As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 396

Representative Blair 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, J., Baker, Boose, Burke, Combs, Derickson, Grossman, Hackett, Huffman, Martin, Morgan, Ruhl, Snitchler, Stebelton, Wagner, Wachtmann, Zehringer 

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A BILL

To amend sections 107.032 and 131.55 and to repeal

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sections 107.033, 107.034, 107.035, 131.56,

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131.57, 131.58, 131.59, and 131.60 of the

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Revised Code to prohibit the Governor from

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proposing and the General Assembly from enacting a

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state budget with aggregate general revenue fund

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appropriations that exceed ninety-seven per cent

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of the total money received in aggregate revenue

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for the two most recent fiscal years, to prohibit

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the proposal and enactment of a state budget

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containing transfers from the Budget Stabilization

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Fund in excess of twenty-five per cent of the

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amount of the Fund, and to eliminate the state

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appropriation limitation.

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

Section 1. That sections 107.032 and 131.55 of the Revised	15
Code be amended to read as follows:	16

Sec. 107.032. (A) As used in sections 107.033 to 107.035 of	17
the Revised Codethis section:	18

(A)(1) "Aggregate general revenue fund appropriations" means	19
all general revenue fund appropriations made by the general	20
assembly except for the following:	21

(1)(a) Appropriations of money received from the federal	22
government;	23

(2)(b) Appropriations made for tax relief or refunds of taxes	24
and other overpayments;	25

(3)(c) Appropriations of money received as gifts.

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(2) "Aggregate revenue" means money received in the general	27
revenue fund less amounts of money received from the federal	28
government and money received as gifts.	29

(B) "Rate of inflation" means the percentage increase or	30
decrease in the consumer price index over a one-year period, based	31
on the most recent consumer price index for all urban consumers,	32
midwest region, all items, as determined by the bureau of labor	33
statistics of the United States department of labor or, if that	34
index is no longer published, a generally available comparable	35
index.	36

(C) "Rate of population change" means the percentage increase	37
or decrease in the population of this state over a one-year	38
period, based on the most recent population data available for the	39
state published by the bureau of the census of the United States	40
department of commerce, or its successor in responsibility, in the	41
population estimates program, or its successive equivalent.	42

(D) "Recast fiscal year" means fiscal years 2012, 2016, 2020,	43
and each fourth fiscal year thereafter.When the governor submits	44
a state budget to the general assembly under section 107.03 of the	45
Revised Code, the budget shall comply with the following	46
requirements:	47

(1) The aggregate general revenue fund appropriations	48
proposed shall not exceed ninety-seven per cent of the aggregate	49
revenue actually received for the two most recent fiscal years	50
for which such data is available;	51

(2) The total amount of any transfers from the budget	52
stabilization fund created in section 131.43 of the Revised Code	53
shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the amount of money held	54
in the fund at the time the budget is submitted.	55

Sec. 131.55. (A) As used in sections 131.55 to 131.58 of the	56
Revised Codethis section, "aggregate general revenue fund	57
appropriations" hasand "aggregate revenue" have the same meaning	58
meanings as under section 107.032 of the Revised Code.	59

(B) The general assembly shall not enact a state budget	60
containing the following:	61

(1) Aggregate general revenue fund appropriations in excess	62
of ninety-seven per cent of the aggregate general revenue	63
received for the two most recent fiscal years for which such data	64
is available;	65

(2) Transfers from the budget stabilization fund created in	66
section 131.43 of the Revised Code in excess of twenty-five per	67
cent of the amount of money held in the fund at the time the	68
budget is submitted.	69

Section 2. That existing sections 107.032 and 131.55 and	70
sections 107.033, 107.034, 107.035, 131.56, 131.57, 131.58,	71
131.59, and 131.60 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	72