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To enact section 122.09 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
require the Department of Development annually to | 2 |
compile a report of companies that relocated out | 3 |
of this state and to attempt to determine the | 4 |
motivation behind the relocations. | 5 |
Section 1. That section 122.09 of the Revised Code be enacted | 6 |
to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 122.09. (A) The director of development, not later than | 8 |
the thirty-first day of July in each year, shall compile a report | 9 |
identifying companies formerly based in Ohio that, beginning in | 10 |
the year 2007, relocated outside of this state. Information to | 11 |
be included in the report shall include, but not be limited to, | 12 |
all of the following: | 13 |
(1) The name of the departed or departing company; | 14 |
(2) The line of business in which the company was or is | 15 |
engaged; | 16 |
(3) Location in Ohio from which the company departed or is | 17 |
departing; | 18 |
(4) Location to which the company departed or is departing; | 19 |
(5) The date of the relocation; | 20 |
(6) Reasons for the company's relocation; | 21 |
(7) Overhead the company contributed to Ohio, such as | 22 |
employment, tax base, or community service; | 23 |
(8) Costs Ohio incurred due to the company, such as tax | 24 |
incentives or nuisance; | 25 |
(9) Any other information the director of development | 26 |
believes will help create a model of relocations of companies that | 27 |
are departing or have departed this state. | 28 |
(B) The director of development shall develop a questionnaire | 29 |
that may be submitted to and returned by companies that have | 30 |
relocated, or that are relocating, outside of this state to | 31 |
acquire the information required to be included in the report, | 32 |
including the reasons that the companies have decided to leave | 33 |
Ohio. | 34 |
(C) Upon completion of the report, the director shall submit | 35 |
a copy of the report to the president, minority leader, and clerk | 36 |
of the senate and to the speaker, minority leader, and clerk of | 37 |
the house of representatives. | 38 |