As Introduced

127th General Assembly
Regular Session
2007-2008
H. B. No. 396


Representatives Hottinger, Dodd 

Cosponsors: Representatives Peterson, Evans 



A BILL
To enact section 307.852 of the Revised Code to 1
generally authorize a board of county 2
commissioners to appropriate funds to tax-exempt 3
501(c)(3) organizations that serve a community 4
purpose.5


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

       Section 1. That section 307.852 of the Revised Code be 6
enacted to read as follows:7

       Sec. 307.852.  A board of county commissioners may 8
appropriate from the county general fund moneys not appropriated 9
for any other purpose to an organization that the board determines10
serves a community purpose and that is exempt from federal11
taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection12
501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085,13
26 U.S.C. 1, as amended.14