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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) (1) At least once per year, | 32 |
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eligible medal recipients | 34 |
of veterans services | 35 |
governor. The adjutant general shall prepare a medal for each | 36 |
eligible medal recipient. The medal shall be presented to the | 37 |
recipient's primary next of kin, as designated by the recipient. | 38 |
If the recipient has not designated a primary next of kin or if | 39 |
the designated primary next of kin is deceased, the primary next | 40 |
of kin shall be determined under the rules of the United States | 41 |
department of defense. | 42 |
(2) The governor and the general assembly annually shall hold | 43 |
a joint ceremony to recognize the medal recipients for the prior | 44 |
year and to present each medal to the recipient's primary next of | 45 |
kin, as determined under division (C)(1) of this section. | 46 |
Beginning in 2013, in any year in which the governor holds a | 47 |
wreath-laying ceremony to honor the deceased veterans of the | 48 |
state, the ceremony to recognize the medal recipients shall be | 49 |
held on the same day as the wreath-laying ceremony. | 50 |
(D)(1) If a parent of the medal recipient is the primary next | 51 |
of kin, as determined under division (C)(1) of this section, and | 52 |
the medal recipient's parents are not married to each other or are | 53 |
legally separated from each other, the medal recipient's other | 54 |
living parent may request a duplicate medal at no cost. | 55 |
If neither of the medal recipient's parents is the primary | 56 |
next of kin, as determined under division (C)(1) of this section, | 57 |
the living parents of the medal recipient jointly may request a | 58 |
duplicate medal at no cost, except that if the parents of the | 59 |
medal recipient are not married to each other or are legally | 60 |
separated from each other, each living parent may request a | 61 |
duplicate medal at no cost. | 62 |
If the medal recipient's spouse is not the primary next of | 63 |
kin, the spouse may request a duplicate medal at no cost. | 64 |
The adjutant general shall prescribe a form by which a parent | 65 |
or spouse may request a duplicate medal under division (D) (1) of | 66 |
this section. | 67 |
(2) A surviving spouse, a natural or adopted child who is at | 68 |
least eighteen years of age, a parent, a brother or sister, | 69 |
whether of the whole or the half blood, who is at least eighteen | 70 |
years of age, an aunt or uncle who is at least eighteen years of | 71 |
age, or a grandparent of a medal recipient may apply to the | 72 |
adjutant general, on a form prescribed by the adjutant general, to | 73 |
receive a duplicate medal. The applicant shall include with the | 74 |
application a fee in an amount to be determined by the adjutant | 75 |
general. The adjutant general shall set the fee at an amount no | 76 |
greater than the cost of producing the duplicate medal. | 77 |
(E) There is in the state treasury the military medal of | 78 |
distinction fund. The fund shall consist of all fees collected | 79 |
from applicants for duplicate medals as well as appropriations | 80 |
made by the general assembly for purposes of the Ohio military | 81 |
medal of distinction program. The fund shall be used to pay for | 82 |
the production of medals. Investment earnings of the fund shall be | 83 |
credited to the fund. | 84 |
Section 2. That existing section 5913.11 of the Revised Code | 85 |
is hereby repealed. | 86 |
Section 3. All items in this section are hereby appropriated | 87 |
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the | 88 |
credit of the State Special Revenue Fund Group. For all | 89 |
appropriations made in this act, those in the first column are for | 90 |
fiscal year 2012 and those in the second column are for fiscal | 91 |
year 2013. The appropriations made in this act are in addition to | 92 |
any other appropriations made for the FY 2012-FY 2013 biennium. | 93 |
Appropriations |
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State Special Revenue Fund Group | 95 |
5LY0 | 745626 | Military Medal of Distinction | $ | 0 | $ | 2,500 | 96 | ||||
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 0 | $ | 2,500 | 97 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 2,500 | 98 |
MILITARY MEDAL OF DISTINCTION | 99 |
On the effective date of this act, or as soon as possible | 100 |
thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall transfer | 101 |
$2,500 cash from the General Revenue Fund to the Military Medal of | 102 |
Distinction Fund (Fund 5LY0). The amount transferred shall be used | 103 |
by the Adjutant General for the purposes described in section | 104 |
5913.11 of the Revised Code. | 105 |
Section 4. Within the limits set forth in this act, the | 106 |
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts | 107 |
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation | 108 |
made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which | 109 |
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from | 110 |
appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as | 111 |
though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly. | 112 |
The appropriations made in this act are subject to all | 113 |
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly that | 114 |
are generally applicable to such appropriations. | 115 |