As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 210

Representatives Morgan, Boose 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, J., Adams, R., Blair, Bubp, Burke, Derickson, Dolan, Grossman, Hackett, Hall, Harwood, Hite, Huffman, Jones, Jordan, Lehner, Maag, Mandel, Martin, McClain, McGregor, Oelslager, Ruhl, Sears, Snitchler, Stebelton, Uecker, Wachtmann, Wagner, Zehringer 

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A BILL

To enact sections 101.273, 103.30, and 141.012 of

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the Revised Code to decrease by 5% the salaries

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of General Assembly members and of the statewide

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elected executive officers until certain

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increases occur in the Gross Domestic Product of

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Ohio.

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

Section 1. That sections 101.273, 103.30, and 141.012 of the	7
Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 101.273. (A) Beginning on the effective date of this	9
section and subject to Section 31 of Article II, Ohio	10
Constitution, the salaries of the officers and members of the	11
general assembly specified in section 101.27 of the Revised Code	12
shall be decreased by five per cent.	13

(B) Division (A) of this section applies only until the gross	14
domestic product of this state calculated and published under	15
section 103.30 of the Revised Code increases by not less than two	16
and one-half per cent per calendar year for two out of three	17
consecutive calendar years.	18

Sec. 103.30. Not later than the first day of June of each	19
odd-numbered year, the legislative service commission shall	20
calculate and publish the increase or decrease in the gross	21
domestic product of this state in chained 2000 dollars for the	22
two-year period ending on the immediately preceding thirty-first	23
day of December. The commission also shall calculate and publish	24
the increase or decrease for each calendar year of that two-year	25
period.	26

Sec. 141.012. (A) Beginning on the effective date of this	27
section and subject to Section 19 of Article III, Ohio	28
Constitution, the salaries of the governor, lieutenant governor,	29
secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and	30
attorney general listed in section 141.011 of the Revised Code	31
shall be decreased by five per cent.	32

(B) Division (A) of this section applies only until the gross	33
domestic product of this state calculated and published under	34
section 103.30 of the Revised Code increases by not less than two	35
and one-half per cent per year for two out of three consecutive	36
calendar years.	37