require | 1579 |
consumers to file returns and pay the tax at other than monthly | 1580 |
intervals, if the commissioner determines that such filing is | 1581 |
necessary for the efficient administration of the tax. If the | 1582 |
commissioner determines that a consumer's tax liability is not | 1583 |
such as to merit monthly filing, the commissioner may authorize | 1584 |
the consumer to file returns and pay tax at less frequent | 1585 |
intervals. | 1586 |
Any consumer required to file a return and pay the tax under | 1587 |
this section whose payment for any year indicated in section | 1588 |
5741.121 of the Revised Code equals or exceeds the amount shown in | 1589 |
that section shall make each payment required by this section in | 1590 |
the second ensuing and each succeeding year by means of electronic | 1591 |
funds transfer as prescribed by, and on or before the dates | 1592 |
specified in, section 5741.121 of the Revised Code, except as | 1593 |
otherwise prescribed by that section. | 1594 |
(C) Every person storing, using, or consuming a motor | 1595 |
vehicle, watercraft, or outboard motor, the ownership of which | 1596 |
must be evidenced by certificate of title, shall file the return | 1597 |
required by this section and pay the tax due at or prior to the | 1598 |
time of filing an application for certificate of title. | 1599 |
Sec. 5741.121. (A) If the total amount of tax required to be | 1600 |
paid by a seller or consumer under section 5741.12 of the Revised | 1601 |
Code for any year indicated in the following schedule equals or | 1602 |
exceeds the amount prescribed for that year in the schedule, the | 1603 |
seller or consumer shall remit each monthly tax payment in the | 1604 |
second ensuing and each succeeding year by electronic funds | 1605 |
transfer as prescribed by division (B) of this section. | 1606 |
Year | 1992 | 1993 through 1999 | 2000 and thereafter | 1607 | |||
Tax payment | $1,200,000 | $600,000 | $60,000 | 1608 |
If a seller's or consumer's tax payment for each of two | 1609 |
consecutive years beginning with 2000 is less than sixty thousand | 1610 |
dollars, the seller or consumer is relieved of the requirement to | 1611 |
remit taxes by electronic funds transfer for the year that next | 1612 |
follows the second of the consecutive years in which the tax | 1613 |
payment is less than sixty thousand dollars, and is relieved of | 1614 |
that requirement for each succeeding year, unless the tax payment | 1615 |
in a subsequent year equals or exceeds sixty thousand dollars. | 1616 |
The tax commissioner shall notify each seller or consumer | 1617 |
required to remit taxes by electronic funds transfer of the | 1618 |
seller's or consumer's obligation to do so, shall maintain an | 1619 |
updated list of those sellers and consumers, and shall timely | 1620 |
certify the list and any additions thereto or deletions therefrom | 1621 |
to the treasurer of state. Failure by the tax commissioner to | 1622 |
notify a seller or consumer subject to this section to remit taxes | 1623 |
by electronic funds transfer does not relieve the seller or | 1624 |
consumer of the | 1625 |
funds transfer. | 1626 |
(B) | 1627 |
of this section to remit payments by electronic funds transfer | 1628 |
shall remit such payments to the treasurer of state in the manner | 1629 |
prescribed by this section and rules adopted by the treasurer of | 1630 |
state under section 113.061 of the Revised Code, and on or before | 1631 |
the following dates | 1632 |
1633 |
(1)(a) On or before the eleventh day of each month, a seller | 1634 |
shall remit an amount equal to the taxes collected during the | 1635 |
first seven days of the month. On or before the eighteenth day of | 1636 |
each month, a seller shall remit an amount equal to the taxes | 1637 |
collected on the eighth through the fourteenth day of the month. | 1638 |
On or before the twenty-fifth day of each month, a seller shall | 1639 |
remit an amount equal to the taxes collected on the fifteenth | 1640 |
through the twenty-first day of the month. | 1641 |
(b) In lieu of remitting the actual amounts collected for the | 1642 |
periods specified in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, a seller | 1643 |
may, on or before each of the eleventh, eighteenth, and | 1644 |
twenty-fifth days of each month, remit an amount equal to | 1645 |
one-fourth of the seller's total tax liability for the same month | 1646 |
in the preceding calendar year. | 1647 |
(2) On or before each of the eleventh, eighteenth, and | 1648 |
twenty-fifth days of each month, a consumer shall remit an amount | 1649 |
equal to one-fourth of the consumer's total tax liability for the | 1650 |
same month in the preceding calendar year. | 1651 |
(3) On or before the twenty-third day of each month, a seller | 1652 |
shall report the taxes collected and a consumer shall report the | 1653 |
taxes due for the previous month and shall remit that amount, less | 1654 |
any amounts paid for that month as required by division (B)(1)(a) | 1655 |
or (b) or (B)(2) of this section. | 1656 |
The payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer does not | 1657 |
affect a seller's or consumer's obligation to file the monthly | 1658 |
return as required under section 5741.12 of the Revised Code. | 1659 |
(C) A seller or consumer required by this section to remit | 1660 |
taxes by electronic funds transfer may apply to the treasurer of | 1661 |
state in the manner prescribed by the treasurer of state to be | 1662 |
excused from that requirement. The treasurer of state may excuse | 1663 |
the seller or consumer from remittance by electronic funds | 1664 |
transfer for good cause shown for the period of time requested by | 1665 |
the seller or consumer or for a portion of that period. The | 1666 |
treasurer of state shall notify the tax commissioner and the | 1667 |
seller or consumer of the | 1668 |
decision as soon as is practicable. | 1669 |
| 1670 |
payments under division (B) of this section fails to make a | 1671 |
payment, the commissioner may impose an additional charge not to | 1672 |
exceed five per cent of that unpaid amount. | 1673 |
(2) If a seller or consumer required by this section to remit | 1674 |
taxes by electronic funds transfer remits those taxes by some | 1675 |
means other than by electronic funds transfer as prescribed by the | 1676 |
rules adopted by the treasurer of state, and the treasurer of | 1677 |
state determines that such failure was not due to reasonable cause | 1678 |
or was due to willful neglect, the treasurer of state shall notify | 1679 |
the tax commissioner of the failure to remit by electronic funds | 1680 |
transfer and shall provide the commissioner with any information | 1681 |
used in making that determination. The tax commissioner may | 1682 |
1683 | |
1684 | |
1685 | |
the amount of the taxes required to be paid by electronic funds | 1686 |
transfer | 1687 |
(3) Any additional charge | 1688 |
is in addition to any other penalty or charge imposed under this | 1689 |
chapter, and shall be considered as revenue arising from taxes | 1690 |
imposed under this chapter. An additional charge may be collected | 1691 |
by assessment in the manner prescribed by section 5741.13 of the | 1692 |
Revised Code. The tax commissioner may
| 1693 |
portion of such a charge and may adopt rules governing such | 1694 |
1695 |
No additional charge shall be | 1696 |
division (D)(2) of this section against a seller or consumer that | 1697 |
has been notified of the | 1698 |
under this section and that remits its first two tax payments | 1699 |
after such notification by some means other than electronic funds | 1700 |
transfer. The additional charge may be | 1701 |
remittance of any subsequent tax payment that the seller or | 1702 |
consumer remits by some means other than electronic funds | 1703 |
transfer. | 1704 |
Section 2. That existing sections 5104.01, 5104.04, 5104.30, | 1705 |
5104.32, 5104.34, 5104.35, 5104.38, 5104.39, 5139.41, 5739.031, | 1706 |
5739.032, 5739.12, 5739.122, 5739.21, 5741.03, 5741.12, and | 1707 |
5741.121 and section Sec. 3302.041. of the Revised Code are hereby | 1708 |
repealed. | 1709 |
Section 3. That the versions of sections 5739.031, 5739.12, | 1710 |
and 5741.12 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect | 1711 |
July 1, 2003, be amended to read as follows: | 1712 |
Sec. 5739.031. (A) Upon application, the tax commissioner | 1713 |
may issue a direct payment permit that authorizes a consumer to | 1714 |
pay the sales tax levied by or pursuant to section 5739.02, | 1715 |
5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code or the use tax | 1716 |
levied by or pursuant to section 5741.02, 5741.021, 5741.022, or | 1717 |
5741.023 of the Revised Code directly to the state and waives the | 1718 |
collection of the tax by the vendor or seller if payment directly | 1719 |
to the state would improve compliance and increase the efficiency | 1720 |
of the administration of the tax. The commissioner may adopt rules | 1721 |
establishing the criteria for the issuance of such permits. | 1722 |
(B) Each permit holder, on or before the twenty-third day of | 1723 |
each month, shall make and file with the treasurer of state a | 1724 |
return for the preceding month in such form as is prescribed by | 1725 |
the tax commissioner and shall pay the tax shown on the return to | 1726 |
be due. The return shall show the sum of the prices of taxable | 1727 |
merchandise used and taxable services received, the amount of tax | 1728 |
due from the permit holder, and such other information as the | 1729 |
commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner, upon written | 1730 |
request by the permit holder, may extend the time for making and | 1731 |
filing returns and paying the tax. If the commissioner determines | 1732 |
that a permit holder's tax liability is not such as to merit | 1733 |
monthly filing, the commissioner may authorize the permit holder | 1734 |
to file returns and pay the tax at less frequent intervals. The | 1735 |
treasurer of state shall show on the return the date it was filed | 1736 |
and the amount of the payment remitted to the treasurer. | 1737 |
Thereafter, the treasurer immediately shall transmit all returns | 1738 |
filed under this section to the tax commissioner. | 1739 |
Any permit holder required to file a return and pay the tax | 1740 |
under this section whose total payment for any calendar year | 1741 |
equals or exceeds the amount shown in section 5739.032 of the | 1742 |
Revised Code shall make each payment required by this section in | 1743 |
the second ensuing and each succeeding year by electronic funds | 1744 |
transfer as prescribed by, and on or before the dates specified | 1745 |
in, section 5739.032 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise | 1746 |
prescribed by that section. | 1747 |
(C) For purposes of reporting and remitting the tax, the | 1748 |
price of tangible personal property or services purchased by, or | 1749 |
of tangible personal property produced by, the permit holder shall | 1750 |
be determined under division (G) of section 5741.01 of the Revised | 1751 |
Code. Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of section | 1752 |
5739.033 of the Revised Code, the situs of any purchase | 1753 |
transaction made by the permit holder is the location where the | 1754 |
tangible personal property or service is received by the permit | 1755 |
holder. | 1756 |
(D) It shall be the duty of every permit holder required to | 1757 |
make a return and pay its tax under this section to keep and | 1758 |
preserve suitable records of purchases together with invoices of | 1759 |
purchases, bills of lading, asset ledgers, depreciation schedules, | 1760 |
transfer journals, and such other primary and secondary records | 1761 |
and documents in such form as the commissioner requires. All such | 1762 |
records and other documents shall be open during business hours to | 1763 |
the inspection of the tax commissioner, and shall be preserved for | 1764 |
a period of four years, unless the commissioner, in writing, has | 1765 |
authorized their destruction or disposal at an earlier date, or by | 1766 |
order or by reason of a waiver of the four-year time limitation | 1767 |
pursuant to section 5739.16 of the Revised Code requires that they | 1768 |
be kept longer. | 1769 |
(E) A permit granted pursuant to this section shall continue | 1770 |
to be valid until surrendered by the holder or canceled for cause | 1771 |
by the tax commissioner. | 1772 |
(F) Persons who hold a direct payment permit that has not | 1773 |
been canceled shall not be required to issue exemption | 1774 |
certificates and shall not be required to pay the tax as | 1775 |
prescribed in sections 5739.03, 5739.033, and 5741.12 of the | 1776 |
Revised Code. Such persons shall notify vendors and sellers from | 1777 |
whom purchases of tangible personal property or services are made, | 1778 |
of their direct payment permit number and that the tax is being | 1779 |
paid directly to the state. Upon receipt of such notice, such | 1780 |
vendor or seller shall be absolved from all duties and liabilities | 1781 |
imposed by section 5739.03 or 5741.04 of the Revised Code with | 1782 |
respect to sales of tangible personal property or services to such | 1783 |
permit holder. | 1784 |
Vendors and sellers who make sales upon which the tax is not | 1785 |
collected by reason of the provisions of this section shall | 1786 |
maintain records in such manner that the amount involved and | 1787 |
identity of the purchaser may be ascertained. The receipts from | 1788 |
such sales shall not be subject to the tax levied in section | 1789 |
5739.10 of the Revised Code. | 1790 |
Upon the cancellation or surrender of a direct payment | 1791 |
permit, the provisions of sections 5739.03, 5741.04, and 5741.12 | 1792 |
of the Revised Code shall immediately apply to all purchases made | 1793 |
subsequent to such cancellation or surrender by the person who | 1794 |
previously held such permit, and such person shall so notify | 1795 |
vendors and sellers from whom purchases of tangible personal | 1796 |
property or services are made, in writing, prior to or at the time | 1797 |
of the first purchase after such cancellation or surrender. Upon | 1798 |
receipt of such notice, the vendor shall be subject to the | 1799 |
provisions of sections 5739.03 and 5739.10 of the Revised Code and | 1800 |
the seller shall be subject to the provisions of section 5741.04 | 1801 |
of the Revised Code, with respect to all sales subsequently made | 1802 |
to such person. Failure of any such person to notify vendors or | 1803 |
sellers from whom purchases of tangible personal property or | 1804 |
services are made of the cancellation or surrender of a direct | 1805 |
payment permit shall be considered as a refusal to pay the tax by | 1806 |
the person required to issue such notice. | 1807 |
Sec. 5739.12. Each person who has or is required to have a | 1808 |
vendor's license, on or before the twenty-third day of each month, | 1809 |
shall make and file a return for the preceding month, on forms | 1810 |
prescribed by the tax commissioner, and shall pay the tax shown on | 1811 |
the return to be due. The commissioner may require a vendor that | 1812 |
operates from multiple locations or has multiple vendor's licenses | 1813 |
to report all tax liabilities on one consolidated return. The | 1814 |
return shall show the amount of tax due from the vendor to the | 1815 |
state for the period covered by the return and such other | 1816 |
information as the commissioner deems necessary for the proper | 1817 |
administration of this chapter. The commissioner may extend the | 1818 |
time for making and filing returns and paying the tax, and may | 1819 |
require that the return for the last month of any annual or | 1820 |
semiannual period, as determined by the commissioner, be a | 1821 |
reconciliation return detailing the vendor's sales activity for | 1822 |
the preceding annual or semiannual period. The reconciliation | 1823 |
return shall be filed by the last day of the month following the | 1824 |
last month of the annual or semiannual period. The commissioner | 1825 |
may remit all or any part of amounts or penalties that may become | 1826 |
due under this chapter and may adopt rules relating thereto. Such | 1827 |
return shall be filed by mailing it to the tax commissioner, | 1828 |
together with payment of the amount of tax shown to be due thereon | 1829 |
after deduction of any discount provided for under this section. | 1830 |
Remittance shall be made payable to the treasurer of state. The | 1831 |
return shall be considered filed when received by the tax | 1832 |
commissioner, and the payment shall be considered made when | 1833 |
received by the tax commissioner or when credited to an account | 1834 |
designated by the treasurer of state or the tax commissioner. | 1835 |
If the return is filed and the amount of tax shown thereon to | 1836 |
be due is paid on or before the date such return is required to be | 1837 |
filed, the vendor shall be entitled to a discount of three-fourths | 1838 |
of one per cent of the amount shown to be due on the return, but a | 1839 |
vendor that has selected a certified service provider as its agent | 1840 |
shall not be entitled to the discount. Amounts paid to the clerk | 1841 |
of courts pursuant to section 4505.06 of the Revised Code shall be | 1842 |
subject to the three-fourths of one per cent discount. The | 1843 |
discount shall be in consideration for prompt payment to the clerk | 1844 |
of courts and for other services performed by the vendor in the | 1845 |
collection of the tax. | 1846 |
Upon application to the commissioner, a vendor who is | 1847 |
required to file monthly returns may be relieved of the | 1848 |
requirement to report and pay the actual tax due, provided that | 1849 |
the vendor agrees to remit to the tax commissioner payment of not | 1850 |
less than an amount determined by the commissioner to be the | 1851 |
average monthly tax liability of the vendor, based upon a review | 1852 |
of the returns or other information pertaining to such vendor for | 1853 |
a period of not less than six months nor more than two years | 1854 |
immediately preceding the filing of the application. Vendors who | 1855 |
agree to the above conditions shall make and file an annual or | 1856 |
semiannual reconciliation return, as prescribed by the | 1857 |
commissioner. The reconciliation return shall be filed by mailing | 1858 |
or delivering it to the tax commissioner, together with payment of | 1859 |
the amount of tax shown to be due thereon after deduction of any | 1860 |
discount provided in this section. Remittance shall be made | 1861 |
payable to the treasurer of state. Failure of a vendor to comply | 1862 |
with any of the above conditions may result in immediate | 1863 |
reinstatement of the requirement of reporting and paying the | 1864 |
actual tax liability on each monthly return, and the commissioner | 1865 |
may at the commissioner's discretion deny the vendor the right to | 1866 |
report and pay based upon the average monthly liability for a | 1867 |
period not to exceed two years. The amount ascertained by the | 1868 |
commissioner to be the average monthly tax liability of a vendor | 1869 |
may be adjusted, based upon a review of the returns or other | 1870 |
information pertaining to the vendor for a period of not less than | 1871 |
six months nor more than two years preceding such adjustment. | 1872 |
The commissioner may authorize vendors whose tax liability is | 1873 |
not such as to merit monthly returns, as ascertained by the | 1874 |
commissioner upon the basis of administrative costs to the state, | 1875 |
to make and file returns at less frequent intervals. When returns | 1876 |
are filed at less frequent intervals in accordance with such | 1877 |
authorization, the vendor shall be allowed the discount of | 1878 |
three-fourths of one per cent in consideration for prompt payment | 1879 |
with the return, provided the return is filed together with | 1880 |
payment of the amount of tax shown to be due thereon, at the time | 1881 |
specified by the commissioner, but a vendor that has selected a | 1882 |
certified service provider as its agent shall not be entitled to | 1883 |
the discount. | 1884 |
Any vendor who fails to file a return or pay the full amount | 1885 |
of the tax shown on the return to be due under this section and | 1886 |
the rules of the commissioner may, for each such return the vendor | 1887 |
fails to file or each such tax the vendor fails to pay in full as | 1888 |
shown on the return within the period prescribed by this section | 1889 |
and the rules of the commissioner, be required to forfeit and pay | 1890 |
into the state treasury an additional charge not exceeding fifty | 1891 |
dollars or ten per cent of the tax required to be paid for the | 1892 |
reporting period, whichever is greater, as revenue arising from | 1893 |
the tax imposed by this chapter, and such sum may be collected by | 1894 |
assessment in the manner provided in section 5739.13 of the | 1895 |
Revised Code. The commissioner may remit all or a portion of the | 1896 |
additional charge and may adopt rules relating to the imposition | 1897 |
and remission of the additional charge. | 1898 |
If the amount required to be collected by a vendor from | 1899 |
consumers is in excess of five per cent of the vendor's receipts | 1900 |
from sales that are taxable under section 5739.02 of the Revised | 1901 |
Code, or in the case of sales subject to a tax levied pursuant to | 1902 |
section 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, in | 1903 |
excess of the percentage equal to the aggregate rate of such taxes | 1904 |
and the tax levied by section 5739.02 of the Revised Code, such | 1905 |
excess shall be remitted along with the remittance of the amount | 1906 |
of tax due under section 5739.10 of the Revised Code. | 1907 |
The commissioner, if the commissioner deems it necessary in | 1908 |
order to insure the payment of the tax imposed by this chapter, | 1909 |
may require returns and payments to be made for other than monthly | 1910 |
periods. The returns shall be signed by the vendor or the vendor's | 1911 |
authorized agent. | 1912 |
Any vendor required to file a return and pay the tax under | 1913 |
this section, whose total payment in any year indicated in | 1914 |
division (A) of section 5739.122 of the Revised Code equals or | 1915 |
exceeds the amount shown in that division, shall make each payment | 1916 |
required by this section in the second ensuing and each succeeding | 1917 |
year by electronic funds transfer as prescribed by, and on or | 1918 |
before the dates specified in, section 5739.122 of the Revised | 1919 |
Code, except as otherwise prescribed by that section. For a vendor | 1920 |
that operates from multiple locations or has multiple vendor's | 1921 |
licenses, in determining whether the vendor's total payment equals | 1922 |
or exceeds the amount shown in division (A) of that section, the | 1923 |
vendor's total payment amount shall be the amount of the vendor's | 1924 |
total tax liability for the previous calendar year for all of the | 1925 |
vendor's locations or licenses. | 1926 |
Sec. 5741.12. (A) Each seller required by section 5741.17 of | 1927 |
the Revised Code to register with the tax commissioner, and any | 1928 |
seller authorized by the commissioner to collect the tax imposed | 1929 |
by or pursuant to section 5741.02, 5741.021, 5741.022, or 5741.023 | 1930 |
of the Revised Code is subject to the same requirements and | 1931 |
entitled to the same deductions and discount for prompt payments | 1932 |
as are vendors under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code, and the | 1933 |
same monetary allowances as are vendors under section 5739.06 of | 1934 |
the Revised Code. The powers and duties of the commissioner and | 1935 |
the treasurer of state with respect to returns and tax remittances | 1936 |
under this section shall be identical with those prescribed in | 1937 |
section 5739.12 of the Revised Code. | 1938 |
(B) Every person storing, using, or consuming tangible | 1939 |
personal property or receiving the benefit of a service, the | 1940 |
storage, use, consumption, or receipt of which is subject to the | 1941 |
tax imposed by or pursuant to section 5741.02, 5741.021, 5741.022, | 1942 |
or 5741.023 of the Revised Code, when such tax was not paid to a | 1943 |
seller, shall, on or before the twenty-third day of each month, | 1944 |
file with the tax commissioner a return for the preceding month in | 1945 |
such form as is prescribed by the commissioner, showing such | 1946 |
information as the commissioner deems necessary, and shall pay the | 1947 |
tax shown on the return to be due. Remittance shall be made | 1948 |
payable to the treasurer of state. The commissioner may require | 1949 |
consumers to file returns and pay the tax at other than monthly | 1950 |
intervals, if the commissioner determines that such filing is | 1951 |
necessary for the efficient administration of the tax. If the | 1952 |
commissioner determines that a consumer's tax liability is not | 1953 |
such as to merit monthly filing, the commissioner may authorize | 1954 |
the consumer to file returns and pay tax at less frequent | 1955 |
intervals. | 1956 |
Any consumer required to file a return and pay the tax under | 1957 |
this section whose payment for any year indicated in section | 1958 |
5741.121 of the Revised Code equals or exceeds the amount shown in | 1959 |
that section shall make each payment required by this section in | 1960 |
the second ensuing and each succeeding year by means of electronic | 1961 |
funds transfer as prescribed by, and on or before the dates | 1962 |
specified in, section 5741.121 of the Revised Code, except as | 1963 |
otherwise prescribed by that section. | 1964 |
(C) Every person storing, using, or consuming a motor | 1965 |
vehicle, watercraft, or outboard motor, the ownership of which | 1966 |
must be evidenced by certificate of title, shall file the return | 1967 |
required by this section and pay the tax due at or prior to the | 1968 |
time of filing an application for certificate of title. | 1969 |
Section 4. That the existing versions of sections 5739.031, | 1970 |
5739.12, and 5741.12 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to | 1971 |
take effect July 1, 2003, are hereby repealed. | 1972 |
Section 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this act take effect on July | 1973 |
1, 2003. | 1974 |
Section 6. That Sections 40 and 142 of Am. Sub. H.B. 94 of | 1975 |
the 124th General Assembly be amended to read as follows: | 1976 |
Sec. 40. BDP BOARD OF DEPOSIT | 1977 |
General Services Fund Group | 1978 |
4M2 | 974-601 | Board of Deposit | $ | 838,000 | $ | 1979 | |||||
TOTAL GSF General Services Fund | 1980 | ||||||||||
Group | $ | 838,000 | $ | 1981 | |||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 838,000 | $ | 1982 |
BOARD OF DEPOSIT EXPENSE FUND | 1983 |
Upon receiving certification of expenses from the Treasurer | 1984 |
of State, the Director of Budget and Management shall transfer | 1985 |
cash from the Investment Earnings Redistribution Fund (Fund 608) | 1986 |
to the Board of Deposit Expense Fund (Fund 4M2). The latter fund | 1987 |
shall be used to pay for banking charges and fees required for the | 1988 |
operation of the State of Ohio Regular Account. | 1989 |
Sec. 142. BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND TRANSFERS FOR THE | 1990 |
DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES | 1991 |
Notwithstanding section 131.43 and division (D) of section | 1992 |
127.14 of the Revised Code, if the Director of Budget and | 1993 |
Management, in consultation with the Director of Job and Family | 1994 |
Services, determines that Medicaid expenditures for the biennium | 1995 |
are likely to exceed the amounts appropriated in the Department of | 1996 |
Job and Family Services appropriation item 600-525, Health | 1997 |
Care/Medicaid, the Director of Budget and Management may, with | 1998 |
Controlling Board approval, | 1999 |
million in cash from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the General | 2000 |
Revenue Fund and increase the appropriation to appropriation item | 2001 |
600-525, Health Care/Medicaid, accordingly. In increasing the | 2002 |
appropriation to appropriation item 600-525, Health Care/Medicaid, | 2003 |
the Director of Budget and Management shall add to the amount | 2004 |
transferred from the Budget Stabilization Fund appropriation | 2005 |
amounts that are attributable to the federal match that is | 2006 |
indicated by the state and federal division of appropriation item | 2007 |
600-525, Health
Care/Medicaid, as represented in | 2008 |
H.B. 94 of the 124th General Assembly. Before any transfers are | 2009 |
authorized, the Director of Budget and Management shall exhaust | 2010 |
the possibilities for transfers of moneys within the Department of | 2011 |
Job and Family Services to meet the identified shortfall. | 2012 |
Section 7. That existing Sections 40 and 142 of Am. Sub. H.B. | 2013 |
94 of the 124th General Assembly are hereby repealed. | 2014 |
Section 8. That Section 125 of Am. Sub. H.B. 94 of the 124th | 2015 |
General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 261 of the 124th | 2016 |
General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: | 2017 |
Sec. 125. UNCLAIMED FUNDS TRANSFER | 2018 |
Notwithstanding division (A) of section 169.05 of the Revised | 2019 |
Code, prior to June 30, 2003, upon the request of the Director of | 2020 |
Budget and Management, the Director of Commerce shall transfer to | 2021 |
the General Revenue Fund up to
| 2022 |
unclaimed funds that have been reported by the holder of unclaimed | 2023 |
funds as provided by section 169.05 of the Revised Code, | 2024 |
irrespective of the allocation of the unclaimed funds under that | 2025 |
section. | 2026 |
Section 9. That existing Section 125 of Am. Sub. H.B. 94 of | 2027 |
the 124th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 261 of the | 2028 |
124th General Assembly, is hereby repealed. | 2029 |
Section 10. That Section 140 of Am. Sub. H.B. 94 of the 124th | 2030 |
General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 405 and Am. Sub. | 2031 |
H.B. 390 of the 124th General Assembly, be amended to read as | 2032 |
follows: | 2033 |
Sec. 140. TEMPORARY STABILIZATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 2034 |
DISTRIBUTIONS | 2035 |
(A) On or before the third day of each month of the period | 2036 |
July 2001 through May 2002, the Tax Commissioner shall determine | 2037 |
the amounts credited under sections 5727.45, 5733.12, 5739.21, | 2038 |
5741.03, and 5747.03 of the Revised Code, respectively, to the | 2039 |
Local Government Fund, to the Library and Local Government Support | 2040 |
Fund, and to the Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund in the | 2041 |
twelfth preceding month. On or before June 3, 2002, the Tax | 2042 |
Commissioner shall determine the amounts credited under sections | 2043 |
5727.45, 5733.12, 5739.21, 5741.03, and 5747.03 of the Revised | 2044 |
Code, respectively, to the Local Government Fund, to the Library | 2045 |
and Local Government Support Fund, and to the Local Government | 2046 |
Revenue Assistance Fund in June 2000. For purposes of this | 2047 |
section, any amount transferred during the period January 1, 2001, | 2048 |
through June 30, 2001, to the Local Government Fund, to the Local | 2049 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, or to the Library and Local | 2050 |
Government Support Fund under section 131.44 of the Revised Code | 2051 |
shall be considered to be an amount credited to that respective | 2052 |
fund under section 5747.03 of the Revised Code. | 2053 |
Notwithstanding sections 5727.45, 5733.12, 5739.21, 5741.03, | 2054 |
and 5747.03 of the Revised Code to the contrary, for each month in | 2055 |
the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2003, from the public | 2056 |
utility excise, corporate franchise, sales, use, and personal | 2057 |
income taxes collected: | 2058 |
(1) An amount shall first be credited to the Local Government | 2059 |
Fund that equals the amount credited to that fund from that tax | 2060 |
according to the schedule in division (B) of this section. | 2061 |
(2) An amount shall next be credited to the Local Government | 2062 |
Revenue Assistance Fund that equals the amount credited to that | 2063 |
fund from that tax according to the schedule in division (B) of | 2064 |
this section. | 2065 |
(3) An amount shall next be credited to the Library and Local | 2066 |
Government Support Fund that equals the amount credited to that | 2067 |
fund from that tax according to the schedule in division (B) of | 2068 |
this section. | 2069 |
(B) The amounts shall be credited from each tax to each | 2070 |
respective fund as follows: | 2071 |
(1) In July 2001 and July 2002, the amounts credited in July | 2072 |
2000; | 2073 |
(2) In August 2001 and August 2002, the amounts credited in | 2074 |
August 2000; | 2075 |
(3) In September 2001 and September 2002, the amounts | 2076 |
credited in September 2000; | 2077 |
(4) In October 2001 and October 2002, the amounts credited in | 2078 |
October 2000; | 2079 |
(5) In November 2001 and November 2002, the amounts credited | 2080 |
in November 2000; | 2081 |
(6) In December 2001 and December 2002, the amounts credited | 2082 |
in December 2000; | 2083 |
(7) In January 2002 and January 2003, the amounts credited in | 2084 |
January 2001; | 2085 |
(8) In February 2002 and February 2003, the amounts credited | 2086 |
in February 2001 but subject to a reduction made pursuant to | 2087 |
division (D) of this section; | 2088 |
(9) In March 2002 and March 2003, the amounts credited in | 2089 |
March 2001, but subject to any reduction made pursuant to division | 2090 |
(E) of this section; | 2091 |
(10) In April 2002 and April 2003, the amounts credited in | 2092 |
April 2001, but subject to any reduction made pursuant to division | 2093 |
(E) of this section; | 2094 |
(11) In May 2002 and May 2003, the amounts credited in May | 2095 |
2001, but subject to any reduction made pursuant to division (E) | 2096 |
of this section; | 2097 |
(12) In June 2002 and June 2003, the amounts credited in June | 2098 |
2000
but subject to | 2099 |
2100 |
(C) Notwithstanding section 5727.84 of the Revised Code to | 2101 |
the contrary, for the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2003, | 2102 |
no amounts shall be credited to the Local Government Fund or to | 2103 |
the Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund from the kilowatt | 2104 |
hour tax, and such amounts that would have otherwise been required | 2105 |
to be credited to such funds shall instead be credited to the | 2106 |
General Revenue Fund. Notwithstanding section 131.44 of the | 2107 |
Revised Code to the contrary, for the period July 1, 2001, through | 2108 |
June 30, 2003, no amounts shall be transferred to the Local | 2109 |
Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund, or | 2110 |
the Library and Local Government Support Fund from the Income Tax | 2111 |
Reduction Fund, and such amounts that would have otherwise been | 2112 |
transferred to such funds from the Income Tax Reduction Fund shall | 2113 |
instead be transferred to the General Revenue Fund. | 2114 |
(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 2115 |
contrary, the Tax Commissioner shall do each of the following: | 2116 |
(1) By the fourth day of February 2002, the commissioner | 2117 |
shall subtract the amount calculated in division (D)(1)(b) of this | 2118 |
section from the amount calculated in division (D)(1)(a) of this | 2119 |
section. If the amount in division (D)(1)(a) of this section is | 2120 |
greater than the amount in division (D)(1)(b) of this section, | 2121 |
then subtract the difference from the amount of money from the | 2122 |
income tax credited to the Local Government Fund, the Local | 2123 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and the Library and Local | 2124 |
Government Support Fund in February 2002. | 2125 |
(a) Money credited to the Local Government Fund, the Local | 2126 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and the Library and Local | 2127 |
Government Support Fund from July 2001 through January 2002, less | 2128 |
each fund's proportional share of $64,092,000; | 2129 |
(b) The amount of money that would have been credited to the | 2130 |
Local Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Assistance | 2131 |
Fund, and the Library and Local Government Support Fund from July | 2132 |
2001 through January 2002, if sections 5727.45, 5727.84, 5733.12, | 2133 |
5739.21, 5741.03, and 5747.03 of the Revised Code were in effect | 2134 |
during this period. | 2135 |
(2) By the fourth day of June 2002, the commissioner shall | 2136 |
subtract the amount calculated in division (D)(2)(b) of this | 2137 |
section from the amount calculated in division (D)(2)(a) of this | 2138 |
section. If the amount in division (D)(2)(a) of this section is | 2139 |
greater than the amount in division (D)(2)(b) of this section, | 2140 |
then subtract any positive difference from the amount of money | 2141 |
from the income tax credited to the Local Government Fund, the | 2142 |
Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and the Library and | 2143 |
Local Government Support Fund in June 2002. | 2144 |
(a) Money credited to the Local Government Fund, the Local | 2145 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and the Library and Local | 2146 |
Government Support Fund from February 2002 through May 2002, plus | 2147 |
any money subtracted under division (D)(1) of this section; | 2148 |
(b) The amount of money that would have been credited to the | 2149 |
Local Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Assistance | 2150 |
Fund, and the Library and Local Government Support Fund from | 2151 |
February 2002 through May 2002, if sections 5727.45, 5727.84, | 2152 |
5733.12, 5739.21, 5741.03, and 5747.03 of the Revised Code were in | 2153 |
effect during this period. | 2154 |
(3) By the fourth day of February 2003, the commissioner | 2155 |
shall subtract the amount calculated in division (D)(3)(b) of this | 2156 |
section from the amount calculated in division (D)(3)(a) of this | 2157 |
section. If the amount in division (D)(3)(a) of this section is | 2158 |
greater than the amount in division (D)(3)(b) of this section, | 2159 |
then subtract the difference from the amount of money from the | 2160 |
income tax credited to the Local Government Fund, the Local | 2161 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and the Library and Local | 2162 |
Government Support Fund in February 2003. | 2163 |
(a) Money credited to the Local Government Fund, the Local | 2164 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and the Library and Local | 2165 |
Government Support Fund from June 2002 through January 2003, less | 2166 |
each fund's proportional share of $64,092,000, plus the amount | 2167 |
subtracted under division (D)(2) of this section; | 2168 |
(b) The amount of money that would have been credited to the | 2169 |
Local Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Assistance | 2170 |
Fund, and the Library and Local Government Support Fund from June | 2171 |
2002 through January 2003, if sections 5727.45, 5727.84, 5733.12, | 2172 |
5739.21, 5741.03, and 5747.03 of the Revised Code were in effect | 2173 |
during this period. | 2174 |
(4) By the fourth day of June 2003, the commissioner shall | 2175 |
subtract the amount calculated in division (D)(4)(b) of this | 2176 |
section from the amount calculated in division (D)(4)(a) of this | 2177 |
section. If the amount in division (D)(4)(a) of this section is | 2178 |
greater than the amount in division (D)(4)(b) of this section, | 2179 |
then subtract any positive difference from the amount of money | 2180 |
from the income tax credited to the Local Government Fund, the | 2181 |
Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and the Library and | 2182 |
Local Government Support Fund in June 2003. | 2183 |
(a) Money credited to the Local Government Fund, the Local | 2184 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and the Library and Local | 2185 |
Government Support Fund from | 2186 |
2003, plus
any | 2187 |
this section; | 2188 |
(b) The amount of money that would have been credited to the | 2189 |
Local Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Assistance | 2190 |
Fund, and the Library and Local Government Support Fund from | 2191 |
2192 | |
5727.84, 5733.12, 5739.21, 5741.03, and 5747.03 of the Revised | 2193 |
Code were in effect during this period. | 2194 |
(E) For the period March 2003 through May 2003, the Director | 2195 |
of Budget and Management may direct the Tax Commissioner to reduce | 2196 |
the total amount of income tax revenue credited to the Local | 2197 |
Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and | 2198 |
the Library and Local Government Support Fund by up to | 2199 |
$30,000,000. The reduction in amounts credited to each fund may be | 2200 |
made in any month and in any amount, as long as the total | 2201 |
reduction does not exceed $30,000,000. | 2202 |
If the total amount of reductions taken in the period from | 2203 |
March 2003 through May 2003 is less than $30,000,000, the Director | 2204 |
of Budget and Management may direct the Tax Commissioner to reduce | 2205 |
the total amount of income tax revenue credited to the Local | 2206 |
Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Fund, and the | 2207 |
Library and Local Government Support Fund by the amount of the | 2208 |
difference. | 2209 |
(F) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 2210 |
contrary, the Tax Commissioner shall compute separate adjustments | 2211 |
to the amounts credited from the public utility excise, corporate | 2212 |
franchise, sales, use, and personal income taxes to the Local | 2213 |
Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and | 2214 |
the Library and Local Government Support Fund during July 2001. | 2215 |
The adjustments shall equal the amount credited to each respective | 2216 |
fund from each respective tax during June 2000 minus the amount | 2217 |
credited to that fund from that tax during June 2001. If an | 2218 |
adjustment is a positive amount, during July 2001, such amount | 2219 |
shall be credited to the Local Government Fund, the Local | 2220 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, or the Library and Local | 2221 |
Government Support Fund, as appropriate, and shall be deducted | 2222 |
from the General Revenue Fund. If an adjustment is a negative | 2223 |
amount, during July 2001, such amount shall be deducted from the | 2224 |
Local Government Fund, the Local Government Revenue Assistance | 2225 |
Fund, or the Library and Local Government Support Fund, as | 2226 |
appropriate, and shall be credited to the General Revenue Fund. | 2227 |
Any amount remaining in the Local Government Fund, the Local | 2228 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, or the Library and Local | 2229 |
Government Support Fund after the distributions from such funds | 2230 |
are made to local governments in August 2001, shall be certified | 2231 |
by the Tax Commissioner to the Director of Budget and Management | 2232 |
by August 15, 2001, and the Director of Budget and Management | 2233 |
shall transfer such amount from each respective fund to the | 2234 |
General Revenue Fund by August 31, 2001. | 2235 |
For purposes of this section, "pro rata share" means the | 2236 |
percentage calculated for each county and used in each month of | 2237 |
the period July 2000 through June 2001 to distribute the amounts | 2238 |
credited to the Library and Local Government Support Fund in | 2239 |
accordance with section 5747.47 of the Revised Code. | 2240 |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | 2241 |
in July 2001, each county undivided library and local government | 2242 |
support fund shall receive from the Library and Local Government | 2243 |
Support Fund an amount equal to the amount it would have received | 2244 |
pursuant to section 5747.47 of the Revised Code for that month, | 2245 |
minus its pro rata share of any amount that has been or shall be | 2246 |
transferred from the Library and Local Government Support Fund to | 2247 |
the OPLIN Technology Fund in that month. In August 2001, each | 2248 |
county undivided library and local government support fund shall | 2249 |
receive from the Library and Local Government Support Fund an | 2250 |
amount equal to the amount it received from that fund in July 2000 | 2251 |
and August 2000 minus the amount it received from that fund in | 2252 |
July 2001 and minus its pro rata share of any amount transferred | 2253 |
from that fund to the OPLIN Technology Fund in July 2001 or August | 2254 |
2001. In August 2001, each county undivided local government fund | 2255 |
shall receive from the Local Government Fund, each municipality | 2256 |
that receives a distribution directly from the Local Government | 2257 |
Fund shall receive from that fund, and each county undivided local | 2258 |
government revenue assistance fund shall receive from the Local | 2259 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund an amount equal to the amount | 2260 |
it received from that respective fund in July 2000 and August 2000 | 2261 |
minus the amount it received from that respective fund in July | 2262 |
2001. In each month of the periods September 1, 2001, through June | 2263 |
30, 2002, and September 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003, each | 2264 |
county undivided local government fund shall receive from the | 2265 |
Local Government Fund, each municipality that receives a | 2266 |
distribution directly from the Local Government Fund shall receive | 2267 |
from that fund, each county undivided local government revenue | 2268 |
assistance fund shall receive from the Local Government Revenue | 2269 |
Assistance Fund, and each county undivided library and local | 2270 |
government support fund shall receive from the Library and Local | 2271 |
Government Support Fund, the same amount it received from that | 2272 |
respective fund in the corresponding month of the period September | 2273 |
1, 2000, through June 2001, except there shall be a reduction in | 2274 |
the amount received during the month following any reduction made | 2275 |
pursuant to division (D) of this section. In each month of the | 2276 |
period July 1, 2002, through August 31, 2002, and in the month of | 2277 |
July 2003, each county undivided local government fund shall | 2278 |
receive from the Local Government Fund, each municipality that | 2279 |
receives a distribution directly from the Local Government Fund | 2280 |
shall receive from that fund, each county undivided local | 2281 |
government revenue assistance fund shall receive from the Local | 2282 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and each county undivided | 2283 |
library and local government support fund shall receive from the | 2284 |
Library and Local Government Support Fund, the same amount it | 2285 |
received from that respective fund in the corresponding month of | 2286 |
the period July 1, 2000, through August 31, 2000, except there | 2287 |
shall be a reduction in the amount received during the month | 2288 |
following any reduction made pursuant to division (D) of this | 2289 |
section. If during any month of the period September 1, 2001, | 2290 |
through July 31, 2003, a transfer is made from the Library and | 2291 |
Local Government Support Fund to the OPLIN Technology Fund, the | 2292 |
amount distributed to each county undivided library and local | 2293 |
government support fund shall be reduced by its pro rata share of | 2294 |
the amount transferred. | 2295 |
When a reduction is made pursuant to divisions (D)(1), (2), | 2296 |
(3), or (4) of this section, respectively, the amount received by | 2297 |
each county undivided local government fund and each municipality | 2298 |
directly from the Local Government Fund, by each county undivided | 2299 |
local government revenue assistance fund from the Local Government | 2300 |
Revenue Assistance Fund, and by each library and local government | 2301 |
support fund from the Library and Local Government Support Fund, | 2302 |
shall be reduced in March 2002, July 2002, March 2003, or July | 2303 |
2003, respectively, based on such county's or municipality's | 2304 |
proportionate share of the total amounts to be received from that | 2305 |
fund in that month. | 2306 |
When a reduction is made pursuant to division (E) of this | 2307 |
section, the amount received by each county undivided local | 2308 |
government fund and each municipal corporation directly from the | 2309 |
Local Government Fund, by each county undivided local government | 2310 |
revenue assistance fund from the Local Government Revenue | 2311 |
Assistance Fund, and by each library and local government support | 2312 |
fund from the Library and Local Government Support Fund shall be | 2313 |
reduced in April 2003, May 2003, June 2003, and July 2003, | 2314 |
respectively, based on such county's or municipal corporation's | 2315 |
proportionate share of the total amounts to be received from that | 2316 |
fund in that month. | 2317 |
During the period July 1, 2001, through July 31, 2003, the | 2318 |
Director of Budget and Management shall issue those directives to | 2319 |
state agencies that are necessary to ensure that the appropriate | 2320 |
amounts are distributed to the Local Government Fund, to the Local | 2321 |
Government Revenue Assistance Fund, and to the Library and Local | 2322 |
Government Support Fund to accomplish the purposes of this | 2323 |
section. | 2324 |
Section 11. That existing Section 140 of Am. Sub. H.B. 94 of | 2325 |
the 124th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 405 and | 2326 |
Am. Sub. H.B. 390 of the 124th General Assembly, is hereby | 2327 |
repealed. | 2328 |
Section 12. CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS BOARD CASH | 2329 |
TRANSFER | 2330 |
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, upon | 2331 |
certification by the Director of Administrative Services, the | 2332 |
Director of Budget and Management may transfer cash in an amount | 2333 |
not to exceed the fiscal year 2003 appropriation from Fund 5P1 | 2334 |
(Credentialing Fund) to Fund 4K9 (Occupational Licensing). The | 2335 |
amount transferred is hereby appropriated. The cash shall be used | 2336 |
to pay expenses related to establishing the Chemical Dependency | 2337 |
Professionals Board, including, but not limited to, travel | 2338 |
reimbursement of board members. | 2339 |
Section 13. EDUCATION FORMULA CUTS PROHIBITED | 2340 |
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, | 2341 |
the Governor shall not reduce fiscal year 2003 GRF appropriations | 2342 |
for the following appropriation items of the Department of | 2343 |
Education budget: 200-500, School Finance Equity; 200-501, Base | 2344 |
Cost Funding; 200-502, Pupil Transportation; 200-511, Auxiliary | 2345 |
Services; 200-520, Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid; 200-521, Gifted | 2346 |
Pupil Program; 200-525, Parity Aid; 200-532, Nonpublic | 2347 |
Administrative Cost Reimbursement; and 200-546, Charge-off | 2348 |
Supplement. | 2349 |
Section 14. LAPSED FUNDS | 2350 |
All state dollars lapsed from the fiscal year 2003 | 2351 |
appropriation to appropriation item 600-610, Food Stamps and State | 2352 |
Administration (Fund 384), in the Department of Job and Family | 2353 |
Services shall be transferred by the Director of Budget and | 2354 |
Management to the General Revenue Fund. | 2355 |
Section 15. It is the General Assembly's intent that, | 2356 |
acknowledging the amendment by this act of Chapter 5104. of the | 2357 |
Revised Code, the Department of Job and Family Services take | 2358 |
appropriate steps to provide publicly funded child day-care | 2359 |
services to as many children as possible consistent with the goals | 2360 |
of the program and the constraints of the state's fiscal | 2361 |
situation. | 2362 |
Section 16. Notwithstanding the discount provided to vendors | 2363 |
under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code, if a return is filed | 2364 |
and the amount of tax shown thereon to be due is paid on or before | 2365 |
the date such return is required to be filed, and the return is | 2366 |
filed and tax is paid on or after May 1, 2003, but before July 1, | 2367 |
2003, the vendor shall be entitled to a discount of one and | 2368 |
one-tenth per cent of the amount shown to be due on the return. | 2369 |
Section 17. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this | 2370 |
act, the codified and uncodified sections of law amended or | 2371 |
enacted by this act, and the items of law of which the sections as | 2372 |
amended or enacted by this act are composed, are not subject to | 2373 |
the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II, | 2374 |
Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, the sections of | 2375 |
law amended or enacted by this act, and the items of law of which | 2376 |
the sections as amended or enacted by this act are composed, | 2377 |
except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, go into | 2378 |
immediate effect when this act becomes law. | 2379 |
Section 18. The repeal by this act of section 3302.041 of the | 2380 |
Revised Code is not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under | 2381 |
Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the | 2382 |
Revised Code, the repeal goes into immediate effect when this act | 2383 |
becomes law. | 2384 |
Section 19. Sections 5101.31, 5104.01, 5104.04, 5104.30, | 2385 |
5104.32, 5104.34, 5104.35, 5104.38, 5104.382, and 5104.39 of the | 2386 |
Revised Code as amended or enacted by this act, and the items of | 2387 |
law of which such sections as amended or enacted by this act are | 2388 |
composed, are subject to the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio | 2389 |
Constitution, Article II, Section 1c and section 1.471 of the | 2390 |
Revised Code, such sections as amended or enacted by this act, and | 2391 |
the items of law of which such sections as amended or enacted by | 2392 |
this act are composed, take effect on the ninety-first day after | 2393 |
this act is filed with the Secretary of State. If, however, a | 2394 |
referendum petition is filed against any such section as amended | 2395 |
or enacted by this act, or against any item of law of which any | 2396 |
such section as amended or enacted by this act is composed, the | 2397 |
section as amended or enacted, or item of law, unless rejected at | 2398 |
the referendum, takes effect at the earliest time permitted by | 2399 |
law. | 2400 |
Section 20. Section 5739.21 of the Revised Code is presented | 2401 |
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. | 2402 |
Sub. H.B. 117 and Am. Sub. S.B. 188 of the 121st General Assembly. | 2403 |
The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division | 2404 |
(B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be | 2405 |
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds | 2406 |
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in | 2407 |
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in | 2408 |
this act. | 2409 |