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| To provide for the distribution of moneys received by | 1 |
| the state from the federal American Recovery and | 2 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009 by making appropriations | 3 |
| and to declare an emergency. | 4 |
| Section 1. For all appropriations made in this act, those in | 5 |
| the first column are for fiscal year 2008 and those in the second | 6 |
| column are for fiscal year 2009. The appropriations made in this | 7 |
| act are in addition to any other appropriations made for fiscal | 8 |
| years 2008 and 2009. | 9 |
| Section 2. (A) The federal payments made to the state for | 10 |
| the Weatherization Assistance Program and the State Energy Grant | 11 |
| Program under Title IV of Division A of the American Recovery and | 12 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall be deposited to the credit of the | 13 |
| Federal Special Revenue Fund (Fund 3080). | 14 |
| (B) The federal payments made to the state for the Home | 15 |
| Investment Partnerships Program under Title XII of Division A of | 16 |
| the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall be | 17 |
| deposited to the credit of the HOME Program Fund (Fund 3V10). | 18 |
| (C) The federal payments made to the state for the Community | 19 |
| Development Block Grant program under Title XII of Division A of | 20 |
| the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall be | 21 |
| deposited to the credit of the Community Development Block Grant | 22 |
| Fund (Fund 3K80). The amounts deposited for the purposes of the | 23 |
| Community Development Block Grant program are hereby appropriated, | 24 |
| subject to the approval of the Controlling Board. | 25 |
| (D) The items in this division are appropriated as designated | 26 |
| out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of their | 27 |
| respective funds that are not otherwise appropriated. | 28 |
| Appropriations |
| 29 | |
| Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | 30 |
| 3080 | 195605 | Federal Projects | $ | 0 | $ | 276,553,000 | 31 | ||||
| 3080 | 195618 | Energy Federal Grants | $ | 0 | $ | 122,604,000 | 32 | ||||
| 3V10 | 195601 | HOME Program | $ | 0 | $ | 83,381,000 | 33 | ||||
| TOTAL FED Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 0 | $ | 482,538,000 | 34 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 482,538,000 | 35 | ||||||
| The foregoing appropriation item 195605, Federal Projects, | 36 |
| shall be used to carry out the Home Weatherization Assistance | 37 |
| Program, subject to any requirements of the American Recovery and | 38 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009 that apply to the money appropriated. | 39 |
| The foregoing appropriation items 195618, Energy Federal | 40 |
| Grants, 195697, Diesel Emissions Reduction Grants, and 195601, | 41 |
| HOME Program, shall be used in accordance with the requirements of | 42 |
| the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that apply to | 43 |
| the money appropriated. | 44 |
| Section 3. (A) The federal payments made to the state for | 45 |
| Education Technology under Title VIII of Division A of the | 46 |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall be deposited | 47 |
| to the credit of the Technology Literacy Transfer Fund (Fund | 48 |
| 3S20). | 49 |
| (B) The item in this section is appropriated as designated | 50 |
| out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of Fund 3S20 | 51 |
| that are not otherwise appropriated. | 52 |
| Appropriations |
| 53 | |
| Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | 54 |
| 3S20 | 200641 | Education Technology | $ | 0 | $ | 23,902,000 | 55 | ||||
| TOTAL FED Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 0 | $ | 23,902,000 | 56 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 23,902,000 | 57 | ||||||
| (C) The foregoing appropriation item 200641, Education | 58 |
| Technology, shall be used to assist school districts in their | 59 |
| efforts to implement school technology plans and to assist school | 60 |
| districts with the integration of technology into curricula and | 61 |
| instruction practices and may be used to provide ongoing | 62 |
| professional development to teachers, subject to the requirements | 63 |
| of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that apply | 64 |
| to the money appropriated. | 65 |
| Section 4. (A) The federal payments made to the state for | 66 |
| clean air under Title VII of Division A of the "American Recovery | 67 |
| and Reinvestment Act of 2009" shall be deposited to the credit of | 68 |
| the Clean Air Fund (Fund 4K20). | 69 |
| (B) The item in this section is appropriated as designated | 70 |
| out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of Fund 4K20 | 71 |
| that are not otherwise appropriated. | 72 |
| Appropriations |
| 73 | |
| State Special Revenue Fund Group | 74 |
| 4K20 | 715648 | Clean Air Non-Title V | $ | 0 | $ | 1,700,000 | 75 | ||||
| TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 0 | $ | 1,700,000 | 76 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 1,700,000 | 77 | ||||||
| The foregoing appropriation item 715648, Clean Air Non-Title | 78 |
| V, shall be used in accordance with the requirements of the | 79 |
| "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" that apply to the | 80 |
| money appropriated. | 81 |
| Section 5. The federal payments that are made to the state | 82 |
| from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund pursuant to Title VIII | 83 |
| of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" shall be | 84 |
| credited to the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund created in | 85 |
| section 6111.036 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding the | 86 |
| requirements of section 6111.036 of the Revised Code, money | 87 |
| credited to the fund under this section shall be used and | 88 |
| administered to provide financial assistance in any manner that is | 89 |
| consistent with the requirements of the "Federal Water Pollution | 90 |
| Control Act" or the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of | 91 |
| 2009." | 92 |
| Notwithstanding the requirements of section 6111.036 of the | 93 |
| Revised Code, rules adopted under it and Chapter 3745-47 of the | 94 |
| Administrative Code, the Director of Environmental Protection, for | 95 |
| the purpose of obtaining federal payments pursuant to Title VIII | 96 |
| of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," may | 97 |
| impose alternative public comment procedures for the draft | 98 |
| intended use plan, including alternative time frames for public | 99 |
| notice and comment and the frequency of public meetings. However, | 100 |
| nothing in this section eliminates the requirement that public | 101 |
| meetings and comment periods be held. | 102 |
| Section 6. The federal payments that are made to the state | 103 |
| from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund pursuant to Title | 104 |
| VIII of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" shall | 105 |
| be credited to the Drinking Water Assistance Fund created in | 106 |
| section 6109.22 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding the | 107 |
| requirements of section 6109.22 of the Revised Code, money | 108 |
| credited to the fund under this section shall be used and | 109 |
| administered to provide financial assistance in any manner that is | 110 |
| consistent with the requirements of the "Safe Drinking Water Act" | 111 |
| or the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." | 112 |
| Notwithstanding the requirements of section 6109.22 of the | 113 |
| Revised Code, rules adopted under it and Chapter 3745-47 of the | 114 |
| Administrative Code, the Director of Environmental Protection, for | 115 |
| the purpose of obtaining federal payments pursuant to Title VIII | 116 |
| of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," may | 117 |
| impose alternative public comment procedures for the draft | 118 |
| intended use plan, including alternative time frames for public | 119 |
| notice and comment and the frequency of public meetings. However, | 120 |
| nothing in this section eliminates the requirement that public | 121 |
| meetings and comment periods be held. | 122 |
| Section 7. Expenditures from the appropriations made in | 123 |
| Sections 2 and 3 of this act shall be accounted for as though | 124 |
| made in the relevant main operating appropriations act. The | 125 |
| appropriations made in this division are subject to all | 126 |
| provisions of the relevant main operating appropriations act that | 127 |
| are generally applicable to the appropriations. | 128 |
| Section 8. (A) The federal payments made to the state for | 129 |
| highway infrastructure under Title XII of Division A of the | 130 |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall be deposited | 131 |
| to the credit of the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002), which is | 132 |
| created in section 5735.291 of the Revised Code. | 133 |
| (B) The item in this division is appropriated as designated | 134 |
| out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of Fund 7002 | 135 |
| that are not otherwise appropriated. | 136 |
| Appropriations |
| 137 | |
| Highway Operating Fund Group | 138 |
| 7002 | 772422 | Highway Construction – Federal | $ | 0 | $ | 935,677,000 | 139 | ||||
| TOTAL HOF Highway Operating Fund Group | $ | 0 | $ | 935,677,000 | 140 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 935,677,000 | 141 | ||||||
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 772422, Highway | 142 |
| Construction - Federal, not less than $15,000,000 shall be | 143 |
| allocated to each district of the Department of Transportation. | 144 |
| TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS | 145 |
| The Director of Budget and Management may approve written | 146 |
| requests from the Director of Transportation for the transfer of | 147 |
| appropriations between appropriation items 771412, Planning and | 148 |
| Research – Federal, 772422, Highway Construction - Federal, | 149 |
| 772424, Highway Construction – Other, 775452, Public | 150 |
| Transportation - Federal, 776462, Grade Crossing - Federal, and | 151 |
| 777472, Airport Improvements - Federal, based upon the | 152 |
| requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | 153 |
| that apply to the money appropriated. The transfers shall be | 154 |
| reported to the Controlling Board at its next regularly scheduled | 155 |
| meeting. | 156 |
| (C) Expenditures from appropriations made in this section | 157 |
| shall be accounted for as though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 67 of the | 158 |
| 127th General Assembly. However, law contained in the relevant | 159 |
| operating appropriations act that is generally applicable to the | 160 |
| appropriations made in that act also is generally applicable to | 161 |
| the appropriations made in Sections 3 and 4 of this act. | 162 |
| Section 9. The federal payments made to the state for the | 163 |
| Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant under Title IV of | 164 |
| Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | 165 |
| shall be deposited to the credit of the Green Block Grant Fund | 166 |
| (Fund 3CZ0) which is created for use by the Air Quality | 167 |
| Development Authority, subject to the federal requirements that | 168 |
| apply to the money appropriated. The amounts deposited under this | 169 |
| section are hereby appropriated. All investment earnings of Fund | 170 |
| 3CZ0 shall be credited to the fund. | 171 |
| The Air Quality Development Authority shall develop a plan | 172 |
| for the distribution of the funds received under this section and | 173 |
| shall submit that plan to the Controlling Board. | 174 |
| Section 10. There is hereby created the Energy Star Rebate | 175 |
| Program to provide rebates to residential consumers for the | 176 |
| purchase of residential Energy products. The federal payments made | 177 |
| to the state for the Energy Star Rebate Program under Title IV of | 178 |
| Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | 179 |
| shall be deposited to the credit of the Energy Star Rebate Fund | 180 |
| (Fund 3A30), which is created for use by the Air Quality | 181 |
| Development Authority to fund the program. The amounts deposited | 182 |
| into Fund 3A30 are hereby appropriated. All investment earnings of | 183 |
| Fund 3A30 shall be credited to the fund. | 184 |
| The Air Quality Development Authority shall develop rules for | 185 |
| the administration of the program and a plan for the distribution | 186 |
| of funds received under this section. The plan shall be submitted | 187 |
| to the Controlling Board. | 188 |
| Section 11. The federal payments made to the state for the | 189 |
| Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program under Title | 190 |
| VII of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of | 191 |
| 2009 shall be deposited to the credit of the Federal Special | 192 |
| Revenue Fund (Fund 3480) used by the Department of Commerce. The | 193 |
| amounts deposited under this section are hereby appropriated for | 194 |
| use to carry out the program, subject to any requirements of the | 195 |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that apply to the | 196 |
| money appropriated. | 197 |
| Section 12. As soon as possible after a state agency approves | 198 |
| a project that uses funds provided under the American Recovery and | 199 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009 and appropriated by this act, the | 200 |
| applicable state agency shall cause to be posted on the state's | 201 |
| web site providing information about the federal stimulus | 202 |
| initiative, located at www.recovery.ohio.gov or its successor web | 203 |
| site, information about the approved project, including but not | 204 |
| limited to a project name and description, the county where the | 205 |
| project will be located, the program or sub-program that provided | 206 |
| the funding, the project sponsor, the estimated time for the | 207 |
| project to begin, the estimated time for the project to be | 208 |
| completed, the amount of stimulus moneys funding the project, and | 209 |
| the project's total cost. | 210 |
| Section 13. In the award of any contract using money | 211 |
| appropriated pursuant to this act, the parties to the contract | 212 |
| shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws, including | 213 |
| the requirements of the Minority Business Enterprise Program, the | 214 |
| Encouraging Diversity, Growth, and Equity Program, and the Buy | 215 |
| Ohio Program. | 216 |
| Section 14. Any unexpended, unencumbered amounts remaining in | 217 |
| all appropriation items made in this act at the end of fiscal year | 218 |
| 2009 are reappropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2010. | 219 |
| The reappropriations shall be reported to the Controlling Board. | 220 |
| Section 15. Within the limits set forth in this act, the | 221 |
| Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts | 222 |
| indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation | 223 |
| made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which | 224 |
| appropriation accounts shall be maintained. | 225 |
| Section 16. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 226 |
| measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 227 |
| peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is to | 228 |
| allocate the moneys provided by the American Recovery and | 229 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009 expeditiously pursuant to applicable | 230 |
| federal requirements and thereby to increase employment and job | 231 |
| security in Ohio. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate | 232 |
| effect. | 233 |