As Introduced

129th General Assembly
Regular Session
2011-2012
H. B. No. 478


Representative Combs 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, J., Damschroder, Derickson 



A BILL
To amend section 1.04 of the Revised Code to exempt 1
the state from participating in daylight savings 2
time.3


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

       Section 1.  That section 1.04 of the Revised Code be amended 4
to read as follows:5

       Sec. 1.04.  The standard time throughout this state shall be 6
the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth degree of 7
longitude west from Greenwich. Courts, public offices, and 8
official legal proceedings subject to the laws of this state shall 9
be regulated thereby. Whenever the time of performance of any act, 10
or the time of accrual or determination of any rights, is fixed or 11
governed by the statutes of this state or by any resolutions, 12
rules, regulations, or orders in effect under authority of such 13
statutes, such time shall be the standard time provided in this 14
section.15

       All clocks maintained in or upon public buildings, existing 16
as such under the laws of this state, shall be set and run 17
according to this section.18

       This state declares itself to be exempt from 15 U.S.C. 260a, 19
shall not advance the standard time by one hour as therein 20
prescribed, and otherwise shall not participate in the seasonal 21
time change commonly referred to as daylight savings time.22

       Section 2.  That existing section 1.04 of the Revised Code is 23
hereby repealed.24