As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 296

Representative Williams, S. 

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A BILL

To amend sections 153.013 and 5525.26 and to enact

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section 3318.101 of the Revised Code to require

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contractors for certain municipally-administered

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construction projects and for certain

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state-assisted classroom facilities projects to

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comply with certain municipal ordinances regarding

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the use of local residents and businesses to

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perform the work.

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

Section 1.  That sections 153.013 and 5525.26 be amended and	9
section 3318.101 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as	10
follows:	11

Sec. 153.013.  If a project for the construction,	12
alteration, or other improvement of a building or structure is	13
administered by the director of administrative services or, by	14
another state agency, or by a municipal corporation authorized to	15
administer a project under this chapter, if the project is	16
located in a municipal corporation with a population of at least	17
four hundred thousand that isthe largest territorial area located	18
in a county with a population of at least one million two hundred	19
thousand, and if a political subdivision contributes at least one	20
hundred thousand dollars to the project, then a contractor for	21
the project shall comply with regulations or ordinances of the	22
political subdivision that are in effect before July 1, 2009, and	23
that specifically relate to the employment of residents and local	24
businesses of the political subdivision in the performance of the	25
work of the project, and such. Those ordinances or regulations	26
shall be included by reference unambiguously in the contract	27
between the administering state agency or municipal corporation	28
and the contractor for the project.	29

Sec. 3318.101.  (A) As used in this section:

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(1) "Municipal school district" has the same meaning as in	31
section 3311.71 of the Revised Code.	32

(2) "Qualifying project" means a project undertaken under	33
this chapter for which the school district's share of the basic	34
project cost is at least one hundred thousand dollars.	35

(B) When a municipal school district enters into a	36
construction contract for a qualifying project under section	37
3318.10 of the Revised Code on or after the effective date of this	38
section, the contract shall require the contractor to comply with	39
any regulations or ordinances of the municipal corporation in	40
which the major part of the district's territory is located that	41
were in effect before July 1, 2009, and that specifically relate	42
to the employment of residents and local businesses of the	43
municipal corporation for projects involving the construction,	44
alteration, or other improvement of a building or structure. Those	45
regulations or ordinances shall be included by reference	46
unambiguously in the contract between the district and the	47
contractor.	48

Sec. 5525.26.  Except as provided in federal law, if a	49
project for the construction, reconstruction, or other improvement	50
to a road or highway is administered by the department of	51
transportation or any local public authority authorized under	52
division (C)(D) of section 5501.03 of the Revised Code, if the	53
project is located in a municipal corporation with a population of	54
at least four hundred thousand that isthe largest territorial	55
area located in a county with a population of at least one	56
million two hundred thousand, and if the project is funded with	57
at least one hundred thousand dollars from a political	58
subdivision, then a contractor for the project shall comply with	59
regulations or ordinances of the political subdivision that are	60
in effect before July 1, 2009, and that specifically relate to	61
the employment of residents and local businesses of the political	62
subdivision in the performance of the work of the project, and	63
such. Those ordinances or regulations shall be included by	64
reference unambiguously in the contract between the department of	65
transportation or public authority and the contractor for the	66
project.	67

Section 2.  That existing sections 153.013 and 5525.26 of the	68
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	69