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| To enact section 149.60 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| establish the Local Government Information | 2 |
| Exchange Grant Program and to make an | 3 |
| appropriation. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 149.60 of the Revised Code be enacted | 5 |
| to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 149.60. (A) As used in this section: | 7 |
| (1) "Local government" means a county, township, or municipal | 8 |
| corporation or public library. | 9 |
| (2) "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan | 10 |
| planning organization designated under section 9(a) of the | 11 |
| "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962," 76 Stat. 1148, 23 U.S.C. 134, | 12 |
| as amended. | 13 |
| (3) "Public record" has the meaning defined in section 149.43 | 14 |
| of the Revised Code. | 15 |
| (B) There is the local government information exchange grant | 16 |
| program in the department of administrative services. The program | 17 |
| shall be administered by the director of administrative services. | 18 |
| The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised | 19 |
| Code as are necessary to administer the program. The rules shall | 20 |
| include all of the following: | 21 |
| (1) Grant eligibility criteria, which shall include a | 22 |
| requirement that a grantee be a local government, or a regional | 23 |
| planning commission, metropolitan planning organization, or | 24 |
| regional council of governments, which may apply on behalf of a | 25 |
| local government or group of local governments to assist them in | 26 |
| meeting the requirements of this section; | 27 |
| (2) Specifications for what data points must be included by | 28 |
| local governments in order for the local governments to be | 29 |
| eligible for the grant funding; | 30 |
| (3) A requirement that electronic data satisfying the grant | 31 |
| criteria be posted on the internet, by the local government or by | 32 |
| the state, in an open format that is capable of being searched, | 33 |
| viewed, and downloaded by the public; | 34 |
| (4) Specifications for consistent formatting and technology | 35 |
| standards for electronic data satisfying the grant eligibility | 36 |
| criteria; and | 37 |
| (5) Specifications for accounting standards for data provided | 38 |
| by local governments. | 39 |
| Required data points may be different for each type of local | 40 |
| government. | 41 |
| (C) The director shall disburse a grant of ten thousand | 42 |
| dollars to each local government that meets the grant eligibility | 43 |
| criteria established by the director, or to a regional planning | 44 |
| commission, metropolitan planning organization, or regional | 45 |
| council of governments for each local government applied for that | 46 |
| meets the grant eligibility criteria established by the director. | 47 |
| Grants shall be awarded in the order in which the local | 48 |
| governments have met the eligibility criteria. The total amount of | 49 |
| grants awarded shall not exceed the amount that can be funded with | 50 |
| appropriations made by the general assembly for this purpose. | 51 |
| Section 2. All items in this section are hereby appropriated | 52 |
| as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the | 53 |
| credit of the General Revenue Fund. For all appropriations made in | 54 |
| this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2015 and | 55 |
| the appropriations in the second column are for fiscal year 2016. | 56 |
| The appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other | 57 |
| appropriations made for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium and the FY | 58 |
| 2016-FY 2017 biennium. | 59 |
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| General Revenue Fund | 61 |
| GRF | 100501 | Local Government Information Exchange Grants | $ | 12,500,000 | $ | 12,500,000 | 62 | ||||
| TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 12,500,000 | $ | 12,500,000 | 63 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 12,500,000 | $ | 12,500,000 | 64 | ||||||
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE GRANTS | 65 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 100501, Local Government | 66 |
| Information Exchange Grants, up to $250,000 in fiscal year 2015 | 67 |
| shall be used by the Director of Administrative Services for | 68 |
| administration and maintenance of the Local Government Information | 69 |
| Exchange Grant Program and for administration of Local Government | 70 |
| Information Exchange Grants. The remainder of the foregoing | 71 |
| appropriation item 100501, Local Government Information Exchange | 72 |
| Grants, shall be used by the Director of Administrative Services | 73 |
| to disburse grant awards to eligible counties, townships, and | 74 |
| municipal corporations, and to regional planning commissions, | 75 |
| metropolitan planning organizations, and regional councils of | 76 |
| governments, under section 149.60 of the Revised Code. | 77 |
| Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the | 78 |
| Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts | 79 |
| indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation | 80 |
| made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which | 81 |
| appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from the | 82 |
| FY 2015 appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted | 83 |
| for as though made in H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly. | 84 |
| The FY 2015 appropriations made in this act are subject to | 85 |
| all provisions of H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that are | 86 |
| generally applicable to such appropriations. | 87 |
| Expenditures from the FY 2016 appropriation contained in this | 88 |
| act shall be accounted for as though made in the main operating | 89 |
| appropriations act of the 131st General Assembly. The FY 2016 | 90 |
| appropriation made in this act is subject to all provisions of the | 91 |
| main operating appropriations act of the 131st General Assembly | 92 |
| that are generally applicable to such appropriations. | 93 |