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To amend section 5913.11 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
revise the Ohio Military Medal of Distinction law, | 2 |
and to make an appropriation. | 3 |
Section 1. That section 5913.11 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 5913.11. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio military | 6 |
medal of distinction. The adjutant general shall design the medal | 7 |
and coordinate an eligibility establishment program. An individual | 8 |
is eligible for the medal if the individual was killed | 9 |
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following: | 11 |
(1) Engaging in an action against an enemy of the United | 12 |
States; | 13 |
(2) Engaging in military operations involving conflict with | 14 |
an opposing foreign force; | 15 |
(3) Serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed | 16 |
conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United | 17 |
States is not a belligerent party; or | 18 |
(4) Serving in a combat zone designated by presidential | 19 |
order. | 20 |
(B) To receive the Ohio military medal of distinction, an | 21 |
individual shall be at least one of the following at the time the | 22 |
member was killed | 23 |
(1) | 24 |
state; | 25 |
(2) An Ohio national guard member; | 26 |
(3) A United States military reserves member who is a | 27 |
resident of this state; | 28 |
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resident of this state | 30 |
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(C) At least once per year, | 32 |
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a list of eligible medal recipients | 34 |
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general shall prepare a medal for each eligible medal recipient. | 36 |
The governor, with the general assembly, annually shall recognize | 37 |
the medal recipients for the prior year. | 38 |
(D) A surviving spouse, a natural or adopted child who is at | 39 |
least eighteen years of age, a parent, a brother or sister, | 40 |
whether of the whole or the half blood, who is at least eighteen | 41 |
years of age, or a grandparent of a medal recipient may apply to | 42 |
the adjutant general, on a form prescribed by the adjutant | 43 |
general, to receive a duplicate medal. The applicant shall include | 44 |
with the application a fee in an amount to be determined by the | 45 |
adjutant general. The adjutant general shall set the fee at an | 46 |
amount that will cover the cost of producing the duplicate medal. | 47 |
(E) There is in the state treasury the military medal of | 48 |
distinction fund. The fund shall consist of all fees collected | 49 |
from applicants for duplicate medals as well as appropriations | 50 |
made by the general assembly for purposes of the Ohio military | 51 |
medal of distinction program. The fund shall be used to pay for | 52 |
the production of medals. Investment earnings of the fund shall be | 53 |
credited to the fund. | 54 |
Section 2. That existing section 5913.11 of the Revised Code | 55 |
is hereby repealed. | 56 |
Section 3. All items in this section are hereby appropriated | 57 |
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the | 58 |
credit of the State Special Revenue Fund Group. For all | 59 |
appropriations made in this act, those in the first column are for | 60 |
fiscal year 2012 and those in the second column are for fiscal | 61 |
year 2013. The appropriations made in this act are in addition to | 62 |
any other appropriations made for the FY 2012-FY 2013 biennium. | 63 |
Appropriations |
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State Special Revenue Fund Group | 65 |
5LY0 | 745626 | Military Medal of Distinction | $ | 0 | $ | 2,500 | 66 | ||||
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 0 | $ | 2,500 | 67 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 2,500 | 68 |
MILITARY MEDAL OF DISTINCTION | 69 |
On the effective date of this act, or as soon as possible | 70 |
thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall transfer | 71 |
$2,500 cash from the General Revenue Fund to the Military Medal of | 72 |
Distinction Fund (Fund 5LY0). The amount transferred shall be used | 73 |
by the Adjutant General for the purposes described in section | 74 |
5913.11 of the Revised Code. | 75 |
Section 4. Within the limits set forth in this act, the | 76 |
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts | 77 |
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation | 78 |
made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which | 79 |
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from | 80 |
appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as | 81 |
though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly. | 82 |
The appropriations made in this act are subject to all | 83 |
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly that | 84 |
are generally applicable to such appropriations. | 85 |