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To amend sections 9.33, 127.14, 153.01, 153.65, | 1 |
307.05, 307.051, 307.055, 505.37, 505.375, 505.44, | 2 |
505.72, 718.01, 2937.221, 3354.13, 3355.10, | 3 |
3357.12, 3705.242, 4501.03, 4501.04, 4501.041, | 4 |
4501.042, 4501.043, 4501.06, 4503.42, 4503.45, | 5 |
4503.49, 4504.19, 4504.21, 4506.08, 4506.09, | 6 |
4507.011, 4507.23, 4508.08, 4511.13, 4513.263, | 7 |
4513.53, 4513.66, 4561.21, 4743.05, 4765.02, | 8 |
4765.03, 4765.04, 4765.05, 4765.06, 4765.07, | 9 |
4765.08, 4765.09, 4765.10, 4765.101, 4765.102, | 10 |
4765.11, 4765.111, 4765.112, 4765.113, 4765.114, | 11 |
4765.115, 4765.116, 4765.12, 4765.15, 4765.16, | 12 |
4765.17, 4765.18, 4765.22, 4765.23, 4765.28, | 13 |
4765.29, 4765.30, 4765.31, 4765.32, 4765.33, | 14 |
4765.37, 4765.38, 4765.39, 4765.40, 4765.42, | 15 |
4765.48, 4765.49, 4765.55, 4765.56, 4766.01, | 16 |
4766.03, 4766.04, 4766.05, 4766.07, 4766.08, | 17 |
4766.09, 4766.10, 4766.11, 4766.12, 4766.13, | 18 |
4766.15, 4766.22, 5501.73, 5501.77, 5502.01, | 19 |
5503.04, 5503.31, 5503.32, 5513.01, 5515.01, | 20 |
5517.011, 5517.02, 5525.01, 5525.16, 5533.31, | 21 |
5537.01, 5537.02, 5537.03, 5537.04, 5537.05, | 22 |
5537.051, 5537.06, 5537.07, 5537.08, 5537.09, | 23 |
5537.11, 5537.12, 5537.13, 5537.14, 5537.15, | 24 |
5537.16, 5537.17, 5537.19, 5537.20, 5537.21, | 25 |
5537.22, 5537.24, 5537.25, 5537.26, 5537.27, | 26 |
5537.28, 5537.30, 5728.01, 5735.05, 5735.23, | 27 |
5739.02, 5747.01, 5751.01, 5751.02, 5751.051, and | 28 |
5751.20; to enact sections 4501.031, 5517.021, and | 29 |
5537.18; and to repeal sections 126.60, 126.601, | 30 |
126.602, 126.603, 126.604, 126.605, 4501.13, | 31 |
4766.02, 4766.20, 4981.36, and 4981.361 of the | 32 |
Revised Code; to amend Section 10 of Am. Sub. H.B. | 33 |
386 of the 129th General Assembly; and to amend | 34 |
Sections 203.80 and 203.83 of Sub. H.B. 482 of the | 35 |
129th General Assembly to make appropriations for | 36 |
programs related to transportation and public | 37 |
safety for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, | 38 |
and ending June 30, 2015, and to provide | 39 |
authorization and conditions for the operation of | 40 |
those programs. | 41 |
Section 101.01. That sections 9.33, 127.14, 153.01, 153.65, | 42 |
307.05, 307.051, 307.055, 505.37, 505.375, 505.44, 505.72, 718.01, | 43 |
2937.221, 3354.13, 3355.10, 3357.12, 3705.242, 4501.03, 4501.04, | 44 |
4501.041, 4501.042, 4501.043, 4501.06, 4503.42, 4503.45, 4503.49, | 45 |
4504.19, 4504.21, 4506.08, 4506.09, 4507.011, 4507.23, 4508.08, | 46 |
4511.13, 4513.263, 4513.53, 4513.66, 4561.21, 4743.05, 4765.02, | 47 |
4765.03, 4765.04, 4765.05, 4765.06, 4765.07, 4765.08, 4765.09, | 48 |
4765.10, 4765.101, 4765.102, 4765.11, 4765.111, 4765.112, | 49 |
4765.113, 4765.114, 4765.115, 4765.116, 4765.12, 4765.15, 4765.16, | 50 |
4765.17, 4765.18, 4765.22, 4765.23, 4765.28, 4765.29, 4765.30, | 51 |
4765.31, 4765.32, 4765.33, 4765.37, 4765.38, 4765.39, 4765.40, | 52 |
4765.42, 4765.48, 4765.49, 4765.55, 4765.56, 4766.01, 4766.03, | 53 |
4766.04, 4766.05, 4766.07, 4766.08, 4766.09, 4766.10, 4766.11, | 54 |
4766.12, 4766.13, 4766.15, 4766.22, 5501.73, 5501.77, 5502.01, | 55 |
5503.04, 5503.31, 5503.32, 5513.01, 5515.01, 5517.011, 5517.02, | 56 |
5525.01, 5525.16, 5533.31, 5537.01, 5537.02, 5537.03, 5537.04, | 57 |
5537.05, 5537.051, 5537.06, 5537.07, 5537.08, 5537.09, 5537.11, | 58 |
5537.12, 5537.13, 5537.14, 5537.15, 5537.16, 5537.17, 5537.19, | 59 |
5537.20, 5537.21, 5537.22, 5537.24, 5537.25, 5537.26, 5537.27, | 60 |
5537.28, 5537.30, 5728.01, 5735.05, 5735.23, 5739.02, 5747.01, | 61 |
5751.01, 5751.02, 5751.051, and 5751.20 be amended, and sections | 62 |
4501.031, 5517.021, and 5537.18 of the Revised Code be enacted to | 63 |
read as follows: | 64 |
Sec. 9.33. As used in sections 9.33 to 9.335 of the Revised | 65 |
Code: | 66 |
(A) "Construction manager" means a person with substantial | 67 |
discretion and authority to plan, coordinate, manage, and direct | 68 |
all phases of a project for the construction, demolition, | 69 |
alteration, repair, or reconstruction of any public building, | 70 |
structure, or other improvement, but does not mean the person who | 71 |
provides the professional design services or who actually performs | 72 |
the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or | 73 |
reconstruction work on the project. | 74 |
(B)(1) "Construction manager at risk" means a person with | 75 |
substantial discretion and authority to plan, coordinate, manage, | 76 |
direct, and construct all phases of a project for the | 77 |
construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of | 78 |
any public building, structure, or other improvement and who | 79 |
provides the public authority a guaranteed maximum price as | 80 |
determined in section 9.334 of the Revised Code. | 81 |
(2) As used in division (B)(1) of this section: | 82 |
(a) "Construct" includes performing, or subcontracting for | 83 |
performing, construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or | 84 |
reconstruction. | 85 |
(b) "Manage" includes approving bidders and awarding | 86 |
subcontracts for furnishing materials regarding, or for | 87 |
performing, construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or | 88 |
reconstruction. | 89 |
(C) "Construction management contract" means a contract | 90 |
between a public authority and another person obligating the | 91 |
person to provide construction management services. | 92 |
(D) "Construction management services" or "management | 93 |
services" means the range of services that either a construction | 94 |
manager or a construction manager at risk may provide. | 95 |
(E) "Qualified" means having the following qualifications: | 96 |
(1) Competence to perform the required management services as | 97 |
indicated by the technical training, education, and experience of | 98 |
the construction manager's or construction manager at risk's | 99 |
personnel, especially the technical training, education, and | 100 |
experience of the construction manager's or construction manager | 101 |
at risk's employees who would be assigned to perform the services; | 102 |
(2) Ability in terms of workload and the availability of | 103 |
qualified personnel, equipment, and facilities to perform the | 104 |
required management services competently and expeditiously; | 105 |
(3) Past performance as reflected by the evaluations of | 106 |
previous clients with respect to factors such as control of costs, | 107 |
quality of work, and meeting of deadlines; | 108 |
(4) Financial responsibility as evidenced by the capability | 109 |
to provide a letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305. of the | 110 |
Revised Code, a surety bond, certified check, or cashier's check | 111 |
in an amount equal to the value of the construction management | 112 |
contract, or by other means acceptable to the public authority; | 113 |
(5) Other similar factors. | 114 |
(F)(1) "Public authority" means the state, any state | 115 |
institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of | 116 |
the Revised Code, any county, township, municipal corporation, | 117 |
school district, or other political subdivision, or any public | 118 |
agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special | 119 |
purpose district of the state or of a political subdivision. | 120 |
(2) "Public authority" does not include the | 121 |
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(G) "Open book pricing method" means a method in which a | 123 |
construction manager at risk provides the public authority, at the | 124 |
public authority's request, all books, records, documents, and | 125 |
other data in its possession pertaining to the bidding, pricing, | 126 |
or performance of a construction management contract awarded to | 127 |
the construction manager at risk. | 128 |
Sec. 127.14. The controlling board may, at the request of | 129 |
any state agency or the director of budget and management, | 130 |
authorize, with respect to the provisions of any appropriation | 131 |
act: | 132 |
(A) Transfers of all or part of an appropriation within but | 133 |
not between state agencies, except such transfers as the director | 134 |
of budget and management is authorized by law to make, provided | 135 |
that no transfer shall be made by the director for the purpose of | 136 |
effecting new or changed levels of program service not authorized | 137 |
by the general assembly; | 138 |
(B) Transfers of all or part of an appropriation from one | 139 |
fiscal year to another; | 140 |
(C) Transfers of all or part of an appropriation within or | 141 |
between state agencies made necessary by administrative | 142 |
reorganization or by the abolition of an agency or part of an | 143 |
agency; | 144 |
(D) Transfers of all or part of cash balances in excess of | 145 |
needs from any fund of the state to the general revenue fund or to | 146 |
such other fund of the state to which the money would have been | 147 |
credited in the absence of the fund from which the transfers are | 148 |
authorized to be made, except that the controlling board may not | 149 |
authorize such transfers from the accrued leave liability fund, | 150 |
auto registration distribution fund, local motor vehicle license | 151 |
tax fund, budget stabilization fund, development bond retirement | 152 |
fund, facilities establishment fund, gasoline excise tax fund, | 153 |
general revenue fund, higher education improvement fund, highway | 154 |
improvement bond retirement fund, highway obligations bond | 155 |
retirement fund, highway capital improvement fund, highway | 156 |
operating fund, horse racing tax fund, improvements bond | 157 |
retirement fund, public library fund, liquor control fund, local | 158 |
government fund, local transportation improvement program fund, | 159 |
mental health facilities improvement fund, Ohio fairs fund, parks | 160 |
and recreation improvement fund, public improvements bond | 161 |
retirement fund, school district income tax fund, state agency | 162 |
facilities improvement fund, state and local government highway | 163 |
distribution fund, state highway safety fund, state lottery fund, | 164 |
undivided liquor permit fund, Vietnam conflict compensation bond | 165 |
retirement fund, volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund, | 166 |
waterways safety fund, wildlife fund, workers' compensation fund, | 167 |
or any fund not specified in this division that the director of | 168 |
budget and management determines to be a bond fund or bond | 169 |
retirement fund; | 170 |
(E) Transfers of all or part of those appropriations included | 171 |
in the emergency purposes account of the controlling board; | 172 |
(F) Temporary transfers of all or part of an appropriation or | 173 |
other moneys into and between existing funds, or new funds, as may | 174 |
be established by law when needed for capital outlays for which | 175 |
notes or bonds will be issued; | 176 |
(G) Transfer or release of all or part of an appropriation to | 177 |
a state agency requiring controlling board approval of such | 178 |
transfer or release as provided by law; | 179 |
(H) Temporary transfer of funds included in the emergency | 180 |
purposes appropriation of the controlling board. Such temporary | 181 |
transfers may be made subject to conditions specified by the | 182 |
controlling board at the time temporary transfers are authorized. | 183 |
No transfers shall be made under this division for the purpose of | 184 |
effecting new or changed levels of program service not authorized | 185 |
by the general assembly. | 186 |
As used in this section, "request" means an application by a | 187 |
state agency or the director of budget and management seeking some | 188 |
action by the controlling board. | 189 |
When authorizing the transfer of all or part of an | 190 |
appropriation under this section, the controlling board may | 191 |
authorize the transfer to an existing appropriation item and the | 192 |
creation of and transfer to a new appropriation item. | 193 |
Whenever there is a transfer of all or part of funds included | 194 |
in the emergency purposes appropriation by the controlling board, | 195 |
pursuant to division (E) of this section, the state agency or the | 196 |
director of budget and management receiving such transfer shall | 197 |
keep a detailed record of the use of the transferred funds. At the | 198 |
earliest scheduled meeting of the controlling board following the | 199 |
accomplishment of the purposes specified in the request originally | 200 |
seeking the transfer, or following the total expenditure of the | 201 |
transferred funds for the specified purposes, the state agency or | 202 |
the director of budget and management shall submit a report on the | 203 |
expenditure of such funds to the board. The portion of any | 204 |
appropriation so transferred which is not required to accomplish | 205 |
the purposes designated in the original request to the controlling | 206 |
board shall be returned to the proper appropriation of the | 207 |
controlling board at this time. | 208 |
Notwithstanding any provisions of law providing for the | 209 |
deposit of revenues received by a state agency to the credit of a | 210 |
particular fund in the state treasury, whenever there is a | 211 |
temporary transfer of funds included in the emergency purposes | 212 |
appropriation of the controlling board pursuant to division (H) of | 213 |
this section, revenues received by any state agency receiving such | 214 |
a temporary transfer of funds shall, as directed by the | 215 |
controlling board, be transferred back to the emergency purposes | 216 |
appropriation. | 217 |
The board may delegate to the director of budget and | 218 |
management authority to approve transfers among items of | 219 |
appropriation under division (A) of this section. | 220 |
Sec. 153.01. (A) Whenever any building or structure for the | 221 |
use of the state or any institution supported in whole or in part | 222 |
by the state or in or upon the public works of the state that is | 223 |
administered by the Ohio facilities construction commission or by | 224 |
any other state officer or state agency authorized by law to | 225 |
administer a project, including an educational institution listed | 226 |
in section 3345.50 of the Revised Code, is to be erected or | 227 |
constructed, whenever additions, alterations, or structural or | 228 |
other improvements are to be made, or whenever heating, cooling, | 229 |
or ventilating plants or other equipment is to be installed or | 230 |
material supplied therefor, the estimated cost of which amounts to | 231 |
two hundred thousand dollars or more, or the amount determined | 232 |
pursuant to section 153.53 of the Revised Code or more, each | 233 |
officer, board, or other authority upon which devolves the duty of | 234 |
constructing, erecting, altering, or installing the same, referred | 235 |
to in sections 153.01 to 153.60 of the Revised Code as the public | 236 |
authority, shall cause to be made, by an architect or engineer | 237 |
whose contract of employment shall be prepared and approved by the | 238 |
attorney general, the following: | 239 |
(1) Full and accurate plans, suitable for the use of | 240 |
mechanics and other builders in the construction, improvement, | 241 |
addition, alteration, or installation; | 242 |
(2) Details to scale and full-sized, so drawn and represented | 243 |
as to be easily understood; | 244 |
(3) Definite and complete specifications of the work to be | 245 |
performed, together with directions that will enable a competent | 246 |
mechanic or other builder to carry them out and afford bidders all | 247 |
needful information; | 248 |
(4) A full and accurate estimate of each item of expense and | 249 |
the aggregate cost of those items of expense; | 250 |
(5) A life-cycle cost analysis; | 251 |
(6) Further data as may be required by the Ohio facilities | 252 |
construction commission. | 253 |
(B)(1) Division (A) of this section shall not be required | 254 |
with respect to a construction management contract entered into | 255 |
with a construction manager at risk as described in section 9.334 | 256 |
of the Revised Code or a design-build contract entered into with a | 257 |
design-build firm as described in section 153.693 of the Revised | 258 |
Code. | 259 |
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall interfere with the power of | 260 |
the director of transportation to prepare plans for, acquire | 261 |
rights-of-way for, construct, or maintain transportation | 262 |
facilities, or to let contracts for those purposes. | 263 |
Sec. 153.65. As used in sections 153.65 to 153.73 of the | 264 |
Revised Code: | 265 |
(A)(1) "Public authority" means the state, a state | 266 |
institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of | 267 |
the Revised Code, a county, township, municipal corporation, | 268 |
school district, or other political subdivision, or any public | 269 |
agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special | 270 |
purpose district of the state or of a political subdivision. | 271 |
(2) "Public authority" does not include the | 272 |
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(B) "Professional design firm" means any person legally | 274 |
engaged in rendering professional design services. | 275 |
(C) "Professional design services" means services within the | 276 |
scope of practice of an architect or landscape architect | 277 |
registered under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code or a | 278 |
professional engineer or surveyor registered under Chapter 4733. | 279 |
of the Revised Code. | 280 |
(D) "Qualifications" means all of the following: | 281 |
(1)(a) For a professional design firm, competence to perform | 282 |
the required professional design services as indicated by the | 283 |
technical training, education, and experience of the firm's | 284 |
personnel, especially the technical training, education, and | 285 |
experience of the employees within the firm who would be assigned | 286 |
to perform the services; | 287 |
(b) For a design-build firm, competence to perform the | 288 |
required design-build services as indicated by the technical | 289 |
training, education, and experience of the design-build firm's | 290 |
personnel and key consultants, especially the technical training, | 291 |
education, and experience of the employees and consultants of the | 292 |
design-build firm who would be assigned to perform the services, | 293 |
including the proposed architect or engineer of record. | 294 |
(2) Ability of the firm in terms of its workload and the | 295 |
availability of qualified personnel, equipment, and facilities to | 296 |
perform the required professional design services or design-build | 297 |
services competently and expeditiously; | 298 |
(3) Past performance of the firm as reflected by the | 299 |
evaluations of previous clients with respect to such factors as | 300 |
control of costs, quality of work, and meeting of deadlines; | 301 |
(4) Any other relevant factors as determined by the public | 302 |
authority; | 303 |
(5) With respect to a design-build firm, compliance with | 304 |
sections 4703.182, 4703.332, and 4733.16 of the Revised Code, | 305 |
including the use of a licensed design professional for all design | 306 |
services. | 307 |
(E) "Design-build contract" means a contract between a public | 308 |
authority and another person that obligates the person to provide | 309 |
design-build services. | 310 |
(F) "Design-build firm" means a person capable of providing | 311 |
design-build services. | 312 |
(G) "Design-build services" means services that form an | 313 |
integrated delivery system for which a person is responsible to a | 314 |
public authority for both the design and construction, demolition, | 315 |
alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement. | 316 |
(H) "Architect or engineer of record" means the architect or | 317 |
engineer that serves as the final signatory on the plans and | 318 |
specifications for the design-build project. | 319 |
(I) "Criteria architect or engineer" means the architect or | 320 |
engineer retained by a public authority to prepare conceptual | 321 |
plans and specifications, to assist the public authority in | 322 |
connection with the establishment of the design criteria for a | 323 |
design-build project, and, if requested by the public authority, | 324 |
to serve as the representative of the public authority and | 325 |
provide, during the design-build project, other design and | 326 |
construction administration services on behalf of the public | 327 |
authority, including but not limited to, confirming that the | 328 |
design prepared by the design-build firm reflects the original | 329 |
design intent established in the design criteria package. | 330 |
(J) "Open book pricing method" means a method in which a | 331 |
design-build firm provides the public authority, at the public | 332 |
authority's request, all books, records, documents, contracts, | 333 |
subcontracts, purchase orders, and other data in its possession | 334 |
pertaining to the bidding, pricing, or performance of a contract | 335 |
for design-build services awarded to the design-build firm. | 336 |
Sec. 307.05. As used in this section, "emergency medical | 337 |
service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 | 338 |
of the Revised Code. | 339 |
A board of county commissioners may operate an ambulance | 340 |
service organization or emergency medical service organization, | 341 |
or, in counties with a population of forty thousand or less, may | 342 |
operate a nonemergency patient transport service organization, or | 343 |
may enter into a contract with one or more counties, townships, | 344 |
municipal corporations, nonprofit corporations, joint emergency | 345 |
medical services districts, fire and ambulance districts, or | 346 |
private ambulance owners, regardless of whether such counties, | 347 |
townships, municipal corporations, nonprofit corporations, joint | 348 |
emergency medical services districts, fire and ambulance | 349 |
districts, or private ambulance owners are located within or | 350 |
without the state, in order to furnish or obtain the services of | 351 |
ambulance service organizations, to furnish or obtain additional | 352 |
services from ambulance service organizations in times of | 353 |
emergency, to furnish or obtain the services of emergency medical | 354 |
service organizations, or, in counties with a population of forty | 355 |
thousand or less, to furnish or obtain services of nonemergency | 356 |
patient transport service organizations, or may enter into a | 357 |
contract with any such entity to furnish or obtain the interchange | 358 |
of services from ambulance or emergency medical service | 359 |
organizations, or, within counties with a population of forty | 360 |
thousand or less, to furnish or obtain the interchange of services | 361 |
from nonemergency patient transport service organizations, within | 362 |
the territories of the contracting subdivisions. Except in the | 363 |
case of a contract with a joint emergency medical services | 364 |
district to obtain the services of emergency medical service | 365 |
organizations, such contracts shall not be entered into with a | 366 |
public agency or nonprofit corporation that receives more than | 367 |
half of its operating funds from governmental entities with the | 368 |
intention of directly competing with the operation of other | 369 |
ambulance service organizations, nonemergency patient transport | 370 |
service organizations, or emergency medical service organizations | 371 |
in the county unless the public agency or nonprofit corporation is | 372 |
awarded the contract after submitting the lowest and best bid to | 373 |
the board of county commissioners. Any county wishing to commence | 374 |
operation of a nonemergency patient transport service organization | 375 |
or wishing to enter into a contract for the first time to furnish | 376 |
or obtain services from a nonemergency patient transport service | 377 |
organization on or after March 1, 1993, including a county in | 378 |
which a private provider has been providing the service, shall | 379 |
demonstrate the need for public funding for the service to, and | 380 |
obtain approval from, the state board of emergency medical, fire, | 381 |
and transportation services or its immediate successor board prior | 382 |
to operating or funding the organization. | 383 |
When such an organization is operated by the board, the | 384 |
organization may be administered by the board, by the county | 385 |
sheriff, or by another county officer or employee designated by | 386 |
the board. All rules, including the determining of reasonable | 387 |
rates, necessary for the establishment, operation, and maintenance | 388 |
of such an organization shall be adopted by the board. | 389 |
A contract for services of an ambulance service, nonemergency | 390 |
patient transport service, or emergency medical service | 391 |
organization shall include the terms, conditions, and stipulations | 392 |
as agreed to by the parties to the contract. It may provide for a | 393 |
fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed upon and | 394 |
stipulated in the contract, or for compensation based upon a | 395 |
stipulated price for each run, call, or emergency or the number of | 396 |
persons or pieces of apparatus employed, or the elapsed time of | 397 |
service required in such run, call, or emergency, or any | 398 |
combination thereof. | 399 |
Sec. 307.051. As used in this section, "emergency medical | 400 |
service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4766.01 | 401 |
of the Revised Code. | 402 |
A board of county commissioners, by adoption of an | 403 |
appropriate resolution, may choose to have the | 404 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 405 |
any emergency medical service organization it operates. If a board | 406 |
adopts such a resolution, Chapter 4766. of the Revised Code, | 407 |
except for sections 4766.06 and 4766.99 of the Revised Code, | 408 |
applies to the county emergency medical service organization. All | 409 |
rules adopted under the applicable sections of that chapter also | 410 |
apply to the organization. A board, by adoption of an appropriate | 411 |
resolution, may remove its emergency medical service organization | 412 |
from the jurisdiction of the | 413 |
medical, fire, and transportation | 414 |
Sec. 307.055. (A) Subject to the terms and conditions of the | 415 |
joint resolution creating it, each joint emergency medical | 416 |
services district may furnish ambulance services and emergency | 417 |
medical services by one of the following methods: | 418 |
(1) By operating an emergency medical service organization as | 419 |
defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code; | 420 |
(2) By contracting for the operation of one or more | 421 |
facilities pursuant to division (C) or (D) of this section; | 422 |
(3) By providing necessary services and equipment to the | 423 |
district either directly or under a contract entered into pursuant | 424 |
to division (B) of this section; | 425 |
(4) By providing service through any combination of methods | 426 |
described in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section. | 427 |
(B) In order to obtain ambulance service, to obtain | 428 |
additional ambulance service in times of emergency, or to obtain | 429 |
emergency medical services, a joint emergency medical services | 430 |
district may enter into a contract, for a period not to exceed | 431 |
three years, with one or more counties, townships, municipal | 432 |
corporations, joint fire districts, other governmental units that | 433 |
provide ambulance service or emergency medical services, nonprofit | 434 |
corporations, or private ambulance owners, regardless of whether | 435 |
the entities contracted with are located within or outside this | 436 |
state, upon such terms as are agreed to, to furnish or receive | 437 |
ambulance services or the interchange of ambulance services or | 438 |
emergency medical services within the several territories of the | 439 |
contracting subdivisions, if the contract is first authorized by | 440 |
all boards of trustees and legislative authorities in the | 441 |
territories to be served. | 442 |
Such a contract may provide for a fixed annual charge to be | 443 |
paid at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract; or | 444 |
for compensation based on a stipulated price for each run, call, | 445 |
or emergency or based on the elapsed time of service required for | 446 |
each run, call, or emergency, or based on any combination of | 447 |
these. | 448 |
Expenditures of a district for ambulance service or emergency | 449 |
medical service, whether pursuant to contract or otherwise, are | 450 |
lawful expenditures, regardless of whether the district or the | 451 |
party with which it contracts charges an additional fee to users | 452 |
of the service. | 453 |
(C) The board of trustees may enter into a contract with any | 454 |
person, municipal corporation, township, or other political | 455 |
subdivision, and any political subdivision may contract with the | 456 |
board, for the operation and maintenance of emergency medical | 457 |
services facilities regardless of whether the facilities used are | 458 |
owned or leased by the district, by another political subdivision, | 459 |
or by the contractor. | 460 |
(D) The district may purchase, lease, and maintain all | 461 |
materials, buildings, land, and equipment, including vehicles, the | 462 |
board considers necessary for the district. | 463 |
When the board finds, by resolution, that the district has | 464 |
personal property that is not needed for public use, or is | 465 |
obsolete or unfit for the use for which it was acquired, the board | 466 |
may dispose of the property in the same manner as provided in | 467 |
section 307.12 of the Revised Code. | 468 |
(E) Except in the case of a contract with a board of county | 469 |
commissioners for the provision of services of an emergency | 470 |
medical service organization, any contract entered into by a joint | 471 |
emergency medical services district shall conform to the same | 472 |
bidding requirements that apply to county contracts under sections | 473 |
307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. | 474 |
(F) A county participating in a joint district may contribute | 475 |
any of its rights or interests in real or personal property, | 476 |
including money, and may contribute services to the district. Any | 477 |
such contributions shall be made by a written agreement between | 478 |
the contributing county and the district, specifying the | 479 |
contribution as well as the rights of the participating counties | 480 |
in the contributed property. Written agreements shall also be | 481 |
prepared specifying the rights of participating counties in | 482 |
property acquired by the district other than by contribution of a | 483 |
participating county. Written agreements required by this division | 484 |
may be amended only by written agreement of all parties to the | 485 |
original agreement. | 486 |
(G) A district's board of trustees, by adoption of an | 487 |
appropriate resolution, may choose to have the | 488 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 489 |
any emergency medical service organization the district operates. | 490 |
If a board adopts such a resolution, Chapter 4766. of the Revised | 491 |
Code, except for sections 4766.06 and 4766.99 of the Revised Code, | 492 |
applies to the district emergency medical service organization. | 493 |
All rules adopted under the applicable sections of that chapter | 494 |
also apply to the organization. A board, by adoption of an | 495 |
appropriate resolution, may remove the district emergency medical | 496 |
service organization from the jurisdiction of the | 497 |
of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 498 |
Sec. 505.37. (A) The board of township trustees may | 499 |
establish all necessary rules to guard against the occurrence of | 500 |
fires and to protect the property and lives of the citizens | 501 |
against damage and accidents, and may, with the approval of the | 502 |
specifications by the prosecuting attorney or, if the township has | 503 |
adopted limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the | 504 |
Revised Code, with the approval of the specifications by the | 505 |
township's law director, purchase, lease, lease with an option to | 506 |
purchase, or otherwise provide any fire apparatus, mechanical | 507 |
resuscitators, or other equipment, appliances, materials, fire | 508 |
hydrants, and water supply for fire-fighting purposes that seems | 509 |
advisable to the board. The board shall provide for the care and | 510 |
maintenance of fire equipment, and, for these purposes, may | 511 |
purchase, lease, lease with an option to purchase, or construct | 512 |
and maintain necessary buildings, and it may establish and | 513 |
maintain lines of fire-alarm communications within the limits of | 514 |
the township. The board may employ one or more persons to maintain | 515 |
and operate fire-fighting equipment, or it may enter into an | 516 |
agreement with a volunteer fire company for the use and operation | 517 |
of fire-fighting equipment. The board may compensate the members | 518 |
of a volunteer fire company on any basis and in any amount that it | 519 |
considers equitable. | 520 |
When the estimated cost to purchase fire apparatus, | 521 |
mechanical resuscitators, other equipment, appliances, materials, | 522 |
fire hydrants, buildings, or fire-alarm communications equipment | 523 |
or services exceeds fifty thousand dollars, the contract shall be | 524 |
let by competitive bidding. When competitive bidding is required, | 525 |
the board shall advertise once a week for not less than two | 526 |
consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the | 527 |
township. The board may also cause notice to be inserted in trade | 528 |
papers or other publications designated by it or to be distributed | 529 |
by electronic means, including posting the notice on the board's | 530 |
internet web site. If the board posts the notice on its web site, | 531 |
it may eliminate the second notice otherwise required to be | 532 |
published in a newspaper of general circulation within the | 533 |
township, provided that the first notice published in such | 534 |
newspaper meets all of the following requirements: | 535 |
(1) It is published at least two weeks before the opening of | 536 |
bids. | 537 |
(2) It includes a statement that the notice is posted on the | 538 |
board's internet web site. | 539 |
(3) It includes the internet address of the board's internet | 540 |
web site. | 541 |
(4) It includes instructions describing how the notice may be | 542 |
accessed on the board's internet web site. | 543 |
The advertisement shall include the time, date, and place | 544 |
where the clerk of the township, or the clerk's designee, will | 545 |
read bids publicly. The time, date, and place of bid openings may | 546 |
be extended to a later date by the board of township trustees, | 547 |
provided that written or oral notice of the change shall be given | 548 |
to all persons who have received or requested specifications not | 549 |
later than ninety-six hours prior to the original time and date | 550 |
fixed for the opening. The board may reject all the bids or accept | 551 |
the lowest and best bid, provided that the successful bidder meets | 552 |
the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code when the | 553 |
contract is for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, | 554 |
or reconstruction of an improvement. | 555 |
(B) The boards of township trustees of any two or more | 556 |
townships, or the legislative authorities of any two or more | 557 |
political subdivisions, or any combination of these, may, through | 558 |
joint action, unite in the joint purchase, lease, lease with an | 559 |
option to purchase, maintenance, use, and operation of | 560 |
fire-fighting equipment, or for any other purpose designated in | 561 |
sections 505.37 to 505.42 of the Revised Code, and may prorate the | 562 |
expense of the joint action on any terms that are mutually agreed | 563 |
upon. | 564 |
(C) The board of township trustees of any township may, by | 565 |
resolution, whenever it is expedient and necessary to guard | 566 |
against the occurrence of fires or to protect the property and | 567 |
lives of the citizens against damages resulting from their | 568 |
occurrence, create a fire district of any portions of the township | 569 |
that it considers necessary. The board may purchase, lease, lease | 570 |
with an option to purchase, or otherwise provide any fire | 571 |
apparatus, appliances, materials, fire hydrants, and water supply | 572 |
for fire-fighting purposes, or may contract for the fire | 573 |
protection for the fire district as provided in section 9.60 of | 574 |
the Revised Code. The fire district so created shall be given a | 575 |
separate name by which it shall be known. | 576 |
Additional unincorporated territory of the township may be | 577 |
added to a fire district upon the board's adoption of a resolution | 578 |
authorizing the addition. A municipal corporation that is within | 579 |
or adjoining the township may be added to a fire district upon the | 580 |
board's adoption of a resolution authorizing the addition and the | 581 |
municipal legislative authority's adoption of a resolution or | 582 |
ordinance requesting the addition of the municipal corporation to | 583 |
the fire district. | 584 |
If the township fire district imposes a tax, additional | 585 |
unincorporated territory of the township or a municipal | 586 |
corporation that is within or adjoining the township shall become | 587 |
part of the fire district only after all of the following have | 588 |
occurred: | 589 |
(1) Adoption by the board of township trustees of a | 590 |
resolution approving the expansion of the territorial limits of | 591 |
the district and, if the resolution proposes to add a municipal | 592 |
corporation, adoption by the municipal legislative authority of a | 593 |
resolution or ordinance requesting the addition of the municipal | 594 |
corporation to the district; | 595 |
(2) Adoption by the board of township trustees of a | 596 |
resolution recommending the extension of the tax to the additional | 597 |
territory; | 598 |
(3) Approval of the tax by the electors of the territory | 599 |
proposed for addition to the district. | 600 |
Each resolution of the board adopted under division (C)(2) of | 601 |
this section shall state the name of the fire district, a | 602 |
description of the territory to be added, and the rate and | 603 |
termination date of the tax, which shall be the rate and | 604 |
termination date of the tax currently in effect in the fire | 605 |
district. | 606 |
The board of trustees shall certify each resolution adopted | 607 |
under division (C)(2) of this section to the board of elections in | 608 |
accordance with section 5705.19 of the Revised Code. The election | 609 |
required under division (C)(3) of this section shall be held, | 610 |
canvassed, and certified in the manner provided for the submission | 611 |
of tax levies under section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, except | 612 |
that the question appearing on the ballot shall read: | 613 |
"Shall the territory within ........................ | 614 |
(description of the proposed territory to be added) be added to | 615 |
........................ (name) fire district, and a property tax | 616 |
at a rate of taxation not exceeding ...... (here insert tax rate) | 617 |
be in effect for .......... (here insert the number of years the | 618 |
tax is to be in effect or "a continuing period of time," as | 619 |
applicable)?" | 620 |
If the question is approved by at least a majority of the | 621 |
electors voting on it, the joinder shall be effective as of the | 622 |
first day of July of the year following approval, and on that | 623 |
date, the township fire district tax shall be extended to the | 624 |
taxable property within the territory that has been added. If the | 625 |
territory that has been added is a municipal corporation and if it | 626 |
had adopted a tax levy for fire purposes, the levy is terminated | 627 |
on the effective date of the joinder. | 628 |
Any municipal corporation may withdraw from a township fire | 629 |
district created under division (C) of this section by the | 630 |
adoption by the municipal legislative authority of a resolution or | 631 |
ordinance ordering withdrawal. On the first day of July of the | 632 |
year following the adoption of the resolution or ordinance of | 633 |
withdrawal, the municipal corporation withdrawing ceases to be a | 634 |
part of the district, and the power of the fire district to levy a | 635 |
tax upon taxable property in the withdrawing municipal corporation | 636 |
terminates, except that the fire district shall continue to levy | 637 |
and collect taxes for the payment of indebtedness within the | 638 |
territory of the fire district as it was composed at the time the | 639 |
indebtedness was incurred. | 640 |
Upon the withdrawal of any municipal corporation from a | 641 |
township fire district created under division (C) of this section, | 642 |
the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion, and order a | 643 |
division of the funds on hand, moneys and taxes in the process of | 644 |
collection except for taxes levied for the payment of | 645 |
indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either in | 646 |
money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective | 647 |
tax duplicates of the withdrawing municipal corporation and the | 648 |
remaining territory of the fire district. | 649 |
A board of township trustees may remove unincorporated | 650 |
territory of the township from the fire district upon the adoption | 651 |
of a resolution authorizing the removal. On the first day of July | 652 |
of the year following the adoption of the resolution, the | 653 |
unincorporated township territory described in the resolution | 654 |
ceases to be a part of the district, and the power of the fire | 655 |
district to levy a tax upon taxable property in that territory | 656 |
terminates, except that the fire district shall continue to levy | 657 |
and collect taxes for the payment of indebtedness within the | 658 |
territory of the fire district as it was composed at the time the | 659 |
indebtedness was incurred. | 660 |
(D) The board of township trustees of any township, the board | 661 |
of fire district trustees of a fire district created under section | 662 |
505.371 of the Revised Code, or the legislative authority of any | 663 |
municipal corporation may purchase, lease, or lease with an option | 664 |
to purchase the necessary fire-fighting equipment, buildings, and | 665 |
sites for the township, fire district, or municipal corporation | 666 |
and issue securities for that purpose with maximum maturities as | 667 |
provided in section 133.20 of the Revised Code. The board of | 668 |
township trustees, board of fire district trustees, or legislative | 669 |
authority may also construct any buildings necessary to house | 670 |
fire-fighting equipment and issue securities for that purpose with | 671 |
maximum maturities as provided in section 133.20 of the Revised | 672 |
Code. | 673 |
The board of township trustees, board of fire district | 674 |
trustees, or legislative authority may issue the securities of the | 675 |
township, fire district, or municipal corporation, signed by the | 676 |
board or designated officer of the municipal corporation and | 677 |
attested by the signature of the township fiscal officer, fire | 678 |
district clerk, or municipal clerk, covering any deferred payments | 679 |
and payable at the times provided, which securities shall bear | 680 |
interest not to exceed the rate determined as provided in section | 681 |
9.95 of the Revised Code, and shall not be subject to Chapter 133. | 682 |
of the Revised Code. The legislation authorizing the issuance of | 683 |
the securities shall provide for levying and collecting annually | 684 |
by taxation, amounts sufficient to pay the interest on and | 685 |
principal of the securities. The securities shall be offered for | 686 |
sale on the open market or given to the vendor or contractor if no | 687 |
sale is made. | 688 |
Section 505.40 of the Revised Code does not apply to any | 689 |
securities issued, or any lease with an option to purchase entered | 690 |
into, in accordance with this division. | 691 |
(E) A board of township trustees of any township or a board | 692 |
of fire district trustees of a fire district created under section | 693 |
505.371 of the Revised Code may purchase a policy or policies of | 694 |
liability insurance for the officers, employees, and appointees of | 695 |
the fire department, fire district, or joint fire district | 696 |
governed by the board that includes personal injury liability | 697 |
coverage as to the civil liability of those officers, employees, | 698 |
and appointees for false arrest, detention, or imprisonment, | 699 |
malicious prosecution, libel, slander, defamation or other | 700 |
violation of the right of privacy, wrongful entry or eviction, or | 701 |
other invasion of the right of private occupancy, arising out of | 702 |
the performance of their duties. | 703 |
When a board of township trustees cannot, by deed of gift or | 704 |
by purchase and upon terms it considers reasonable, procure land | 705 |
for a township fire station that is needed in order to respond in | 706 |
reasonable time to a fire or medical emergency, the board may | 707 |
appropriate land for that purpose under sections 163.01 to 163.22 | 708 |
of the Revised Code. If it is necessary to acquire additional | 709 |
adjacent land for enlarging or improving the fire station, the | 710 |
board may purchase, appropriate, or accept a deed of gift for the | 711 |
land for these purposes. | 712 |
(F) As used in this division, "emergency medical service | 713 |
organization" has the same meaning as in section 4766.01 of the | 714 |
Revised Code. | 715 |
A board of township trustees, by adoption of an appropriate | 716 |
resolution, may choose to have the | 717 |
medical, fire, and transportation | 718 |
emergency medical service organization it operates. If the board | 719 |
adopts such a resolution, Chapter 4766. of the Revised Code, | 720 |
except for sections 4766.06 and 4766.99 of the Revised Code, | 721 |
applies to the organization. All rules adopted under the | 722 |
applicable sections of that chapter also apply to the | 723 |
organization. A board of township trustees, by adoption of an | 724 |
appropriate resolution, may remove its emergency medical service | 725 |
organization from the jurisdiction of the | 726 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 727 |
Sec. 505.375. (A)(1)(a) The boards of township trustees of | 728 |
one or more townships and the legislative authorities of one or | 729 |
more municipal corporations, or the legislative authorities of two | 730 |
or more municipal corporations, or the boards of township trustees | 731 |
of two or more townships, may negotiate an agreement to form a | 732 |
fire and ambulance district for the delivery of both fire and | 733 |
ambulance services. The agreement shall be ratified by the | 734 |
adoption of a joint resolution by a majority of the members of | 735 |
each board of township trustees involved and a majority of the | 736 |
members of the legislative authority of each municipal corporation | 737 |
involved. The joint resolution shall specify a date on which the | 738 |
fire and ambulance district shall come into being. | 739 |
(b) If a joint fire district created under section 505.371 of | 740 |
the Revised Code or a joint ambulance district created under | 741 |
section 505.71 of the Revised Code is dissolved to facilitate the | 742 |
creation of a fire and ambulance district under division (A)(1)(a) | 743 |
of this section, the townships and municipal corporations forming | 744 |
the fire and ambulance district may transfer to the fire and | 745 |
ambulance district any of the funds on hand, moneys and taxes in | 746 |
the process of collection, credits, and real and personal property | 747 |
apportioned to them under division (D) of section 505.371 of the | 748 |
Revised Code or section 505.71 of the Revised Code, as applicable, | 749 |
for use by the fire and ambulance district in accordance with this | 750 |
section. | 751 |
(2)(a) The board of trustees of a joint ambulance district | 752 |
created under section 505.71 of the Revised Code and the board of | 753 |
fire district trustees of a joint fire district created under | 754 |
section 505.371 of the Revised Code may negotiate to combine their | 755 |
two joint districts into a single fire and ambulance district for | 756 |
the delivery of both fire and ambulance services, if the | 757 |
geographic area covered by the combining joint districts is | 758 |
exactly the same. Both boards shall adopt a joint resolution | 759 |
ratifying the agreement and setting a date on which the fire and | 760 |
ambulance district shall come into being. | 761 |
(b) On that date, the joint fire district and the joint | 762 |
ambulance district shall cease to exist, and the power of each to | 763 |
levy a tax upon taxable property shall terminate, except that any | 764 |
levy of a tax for the payment of indebtedness within the territory | 765 |
of the joint fire or joint ambulance district as it was composed | 766 |
at the time the indebtedness was incurred shall continue to be | 767 |
collected by the successor fire and ambulance district if the | 768 |
indebtedness remains unpaid. All funds and other property of the | 769 |
joint districts shall become the property of the fire and | 770 |
ambulance district, unless otherwise provided in the negotiated | 771 |
agreement. The agreement shall provide for the settlement of all | 772 |
debts and obligations of the joint districts. | 773 |
(B)(1) The governing body of a fire and ambulance district | 774 |
created under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section shall be a | 775 |
board of trustees of at least three but no more than nine members, | 776 |
appointed as provided in the agreement creating the district. | 777 |
Members of the board may be compensated at a rate not to exceed | 778 |
thirty dollars per meeting for not more than fifteen meetings per | 779 |
year, and may be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred, | 780 |
as provided in the agreement creating the district. | 781 |
(2) The board shall employ a clerk and other employees as it | 782 |
considers best, including a fire chief or fire prevention | 783 |
officers, and shall fix their compensation. Neither this section | 784 |
nor any other section of the Revised Code requires, or shall be | 785 |
construed to require, that the fire chief of a fire and ambulance | 786 |
district be a resident of the district. | 787 |
Before entering upon the duties of office, the clerk shall | 788 |
execute a bond, in the amount and with surety to be approved by | 789 |
the board, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful | 790 |
performance of all of the clerk's official duties. The clerk shall | 791 |
deposit the bond with the presiding officer of the board, who | 792 |
shall file a copy of it, certified by the presiding officer, with | 793 |
the county auditor of the county containing the most territory in | 794 |
the district. | 795 |
The board also shall provide for the appointment of a fiscal | 796 |
officer for the district and may enter into agreements with | 797 |
volunteer fire companies for the use and operation of | 798 |
fire-fighting equipment. Volunteer firefighters acting under such | 799 |
an agreement are subject to the requirements for volunteer | 800 |
firefighters set forth in division (A) of section 505.38 of the | 801 |
Revised Code. | 802 |
(3) Employees of the district shall not be removed from | 803 |
office except as provided by sections 733.35 to 733.39 of the | 804 |
Revised Code, except that, to initiate removal proceedings, the | 805 |
board shall designate a private citizen or, if the employee is | 806 |
employed as a firefighter, the board may designate the fire chief, | 807 |
to investigate, conduct the proceedings, and prepare the necessary | 808 |
charges in conformity with those sections, and except that the | 809 |
board shall perform the functions and duties specified for the | 810 |
municipal legislative authority under those sections. The board | 811 |
may pay reasonable compensation to any private citizen hired for | 812 |
services rendered in the matter. | 813 |
(4) No person shall be appointed as a permanent full-time | 814 |
paid member of the district whose duties include fire fighting, or | 815 |
be appointed as a volunteer firefighter, unless that person has | 816 |
received a certificate issued under former section 3303.07 or | 817 |
section 4765.55 of the Revised Code evidencing satisfactory | 818 |
completion of a firefighter training program. The board may send | 819 |
its officers and firefighters to schools of instruction designed | 820 |
to promote the efficiency of firefighters and, if authorized in | 821 |
advance, may pay their necessary expenses from the funds used for | 822 |
the maintenance and operation of the district. | 823 |
The board may choose, by adoption of an appropriate | 824 |
resolution, to have the
| 825 |
fire, and transportation | 826 |
medical service organization it operates. If the board adopts such | 827 |
a resolution, Chapter 4766. of the Revised Code, except for | 828 |
sections 4766.06 and 4766.99 of the Revised Code, applies to the | 829 |
organization. All rules adopted under the applicable sections of | 830 |
that chapter also apply to the organization. The board may remove, | 831 |
by resolution, its emergency medical service organization from the | 832 |
jurisdiction of the | 833 |
and transportation | 834 |
(C) The board of trustees of a fire and ambulance district | 835 |
created under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section may exercise | 836 |
the following powers: | 837 |
(1) Purchase or otherwise provide any fire apparatus, | 838 |
mechanical resuscitators, or other fire or ambulance equipment, | 839 |
appliances, or materials; fire hydrants; and water supply for | 840 |
firefighting purposes that seems advisable to the board; | 841 |
(2) Provide for the care and maintenance of equipment and, | 842 |
for that purpose, purchase, lease, lease with an option to | 843 |
purchase, or construct and maintain necessary buildings; | 844 |
(3) Establish and maintain lines of fire-alarm communications | 845 |
within the limits of the district; | 846 |
(4) Appropriate land for a fire station or medical emergency | 847 |
unit needed in order to respond in reasonable time to a fire or | 848 |
medical emergency, in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised | 849 |
Code; | 850 |
(5) Purchase, appropriate, or accept a deed or gift of land | 851 |
to enlarge or improve a fire station or medical emergency unit; | 852 |
(6) Purchase, lease, lease with an option to purchase, | 853 |
maintain, and use all materials, equipment, vehicles, buildings, | 854 |
and land necessary to perform its duties; | 855 |
(7) Contract for a period not to exceed three years with one | 856 |
or more townships, municipal corporations, counties, joint fire | 857 |
districts, joint ambulance districts, governmental agencies, | 858 |
nonprofit corporations, or private ambulance owners located either | 859 |
within or outside the state, to furnish or receive ambulance | 860 |
services or emergency medical services within the several | 861 |
territories of the contracting parties, if the contract is first | 862 |
authorized by all boards of trustees and legislative authorities | 863 |
concerned; | 864 |
(8) Establish reasonable charges for the use of ambulance or | 865 |
emergency medical services under the same conditions under which a | 866 |
board of fire district trustees may establish those charges under | 867 |
section 505.371 of the Revised Code; | 868 |
(9) Establish all necessary rules to guard against the | 869 |
occurrence of fires and to protect property and lives against | 870 |
damage and accidents; | 871 |
(10) Adopt a standard code pertaining to fire, fire hazards, | 872 |
and fire prevention prepared and promulgated by the state or by a | 873 |
public or private organization that publishes a model or standard | 874 |
code; | 875 |
(11) Provide for charges for false alarms at commercial | 876 |
establishments in the same manner as joint fire districts are | 877 |
authorized to do under section 505.391 of the Revised Code; | 878 |
(12) Issue bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, subject | 879 |
to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, but only after approval by a | 880 |
vote of the electors of the district as provided by section 133.18 | 881 |
of the Revised Code; | 882 |
(13) To provide the services and equipment it considers | 883 |
necessary, levy a sufficient tax, subject to Chapter 5705. of the | 884 |
Revised Code, on all the taxable property in the district. | 885 |
(D) Any municipal corporation or township may join an | 886 |
existing fire and ambulance district, whether created under | 887 |
division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, by its legislative | 888 |
authority's adoption of a resolution requesting the membership and | 889 |
upon approval of the board of trustees of the district. Any | 890 |
municipal corporation or township may withdraw from a district, | 891 |
whether created under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, by | 892 |
its legislative authority's adoption of a resolution ordering | 893 |
withdrawal. Upon its withdrawal, the municipal corporation or | 894 |
township ceases to be a part of the district, and the district's | 895 |
power to levy a tax on taxable property in the withdrawing | 896 |
township or municipal corporation terminates, except that the | 897 |
district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment | 898 |
of indebtedness within the territory of the district as it was | 899 |
composed at the time the indebtedness was incurred. | 900 |
Upon the withdrawal of any township or municipal corporation | 901 |
from a district, the county auditor of the county containing the | 902 |
most territory in the district shall ascertain, apportion, and | 903 |
order a division of the funds on hand, including funds in the | 904 |
ambulance and emergency medical services fund, moneys and taxes in | 905 |
the process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment | 906 |
of indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property on the | 907 |
basis of the valuation of the respective tax duplicates of the | 908 |
withdrawing municipal corporation or township and the remaining | 909 |
territory of the district. | 910 |
(E) As used in this section: | 911 |
(1) "Governmental agency" includes all departments, boards, | 912 |
offices, commissions, agencies, colleges, universities, | 913 |
institutions, and other instrumentalities of this or another | 914 |
state. | 915 |
(2) "Emergency medical service organization" has the same | 916 |
meaning as in section 4766.01 of the Revised Code. | 917 |
Sec. 505.44. As used in this section: | 918 |
(A) "Emergency medical service organization" has the same | 919 |
meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. | 920 |
(B) "State agency" means all departments, boards, offices, | 921 |
commissions, agencies, colleges, universities, institutions, and | 922 |
other instrumentalities of this or another state. | 923 |
In order to obtain the services of ambulance service | 924 |
organizations, to obtain additional services from ambulance | 925 |
service organizations in times of emergency, to obtain the | 926 |
services of emergency medical service organizations, or, if the | 927 |
township is located in a county with a population of forty | 928 |
thousand or less, to obtain the services of nonemergency patient | 929 |
transport service organizations, a township may enter into a | 930 |
contract with one or more state agencies, townships, municipal | 931 |
corporations, counties, nonprofit corporations, joint emergency | 932 |
medical services districts, fire and ambulance districts, or | 933 |
private ambulance owners, regardless of whether such state | 934 |
agencies, townships, municipal corporations, counties, nonprofit | 935 |
corporations, joint emergency medical services districts, fire and | 936 |
ambulance districts, or private ambulance owners are located | 937 |
within or outside the state, upon such terms as are agreed to by | 938 |
them, to furnish or receive services from ambulance or emergency | 939 |
medical service organizations or, if the township is located in a | 940 |
county with a population of forty thousand or less, to furnish or | 941 |
receive services from nonemergency patient transport service | 942 |
organizations, or may enter into a contract for the interchange of | 943 |
services from ambulance or emergency medical service organizations | 944 |
or, if the township is located in a county with a population of | 945 |
forty thousand or less, the interchange of services from | 946 |
nonemergency patient transport service organizations, within the | 947 |
several territories of the contracting parties, if the contract is | 948 |
first authorized by the respective boards of township trustees, | 949 |
the other legislative bodies, or the officer or body authorized to | 950 |
contract on behalf of the state agency. Such contracts shall not | 951 |
be entered into with a state agency or nonprofit corporation that | 952 |
receives more than half of its operating funds from governmental | 953 |
entities with the intention of directly competing with the | 954 |
operation of other ambulance, emergency medical, or nonemergency | 955 |
patient transport service organizations in the township unless the | 956 |
state agency or nonprofit corporation is awarded the contract | 957 |
after submitting the lowest and best bid to the board of township | 958 |
trustees. | 959 |
The contract may provide for compensation upon such terms as | 960 |
the parties may agree. | 961 |
Any township wishing to commence providing or wishing to | 962 |
enter into a contract for the first time to furnish or obtain | 963 |
services from nonemergency patient transport service organizations | 964 |
on or after March 1, 1993, including a township in which a private | 965 |
provider has been providing the service, shall demonstrate the | 966 |
need for public funding for the service to, and obtain approval | 967 |
from, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 968 |
transportation services or its immediate successor board prior to | 969 |
the establishment of a township-operated or township-funded | 970 |
service. | 971 |
Sec. 505.72. (A) The board of trustees of a joint ambulance | 972 |
district shall provide for the employment of such employees as it | 973 |
considers best, and shall fix their compensation. Such employees | 974 |
shall continue in office until removed as provided by sections | 975 |
733.35 to 733.39 of the Revised Code. To initiate removal | 976 |
proceedings, and for such purpose, the board shall designate a | 977 |
private citizen to investigate the conduct and prepare the | 978 |
necessary charges in conformity with sections 733.35 to 733.39 of | 979 |
the Revised Code. The board may pay reasonable compensation to | 980 |
such person for the person's services. | 981 |
In case of the removal of an employee of the district, an | 982 |
appeal may be had from the decision of the board to the court of | 983 |
common pleas of the county in which such district, or part of it, | 984 |
is situated, to determine the sufficiency of the cause of removal. | 985 |
Such appeal from the findings of the board shall be taken within | 986 |
ten days. | 987 |
(B) As used in this division, "emergency medical service | 988 |
organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the | 989 |
Revised Code. | 990 |
(1) In order to obtain the services of ambulance service | 991 |
organizations, to obtain additional services from ambulance | 992 |
service organizations in times of emergency, or to obtain the | 993 |
services of emergency medical service organizations, a district | 994 |
may enter into a contract, for a period not to exceed three years, | 995 |
with one or more townships, municipal corporations, joint fire | 996 |
districts, nonprofit corporations, any other governmental unit | 997 |
that provides ambulance services or emergency medical services, or | 998 |
with private ambulance owners, regardless of whether such | 999 |
townships, municipal corporations, joint fire districts, nonprofit | 1000 |
corporations, governmental unit, or private ambulance owners are | 1001 |
located within or without this state, upon such terms as are | 1002 |
agreed to, to furnish or receive services from ambulance or | 1003 |
emergency medical service organizations or the interchange of | 1004 |
services from ambulance or emergency medical service organizations | 1005 |
within the several territories of the contracting subdivisions, if | 1006 |
such contract is first authorized by all boards of trustees and | 1007 |
legislative authorities concerned. | 1008 |
The contract may provide for a fixed annual charge to be paid | 1009 |
at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract, or for | 1010 |
compensation based upon a stipulated price for each run, call, or | 1011 |
emergency, or the elapsed time of service required in such run, | 1012 |
call, or emergency, or any combination thereof. | 1013 |
(2) Expenditures of a district for the services of ambulance | 1014 |
service organizations or emergency medical service organizations, | 1015 |
whether pursuant to contract or otherwise, are lawful | 1016 |
expenditures, regardless of whether the district or the party with | 1017 |
which it contracts charges additional fees to users of the | 1018 |
services. | 1019 |
(3) A district's board of trustees, by adoption of an | 1020 |
appropriate resolution, may choose to have the | 1021 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 1022 |
any emergency medical service organization the district operates. | 1023 |
If a board adopts such a resolution, Chapter 4766. of the Revised | 1024 |
Code, except for sections 4766.06 and 4766.99 of the Revised Code, | 1025 |
applies to the district emergency medical service organization. | 1026 |
All rules adopted under the applicable sections of that chapter | 1027 |
also apply to the organization. A board, by adoption of an | 1028 |
appropriate resolution, may remove the district emergency medical | 1029 |
service organization from the jurisdiction of the | 1030 |
of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 1031 |
(C) Ambulance services or emergency medical services rendered | 1032 |
for a joint ambulance district under this section and section | 1033 |
505.71 of the Revised Code shall be deemed services of the | 1034 |
district. These sections do not authorize suits against a district | 1035 |
or any township or municipal corporation providing or receiving, | 1036 |
or contracting to provide or receive, such services under these | 1037 |
sections for damages for injury or loss to persons or property or | 1038 |
for wrongful death caused by persons providing such services. | 1039 |
Sec. 718.01. (A) As used in this chapter: | 1040 |
(1) "Adjusted federal taxable income" means a C corporation's | 1041 |
federal taxable income before net operating losses and special | 1042 |
deductions as determined under the Internal Revenue Code, adjusted | 1043 |
as follows: | 1044 |
(a) Deduct intangible income to the extent included in | 1045 |
federal taxable income. The deduction shall be allowed regardless | 1046 |
of whether the intangible income relates to assets used in a trade | 1047 |
or business or assets held for the production of income. | 1048 |
(b) Add an amount equal to five per cent of intangible income | 1049 |
deducted under division (A)(1)(a) of this section, but excluding | 1050 |
that portion of intangible income directly related to the sale, | 1051 |
exchange, or other disposition of property described in section | 1052 |
1221 of the Internal Revenue Code; | 1053 |
(c) Add any losses allowed as a deduction in the computation | 1054 |
of federal taxable income if the losses directly relate to the | 1055 |
sale, exchange, or other disposition of an asset described in | 1056 |
section 1221 or 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code; | 1057 |
(d)(i) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(d)(ii) of this | 1058 |
section, deduct income and gain included in federal taxable income | 1059 |
to the extent the income and gain directly relate to the sale, | 1060 |
exchange, or other disposition of an asset described in section | 1061 |
1221 or 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code; | 1062 |
(ii) Division (A)(1)(d)(i) of this section does not apply to | 1063 |
the extent the income or gain is income or gain described in | 1064 |
section 1245 or 1250 of the Internal Revenue Code. | 1065 |
(e) Add taxes on or measured by net income allowed as a | 1066 |
deduction in the computation of federal taxable income; | 1067 |
(f) In the case of a real estate investment trust and | 1068 |
regulated investment company, add all amounts with respect to | 1069 |
dividends to, distributions to, or amounts set aside for or | 1070 |
credited to the benefit of investors and allowed as a deduction in | 1071 |
the computation of federal taxable income; | 1072 |
(g) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 1073 |
in computing federal taxable income, any income | 1074 |
1075 | |
1076 | |
1077 | |
transferred under that agreement under section 4313.02 of the | 1078 |
Revised Code. | 1079 |
If the taxpayer is not a C corporation and is not an | 1080 |
individual, the taxpayer shall compute adjusted federal taxable | 1081 |
income as if the taxpayer were a C corporation, except guaranteed | 1082 |
payments and other similar amounts paid or accrued to a partner, | 1083 |
former partner, member, or former member shall not be allowed as a | 1084 |
deductible expense; amounts paid or accrued to a qualified | 1085 |
self-employed retirement plan with respect to an owner or | 1086 |
owner-employee of the taxpayer, amounts paid or accrued to or for | 1087 |
health insurance for an owner or owner-employee, and amounts paid | 1088 |
or accrued to or for life insurance for an owner or owner-employee | 1089 |
shall not be allowed as a deduction. | 1090 |
Nothing in division (A)(1) of this section shall be construed | 1091 |
as allowing the taxpayer to add or deduct any amount more than | 1092 |
once or shall be construed as allowing any taxpayer to deduct any | 1093 |
amount paid to or accrued for purposes of federal self-employment | 1094 |
tax. | 1095 |
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting or | 1096 |
removing the ability of any municipal corporation to administer, | 1097 |
audit, and enforce the provisions of its municipal income tax. | 1098 |
(2) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code | 1099 |
of 1986, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended. | 1100 |
(3) "Schedule C" means internal revenue service schedule C | 1101 |
filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. | 1102 |
(4) "Form 2106" means internal revenue service form 2106 | 1103 |
filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. | 1104 |
(5) "Intangible income" means income of any of the following | 1105 |
types: income yield, interest, capital gains, dividends, or other | 1106 |
income arising from the ownership, sale, exchange, or other | 1107 |
disposition of intangible property including, but not limited to, | 1108 |
investments, deposits, money, or credits as those terms are | 1109 |
defined in Chapter 5701. of the Revised Code, and patents, | 1110 |
copyrights, trademarks, tradenames, investments in real estate | 1111 |
investment trusts, investments in regulated investment companies, | 1112 |
and appreciation on deferred compensation. "Intangible income" | 1113 |
does not include prizes, awards, or other income associated with | 1114 |
any lottery winnings or other similar games of chance. | 1115 |
(6) "S corporation" means a corporation that has made an | 1116 |
election under subchapter S of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the | 1117 |
Internal Revenue Code for its taxable year. | 1118 |
(7) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, | 1119 |
"net profit" for a taxpayer other than an individual means | 1120 |
adjusted federal taxable income and "net profit" for a taxpayer | 1121 |
who is an individual means the individual's profit required to be | 1122 |
reported on schedule C, schedule E, or schedule F, other than any | 1123 |
amount allowed as a deduction under division (E)(2) or (3) of this | 1124 |
section or amounts described in division (H) of this section. | 1125 |
(8) "Taxpayer" means a person subject to a tax on income | 1126 |
levied by a municipal corporation. Except as provided in division | 1127 |
(L) of this section, "taxpayer" does not include any person that | 1128 |
is a disregarded entity or a qualifying subchapter S subsidiary | 1129 |
for federal income tax purposes, but "taxpayer" includes any other | 1130 |
person who owns the disregarded entity or qualifying subchapter S | 1131 |
subsidiary. | 1132 |
(9) "Taxable year" means the corresponding tax reporting | 1133 |
period as prescribed for the taxpayer under the Internal Revenue | 1134 |
Code. | 1135 |
(10) "Tax administrator" means the individual charged with | 1136 |
direct responsibility for administration of a tax on income levied | 1137 |
by a municipal corporation and includes: | 1138 |
(a) The central collection agency and the regional income tax | 1139 |
agency and their successors in interest, and other entities | 1140 |
organized to perform functions similar to those performed by the | 1141 |
central collection agency and the regional income tax agency; | 1142 |
(b) A municipal corporation acting as the agent of another | 1143 |
municipal corporation; and | 1144 |
(c) Persons retained by a municipal corporation to administer | 1145 |
a tax levied by the municipal corporation, but only if the | 1146 |
municipal corporation does not compensate the person in whole or | 1147 |
in part on a contingency basis. | 1148 |
(11) "Person" includes individuals, firms, companies, | 1149 |
business trusts, estates, trusts, partnerships, limited liability | 1150 |
companies, associations, corporations, governmental entities, and | 1151 |
any other entity. | 1152 |
(12) "Schedule E" means internal revenue service schedule E | 1153 |
filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. | 1154 |
(13) "Schedule F" means internal revenue service schedule F | 1155 |
filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. | 1156 |
(B) No municipal corporation shall tax income at other than a | 1157 |
uniform rate. | 1158 |
(C) No municipal corporation shall levy a tax on income at a | 1159 |
rate in excess of one per cent without having obtained the | 1160 |
approval of the excess by a majority of the electors of the | 1161 |
municipality voting on the question at a general, primary, or | 1162 |
special election. The legislative authority of the municipal | 1163 |
corporation shall file with the board of elections at least ninety | 1164 |
days before the day of the election a copy of the ordinance | 1165 |
together with a resolution specifying the date the election is to | 1166 |
be held and directing the board of elections to conduct the | 1167 |
election. The ballot shall be in the following form: "Shall the | 1168 |
Ordinance providing for a ... per cent levy on income for (Brief | 1169 |
description of the purpose of the proposed levy) be passed? | 1170 |
1171 |
FOR THE INCOME TAX | 1172 | ||||
AGAINST THE INCOME TAX | " | 1173 |
1174 |
In the event of an affirmative vote, the proceeds of the levy | 1175 |
may be used only for the specified purpose. | 1176 |
(D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no | 1177 |
municipal corporation shall exempt from a tax on income | 1178 |
compensation for personal services of individuals over eighteen | 1179 |
years of age or the net profit from a business or profession. | 1180 |
(2)(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, | 1181 |
2004, no municipal corporation shall tax the net profit from a | 1182 |
business or profession using any base other than the taxpayer's | 1183 |
adjusted federal taxable income. | 1184 |
(b) Division (D)(2)(a) of this section does not apply to any | 1185 |
taxpayer required to file a return under section 5745.03 of the | 1186 |
Revised Code or to the net profit from a sole proprietorship. | 1187 |
(E)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation | 1188 |
may, by ordinance or resolution, exempt from withholding and from | 1189 |
a tax on income the following: | 1190 |
(a) Compensation arising from the sale, exchange, or other | 1191 |
disposition of a stock option, the exercise of a stock option, or | 1192 |
the sale, exchange, or other disposition of stock purchased under | 1193 |
a stock option; or | 1194 |
(b) Compensation attributable to a nonqualified deferred | 1195 |
compensation plan or program described in section 3121(v)(2)(C) of | 1196 |
the Internal Revenue Code. | 1197 |
(2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may | 1198 |
adopt an ordinance or resolution that allows a taxpayer who is an | 1199 |
individual to deduct, in computing the taxpayer's municipal income | 1200 |
tax liability, an amount equal to the aggregate amount the | 1201 |
taxpayer paid in cash during the taxable year to a health savings | 1202 |
account of the taxpayer, to the extent the taxpayer is entitled to | 1203 |
deduct that amount on internal revenue service form 1040. | 1204 |
(3) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may | 1205 |
adopt an ordinance or resolution that allows a taxpayer who has a | 1206 |
net profit from a business or profession that is operated as a | 1207 |
sole proprietorship to deduct from that net profit the amount that | 1208 |
the taxpayer paid during the taxable year for medical care | 1209 |
insurance premiums for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and | 1210 |
dependents as defined in section 5747.01 of the Revised Code. The | 1211 |
deduction shall be allowed to the same extent the taxpayer is | 1212 |
entitled to deduct the premiums on internal revenue service form | 1213 |
1040. The deduction allowed under this division shall be net of | 1214 |
any related premium refunds, related premium reimbursements, or | 1215 |
related insurance premium dividends received by the taxpayer | 1216 |
during the taxable year. | 1217 |
(F) If an individual's taxable income includes income against | 1218 |
which the taxpayer has taken a deduction for federal income tax | 1219 |
purposes as reportable on the taxpayer's form 2106, and against | 1220 |
which a like deduction has not been allowed by the municipal | 1221 |
corporation, the municipal corporation shall deduct from the | 1222 |
taxpayer's taxable income an amount equal to the deduction shown | 1223 |
on such form allowable against such income, to the extent not | 1224 |
otherwise so allowed as a deduction by the municipal corporation. | 1225 |
(G)(1) In the case of a taxpayer who has a net profit from a | 1226 |
business or profession that is operated as a sole proprietorship, | 1227 |
no municipal corporation may tax or use as the base for | 1228 |
determining the amount of the net profit that shall be considered | 1229 |
as having a taxable situs in the municipal corporation, an amount | 1230 |
other than the net profit required to be reported by the taxpayer | 1231 |
on schedule C or F from such sole proprietorship for the taxable | 1232 |
year. | 1233 |
(2) In the case of a taxpayer who has a net profit from | 1234 |
rental activity required to be reported on schedule E, no | 1235 |
municipal corporation may tax or use as the base for determining | 1236 |
the amount of the net profit that shall be considered as having a | 1237 |
taxable situs in the municipal corporation, an amount other than | 1238 |
the net profit from rental activities required to be reported by | 1239 |
the taxpayer on schedule E for the taxable year. | 1240 |
(H) A municipal corporation shall not tax any of the | 1241 |
following: | 1242 |
(1) The military pay or allowances of members of the armed | 1243 |
forces of the United States and of members of their reserve | 1244 |
components, including the Ohio national guard; | 1245 |
(2) The income of religious, fraternal, charitable, | 1246 |
scientific, literary, or educational institutions to the extent | 1247 |
that such income is derived from tax-exempt real estate, | 1248 |
tax-exempt tangible or intangible property, or tax-exempt | 1249 |
activities; | 1250 |
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (I) of this | 1251 |
section, intangible income; | 1252 |
(4) Compensation paid under section 3501.28 or 3501.36 of the | 1253 |
Revised Code to a person serving as a precinct election official, | 1254 |
to the extent that such compensation does not exceed one thousand | 1255 |
dollars annually. Such compensation in excess of one thousand | 1256 |
dollars may be subjected to taxation by a municipal corporation. A | 1257 |
municipal corporation shall not require the payer of such | 1258 |
compensation to withhold any tax from that compensation. | 1259 |
(5) Compensation paid to an employee of a transit authority, | 1260 |
regional transit authority, or regional transit commission created | 1261 |
under Chapter 306. of the Revised Code for operating a transit bus | 1262 |
or other motor vehicle for the authority or commission in or | 1263 |
through the municipal corporation, unless the bus or vehicle is | 1264 |
operated on a regularly scheduled route, the operator is subject | 1265 |
to such a tax by reason of residence or domicile in the municipal | 1266 |
corporation, or the headquarters of the authority or commission is | 1267 |
located within the municipal corporation; | 1268 |
(6) The income of a public utility, when that public utility | 1269 |
is subject to the tax levied under section 5727.24 or 5727.30 of | 1270 |
the Revised Code, except a municipal corporation may tax the | 1271 |
following, subject to Chapter 5745. of the Revised Code: | 1272 |
(a) Beginning January 1, 2002, the income of an electric | 1273 |
company or combined company; | 1274 |
(b) Beginning January 1, 2004, the income of a telephone | 1275 |
company. | 1276 |
As used in division (H)(6) of this section, "combined | 1277 |
company," "electric company," and "telephone company" have the | 1278 |
same meanings as in section 5727.01 of the Revised Code. | 1279 |
(7) On and after January 1, 2003, items excluded from federal | 1280 |
gross income pursuant to section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code; | 1281 |
(8) On and after January 1, 2001, compensation paid to a | 1282 |
nonresident individual to the extent prohibited under section | 1283 |
718.011 of the Revised Code; | 1284 |
(9)(a) Except as provided in division (H)(9)(b) and (c) of | 1285 |
this section, an S corporation shareholder's distributive share of | 1286 |
net profits of the S corporation, other than any part of the | 1287 |
distributive share of net profits that represents wages as defined | 1288 |
in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or net earnings | 1289 |
from self-employment as defined in section 1402(a) of the Internal | 1290 |
Revenue Code. | 1291 |
(b) If, pursuant to division (H) of former section 718.01 of | 1292 |
the Revised Code as it existed before March 11, 2004, a majority | 1293 |
of the electors of a municipal corporation voted in favor of the | 1294 |
question at an election held on November 4, 2003, the municipal | 1295 |
corporation may continue after 2002 to tax an S corporation | 1296 |
shareholder's distributive share of net profits of an S | 1297 |
corporation. | 1298 |
(c) If, on December 6, 2002, a municipal corporation was | 1299 |
imposing, assessing, and collecting a tax on an S corporation | 1300 |
shareholder's distributive share of net profits of the S | 1301 |
corporation to the extent the distributive share would be | 1302 |
allocated or apportioned to this state under divisions (B)(1) and | 1303 |
(2) of section 5733.05 of the Revised Code if the S corporation | 1304 |
were a corporation subject to taxes imposed under Chapter 5733. of | 1305 |
the Revised Code, the municipal corporation may continue to impose | 1306 |
the tax on such distributive shares to the extent such shares | 1307 |
would be so allocated or apportioned to this state only until | 1308 |
December 31, 2004, unless a majority of the electors of the | 1309 |
municipal corporation voting on the question of continuing to tax | 1310 |
such shares after that date vote in favor of that question at an | 1311 |
election held November 2, 2004. If a majority of those electors | 1312 |
vote in favor of the question, the municipal corporation may | 1313 |
continue after December 31, 2004, to impose the tax on such | 1314 |
distributive shares only to the extent such shares would be so | 1315 |
allocated or apportioned to this state. | 1316 |
(d) For the purposes of division (D) of section 718.14 of the | 1317 |
Revised Code, a municipal corporation shall be deemed to have | 1318 |
elected to tax S corporation shareholders' distributive shares of | 1319 |
net profits of the S corporation in the hands of the shareholders | 1320 |
if a majority of the electors of a municipal corporation vote in | 1321 |
favor of a question at an election held under division (H)(9)(b) | 1322 |
or (c) of this section. The municipal corporation shall specify by | 1323 |
ordinance or rule that the tax applies to the distributive share | 1324 |
of a shareholder of an S corporation in the hands of the | 1325 |
shareholder of the S corporation. | 1326 |
(10) Employee compensation that is not "qualifying wages" as | 1327 |
defined in section 718.03 of the Revised Code; | 1328 |
(11) Beginning August 1, 2007, compensation paid to a person | 1329 |
employed within the boundaries of a United States air force base | 1330 |
under the jurisdiction of the United States air force that is used | 1331 |
for the housing of members of the United States air force and is a | 1332 |
center for air force operations, unless the person is subject to | 1333 |
taxation because of residence or domicile. If the compensation is | 1334 |
subject to taxation because of residence or domicile, municipal | 1335 |
income tax shall be payable only to the municipal corporation of | 1336 |
residence or domicile. | 1337 |
(I) Any municipal corporation that taxes any type of | 1338 |
intangible income on March 29, 1988, pursuant to Section 3 of | 1339 |
Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 238 of the 116th general | 1340 |
assembly, may continue to tax that type of income after 1988 if a | 1341 |
majority of the electors of the municipal corporation voting on | 1342 |
the question of whether to permit the taxation of that type of | 1343 |
intangible income after 1988 vote in favor thereof at an election | 1344 |
held on November 8, 1988. | 1345 |
(J) Nothing in this section or section 718.02 of the Revised | 1346 |
Code shall authorize the levy of any tax on income that a | 1347 |
municipal corporation is not authorized to levy under existing | 1348 |
laws or shall require a municipal corporation to allow a deduction | 1349 |
from taxable income for losses incurred from a sole proprietorship | 1350 |
or partnership. | 1351 |
(K)(1) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a municipal | 1352 |
corporation from allowing, by resolution or ordinance, a net | 1353 |
operating loss carryforward. | 1354 |
(2) Nothing in this chapter requires a municipal corporation | 1355 |
to allow a net operating loss carryforward. | 1356 |
(L)(1) A single member limited liability company that is a | 1357 |
disregarded entity for federal tax purposes may elect to be a | 1358 |
separate taxpayer from its single member in all Ohio municipal | 1359 |
corporations in which it either filed as a separate taxpayer or | 1360 |
did not file for its taxable year ending in 2003, if all of the | 1361 |
following conditions are met: | 1362 |
(a) The limited liability company's single member is also a | 1363 |
limited liability company; | 1364 |
(b) The limited liability company and its single member were | 1365 |
formed and doing business in one or more Ohio municipal | 1366 |
corporations for at least five years before January 1, 2004; | 1367 |
(c) Not later than December 31, 2004, the limited liability | 1368 |
company and its single member each make an election to be treated | 1369 |
as a separate taxpayer under division (L) of this section; | 1370 |
(d) The limited liability company was not formed for the | 1371 |
purpose of evading or reducing Ohio municipal corporation income | 1372 |
tax liability of the limited liability company or its single | 1373 |
member; | 1374 |
(e) The Ohio municipal corporation that is the primary place | 1375 |
of business of the sole member of the limited liability company | 1376 |
consents to the election. | 1377 |
(2) For purposes of division (L)(1)(e) of this section, a | 1378 |
municipal corporation is the primary place of business of a | 1379 |
limited liability company if, for the limited liability company's | 1380 |
taxable year ending in 2003, its income tax liability is greater | 1381 |
in that municipal corporation than in any other municipal | 1382 |
corporation in Ohio, and that tax liability to that municipal | 1383 |
corporation for its taxable year ending in 2003 is at least four | 1384 |
hundred thousand dollars. | 1385 |
Sec. 2937.221. (A) A person arrested without warrant for any | 1386 |
violation listed in division (B) of this section, and having a | 1387 |
current valid Ohio driver's or commercial driver's license, if the | 1388 |
person has been notified of the possible consequences of the | 1389 |
person's actions as required by division (C) of this section, may | 1390 |
post bond by depositing the license with the arresting officer if | 1391 |
the officer and person so choose, or with the local court having | 1392 |
jurisdiction if the court and person so choose. The license may be | 1393 |
used as bond only during the period for which it is valid. | 1394 |
When an arresting officer accepts the driver's or commercial | 1395 |
driver's license as bond, the officer shall note the date, time, | 1396 |
and place of the court appearance on "the violator's notice to | 1397 |
appear," and the notice shall serve as a valid Ohio driver's or | 1398 |
commercial driver's license until the date and time appearing | 1399 |
thereon. The arresting officer immediately shall forward the | 1400 |
license to the appropriate court. | 1401 |
When a local court accepts the license as bond or continues | 1402 |
the case to another date and time, it shall provide the person | 1403 |
with a card in a form approved by the registrar of motor vehicles | 1404 |
setting forth the license number, name, address, the date and time | 1405 |
of the court appearance, and a statement that the license is being | 1406 |
held as bond. The card shall serve as a valid license until the | 1407 |
date and time contained in the card. | 1408 |
The court may accept other bond at any time and return the | 1409 |
license to the person. The court shall return the license to the | 1410 |
person when judgment is satisfied, including, but not limited to, | 1411 |
compliance with any court orders, unless a suspension or | 1412 |
cancellation is part of the penalty imposed. | 1413 |
Neither "the violator's notice to appear" nor a court- | 1414 |
granted card shall continue driving privileges beyond the | 1415 |
expiration date of the license. | 1416 |
If the person arrested fails to appear in court at the date | 1417 |
and time set by the court or fails to satisfy the judgment of the | 1418 |
court, including, but not limited to, compliance with all court | 1419 |
orders within the time allowed by the court, the court may declare | 1420 |
the forfeiture of the person's license. Thirty days after the | 1421 |
declaration of the forfeiture, the court shall forward the | 1422 |
person's license to the registrar. The court also shall enter | 1423 |
information relative to the forfeiture on a form approved and | 1424 |
furnished by the registrar and send the form to the registrar. The | 1425 |
registrar shall suspend the person's license and send written | 1426 |
notification of the suspension to the person at the person's last | 1427 |
known address. No valid driver's or commercial driver's license | 1428 |
shall be granted to the person until the court having jurisdiction | 1429 |
orders that the forfeiture be terminated. The court shall inform | 1430 |
the registrar of the termination of the forfeiture by entering | 1431 |
information relative to the termination on a form approved and | 1432 |
furnished by the registrar and sending the form to the registrar. | 1433 |
Upon the termination, the person shall pay to the bureau of motor | 1434 |
vehicles a reinstatement fee of fifteen dollars to cover the costs | 1435 |
of the bureau in administering this section. The registrar shall | 1436 |
deposit the fees so paid into the state bureau of motor vehicles | 1437 |
fund created by section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 1438 |
In addition, upon receipt from the court of the copy of the | 1439 |
declaration of forfeiture, neither the registrar nor any deputy | 1440 |
registrar shall accept any application for the registration or | 1441 |
transfer of registration of any motor vehicle owned by or leased | 1442 |
in the name of the person named in the declaration of forfeiture | 1443 |
until the court having jurisdiction over the offense that led to | 1444 |
the suspension issues an order terminating the forfeiture. | 1445 |
However, for a motor vehicle leased in the name of a person named | 1446 |
in a declaration of forfeiture, the registrar shall not implement | 1447 |
the preceding sentence until the registrar adopts procedures for | 1448 |
that implementation under section 4503.39 of the Revised Code. | 1449 |
Upon receipt by the registrar of such an order, the registrar also | 1450 |
shall take the measures necessary to permit the person to register | 1451 |
a motor vehicle the person owns or leases or to transfer the | 1452 |
registration of a motor vehicle the person owns or leases if the | 1453 |
person later makes a proper application and otherwise is eligible | 1454 |
to be issued or to transfer a motor vehicle registration. | 1455 |
(B) Division (A) of this section applies to persons arrested | 1456 |
for violation of: | 1457 |
(1) Any of the provisions of Chapter 4511. or 4513. of the | 1458 |
Revised Code, except sections 4511.19, 4511.20, 4511.251, and | 1459 |
4513.36 of the Revised Code; | 1460 |
(2) Any municipal ordinance substantially similar to a | 1461 |
section included in division (B)(1) of this section; | 1462 |
(3) Any bylaw, rule, or regulation of the Ohio turnpike and | 1463 |
infrastructure commission substantially similar to a section | 1464 |
included in division (B)(1) of this section. | 1465 |
Division (A) of this section does not apply to those persons | 1466 |
issued a citation for the commission of a minor misdemeanor under | 1467 |
section 2935.26 of the Revised Code. | 1468 |
(C) No license shall be accepted as bond by an arresting | 1469 |
officer or by a court under this section until the officer or | 1470 |
court has notified the person that, if the person deposits the | 1471 |
license with the officer or court and either does not appear on | 1472 |
the date and at the time set by the officer or the court, if the | 1473 |
court sets a time, or does not satisfy any judgment rendered, | 1474 |
including, but not limited to, compliance with all court orders, | 1475 |
the license will be suspended, and the person will not be eligible | 1476 |
for reissuance of the license or issuance of a new license, or the | 1477 |
issuance of a certificate of registration for a motor vehicle | 1478 |
owned or leased by the person until the person appears and | 1479 |
complies with any order issued by the court. The person also is | 1480 |
subject to any criminal penalties that may apply to the person. | 1481 |
(D) The registrar shall not restore the person's driving or | 1482 |
vehicle registration privileges until the person pays the | 1483 |
reinstatement fee as provided in this section. | 1484 |
Sec. 3354.13. The ownership of a community college created | 1485 |
and established pursuant to provisions of sections 3354.02 and | 1486 |
3354.04 of the Revised Code, including all right, title, and | 1487 |
interest in and to all property, both real and personal, | 1488 |
pertaining thereto, shall be vested in the board of trustees of | 1489 |
the community college district in which such college is situated, | 1490 |
except as may be provided in a contract entered into under the | 1491 |
authority of division (A) of section 3354.09 of the Revised Code. | 1492 |
The board may acquire by appropriation any land, rights, rights of | 1493 |
way, franchises, easements, or other property necessary or proper | 1494 |
for the construction or the efficient operation of any facility of | 1495 |
the community college district, pursuant to the procedure provided | 1496 |
in section 5537.06 of the Revised Code, with respect to the Ohio | 1497 |
turnpike and infrastructure commission, and insofar as such | 1498 |
procedure is applicable. | 1499 |
Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to | 1500 |
this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the | 1501 |
use and benefit of the real property as specified in section | 1502 |
5301.012 of the Revised Code. | 1503 |
Sec. 3355.10. The ownership of the university branch campus, | 1504 |
created and established pursuant to sections 3355.01 to 3355.14 of | 1505 |
the Revised Code, including all right, title, and interest in and | 1506 |
to all property, both real and personal, pertaining thereto, shall | 1507 |
be vested in the managing authority of the university branch | 1508 |
district. The board may acquire by appropriation any land, rights, | 1509 |
rights of way, franchises, easements, or other property necessary | 1510 |
or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any | 1511 |
facility of the university branch district, pursuant to section | 1512 |
5537.06 of the Revised Code, with respect to the Ohio turnpike and | 1513 |
infrastructure commission, and insofar as such procedure is | 1514 |
applicable. | 1515 |
University branch district bonds, issued pursuant to section | 1516 |
3355.08 of the Revised Code, are lawful investments of banks, | 1517 |
savings banks, trust companies, trustees, boards of trustees of | 1518 |
sinking funds of municipal corporations, school districts, | 1519 |
counties, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state | 1520 |
teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement | 1521 |
system, and the school employees retirement system, and also are | 1522 |
acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys. | 1523 |
Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to | 1524 |
this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the | 1525 |
use and benefit of the real property as specified in section | 1526 |
5301.012 of the Revised Code. | 1527 |
Sec. 3357.12. The ownership of a technical college, created | 1528 |
and established pursuant to section 3357.07 of the Revised Code, | 1529 |
including all right, title, and interest in and to all property, | 1530 |
both real and personal, pertaining thereto, shall be vested in the | 1531 |
board of trustees of the technical college district in which such | 1532 |
college is situated. The board may acquire by appropriation any | 1533 |
land, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, or other | 1534 |
property necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient | 1535 |
operation of any facility of the technical college district, | 1536 |
pursuant to the procedure provided in section 5537.06 of the | 1537 |
Revised Code, with respect to the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 1538 |
commission, and insofar as such procedure is applicable. | 1539 |
Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to | 1540 |
this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the | 1541 |
use and benefit of the real property as specified in section | 1542 |
5301.012 of the Revised Code. | 1543 |
Sec. 3705.242. (A)(1) The director of health, a person | 1544 |
authorized by the director, a local commissioner of health, or a | 1545 |
local registrar of vital statistics shall charge and collect a fee | 1546 |
of one dollar and fifty cents for each certified copy of a birth | 1547 |
record, each certification of birth, and each copy of a death | 1548 |
record. The fee is in addition to the fee imposed by section | 1549 |
3705.24 or any other section of the Revised Code. A local | 1550 |
commissioner of health or local registrar of vital statistics may | 1551 |
retain an amount of each additional fee collected, not to exceed | 1552 |
three per cent of the amount of the additional fee, to be used for | 1553 |
costs directly related to the collection of the fee and the | 1554 |
forwarding of the fee to the department of health. | 1555 |
The additional fees collected by the director of health or a | 1556 |
person authorized by the director and the additional fees | 1557 |
collected but not retained by a local commissioner of health or a | 1558 |
local registrar of vital statistics shall be forwarded to the | 1559 |
department of health not later than thirty days following the end | 1560 |
of each quarter. Not later than two days after the fees are | 1561 |
forwarded to the department each quarter, the department shall pay | 1562 |
the collected fees to the treasurer of state in accordance with | 1563 |
rules adopted by the treasurer of state under section 113.08 of | 1564 |
the Revised Code. | 1565 |
(2) On the filing of a divorce decree under section 3105.10 | 1566 |
or a decree of dissolution under section 3105.65 of the Revised | 1567 |
Code, a court of common pleas shall charge and collect a fee of | 1568 |
five dollars and fifty cents. The fee is in addition to any other | 1569 |
court costs or fees. The county clerk of courts may retain an | 1570 |
amount of each additional fee collected, not to exceed three per | 1571 |
cent of the amount of the additional fee, to be used for costs | 1572 |
directly related to the collection of the fee and the forwarding | 1573 |
of the fee to the treasurer of state. The additional fees | 1574 |
collected, but not retained, under division (A)(2) of this section | 1575 |
shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state not later than twenty | 1576 |
days following the end of each month. | 1577 |
(B) The treasurer of state shall deposit the fees paid or | 1578 |
forwarded under this section in the state treasury to the credit | 1579 |
of the family violence prevention fund, which is hereby created. A | 1580 |
person or government entity that fails to pay or forward the fees | 1581 |
in | 1582 |
described in this section, shall send to the | 1583 |
1584 | |
equal to ten per cent of the fees. The department of public safety | 1585 |
shall forward all collected late fees to the treasurer of state | 1586 |
for deposit into the family violence prevention fund in accordance | 1587 |
with rules adopted by the treasurer of state under section 113.08 | 1588 |
of the Revised Code. | 1589 |
The treasurer of state shall invest the moneys in the fund. | 1590 |
All earnings resulting from investment of the fund shall be | 1591 |
credited to the fund, except that actual administration costs | 1592 |
incurred by the treasurer of state in administering the fund may | 1593 |
be deducted from the earnings resulting from investments. The | 1594 |
amount that may be deducted shall not exceed three per cent of the | 1595 |
total amount of fees credited to the fund in each fiscal year. The | 1596 |
balance of the investment earnings shall be credited to the fund. | 1597 |
(C) The director of public safety shall use money credited to | 1598 |
the fund to provide grants to family violence shelters in Ohio and | 1599 |
to operate the division of criminal justice services. | 1600 |
Sec. 4501.03. The registrar of motor vehicles shall open an | 1601 |
account with each county and district of registration in the | 1602 |
state, and may assign each county and district of registration in | 1603 |
the state a unique code for identification purposes. Except as | 1604 |
provided in section 4501.044 or division (A)(1) of section | 1605 |
4501.045 of the Revised Code, the registrar shall pay all moneys | 1606 |
the registrar receives under sections 4503.02 | 1607 |
1608 | |
of the auto registration distribution fund, which is hereby | 1609 |
created, for distribution in the manner provided for in this | 1610 |
section and | 1611 |
1612 | |
registrar shall be deposited in the state bureau of motor vehicles | 1613 |
fund established in section 4501.25 of the Revised Code for the | 1614 |
purposes enumerated in that section, unless otherwise provided by | 1615 |
law. | 1616 |
All moneys credited to the auto registration distribution | 1617 |
fund shall be distributed to the counties and districts of | 1618 |
registration, | 1619 |
1620 | |
certifications from the commissioners of the sinking fund | 1621 |
certifying, as required by sections 5528.15 and 5528.35 of the | 1622 |
Revised Code, that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of | 1623 |
the highway improvement bond retirement fund created by section | 1624 |
5528.12 of the Revised Code to meet in full all payments of | 1625 |
interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of bonds and | 1626 |
other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, | 1627 |
Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised | 1628 |
Code due and payable during the current calendar year, and that | 1629 |
there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the highway | 1630 |
obligations bond retirement fund created by section 5528.32 of the | 1631 |
Revised Code to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, | 1632 |
and charges for the retirement of highway obligations issued | 1633 |
pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and | 1634 |
sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code due and payable | 1635 |
during the current calendar year, in the manner provided in | 1636 |
section 4501.04 of the Revised Code. | 1637 |
The treasurer of state may invest any portion of the moneys | 1638 |
credited to the auto registration distribution fund, in the same | 1639 |
manner and subject to all the laws with respect to the investment | 1640 |
of state funds by the treasurer of state, and all investment | 1641 |
earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. | 1642 |
Once each month the registrar shall prepare vouchers in favor | 1643 |
of the county auditor of each county for the amount of the tax | 1644 |
collection pursuant to sections 4503.02 and 4503.12 of the Revised | 1645 |
Code apportioned to the county and to the districts of | 1646 |
registration located wholly or in part in the county auditor's | 1647 |
county. The county auditor shall distribute the proceeds of the | 1648 |
tax collections due the county and the districts of registration | 1649 |
in the manner provided in section 4501.04 of the Revised Code. | 1650 |
| 1651 |
1652 | |
1653 | |
1654 | |
1655 | |
1656 | |
1657 |
All moneys received by the registrar under sections 4503.02 | 1658 |
and 4503.12 | 1659 |
to counties, townships, and municipal corporations within thirty | 1660 |
days of the expiration of the registration year, except that a sum | 1661 |
equal to five per cent of the total amount received under sections | 1662 |
4503.02 and 4503.12 of the Revised Code may be reserved to make | 1663 |
final adjustments in accordance with the formula for distribution | 1664 |
set forth in section 4501.04 of the Revised Code. If amounts set | 1665 |
aside to make the adjustments are inadequate, necessary | 1666 |
adjustments shall be made immediately out of funds available for | 1667 |
distribution for the following two registration years. | 1668 |
Sec. 4501.031. All moneys received under section 4504.09 of | 1669 |
the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the | 1670 |
credit of the local motor vehicle license tax fund, which is | 1671 |
hereby created, for distribution in the manner provided for in | 1672 |
this chapter. The treasurer of state may invest any portion of the | 1673 |
moneys credited to the fund in the same manner and subject to all | 1674 |
the laws governing the investment of state funds by the treasurer | 1675 |
of state. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to | 1676 |
the fund. | 1677 |
The registrar of motor vehicles shall open an account with | 1678 |
each county and district of registration in the state, and may | 1679 |
assign each county and district a code for identification | 1680 |
purposes. The code for a county or district may be the same as the | 1681 |
code assigned to the county or district by the registrar under | 1682 |
section 4501.03 of the Revised Code. | 1683 |
Once each month the registrar shall prepare vouchers in favor | 1684 |
of the county auditor of each county levying a county motor | 1685 |
vehicle license tax pursuant to section 4504.02, 4504.15, or | 1686 |
4504.16 of the Revised Code and of each county in which is located | 1687 |
one or more townships levying a township motor vehicle license tax | 1688 |
pursuant to section 4504.18 of the Revised Code for the amount of | 1689 |
the tax due the county or townships in the county. | 1690 |
All moneys received by the registrar under section 4504.09 of | 1691 |
the Revised Code shall be distributed to counties, townships, and | 1692 |
municipal corporations within thirty days of the expiration of the | 1693 |
registration year. Necessary adjustments shall be made immediately | 1694 |
out of funds available for distribution for the following two | 1695 |
registration years. | 1696 |
Sec. 4501.04. All moneys paid into the auto registration | 1697 |
distribution fund under section 4501.03 of the Revised Code, | 1698 |
except | 1699 |
1700 | |
fees received under section 4503.02 of the Revised Code | 1701 |
1702 | |
fund under section | 1703 |
moneys paid for costs of audits under section 4501.03 of the | 1704 |
Revised Code, after receipt by the treasurer of state of | 1705 |
certifications from the commissioners of the sinking fund | 1706 |
certifying, as required by sections 5528.15 and 5528.35 of the | 1707 |
Revised Code, that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of | 1708 |
the highway improvement bond retirement fund created by section | 1709 |
5528.12 of the Revised Code to meet in full all payments of | 1710 |
interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of bonds and | 1711 |
other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, | 1712 |
Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised | 1713 |
Code, due and payable during the current calendar year, and that | 1714 |
there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the highway | 1715 |
obligations bond retirement fund created by section 5528.32 of the | 1716 |
Revised Code to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, | 1717 |
and charges for the retirement of highway obligations issued | 1718 |
pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and | 1719 |
sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code due and payable | 1720 |
during the current calendar year, shall be distributed as follows: | 1721 |
(A) Thirty-four per cent of all such moneys are for the use | 1722 |
of the municipal corporation or county which constitutes the | 1723 |
district of registration. The portion of such money due to the | 1724 |
municipal corporation shall be paid into its treasury forthwith | 1725 |
upon receipt by the county auditor, and shall be used to plan, | 1726 |
construct, reconstruct, repave, widen, maintain, repair, clear, | 1727 |
and clean public highways, roads, and streets; to maintain and | 1728 |
repair bridges and viaducts; to purchase, erect, and maintain | 1729 |
street and traffic signs and markers; to purchase, erect, and | 1730 |
maintain traffic lights and signals; to pay the principal, | 1731 |
interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued | 1732 |
pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant | 1733 |
to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for the purpose of | 1734 |
acquiring or constructing roads, highways, bridges, or viaducts, | 1735 |
or acquiring or making other highway improvements for which the | 1736 |
municipal corporation may issue bonds; and to supplement revenue | 1737 |
already available for such purposes. | 1738 |
The county portion of such funds shall be retained in the | 1739 |
county treasury and shall be used for the planning, maintenance, | 1740 |
repair, construction, and repaving of public streets, and | 1741 |
maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; the payment of | 1742 |
principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations | 1743 |
issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred | 1744 |
pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for the purpose of | 1745 |
acquiring or constructing roads, highways, bridges, or viaducts or | 1746 |
acquiring or making other highway improvements for which the board | 1747 |
of county commissioners may issue bonds under such chapter; and | 1748 |
for no other purpose. | 1749 |
(B) Five per cent of all such moneys, together with interest | 1750 |
earned by the treasurer of state as provided in section 4501.03 of | 1751 |
the Revised Code, shall constitute a fund for the use of the | 1752 |
several counties for the purposes specified in division (C) of | 1753 |
this section. The moneys shall be divided equally among all the | 1754 |
counties in the state and shall be paid out by the registrar of | 1755 |
motor vehicles in equal proportions to the county auditor of each | 1756 |
county within the state. | 1757 |
(C) Forty-seven per cent of all such moneys shall be for the | 1758 |
use of the county in which the owner resides or in which the place | 1759 |
is located at which the established business or branch business in | 1760 |
connection with which the motor vehicle registered is used, for | 1761 |
the planning, construction, reconstruction, improvement, | 1762 |
maintenance, and repair of roads and highways; maintaining and | 1763 |
repairing bridges and viaducts; and the payment of principal, | 1764 |
interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued | 1765 |
pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant | 1766 |
to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for the purpose of | 1767 |
acquiring or constructing roads, highways, bridges, or viaducts or | 1768 |
acquiring or making other highway improvements for which the board | 1769 |
of county commissioners may issue bonds under such chapter. | 1770 |
(D) Nine per cent of all such moneys shall be for the use of | 1771 |
the several counties for the purposes specified in division (C) of | 1772 |
this section and shall be distributed to the several counties in | 1773 |
the ratio which the total number of miles of county roads under | 1774 |
the jurisdiction of each board of county commissioners in each | 1775 |
county bears to the total number of miles of county roads in the | 1776 |
state, as determined by the director of transportation. Before | 1777 |
such distribution is made each board of county commissioners shall | 1778 |
certify in writing to the director the actual number of miles | 1779 |
under its statutory jurisdiction which are used by and maintained | 1780 |
for the public. | 1781 |
(E) Five per cent of all such moneys shall be for the use of | 1782 |
the several townships and shall be distributed to the several | 1783 |
townships in the ratio which the total number of miles of township | 1784 |
roads under the jurisdiction of each board of township trustees in | 1785 |
each township bears to the total number of miles of township roads | 1786 |
in the state, as determined by the director of transportation. | 1787 |
Before such distribution is made each board of township trustees | 1788 |
shall certify in writing to the director the actual number of | 1789 |
miles under its statutory jurisdiction which are used by and | 1790 |
maintained for the public. | 1791 |
Sec. 4501.041. Except as provided in section 4501.042 of the | 1792 |
Revised Code, all moneys received under section 4504.09 of the | 1793 |
Revised Code with respect to counties levying county motor vehicle | 1794 |
license taxes pursuant to section 4504.02, 4504.15, or 4504.16 of | 1795 |
the Revised Code and paid into the state treasury under section | 1796 |
1797 | |
respective counties levying such taxes for allocation and | 1798 |
distribution as provided in section 4504.05 of the Revised Code. | 1799 |
Sec. 4501.042. All moneys received under section 4504.09 of | 1800 |
the Revised Code from municipal motor vehicle license taxes levied | 1801 |
pursuant to section 4504.06, 4504.17, 4504.171, or 4504.172 of the | 1802 |
Revised Code, and any part of the moneys received from county | 1803 |
motor vehicle license taxes levied pursuant to section 4504.15 of | 1804 |
the Revised Code which is to be distributed to municipal | 1805 |
corporations, shall be paid | 1806 |
the credit of the local motor vehicle license tax fund created | 1807 |
under section 4501.031 of the Revised Code and shall be | 1808 |
distributed to the treasuries of the municipal corporations | 1809 |
levying or entitled to such tax moneys. | 1810 |
Sec. 4501.043. All moneys received under section 4504.09 of | 1811 |
the Revised Code with respect to townships levying township | 1812 |
license taxes pursuant to section 4504.18 of the Revised Code and | 1813 |
paid into the state treasury under section
| 1814 |
Revised Code shall be distributed to the respective townships | 1815 |
levying such taxes for allocation and distribution as provided in | 1816 |
section 4504.19 of the Revised Code. | 1817 |
Sec. 4501.06. The taxes, fees, and fines levied, charged, or | 1818 |
referred to in division (O) of section 4503.04, division (E) of | 1819 |
section 4503.042, division (B) of section 4503.07, division (C)(1) | 1820 |
of section 4503.10, division (D) of section 4503.182, division (A) | 1821 |
of section 4503.19, division (D)(2) of section 4507.24, division | 1822 |
(A) of section 4508.06, and sections 4503.40, 4503.42, 4505.11, | 1823 |
4505.111, 4506.08, | 1824 |
of the Revised Code, and six dollars of each motorcycle | 1825 |
registration fee designated for payment to the registrar of motor | 1826 |
vehicles in section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, and the taxes | 1827 |
charged in section 4503.65 that are distributed in accordance with | 1828 |
division (A)(2) of section 4501.044 of the Revised Code unless | 1829 |
otherwise designated by law, shall be deposited in the state | 1830 |
treasury to the credit of the state highway safety fund, which is | 1831 |
hereby created | 1832 |
receipt of certifications from the commissioners of the sinking | 1833 |
fund certifying that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of | 1834 |
the highway obligations bond retirement fund created by section | 1835 |
5528.32 of the Revised Code to meet in full all payments of | 1836 |
interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of highway | 1837 |
obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio | 1838 |
Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code | 1839 |
due and payable during the current calendar year, be used for the | 1840 |
purpose of enforcing and paying the expenses of administering the | 1841 |
law relative to the registration and operation of motor vehicles | 1842 |
on the public roads or highways and for conducting motorcycle | 1843 |
safety and education instruction. Amounts credited to the fund may | 1844 |
also be used to pay the expenses of administering and enforcing | 1845 |
the laws under which such fees were collected. All investment | 1846 |
earnings of the state highway safety fund shall be credited to the | 1847 |
fund. | 1848 |
Sec. 4503.42. For each registration renewal with an | 1849 |
expiration date before October 1, 2009, and for each initial | 1850 |
application for registration received before that date the | 1851 |
registrar of motor vehicles shall be allowed a fee not to exceed | 1852 |
thirty-five dollars, and for each registration renewal with an | 1853 |
expiration date on or after October 1, 2009, and for each initial | 1854 |
application for registration received on or after that date the | 1855 |
registrar shall be allowed a fee of fifty dollars, which shall be | 1856 |
in addition to the regular license fee for tags as prescribed | 1857 |
under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code and any tax levied under | 1858 |
1859 | |
each application received by the registrar for special reserved | 1860 |
license plate numbers containing more than three letters or | 1861 |
numerals, and the issuing of such licenses and validation stickers | 1862 |
in the several series as the registrar may designate. Five dollars | 1863 |
of the fee shall be for the purpose of compensating the bureau of | 1864 |
motor vehicles for additional services required in the issuing of | 1865 |
such licenses and validation stickers, and the remaining portion | 1866 |
of the fee shall be deposited by the registrar into the state | 1867 |
treasury to the credit of the state highway safety fund created by | 1868 |
section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. | 1869 |
This section does not apply to the issuance of reserved | 1870 |
license plates as authorized by sections 4503.14, 4503.15, and | 1871 |
4503.40 of the Revised Code. The types of motor vehicles for which | 1872 |
license plate numbers containing more than three letters or | 1873 |
numerals may be issued in accordance with this section shall | 1874 |
include at least buses, passenger cars, and noncommercial motor | 1875 |
vehicles. | 1876 |
Sec. 4503.45. An owner of a collector's vehicle, upon | 1877 |
complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and | 1878 |
licensing of motor vehicles, and upon payment of the regular | 1879 |
license fee as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised | 1880 |
Code and any tax levied under | 1881 |
4504. of the Revised Code, and the payment of an additional fee of | 1882 |
five dollars, which shall be for the purpose of compensating the | 1883 |
bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in the | 1884 |
issuing of such licenses, shall be issued validation stickers and | 1885 |
license plates, or validation stickers alone when required by | 1886 |
section 4503.191 of the Revised Code, upon which, in addition to | 1887 |
the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed thereon, shall be | 1888 |
inscribed the words "collector's vehicle." | 1889 |
Sec. 4503.49. (A) As used in this section, "ambulance," | 1890 |
"ambulette," "emergency medical service organization," | 1891 |
"nonemergency medical service organization," and "nontransport | 1892 |
vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4766.01 of the | 1893 |
Revised Code. | 1894 |
(B) Each private emergency medical service organization and | 1895 |
each private nonemergency medical service organization shall apply | 1896 |
to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of any | 1897 |
ambulance, ambulette, or nontransport vehicle it owns or leases. | 1898 |
The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the certificate | 1899 |
of licensure issued to the organization by the | 1900 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 1901 |
following fees: | 1902 |
(1) The regular license tax as prescribed under section | 1903 |
4503.04 of the Revised Code; | 1904 |
(2) Any local license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the | 1905 |
Revised Code; | 1906 |
(3) An additional fee of seven dollars and fifty cents. The | 1907 |
additional fee shall be for the purpose of compensating the bureau | 1908 |
of motor vehicles for additional services required to be performed | 1909 |
under this section and shall be transmitted by the registrar to | 1910 |
the treasurer of state for deposit in the state bureau of motor | 1911 |
vehicles fund created by section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 1912 |
(C) On receipt of a complete application, the registrar shall | 1913 |
issue to the applicant the appropriate certificate of registration | 1914 |
for the vehicle and do one of the following: | 1915 |
(1) Issue a set of license plates with a validation sticker | 1916 |
and a set of stickers to be attached to the plates as an | 1917 |
identification of the vehicle's classification as an ambulance, | 1918 |
ambulette, or nontransport vehicle; | 1919 |
(2) Issue a validation sticker alone when so required by | 1920 |
section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 1921 |
Sec. 4504.19. Upon receipt by | 1922 |
moneys pursuant to section 4501.043 of the Revised Code, the | 1923 |
county auditor shall pay into the treasury of each township in the | 1924 |
county levying a township motor vehicle license tax the portion of | 1925 |
such money due the township as shown by the certificate of the | 1926 |
registrar of motor vehicles prepared pursuant to section | 1927 |
4501.031 of the Revised Code. The money shall be used by the | 1928 |
township only for the purposes described in section 4504.18 of the | 1929 |
Revised Code. | 1930 |
Sec. 4504.21. (A) For the purpose of paying the costs and | 1931 |
expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in | 1932 |
this section; for planning, constructing, reconstructing, | 1933 |
improving, maintaining, and repairing roads, bridges, and | 1934 |
culverts; for purchasing, erecting, and maintaining traffic signs, | 1935 |
markers, lights, and signals; for paying debt service charges on | 1936 |
obligations issued for those purposes; and to supplement revenue | 1937 |
already available for those purposes, a transportation improvement | 1938 |
district created in accordance with section 5540.02 of the Revised | 1939 |
Code may levy an annual license tax upon the operation of motor | 1940 |
vehicles on the public roads and highways in the territory of the | 1941 |
district. The tax shall be levied in increments of five dollars | 1942 |
and shall not exceed twenty dollars per motor vehicle on all motor | 1943 |
vehicles the owners of which reside in the district and shall be | 1944 |
in addition to all other taxes levied under this chapter, subject | 1945 |
to reduction in the manner provided in division (B)(2) of section | 1946 |
4503.11 of the Revised Code. The tax may be levied in all or part | 1947 |
of the territory of the district. | 1948 |
(B) The board of trustees of a transportation improvement | 1949 |
district proposing to levy a motor vehicle license tax under this | 1950 |
section shall put the question of the tax to the electors of the | 1951 |
district or of that part of the district in which the tax would be | 1952 |
levied. The election shall be held on the date of a primary or | 1953 |
general election held not less than ninety days after the board of | 1954 |
trustees certifies to the county board of elections its resolution | 1955 |
proposing the tax. The resolution shall specify the rate of the | 1956 |
tax. The board of elections shall submit the question of the tax | 1957 |
to the electors at the primary or general election. The secretary | 1958 |
of state shall prescribe the form of the ballot for the election. | 1959 |
If approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question | 1960 |
of the tax, the board of trustees shall levy the tax as provided | 1961 |
in the resolution. | 1962 |
(C) A transportation improvement district license tax levied | 1963 |
under this section shall continue in effect until repealed, or | 1964 |
until the dissolution of the transportation improvement district | 1965 |
that levied it. | 1966 |
(D) Money received by the registrar of motor vehicles | 1967 |
pursuant to | 1968 |
Code that consists of the taxes levied under this section shall be | 1969 |
deposited in the | 1970 |
vehicle license tax fund created by section
| 1971 |
the Revised Code and distributed to the transportation improvement | 1972 |
district levying such tax. The registrar may assign to the | 1973 |
transportation improvement district a unique code to facilitate | 1974 |
the distribution of such money, which may be the same unique code | 1975 |
assigned to a county under section 4501.03 of the Revised Code. | 1976 |
Sec. 4506.08. (A)(1) Each application for a commercial | 1977 |
driver's license temporary instruction permit shall be accompanied | 1978 |
by a fee of ten dollars. Each application for a commercial | 1979 |
driver's license, restricted commercial driver's license, renewal | 1980 |
of such a license, or waiver for farm-related service industries | 1981 |
shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars, except that | 1982 |
an application for a commercial driver's license or restricted | 1983 |
commercial driver's license received pursuant to division (A)(3) | 1984 |
of section 4506.14 of the Revised Code shall be accompanied by a | 1985 |
fee of eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents if the license will | 1986 |
expire on the licensee's birthday three years after the date of | 1987 |
issuance, a fee of twelve dollars and fifty cents if the license | 1988 |
will expire on the licensee's birthday two years after the date of | 1989 |
issuance, and a fee of six dollars and twenty-five cents if the | 1990 |
license will expire on the licensee's birthday one year after the | 1991 |
date of issuance. Each application for a duplicate commercial | 1992 |
driver's license shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars. | 1993 |
(2) In addition, the registrar of motor vehicles or deputy | 1994 |
registrar may collect and retain an additional fee of no more than | 1995 |
three dollars and fifty cents for each application for a | 1996 |
commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit, | 1997 |
commercial driver's license, renewal of a commercial driver's | 1998 |
license, or duplicate commercial driver's license received by the | 1999 |
registrar or deputy. | 2000 |
(B) In addition to the fees imposed under division (A) of | 2001 |
this section, the registrar of motor vehicles or deputy registrar | 2002 |
shall collect a fee of twelve dollars for each application for a | 2003 |
commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit, | 2004 |
commercial driver's license, or duplicate commercial driver's | 2005 |
license and for each application for renewal of a commercial | 2006 |
driver's license. The additional fee is for the purpose of | 2007 |
defraying the department of public safety's costs associated with | 2008 |
the administration and enforcement of the motor vehicle and | 2009 |
traffic laws of Ohio. | 2010 |
(C) Each deputy registrar shall transmit the fees collected | 2011 |
under divisions (A)(1) and (B) of this section in the time and | 2012 |
manner prescribed by the registrar. The registrar shall deposit | 2013 |
all moneys | 2014 |
section into the state | 2015 |
fund established in section | 2016 |
The registrar shall deposit all moneys collected under division | 2017 |
(B) of this section into the state highway safety fund established | 2018 |
in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. | 2019 |
(D) Information regarding the driving record of any person | 2020 |
holding a commercial driver's license issued by this state shall | 2021 |
be furnished by the registrar, upon request and payment of a fee | 2022 |
of five dollars, to the employer or prospective employer of such a | 2023 |
person and to any insurer. | 2024 |
Of each five-dollar fee the registrar collects under this | 2025 |
division, the registrar shall pay two dollars into the state | 2026 |
treasury to the credit of the state bureau of motor vehicles fund | 2027 |
established in section 4501.25 of the Revised Code, sixty cents | 2028 |
into the state treasury to the credit of the trauma and emergency | 2029 |
medical services fund established in section 4513.263 of the | 2030 |
Revised Code, sixty cents into the state treasury to the credit of | 2031 |
the homeland security fund established in section 5502.03 of the | 2032 |
Revised Code, thirty cents into the state treasury to the credit | 2033 |
of the investigations fund established in section 5502.131 of the | 2034 |
Revised Code, one dollar and twenty-five cents into the state | 2035 |
treasury to the credit of the emergency management agency service | 2036 |
and reimbursement fund established in section 5502.39 of the | 2037 |
Revised Code, and twenty-five cents into the state treasury to the | 2038 |
credit of the justice program services fund established in section | 2039 |
5502.67 of the Revised Code. | 2040 |
Sec. 4506.09. (A) The registrar of motor vehicles, subject | 2041 |
to approval by the director of public safety, shall adopt rules | 2042 |
conforming with applicable standards adopted by the federal motor | 2043 |
carrier safety administration as regulations under Pub. L. No. | 2044 |
103-272, 108 Stat. 1014 to 1029 (1994), 49 U.S.C.A. 31301 to | 2045 |
31317. The rules shall establish requirements for the | 2046 |
qualification and testing of persons applying for a commercial | 2047 |
driver's license, which shall be in addition to other requirements | 2048 |
established by this chapter. Except as provided in division (B) of | 2049 |
this section, the highway patrol or any other employee of the | 2050 |
department of public safety the registrar authorizes shall | 2051 |
supervise and conduct the testing of persons applying for a | 2052 |
commercial driver's license. | 2053 |
(B) The director may adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter | 2054 |
119. of the Revised Code and applicable requirements of the | 2055 |
federal motor carrier safety administration, authorizing the | 2056 |
skills test specified in this section to be administered by any | 2057 |
person, by an agency of this or another state, or by an agency, | 2058 |
department, or instrumentality of local government. Each party | 2059 |
authorized under this division to administer the skills test may | 2060 |
charge a maximum divisible fee of eighty-five dollars for each | 2061 |
skills test given as part of a commercial driver's license | 2062 |
examination. The fee shall consist of not more than twenty dollars | 2063 |
for the pre-trip inspection portion of the test, not more than | 2064 |
twenty dollars for the off-road maneuvering portion of the test, | 2065 |
and not more than forty-five dollars for the on-road portion of | 2066 |
the test. Each such party may require an appointment fee in the | 2067 |
same manner provided in division (F)(2) of this section, except | 2068 |
that the maximum amount such a party may require as an appointment | 2069 |
fee is eighty-five dollars. The skills test administered by | 2070 |
another party under this division shall be the same as otherwise | 2071 |
would be administered by this state. The other party shall enter | 2072 |
into an agreement with the director that, without limitation, does | 2073 |
all of the following: | 2074 |
(1) Allows the director or the director's representative and | 2075 |
the federal motor carrier safety administration or its | 2076 |
representative to conduct random examinations, inspections, and | 2077 |
audits of the other party without prior notice; | 2078 |
(2) Requires the director or the director's representative to | 2079 |
conduct on-site inspections of the other party at least annually; | 2080 |
(3) Requires that all examiners of the other party meet the | 2081 |
same qualification and training standards as examiners of the | 2082 |
department of public safety, to the extent necessary to conduct | 2083 |
skills tests in the manner required by 49 C.F.R. 383.110 through | 2084 |
383.135; | 2085 |
(4) Requires either that state employees take, at least | 2086 |
annually and as though the employees were test applicants, the | 2087 |
tests actually administered by the other party, that the director | 2088 |
test a sample of drivers who were examined by the other party to | 2089 |
compare the test results, or that state employees accompany a test | 2090 |
applicant during an actual test; | 2091 |
(5) Reserves to this state the right to take prompt and | 2092 |
appropriate remedial action against testers of the other party if | 2093 |
the other party fails to comply with standards of this state or | 2094 |
federal standards for the testing program or with any other terms | 2095 |
of the contract. | 2096 |
(C) The director shall enter into an agreement with the | 2097 |
department of education authorizing the skills test specified in | 2098 |
this section to be administered by the department at any location | 2099 |
operated by the department for purposes of training and testing | 2100 |
school bus drivers, provided that the agreement between the | 2101 |
director and the department complies with the requirements of | 2102 |
division (B) of this section. Skills tests administered by the | 2103 |
department shall be limited to persons applying for a commercial | 2104 |
driver's license with a school bus endorsement. | 2105 |
(D) The director shall adopt rules, in accordance with | 2106 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, authorizing waiver of the skills | 2107 |
test specified in this section for any applicant for a commercial | 2108 |
driver's license who meets all of the following requirements: | 2109 |
(1) Certifies that, during the two-year period immediately | 2110 |
preceding application for a commercial driver's license, all of | 2111 |
the following apply: | 2112 |
(a) The applicant has not had more than one license. | 2113 |
(b) The applicant has not had any license suspended, revoked, | 2114 |
or canceled. | 2115 |
(c) The applicant has not had any convictions for any type of | 2116 |
motor vehicle for the offenses for which disqualification is | 2117 |
prescribed in section 4506.16 of the Revised Code. | 2118 |
(d) The applicant has not had any violation of a state or | 2119 |
local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control other than a | 2120 |
parking violation arising in connection with any traffic accident | 2121 |
and has no record of an accident in which the applicant was at | 2122 |
fault. | 2123 |
(e) The applicant has previously taken and passed a skills | 2124 |
test given by a state with a classified licensing and testing | 2125 |
system in which the test was behind-the-wheel in a representative | 2126 |
vehicle for the applicant's commercial driver's license | 2127 |
classification. | 2128 |
(2) Certifies and also provides evidence that the applicant | 2129 |
is regularly employed in a job requiring operation of a commercial | 2130 |
motor vehicle and that one of the following applies: | 2131 |
(a) The applicant has previously taken and passed a skills | 2132 |
test given by a state with a classified licensing and testing | 2133 |
system in which the test was behind-the-wheel in a representative | 2134 |
vehicle for the applicant's commercial driver's license | 2135 |
classification. | 2136 |
(b) The applicant has regularly operated, for at least two | 2137 |
years immediately preceding application for a commercial driver's | 2138 |
license, a vehicle representative of the commercial motor vehicle | 2139 |
the applicant operates or expects to operate. | 2140 |
(E) The director shall adopt rules, in accordance with | 2141 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, authorizing waiver of the skills | 2142 |
test specified in this section for any applicant for a commercial | 2143 |
driver's license who meets all of the following requirements: | 2144 |
(1) At the time of applying, is a member or uniformed | 2145 |
employee of the armed forces of the United States or their reserve | 2146 |
components, including the Ohio national guard, or separated from | 2147 |
such service or employment within the preceding ninety days; | 2148 |
(2) Certifies that, during the two-year period immediately | 2149 |
preceding application for a commercial driver's license, all of | 2150 |
the following apply: | 2151 |
(a) The applicant has not had more than one license, | 2152 |
excluding any military license. | 2153 |
(b) The applicant has not had any license suspended, revoked, | 2154 |
or canceled. | 2155 |
(c) The applicant has not had any convictions for any type of | 2156 |
motor vehicle for the offenses for which disqualification is | 2157 |
prescribed in section 4506.16 of the Revised Code. | 2158 |
(d) The applicant has not had more than one conviction for | 2159 |
any type of motor vehicle for a serious traffic violation. | 2160 |
(e) The applicant has not had any violation of a state or | 2161 |
local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control other than a | 2162 |
parking violation arising in connection with any traffic accident | 2163 |
and has no record of an accident in which the applicant was at | 2164 |
fault. | 2165 |
(3) In accordance with rules adopted by the director, | 2166 |
certifies and also provides evidence of all of the following: | 2167 |
(a) That the applicant is regularly employed or was regularly | 2168 |
employed within the preceding ninety days in a military position | 2169 |
requiring operation of a commercial motor vehicle; | 2170 |
(b) That the applicant was exempt from the requirements of | 2171 |
this chapter under division (B)(6) of section 4506.03 of the | 2172 |
Revised Code; | 2173 |
(c) That, for at least two years immediately preceding the | 2174 |
date of application or at least two years immediately preceding | 2175 |
the date the applicant separated from military service or | 2176 |
employment, the applicant regularly operated a vehicle | 2177 |
representative of the commercial motor vehicle type that the | 2178 |
applicant operates or expects to operate. | 2179 |
(F)(1) The department of public safety may charge and collect | 2180 |
a divisible fee of fifty dollars for each skills test given as | 2181 |
part of a commercial driver's license examination. The fee shall | 2182 |
consist of ten dollars for the pre-trip inspection portion of the | 2183 |
test, ten dollars for the off-road maneuvering portion of the | 2184 |
test, and thirty dollars for the on-road portion of the test. | 2185 |
(2) The director may require an applicant for a commercial | 2186 |
driver's license who schedules an appointment with the highway | 2187 |
patrol or other authorized employee of the department of public | 2188 |
safety to take all portions of the skills test, to pay an | 2189 |
appointment fee of fifty dollars at the time of scheduling the | 2190 |
appointment. If the applicant appears at the time and location | 2191 |
specified for the appointment and takes all portions of the skills | 2192 |
test during that appointment, the appointment fee shall serve as | 2193 |
the skills test fee. If the applicant schedules an appointment to | 2194 |
take all portions of the skills test and fails to appear at the | 2195 |
time and location specified for the appointment, no portion of the | 2196 |
appointment fee shall be refunded. If the applicant schedules an | 2197 |
appointment to take all portions of the skills test and appears at | 2198 |
the time and location specified for the appointment, but declines | 2199 |
or is unable to take all portions of the skills test, no portion | 2200 |
of the appointment fee shall be refunded. If the applicant cancels | 2201 |
a scheduled appointment forty-eight hours or more prior to the | 2202 |
time of the appointment time, the applicant shall not forfeit the | 2203 |
appointment fee. | 2204 |
An applicant for a commercial driver's license who schedules | 2205 |
an appointment to take one or more, but not all, portions of the | 2206 |
skills test shall be required to pay an appointment fee equal to | 2207 |
the costs of each test scheduled, as prescribed in division (F)(1) | 2208 |
of this section, when scheduling such an appointment. If the | 2209 |
applicant appears at the time and location specified for the | 2210 |
appointment and takes all the portions of the skills test during | 2211 |
that appointment that the applicant was scheduled to take, the | 2212 |
appointment fee shall serve as the skills test fee. If the | 2213 |
applicant schedules an appointment to take one or more, but not | 2214 |
all, portions of the skills test and fails to appear at the time | 2215 |
and location specified for the appointment, no portion of the | 2216 |
appointment fee shall be refunded. If the applicant schedules an | 2217 |
appointment to take one or more, but not all, portions of the | 2218 |
skills test and appears at the time and location specified for the | 2219 |
appointment, but declines or is unable to take all portions of the | 2220 |
skills test that the applicant was scheduled to take, no portion | 2221 |
of the appointment fee shall be refunded. If the applicant cancels | 2222 |
a scheduled appointment forty-eight hours or more prior to the | 2223 |
time of the appointment time, the applicant shall not forfeit the | 2224 |
appointment fee. | 2225 |
(3) The department of public safety shall deposit all fees it | 2226 |
collects under division (F) of this section in the state | 2227 |
2228 | |
4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 2229 |
(G) As used in this section, "skills test" means a test of an | 2230 |
applicant's ability to drive the type of commercial motor vehicle | 2231 |
for which the applicant seeks a commercial driver's license by | 2232 |
having the applicant drive such a motor vehicle while under the | 2233 |
supervision of an authorized state driver's license examiner or | 2234 |
tester. | 2235 |
Sec. 4507.011. (A) Each deputy registrar assigned to a | 2236 |
driver's license examining station by the registrar of motor | 2237 |
vehicles as provided in section 4507.01 of the Revised Code shall | 2238 |
remit to the director of public safety a rental fee equal to the | 2239 |
percentage of space occupied by the deputy registrar in the | 2240 |
driver's license examining station multiplied by the rental fee | 2241 |
paid for the entire driver's license examining station plus a pro | 2242 |
rata share of all utility costs. All such moneys received by the | 2243 |
director shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of | 2244 |
the | 2245 |
2246 | |
2247 | |
2248 | |
2249 | |
2250 |
(B) Each deputy registrar assigned to a bureau of motor | 2251 |
vehicles' location shall reimburse the registrar a monthly | 2252 |
building rental fee, including applicable utility charges. All | 2253 |
such moneys received by the registrar shall be deposited into the | 2254 |
state bureau of motor vehicles fund | 2255 |
2256 |
Sec. 4507.23. (A) Except as provided in division (I) of this | 2257 |
section, each application for a temporary instruction permit and | 2258 |
examination shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars. | 2259 |
(B) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each | 2260 |
application for a driver's license made by a person who previously | 2261 |
held such a license and whose license has expired not more than | 2262 |
two years prior to the date of application, and who is required | 2263 |
under this chapter to give an actual demonstration of the person's | 2264 |
ability to drive, shall be accompanied by a fee of three dollars | 2265 |
in addition to any other fees. | 2266 |
(C)(1) Except as provided in divisions (E) and (I) of this | 2267 |
section, each application for a driver's license, or motorcycle | 2268 |
operator's endorsement, or renewal of a driver's license shall be | 2269 |
accompanied by a fee of six dollars. | 2270 |
(2) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each | 2271 |
application for a duplicate driver's license shall be accompanied | 2272 |
by a fee of seven dollars and fifty cents. The duplicate driver's | 2273 |
licenses issued under this section shall be distributed by the | 2274 |
deputy registrar in accordance with rules adopted by the registrar | 2275 |
of motor vehicles. | 2276 |
(D) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each | 2277 |
application for a motorized bicycle license or duplicate thereof | 2278 |
shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars and fifty cents. | 2279 |
(E) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each | 2280 |
application for a driver's license or renewal of a driver's | 2281 |
license that will be issued to a person who is less than | 2282 |
twenty-one years of age shall be accompanied by whichever of the | 2283 |
following fees is applicable: | 2284 |
(1) If the person is sixteen years of age or older, but less | 2285 |
than seventeen years of age, a fee of seven dollars and | 2286 |
twenty-five cents; | 2287 |
(2) If the person is seventeen years of age or older, but | 2288 |
less than eighteen years of age, a fee of six dollars; | 2289 |
(3) If the person is eighteen years of age or older, but less | 2290 |
than nineteen years of age, a fee of four dollars and seventy-five | 2291 |
cents; | 2292 |
(4) If the person is nineteen years of age or older, but less | 2293 |
than twenty years of age, a fee of three dollars and fifty cents; | 2294 |
(5) If the person is twenty years of age or older, but less | 2295 |
than twenty-one years of age, a fee of two dollars and twenty-five | 2296 |
cents. | 2297 |
(F) Neither the registrar nor any deputy registrar shall | 2298 |
charge a fee in excess of one dollar and fifty cents for | 2299 |
laminating a driver's license, motorized bicycle license, or | 2300 |
temporary instruction permit identification cards as required by | 2301 |
sections 4507.13 and 4511.521 of the Revised Code. A deputy | 2302 |
registrar laminating a driver's license, motorized bicycle | 2303 |
license, or temporary instruction permit identification cards | 2304 |
shall retain the entire amount of the fee charged for lamination, | 2305 |
less the actual cost to the registrar of the laminating materials | 2306 |
used for that lamination, as specified in the contract executed by | 2307 |
the bureau for the laminating materials and laminating equipment. | 2308 |
The deputy registrar shall forward the amount of the cost of the | 2309 |
laminating materials to the registrar for deposit as provided in | 2310 |
this section. | 2311 |
(G) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each | 2312 |
transaction described in divisions (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) of | 2313 |
this section shall be accompanied by an additional fee of twelve | 2314 |
dollars. The additional fee is for the purpose of defraying the | 2315 |
department of public safety's costs associated with the | 2316 |
administration and enforcement of the motor vehicle and traffic | 2317 |
laws of Ohio. | 2318 |
(H) At the time and in the manner provided by section 4503.10 | 2319 |
of the Revised Code, the deputy registrar shall transmit the fees | 2320 |
collected under divisions (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), those | 2321 |
portions of the fees specified in and collected under division | 2322 |
(F), and the additional fee under division (G) of this section to | 2323 |
the registrar. The registrar shall pay two dollars and fifty cents | 2324 |
of each fee collected under divisions (A), (B), (C)(1) and (2), | 2325 |
(D), and (E)(1) to (4) of this section, and the entire fee | 2326 |
collected under division (E)(5) of this section, into the state | 2327 |
2328 | |
section | 2329 |
be used for the sole purpose of supporting driver licensing | 2330 |
activities. The registrar also shall pay five dollars of each fee | 2331 |
collected under division (C)(2) of this section and the entire fee | 2332 |
collected under division (G) of this section into the state | 2333 |
highway safety fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised | 2334 |
Code. The remaining fees collected by the registrar under this | 2335 |
section shall be paid into the state bureau of motor vehicles fund | 2336 |
established in section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 2337 |
(I) A disabled veteran who has a service-connected disability | 2338 |
rated at one hundred per cent by the veterans' administration may | 2339 |
apply to the registrar or a deputy registrar for the issuance to | 2340 |
that veteran, without the payment of any fee prescribed in this | 2341 |
section, of any of the following items: | 2342 |
(1) A temporary instruction permit and examination; | 2343 |
(2) A new, renewal, or duplicate driver's or commercial | 2344 |
driver's license; | 2345 |
(3) A motorcycle operator's endorsement; | 2346 |
(4) A motorized bicycle license or duplicate thereof; | 2347 |
(5) Lamination of a driver's license, motorized bicycle | 2348 |
license, or temporary instruction permit identification card as | 2349 |
provided in division (F) of this section. | 2350 |
An application made under division (I) of this section shall | 2351 |
be accompanied by such documentary evidence of disability as the | 2352 |
registrar may require by rule. | 2353 |
Sec. 4508.08. There is hereby created in the department of | 2354 |
public safety the motorcycle safety and education program. The | 2355 |
director of public safety shall administer the program in | 2356 |
accordance with the following guidelines: | 2357 |
(A) The program shall include courses of instruction | 2358 |
conducted at vocational schools, community colleges, or other | 2359 |
suitable locations, by instructors who have obtained certification | 2360 |
in the manner and form prescribed by the director. The courses | 2361 |
shall meet standards established in rules adopted by the | 2362 |
department in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 2363 |
The courses may include instruction for novice motorcycle | 2364 |
operators, instruction in motorist awareness and alcohol and drug | 2365 |
awareness, and any other kind of instruction the director | 2366 |
considers appropriate. A reasonable tuition fee, as determined by | 2367 |
the director, may be charged. The director may authorize private | 2368 |
organizations or corporations to offer courses without tuition fee | 2369 |
restrictions, but such entities are not eligible for reimbursement | 2370 |
of expenses or subsidies from the | 2371 |
state highway safety fund created in section | 2372 |
the Revised Code. | 2373 |
(B) In addition to courses of instruction, the program may | 2374 |
include provisions for equipment purchases, marketing and | 2375 |
promotion, improving motorcycle license testing procedures, and | 2376 |
any other provisions the director considers appropriate. | 2377 |
(C) The director shall evaluate the program every two years | 2378 |
and shall periodically inspect the facilities, equipment, and | 2379 |
procedures used in the courses of instruction. | 2380 |
(D) The director shall appoint at least one training | 2381 |
specialist who shall oversee the operation of the program, | 2382 |
establish courses of instruction, and supervise instructors. The | 2383 |
training specialist shall be a licensed motorcycle operator and | 2384 |
shall obtain certification in the manner and form prescribed by | 2385 |
the director. | 2386 |
(E) The director may contract with other public agencies or | 2387 |
with private organizations or corporations to assist in | 2388 |
administering the program. | 2389 |
(F) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 102. of the | 2390 |
Revised Code, the director, in order to administer the program, | 2391 |
may participate in a motorcycle manufacturer's motorcycle loan | 2392 |
program. | 2393 |
(G) The director shall contract with an insurance company or | 2394 |
companies authorized to do business in this state to purchase a | 2395 |
policy or policies of insurance with respect to the establishment | 2396 |
or administration, or any other aspect of the operation of the | 2397 |
program. | 2398 |
Sec. 4511.13. Highway traffic signal indications for | 2399 |
vehicles and pedestrians shall have the following meanings: | 2400 |
(A) Steady green signal indication: | 2401 |
(1)(a) Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys | 2402 |
facing a circular green signal indication are permitted to proceed | 2403 |
straight through or turn right or left or make a u-turn movement | 2404 |
except as such movement is modified by a lane-use sign, turn | 2405 |
prohibition sign, lane marking, roadway design, separate turn | 2406 |
signal indication, or other traffic control device. Such vehicular | 2407 |
traffic, including vehicles turning right or left or making a | 2408 |
u-turn movement, shall yield the right-of-way to both of the | 2409 |
following: | 2410 |
(i) Pedestrians lawfully within an associated crosswalk; | 2411 |
(ii) Other vehicles lawfully within the intersection. | 2412 |
(b) In addition, vehicular traffic turning left or making a | 2413 |
u-turn movement to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other | 2414 |
vehicles approaching from the opposite direction so closely as to | 2415 |
constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such turning | 2416 |
vehicle is moving across or within the intersection. | 2417 |
(2) Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys | 2418 |
facing a green arrow signal indication, displayed alone or in | 2419 |
combination with another signal indication, are permitted to | 2420 |
cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement | 2421 |
indicated by such arrow, or such other movement as is permitted by | 2422 |
other indications displayed at the same time. Such vehicular | 2423 |
traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys, including vehicles | 2424 |
turning right or left or making a u-turn movement, shall yield the | 2425 |
right-of-way to both of the following: | 2426 |
(a) Pedestrians lawfully within an associated crosswalk; | 2427 |
(b) Other traffic lawfully using the intersection. | 2428 |
(3)(a) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal | 2429 |
indication, as provided in section 4511.14 of the Revised Code, | 2430 |
pedestrians facing a circular green signal indication are | 2431 |
permitted to proceed across the roadway within any marked or | 2432 |
unmarked associated crosswalk. The pedestrian shall yield the | 2433 |
right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection or so | 2434 |
close as to create an immediate hazard at the time that the green | 2435 |
signal indication is first displayed. | 2436 |
(b) Pedestrians facing a green arrow signal indication, | 2437 |
unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal indication or | 2438 |
other traffic control device, shall not cross the roadway. | 2439 |
(B) Steady yellow signal indication: | 2440 |
(1) Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys | 2441 |
facing a steady circular yellow signal indication are thereby | 2442 |
warned that the related green movement or the related flashing | 2443 |
arrow movement is being terminated or that a steady red signal | 2444 |
indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular | 2445 |
traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys shall not enter the | 2446 |
intersection. The provisions governing vehicular operation under | 2447 |
the movement being terminated shall continue to apply while the | 2448 |
steady circular yellow signal indication is displayed. | 2449 |
(2) Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow arrow signal | 2450 |
indication is thereby warned that the related green arrow movement | 2451 |
or the related flashing arrow movement is being terminated. The | 2452 |
provisions governing vehicular operation under the movement being | 2453 |
terminated shall continue to apply while the steady yellow arrow | 2454 |
signal indication is displayed. | 2455 |
(3) Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or yellow | 2456 |
arrow signal indication, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian | 2457 |
signal indication as provided in section 4511.14 of the Revised | 2458 |
Code or other traffic control device, shall not start to cross the | 2459 |
roadway. | 2460 |
(C) Steady red signal indication: | 2461 |
(1)(a) Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys | 2462 |
facing a steady circular red signal indication, unless entering | 2463 |
the intersection to make another movement permitted by another | 2464 |
signal indication, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line; but | 2465 |
if there is no stop line, traffic shall stop before entering the | 2466 |
crosswalk on the near side of the intersection; or if there is no | 2467 |
crosswalk, then before entering the intersection; and shall remain | 2468 |
stopped until a signal indication to proceed is displayed except | 2469 |
as provided in divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. | 2470 |
(b) Except when a traffic control device is in place | 2471 |
prohibiting a turn on red or a steady red arrow signal indication | 2472 |
is displayed, vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red | 2473 |
signal indication is permitted, after stopping, to enter the | 2474 |
intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a one-way street | 2475 |
2476 | |
the turn shall be subject to the provisions that are applicable | 2477 |
after making a stop at a stop sign. | 2478 |
(2)(a) Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys | 2479 |
facing a steady red arrow signal indication shall not enter the | 2480 |
intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, | 2481 |
unless entering the intersection to make another movement | 2482 |
permitted by another signal indication, shall stop at a clearly | 2483 |
marked stop line; but if there is no stop line, before entering | 2484 |
the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection; or if there is | 2485 |
no crosswalk, then before entering the intersection; and shall | 2486 |
remain stopped until a signal indication or other traffic control | 2487 |
device permitting the movement indicated by such red arrow is | 2488 |
displayed. | 2489 |
(b) When a traffic control device is in place permitting a | 2490 |
turn on a steady red arrow signal indication, vehicular traffic | 2491 |
facing a steady red arrow indication is permitted, after stopping, | 2492 |
to enter the intersection to | 2493 |
2494 | |
left from a one-way street into a one-way street. The right to | 2495 |
proceed with the turn shall be limited to the direction indicated | 2496 |
by the arrow and shall be subject to the provisions that are | 2497 |
applicable after making a stop at a stop sign. | 2498 |
(3) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal | 2499 |
indication as provided in section 4511.14 of the Revised Code or | 2500 |
other traffic control device, pedestrians facing a steady circular | 2501 |
red or steady red arrow signal indication shall not enter the | 2502 |
roadway. | 2503 |
(4) Local authorities by ordinance, or the director of | 2504 |
transportation on state highways, may prohibit a right or a left | 2505 |
turn against a steady red signal at any intersection, which shall | 2506 |
be effective when signs giving notice thereof are posted at the | 2507 |
intersection. | 2508 |
(D) A flashing green signal indication has no meaning and | 2509 |
shall not be used. | 2510 |
(E) Flashing yellow signal indication: | 2511 |
(1)(a) Vehicular traffic, on an approach to an intersection, | 2512 |
facing a flashing circular yellow signal indication, is permitted | 2513 |
to cautiously enter the intersection to proceed straight through | 2514 |
or turn right or left or make a u-turn movement except as such | 2515 |
movement is modified by lane-use signs, turn prohibition signs, | 2516 |
lane markings, roadway design, separate turn signal indications, | 2517 |
or other traffic control devices. Such vehicular traffic, | 2518 |
including vehicles turning right or left or making a u-turn | 2519 |
movement, shall yield the right-of-way to both of the following: | 2520 |
(i) Pedestrians lawfully within an associated crosswalk; | 2521 |
(ii) Other vehicles lawfully within the intersection. | 2522 |
(b) In addition, vehicular traffic turning left or making a | 2523 |
u-turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles | 2524 |
approaching from the opposite direction so closely as to | 2525 |
constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such turning | 2526 |
vehicle is moving across or within the intersection. | 2527 |
(2)(a) Vehicular traffic, on an approach to an intersection, | 2528 |
facing a flashing yellow arrow signal indication, displayed alone | 2529 |
or in combination with another signal indication, is permitted to | 2530 |
cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement | 2531 |
indicated by such arrow, or other such movement as is permitted by | 2532 |
other signal indications displayed at the same time. Such | 2533 |
vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left or | 2534 |
making a u-turn, shall yield the right-of-way to both of the | 2535 |
following: | 2536 |
(i) Pedestrians lawfully within an associated crosswalk; | 2537 |
(ii) Other vehicles lawfully within the intersection. | 2538 |
(b) In addition, vehicular traffic turning left or making a | 2539 |
u-turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles | 2540 |
approaching from the opposite direction so closely as to | 2541 |
constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such turning | 2542 |
vehicle is moving across or within the intersection. | 2543 |
(3) Pedestrians facing any flashing yellow signal indication | 2544 |
at an intersection, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian | 2545 |
signal indication or other traffic control device, are permitted | 2546 |
to proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked | 2547 |
associated crosswalk. Pedestrians shall yield the right-of-way to | 2548 |
vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the time that the | 2549 |
flashing yellow signal indication is first displayed. | 2550 |
(4) When a flashing circular yellow signal indication is | 2551 |
displayed as a beacon to supplement another traffic control | 2552 |
device, road users are notified that there is a need to pay | 2553 |
additional attention to the message contained thereon or that the | 2554 |
regulatory or warning requirements of the other traffic control | 2555 |
device, which might not be applicable at all times, are currently | 2556 |
applicable. | 2557 |
(F) Flashing red signal indication: | 2558 |
(1) Vehicular traffic, on an approach to an intersection, | 2559 |
facing a flashing circular red signal indication, shall stop at a | 2560 |
clearly marked stop line; but if there is no stop line, before | 2561 |
entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection; or if | 2562 |
there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting | 2563 |
roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the | 2564 |
intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. The right | 2565 |
to proceed shall be subject to the provisions that are applicable | 2566 |
after making a stop at a stop sign. | 2567 |
(2) Pedestrians facing any flashing red signal indication at | 2568 |
an intersection, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal | 2569 |
indication or other traffic control device, are permitted to | 2570 |
proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked | 2571 |
associated crosswalk. Pedestrians shall yield the right-of-way to | 2572 |
vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the time that the | 2573 |
flashing red signal indication is first displayed. | 2574 |
(3) When a flashing circular red signal indication is | 2575 |
displayed as a beacon to supplement another traffic control | 2576 |
device, road users are notified that there is a need to pay | 2577 |
additional attention to the message contained thereon or that the | 2578 |
regulatory requirements of the other traffic control device, which | 2579 |
might not be applicable at all times, are currently applicable. | 2580 |
Use of this signal indication shall be limited to supplementing | 2581 |
stop, do not enter, or wrong way signs, and to applications where | 2582 |
compliance with the supplemented traffic control device requires a | 2583 |
stop at a designated point. | 2584 |
(G) In the event an official traffic-control signal is | 2585 |
erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the | 2586 |
provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those | 2587 |
provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop | 2588 |
required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement | 2589 |
indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any | 2590 |
such sign or marking the stop shall be made at the signal. | 2591 |
(H) This section does not apply at railroad grade crossings. | 2592 |
Conduct of drivers of vehicles, trackless trolleys, and streetcars | 2593 |
approaching railroad grade crossings shall be governed by sections | 2594 |
4511.61 and 4511.62 of the Revised Code. | 2595 |
Sec. 4513.263. (A) As used in this section and in section | 2596 |
4513.99 of the Revised Code: | 2597 |
(1) "Automobile" means any commercial tractor, passenger car, | 2598 |
commercial car, or truck that is required to be factory-equipped | 2599 |
with an occupant restraining device for the operator or any | 2600 |
passenger by regulations adopted by the United States secretary of | 2601 |
transportation pursuant to the "National Traffic and Motor Vehicle | 2602 |
Safety Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 719, 15 U.S.C.A. 1392. | 2603 |
(2) "Occupant restraining device" means a seat safety belt, | 2604 |
shoulder belt, harness, or other safety device for restraining a | 2605 |
person who is an operator of or passenger in an automobile and | 2606 |
that satisfies the minimum federal vehicle safety standards | 2607 |
established by the United States department of transportation. | 2608 |
(3) "Passenger" means any person in an automobile, other than | 2609 |
its operator, who is occupying a seating position for which an | 2610 |
occupant restraining device is provided. | 2611 |
(4) "Commercial tractor," "passenger car," and "commercial | 2612 |
car" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised | 2613 |
Code. | 2614 |
(5) "Vehicle" and "motor vehicle," as used in the definitions | 2615 |
of the terms set forth in division (A)(4) of this section, have | 2616 |
the same meanings as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. | 2617 |
(6) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for | 2618 |
injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" | 2619 |
includes a product liability claim, as defined in section 2307.71 | 2620 |
of the Revised Code, and an asbestos claim, as defined in section | 2621 |
2307.91 of the Revised Code, but does not include a civil action | 2622 |
for damages for breach of contract or another agreement between | 2623 |
persons. | 2624 |
(B) No person shall do any of the following: | 2625 |
(1) Operate an automobile on any street or highway unless | 2626 |
that person is wearing all of the available elements of a properly | 2627 |
adjusted occupant restraining device, or operate a school bus that | 2628 |
has an occupant restraining device installed for use in its | 2629 |
operator's seat unless that person is wearing all of the available | 2630 |
elements of the device, as properly adjusted; | 2631 |
(2) Operate an automobile on any street or highway unless | 2632 |
each passenger in the automobile who is subject to the requirement | 2633 |
set forth in division (B)(3) of this section is wearing all of the | 2634 |
available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining | 2635 |
device; | 2636 |
(3) Occupy, as a passenger, a seating position on the front | 2637 |
seat of an automobile being operated on any street or highway | 2638 |
unless that person is wearing all of the available elements of a | 2639 |
properly adjusted occupant restraining device; | 2640 |
(4) Operate a taxicab on any street or highway unless all | 2641 |
factory-equipped occupant restraining devices in the taxicab are | 2642 |
maintained in usable form. | 2643 |
(C) Division (B)(3) of this section does not apply to a | 2644 |
person who is required by section 4511.81 of the Revised Code to | 2645 |
be secured in a child restraint device or booster seat. Division | 2646 |
(B)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who is an | 2647 |
employee of the United States postal service or of a newspaper | 2648 |
home delivery service, during any period in which the person is | 2649 |
engaged in the operation of an automobile to deliver mail or | 2650 |
newspapers to addressees. Divisions (B)(1) and (3) of this section | 2651 |
do not apply to a person who has an affidavit signed by a | 2652 |
physician licensed to practice in this state under Chapter 4731. | 2653 |
of the Revised Code or a chiropractor licensed to practice in this | 2654 |
state under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code that states that the | 2655 |
person has a physical impairment that makes use of an occupant | 2656 |
restraining device impossible or impractical. | 2657 |
(D) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no | 2658 |
law enforcement officer shall cause an operator of an automobile | 2659 |
being operated on any street or highway to stop the automobile for | 2660 |
the sole purpose of determining whether a violation of division | 2661 |
(B) of this section has been or is being committed or for the sole | 2662 |
purpose of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons for a violation | 2663 |
of that nature or causing the arrest of or commencing a | 2664 |
prosecution of a person for a violation of that nature, and no law | 2665 |
enforcement officer shall view the interior or visually inspect | 2666 |
any automobile being operated on any street or highway for the | 2667 |
sole purpose of determining whether a violation of that nature has | 2668 |
been or is being committed. | 2669 |
(E) All fines collected for violations of division (B) of | 2670 |
this section, or for violations of any ordinance or resolution of | 2671 |
a political subdivision that is substantively comparable to that | 2672 |
division, shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state for deposit | 2673 |
into the state treasury to the credit of the trauma and emergency | 2674 |
medical services fund, which is hereby created. In addition, sixty | 2675 |
cents of each fee collected under sections 4501.34, 4503.26, | 2676 |
4505.14, 4506.08, 4509.05, and 4519.63 of the Revised Code as | 2677 |
specified in those sections, plus the portion of the driver's | 2678 |
license reinstatement fee described in division (F)(2)(g) of | 2679 |
section 4511.191 of the Revised Code, plus all fees collected | 2680 |
under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code, plus all fines imposed | 2681 |
under section 4765.55 of the Revised Code, plus the fees and other | 2682 |
moneys specified in section 4766.05 of the Revised Code, and plus | 2683 |
five per cent of fines and moneys arising from bail forfeitures as | 2684 |
directed by section 5503.04 of the Revised Code, also shall be | 2685 |
deposited into the trauma and emergency medical services fund. All | 2686 |
money deposited into the trauma and emergency medical services | 2687 |
fund shall be used by the department of public safety for the | 2688 |
administration and operation of the division of emergency medical | 2689 |
services and the state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 2690 |
transportation services, and by the state board of emergency | 2691 |
medical, fire, and transportation services to make grants, in | 2692 |
accordance with section 4765.07 of the Revised Code and rules the | 2693 |
board adopts under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The | 2694 |
director of budget and management may transfer excess money from | 2695 |
the trauma and emergency medical services fund to the state | 2696 |
highway safety fund if the director of public safety determines | 2697 |
that the amount of money in the trauma and emergency medical | 2698 |
services fund exceeds the amount required to cover such costs | 2699 |
incurred by the emergency medical services agency and the grants | 2700 |
made by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 2701 |
transportation services and requests the director of budget and | 2702 |
management to make the transfer. | 2703 |
(F)(1) Subject to division (F)(2) of this section, the | 2704 |
failure of a person to wear all of the available elements of a | 2705 |
properly adjusted occupant restraining device in violation of | 2706 |
division (B)(1) or (3) of this section or the failure of a person | 2707 |
to ensure that each minor who is a passenger of an automobile | 2708 |
being operated by that person is wearing all of the available | 2709 |
elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device in | 2710 |
violation of division (B)(2) of this section shall not be | 2711 |
considered or used by the trier of fact in a tort action as | 2712 |
evidence of negligence or contributory negligence. But, the trier | 2713 |
of fact may determine based on evidence admitted consistent with | 2714 |
the Ohio Rules of Evidence that the failure contributed to the | 2715 |
harm alleged in the tort action and may diminish a recovery of | 2716 |
compensatory damages that represents noneconomic loss, as defined | 2717 |
in section 2307.011 of the Revised Code, in a tort action that | 2718 |
could have been recovered but for the plaintiff's failure to wear | 2719 |
all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant | 2720 |
restraining device. Evidence of that failure shall not be used as | 2721 |
a basis for a criminal prosecution of the person other than a | 2722 |
prosecution for a violation of this section; and shall not be | 2723 |
admissible as evidence in a criminal action involving the person | 2724 |
other than a prosecution for a violation of this section. | 2725 |
(2) If, at the time of an accident involving a passenger car | 2726 |
equipped with occupant restraining devices, any occupant of the | 2727 |
passenger car who sustained injury or death was not wearing an | 2728 |
available occupant restraining device, was not wearing all of the | 2729 |
available elements of such a device, or was not wearing such a | 2730 |
device as properly adjusted, then, consistent with the Rules of | 2731 |
Evidence, the fact that the occupant was not wearing the available | 2732 |
occupant restraining device, was not wearing all of the available | 2733 |
elements of such a device, or was not wearing such a device as | 2734 |
properly adjusted is admissible in evidence in relation to any | 2735 |
claim for relief in a tort action to the extent that the claim for | 2736 |
relief satisfies all of the following: | 2737 |
(a) It seeks to recover damages for injury or death to the | 2738 |
occupant. | 2739 |
(b) The defendant in question is the manufacturer, designer, | 2740 |
distributor, or seller of the passenger car. | 2741 |
(c) The claim for relief against the defendant in question is | 2742 |
that the injury or death sustained by the occupant was enhanced or | 2743 |
aggravated by some design defect in the passenger car or that the | 2744 |
passenger car was not crashworthy. | 2745 |
(G)(1) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of this section shall | 2746 |
be fined thirty dollars. | 2747 |
(2) Whoever violates division (B)(3) of this section shall be | 2748 |
fined twenty dollars. | 2749 |
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 2750 |
violates division (B)(4) of this section is guilty of a minor | 2751 |
misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of or | 2752 |
pleaded guilty to a violation of division (B)(4) of this section, | 2753 |
whoever violates division (B)(4) of this section is guilty of a | 2754 |
misdemeanor of the third degree. | 2755 |
Sec. 4513.53. (A) The superintendent of the state highway | 2756 |
patrol, with approval of the director of public safety, may | 2757 |
appoint and maintain necessary staff to carry out the inspection | 2758 |
of buses. | 2759 |
(B) The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall | 2760 |
adopt a distinctive annual safety inspection decal bearing the | 2761 |
date of inspection. The state highway patrol may remove any decal | 2762 |
from a bus that fails any inspection. | 2763 |
(C) | 2764 |
patrol under section 4513.52 of the Revised Code shall be paid | 2765 |
into the state treasury to the credit of the | 2766 |
2767 | |
2768 | |
2769 | |
2770 | |
2771 | |
2772 | |
created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. | 2773 |
Sec. 4513.66. (A) If a motor vehicle accident occurs on any | 2774 |
highway, public street, or other property open to the public for | 2775 |
purposes of vehicular travel and if any motor vehicle, cargo, or | 2776 |
personal property that has been damaged or spilled as a result of | 2777 |
the motor vehicle accident is blocking the highway, street, or | 2778 |
other property or is otherwise endangering public safety, the | 2779 |
sheriff of the county, or the chief of police of the municipal | 2780 |
corporation, township, or township or joint police district, in | 2781 |
which the accident occurred, a state highway patrol trooper, | 2782 |
the chief of the fire department having jurisdiction where the | 2783 |
accident occurred | 2784 |
official specified above, without consent of the owner but with | 2785 |
the approval of the law enforcement agency conducting any | 2786 |
investigation of the accident, may remove the motor vehicle if the | 2787 |
motor vehicle is unoccupied, cargo, or personal property from the | 2788 |
portion of the highway, public street, or property ordinarily used | 2789 |
for vehicular travel on the highway, public street, or other | 2790 |
property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel. | 2791 |
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) or (3) of this | 2792 |
section, no employee of the department of transportation, sheriff, | 2793 |
deputy sheriff, chief of police or police officer of a municipal | 2794 |
corporation, township, or township or joint police district, state | 2795 |
highway patrol trooper, chief of a fire department, | 2796 |
fighter, or any duly authorized designee of such an official who | 2797 |
authorizes or participates in the removal of any unoccupied motor | 2798 |
vehicle, cargo, or personal property as authorized by division (A) | 2799 |
of this section is liable in civil damages for any injury, death, | 2800 |
or loss to person or property that results from the removal of | 2801 |
that unoccupied motor vehicle, cargo, or personal property. Except | 2802 |
as provided in division (B)(2) or (3) of this section, if the | 2803 |
department of transportation or a sheriff, chief of police of a | 2804 |
municipal corporation, township, or township or joint police | 2805 |
district, head of the state highway patrol, | 2806 |
department, or any duly authorized designee of such an official | 2807 |
authorizes, employs, or arranges to have a private tow truck | 2808 |
operator or towing company remove any unoccupied motor vehicle, | 2809 |
cargo, or personal property as authorized by division (A) of this | 2810 |
section, that private tow truck operator or towing company is not | 2811 |
liable in civil damages for any injury, death, or loss to person | 2812 |
or property that results from the removal of that unoccupied motor | 2813 |
vehicle, cargo, or personal property | 2814 |
of transportation, sheriff, chief of police, head of the state | 2815 |
highway patrol, | 2816 |
designee of such an official is not liable in civil damages for | 2817 |
any injury, death, or loss to person or property that results from | 2818 |
the private tow truck operator or towing company's removal of that | 2819 |
unoccupied motor vehicle, cargo, or personal property. | 2820 |
(2) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to any | 2821 |
person or entity involved in the removal of an unoccupied motor | 2822 |
vehicle, cargo, or personal property pursuant to division (A) of | 2823 |
this section if that removal causes or contributes to the release | 2824 |
of a hazardous material or to structural damage to the roadway. | 2825 |
(3) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to a | 2826 |
private tow truck operator or towing company that was not | 2827 |
authorized, employed, or arranged by the department of | 2828 |
transportation, a sheriff, a chief of police of a municipal | 2829 |
corporation, township, or township or joint police district, the | 2830 |
head of the state highway patrol, | 2831 |
or any duly authorized designee of such an official or to a | 2832 |
private tow truck operator or towing company that was authorized, | 2833 |
employed, or arranged by the department of transportation, a | 2834 |
sheriff, a chief of police of a municipal corporation, township, | 2835 |
or township or joint police district, the head of the state | 2836 |
highway patrol, or a chief of a fire department, or any duly | 2837 |
authorized designee of such an official to perform the removal of | 2838 |
the unoccupied motor vehicle, cargo, or personal property and the | 2839 |
private tow truck operator or towing company performed the removal | 2840 |
in a reckless or willful manner. | 2841 |
(C) As used in this section, "hazardous material" has the | 2842 |
same meaning as in section 2305.232 of the Revised Code. | 2843 |
Sec. 4561.21. (A) The director of transportation shall | 2844 |
deposit all aircraft transfer fees in the state treasury to the | 2845 |
credit of the general fund. | 2846 |
(B) The director shall deposit all aircraft license taxes and | 2847 |
fines in the state treasury to the credit of the airport | 2848 |
assistance fund, which is hereby created. Money in the fund shall | 2849 |
be used for maintenance and capital improvements to publicly owned | 2850 |
airports | 2851 |
aviation. For maintenance and capital improvements to publicly | 2852 |
owned airports, the director shall distribute the money to | 2853 |
eligible recipients in accordance with such procedures, | 2854 |
guidelines, and criteria as the director shall establish. | 2855 |
Sec. 4743.05. Except as otherwise provided in sections | 2856 |
4701.20, 4723.062, 4723.082, 4729.65, 4781.121, and 4781.28 of the | 2857 |
Revised Code, all money collected under Chapters 3773., 4701., | 2858 |
4703., 4709., 4713., 4715., 4717., 4723., 4725., 4729., 4732., | 2859 |
4733., 4734., 4736., 4741., 4753., 4755., 4757., 4758., 4759., | 2860 |
4761., | 2861 |
shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the | 2862 |
occupational licensing and regulatory fund, which is hereby | 2863 |
created for use in administering such chapters. | 2864 |
At the end of each quarter, the director of budget and | 2865 |
management shall transfer from the occupational licensing and | 2866 |
regulatory fund to the nurse education assistance fund created in | 2867 |
section 3333.28 of the Revised Code the amount certified to the | 2868 |
director under division (B) of section 4723.08 of the Revised | 2869 |
Code. | 2870 |
At the end of each quarter, the director shall transfer from | 2871 |
the occupational licensing and regulatory fund to the certified | 2872 |
public accountant education assistance fund created in section | 2873 |
4701.26 of the Revised Code the amount certified to the director | 2874 |
under division (H)(2) of section 4701.10 of the Revised Code. | 2875 |
Sec. 4765.02. (A)(1) There is hereby created the state board | 2876 |
of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services within the | 2877 |
division of emergency medical services of the department of public | 2878 |
safety. The board shall consist of the members specified in this | 2879 |
section who are residents of this state. The governor, with the | 2880 |
advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint all members of the | 2881 |
board, except the employee of the department of public safety | 2882 |
designated by the director of public safety under this section to | 2883 |
be a member of the board. In making the appointments, the governor | 2884 |
shall appoint only members with background or experience in | 2885 |
emergency medical services or trauma care and shall attempt to | 2886 |
include members representing urban and rural areas, various | 2887 |
geographical regions of the state, and various schools of | 2888 |
training. | 2889 |
(2) One member of the board shall be a physician certified by | 2890 |
the American board of emergency medicine or the American | 2891 |
osteopathic board of emergency medicine who is active in the | 2892 |
practice of emergency medicine and is actively involved with an | 2893 |
emergency medical service organization. The governor shall appoint | 2894 |
this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter | 2895 |
of the American college of emergency physicians and three persons | 2896 |
nominated by the Ohio osteopathic association. One member shall be | 2897 |
a physician certified by the American board of surgery or the | 2898 |
American osteopathic board of surgery who is active in the | 2899 |
practice of trauma surgery and is actively involved with emergency | 2900 |
medical services. The governor shall appoint this member from | 2901 |
among three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American | 2902 |
college of surgeons and three persons nominated by the Ohio | 2903 |
osteopathic association. One member shall be a physician certified | 2904 |
by the American academy of pediatrics or American osteopathic | 2905 |
board of pediatrics who is active in the practice of pediatric | 2906 |
emergency medicine and actively involved with an emergency medical | 2907 |
service organization. The governor shall appoint this member from | 2908 |
among three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American | 2909 |
academy of pediatrics and three persons nominated by the Ohio | 2910 |
osteopathic association. | 2911 |
2912 | |
2913 | |
2914 | |
2915 | |
2916 | |
2917 | |
shall be the administrator of a hospital | 2918 |
2919 | |
member from among three persons nominated by OHA: the association | 2920 |
for hospitals and health systems, three persons nominated by the | 2921 |
Ohio osteopathic association, and three persons nominated by the | 2922 |
association of Ohio children's hospitals | 2923 |
2924 | |
registered nurse with EMS certification who | 2925 |
2926 | |
air medical transport. The governor shall appoint this member from | 2927 |
among three persons nominated by the Ohio nurses association, | 2928 |
three persons nominated by the Ohio association of critical care | 2929 |
transport, and three persons nominated by the Ohio state council | 2930 |
of the emergency nurses association. One member shall be the chief | 2931 |
of a fire department that is also an emergency medical service | 2932 |
organization in which more than fifty per cent of the persons who | 2933 |
provide emergency medical services are full-time paid employees. | 2934 |
The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons | 2935 |
nominated by the Ohio fire chiefs' association. One member shall | 2936 |
be the chief of a fire department that is also an emergency | 2937 |
medical service organization in which more than fifty per cent of | 2938 |
the persons who provide emergency medical services are volunteers. | 2939 |
The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons | 2940 |
nominated by the Ohio fire chiefs' association. One member shall | 2941 |
be a person who is certified to teach under section 4765.23 of the | 2942 |
Revised Code | 2943 |
2944 | |
2945 | |
certificate to practice as an EMT, AEMT, or paramedic. The | 2946 |
governor shall appoint this member from among three persons | 2947 |
nominated by the Ohio emergency medical technician instructors | 2948 |
association and the Ohio instructor/coordinators' society. One | 2949 |
member shall be an | 2950 |
AEMT, or paramedic, and one member shall be a paramedic. The | 2951 |
governor shall appoint these members from among three | 2952 |
2953 | |
Ohio association of professional fire fighters
| 2954 |
2955 | |
2956 | |
2957 | |
member shall be a paramedic
| 2958 |
these members from among three | 2959 |
AEMTs and three paramedics nominated by the Ohio state | 2960 |
firefighter's association. One member shall be a person whom the | 2961 |
governor shall appoint from among an | 2962 |
AEMT, or a paramedic nominated by the Ohio association of | 2963 |
emergency medical services or the Ohio ambulance and medical | 2964 |
transportation association. One member shall be an EMT, AEMT, or a | 2965 |
paramedic, whom the governor shall appoint from among three | 2966 |
persons nominated by the Ohio ambulance and medical transportation | 2967 |
association. One member shall be a paramedic, whom the governor | 2968 |
shall appoint from among three persons nominated by the Ohio | 2969 |
ambulance and medical transportation association. | 2970 |
2971 | |
2972 | |
2973 | |
2974 | |
2975 | |
2976 | |
2977 | |
2978 | |
2979 | |
2980 | |
2981 | |
2982 | |
or operator of a private emergency medical service organization | 2983 |
whom the governor shall appoint from among three persons nominated | 2984 |
by the Ohio ambulance and medical transportation association. One | 2985 |
member shall be a provider of mobile intensive care unit | 2986 |
transportation in this state whom the governor shall appoint from | 2987 |
among three persons nominated by the Ohio association of critical | 2988 |
care transport. One member shall be a provider of air-medical | 2989 |
transportation in this state whom the governor shall appoint from | 2990 |
among three persons nominated by the Ohio association of critical | 2991 |
care transport. One member shall be the owner or operator of a | 2992 |
nonemergency medical service organization in this state that | 2993 |
provides ambulette services whom the governor shall appoint from | 2994 |
among three persons nominated by the Ohio ambulance and medical | 2995 |
transportation association. | 2996 |
The governor may refuse to appoint any of the persons | 2997 |
nominated by one or more organizations under division (A)(2) of | 2998 |
this section, except the employee of the department of public | 2999 |
safety designated by the director of public safety under this | 3000 |
section to be a member of the board. In that event, the | 3001 |
organization or organizations shall continue to nominate the | 3002 |
required number of persons until the governor appoints to the | 3003 |
board one or more of the persons nominated by the organization or | 3004 |
organizations. | 3005 |
The director of public safety shall designate an employee of | 3006 |
the department of public safety to serve as a member of the board | 3007 |
at the director's pleasure. This member shall serve as a liaison | 3008 |
between the department and the division of emergency medical | 3009 |
services in cooperation with the executive director of the board. | 3010 |
| 3011 |
3012 | |
3013 | |
3014 | |
3015 | |
3016 | |
3017 | |
3018 | |
3019 | |
3020 |
(B) Terms of office of all members appointed by the governor | 3021 |
shall be for three years, each term ending on the same day of the | 3022 |
same month as did the term it succeeds. Each member shall hold | 3023 |
office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for | 3024 |
which the member was appointed. A member shall continue in office | 3025 |
subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the | 3026 |
member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days | 3027 |
has elapsed, whichever occurs first. | 3028 |
Each vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the | 3029 |
original appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy | 3030 |
occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the | 3031 |
member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the | 3032 |
remainder of the unexpired term. | 3033 |
The term of a member shall expire if the member ceases to | 3034 |
meet any of the requirements to be appointed as that member. The | 3035 |
governor may remove any member from office for neglect of duty, | 3036 |
malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance, after an adjudication | 3037 |
hearing held in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 3038 |
(C) The members of the board shall serve without compensation | 3039 |
but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses | 3040 |
incurred in carrying out their duties as board members. | 3041 |
(D) The board shall organize by annually selecting a chair | 3042 |
and vice-chair from among its members. The board may adopt bylaws | 3043 |
to regulate its affairs. A majority of all members of the board | 3044 |
shall constitute a quorum. No action shall be taken without the | 3045 |
concurrence of a majority of all members of the board. The board | 3046 |
shall meet at least four times annually and at the call of the | 3047 |
chair. The chair shall call a meeting on the request of the | 3048 |
executive director or the medical director of the board or on the | 3049 |
written request of five members. The board shall maintain written | 3050 |
or electronic records of its meetings. | 3051 |
(E) Upon twenty-four hours' notice from a member of the | 3052 |
board, the member's employer shall release the member from the | 3053 |
member's employment duties to attend meetings of the full board. | 3054 |
Nothing in this | 3055 |
member of the board to compensate the member for time the member | 3056 |
is released from employment duties under this paragraph, but any | 3057 |
civil immunity, workers' compensation, disability, or similar | 3058 |
coverage that applies to a member of the board as a result of the | 3059 |
member's employment shall continue to apply while the member is | 3060 |
released from employment duties under this paragraph. | 3061 |
Sec. 4765.03. (A) The director of public safety shall | 3062 |
appoint a full-time executive director for the state board of | 3063 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. The | 3064 |
executive director shall be knowledgeable in emergency medical | 3065 |
services and trauma care and shall serve at the pleasure of the | 3066 |
director of public safety. The director of public safety shall | 3067 |
appoint the executive director from among three persons nominated | 3068 |
by the board. The director of public safety may refuse, for cause, | 3069 |
to appoint any of the board's nominees. If the director fails to | 3070 |
appoint any of the board's nominees, the board shall continue to | 3071 |
nominate groups of three persons until the director does appoint | 3072 |
one of the board's nominees. The executive director shall serve as | 3073 |
the chief executive officer of the board and as the executive | 3074 |
director of the division of emergency medical services. The | 3075 |
executive director shall attend each meeting of the board, except | 3076 |
the board may exclude the executive director from discussions | 3077 |
concerning the employment or performance of the executive director | 3078 |
or medical director of the board. The executive director shall | 3079 |
give a surety bond to the state in such sum as the board | 3080 |
determines, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties | 3081 |
of the executive director's office. The executive director shall | 3082 |
receive a salary from the board and shall be reimbursed for actual | 3083 |
and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out duties as | 3084 |
executive director. | 3085 |
The executive director shall submit a report to the director | 3086 |
of public safety at least every three months regarding the status | 3087 |
of emergency medical services in this state. The executive | 3088 |
director shall meet with the director of public safety at the | 3089 |
director's request. | 3090 |
(B) The board shall appoint a medical director, who shall | 3091 |
serve at the pleasure of the board. The medical director shall be | 3092 |
a physician certified by the American board of emergency medicine | 3093 |
or the American osteopathic board of emergency medicine who is | 3094 |
active in the practice of emergency medicine and has been actively | 3095 |
involved with an emergency medical service organization for at | 3096 |
least five years prior to being appointed. The board shall | 3097 |
consider any recommendations for this appointment from the Ohio | 3098 |
chapter of the American college of emergency physicians, the Ohio | 3099 |
chapter of the American college of surgeons, the Ohio chapter of | 3100 |
the American academy of pediatrics, the Ohio osteopathic | 3101 |
association, and the Ohio state medical association. | 3102 |
The medical director shall direct the executive director and | 3103 |
advise the board with regard to adult and pediatric trauma and | 3104 |
emergency medical services issues. The medical director shall | 3105 |
attend each meeting of the board, except the board may exclude the | 3106 |
medical director from discussions concerning the appointment or | 3107 |
performance of the medical director or executive director of the | 3108 |
board. The medical director shall be employed and paid by the | 3109 |
board and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses | 3110 |
incurred in carrying out duties as medical director. | 3111 |
(C) The board may appoint employees as it determines | 3112 |
necessary. The board shall prescribe the duties and titles of its | 3113 |
employees. | 3114 |
Sec. 4765.04. (A) The firefighter and fire safety inspector | 3115 |
training committee of the state board of emergency medical, fire, | 3116 |
and transportation services is hereby created and shall consist of | 3117 |
the members of the board who are chiefs of fire departments, and | 3118 |
the members of the board who are emergency medical | 3119 |
technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and | 3120 |
emergency medical technicians-paramedic appointed from among | 3121 |
persons nominated by the Ohio association of professional fire | 3122 |
fighters or the northern Ohio fire fighters and from among persons | 3123 |
nominated by the Ohio state firefighter's association. Each member | 3124 |
of the committee, except the chairperson, may designate a person | 3125 |
with fire experience to serve in that member's place. The members | 3126 |
of the committee or their designees shall select a chairperson | 3127 |
from among the members or their designees. | 3128 |
The committee may conduct investigations in the course of | 3129 |
discharging its duties under this chapter. In the course of an | 3130 |
investigation, the committee may issue subpoenas. If a person | 3131 |
subpoenaed fails to comply with the subpoena, the committee may | 3132 |
authorize its chairperson to apply to the court of common pleas in | 3133 |
the county where the person to be subpoenaed resides for an order | 3134 |
compelling compliance in the same manner as compliance with a | 3135 |
subpoena issued by the court is compelled. | 3136 |
(B) The trauma committee of the state board of emergency | 3137 |
medical, fire, and transportation services is hereby created and | 3138 |
shall consist of the following members appointed by the director | 3139 |
of public safety: | 3140 |
(1) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3141 |
surgery or American osteopathic board of surgery and actively | 3142 |
practices general trauma surgery, appointed from among three | 3143 |
persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American college of | 3144 |
surgeons, three persons nominated by the Ohio state medical | 3145 |
association, and three persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic | 3146 |
association; | 3147 |
(2) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3148 |
surgery or the American osteopathic board of surgery and actively | 3149 |
practices orthopedic trauma surgery, appointed from among three | 3150 |
persons nominated by the Ohio orthopedic society and three persons | 3151 |
nominated by the Ohio osteopathic association; | 3152 |
(3) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3153 |
neurological surgeons or the American osteopathic board of surgery | 3154 |
and actively practices neurosurgery on trauma victims, appointed | 3155 |
from among three persons nominated by the Ohio state neurological | 3156 |
society and three persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic | 3157 |
association; | 3158 |
(4) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3159 |
surgeons or American osteopathic board of surgeons and actively | 3160 |
specializes in treating burn victims, appointed from among three | 3161 |
persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American college of | 3162 |
surgeons and three persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic | 3163 |
association; | 3164 |
(5) A dentist who is certified by the American board of oral | 3165 |
and maxillofacial surgery and actively practices oral and | 3166 |
maxillofacial surgery, appointed from among three persons | 3167 |
nominated by the Ohio dental association; | 3168 |
(6) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3169 |
physical medicine and rehabilitation or American osteopathic board | 3170 |
of rehabilitation medicine and actively provides rehabilitative | 3171 |
care to trauma victims, appointed from among three persons | 3172 |
nominated by the Ohio society of physical medicine and | 3173 |
rehabilitation and three persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic | 3174 |
association; | 3175 |
(7) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3176 |
surgery or American osteopathic board of surgery with special | 3177 |
qualifications in pediatric surgery and actively practices | 3178 |
pediatric trauma surgery, appointed from among three persons | 3179 |
nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American academy of | 3180 |
pediatrics and three persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic | 3181 |
association; | 3182 |
(8) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3183 |
emergency medicine or American osteopathic board of emergency | 3184 |
medicine, actively practices emergency medicine, and is actively | 3185 |
involved in emergency medical services, appointed from among three | 3186 |
persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American college of | 3187 |
emergency physicians and three persons nominated by the Ohio | 3188 |
osteopathic association; | 3189 |
(9) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3190 |
pediatrics, American osteopathic board of pediatrics, or American | 3191 |
board of emergency medicine, is sub-boarded in pediatric emergency | 3192 |
medicine, actively practices pediatric emergency medicine, and is | 3193 |
actively involved in emergency medical services, appointed from | 3194 |
among three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American | 3195 |
academy of pediatrics, three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter | 3196 |
of the American college of emergency physicians, and three persons | 3197 |
nominated by the Ohio osteopathic association; | 3198 |
(10) A physician who is certified by the American board of | 3199 |
surgery, American osteopathic board of surgery, or American board | 3200 |
of emergency medicine and is the chief medical officer of an air | 3201 |
medical organization, appointed from among three persons nominated | 3202 |
by the Ohio association of air medical services; | 3203 |
(11) A coroner or medical examiner appointed from among three | 3204 |
people nominated by the Ohio state coroners' association; | 3205 |
(12) A registered nurse who actively practices trauma nursing | 3206 |
at an adult or pediatric trauma center, appointed from among three | 3207 |
persons nominated by the Ohio association of trauma nurse | 3208 |
coordinators; | 3209 |
(13) A registered nurse who actively practices emergency | 3210 |
nursing and is actively involved in emergency medical services, | 3211 |
appointed from among three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter | 3212 |
of the emergency nurses' association; | 3213 |
(14) The chief trauma registrar of an adult or pediatric | 3214 |
trauma center, appointed from among three persons nominated by the | 3215 |
alliance of Ohio trauma registrars; | 3216 |
(15) The administrator of an adult or pediatric trauma | 3217 |
center, appointed from among three persons nominated by OHA: the | 3218 |
association for hospitals and health systems, three persons | 3219 |
nominated by the Ohio osteopathic association, three persons | 3220 |
nominated by the association of Ohio children's hospitals, and | 3221 |
three persons nominated by the health forum of Ohio; | 3222 |
(16) The administrator of a hospital that is not a trauma | 3223 |
center and actively provides emergency care to adult or pediatric | 3224 |
trauma patients, appointed from among three persons nominated by | 3225 |
OHA: the association for hospitals and health systems, three | 3226 |
persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic association, three | 3227 |
persons nominated by the association of Ohio children's hospitals, | 3228 |
and three persons nominated by the health forum of Ohio; | 3229 |
(17) The operator of an ambulance company that actively | 3230 |
provides trauma care to emergency patients, appointed from among | 3231 |
three persons nominated by the Ohio ambulance association; | 3232 |
(18) The chief of a fire department that actively provides | 3233 |
trauma care to emergency patients, appointed from among three | 3234 |
persons nominated by the Ohio fire chiefs' association; | 3235 |
(19) An EMT or paramedic who is certified under this chapter | 3236 |
and actively provides trauma care to emergency patients, appointed | 3237 |
from among three persons nominated by the Ohio association of | 3238 |
professional firefighters, three persons nominated by the northern | 3239 |
Ohio fire fighters, three persons nominated by the Ohio state | 3240 |
firefighters' association, and three persons nominated by the Ohio | 3241 |
association of emergency medical services; | 3242 |
(20) A person who actively advocates for trauma victims, | 3243 |
appointed from three persons nominated by the Ohio brain injury | 3244 |
association and three persons nominated by the governor's council | 3245 |
on people with disabilities; | 3246 |
(21) A physician or nurse who has substantial administrative | 3247 |
responsibility for trauma care provided in or by an adult or | 3248 |
pediatric trauma center, appointed from among three persons | 3249 |
nominated by OHA: the association for hospitals and health | 3250 |
systems, three persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic | 3251 |
association, three persons nominated by the association of Ohio | 3252 |
children's hospitals, and three persons nominated by the health | 3253 |
forum of Ohio; | 3254 |
(22) Three representatives of hospitals that are not trauma | 3255 |
centers and actively provide emergency care to trauma patients, | 3256 |
appointed from among three persons nominated by OHA: the | 3257 |
association for hospitals and health systems, three persons | 3258 |
nominated by the Ohio osteopathic association, three persons | 3259 |
nominated by the association of Ohio children's hospitals, and | 3260 |
three persons nominated by the health forum of Ohio. The | 3261 |
representatives may be hospital administrators, physicians, | 3262 |
nurses, or other clinical professionals. | 3263 |
Members of the committee shall have substantial experience in | 3264 |
the categories they represent, shall be residents of this state, | 3265 |
and may be members of the state board of emergency medical, fire, | 3266 |
and transportation services. In appointing members of the | 3267 |
committee, the director shall attempt to include members | 3268 |
representing urban and rural areas, various geographical areas of | 3269 |
the state, and various schools of training. The director shall not | 3270 |
appoint to the committee more than one member who is employed by | 3271 |
or practices at the same hospital, health system, or emergency | 3272 |
medical service organization. | 3273 |
The director may refuse to appoint any of the persons | 3274 |
nominated by an organization or organizations under this division. | 3275 |
In that event, the organization or organizations shall continue to | 3276 |
nominate the required number of persons until the director | 3277 |
appoints to the committee one or more of the persons nominated by | 3278 |
the organization or organizations. | 3279 |
Initial appointments to the committee shall be made by the | 3280 |
director not later than ninety days after November 3, 2000. | 3281 |
Members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of the | 3282 |
director, except that any member of the committee who ceases to be | 3283 |
qualified for the position to which the member was appointed shall | 3284 |
cease to be a member of the committee. Vacancies on the committee | 3285 |
shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. | 3286 |
The members of the committee shall serve without compensation | 3287 |
but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred | 3288 |
in carrying out duties as members of the committee. | 3289 |
The committee shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson | 3290 |
from among its members. A majority of all members of the committee | 3291 |
shall constitute a quorum. No action shall be taken without the | 3292 |
concurrence of a majority of all members of the committee. The | 3293 |
committee shall meet at the call of the chair, upon written | 3294 |
request of five members of the committee, and at the direction of | 3295 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 3296 |
services. The committee shall not meet at times or locations that | 3297 |
conflict with meetings of the board. The executive director and | 3298 |
medical director of the state board of emergency medical, fire, | 3299 |
and transportation services may participate in any meeting of the | 3300 |
committee and shall do so at the request of the committee. | 3301 |
The committee shall advise and assist the state board of | 3302 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation services in matters | 3303 |
related to adult and pediatric trauma care and the establishment | 3304 |
and operation of the state trauma registry. In matters relating to | 3305 |
the state trauma registry, the board and the committee shall | 3306 |
consult with trauma registrars from adult and pediatric trauma | 3307 |
centers in the state. The committee may appoint a subcommittee to | 3308 |
advise and assist with the trauma registry. The subcommittee may | 3309 |
include persons with expertise relevant to the trauma registry who | 3310 |
are not members of the board or committee. | 3311 |
(C) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 3312 |
transportation services may appoint other committees and | 3313 |
subcommittees as it considers necessary. | 3314 |
(D) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 3315 |
transportation services, and any of its committees or | 3316 |
subcommittees, may request assistance from any state agency. The | 3317 |
board and its committees and subcommittees may permit persons who | 3318 |
are not members of those bodies to participate in deliberations of | 3319 |
those bodies, but no person who is not a member of the board shall | 3320 |
vote on the board and no person who is not a member of a committee | 3321 |
created under division (A) or (B) of this section shall vote on | 3322 |
that committee. | 3323 |
(E) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not | 3324 |
apply to the committees established under division (A) or (B) of | 3325 |
this section. | 3326 |
Sec. 4765.05. (A) As used in this section, "prehospital | 3327 |
emergency medical services" means an emergency medical services | 3328 |
system that provides medical services to patients who require | 3329 |
immediate assistance, because of illness or injury, prior to their | 3330 |
arrival at an emergency medical facility. | 3331 |
(B) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 3332 |
transportation services shall divide the state geographically into | 3333 |
prehospital emergency medical services regions for purposes of | 3334 |
overseeing the delivery of adult and pediatric prehospital | 3335 |
emergency medical services. For each prehospital emergency medical | 3336 |
services region, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 3337 |
transportation services shall appoint either a physician to serve | 3338 |
as the regional director or a physician advisory board to serve as | 3339 |
the regional advisory board. The state board of emergency medical, | 3340 |
fire, and transportation services shall specify the duties of each | 3341 |
regional director and regional advisory board. Regional directors | 3342 |
and members of regional advisory boards shall serve without | 3343 |
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary | 3344 |
expenses incurred in carrying out duties as regional directors and | 3345 |
members of regional advisory boards. | 3346 |
(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit in | 3347 |
any way the ability of a hospital to determine the market area of | 3348 |
that hospital. | 3349 |
Sec. 4765.06. (A) The state board of emergency medical, | 3350 |
fire, and transportation services shall establish an emergency | 3351 |
medical services incidence reporting system for the collection of | 3352 |
information regarding the delivery of emergency medical services | 3353 |
in this state and the frequency at which the services are | 3354 |
provided. All emergency medical service organizations shall submit | 3355 |
to the board any information that the board determines is | 3356 |
necessary for maintaining the incidence reporting system. | 3357 |
(B) The board shall establish a state trauma registry to be | 3358 |
used for the collection of information regarding the care of adult | 3359 |
and pediatric trauma victims in this state. The registry shall | 3360 |
provide for the reporting of adult and pediatric trauma-related | 3361 |
deaths, identification of adult and pediatric trauma patients, | 3362 |
monitoring of adult and pediatric trauma patient care data, | 3363 |
determination of the total amount of uncompensated adult and | 3364 |
pediatric trauma care provided annually by each facility that | 3365 |
provides care to trauma victims, and collection of any other | 3366 |
information specified by the board. All persons designated by the | 3367 |
board shall submit to the board any information it determines is | 3368 |
necessary for maintaining the state trauma registry. At the | 3369 |
request of the board any state agency possessing information | 3370 |
regarding adult or pediatric trauma care shall provide the | 3371 |
information to the board. The board shall maintain the state | 3372 |
trauma registry in accordance with rules adopted under section | 3373 |
4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 3374 |
Rules relating to the state trauma registry adopted under | 3375 |
this section and section 4765.11 of the Revised Code shall not | 3376 |
prohibit the operation of other trauma registries and may provide | 3377 |
for the reporting of information to the state trauma registry by | 3378 |
or through other trauma registries in a manner consistent with | 3379 |
information otherwise reported to the state trauma registry. Other | 3380 |
trauma registries may report aggregate information to the state | 3381 |
trauma registry, provided the information can be matched to the | 3382 |
person that reported it. Information maintained by another trauma | 3383 |
registry and reported to the state trauma registry in lieu of | 3384 |
being reported directly to the state trauma registry is a public | 3385 |
record and shall be maintained, made available to the public, held | 3386 |
in confidence, risk adjusted, and not subject to discovery or | 3387 |
introduction into evidence in a civil action as provided in | 3388 |
section 149.43 of the Revised Code and this section. Any person | 3389 |
who provides, maintains, or risk adjusts such information shall | 3390 |
comply with this section and rules adopted under it in performing | 3391 |
that function and has the same immunities with respect to that | 3392 |
function as a person who performs that function with respect to | 3393 |
the state trauma registry. | 3394 |
(C) The board and any employee or contractor of the board or | 3395 |
the department of public safety shall not make public information | 3396 |
it receives under Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code that | 3397 |
identifies or would tend to identify a specific recipient of | 3398 |
emergency medical services or adult or pediatric trauma care. | 3399 |
(D) Not later than two years after November 3, 2000, the | 3400 |
board shall adopt and implement rules under section 4765.11 of the | 3401 |
Revised Code that provide written standards and procedures for | 3402 |
risk adjustment of information received by the board under Chapter | 3403 |
4765. of the Revised Code. The rules shall be developed in | 3404 |
consultation with appropriate medical, hospital, and emergency | 3405 |
medical service organizations and may provide for risk adjustment | 3406 |
by a contractor of the board. Except as provided in division (G) | 3407 |
of this section, before risk adjustment standards and procedures | 3408 |
are implemented, no member of the board and no employee or | 3409 |
contractor of the board or the department of public safety shall | 3410 |
make public information received by the board under Chapter 4765. | 3411 |
of the Revised Code that identifies or would tend to identify a | 3412 |
specific provider of emergency medical services or adult or | 3413 |
pediatric trauma care. Except as provided in division (G) of this | 3414 |
section, after risk adjustment standards and procedures are | 3415 |
implemented, the board shall make public such information only on | 3416 |
a risk adjusted basis. | 3417 |
(E) The board shall adopt rules under section 4765.11 of the | 3418 |
Revised Code that specify procedures for ensuring the | 3419 |
confidentiality of information that is not to be made public under | 3420 |
this section. The rules shall specify the circumstances in which | 3421 |
deliberations of the persons performing risk adjustment functions | 3422 |
under this section are not open to the public and records of those | 3423 |
deliberations are maintained in confidence. Nothing in this | 3424 |
section prohibits the board from making public statistical | 3425 |
information that does not identify or tend to identify a specific | 3426 |
recipient or provider of emergency medical services or adult or | 3427 |
pediatric trauma care. | 3428 |
(F) No provider that furnishes information to the board with | 3429 |
respect to any patient the provider examined or treated shall, | 3430 |
because of this furnishing, be deemed liable in damages to any | 3431 |
person or be held to answer for betrayal of a professional | 3432 |
confidence in the absence of willful or wanton misconduct. No such | 3433 |
information shall be subject to introduction in evidence in any | 3434 |
civil action against the provider. No provider that furnishes | 3435 |
information to the board shall be liable for the misuse or | 3436 |
improper release of the information by the board or any other | 3437 |
person. | 3438 |
No person who performs risk adjustment functions under this | 3439 |
section shall, because of performing such functions, be held | 3440 |
liable in a civil action for betrayal of professional confidence | 3441 |
or otherwise in the absence of willful or wanton misconduct. | 3442 |
(G) The board may transmit data that identifies or tends to | 3443 |
identify a specific provider of emergency medical services care | 3444 |
and has not been risk-adjusted from the emergency medical services | 3445 |
incident reporting system directly to the national emergency | 3446 |
medical services information system, pursuant to a written | 3447 |
contract between the board and the federal agency that administers | 3448 |
the national emergency medical services information system, which | 3449 |
shall ensure to the maximum extent permitted by federal law that | 3450 |
such agency shall use such data solely for inclusion in the | 3451 |
national emergency medical services information system and shall | 3452 |
not disclose such data to the public, through legal discovery, a | 3453 |
freedom of information request, or otherwise, in a manner that | 3454 |
identifies or tends to identify a specific provider of emergency | 3455 |
medical services care. | 3456 |
Sec. 4765.07. (A) The state board of emergency medical, | 3457 |
fire, and transportation services shall adopt rules under section | 3458 |
4765.11 of the Revised Code to establish and administer a grant | 3459 |
program under which grants are distributed according to the | 3460 |
following priorities: | 3461 |
(1) First priority shall be given to emergency medical | 3462 |
service organizations for the training of personnel, for the | 3463 |
purchase of equipment and vehicles, and to improve the | 3464 |
availability, accessibility, and quality of emergency medical | 3465 |
services in this state. In this category, the board shall give | 3466 |
priority to grants that fund training and equipping of emergency | 3467 |
medical service personnel. | 3468 |
(2) Second priority shall be given to entities that research, | 3469 |
test, and evaluate medical procedures and systems related to adult | 3470 |
and pediatric trauma care. | 3471 |
(3) Third priority shall be given to entities that research | 3472 |
the causes, nature, and effects of traumatic injuries, educate the | 3473 |
public about injury prevention, and implement, test, and evaluate | 3474 |
injury prevention strategies. | 3475 |
(4) Fourth priority shall be given to entities that research, | 3476 |
test, and evaluate procedures that promote the rehabilitation, | 3477 |
retraining, and reemployment of adult or pediatric trauma victims | 3478 |
and social service support mechanisms for adult or pediatric | 3479 |
trauma victims and their families. | 3480 |
(5) Fifth priority shall be given to entities that conduct | 3481 |
research on, test, or evaluate one or more of the following: | 3482 |
(a) Procedures governing the performance of emergency medical | 3483 |
services in this state; | 3484 |
(b) The training of emergency medical service personnel; | 3485 |
(c) The staffing of emergency medical service organizations. | 3486 |
(6) For grants distributed for the grant award years | 3487 |
occurring not later than the award year ending June 30, 2017, | 3488 |
sixth priority shall be given to entities that operate paramedic | 3489 |
training programs and are seeking national accreditation of the | 3490 |
programs. | 3491 |
(B) To be eligible for a grant distributed pursuant to | 3492 |
division (A)(6) of this section, an applicant for the grant shall | 3493 |
meet all of the following conditions: | 3494 |
(1) Hold a certificate of accreditation issued by the board | 3495 |
under section 4765.17 of the Revised Code to operate a paramedic | 3496 |
training program; | 3497 |
(2) Be seeking initial national accreditation of the program | 3498 |
from an accrediting organization approved by the board; | 3499 |
(3) Apply for the national accreditation on or after February | 3500 |
25, 2010. | 3501 |
(C) The grant program shall be funded from the trauma and | 3502 |
emergency medical services fund created by section 4513.263 of the | 3503 |
Revised Code. | 3504 |
Sec. 4765.08. The state board of emergency medical, fire, | 3505 |
and transportation services shall prepare a statewide emergency | 3506 |
medical services plan and shall revise the plan as necessary. | 3507 |
The board shall prepare a plan for the statewide regulation | 3508 |
of emergency medical services during periods of disaster. The plan | 3509 |
shall be consistent with the statewide emergency medical services | 3510 |
plan required under this section and with the statewide emergency | 3511 |
operations plan required under section 5502.22 of the Revised | 3512 |
Code. The board shall submit the plan to the emergency management | 3513 |
agency created under section 5502.22 of the Revised Code. The | 3514 |
board shall cooperate with the agency in any other manner the | 3515 |
agency considers necessary to develop and implement the statewide | 3516 |
emergency operations plan. | 3517 |
Sec. 4765.09. The state board of emergency medical, fire, | 3518 |
and transportation services shall prepare recommendations for the | 3519 |
operation of ambulance service organizations, air medical | 3520 |
organizations, and emergency medical service organizations. Within | 3521 |
thirty days following the preparation or modification of | 3522 |
recommendations, the board shall notify the board of county | 3523 |
commissioners of any county, the board of township trustees of any | 3524 |
township, the board of trustees of any joint ambulance district, | 3525 |
or the board of trustees of any joint emergency medical services | 3526 |
district in which there exist ambulance service organizations, air | 3527 |
medical organizations, or emergency medical service organizations | 3528 |
of any board recommendations for the operation of such | 3529 |
organizations. The recommendations shall include, but not be | 3530 |
limited to: | 3531 |
(A) The definition and classification of ambulances and | 3532 |
medical aircraft; | 3533 |
(B) The design, equipment, and supplies for ambulances and | 3534 |
medical aircraft, including special equipment, supplies, training, | 3535 |
and staffing required to assist pediatric and geriatric emergency | 3536 |
victims; | 3537 |
(C) The minimum number and type of personnel for the | 3538 |
operation of ambulances and medical aircraft; | 3539 |
(D) The communication systems necessary for the operation of | 3540 |
ambulances and medical aircraft; | 3541 |
(E) Reports to be made by persons holding certificates of | 3542 |
accreditation or approval issued under section 4765.17 of the | 3543 |
Revised Code and certificates to practice issued under section | 3544 |
4765.30 of the Revised Code to ascertain compliance with this | 3545 |
chapter and the rules and recommendations adopted thereunder and | 3546 |
to ascertain the quantity and quality of ambulance service | 3547 |
organizations, air medical organizations, and emergency medical | 3548 |
service organizations throughout the state. | 3549 |
Sec. 4765.10. (A) The state board of emergency medical, | 3550 |
fire, and transportation services shall do all of the following: | 3551 |
(1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and | 3552 |
the rules adopted under it; | 3553 |
(2) Approve, in accordance with procedures established in | 3554 |
rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code, | 3555 |
examinations that demonstrate competence to have a certificate to | 3556 |
practice renewed without completing a continuing education | 3557 |
program; | 3558 |
(3) Advise applicants for state or federal emergency medical | 3559 |
services funds, review and comment on applications for these | 3560 |
funds, and approve the use of all state and federal funds | 3561 |
designated solely for emergency medical service programs unless | 3562 |
federal law requires another state agency to approve the use of | 3563 |
all such federal funds; | 3564 |
(4) Serve as a statewide clearinghouse for discussion, | 3565 |
inquiry, and complaints concerning emergency medical services; | 3566 |
(5) Make recommendations to the general assembly on | 3567 |
legislation to improve the delivery of emergency medical services; | 3568 |
(6) Maintain a toll-free long distance telephone number | 3569 |
through which it shall respond to questions about emergency | 3570 |
medical services; | 3571 |
(7) Work with appropriate state offices in coordinating the | 3572 |
training of firefighters and emergency medical service personnel. | 3573 |
Other state offices that are involved in the training of | 3574 |
firefighters or emergency medical service personnel shall | 3575 |
cooperate with the board and its committees and subcommittees to | 3576 |
achieve this goal. | 3577 |
(8) Provide a liaison to the state emergency operation center | 3578 |
during those periods when a disaster, as defined in section | 3579 |
5502.21 of the Revised Code, has occurred in this state and the | 3580 |
governor has declared an emergency as defined in that section. | 3581 |
(B) The board may do any of the following: | 3582 |
(1) Investigate complaints concerning emergency medical | 3583 |
services and emergency medical service organizations as it | 3584 |
determines necessary; | 3585 |
(2) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states that | 3586 |
have standards for accreditation of emergency medical services | 3587 |
training programs and for certification of first responders, | 3588 |
EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, paramedics, firefighters, or fire safety | 3589 |
inspectors that are substantially similar to those established | 3590 |
under this chapter and the rules adopted under it; | 3591 |
(3) Establish a statewide public information system and | 3592 |
public education programs regarding emergency medical services; | 3593 |
(4) Establish an injury prevention program. | 3594 |
Sec. 4765.101. (A) The state board of emergency medical, | 3595 |
fire, and transportation services shall investigate any allegation | 3596 |
that a person has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under | 3597 |
it. | 3598 |
Any person may submit to the board a written complaint | 3599 |
regarding an alleged violation of this chapter or a rule adopted | 3600 |
under it. In the absence of fraud or bad faith, no person | 3601 |
submitting a complaint to the board or testifying in an | 3602 |
adjudication hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 3603 |
the Revised Code with regard to such an alleged violation shall be | 3604 |
liable to any person in damages in a civil action as a result of | 3605 |
submitting the complaint or providing testimony. | 3606 |
(B) In investigating an allegation, the board may do any of | 3607 |
the following: | 3608 |
(1) Administer oaths; | 3609 |
(2) Order the taking of depositions; | 3610 |
(3) Issue subpoenas; | 3611 |
(4) Compel the attendance of witnesses and production of | 3612 |
books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony. | 3613 |
(C) A subpoena for patient record information shall not be | 3614 |
issued without consultation with the attorney general's office and | 3615 |
approval of the executive director of the board. Before issuance | 3616 |
of a subpoena for patient record information, the executive | 3617 |
director shall determine whether there is probable cause to | 3618 |
believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this | 3619 |
chapter or any rule adopted under it and that the records sought | 3620 |
are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the | 3621 |
investigation. The subpoena may apply only to records that cover a | 3622 |
reasonable period of time surrounding the alleged violation. | 3623 |
(D) On failure to comply with any subpoena issued by the | 3624 |
board and after reasonable notice to the person being subpoenaed, | 3625 |
the board may move, pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure, for | 3626 |
an order compelling the production of persons or records. | 3627 |
(E) A subpoena issued by the board may be served by a | 3628 |
sheriff, the sheriff's deputy, or an investigator for the division | 3629 |
of emergency medical services of the department of public safety. | 3630 |
Service of a subpoena issued by the board may be made by | 3631 |
delivering a copy of the subpoena to the person named in it, | 3632 |
reading it to the person, or leaving it at the person's usual | 3633 |
place of residence. When the person being served is an individual | 3634 |
authorized by this chapter to practice emergency medical services, | 3635 |
service of the subpoena may be made by certified mail, restricted | 3636 |
delivery, return receipt requested, and the subpoena shall be | 3637 |
deemed served on the date delivery is made or on the date that the | 3638 |
person refuses to accept delivery. | 3639 |
Sec. 4765.102. (A) As used in this section, "licensing | 3640 |
agency" means any entity that has the authority pursuant to Title | 3641 |
XLVII of the Revised Code to issue a license, and any other agency | 3642 |
of this or another state, other than the Ohio supreme court, that | 3643 |
has the authority to issue a license that authorizes an individual | 3644 |
to engage in an occupation or profession. "Licensing agency" | 3645 |
includes an administrative officer that has authority to issue a | 3646 |
license that authorizes an individual to engage in an occupation | 3647 |
or profession. | 3648 |
(B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this | 3649 |
section and section 4765.111 of the Revised Code, all information | 3650 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 3651 |
services receives pursuant to an investigation, including | 3652 |
information regarding an alleged violation of this chapter or | 3653 |
rules adopted under it or a complaint submitted under division (A) | 3654 |
of section 4765.101 of the Revised Code, is confidential, and is | 3655 |
not subject to discovery in any civil action, during the course of | 3656 |
the investigation and any adjudication proceedings that result | 3657 |
from the investigation. Upon completion of the investigation and | 3658 |
any resulting adjudication proceedings, the information is a | 3659 |
matter of public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the | 3660 |
Revised Code. | 3661 |
(C) The board may release information otherwise made | 3662 |
confidential by division (B) of this section to law enforcement | 3663 |
officers or licensing agencies of this or another state that are | 3664 |
prosecuting, adjudicating, or investigating the holder of a | 3665 |
certificate issued under this chapter or a person who allegedly | 3666 |
engaged in the unauthorized provision of emergency medical | 3667 |
services. | 3668 |
A law enforcement officer or licensing agency with | 3669 |
information disclosed by the board under this division shall not | 3670 |
divulge the information other than for the purpose of an | 3671 |
adjudication by a court or licensing agency to which the subject | 3672 |
of the adjudication is a party. | 3673 |
(D) If an investigation conducted under section 4765.101 of | 3674 |
the Revised Code requires a review of patient records, the | 3675 |
investigation and proceedings related to it shall be conducted in | 3676 |
such a manner as to protect patient confidentiality. The board | 3677 |
shall not make public the name or any other identifying | 3678 |
information about a patient unless proper consent is given in | 3679 |
accordance with rules adopted by the board. If the patient is less | 3680 |
than eighteen years of age, the board shall obtain consent from | 3681 |
the patient's parent, guardian, or custodian. | 3682 |
Sec. 4765.11. (A) The state board of emergency medical, | 3683 |
fire, and transportation services shall adopt, and may amend and | 3684 |
rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code | 3685 |
and division (C) of this section that establish all of the | 3686 |
following: | 3687 |
(1) Procedures for its governance and the control of its | 3688 |
actions and business affairs; | 3689 |
(2) Standards for the performance of emergency medical | 3690 |
services by first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, | 3691 |
emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical | 3692 |
technicians-paramedic; | 3693 |
(3) Application fees for certificates of accreditation, | 3694 |
certificates of approval, certificates to teach, and certificates | 3695 |
to practice, which shall be deposited into the trauma and | 3696 |
emergency medical services fund created in section 4513.263 of the | 3697 |
Revised Code; | 3698 |
(4) Criteria for determining when the application or renewal | 3699 |
fee for a certificate to practice may be waived because an | 3700 |
applicant cannot afford to pay the fee; | 3701 |
(5) Procedures for issuance and renewal of certificates of | 3702 |
accreditation, certificates of approval, certificates to teach, | 3703 |
and certificates to practice, including any procedures necessary | 3704 |
to ensure that adequate notice of renewal is provided in | 3705 |
accordance with division (D) of section 4765.30 of the Revised | 3706 |
Code; | 3707 |
(6) Procedures for suspending or revoking certificates of | 3708 |
accreditation, certificates of approval, certificates to teach, | 3709 |
and certificates to practice; | 3710 |
(7) Grounds for suspension or revocation of a certificate to | 3711 |
practice issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code and for | 3712 |
taking any other disciplinary action against a first responder, | 3713 |
EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic; | 3714 |
(8) Procedures for taking disciplinary action against a first | 3715 |
responder, EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic; | 3716 |
(9) Standards for certificates of accreditation and | 3717 |
certificates of approval; | 3718 |
(10) Qualifications for certificates to teach; | 3719 |
(11) Requirements for a certificate to practice; | 3720 |
(12) The curricula, number of hours of instruction and | 3721 |
training, and instructional materials to be used in adult and | 3722 |
pediatric emergency medical services training programs and adult | 3723 |
and pediatric emergency medical services continuing education | 3724 |
programs; | 3725 |
(13) Procedures for conducting courses in recognizing | 3726 |
symptoms of life-threatening allergic reactions and in calculating | 3727 |
proper dosage levels and administering injections of epinephrine | 3728 |
to adult and pediatric patients who suffer life-threatening | 3729 |
allergic reactions; | 3730 |
(14) Examinations for certificates to practice; | 3731 |
(15) Procedures for administering examinations for | 3732 |
certificates to practice; | 3733 |
(16) Procedures for approving examinations that demonstrate | 3734 |
competence to have a certificate to practice renewed without | 3735 |
completing an emergency medical services continuing education | 3736 |
program; | 3737 |
(17) Procedures for granting extensions and exemptions of | 3738 |
emergency medical services continuing education requirements; | 3739 |
(18) Procedures for approving the additional emergency | 3740 |
medical services first responders are authorized by division (C) | 3741 |
of section 4765.35 of the Revised Code to perform, EMTs-basic are | 3742 |
authorized by division (C) of section 4765.37 of the Revised Code | 3743 |
to perform, EMTs-I are authorized by division (B)(5) of section | 3744 |
4765.38 of the Revised Code to perform, and paramedics are | 3745 |
authorized by division (B)(6) of section 4765.39 of the Revised | 3746 |
Code to perform; | 3747 |
(19) Standards and procedures for implementing the | 3748 |
requirements of section 4765.06 of the Revised Code, including | 3749 |
designations of the persons who are required to report information | 3750 |
to the board and the types of information to be reported; | 3751 |
(20) Procedures for administering the emergency medical | 3752 |
services grant program established under section 4765.07 of the | 3753 |
Revised Code; | 3754 |
(21) Procedures consistent with Chapter 119. of the Revised | 3755 |
Code for appealing decisions of the board; | 3756 |
(22) Minimum qualifications and peer review and quality | 3757 |
improvement requirements for persons who provide medical direction | 3758 |
to emergency medical service personnel; | 3759 |
(23) The manner in which a patient, or a patient's parent, | 3760 |
guardian, or custodian may consent to the board releasing | 3761 |
identifying information about the patient under division (D) of | 3762 |
section 4765.102 of the Revised Code; | 3763 |
(24) Circumstances under which a training program or | 3764 |
continuing education program, or portion of either type of | 3765 |
program, may be taught by a person who does not hold a certificate | 3766 |
to teach issued under section 4765.23 of the Revised Code; | 3767 |
(25) Certification cycles for certificates issued under | 3768 |
sections 4765.23 and 4765.30 of the Revised Code and certificates | 3769 |
issued by the executive director of the state board of emergency | 3770 |
medical, fire, and transportation services under section 4765.55 | 3771 |
of the Revised Code that establish a common expiration date for | 3772 |
all certificates. | 3773 |
(B) The board may adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in | 3774 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and division (C) | 3775 |
of this section that establish the following: | 3776 |
(1) Specifications of information that may be collected under | 3777 |
the trauma system registry and incidence reporting system created | 3778 |
under section 4765.06 of the Revised Code; | 3779 |
(2) Standards and procedures for implementing any of the | 3780 |
recommendations made by any committees of the board or under | 3781 |
section 4765.04 of the Revised Code; | 3782 |
(3) Requirements that a person must meet to receive a | 3783 |
certificate to practice as a first responder pursuant to division | 3784 |
(A)(2) of section 4765.30 of the Revised Code; | 3785 |
(4) Any other rules necessary to implement this chapter. | 3786 |
(C) In developing and administering rules adopted under this | 3787 |
chapter, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 3788 |
transportation services shall consult with regional directors and | 3789 |
regional physician advisory boards created by section 4765.05 of | 3790 |
the Revised Code and emphasize the special needs of pediatric and | 3791 |
geriatric patients. | 3792 |
(D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, before | 3793 |
adopting, amending, or rescinding any rule under this chapter, the | 3794 |
board shall submit the proposed rule to the director of public | 3795 |
safety for review. The director may review the proposed rule for | 3796 |
not more than sixty days after the date it is submitted. If, | 3797 |
within this sixty-day period, the director approves the proposed | 3798 |
rule or does not notify the board that the rule is disapproved, | 3799 |
the board may adopt, amend, or rescind the rule as proposed. If, | 3800 |
within this sixty-day period, the director notifies the board that | 3801 |
the proposed rule is disapproved, the board shall not adopt, | 3802 |
amend, or rescind the rule as proposed unless at least twelve | 3803 |
members of the board vote to adopt, amend, or rescind it. | 3804 |
This division does not apply to an emergency rule adopted in | 3805 |
accordance with section 119.03 of the Revised Code. | 3806 |
Sec. 4765.111. Except as provided in this section or sections | 3807 |
4765.112 to 4765.116 of the Revised Code, the state board of | 3808 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall conduct | 3809 |
disciplinary proceedings regarding the holder of a certificate | 3810 |
issued under this chapter in accordance with rules adopted by the | 3811 |
board under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 3812 |
The board and a holder of a certificate are the parties to a | 3813 |
hearing conducted under this chapter. Either party may submit a | 3814 |
written request to the other party for a list of witnesses and | 3815 |
copies of documents intended to be introduced at the hearing. The | 3816 |
request shall be in writing and shall be served not less than | 3817 |
thirty-seven days prior to the commencement of the hearing, unless | 3818 |
the hearing officer or presiding board member grants an extension | 3819 |
of time to make the request. Not later than thirty days before the | 3820 |
hearing, the responding party shall provide the requested list of | 3821 |
witnesses and copies of documents to the requesting party, unless | 3822 |
the hearing officer or presiding board member grants an extension | 3823 |
of time to provide the list and copies. | 3824 |
Failure to timely provide a list or copies requested in | 3825 |
accordance with this section shall result in exclusion from the | 3826 |
hearing of the witnesses, testimony, or documents. | 3827 |
Sec. 4765.112. (A) The state board of emergency medical, | 3828 |
fire, and transportation services, by an affirmative vote of the | 3829 |
majority of its members, may suspend without a prior hearing a | 3830 |
certificate to practice issued under this chapter if the board | 3831 |
determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that | 3832 |
continued practice by the certificate holder presents a danger of | 3833 |
immediate and serious harm to the public and that the certificate | 3834 |
holder has done any of the following: | 3835 |
(1) Furnished false, fraudulent, or misleading information to | 3836 |
the board; | 3837 |
(2) Engaged in activities that exceed those permitted by the | 3838 |
individual's certificate; | 3839 |
(3) In a court of this or any other state or federal court | 3840 |
been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been the subject of a | 3841 |
judicial finding of guilt of, a judicial finding of guilt | 3842 |
resulting from a plea of no contest to, or a judicial finding of | 3843 |
eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony | 3844 |
or for a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice or | 3845 |
involving gross immorality or moral turpitude. | 3846 |
(B) Immediately following the decision to impose a summary | 3847 |
suspension, the board, in accordance with section 119.07 of the | 3848 |
Revised Code, shall issue a written order of suspension, cause it | 3849 |
to be delivered to the certificate holder, and notify the | 3850 |
certificate holder of the opportunity for a hearing. If timely | 3851 |
requested by the certificate holder, a hearing shall be conducted | 3852 |
in accordance with section 4765.115 of the Revised Code. | 3853 |
Sec. 4765.113. If the state board of emergency medical, | 3854 |
fire, and transportation services imposes a suspension on the | 3855 |
basis of a conviction, judicial finding, or plea as described in | 3856 |
division (A)(3) of section 4765.112 of the Revised Code that is | 3857 |
overturned on appeal, the certificate holder, on exhaustion of the | 3858 |
criminal appeal process, may file with the board a petition for | 3859 |
reconsideration of the suspension along with appropriate court | 3860 |
documents. On receipt of the petition and documents, the board | 3861 |
shall reinstate the certificate holder's certificate to practice. | 3862 |
Sec. 4765.114. (A) A certificate to practice emergency | 3863 |
medical services issued under this chapter is automatically | 3864 |
suspended on the certificate holder's conviction of, plea of | 3865 |
guilty to, or judicial finding of guilt of any of the following: | 3866 |
aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious | 3867 |
assault, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual | 3868 |
imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated burglary, aggravated | 3869 |
robbery, or a substantially equivalent offense committed in this | 3870 |
or another jurisdiction. Continued practice after the suspension | 3871 |
is practicing without a certificate. | 3872 |
(B) If the state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 3873 |
transportation services has knowledge that an automatic suspension | 3874 |
has occurred, it shall notify, in accordance with section 119.07 | 3875 |
of the Revised Code, the certificate holder of the suspension and | 3876 |
of the opportunity for a hearing. If timely requested by the | 3877 |
certificate holder, a hearing shall be conducted in accordance | 3878 |
with section 4765.115 of the Revised Code. | 3879 |
Sec. 4765.115. (A) A suspension order issued under section | 3880 |
4765.112 or automatic suspension under section 4765.114 of the | 3881 |
Revised Code is not subject to suspension by a court prior to a | 3882 |
hearing under this section or during the pendency of any appeal | 3883 |
filed under section 119.12 of the Revised Code. | 3884 |
(B) A suspension order issued under section 4765.112 or | 3885 |
automatic suspension under section 4765.114 of the Revised Code | 3886 |
remains in effect, unless reversed by the state board of emergency | 3887 |
medical, fire, and transportation services, until a final | 3888 |
adjudication order issued by the board pursuant to this section | 3889 |
becomes effective. | 3890 |
(C) Hearings requested pursuant to section 4765.112 or | 3891 |
4765.114 of the Revised Code shall be conducted under this section | 3892 |
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 3893 |
(D) A hearing under this section shall be held not later than | 3894 |
forty-five days but not earlier than forty days after the | 3895 |
certificate holder requests it, unless another date is agreed to | 3896 |
by the certificate holder and the board. | 3897 |
(E) After completion of an adjudication hearing, the board | 3898 |
may adopt, by an affirmative vote of the majority of its members, | 3899 |
a final adjudication order that imposes any of the following | 3900 |
sanctions: | 3901 |
(1) Suspension of the holder's certificate to practice; | 3902 |
(2) Revocation of the holder's certificate to practice; | 3903 |
(3) Issuance of a written reprimand; | 3904 |
(4) A refusal to renew or a limitation on the holder's | 3905 |
certificate to practice. | 3906 |
The board shall issue its final adjudication order not later | 3907 |
than forty-five days after completion of an adjudication hearing. | 3908 |
If the board does not issue a final order within that time period, | 3909 |
the suspension order is void, but any final adjudication order | 3910 |
subsequently issued is not affected. | 3911 |
(F) Any action taken by the board under this section | 3912 |
resulting in a suspension from practice shall be accompanied by a | 3913 |
written statement of the conditions under which the certificate to | 3914 |
practice may be reinstated. Reinstatement of a certificate | 3915 |
suspended under this section requires an affirmative vote by the | 3916 |
majority of the members of the board. | 3917 |
(G) When the board revokes or refuses to reinstate a | 3918 |
certificate to practice, the board may specify that its action is | 3919 |
permanent. An individual subject to permanent action taken by the | 3920 |
board is forever ineligible to hold a certificate of the type | 3921 |
revoked or refused, and the board shall not accept from the | 3922 |
individual an application for reinstatement of the certificate or | 3923 |
for a new certificate. | 3924 |
Sec. 4765.116. If a certificate holder subject to a | 3925 |
suspension order issued by the state board of emergency medical, | 3926 |
fire, and transportation services under section 4765.112 or an | 3927 |
automatic suspension order under section 4765.114 of the Revised | 3928 |
Code fails to make a timely request for a hearing, the following | 3929 |
apply: | 3930 |
(A) In the case of a certificate holder subject to a summary | 3931 |
suspension order, the board is not required to hold a hearing, but | 3932 |
may adopt, by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, a | 3933 |
final order that contains the board's findings. In the final | 3934 |
order, the board may order any of the sanctions listed in division | 3935 |
(E) of section 4765.115 of the Revised Code. | 3936 |
(B) In the case of a certificate holder subject to an | 3937 |
automatic suspension order, the board may adopt, by an affirmative | 3938 |
vote of a majority of its members, a final order that permanently | 3939 |
revokes the holder's certificate to practice. | 3940 |
Sec. 4765.12. (A) Not later than two years after
| 3941 |
3942 | |
of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall | 3943 |
develop and distribute guidelines for the care of trauma victims | 3944 |
by emergency medical service personnel and for the conduct of peer | 3945 |
review and quality assurance programs by emergency medical service | 3946 |
organizations. The guidelines shall be consistent with the state | 3947 |
trauma triage protocols adopted in rules under sections 4765.11 | 3948 |
and 4765.40 of the Revised Code and shall place emphasis on the | 3949 |
special needs of pediatric and geriatric trauma victims. In | 3950 |
developing the guidelines, the board shall consult with entities | 3951 |
with interests in trauma and emergency medical services and shall | 3952 |
consider any relevant guidelines adopted by national | 3953 |
organizations, including the American college of surgeons, | 3954 |
American college of emergency physicians, and American academy of | 3955 |
pediatrics. The board shall distribute the guidelines, and | 3956 |
amendments to the guidelines, to each emergency medical service | 3957 |
organization, regional director, regional physician advisory | 3958 |
board, certified emergency medical service instructor, and person | 3959 |
who regularly provides medical direction to emergency medical | 3960 |
service personnel in this state. | 3961 |
(B) Not later than three years after | 3962 |
3963 | |
organization in this state shall implement ongoing peer review and | 3964 |
quality assurance programs designed to improve the availability | 3965 |
and quality of the emergency medical services it provides. The | 3966 |
form and content of the programs shall be determined by each | 3967 |
emergency medical service organization. In implementing the | 3968 |
programs, each emergency medical service organization shall | 3969 |
consider how to improve its ability to provide effective trauma | 3970 |
care, particularly for pediatric and geriatric trauma victims, and | 3971 |
shall take into account the trauma care guidelines developed by | 3972 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 3973 |
services under this section. | 3974 |
Information generated solely for use in a peer review or | 3975 |
quality assurance program conducted on behalf of an emergency | 3976 |
medical service organization is not a public record under section | 3977 |
149.43 of the Revised Code. Such information, and any discussion | 3978 |
conducted in the course of a peer review or quality assurance | 3979 |
program conducted on behalf of an emergency medical service | 3980 |
organization, is not subject to discovery in a civil action and | 3981 |
shall not be introduced into evidence in a civil action against | 3982 |
the emergency medical service organization on whose behalf the | 3983 |
information was generated or the discussion occurred. | 3984 |
No emergency medical service organization on whose behalf a | 3985 |
peer review or quality assurance program is conducted, and no | 3986 |
person who conducts such a program, because of performing such | 3987 |
functions, shall be liable in a civil action for betrayal of | 3988 |
professional confidence or otherwise in the absence of willful or | 3989 |
wanton misconduct. | 3990 |
Sec. 4765.15. A person seeking to operate an emergency | 3991 |
medical services training program shall submit a completed | 3992 |
application for accreditation to the state board of emergency | 3993 |
medical, fire, and transportation services on a form the board | 3994 |
shall prescribe and furnish. The application shall be accompanied | 3995 |
by the appropriate application fee established in rules adopted | 3996 |
under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 3997 |
A person seeking to operate an emergency medical services | 3998 |
continuing education program shall submit a completed application | 3999 |
for approval to the board on a form the board shall prescribe and | 4000 |
furnish. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate | 4001 |
application fee established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 | 4002 |
of the Revised Code. | 4003 |
The board shall administer the accreditation and approval | 4004 |
processes pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the | 4005 |
Revised Code. In administering these processes, the board may | 4006 |
authorize other persons to evaluate applications for accreditation | 4007 |
or approval and may accept the recommendations made by those | 4008 |
persons. | 4009 |
The board may cause an investigation to be made into the | 4010 |
accuracy of the information submitted in any application for | 4011 |
accreditation or approval. If an investigation indicates that | 4012 |
false, misleading, or incomplete information has been submitted to | 4013 |
the board in connection with any application for accreditation or | 4014 |
approval, the board shall conduct a hearing on the matter in | 4015 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 4016 |
Sec. 4765.16. (A) All courses offered through an emergency | 4017 |
medical services training program or an emergency medical services | 4018 |
continuing education program, other than ambulance driving, shall | 4019 |
be developed under the direction of a physician who specializes in | 4020 |
emergency medicine. Each course that deals with trauma care shall | 4021 |
be developed in consultation with a physician who specializes in | 4022 |
trauma surgery. Except as specified by the state board of | 4023 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation services pursuant to | 4024 |
rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code, each | 4025 |
course offered through a training program or continuing education | 4026 |
program shall be taught by a person who holds the appropriate | 4027 |
certificate to teach issued under section 4765.23 of the Revised | 4028 |
Code. | 4029 |
(B) A training program for first responders shall meet the | 4030 |
standards established in rules adopted by the board under section | 4031 |
4765.11 of the Revised Code. The program shall include courses in | 4032 |
both of the following areas for at least the number of hours | 4033 |
established by the board's rules: | 4034 |
(1) Emergency victim care; | 4035 |
(2) Reading and interpreting a trauma victim's vital signs. | 4036 |
(C) A training program for emergency medical | 4037 |
technicians-basic shall meet the standards established in rules | 4038 |
adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4039 |
The program shall include courses in each of the following areas | 4040 |
for at least the number of hours established by the board's rules: | 4041 |
(1) Emergency victim care; | 4042 |
(2) Reading and interpreting a trauma victim's vital signs; | 4043 |
(3) Triage protocols for adult and pediatric trauma victims; | 4044 |
(4) In-hospital training; | 4045 |
(5) Clinical training; | 4046 |
(6) Training as an ambulance driver. | 4047 |
Each operator of a training program for emergency medical | 4048 |
technicians-basic shall allow any pupil in the twelfth grade in a | 4049 |
secondary school who is at least seventeen years old and who | 4050 |
otherwise meets the requirements for admission into such a | 4051 |
training program to be admitted to and complete the program and, | 4052 |
as part of the training, to ride in an ambulance with emergency | 4053 |
medical technicians-basic, emergency medical | 4054 |
technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical | 4055 |
technicians-paramedic. Each emergency medical service organization | 4056 |
shall allow pupils participating in training programs to ride in | 4057 |
an ambulance with emergency medical technicians-basic, advanced | 4058 |
emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical | 4059 |
technicians-paramedic. | 4060 |
(D) A training program for emergency medical | 4061 |
technicians-intermediate shall meet the standards established in | 4062 |
rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4063 |
Code. The program shall include, or require as a prerequisite, the | 4064 |
training specified in division (C) of this section and courses in | 4065 |
each of the following areas for at least the number of hours | 4066 |
established by the board's rules: | 4067 |
(1) Recognizing symptoms of life-threatening allergic | 4068 |
reactions and in calculating proper dosage levels and | 4069 |
administering injections of epinephrine to persons who suffer | 4070 |
life-threatening allergic reactions, conducted in accordance with | 4071 |
rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4072 |
Code; | 4073 |
(2) Venous access procedures; | 4074 |
(3) Cardiac monitoring and electrical interventions to | 4075 |
support or correct the cardiac function. | 4076 |
(E) A training program for emergency medical | 4077 |
technicians-paramedic shall meet the standards established in | 4078 |
rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4079 |
Code. The program shall include, or require as a prerequisite, the | 4080 |
training specified in divisions (C) and (D) of this section and | 4081 |
courses in each of the following areas for at least the number of | 4082 |
hours established by the board's rules: | 4083 |
(1) Medical terminology; | 4084 |
(2) Venous access procedures; | 4085 |
(3) Airway procedures; | 4086 |
(4) Patient assessment and triage; | 4087 |
(5) Acute cardiac care, including administration of | 4088 |
parenteral injections, electrical interventions, and other | 4089 |
emergency medical services; | 4090 |
(6) Emergency and trauma victim care beyond that required | 4091 |
under division (C) of this section; | 4092 |
(7) Clinical training beyond that required under division (C) | 4093 |
of this section. | 4094 |
(F) A continuing education program for first responders, | 4095 |
EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, or paramedics shall meet the standards | 4096 |
established in rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of | 4097 |
the Revised Code. A continuing education program shall include | 4098 |
instruction and training in subjects established by the board's | 4099 |
rules for at least the number of hours established by the board's | 4100 |
rules. | 4101 |
Sec. 4765.17. (A) The state board of emergency medical, | 4102 |
fire, and transportation services shall issue the appropriate | 4103 |
certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval to an | 4104 |
applicant who is of good reputation and meets the requirements of | 4105 |
section 4765.16 of the Revised Code. The board shall grant or deny | 4106 |
a certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval within | 4107 |
one hundred twenty days of receipt of the application. The board | 4108 |
may issue or renew a certificate of accreditation or certificate | 4109 |
of approval on a provisional basis to an applicant who is of good | 4110 |
reputation and is in substantial compliance with the requirements | 4111 |
of section 4765.16 of the Revised Code. The board shall inform an | 4112 |
applicant receiving such a certificate of the conditions that must | 4113 |
be met to complete compliance with section 4765.16 of the Revised | 4114 |
Code. | 4115 |
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a | 4116 |
certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval is valid | 4117 |
for up to five years and may be renewed by the board pursuant to | 4118 |
procedures and standards established in rules adopted under | 4119 |
section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. An application for renewal | 4120 |
shall be accompanied by the appropriate renewal fee established in | 4121 |
rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4122 |
(C) A certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval | 4123 |
issued on a provisional basis is valid for the length of time | 4124 |
established by the board. If the board finds that the holder of | 4125 |
such a certificate has met the conditions it specifies under | 4126 |
division (A) of this section, the board shall issue the | 4127 |
appropriate certificate of accreditation or certificate of | 4128 |
approval. | 4129 |
(D) A certificate of accreditation is valid only for the | 4130 |
emergency medical services training program or programs for which | 4131 |
it is issued. The holder of a certificate of accreditation may | 4132 |
apply to operate additional training programs in accordance with | 4133 |
rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4134 |
Code. Any additional training programs shall expire on the | 4135 |
expiration date of the applicant's current certificate. A | 4136 |
certificate of approval is valid only for the emergency medical | 4137 |
services continuing education program for which it is issued. | 4138 |
Neither is transferable. | 4139 |
(E) The holder of a certificate of accreditation or a | 4140 |
certificate of approval may offer courses at more than one | 4141 |
location in accordance with rules adopted under section 4765.11 of | 4142 |
the Revised Code. | 4143 |
Sec. 4765.18. The state board of emergency medical, fire, | 4144 |
and transportation services may suspend or revoke a certificate of | 4145 |
accreditation or a certificate of approval issued under section | 4146 |
4765.17 of the Revised Code for any of the following reasons: | 4147 |
(A) Violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under it; | 4148 |
(B) Furnishing of false, misleading, or incomplete | 4149 |
information to the board; | 4150 |
(C) The signing of an application or the holding of a | 4151 |
certificate of accreditation by a person who has pleaded guilty to | 4152 |
or has been convicted of a felony, or has pleaded guilty to or | 4153 |
been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; | 4154 |
(D) The signing of an application or the holding of a | 4155 |
certificate of accreditation by a person who is addicted to the | 4156 |
use of any controlled substance or has been adjudicated | 4157 |
incompetent for that purpose by a court, as provided in section | 4158 |
5122.301 of the Revised Code; | 4159 |
(E) Violation of any commitment made in an application for a | 4160 |
certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval; | 4161 |
(F) Presentation to prospective students of misleading, | 4162 |
false, or fraudulent information relating to the emergency medical | 4163 |
services training program or emergency medical services continuing | 4164 |
education program, employment opportunities, or opportunities for | 4165 |
enrollment in accredited institutions of higher education after | 4166 |
entering or completing courses offered by the operator of a | 4167 |
program; | 4168 |
(G) Failure to maintain in a safe and sanitary condition | 4169 |
premises and equipment used in conducting courses of study; | 4170 |
(H) Failure to maintain financial resources adequate for the | 4171 |
satisfactory conduct of courses of study or to retain a sufficient | 4172 |
number of certified instructors; | 4173 |
(I) Discrimination in the acceptance of students upon the | 4174 |
basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. | 4175 |
Sec. 4765.22. A person seeking a certificate to teach in an | 4176 |
emergency medical services training program or an emergency | 4177 |
medical services continuing education program shall submit a | 4178 |
completed application for certification to the state board of | 4179 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation services on a form the | 4180 |
board shall prescribe and furnish. The application shall be | 4181 |
accompanied by the appropriate application fee established in | 4182 |
rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4183 |
Sec. 4765.23. The state board of emergency medical, fire, | 4184 |
and transportation services shall issue a certificate to teach in | 4185 |
an emergency medical services training program or an emergency | 4186 |
medical services continuing education program to any applicant who | 4187 |
it determines meets the qualifications established in rules | 4188 |
adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The certificate | 4189 |
shall indicate each type of instruction and training the | 4190 |
certificate holder may teach under the certificate. | 4191 |
A certificate to teach shall have a certification cycle | 4192 |
established by the board and may be renewed by the board pursuant | 4193 |
to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. An | 4194 |
application for renewal shall be accompanied by the appropriate | 4195 |
renewal fee established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of | 4196 |
the Revised Code. | 4197 |
The board may suspend or revoke a certificate to teach | 4198 |
pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4199 |
Code. | 4200 |
Sec. 4765.28. A person seeking a certificate to practice as | 4201 |
a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency | 4202 |
medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical | 4203 |
technician-paramedic shall submit a completed application for | 4204 |
certification to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 4205 |
transportation services on a form the board shall prescribe and | 4206 |
furnish. Except as provided in division (B) of section 4765.29 of | 4207 |
the Revised Code, the application shall include evidence that the | 4208 |
applicant received the appropriate certificate of completion | 4209 |
pursuant to section 4765.24 of the Revised Code. The application | 4210 |
shall be accompanied by the appropriate application fee | 4211 |
established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4212 |
Code, unless the board waives the fee on determining pursuant to | 4213 |
those rules that the applicant cannot afford to pay the fee. | 4214 |
Sec. 4765.29. (A) The state board of emergency medical, | 4215 |
fire, and transportation services shall provide for the | 4216 |
examination of applicants for certification to practice as first | 4217 |
responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical | 4218 |
technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical | 4219 |
technicians-paramedic. The examinations shall be established by | 4220 |
the board in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4221 |
Code. The board may administer the examinations or contract with | 4222 |
other persons to administer the examinations. In either case, the | 4223 |
examinations shall be administered pursuant to procedures | 4224 |
established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4225 |
Code and shall be offered at various locations in the state | 4226 |
selected by the board. | 4227 |
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an | 4228 |
applicant shall not be permitted to take an examination for the | 4229 |
same certificate to practice more than three times since last | 4230 |
receiving the certificate of completion pursuant to section | 4231 |
4765.24 of the Revised Code that qualifies the applicant to take | 4232 |
the examination unless the applicant receives another certificate | 4233 |
of completion that qualifies the applicant to take the | 4234 |
examination. | 4235 |
(B) On request of an applicant who fails three examinations | 4236 |
for the same certificate to practice, the board may direct the | 4237 |
applicant to complete a specific portion of an accredited | 4238 |
emergency medical services training program. If the applicant | 4239 |
provides satisfactory proof to the board that the applicant has | 4240 |
successfully completed that portion of the program, the applicant | 4241 |
shall be permitted to take the examination. | 4242 |
Sec. 4765.30. (A)(1) The state board of emergency medical, | 4243 |
fire, and transportation services shall issue a certificate to | 4244 |
practice as a first responder to an applicant who meets all of the | 4245 |
following conditions: | 4246 |
(a) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, is | 4247 |
a volunteer for a nonprofit emergency medical service organization | 4248 |
or a nonprofit fire department; | 4249 |
(b) Holds the appropriate certificate of completion issued in | 4250 |
accordance with section 4765.24 of the Revised Code; | 4251 |
(c) Passes the appropriate examination conducted under | 4252 |
section 4765.29 of the Revised Code; | 4253 |
(d) Is not in violation of any provision of this chapter or | 4254 |
the rules adopted under it; | 4255 |
(e) Meets any other certification requirements established in | 4256 |
rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4257 |
(2) The board may waive the requirement to be a volunteer for | 4258 |
a nonprofit entity if the applicant meets other requirements | 4259 |
established in rules adopted under division (B)(3) of section | 4260 |
4765.11 of the Revised Code relative to a person's eligibility to | 4261 |
practice as a first responder. | 4262 |
(B) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 4263 |
transportation services shall issue a certificate to practice as | 4264 |
an emergency medical technician-basic to an applicant who meets | 4265 |
all of the following conditions: | 4266 |
(1) Holds a certificate of completion in emergency medical | 4267 |
services training-basic issued in accordance with section 4765.24 | 4268 |
of the Revised Code; | 4269 |
(2) Passes the examination for emergency medical | 4270 |
technicians-basic conducted under section 4765.29 of the Revised | 4271 |
Code; | 4272 |
(3) Is not in violation of any provision of this chapter or | 4273 |
the rules adopted under it; | 4274 |
(4) Meets any other certification requirements established in | 4275 |
rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4276 |
(C) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 4277 |
transportation services shall issue a certificate to practice as | 4278 |
an emergency medical technician-intermediate or emergency medical | 4279 |
technician-paramedic to an applicant who meets all of the | 4280 |
following conditions: | 4281 |
(1) Holds a certificate to practice as an emergency medical | 4282 |
technician-basic; | 4283 |
(2) Holds the appropriate certificate of completion issued in | 4284 |
accordance with section 4765.24 of the Revised Code; | 4285 |
(3) Passes the appropriate examination conducted under | 4286 |
section 4765.29 of the Revised Code; | 4287 |
(4) Is not in violation of any provision of this chapter or | 4288 |
the rules adopted under it; | 4289 |
(5) Meets any other certification requirements established in | 4290 |
rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4291 |
(D) A certificate to practice shall have a certification | 4292 |
cycle established by the board and may be renewed by the board | 4293 |
pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4294 |
Code. Not later than sixty days prior to the expiration date of an | 4295 |
individual's certificate to practice, the board shall notify the | 4296 |
individual of the scheduled expiration. | 4297 |
An application for renewal shall be accompanied by the | 4298 |
appropriate renewal fee established in rules adopted under section | 4299 |
4765.11 of the Revised Code, unless the board waives the fee on | 4300 |
determining pursuant to those rules that the applicant cannot | 4301 |
afford to pay the fee. Except as provided in division (B) of | 4302 |
section 4765.31 of the Revised Code, the application shall include | 4303 |
evidence of either of the following: | 4304 |
(1) That the applicant received a certificate of completion | 4305 |
from the appropriate emergency medical services continuing | 4306 |
education program pursuant to section 4765.24 of the Revised Code; | 4307 |
(2) That the applicant has successfully passed an examination | 4308 |
that demonstrates the competence to have a certificate renewed | 4309 |
without completing an emergency medical services continuing | 4310 |
education program. The board shall approve such examinations in | 4311 |
accordance with rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4312 |
Code. | 4313 |
(E) The board shall not require an applicant for renewal of a | 4314 |
certificate to practice to take an examination as a condition of | 4315 |
renewing the certificate. This division does not preclude the use | 4316 |
of examinations by operators of approved emergency medical | 4317 |
services continuing education programs as a condition for issuance | 4318 |
of a certificate of completion in emergency medical services | 4319 |
continuing education. | 4320 |
Sec. 4765.31. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this | 4321 |
section, a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, | 4322 |
emergency medical technician-intermediate, and emergency medical | 4323 |
technician-paramedic shall complete an emergency medical services | 4324 |
continuing education program or pass an examination approved by | 4325 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 4326 |
services under division (A) of section 4765.10 of the Revised Code | 4327 |
prior to the expiration of the individual's certificate to | 4328 |
practice. Completion of the continuing education requirements for | 4329 |
EMTs-I or paramedics satisfies the continuing education | 4330 |
requirements for renewing the certificate to practice as an | 4331 |
EMT-basic held by an EMT-I or paramedic. | 4332 |
(B)(1) An applicant for renewal of a certificate to practice | 4333 |
may apply to the board, in writing, for an extension to complete | 4334 |
the continuing education requirements established under division | 4335 |
(A) of this section. The board may grant such an extension and | 4336 |
determine the length of the extension. The board may authorize the | 4337 |
applicant to continue to practice during the extension as if the | 4338 |
certificate to practice had not expired. | 4339 |
(2) An applicant for renewal of a certificate to practice may | 4340 |
apply to the board, in writing, for an exemption from the | 4341 |
continuing education requirements established under division (A) | 4342 |
of this section. The board may exempt an individual or a group of | 4343 |
individuals from all or any part of the continuing education | 4344 |
requirements due to active military service, unusual circumstance, | 4345 |
emergency, special hardship, or any other cause considered | 4346 |
reasonable by the board. | 4347 |
(C) Decisions of whether to grant an extension or exemption | 4348 |
under division (B) of this section shall be made by the board | 4349 |
pursuant to procedures established in rules adopted under section | 4350 |
4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4351 |
Sec. 4765.32. A current, valid certificate of accreditation | 4352 |
issued under the provisions of former section 3303.11 or 3303.23 | 4353 |
of the Revised Code shall remain valid until one year after the | 4354 |
expiration date of the certificate as determined by the provisions | 4355 |
of those sections and shall confer the same privileges and impose | 4356 |
the same responsibilities and requirements as a certificate of | 4357 |
accreditation issued by the state board of emergency medical, | 4358 |
fire, and transportation services under section 4765.17 of the | 4359 |
Revised Code. | 4360 |
A certificate to practice as an emergency medical | 4361 |
technician-ambulance that is valid on November 24, 1995, shall be | 4362 |
considered a certificate to practice as an emergency medical | 4363 |
technician-basic. A certificate to practice as an advanced | 4364 |
emergency medical technician-ambulance that is valid on November | 4365 |
24, 1995, shall be considered a certificate to practice as an | 4366 |
emergency medical technician-intermediate. | 4367 |
Sec. 4765.33. The state board of emergency medical, fire, | 4368 |
and transportation services may suspend or revoke certificates to | 4369 |
practice issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code, and may | 4370 |
take other disciplinary action against first responders, emergency | 4371 |
medical technicians-basic, emergency medical | 4372 |
technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical | 4373 |
technicians-paramedic pursuant to rules adopted under section | 4374 |
4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4375 |
Sec. 4765.37. (A) An emergency medical technician-basic | 4376 |
shall perform the emergency medical services described in this | 4377 |
section in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted | 4378 |
under it by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 4379 |
transportation services. | 4380 |
(B) An emergency medical technician-basic may operate, or be | 4381 |
responsible for operation of, an ambulance and may provide | 4382 |
emergency medical services to patients. In an emergency, an | 4383 |
EMT-basic may determine the nature and extent of illness or injury | 4384 |
and establish priority for required emergency medical services. An | 4385 |
EMT-basic may render emergency medical services such as opening | 4386 |
and maintaining an airway, giving positive pressure ventilation, | 4387 |
cardiac resuscitation, electrical interventions with automated | 4388 |
defibrillators to support or correct the cardiac function and | 4389 |
other methods determined by the board, controlling of hemorrhage, | 4390 |
treatment of shock, immobilization of fractures, bandaging, | 4391 |
assisting in childbirth, management of mentally disturbed | 4392 |
patients, initial care of poison and burn patients, and | 4393 |
determining triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims. Where | 4394 |
patients must in an emergency be extricated from entrapment, an | 4395 |
EMT-basic may assess the extent of injury and render all possible | 4396 |
emergency medical services and protection to the entrapped | 4397 |
patient; provide light rescue services if an ambulance has not | 4398 |
been accompanied by a specialized unit; and after extrication, | 4399 |
provide additional care in sorting of the injured in accordance | 4400 |
with standard emergency procedures. | 4401 |
(C) An EMT-basic may perform any other emergency medical | 4402 |
services approved pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 | 4403 |
of the Revised Code. The board shall determine whether the nature | 4404 |
of any such service requires that an EMT-basic receive | 4405 |
authorization prior to performing the service. | 4406 |
(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, | 4407 |
if the board determines under division (C) of this section that a | 4408 |
service requires prior authorization, the service shall be | 4409 |
performed only pursuant to the written or verbal authorization of | 4410 |
a physician or of the cooperating physician advisory board, or | 4411 |
pursuant to an authorization transmitted through a direct | 4412 |
communication device by a physician or registered nurse designated | 4413 |
by a physician. | 4414 |
(2) If communications fail during an emergency situation or | 4415 |
the required response time prohibits communication, an EMT-basic | 4416 |
may perform services subject to this division, if, in the judgment | 4417 |
of the EMT-basic, the life of the patient is in immediate danger. | 4418 |
Services performed under these circumstances shall be performed in | 4419 |
accordance with the protocols for triage of adult and pediatric | 4420 |
trauma victims established in rules adopted under sections 4765.11 | 4421 |
and 4765.40 of the Revised Code and any applicable protocols | 4422 |
adopted by the emergency medical service organization with which | 4423 |
the EMT-basic is affiliated. | 4424 |
Sec. 4765.38. (A) An emergency medical | 4425 |
technician-intermediate shall perform the emergency medical | 4426 |
services described in this section in accordance with this chapter | 4427 |
and any rules adopted under it. | 4428 |
(B) An EMT-I may do any of the following: | 4429 |
(1) Establish and maintain an intravenous lifeline that has | 4430 |
been approved by a cooperating physician or physician advisory | 4431 |
board; | 4432 |
(2) Perform cardiac monitoring; | 4433 |
(3) Perform electrical interventions to support or correct | 4434 |
the cardiac function; | 4435 |
(4) Administer epinephrine; | 4436 |
(5) Determine triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims; | 4437 |
(6) Perform any other emergency medical services approved | 4438 |
pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised | 4439 |
Code. | 4440 |
(C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, | 4441 |
the services described in division (B) of this section shall be | 4442 |
performed by an EMT-I only pursuant to the written or verbal | 4443 |
authorization of a physician or of the cooperating physician | 4444 |
advisory board, or pursuant to an authorization transmitted | 4445 |
through a direct communication device by a physician or registered | 4446 |
nurse designated by a physician. | 4447 |
(2) If communications fail during an emergency situation or | 4448 |
the required response time prohibits communication, an EMT-I may | 4449 |
perform any of the services described in division (B) of this | 4450 |
section, if, in the judgment of the EMT-I, the life of the patient | 4451 |
is in immediate danger. Services performed under these | 4452 |
circumstances shall be performed in accordance with the protocols | 4453 |
for triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims established in | 4454 |
rules adopted under sections 4765.11 and 4765.40 of the Revised | 4455 |
Code and any applicable protocols adopted by the emergency medical | 4456 |
service organization with which the EMT-I is affiliated. | 4457 |
(D) In addition to, and in the course of, providing emergency | 4458 |
medical treatment, an emergency medical technician-intermediate | 4459 |
may withdraw blood as provided under sections 1547.11, 4506.17, | 4460 |
and 4511.19 of the Revised Code. An emergency medical | 4461 |
technician-intermediate shall withdraw blood in accordance with | 4462 |
this chapter and any rules adopted under it by the state board of | 4463 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. | 4464 |
Sec. 4765.39. (A) An emergency medical technician-paramedic | 4465 |
shall perform the emergency medical services described in this | 4466 |
section in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted | 4467 |
under it. | 4468 |
(B) A paramedic may do any of the following: | 4469 |
(1) Perform cardiac monitoring; | 4470 |
(2) Perform electrical interventions to support or correct | 4471 |
the cardiac function; | 4472 |
(3) Perform airway procedures; | 4473 |
(4) Perform relief of pneumothorax; | 4474 |
(5) Administer appropriate drugs and intravenous fluids; | 4475 |
(6) Determine triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims; | 4476 |
(7) Perform any other emergency medical services, including | 4477 |
life support or intensive care techniques, approved pursuant to | 4478 |
rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. | 4479 |
(C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, | 4480 |
the services described in division (B) of this section shall be | 4481 |
performed by a paramedic only pursuant to the written or verbal | 4482 |
authorization of a physician or of the cooperating physician | 4483 |
advisory board, or pursuant to an authorization transmitted | 4484 |
through a direct communication device by a physician or registered | 4485 |
nurse designated by a physician. | 4486 |
(2) If communications fail during an emergency situation or | 4487 |
the required response time prohibits communication, a paramedic | 4488 |
may perform any of the services described in division (B) of this | 4489 |
section, if, in the paramedic's judgment, the life of the patient | 4490 |
is in immediate danger. Services performed under these | 4491 |
circumstances shall be performed in accordance with the protocols | 4492 |
for triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims established in | 4493 |
rules adopted under sections 4765.11 and 4765.40 of the Revised | 4494 |
Code and any applicable protocols adopted by the emergency medical | 4495 |
service organization with which the paramedic is affiliated. | 4496 |
(D) In addition to, and in the course of, providing emergency | 4497 |
medical treatment, an emergency medical technician-paramedic may | 4498 |
withdraw blood as provided under sections 1547.11, 4506.17, and | 4499 |
4511.19 of the Revised Code. An emergency medical | 4500 |
technician-paramedic shall withdraw blood in accordance with this | 4501 |
chapter and any rules adopted under it by the state board of | 4502 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. | 4503 |
Sec. 4765.40. (A)(1) Not later than two years after | 4504 |
4505 | |
of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall | 4506 |
adopt rules under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code establishing | 4507 |
written protocols for the triage of adult and pediatric trauma | 4508 |
victims. The rules shall define adult and pediatric trauma in a | 4509 |
manner that is consistent with section 4765.01 of the Revised | 4510 |
Code, minimizes overtriage and undertriage, and emphasizes the | 4511 |
special needs of pediatric and geriatric trauma patients. | 4512 |
(2) The state triage protocols adopted under division (A) of | 4513 |
this section shall require a trauma victim to be transported | 4514 |
directly to an adult or pediatric trauma center that is qualified | 4515 |
to provide appropriate adult or pediatric trauma care, unless one | 4516 |
or more of the following exceptions applies: | 4517 |
(a) It is medically necessary to transport the victim to | 4518 |
another hospital for initial assessment and stabilization before | 4519 |
transfer to an adult or pediatric trauma center; | 4520 |
(b) It is unsafe or medically inappropriate to transport the | 4521 |
victim directly to an adult or pediatric trauma center due to | 4522 |
adverse weather or ground conditions or excessive transport time; | 4523 |
(c) Transporting the victim to an adult or pediatric trauma | 4524 |
center would cause a shortage of local emergency medical service | 4525 |
resources; | 4526 |
(d) No appropriate adult or pediatric trauma center is able | 4527 |
to receive and provide adult or pediatric trauma care to the | 4528 |
trauma victim without undue delay; | 4529 |
(e) Before transport of a patient begins, the patient | 4530 |
requests to be taken to a particular hospital that is not a trauma | 4531 |
center or, if the patient is less than eighteen years of age or is | 4532 |
not able to communicate, such a request is made by an adult member | 4533 |
of the patient's family or a legal representative of the patient. | 4534 |
(3)(a) The state triage protocols adopted under division (A) | 4535 |
of this section shall require trauma patients to be transported to | 4536 |
an adult or pediatric trauma center that is able to provide | 4537 |
appropriate adult or pediatric trauma care, but shall not require | 4538 |
a trauma patient to be transported to a particular trauma center. | 4539 |
The state triage protocols shall establish one or more procedures | 4540 |
for evaluating whether an injury victim requires or would benefit | 4541 |
from adult or pediatric trauma care, which procedures shall be | 4542 |
applied by emergency medical service personnel based on the | 4543 |
patient's medical needs. In developing state trauma triage | 4544 |
protocols, the board shall consider relevant model triage rules | 4545 |
and shall consult with the commission on minority health, regional | 4546 |
directors, regional physician advisory boards, and appropriate | 4547 |
medical, hospital, and emergency medical service organizations. | 4548 |
(b) Before the joint committee on agency rule review | 4549 |
considers state triage protocols for trauma victims proposed by | 4550 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 4551 |
services, or amendments thereto, the board shall send a copy of | 4552 |
the proposal to the Ohio chapter of the American college of | 4553 |
emergency physicians, the Ohio chapter of the American college of | 4554 |
surgeons, the Ohio chapter of the American academy of pediatrics, | 4555 |
OHA: the association for hospitals and health systems, the Ohio | 4556 |
osteopathic association, and the association of Ohio children's | 4557 |
hospitals and shall hold a public hearing at which it must | 4558 |
consider the appropriateness of the protocols to minimize | 4559 |
overtriage and undertriage of trauma victims. | 4560 |
(c) The board shall provide copies of the state triage | 4561 |
protocols, and amendments to the protocols, to each emergency | 4562 |
medical service organization, regional director, regional | 4563 |
physician advisory board, certified emergency medical service | 4564 |
instructor, and person who regularly provides medical direction to | 4565 |
emergency medical service personnel in the state; to each medical | 4566 |
service organization in other jurisdictions that regularly provide | 4567 |
emergency medical services in this state; and to others upon | 4568 |
request. | 4569 |
(B)(1) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 4570 |
transportation services shall approve regional protocols for the | 4571 |
triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims, and amendments to | 4572 |
such protocols, that are submitted to the board as provided in | 4573 |
division (B)(2) of this section and provide a level of adult and | 4574 |
pediatric trauma care comparable to the state triage protocols | 4575 |
adopted under division (A) of this section. The board shall not | 4576 |
otherwise approve regional triage protocols for trauma victims. | 4577 |
The board shall not approve regional triage protocols for regions | 4578 |
that overlap and shall resolve any such disputes by apportioning | 4579 |
the overlapping territory among appropriate regions in a manner | 4580 |
that best serves the medical needs of the residents of that | 4581 |
territory. The trauma committee of the board shall have reasonable | 4582 |
opportunity to review and comment on regional triage protocols and | 4583 |
amendments to such protocols before the board approves or | 4584 |
disapproves them. | 4585 |
(2) Regional protocols for the triage of adult and pediatric | 4586 |
trauma victims, and amendments to such protocols, shall be | 4587 |
submitted in writing to the state board of emergency medical, | 4588 |
fire, and transportation services by the regional physician | 4589 |
advisory board or regional director, as appropriate, that serves a | 4590 |
majority of the population in the region in which the protocols | 4591 |
apply. Prior to submitting regional triage protocols, or an | 4592 |
amendment to such protocols, to the state board of emergency | 4593 |
medical, fire, and transportation services, a regional physician | 4594 |
advisory board or regional director shall consult with each of the | 4595 |
following that regularly serves the region in which the protocols | 4596 |
apply: | 4597 |
(a) Other regional physician advisory boards and regional | 4598 |
directors; | 4599 |
(b) Hospitals that operate an emergency facility; | 4600 |
(c) Adult and pediatric trauma centers; | 4601 |
(d) Professional societies of physicians who specialize in | 4602 |
adult or pediatric emergency medicine or adult or pediatric trauma | 4603 |
surgery; | 4604 |
(e) Professional societies of nurses who specialize in adult | 4605 |
or pediatric emergency nursing or adult or pediatric trauma | 4606 |
surgery; | 4607 |
(f) Professional associations or labor organizations of | 4608 |
emergency medical service personnel; | 4609 |
(g) Emergency medical service organizations and medical | 4610 |
directors of such organizations; | 4611 |
(h) Certified emergency medical service instructors. | 4612 |
(3) Regional protocols for the triage of adult and pediatric | 4613 |
trauma victims approved under division (B)(2) of this section | 4614 |
shall require patients to be transported to a trauma center that | 4615 |
is able to provide an appropriate level of adult or pediatric | 4616 |
trauma care; shall not discriminate among trauma centers for | 4617 |
reasons not related to a patient's medical needs; shall seek to | 4618 |
minimize undertriage and overtriage; may include any of the | 4619 |
exceptions in division (A)(2) of this section; and supersede the | 4620 |
state triage protocols adopted under division (A) of this section | 4621 |
in the region in which the regional protocols apply. | 4622 |
(4) Upon approval of regional protocols for the triage of | 4623 |
adult and pediatric trauma victims under division (B)(2) of this | 4624 |
section, or an amendment to such protocols, the state board of | 4625 |
emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall provide | 4626 |
written notice of the approval and a copy of the protocols or | 4627 |
amendment to each entity in the region in which the protocols | 4628 |
apply to which the board is required to send a copy of the state | 4629 |
triage protocols adopted under division (A) of this section. | 4630 |
(C)(1) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 4631 |
transportation services shall review the state triage protocols | 4632 |
adopted under division (A) of this section at least every three | 4633 |
years to determine if they are causing overtriage or undertriage | 4634 |
of trauma patients, and shall modify them as necessary to minimize | 4635 |
overtriage and undertriage. | 4636 |
(2) Each regional physician advisory board or regional | 4637 |
director that has had regional triage protocols approved under | 4638 |
division (B)(2) of this section shall review the protocols at | 4639 |
least every three years to determine if they are causing | 4640 |
overtriage or undertriage of trauma patients and shall submit an | 4641 |
appropriate amendment to the state board, as provided in division | 4642 |
(B) of this section, as necessary to minimize overtriage and | 4643 |
undertriage. The state board shall approve the amendment if it | 4644 |
will reduce overtriage or undertriage while complying with | 4645 |
division (B) of this section, and shall not otherwise approve the | 4646 |
amendment. | 4647 |
(D) No provider of emergency medical services or person who | 4648 |
provides medical direction to emergency medical service personnel | 4649 |
in this state shall fail to comply with the state triage protocols | 4650 |
adopted under division (A) of this section or applicable regional | 4651 |
triage protocols approved under division (B)(2) of this section. | 4652 |
(E) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and | 4653 |
transportation services shall adopt rules under section 4765.11 of | 4654 |
the Revised Code that provide for enforcement of the state triage | 4655 |
protocols adopted under division (A) of this section and regional | 4656 |
triage protocols approved under division (B)(2) of this section, | 4657 |
and for education regarding those protocols for emergency medical | 4658 |
service organizations and personnel, regional directors and | 4659 |
regional physician advisory boards, emergency medical service | 4660 |
instructors, and persons who regularly provide medical direction | 4661 |
to emergency medical service personnel in this state. | 4662 |
Sec. 4765.42. Each emergency medical service organization | 4663 |
shall give notice of the name of its medical director or the names | 4664 |
of the members of its cooperating physician advisory board to the | 4665 |
state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 4666 |
services. The notice shall be made in writing. | 4667 |
Sec. 4765.48. The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney | 4668 |
of the county, or the city director of law shall, upon complaint | 4669 |
of the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 4670 |
services, prosecute to termination or bring an action for | 4671 |
injunction against any person violating this chapter or the rules | 4672 |
adopted under it. The common pleas court in which an action for | 4673 |
injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to grant injunctive | 4674 |
relief upon a showing that the respondent named in the complaint | 4675 |
is in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it. | 4676 |
Sec. 4765.49. (A) A first responder, emergency medical | 4677 |
technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or | 4678 |
emergency medical technician-paramedic is not liable in damages in | 4679 |
a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property | 4680 |
resulting from the individual's administration of emergency | 4681 |
medical services, unless the services are administered in a manner | 4682 |
that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. A physician or | 4683 |
registered nurse designated by a physician, who is advising or | 4684 |
assisting in the emergency medical services by means of any | 4685 |
communication device or telemetering system, is not liable in | 4686 |
damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or | 4687 |
property resulting from the individual's advisory communication or | 4688 |
assistance, unless the advisory communication or assistance is | 4689 |
provided in a manner that constitutes willful or wanton | 4690 |
misconduct. Medical directors and members of cooperating physician | 4691 |
advisory boards of emergency medical service organizations are not | 4692 |
liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to | 4693 |
person or property resulting from their acts or omissions in the | 4694 |
performance of their duties, unless the act or omission | 4695 |
constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. | 4696 |
(B) A political subdivision, joint ambulance district, joint | 4697 |
emergency medical services district, or other public agency, and | 4698 |
any officer or employee of a public agency or of a private | 4699 |
organization operating under contract or in joint agreement with | 4700 |
one or more political subdivisions, that provides emergency | 4701 |
medical services, or that enters into a joint agreement or a | 4702 |
contract with the state, any political subdivision, joint | 4703 |
ambulance district, or joint emergency medical services district | 4704 |
for the provision of emergency medical services, is not liable in | 4705 |
damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or | 4706 |
property arising out of any actions taken by a first responder, | 4707 |
EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic working under the officer's or | 4708 |
employee's jurisdiction, or for injury, death, or loss to person | 4709 |
or property arising out of any actions of licensed medical | 4710 |
personnel advising or assisting the first responder, EMT-basic, | 4711 |
EMT-I, or paramedic, unless the services are provided in a manner | 4712 |
that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. | 4713 |
(C) A student who is enrolled in an emergency medical | 4714 |
services training program accredited under section 4765.17 of the | 4715 |
Revised Code or an emergency medical services continuing education | 4716 |
program approved under that section is not liable in damages in a | 4717 |
civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property | 4718 |
resulting from either of the following: | 4719 |
(1) The student's administration of emergency medical | 4720 |
services or patient care or treatment, if the services, care, or | 4721 |
treatment is administered while the student is under the direct | 4722 |
supervision and in the immediate presence of an EMT-basic, EMT-I, | 4723 |
paramedic, registered nurse, or physician and while the student is | 4724 |
receiving clinical training that is required by the program, | 4725 |
unless the services, care, or treatment is provided in a manner | 4726 |
that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct; | 4727 |
(2) The student's training as an ambulance driver, unless the | 4728 |
driving is done in a manner that constitutes willful or wanton | 4729 |
misconduct. | 4730 |
(D) An EMT-basic, EMT-I, paramedic, or other operator, who | 4731 |
holds a valid commercial driver's license issued pursuant to | 4732 |
Chapter 4506. of the Revised Code or driver's license issued | 4733 |
pursuant to Chapter 4507. of the Revised Code and who is employed | 4734 |
by an emergency medical service organization that is not owned or | 4735 |
operated by a political subdivision as defined in section 2744.01 | 4736 |
of the Revised Code, is not liable in damages in a civil action | 4737 |
for injury, death, or loss to person or property that is caused by | 4738 |
the operation of an ambulance by the EMT-basic, EMT-I, paramedic, | 4739 |
or other operator while responding to or completing a call for | 4740 |
emergency medical services, unless the operation constitutes | 4741 |
willful or wanton misconduct or does not comply with the | 4742 |
precautions of section 4511.03 of the Revised Code. An emergency | 4743 |
medical service organization is not liable in damages in a civil | 4744 |
action for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that | 4745 |
is caused by the operation of an ambulance by its employee or | 4746 |
agent, if this division grants the employee or agent immunity from | 4747 |
civil liability for the injury, death, or loss. | 4748 |
(E) An employee or agent of an emergency medical service | 4749 |
organization who receives requests for emergency medical services | 4750 |
that are directed to the organization, dispatches first | 4751 |
responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, or paramedics in response to those | 4752 |
requests, communicates those requests to those employees or agents | 4753 |
of the organization who are authorized to dispatch first | 4754 |
responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, or paramedics, or performs any | 4755 |
combination of these functions for the organization, is not liable | 4756 |
in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person | 4757 |
or property resulting from the individual's acts or omissions in | 4758 |
the performance of those duties for the organization, unless an | 4759 |
act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. | 4760 |
(F) A person who is performing the functions of a first | 4761 |
responder, EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic under the authority of | 4762 |
the laws of a state that borders this state and who provides | 4763 |
emergency medical services to or transportation of a patient in | 4764 |
this state is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, | 4765 |
death, or loss to person or property resulting from the person's | 4766 |
administration of emergency medical services, unless the services | 4767 |
are administered in a manner that constitutes willful or wanton | 4768 |
misconduct. A physician or registered nurse designated by a | 4769 |
physician, who is licensed to practice in the adjoining state and | 4770 |
who is advising or assisting in the emergency medical services by | 4771 |
means of any communication device or telemetering system is not | 4772 |
liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to | 4773 |
person or property resulting from the person's advisory | 4774 |
communication or assistance, unless the advisory communication or | 4775 |
assistance is provided in a manner that constitutes willful or | 4776 |
wanton misconduct. | 4777 |
(G) A person certified under section 4765.23 of the Revised | 4778 |
Code to teach in an emergency medical services training program or | 4779 |
emergency medical services continuing education program, and a | 4780 |
person who teaches at the Ohio fire academy established under | 4781 |
section 3737.33 of the Revised Code or in a fire service training | 4782 |
program described in division (A) of section 4765.55 of the | 4783 |
Revised Code, is not liable in damages in a civil action for | 4784 |
injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from the | 4785 |
person's acts or omissions in the performance of the person's | 4786 |
duties, unless an act or omission constitutes willful or wanton | 4787 |
misconduct. | 4788 |
(H) In the accreditation of emergency medical services | 4789 |
training programs or approval of emergency medical services | 4790 |
continuing education programs, the state board of emergency | 4791 |
medical, fire, and transportation services and any person or | 4792 |
entity authorized by the board to evaluate applications for | 4793 |
accreditation or approval are not liable in damages in a civil | 4794 |
action for injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting | 4795 |
from their acts or omissions in the performance of their duties, | 4796 |
unless an act or omission constitutes willful or wanton | 4797 |
misconduct. | 4798 |
(I) A person authorized by an emergency medical service | 4799 |
organization to review the performance of first responders, | 4800 |
EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, and paramedics or to administer quality | 4801 |
assurance programs is not liable in damages in a civil action for | 4802 |
injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from the | 4803 |
person's acts or omissions in the performance of the person's | 4804 |
duties, unless an act or omission constitutes willful or wanton | 4805 |
misconduct. | 4806 |
Sec. 4765.55. (A) The executive director of the state board | 4807 |
of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services, with the | 4808 |
advice and counsel of the firefighter and fire safety inspector | 4809 |
training committee of the state board of emergency medical, fire, | 4810 |
and transportation services, shall assist in the establishment and | 4811 |
maintenance by any state agency, or any county, township, city, | 4812 |
village, school district, or educational service center of a fire | 4813 |
service training program for the training of all persons in | 4814 |
positions of any fire training certification level approved by the | 4815 |
executive director, including full-time paid firefighters, | 4816 |
part-time paid firefighters, volunteer firefighters, and | 4817 |
safety inspectors in this state. The executive director, with the | 4818 |
advice and counsel of the committee, shall adopt rules to regulate | 4819 |
those firefighter and fire safety inspector training programs, and | 4820 |
other training programs approved by the executive director. The | 4821 |
rules may include, but need not be limited to, training | 4822 |
curriculum, certification examinations, training schedules, | 4823 |
minimum hours of instruction, attendance requirements, required | 4824 |
equipment and facilities, basic physical requirements, and methods | 4825 |
of training for all persons in positions of any fire training | 4826 |
certification level approved by the executive director, including | 4827 |
full-time paid firefighters, part-time paid firefighters, | 4828 |
volunteer firefighters, and fire safety inspectors. The rules | 4829 |
adopted to regulate training programs for volunteer firefighters | 4830 |
shall not require more than thirty-six hours of training. | 4831 |
The executive director, with the advice and counsel of the | 4832 |
committee, shall provide for the classification and chartering of | 4833 |
fire service training programs in accordance with rules adopted | 4834 |
under division (B) of this section, and may take action against | 4835 |
any chartered training program or applicant, in accordance with | 4836 |
rules adopted under divisions (B)(4) and (5) of this section, for | 4837 |
failure to meet standards set by the adopted rules. | 4838 |
(B) The executive director, with the advice and counsel of | 4839 |
the firefighter and fire safety inspector training committee of | 4840 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 4841 |
services, shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules under | 4842 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the | 4843 |
following: | 4844 |
(1) Requirements for, and procedures for chartering, the | 4845 |
training programs regulated by this section; | 4846 |
(2) Requirements for, and requirements and procedures for | 4847 |
obtaining and renewing, an instructor certificate to teach the | 4848 |
training programs and continuing education classes regulated by | 4849 |
this section; | 4850 |
(3) Requirements for, and requirements and procedures for | 4851 |
obtaining and renewing, any of the fire training certificates | 4852 |
regulated by this section; | 4853 |
(4) Grounds and procedures for suspending, revoking, | 4854 |
restricting, or refusing to issue or renew any of the certificates | 4855 |
or charters regulated by this section, which grounds shall be | 4856 |
limited to one of the following: | 4857 |
(a) Failure to satisfy the education or training requirements | 4858 |
of this section; | 4859 |
(b) Conviction of a felony offense; | 4860 |
(c) Conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; | 4861 |
(d) Conviction of a misdemeanor committed in the course of | 4862 |
practice; | 4863 |
(e) In the case of a chartered training program or applicant, | 4864 |
failure to meet standards set by the rules adopted under this | 4865 |
division. | 4866 |
(5) Grounds and procedures for imposing and collecting fines, | 4867 |
not to exceed one thousand dollars, in relation to actions taken | 4868 |
under division (B)(4) of this section against persons holding | 4869 |
certificates and charters regulated by this section, the fines to | 4870 |
be deposited into the trauma and emergency medical services fund | 4871 |
established under section 4513.263 of the Revised Code; | 4872 |
(6) Continuing education requirements for certificate | 4873 |
holders, including a requirement that credit shall be granted for | 4874 |
in-service training programs conducted by local entities; | 4875 |
(7) Procedures for considering the granting of an extension | 4876 |
or exemption of fire service continuing education requirements; | 4877 |
(8) Certification cycles for which the certificates and | 4878 |
charters regulated by this section are valid. | 4879 |
(C) The executive director, with the advice and counsel of | 4880 |
the firefighter and fire safety inspector training committee of | 4881 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 4882 |
services, shall issue or renew an instructor certificate to teach | 4883 |
the training programs and continuing education classes regulated | 4884 |
by this section to any applicant that the executive director | 4885 |
determines meets the qualifications established in rules adopted | 4886 |
under division (B) of this section, and may take disciplinary | 4887 |
action against an instructor certificate holder or applicant in | 4888 |
accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section. | 4889 |
The executive director, with the advice and counsel of the | 4890 |
committee, shall charter or renew the charter of any training | 4891 |
program that the executive director determines meets the | 4892 |
qualifications established in rules adopted under division (B) of | 4893 |
this section, and may take disciplinary action against the holder | 4894 |
of a charter in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) | 4895 |
of this section. | 4896 |
(D) The executive director shall issue or renew a fire | 4897 |
training certificate for a firefighter, a fire safety inspector, | 4898 |
or another position of any fire training certification level | 4899 |
approved by the executive director, to any applicant that the | 4900 |
executive director determines meets the qualifications established | 4901 |
in rules adopted under division (B) of this section and may take | 4902 |
disciplinary actions against a certificate holder or applicant in | 4903 |
accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section. | 4904 |
(E) Certificates issued under this section shall be on a form | 4905 |
prescribed by the executive director, with the advice and counsel | 4906 |
of the firefighter and fire safety inspector training committee of | 4907 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 4908 |
services. | 4909 |
(F)(1) The executive director, with the advice and counsel of | 4910 |
the firefighter and fire safety inspector training committee of | 4911 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 4912 |
services, shall establish criteria for evaluating the standards | 4913 |
maintained by other states and the branches of the United States | 4914 |
military for firefighter, fire safety inspector, and fire | 4915 |
instructor training programs, and other training programs | 4916 |
recognized by the executive director, to determine whether the | 4917 |
standards are equivalent to those established under this section | 4918 |
and shall establish requirements and procedures for issuing a | 4919 |
certificate to each person who presents proof to the executive | 4920 |
director of having satisfactorily completed a training program | 4921 |
that meets those standards. | 4922 |
(2) The executive director, with the committee's advice and | 4923 |
counsel, shall adopt rules establishing requirements and | 4924 |
procedures for issuing a fire training certificate in lieu of | 4925 |
completing a chartered training program. | 4926 |
(G) Nothing in this section invalidates any other section of | 4927 |
the Revised Code relating to the fire training academy. Section | 4928 |
4765.11 of the Revised Code does not affect any powers and duties | 4929 |
granted to the executive director under this section. | 4930 |
Sec. 4765.56. On receipt of a notice pursuant to section | 4931 |
3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state board of emergency medical, | 4932 |
fire, and transportation services shall comply with sections | 4933 |
3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules | 4934 |
adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to | 4935 |
a certificate to practice issued pursuant to this chapter. | 4936 |
Sec. 4766.01. As used in this chapter: | 4937 |
(A) "Advanced life support" means treatment described in | 4938 |
section 4765.39 of the Revised Code that a paramedic is certified | 4939 |
to perform. | 4940 |
(B) "Air medical service organization" means an organization | 4941 |
that furnishes, conducts, maintains, advertises, promotes, or | 4942 |
otherwise engages in providing medical services with a rotorcraft | 4943 |
air ambulance or fixed wing air ambulance. | 4944 |
(C) "Air medical transportation" means the transporting of a | 4945 |
patient by rotorcraft air ambulance or fixed wing air ambulance | 4946 |
with appropriately licensed and certified medical personnel. | 4947 |
(D) "Ambulance" means any motor vehicle that is specifically | 4948 |
designed, constructed, or modified and equipped and is intended to | 4949 |
be used to provide basic life support, intermediate life support, | 4950 |
advanced life support, or mobile intensive care unit services and | 4951 |
transportation upon the streets or highways of this state of | 4952 |
persons who are seriously ill, injured, wounded, or otherwise | 4953 |
incapacitated or helpless. "Ambulance" does not include air | 4954 |
medical transportation or a vehicle designed and used solely for | 4955 |
the transportation of nonstretcher-bound persons, whether | 4956 |
hospitalized or handicapped or whether ambulatory or confined to a | 4957 |
wheelchair. | 4958 |
(E) "Ambulette" means a motor vehicle that is specifically | 4959 |
designed, constructed, or modified and equipped and is intended to | 4960 |
be used for transportation upon the streets or highways of this | 4961 |
state of persons who require use of a wheelchair. | 4962 |
(F) "Basic life support" means treatment described in section | 4963 |
4765.37 of the Revised Code that an
| 4964 |
perform. | 4965 |
(G) "Disaster situation" means any condition or situation | 4966 |
described by rule of the | 4967 |
fire, and transportation | 4968 |
emergency, natural disaster, or national emergency. | 4969 |
(H) "Emergency medical service organization" means an | 4970 |
organization that uses | 4971 |
paramedics, or a combination of | 4972 |
paramedics, to provide medical care to victims of illness or | 4973 |
injury. An emergency medical service organization includes, but is | 4974 |
not limited to, a commercial ambulance service organization, a | 4975 |
hospital, and a funeral home. | 4976 |
(I) " | 4977 |
same meanings as in | 4978 |
Revised Code. | 4979 |
(J) "Fixed wing air ambulance" means a fixed wing aircraft | 4980 |
that is specifically designed, constructed, or modified and | 4981 |
equipped and is intended to be used as a means of air medical | 4982 |
transportation. | 4983 |
(K) "Intermediate life support" means treatment described in | 4984 |
section 4765.38 of the Revised Code that an | 4985 |
certified to perform. | 4986 |
(L) "Major emergency" means any emergency event that cannot | 4987 |
be resolved through the use of locally available emergency | 4988 |
resources. | 4989 |
(M) "Mass casualty" means an emergency event that results in | 4990 |
ten or more persons being injured, incapacitated, made ill, or | 4991 |
killed. | 4992 |
(N) "Medical emergency" means an unforeseen event affecting | 4993 |
an individual in such a manner that a need for immediate care is | 4994 |
created. | 4995 |
(O) "Mobile intensive care unit" means an ambulance used only | 4996 |
for maintaining specialized or intensive care treatment and used | 4997 |
primarily for interhospital transports of patients whose | 4998 |
conditions require care beyond the scope of a paramedic as | 4999 |
provided in section 4765.39 of the Revised Code. | 5000 |
(P)(1) "Nonemergency medical service organization" means a | 5001 |
person that does both of the following: | 5002 |
(a) Provides services to the public on a regular basis for | 5003 |
the purpose of transporting individuals who require the use of a | 5004 |
wheelchair or are confined to a wheelchair to receive health care | 5005 |
services at health care facilities or health care practitioners' | 5006 |
offices in nonemergency circumstances; | 5007 |
(b) Provides the services for a fee, regardless of whether | 5008 |
the fee is paid by the person being transported, a third party | 5009 |
payer, as defined in section 3702.51 of the Revised Code, or any | 5010 |
other person or government entity. | 5011 |
(2) "Nonemergency medical service organization" does not | 5012 |
include a health care facility, as defined in section 1751.01 of | 5013 |
the Revised Code, that provides ambulette services only to | 5014 |
patients of that facility. | 5015 |
(Q) "Nontransport vehicle" means a motor vehicle operated by | 5016 |
a licensed emergency medical service organization not as an | 5017 |
ambulance, but as a vehicle for providing services in conjunction | 5018 |
with the ambulances operated by the organization or other | 5019 |
emergency medical service organizations. | 5020 |
(R) "Patient" means any individual who as a result of illness | 5021 |
or injury needs medical attention, whose physical or mental | 5022 |
condition is such that there is imminent danger of loss of life or | 5023 |
significant health impairment, who may be otherwise incapacitated | 5024 |
or helpless as a result of a physical or mental condition, or | 5025 |
whose physical condition requires the use of a wheelchair. | 5026 |
(S) "Rotorcraft air ambulance" means a helicopter or other | 5027 |
aircraft capable of vertical takeoffs, vertical landings, and | 5028 |
hovering that is specifically designed, constructed, or modified | 5029 |
and equipped and is intended to be used as a means of air medical | 5030 |
transportation. | 5031 |
Sec. 4766.03. (A) The | 5032 |
fire, and transportation | 5033 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, implementing the | 5034 |
requirements of this chapter. The rules shall include provisions | 5035 |
relating to the following: | 5036 |
(1) Requirements for an emergency medical service | 5037 |
organization to receive a permit for an ambulance or nontransport | 5038 |
vehicle; | 5039 |
(2) Requirements for an emergency medical service | 5040 |
organization to receive a license as a basic life-support, | 5041 |
intermediate life-support, advanced life-support, or mobile | 5042 |
intensive care unit organization; | 5043 |
(3) Requirements for a nonemergency medical service | 5044 |
organization to receive a permit for an ambulette vehicle; | 5045 |
(4) Requirements for a nonemergency medical service | 5046 |
organization to receive a license for an ambulette service; | 5047 |
(5) Requirements for an air medical service organization to | 5048 |
receive a permit for a rotorcraft air ambulance or fixed wing air | 5049 |
ambulance; | 5050 |
(6) Requirements for licensure of air medical service | 5051 |
organizations; | 5052 |
(7) Forms for applications and renewals of licenses and | 5053 |
permits; | 5054 |
(8) Requirements for record keeping of service responses made | 5055 |
by licensed emergency medical service organizations; | 5056 |
(9) Fee amounts for licenses and permits, and their renewals; | 5057 |
(10) Inspection requirements for licensees' vehicles or | 5058 |
aircraft, records, and physical facilities; | 5059 |
(11) Fee amounts for inspections of ambulances, ambulettes, | 5060 |
rotorcraft air ambulances, fixed wing air ambulances, and | 5061 |
nontransport vehicles; | 5062 |
(12) Requirements for ambulances and nontransport vehicles | 5063 |
used by licensed emergency medical service organizations, for | 5064 |
ambulette vehicles used by licensed nonemergency medical service | 5065 |
organizations, and for rotorcraft air ambulances or fixed wing air | 5066 |
ambulances used by licensed air medical service organizations that | 5067 |
specify for each type of vehicle or aircraft the types of | 5068 |
equipment that must be carried, the communication systems that | 5069 |
must be maintained, and the personnel who must staff the vehicle | 5070 |
or aircraft; | 5071 |
(13) The level of care each type of emergency medical service | 5072 |
organization, nonemergency medical service organization, and air | 5073 |
medical service organization is authorized to provide; | 5074 |
(14) Eligibility requirements for employment as an ambulette | 5075 |
driver, including grounds for disqualification due to the results | 5076 |
of a motor vehicle law violation check, chemical test, or criminal | 5077 |
records check. The rule may require that an applicant for | 5078 |
employment as an ambulette driver provide a set of fingerprints to | 5079 |
law enforcement authorities if the applicant comes under final | 5080 |
consideration for employment. | 5081 |
(15) Any other rules that the board determines necessary for | 5082 |
the implementation and enforcement of this chapter. | 5083 |
(B) In the rules for ambulances and nontransport vehicles | 5084 |
adopted under division (A)(12) of this section, the board may | 5085 |
establish requirements that vary according to whether the | 5086 |
emergency medical service organization using the vehicles is | 5087 |
licensed as a basic life-support, intermediate life-support, | 5088 |
advanced life-support, or mobile intensive care unit organization. | 5089 |
(C) A mobile intensive care unit that is not dually certified | 5090 |
to provide advanced life-support and meets the requirements of the | 5091 |
rules adopted under this section is not required to carry | 5092 |
immobilization equipment, including board splint kits, traction | 5093 |
splints, backboards, backboard straps, cervical immobilization | 5094 |
devices, cervical collars, stair chairs, folding cots, or other | 5095 |
types of immobilization equipment determined by the board to be | 5096 |
unnecessary for mobile intensive care units. | 5097 |
A mobile intensive care unit is exempt from the emergency | 5098 |
medical technician staffing requirements of section 4765.43 of the | 5099 |
Revised Code when it is staffed by at least one physician or | 5100 |
registered nurse and another person, designated by a physician, | 5101 |
who holds a valid license or certificate to practice in a health | 5102 |
care profession, and when at least one of the persons staffing the | 5103 |
mobile intensive care unit is a registered nurse whose training | 5104 |
meets or exceeds the training required for a paramedic. | 5105 |
Sec. 4766.04. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this | 5106 |
chapter, no person shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, | 5107 |
advertise, engage in, or propose or profess to engage in the | 5108 |
business or service in this state of transporting persons who are | 5109 |
seriously ill, injured, or otherwise incapacitated or who require | 5110 |
the use of a wheelchair or are confined to a wheelchair unless the | 5111 |
person is licensed pursuant to this section. | 5112 |
(B) To qualify for a license as a basic life-support, | 5113 |
intermediate life-support, advanced life-support, or mobile | 5114 |
intensive care unit organization, an emergency medical service | 5115 |
organization shall do all of the following: | 5116 |
(1) Apply for a permit for each ambulance and nontransport | 5117 |
vehicle owned or leased as provided in section 4766.07 of the | 5118 |
Revised Code; | 5119 |
(2) Meet all requirements established in rules adopted by the | 5120 |
5121 | |
5122 | |
including requirements pertaining to equipment, communications | 5123 |
systems, staffing, and level of care the particular organization | 5124 |
is permitted to render; | 5125 |
(3) Maintain the appropriate type and amount of insurance as | 5126 |
specified in section 4766.06 of the Revised Code; | 5127 |
(4) Meet all other requirements established under rules | 5128 |
adopted by the board for the particular license. | 5129 |
(C) To qualify for a license to provide ambulette service, a | 5130 |
nonemergency medical service organization shall do all of the | 5131 |
following: | 5132 |
(1) Apply for a permit for each ambulette owned or leased as | 5133 |
provided in section 4766.07 of the Revised Code; | 5134 |
(2) Meet all requirements established in rules adopted by the | 5135 |
5136 | |
5137 | |
pertaining to equipment, communication systems, staffing, and | 5138 |
level of care the organization is permitted to render; | 5139 |
(3) Maintain the appropriate type and amount of insurance as | 5140 |
specified in section 4766.06 of the Revised Code; | 5141 |
(4) Meet all other requirements established under rules | 5142 |
adopted by the board for the license. | 5143 |
(D) To qualify for a license to provide air medical | 5144 |
transportation, an air medical service organization shall do all | 5145 |
of the following: | 5146 |
(1) Apply for a permit for each rotorcraft air ambulance and | 5147 |
fixed wing air ambulance owned or leased as provided in section | 5148 |
4766.07 of the Revised Code; | 5149 |
(2) Meet all requirements established in rules adopted by the | 5150 |
5151 | |
5152 | |
air ambulances, including requirements pertaining to equipment, | 5153 |
communication systems, staffing, and level of care the | 5154 |
organization is permitted to render; | 5155 |
(3) Maintain the appropriate type and amount of insurance as | 5156 |
specified in section 4766.06 of the Revised Code; | 5157 |
(4) Meet all other requirements established under rules | 5158 |
adopted by the board for the license. | 5159 |
(E) An emergency medical service organization that applies | 5160 |
for a license as a basic life-support, intermediate life-support, | 5161 |
advanced life-support, or mobile intensive care unit organization; | 5162 |
a nonemergency medical service organization that applies for a | 5163 |
license to provide ambulette service; or an air medical service | 5164 |
organization that applies for a license to provide air medical | 5165 |
transportation shall submit a completed application to the board, | 5166 |
on a form provided by the board for each particular license, | 5167 |
together with the appropriate fees established under section | 5168 |
4766.05 of the Revised Code. The application form shall include | 5169 |
all of the following: | 5170 |
(1) The name and business address of the operator of the | 5171 |
organization for which licensure is sought; | 5172 |
(2) The name under which the applicant will operate the | 5173 |
organization; | 5174 |
(3) A list of the names and addresses of all officers and | 5175 |
directors of the organization; | 5176 |
(4) For emergency medical service organizations and | 5177 |
nonemergency medical service organizations, a description of each | 5178 |
vehicle to be used, including the make, model, year of | 5179 |
manufacture, mileage, vehicle identification number, and the color | 5180 |
scheme, insignia, name, monogram, or other distinguishing | 5181 |
characteristics to be used to designate the applicant's vehicle; | 5182 |
(5) For air medical service organizations using fixed wing | 5183 |
air ambulances, a description of each aircraft to be used, | 5184 |
including the make, model, year of manufacture, and aircraft hours | 5185 |
on airframe; | 5186 |
(6) For air medical service organizations using rotorcraft | 5187 |
air ambulances, a description of each aircraft to be used, | 5188 |
including the make, model, year of manufacture, aircraft hours on | 5189 |
airframe, aircraft identification number, and the color scheme, | 5190 |
insignia, name, monogram, or other distinguishing characteristics | 5191 |
to be used to designate the applicant's rotorcraft air ambulance; | 5192 |
(7) The location and description of each place from which the | 5193 |
organization will operate; | 5194 |
(8) A description of the geographic area to be served by the | 5195 |
applicant; | 5196 |
(9) Any other information the board, by rule, determines | 5197 |
necessary. | 5198 |
(F) Within sixty days after receiving a completed application | 5199 |
for licensure as a basic life-support, intermediate life-support, | 5200 |
advanced life-support, or mobile intensive care unit organization; | 5201 |
an ambulette service; or an air medical service organization, the | 5202 |
board shall approve or deny the application. The board shall deny | 5203 |
an application if it determines that the applicant does not meet | 5204 |
the requirements of this chapter or any rules adopted under it. | 5205 |
The board shall send notice of the denial of an application by | 5206 |
certified mail to the applicant. The applicant may request a | 5207 |
hearing within ten days after receipt of the notice. If the board | 5208 |
receives a timely request, it shall hold a hearing in accordance | 5209 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 5210 |
(G) If an applicant or licensee operates or plans to operate | 5211 |
an organization in more than one location under the same or | 5212 |
different identities, the applicant or licensee shall apply for | 5213 |
and meet all requirements for licensure or renewal of a license, | 5214 |
other than payment of a license fee or renewal fee, for operating | 5215 |
the organization at each separate location. An applicant or | 5216 |
licensee that operates or plans to operate under the same | 5217 |
organization identity in separate locations shall pay only a | 5218 |
single license fee. | 5219 |
(H) An emergency medical service organization that wishes to | 5220 |
provide ambulette services to the public must apply for a separate | 5221 |
license under division (C) of this section. | 5222 |
(I) Each license issued under this section and each permit | 5223 |
issued under section 4766.07 of the Revised Code expires one year | 5224 |
after the date of issuance and may be renewed in accordance with | 5225 |
the standard renewal procedures of Chapter 4745. of the Revised | 5226 |
Code. An application for renewal shall include the license or | 5227 |
permit renewal fee established under section 4766.05 of the | 5228 |
Revised Code. An applicant for renewal of a permit also shall | 5229 |
submit to the board proof of an annual inspection of the vehicle | 5230 |
or aircraft for which permit renewal is sought. The board shall | 5231 |
renew a license if the applicant meets the requirements for | 5232 |
licensure and shall renew a permit if the applicant and vehicle or | 5233 |
aircraft meet the requirements to maintain a permit for that | 5234 |
vehicle or aircraft. | 5235 |
(J) Each licensee shall maintain accurate records of all | 5236 |
service responses conducted. The records shall be maintained on | 5237 |
forms prescribed by the board and shall contain information as | 5238 |
specified by rule by the board. | 5239 |
Sec. 4766.05. (A) The | 5240 |
fire, and transportation | 5241 |
license fee, a permit fee for each ambulance, ambulette, | 5242 |
rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, and | 5243 |
nontransport vehicle owned or leased by the licensee that is or | 5244 |
will be used as provided in section 4766.07 of the Revised Code, | 5245 |
and fees for renewals of licenses and permits, taking into | 5246 |
consideration the actual costs incurred by the board in carrying | 5247 |
out its duties under this chapter. However, the fee for each | 5248 |
license and each renewal of a license shall not exceed one hundred | 5249 |
dollars, and the fee for each permit and each renewal of a permit | 5250 |
shall not exceed one hundred dollars for each ambulance, | 5251 |
rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, and | 5252 |
nontransport vehicle. The | 5253 |
5254 | |
5255 | |
rule the fee, which shall not exceed fifty dollars, for each | 5256 |
permit and each renewal of a permit for each ambulette. For | 5257 |
purposes of establishing fees, "actual costs" includes the costs | 5258 |
of salaries, expenses, inspection equipment, supervision, and | 5259 |
program administration. | 5260 |
(B) The board shall deposit all fees and other moneys | 5261 |
collected pursuant to sections 4766.04, 4766.07, and 4766.08 of | 5262 |
the Revised Code in the state treasury to the credit of the | 5263 |
5264 | |
services fund, which is created by section | 5265 |
Revised Code. | 5266 |
5267 | |
5268 |
(C) The board, subject to the approval of the controlling | 5269 |
board, may establish fees in excess of the maximum amounts allowed | 5270 |
under division (A) of this section, but such fees shall not exceed | 5271 |
those maximum amounts by more than fifty per cent. | 5272 |
Sec. 4766.07. (A) Except as otherwise provided by rule of | 5273 |
the | 5274 |
transportation | 5275 |
organization, nonemergency medical service organization, and air | 5276 |
medical service organization subject to licensure under this | 5277 |
chapter shall possess a valid permit for each ambulance, | 5278 |
ambulette, rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, and | 5279 |
nontransport vehicle it owns or leases that is or will be used by | 5280 |
the licensee to perform the services permitted by the license. | 5281 |
Each licensee and license applicant shall submit the appropriate | 5282 |
fee and an application for a permit for each ambulance, ambulette, | 5283 |
rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, and | 5284 |
nontransport vehicle to the
| 5285 |
medical, fire, and transportation | 5286 |
by the board. The application shall include documentation that the | 5287 |
vehicle or aircraft meets the appropriate standards set by the | 5288 |
board, that the vehicle or aircraft has been inspected pursuant to | 5289 |
division (C) of this section, that the permit applicant maintains | 5290 |
insurance as provided in section 4766.06 of the Revised Code, and | 5291 |
that the vehicle or aircraft and permit applicant meet any other | 5292 |
requirements established under rules adopted by the board. | 5293 |
The | 5294 |
transportation
| 5295 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to authorize the temporary use of | 5296 |
a vehicle or aircraft for which a permit is not possessed under | 5297 |
this section in back-up or disaster situations. | 5298 |
(B)(1) Within sixty days after receiving a completed | 5299 |
application for a permit, the board shall issue or deny the | 5300 |
permit. The board shall deny an application if it determines that | 5301 |
the permit applicant, vehicle, or aircraft does not meet the | 5302 |
requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it that | 5303 |
apply to permits for ambulances, ambulettes, rotorcraft air | 5304 |
ambulances, fixed wing air ambulances, and nontransport vehicles. | 5305 |
The board shall send notice of the denial of an application by | 5306 |
certified mail to the permit applicant. The permit applicant may | 5307 |
request a hearing within ten days after receipt of the notice. If | 5308 |
the board receives a timely request, it shall hold a hearing in | 5309 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 5310 |
(2) If the board issues the vehicle permit for an ambulance, | 5311 |
ambulette, or nontransport vehicle, it also shall issue a decal, | 5312 |
in a form prescribed by rule, to be displayed on the rear window | 5313 |
of the vehicle. The board shall not issue a decal until all of the | 5314 |
requirements for licensure and permit issuance have been met. | 5315 |
(3) If the board issues the aircraft permit for a rotorcraft | 5316 |
air ambulance or fixed wing air ambulance, it also shall issue a | 5317 |
decal, in a form prescribed by rule, to be displayed on the left | 5318 |
fuselage aircraft window in a manner that complies with all | 5319 |
applicable federal aviation regulations. The board shall not issue | 5320 |
a decal until all of the requirements for licensure and permit | 5321 |
issuance have been met. | 5322 |
(C) In addition to any other requirements that the board | 5323 |
establishes by rule, a licensee or license applicant applying for | 5324 |
an initial vehicle or aircraft permit under division (A) of this | 5325 |
section shall submit to the board the vehicle or aircraft for | 5326 |
which the permit is sought. Thereafter, a licensee shall annually | 5327 |
submit to the board each vehicle or aircraft for which a permit | 5328 |
has been issued. | 5329 |
(1) The board shall conduct a physical inspection of an | 5330 |
ambulance, ambulette, or nontransport vehicle to determine its | 5331 |
roadworthiness and compliance with standard motor vehicle | 5332 |
requirements. | 5333 |
(2) The board shall conduct a physical inspection of the | 5334 |
medical equipment, communication system, and interior of an | 5335 |
ambulance to determine the operational condition and safety of the | 5336 |
equipment and the ambulance's interior and to determine whether | 5337 |
the ambulance is in compliance with the federal requirements for | 5338 |
ambulance construction that were in effect at the time the | 5339 |
ambulance was manufactured, as specified by the general services | 5340 |
administration in the various versions of its publication titled | 5341 |
"federal specification for the star-of-life ambulance, | 5342 |
KKK-A-1822." | 5343 |
(3) The board shall conduct a physical inspection of the | 5344 |
equipment, communication system, and interior of an ambulette to | 5345 |
determine the operational condition and safety of the equipment | 5346 |
and the ambulette's interior and to determine whether the | 5347 |
ambulette is in compliance with state requirements for ambulette | 5348 |
construction. The board shall determine by rule requirements for | 5349 |
the equipment, communication system, interior, and construction of | 5350 |
an ambulette. | 5351 |
(4) The board shall conduct a physical inspection of the | 5352 |
medical equipment, communication system, and interior of a | 5353 |
rotorcraft air ambulance or fixed wing air ambulance to determine | 5354 |
the operational condition and safety of the equipment and the | 5355 |
aircraft's interior. | 5356 |
(5) The board shall issue a certificate to the applicant for | 5357 |
each vehicle or aircraft that passes the inspection and may assess | 5358 |
a fee for each inspection, as established by the board. | 5359 |
(6) The board shall adopt rules regarding the implementation | 5360 |
and coordination of inspections. The rules may permit the board to | 5361 |
contract with a third party to conduct the inspections required of | 5362 |
the board under this section. | 5363 |
Sec. 4766.08. (A) The | 5364 |
fire, and transportation | 5365 |
adjudication conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the | 5366 |
Revised Code, may suspend or revoke any license or permit or | 5367 |
renewal thereof issued under this chapter for any one or | 5368 |
combination of the following causes: | 5369 |
(1) Violation of this chapter or any rule adopted thereunder; | 5370 |
(2) Refusal to permit the board to inspect a vehicle or | 5371 |
aircraft used under the terms of a permit or to inspect the | 5372 |
records or physical facilities of a licensee; | 5373 |
(3) Failure to meet the ambulance, ambulette, rotorcraft air | 5374 |
ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, and nontransport vehicle | 5375 |
requirements specified in this chapter or the rules adopted | 5376 |
thereunder; | 5377 |
(4) Violation of an order issued by the board; | 5378 |
(5) Failure to comply with any of the terms of an agreement | 5379 |
entered into with the board regarding the suspension or revocation | 5380 |
of a license or permit or the imposition of a penalty under this | 5381 |
section. | 5382 |
(B) If the board determines that the records, record-keeping | 5383 |
procedures, or physical facilities of a licensee, or an ambulance, | 5384 |
ambulette, rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, or | 5385 |
nontransport vehicle for which a valid permit has been issued, do | 5386 |
not meet the standards specified in this chapter and the rules | 5387 |
adopted thereunder, the board shall notify the licensee of any | 5388 |
deficiencies within thirty days of finding the deficiencies. If | 5389 |
the board determines that the deficiencies exist and they remain | 5390 |
uncorrected after thirty days, the board may suspend the license, | 5391 |
vehicle permit, or aircraft permit. The licensee, notwithstanding | 5392 |
the suspension under this division, may operate until all appeals | 5393 |
have been exhausted. | 5394 |
(C) At the discretion of the board, a licensee whose license | 5395 |
has been suspended or revoked under this section may be ineligible | 5396 |
to be licensed under this chapter for a period of not more than | 5397 |
three years from the date of the violation, provided that the | 5398 |
board shall make no determination on a period of ineligibility | 5399 |
until all the licensee's appeals relating to the suspension or | 5400 |
revocation have been exhausted. | 5401 |
(D) The board may, in addition to any other action taken | 5402 |
under this section and after a hearing conducted pursuant to | 5403 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, impose a penalty of not more | 5404 |
than fifteen hundred dollars for any violation specified in this | 5405 |
section. The attorney general shall institute a civil action for | 5406 |
the collection of any such penalty imposed. | 5407 |
Sec. 4766.09. This chapter does not apply to any of the | 5408 |
following: | 5409 |
(A) A person rendering services with an ambulance in the | 5410 |
event of a disaster situation when licensees' vehicles based in | 5411 |
the locality of the disaster situation are incapacitated or | 5412 |
insufficient in number to render the services needed; | 5413 |
(B) Any person operating an ambulance, ambulette, rotorcraft | 5414 |
air ambulance, or fixed wing air ambulance outside this state | 5415 |
unless receiving a person within this state for transport to a | 5416 |
location within this state; | 5417 |
(C) A publicly owned or operated emergency medical service | 5418 |
organization and the vehicles it owns or leases and operates, | 5419 |
except as provided in section 307.051, division (G) of section | 5420 |
307.055, division (F) of section 505.37, division (B) of section | 5421 |
505.375, and division (B)(3) of section 505.72 of the Revised | 5422 |
Code; | 5423 |
(D) An ambulance, ambulette, rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed | 5424 |
wing air ambulance, or nontransport vehicle owned or leased and | 5425 |
operated by the federal government; | 5426 |
(E) A publicly owned and operated fire department vehicle; | 5427 |
(F) Emergency vehicles owned by a corporation and operating | 5428 |
only on the corporation's premises, for the sole use by that | 5429 |
corporation; | 5430 |
(G) An ambulance, nontransport vehicle, or other emergency | 5431 |
medical service organization vehicle owned and operated by a | 5432 |
municipal corporation; | 5433 |
(H) A motor vehicle titled in the name of a volunteer rescue | 5434 |
service organization, as defined in section 4503.172 of the | 5435 |
Revised Code; | 5436 |
(I) A public emergency medical service organization; | 5437 |
(J) A fire department, rescue squad, or life squad comprised | 5438 |
of volunteers who provide services without expectation of | 5439 |
remuneration and do not receive payment for services other than | 5440 |
reimbursement for expenses; | 5441 |
(K) A private, nonprofit emergency medical service | 5442 |
organization when fifty per cent or more of its personnel are | 5443 |
volunteers, as defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code; | 5444 |
(L) Emergency medical service personnel who are regulated by | 5445 |
the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 5446 |
services under Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code; | 5447 |
(M) Any of the following that operates a transit bus, as that | 5448 |
term is defined in division (Q) of section 5735.01 of the Revised | 5449 |
Code, unless the entity provides ambulette services that are | 5450 |
reimbursed under the state medicaid plan: | 5451 |
(1) A public nonemergency medical service organization; | 5452 |
(2) An urban or rural public transit system; | 5453 |
(3) A private nonprofit organization that receives grants | 5454 |
under section 5501.07 of the Revised Code. | 5455 |
(N)(1) An entity, to the extent it provides ambulette | 5456 |
services, if the entity meets all of the following conditions: | 5457 |
(a) The entity is certified by the department of aging or the | 5458 |
department's designee in accordance with section 173.391 of the | 5459 |
Revised Code or operates under a contract or grant agreement with | 5460 |
the department or the department's designee in accordance with | 5461 |
section 173.392 of the Revised Code. | 5462 |
(b) The entity meets the requirements of section 4766.14 of | 5463 |
the Revised Code. | 5464 |
(c) The entity does not provide ambulette services that are | 5465 |
reimbursed under the state medicaid plan. | 5466 |
(2) A vehicle, to the extent it is used to provide ambulette | 5467 |
services, if the vehicle meets both of the following conditions: | 5468 |
(a) The vehicle is owned by an entity that meets the | 5469 |
conditions specified in division (N)(1) of this section. | 5470 |
(b) The vehicle does not provide ambulette services that are | 5471 |
reimbursed under the state medicaid plan. | 5472 |
(O) A vehicle that meets both of the following criteria, | 5473 |
unless the vehicle provides services that are reimbursed under the | 5474 |
state medicaid plan: | 5475 |
(1) The vehicle was purchased with funds from a grant made by | 5476 |
the United States secretary of transportation under 49 U.S.C. | 5477 |
5310; | 5478 |
(2) The department of transportation holds a lien on the | 5479 |
vehicle. | 5480 |
Sec. 4766.10. This chapter does not invalidate any ordinance | 5481 |
or resolution adopted by a municipal corporation that establishes | 5482 |
standards for the licensure of emergency medical service | 5483 |
organizations as basic life-support, intermediate life-support, or | 5484 |
advanced life-support service organizations that have their | 5485 |
principal places of business located within the limits of the | 5486 |
municipal corporation, as long as the licensure standards meet or | 5487 |
exceed the standards established in this chapter and the rules | 5488 |
adopted thereunder. | 5489 |
Emergency medical service organizations licensed by a | 5490 |
municipal corporation are subject to the jurisdiction of the | 5491 |
state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation | 5492 |
services, but the fees they pay to the board for licenses, | 5493 |
permits, and renewals thereof shall not exceed fifty per cent of | 5494 |
the fee amounts established by the board pursuant to section | 5495 |
4766.03 of the Revised Code. The board may choose to waive the | 5496 |
vehicle inspection requirements and inspection fees, but not the | 5497 |
permit fees, for the vehicles of organizations licensed by a | 5498 |
municipal corporation. | 5499 |
Sec. 4766.11. (A) The | 5500 |
fire, and transportation | 5501 |
violations of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and may | 5502 |
investigate any complaints received regarding alleged violations. | 5503 |
In addition to any other remedies available and regardless of | 5504 |
whether an adequate remedy at law exists, the board may apply to | 5505 |
the court of common pleas in the county where a violation of any | 5506 |
provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant thereto is | 5507 |
occurring for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining a | 5508 |
person from continuing to commit that violation. On a showing that | 5509 |
a person has committed a violation, the court shall grant the | 5510 |
injunction. | 5511 |
In conducting an investigation under this section, the board | 5512 |
may issue subpoenas compelling the attendance and testimony of | 5513 |
witnesses and the production of books, records, and other | 5514 |
documents pertaining to the investigation. If a person fails to | 5515 |
obey a subpoena from the board, the board may apply to the court | 5516 |
of common pleas in the county where the investigation is being | 5517 |
conducted for an order compelling the person to comply with the | 5518 |
subpoena. On application by the board, the court shall compel | 5519 |
obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case | 5520 |
of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena from the court | 5521 |
or a refusal to testify therein. | 5522 |
(B) The | 5523 |
issued under this chapter without a prior hearing if it determines | 5524 |
that there is evidence that the license holder is subject to | 5525 |
action under this section and that there is clear and convincing | 5526 |
evidence that continued operation by the license holder presents a | 5527 |
danger of immediate and serious harm to the public. The | 5528 |
chairperson and executive director of the board shall make a | 5529 |
preliminary determination and describe the evidence on which they | 5530 |
made their determination to the board members. The board by | 5531 |
resolution may designate another board member to act in place of | 5532 |
the chairperson or another employee to act in place of the | 5533 |
executive director in the event that the chairperson or executive | 5534 |
director is unavailable or unable to act. Upon review of the | 5535 |
allegations, the board, by the affirmative vote of | 5536 |
majority of its members, may suspend the license without a | 5537 |
hearing. | 5538 |
| 5539 |
5540 | |
5541 | |
5542 |
Immediately following the decision by the board to suspend a | 5543 |
license under this division, the board shall issue a written order | 5544 |
of suspension and cause it to be delivered in accordance with | 5545 |
section 119.07 of the Revised Code. If the license holder subject | 5546 |
to the suspension requests an adjudication hearing by the board, | 5547 |
the date set for the adjudication shall be within fifteen days but | 5548 |
not earlier than seven days after the request unless another date | 5549 |
is agreed to by the license holder and the board. | 5550 |
Any summary suspension imposed under this division remains in | 5551 |
effect, unless reversed by the board, until a final adjudicative | 5552 |
order issued by the board pursuant to this section and Chapter | 5553 |
119. of the Revised Code becomes effective. The board shall issue | 5554 |
its final adjudicative order not less than ninety days after | 5555 |
completion of its adjudication hearing. Failure to issue the order | 5556 |
by that day shall cause the summary suspension order to end, but | 5557 |
such failure shall not affect the validity of any subsequent final | 5558 |
adjudication order. | 5559 |
Sec. 4766.12. If a county, township, joint ambulance | 5560 |
district, or joint emergency medical services district chooses to | 5561 |
have the | 5562 |
transportation
| 5563 |
service organizations and issue permits for its vehicles pursuant | 5564 |
to this chapter, except as may be otherwise provided, all | 5565 |
provisions of this chapter and all rules adopted by the board | 5566 |
thereunder are fully applicable. However, a county, township, | 5567 |
joint ambulance district, or joint emergency medical services | 5568 |
district is not required to obtain any type of permit from the | 5569 |
board for any of its nontransport vehicles. | 5570 |
Sec. 4766.13. The | 5571 |
fire, and transportation | 5572 |
license and issue vehicle permits to an emergency medical service | 5573 |
organization or a nonemergency medical service organization that | 5574 |
is regulated by another state. To qualify for a license and | 5575 |
vehicle permits by endorsement, an organization must submit | 5576 |
evidence satisfactory to the board that it has met standards in | 5577 |
another state that are equal to or more stringent than the | 5578 |
standards established by this chapter and the rules adopted under | 5579 |
it. | 5580 |
Sec. 4766.15. (A) An applicant for employment as an | 5581 |
ambulette driver with an organization licensed pursuant to this | 5582 |
chapter shall submit proof to the organization of, or give consent | 5583 |
to the employer to obtain, all of the following: | 5584 |
(1)(a) A valid driver's license issued pursuant to Chapter | 5585 |
4506. or 4507. of the Revised Code, or its equivalent, if the | 5586 |
applicant is a resident of another state; | 5587 |
(b) A recent certified abstract of the applicant's record of | 5588 |
convictions for violations of motor vehicle laws provided by the | 5589 |
registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to section 4509.05 of the | 5590 |
Revised Code, or its equivalent, if the applicant is a resident of | 5591 |
another state. | 5592 |
(2)(a) A certificate of completion of a course in first aid | 5593 |
techniques offered by the American red cross or an equivalent | 5594 |
organization; | 5595 |
(b) A certificate of completion of a course in | 5596 |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or its equivalent, offered by an | 5597 |
organization approved by the | 5598 |
medical, fire, and transportation | 5599 |
(3) The result of a chemical test or tests of the applicant's | 5600 |
blood, breath, or urine conducted at a hospital or other | 5601 |
institution approved by the board for the purpose of determining | 5602 |
the alcohol, drug of abuse, controlled substance, or metabolite of | 5603 |
a controlled substance content of the applicant's whole blood, | 5604 |
blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine; | 5605 |
(4) The result of a criminal records check conducted by the | 5606 |
bureau of criminal identification and investigation. | 5607 |
(B) An organization may employ an applicant on a temporary | 5608 |
provisional basis pending the completion of all of the | 5609 |
requirements of this section. The length of the provisional period | 5610 |
shall be determined by the board. | 5611 |
(C) An organization licensed pursuant to this chapter shall | 5612 |
use information received pursuant to this section to determine in | 5613 |
accordance with rules adopted by the | 5614 |
medical, fire, and transportation | 5615 |
4766.03 of the Revised Code whether an applicant is disqualified | 5616 |
for employment. | 5617 |
No applicant shall be accepted for permanent employment as an | 5618 |
ambulette driver by an organization licensed pursuant to this | 5619 |
chapter until all of the requirements of division (A) of this | 5620 |
section have been met. | 5621 |
Sec. 4766.22. (A) Not later than forty-five days after the | 5622 |
end of each fiscal year, the | 5623 |
medical, fire, and transportation | 5624 |
report to the governor and general assembly that provides all of | 5625 |
the following information for that fiscal year: | 5626 |
(1) The number of each of the following the board issued: | 5627 |
(a) Basic life-support organization licenses; | 5628 |
(b) Intermediate life-support organization licenses; | 5629 |
(c) Advanced life-support organization licenses; | 5630 |
(d) Mobile intensive care unit organization licenses; | 5631 |
(e) Ambulette service licenses; | 5632 |
(f) Air medical service organization licenses; | 5633 |
(g) Ambulance permits; | 5634 |
(h) Nontransport vehicle permits; | 5635 |
(i) Ambulette vehicle permits; | 5636 |
(j) Rotorcraft air ambulance permits; | 5637 |
(k) Fixed wing air ambulance permits. | 5638 |
(2) The amount of fees the board collected for issuing and | 5639 |
renewing each type of license and permit specified in division | 5640 |
(A)(1) of this section; | 5641 |
(3) The number of inspections the board or a third party on | 5642 |
the board's behalf conducted in connection with each type of | 5643 |
license and permit specified in division (A)(1) of this section | 5644 |
and the amount of fees the board collected for the inspections; | 5645 |
(4) The number of complaints that were submitted to the | 5646 |
board; | 5647 |
(5) The number of investigations the board conducted under | 5648 |
section 4766.11 of the Revised Code; | 5649 |
(6) The number of adjudication hearings the board held and | 5650 |
the outcomes of the adjudications; | 5651 |
(7) The amount of penalties the board imposed and collected | 5652 |
under section 4766.08 of the Revised Code; | 5653 |
(8) Other information the board determines reflects the | 5654 |
board's operations. | 5655 |
(B) The board shall post the annual report required by this | 5656 |
section on its web site and make it available to the public on | 5657 |
request. | 5658 |
Sec. 5501.73. (A) After selecting a solicited or unsolicited | 5659 |
proposal for a public-private initiative, the department of | 5660 |
transportation shall enter into a public-private agreement for a | 5661 |
transportation facility with the selected private entity or any | 5662 |
configuration of private entities. An affected jurisdiction may be | 5663 |
a party to a public-private agreement entered into by the | 5664 |
department and a selected private entity or combination of private | 5665 |
entities. | 5666 |
(B) A public-private agreement under this section shall | 5667 |
provide for all of the following: | 5668 |
(1) Planning, acquisition, financing, development, design, | 5669 |
construction, reconstruction, replacement, improvement, | 5670 |
maintenance, management, repair, leasing, or operation of a | 5671 |
transportation facility; | 5672 |
(2) Term of the public-private agreement; | 5673 |
(3) Type of property interest, if any, the private entity | 5674 |
will have in the transportation facility; | 5675 |
(4) A specific plan to ensure proper maintenance of the | 5676 |
transportation facility throughout the term of the agreement and a | 5677 |
return of the facility to the department, if applicable, in good | 5678 |
condition and repair; | 5679 |
(5) Whether user fees will be collected on the transportation | 5680 |
facility and the basis by which such user fees shall be determined | 5681 |
and modified; | 5682 |
(6) Compliance with applicable federal, state, and local | 5683 |
laws; | 5684 |
(7) Grounds for termination of the public-private agreement | 5685 |
by the department or operator; | 5686 |
(8) Disposition of the facility upon completion of the | 5687 |
agreement; | 5688 |
(9) Procedures for amendment of the agreement. | 5689 |
(C) A public-private agreement under this section may provide | 5690 |
for any of the following: | 5691 |
(1) Review and approval by the department of the operator's | 5692 |
plans for the development and operation of the transportation | 5693 |
facility; | 5694 |
(2) Inspection by the department of construction of or | 5695 |
improvements to the transportation facility; | 5696 |
(3) Maintenance by the operator of a policy of liability | 5697 |
insurance or self-insurance; | 5698 |
(4) Filing by the operator, on a periodic basis, of | 5699 |
appropriate financial statements in a form acceptable to the | 5700 |
department; | 5701 |
(5) Filing by the operator, on a periodic basis, of traffic | 5702 |
reports in a form acceptable to the department; | 5703 |
(6) Financing obligations of the operator and the department; | 5704 |
(7) Apportionment of expenses between the operator and the | 5705 |
department; | 5706 |
(8) Rights and duties of the operator, the department, and | 5707 |
other state and local governmental entities with respect to use of | 5708 |
the transportation facility; | 5709 |
(9) Rights and remedies available in the event of default or | 5710 |
delay; | 5711 |
(10) Terms and conditions of indemnification of the operator | 5712 |
by the department; | 5713 |
(11) Assignment, subcontracting, or other delegation of | 5714 |
responsibilities of the operator or the department under the | 5715 |
agreement to third parties, including other private entities and | 5716 |
other state agencies; | 5717 |
(12) Sale or lease to the operator of private property | 5718 |
related to the transportation facility; | 5719 |
(13) Traffic enforcement and other policing issues, including | 5720 |
any reimbursement by the private entity for such services. | 5721 |
(D)(1) The director of transportation may include in any | 5722 |
public-private agreement under sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the | 5723 |
Revised Code a provision authorizing a binding dispute resolution | 5724 |
method for any controversy subsequently arising out of the | 5725 |
contract. The binding dispute resolution method may proceed only | 5726 |
upon agreement of all parties to the controversy. If all parties | 5727 |
do not agree to proceed to a binding dispute resolution, a party | 5728 |
having a claim against the department shall exhaust its | 5729 |
administrative remedies specified in the public-private agreement | 5730 |
prior to filing any action against the department in the court of | 5731 |
claims. | 5732 |
No appeal from the determination of a technical expert lies | 5733 |
to any court, except that the court of common pleas of Franklin | 5734 |
County may issue an order vacating such a determination upon the | 5735 |
application of any party to the binding dispute resolution if any | 5736 |
of the following applies: | 5737 |
(a) The determination was procured by corruption, fraud, or | 5738 |
undue means. | 5739 |
(b) There was evidence of partiality or corruption on the | 5740 |
part of the technical expert. | 5741 |
(c) The technical expert was guilty of misconduct in refusing | 5742 |
to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown, or in | 5743 |
refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the | 5744 |
controversy, or of any other misbehavior by which the rights of | 5745 |
any party have been prejudiced. | 5746 |
(2) As used in this division, "binding dispute resolution" | 5747 |
means a binding determination after review by a technical expert | 5748 |
of all relevant items, which may include documents, and by | 5749 |
interviewing appropriate personnel and visiting the project site | 5750 |
involved in the controversy. "Binding dispute resolution" does not | 5751 |
involve representation by legal counsel or advocacy by any person | 5752 |
on behalf of any party to the controversy. | 5753 |
(E) No public-private agreement entered into under this | 5754 |
section shall be construed to transfer to a private entity the | 5755 |
director's authority to appropriate property under Chapters 163., | 5756 |
5501., and 5519. of the Revised Code. | 5757 |
Sec. 5501.77. (A) For the purposes of carrying out sections | 5758 |
5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code, the department of | 5759 |
transportation may do all of the following: | 5760 |
(1) Accept, subject to applicable terms and conditions, | 5761 |
available funds from the United States or any of its agencies, | 5762 |
whether the funds are made available by grant, loan, or other | 5763 |
financial assistance; | 5764 |
(2) Enter into agreements or other arrangements with the | 5765 |
United States or any of its agencies as may be necessary; | 5766 |
(3) For the purpose of completing a transportation facility | 5767 |
under an agreement, accept from any source any grant, donation, | 5768 |
gift, or other form of conveyance of land, money, other real or | 5769 |
personal property, or other item of value made to the state or the | 5770 |
department. | 5771 |
(B) Any transportation facility may be financed in whole or | 5772 |
in part by contribution of any funds or property made by any | 5773 |
private entity or affected jurisdiction that is party to a | 5774 |
public-private agreement under sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the | 5775 |
Revised Code. | 5776 |
(C) The department may use federal, state, local, and private | 5777 |
funds to finance a transportation facility under sections 5501.70 | 5778 |
to 5501.83 of the Revised Code and shall comply with any | 5779 |
requirements and restrictions governing the use of the funds, | 5780 |
including maintaining the funds separately when necessary. | 5781 |
(D) The director of transportation, in accordance with | 5782 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt such rules as the | 5783 |
director considers advisable for the control and regulation of | 5784 |
traffic on any transportation facility subject to a public-private | 5785 |
agreement, for the protection and preservation of the | 5786 |
transportation facility, for the maintenance and preservation of | 5787 |
good order within the transportation facility, and for the purpose | 5788 |
of establishing vehicle owner or operator liability for avoidance | 5789 |
of user fees. The rules shall provide that public police officers | 5790 |
shall be afforded ready access, while in the performance of their | 5791 |
official duties, to the transportation facility without the | 5792 |
payment of user fees. | 5793 |
(1) No person shall violate any rules of the department of | 5794 |
transportation adopted under this division. | 5795 |
(2)(a) All fines collected for the violation of applicable | 5796 |
laws of the state and the rules of the department of | 5797 |
transportation or money arising from bonds forfeited for such | 5798 |
violation shall be disposed of in accordance with section 5503.04 | 5799 |
of the Revised Code. | 5800 |
(b) All fees or charges assessed by the department of | 5801 |
transportation or a public-private operator in accordance with | 5802 |
this section against an owner or operator of a vehicle as a civil | 5803 |
violation for failure to comply with toll collection rules shall | 5804 |
be revenues of the department or public-private operator as set | 5805 |
forth in the public-private agreement. | 5806 |
(E)(1) Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, | 5807 |
whoever violates division (D)(1) of this section is guilty of a | 5808 |
minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense | 5809 |
such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 5810 |
(2) Whoever violates division (D)(1) of this section when the | 5811 |
violation is a civil violation for failure to comply with toll | 5812 |
collection rules is subject to a fee or charge established by the | 5813 |
department by rule. | 5814 |
Sec. 5502.01. (A) The department of public safety shall | 5815 |
administer and enforce the laws relating to the registration, | 5816 |
licensing, sale, and operation of motor vehicles and the laws | 5817 |
pertaining to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles. | 5818 |
The department shall compile, analyze, and publish statistics | 5819 |
relative to motor vehicle accidents and the causes of them, | 5820 |
prepare and conduct educational programs for the purpose of | 5821 |
promoting safety in the operation of motor vehicles on the | 5822 |
highways, and conduct research and studies for the purpose of | 5823 |
promoting safety on the highways of this state. | 5824 |
(B) The department shall administer the laws and rules | 5825 |
relative to trauma and emergency medical services specified in | 5826 |
Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code and any laws and rules relative | 5827 |
to commercial medical transportation services as may be specified | 5828 |
in Chapter 4766. of the Revised Code. | 5829 |
(C) The department shall administer and enforce the laws | 5830 |
contained in Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code and | 5831 |
enforce the rules and orders of the liquor control commission | 5832 |
pertaining to retail liquor permit holders. | 5833 |
(D) The department shall administer the laws governing the | 5834 |
state emergency management agency and shall enforce all additional | 5835 |
duties and responsibilities as prescribed in the Revised Code | 5836 |
related to emergency management services. | 5837 |
(E) The department shall conduct investigations pursuant to | 5838 |
Chapter 5101. of the Revised Code in support of the duty of the | 5839 |
department of job and family services to administer the | 5840 |
supplemental nutrition assistance program throughout this state. | 5841 |
The department of public safety shall conduct investigations | 5842 |
necessary to protect the state's property rights and interests in | 5843 |
the supplemental nutrition assistance program. | 5844 |
(F) The department of public safety shall enforce compliance | 5845 |
with orders and rules of the public utilities commission and | 5846 |
applicable laws in accordance with Chapters 4905., 4921., and | 5847 |
4923. of the Revised Code regarding commercial motor vehicle | 5848 |
transportation safety, economic, and hazardous materials | 5849 |
requirements. | 5850 |
(G) Notwithstanding Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the | 5851 |
department of public safety may establish requirements for its | 5852 |
enforcement personnel, including its enforcement agents described | 5853 |
in section 5502.14 of the Revised Code, that include standards of | 5854 |
conduct, work rules and procedures, and criteria for eligibility | 5855 |
as law enforcement personnel. | 5856 |
(H) The department shall administer, maintain, and operate | 5857 |
the Ohio criminal justice network. The Ohio criminal justice | 5858 |
network shall be a computer network that supports state and local | 5859 |
criminal justice activities. The network shall be an electronic | 5860 |
repository for various data, which may include arrest warrants, | 5861 |
notices of persons wanted by law enforcement agencies, criminal | 5862 |
records, prison inmate records, stolen vehicle records, vehicle | 5863 |
operator's licenses, and vehicle registrations and titles. | 5864 |
(I) The department shall coordinate all homeland security | 5865 |
activities of all state agencies and shall be a liaison between | 5866 |
state agencies and local entities for those activities and related | 5867 |
purposes. | 5868 |
(J) Beginning July 1, 2004, the department shall administer | 5869 |
and enforce the laws relative to private investigators and | 5870 |
security service providers specified in Chapter 4749. of the | 5871 |
Revised Code. | 5872 |
(K) The department shall administer criminal justice services | 5873 |
in accordance with sections 5502.61 to 5502.66 of the Revised | 5874 |
Code. | 5875 |
Sec. 5503.04. Forty-five per cent of the fines collected | 5876 |
from or moneys arising from bail forfeited by persons apprehended | 5877 |
or arrested by state highway patrol troopers shall be paid into | 5878 |
the state treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund, | 5879 |
five per cent shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited | 5880 |
to the trauma and emergency medical services fund created by | 5881 |
section 4513.263 of the Revised Code, and fifty per cent shall be | 5882 |
paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation where the case | 5883 |
is prosecuted, if in a mayor's court. If the prosecution is in a | 5884 |
trial court outside a municipal corporation, or outside the | 5885 |
territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court, the fifty per cent | 5886 |
of the fines and moneys that is not paid into the state treasury | 5887 |
shall be paid into the treasury of the county where the case is | 5888 |
prosecuted. The fines and moneys paid into a county treasury and | 5889 |
the fines and moneys paid into the treasury of a municipal | 5890 |
corporation shall be deposited one-half to the same fund and | 5891 |
expended in the same manner as is the revenue received from the | 5892 |
registration of motor vehicles, and one-half to the general fund | 5893 |
of such county or municipal corporation. | 5894 |
If the prosecution is in a municipal court, forty-five per | 5895 |
cent of the fines and moneys shall be paid into the state treasury | 5896 |
to be credited to the general revenue fund, five per cent shall be | 5897 |
paid into the state treasury to be credited to the trauma and | 5898 |
emergency medical services | 5899 |
section 4513.263 of the Revised Code, ten per cent shall be paid | 5900 |
into the county treasury to be credited to the general fund of the | 5901 |
county, and forty per cent shall be paid into the municipal | 5902 |
treasury to be credited to the general fund of the municipal | 5903 |
corporation. In the Auglaize county, Clermont county, Crawford | 5904 |
county, Hocking county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison | 5905 |
county, Miami county, Ottawa county, Portage county, and Wayne | 5906 |
county municipal courts, that portion of money otherwise paid into | 5907 |
the municipal treasury shall be paid into the county treasury. | 5908 |
The trial court shall make remittance of the fines and moneys | 5909 |
as prescribed in this section, and at the same time as the | 5910 |
remittance is made of the state's portion to the state treasury, | 5911 |
the trial court shall notify the superintendent of the state | 5912 |
highway patrol of the case and the amount covered by the | 5913 |
remittance. | 5914 |
This section does not apply to fines for violations of | 5915 |
division (B) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code, or for | 5916 |
violations of any municipal ordinance that is substantively | 5917 |
comparable to that division, all of which shall be delivered to | 5918 |
the treasurer of state as provided in division (E) of section | 5919 |
4513.263 of the Revised Code. | 5920 |
Sec. 5503.31. The state highway patrol shall have the same | 5921 |
authority as is conferred upon it by section 5503.02 of the | 5922 |
Revised Code with respect to the enforcement of state laws on | 5923 |
other roads and highways and on other state properties, to enforce | 5924 |
on all turnpike projects the laws of the state and the bylaws, | 5925 |
rules, and regulations of the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 5926 |
commission. The patrol, the superintendent of the patrol, and all | 5927 |
state highway patrol troopers shall have the same authority to | 5928 |
make arrests on all turnpike projects for violations of state laws | 5929 |
and of bylaws, rules, and regulations of the Ohio turnpike and | 5930 |
infrastructure commission as is conferred upon them by section | 5931 |
5503.02 of the Revised Code to make arrests on, and in connection | 5932 |
with offenses committed on, other roads and highways and on other | 5933 |
state properties. | 5934 |
Sec. 5503.32. The director of public safety may from time to | 5935 |
time enter into contracts with the Ohio turnpike and | 5936 |
infrastructure commission with respect to the policing of turnpike | 5937 |
projects by the state highway patrol. The contracts shall provide | 5938 |
for the reimbursement of the state by the commission for the costs | 5939 |
incurred by the patrol in policing turnpike projects, including, | 5940 |
but not limited to, the salaries of employees of the patrol | 5941 |
assigned to the policing, the current costs of funding retirement | 5942 |
pensions for the employees of the patrol and of providing workers' | 5943 |
compensation for them, the cost of training state highway patrol | 5944 |
troopers and radio operators assigned to turnpike projects, and | 5945 |
the cost of equipment and supplies used by the patrol in such | 5946 |
policing, and of housing for such troopers and radio operators, to | 5947 |
the extent that the equipment, supplies, and housing are not | 5948 |
directly furnished by the commission. Each contract may provide | 5949 |
for the ascertainment of such costs, and shall be of any duration, | 5950 |
not in excess of five years, and may contain any other terms, that | 5951 |
the director and the commission may agree upon. The patrol shall | 5952 |
not be obligated to furnish policing services on any turnpike | 5953 |
project beyond the extent required by the contract. All payments | 5954 |
pursuant to any contract in reimbursement of the costs of the | 5955 |
policing shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of | 5956 |
the turnpike policing fund, which is hereby created. All | 5957 |
investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. | 5958 |
Sec. 5513.01. (A) All purchases of machinery, materials, | 5959 |
supplies, or other articles that the director of transportation | 5960 |
makes shall be in the manner provided in this section. In all | 5961 |
cases except those in which the director provides written | 5962 |
authorization for purchases by district deputy directors of | 5963 |
transportation, all such purchases shall be made at the central | 5964 |
office of the department of transportation in Columbus. Before | 5965 |
making any purchase at that office, the director, as provided in | 5966 |
this section, shall give notice to bidders of the director's | 5967 |
intention to purchase. Where the expenditure does not exceed the | 5968 |
amount applicable to the purchase of supplies specified in | 5969 |
division (B) of section 125.05 of the Revised Code, as adjusted | 5970 |
pursuant to division (D) of that section, the director shall give | 5971 |
such notice as the director considers proper, or the director may | 5972 |
make the purchase without notice. Where the expenditure exceeds | 5973 |
the amount applicable to the purchase of supplies specified in | 5974 |
division (B) of section 125.05 of the Revised Code, as adjusted | 5975 |
pursuant to division (D) of that section, the director shall give | 5976 |
notice by posting for not less than ten days a written, typed, or | 5977 |
printed invitation to bidders on a bulletin board, which shall be | 5978 |
located in a place in the offices assigned to the department and | 5979 |
open to the public during business hours. Producers or | 5980 |
distributors of any product may notify the director, in writing, | 5981 |
of the class of articles for the furnishing of which they desire | 5982 |
to bid and their post-office addresses, in which case copies of | 5983 |
all invitations to bidders relating to the purchase of such | 5984 |
articles shall be mailed to such persons by the director by | 5985 |
regular first class mail at least ten days prior to the time fixed | 5986 |
for taking bids. The director also may mail copies of all | 5987 |
invitations to bidders to news agencies or other agencies or | 5988 |
organizations distributing information of this character. Requests | 5989 |
for invitations shall not be valid nor require action by the | 5990 |
director unless renewed, either annually or after such shorter | 5991 |
period as the director may prescribe by a general rule. The | 5992 |
invitation to bidders shall contain a brief statement of the | 5993 |
general character of the article that it is intended to purchase, | 5994 |
the approximate quantity desired, and a statement of the time and | 5995 |
place where bids will be received, and may relate to and describe | 5996 |
as many different articles as the director thinks proper, it being | 5997 |
the intent and purpose of this section to authorize the inclusion | 5998 |
in a single invitation of as many different articles as the | 5999 |
director desires to invite bids upon at any given time. | 6000 |
Invitations issued during each calendar year shall be given | 6001 |
consecutive numbers, and the number assigned to each invitation | 6002 |
shall appear on all copies thereof. In all cases where notice is | 6003 |
required by this section, sealed bids shall be taken, on forms | 6004 |
prescribed and furnished by the director, and modification of bids | 6005 |
after they have been opened shall not be permitted. | 6006 |
(B) The director may permit the Ohio turnpike and | 6007 |
infrastructure commission, any political subdivision, and any | 6008 |
state university or college to participate in contracts into which | 6009 |
the director has entered for the purchase of machinery, materials, | 6010 |
supplies, or other articles. The turnpike and infrastructure | 6011 |
commission and any political subdivision or state university or | 6012 |
college desiring to participate in such purchase contracts shall | 6013 |
file with the director a certified copy of the bylaws or rules of | 6014 |
the turnpike and infrastructure commission or the ordinance or | 6015 |
resolution of the legislative authority, board of trustees, or | 6016 |
other governing board requesting authorization to participate in | 6017 |
such contracts and agreeing to be bound by such terms and | 6018 |
conditions as the director prescribes. Purchases made by the | 6019 |
turnpike and infrastructure commission, political subdivisions, or | 6020 |
state universities or colleges under this division are exempt from | 6021 |
any competitive bidding required by law for the purchase of | 6022 |
machinery, materials, supplies, or other articles. | 6023 |
(C) As used in this section: | 6024 |
(1) "Political subdivision" means any county, township, | 6025 |
municipal corporation, conservancy district, township park | 6026 |
district, park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised | 6027 |
Code, port authority, regional transit authority, regional airport | 6028 |
authority, regional water and sewer district, county transit | 6029 |
board, or school district as defined in section 5513.04 of the | 6030 |
Revised Code. | 6031 |
(2) "State university or college" has the same meaning as in | 6032 |
division (A)(1) of section 3345.32 of the Revised Code. | 6033 |
(3) "Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission" means the | 6034 |
commission created by section 5537.02 of the Revised Code. | 6035 |
Sec. 5515.01. (A) The director of transportation | 6036 |
formal application being made to the director, may grant a permit | 6037 |
to any individual, firm, or corporation to use or occupy such | 6038 |
portion of a road or highway on the state highway system as will | 6039 |
not incommode the traveling public. Such permits, when granted, | 6040 |
shall be upon the following conditions: | 6041 |
| 6042 |
firm, or corporation for any use of a road or highway on the state | 6043 |
highway system that is consistent with applicable federal law or | 6044 |
federal regulations. | 6045 |
| 6046 |
director when the director deems such change necessary for the | 6047 |
convenience of the traveling public, or in connection with or | 6048 |
contemplation of, the construction, reconstruction, improvement, | 6049 |
relocating, maintenance, or repair of such road or highway. | 6050 |
| 6051 |
and in accordance with such plans, specifications, or both, as | 6052 |
shall be first approved by the director. | 6053 |
| 6054 |
restored to its former condition of usefulness and at the expense | 6055 |
of such individual, firm, or corporation. | 6056 |
| 6057 |
all objects and things in a proper manner, promptly repair all | 6058 |
damages resulting to such road or highway on account thereof, and | 6059 |
in event of failure to so repair such road or highway to pay to | 6060 |
the state all costs and expenses that may be expended by the | 6061 |
director in repairing any damage. | 6062 |
| 6063 |
director, | 6064 |
6065 | |
including payment of a reasonable one-time access permit | 6066 |
processing fee not exceeding thirty dollars for agricultural | 6067 |
access, seventy dollars for residential access, and three hundred | 6068 |
dollars for commercial or industrial access. Nothing in this | 6069 |
division prohibits the director from requiring payment of money | 6070 |
consideration for a lease, easement, license, or other interest in | 6071 |
a transportation facility under control of the department of | 6072 |
transportation. | 6073 |
| 6074 |
a noncompliance with the conditions imposed. | 6075 |
| 6076 |
for telecommunications facilities or carbon capture and storage | 6077 |
pipelines, the director shall require the applicant to provide | 6078 |
proof it is party to a lease, easement, or license for the | 6079 |
construction, placement, or operation of such facility or pipeline | 6080 |
in or on a transportation facility. | 6081 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section | 6082 |
5501.311 of the Revised Code, Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., | 6083 |
5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., | 6084 |
5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code do not prohibit | 6085 |
telephone and electric light and power companies from | 6086 |
constructing, maintaining, and using telephone or electric light | 6087 |
and power lines along and upon such roads or highways under | 6088 |
section 4933.14 or other sections of the Revised Code, or to | 6089 |
affect existing rights of any such companies, or to require such | 6090 |
companies to obtain a permit from the director, except with | 6091 |
respect to the location of poles, wires, conduits, and other | 6092 |
equipment comprising lines on or beneath the surface of such road | 6093 |
or highways. | 6094 |
(C) This section does not prohibit steam or electric railroad | 6095 |
companies from constructing tracks across such roads or highways, | 6096 |
nor authorize the director to grant permission to any company | 6097 |
owning, operating, controlling, or managing a steam railroad or | 6098 |
interurban railway in this state to build a new line of railroad, | 6099 |
or to change or alter the location of existing tracks across any | 6100 |
road or highway on the state highway system at grade. No such | 6101 |
company shall change the elevation of any of its tracks across | 6102 |
such road or highway except in accordance with plans and | 6103 |
specifications first approved by the director. | 6104 |
(D) This section does not relieve any individual, firm, or | 6105 |
corporation from the obligation of satisfying any claim or demand | 6106 |
of an owner of lands abutting on such road or highway on the state | 6107 |
highway system on account of placing in such road or highway a | 6108 |
burden in addition to public travel. | 6109 |
Sec. 5517.011. (A) Notwithstanding section 5517.01 or Chapter | 6110 |
153. of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may | 6111 |
establish | 6112 |
construction of special projects
| 6113 |
do the following: | 6114 |
(1) Combine the design and construction elements of a | 6115 |
6116 | |
The director shall prepare and distribute a scope of work document | 6117 |
upon which the bidders shall base their bids. | 6118 |
6119 | |
6120 | |
6121 |
| 6122 |
6123 | |
process, combining technical qualifications and competitive | 6124 |
bidding elements, including consideration for minority or | 6125 |
disadvantaged businesses that may include joint ventures, when | 6126 |
letting special projects that contain both design and construction | 6127 |
elements of a transportation facility project into a single | 6128 |
contract. | 6129 |
(2) Engage a construction manager during the design phase of | 6130 |
a transportation facility project to provide constructability | 6131 |
input including scheduling, pricing, and phasing, and utilize the | 6132 |
same construction manager to construct the project. The director | 6133 |
may execute separate contracts with the construction manager for | 6134 |
constructability input and construction, and may include a | 6135 |
guaranteed maximum price in the construction contract. The | 6136 |
director may develop and use a value-based selection process, | 6137 |
combining technical qualifications and competitive bidding | 6138 |
elements, including consideration for minority or disadvantaged | 6139 |
businesses that may include joint ventures, when letting special | 6140 |
projects that utilize a construction manager for both | 6141 |
constructability input and construction. The authority granted | 6142 |
under division (A)(2) of this section shall be limited to one | 6143 |
pilot project as determined by the director unless otherwise | 6144 |
specified by law. | 6145 |
(B) Except as provided in this section, the director shall | 6146 |
award contracts in accordance with Chapter 5525. of the Revised | 6147 |
Code. | 6148 |
The total dollar value of contracts made under this section | 6149 |
shall not exceed one billion dollars per fiscal year. The director | 6150 |
may provide compensation for preparation of a responsive | 6151 |
preliminary design concept to not more than two bidders who, after | 6152 |
the successful bidder, submitted the next best bids. The director | 6153 |
may establish policies or procedures necessary to determine the | 6154 |
amount of compensation to be provided for each project and the | 6155 |
method of evaluating the value of the preliminary design concept | 6156 |
submitted, but in no instance may the compensation exceed the | 6157 |
value of such concept. | 6158 |
Sec. 5517.02. (A) Before undertaking the construction, | 6159 |
reconstruction by widening or resurfacing, or improvement of a | 6160 |
state highway, or a bridge or culvert thereon, or the installation | 6161 |
of a traffic control signal on a state highway, the director of | 6162 |
transportation, except as provided in section 5517.021 of the | 6163 |
Revised Code, shall make an estimate of the cost of the work using | 6164 |
the force account project assessment form developed by the auditor | 6165 |
of state under section 117.16 of the Revised Code.
| 6166 |
6167 | |
6168 | |
6169 | |
6170 | |
6171 | |
6172 | |
6173 | |
6174 | |
estimate shall include costs for subcontracted work and any | 6175 |
competitively bid component costs. | 6176 |
(B)(1) | 6177 |
6178 | |
6179 | |
6180 | |
6181 |
| 6182 |
the director may | 6183 |
maintenance or repair work by employing labor, purchasing | 6184 |
materials, and furnishing equipment, | 6185 |
estimated cost of the completed operation, or series of connected | 6186 |
operations, does not exceed | 6187 |
under division (B)(2) of this section: | 6188 |
(a) Thirty thousand dollars per centerline mile of highway, | 6189 |
exclusive of structures and traffic control signals | 6190 |
(b) Sixty thousand dollars for any single | 6191 |
traffic control signal or any other single project. | 6192 |
| 6193 |
beginning in 2015, the director shall increase the amounts | 6194 |
established in division (B)(1) of this section by an amount not to | 6195 |
exceed the lesser of three per cent, or the percentage amount of | 6196 |
any increase in the department of transportation's construction | 6197 |
cost index as annualized and totaled for the prior two calendar | 6198 |
years. The director shall publish the applicable amounts on the | 6199 |
department's internet web site. | 6200 |
(C) The director may proceed by furnishing equipment, | 6201 |
purchasing materials, and employing labor in the erection of | 6202 |
temporary bridges or the making of temporary repairs to a highway | 6203 |
or bridge rendered necessary by flood, landslide, or other | 6204 |
extraordinary emergency. If the director determines inability to | 6205 |
complete such emergency work by force account, the director may | 6206 |
contract for any part of the work, with or without advertising for | 6207 |
bids, as the director considers for the best interest of the | 6208 |
department of transportation. | 6209 |
(D) When a project proceeds by force account under this | 6210 |
section or section 5517.021 of the Revised Code, the department of | 6211 |
transportation shall perform the work in compliance with any | 6212 |
project requirements and specifications that would have applied if | 6213 |
a contract for the work had been let by competitive bidding. The | 6214 |
department shall retain in the project record all records | 6215 |
documenting materials testing compliance, materials placement | 6216 |
compliance, actual personnel and equipment hours usage, and all | 6217 |
other documentation that would have been required if a contract | 6218 |
for the work had been let by competitive bidding. | 6219 |
(E) The director shall proceed by competitive bidding to let | 6220 |
work to the lowest competent and responsible bidder after | 6221 |
advertisement as provided in section 5525.01 of the Revised Code | 6222 |
in both of the following situations: | 6223 |
(1) When the scope of work exceeds the limits established in | 6224 |
section 5517.021 of the Revised Code; | 6225 |
(2) When the estimated cost for a project, other than work | 6226 |
described in section 5517.021 of the Revised Code, exceeds the | 6227 |
amounts established in division (B) of this section, as adjusted. | 6228 |
Sec. 5517.021. (A)(1) The director of transportation may | 6229 |
proceed without competitive bidding by employing labor, purchasing | 6230 |
materials, and furnishing equipment to do any of the following | 6231 |
work: | 6232 |
(a) Replace any single span bridge in its substantial | 6233 |
entirety or widen any single span bridge, including necessary | 6234 |
modifications to accommodate widening the existing substructure | 6235 |
and wing walls. The director shall proceed under division | 6236 |
(A)(1)(a) of this section only if the deck area of the new or | 6237 |
widened bridge does not exceed seven hundred square feet as | 6238 |
measured around the outside perimeter of the deck. | 6239 |
(b) Replace the bearings, beams, and deck of any bridge on | 6240 |
that bridge's existing foundation if the deck area of the | 6241 |
rehabilitated structure does not exceed eight hundred square feet; | 6242 |
(c) Construct or replace any single cell or multi-cell | 6243 |
culvert whose total waterway opening does not exceed fifty-two | 6244 |
square feet; | 6245 |
(d) Pave or patch an asphalt surface if the operation does | 6246 |
not exceed one hundred twenty tons of asphalt per lane-mile of | 6247 |
roadway length, except that the department shall not perform a | 6248 |
continuous resurfacing operation under this section if the cost of | 6249 |
the work exceeds the amount established in division (B)(1)(a) of | 6250 |
section 5517.02 of the Revised Code, as adjusted. | 6251 |
(2) Work performed in accordance with division (A)(1) of this | 6252 |
section may include approach roadway work, extending not more than | 6253 |
one hundred fifty feet as measured from the back side of the | 6254 |
bridge abutment wall or outside edge of the culvert, as | 6255 |
applicable. The length of an approach guardrail shall be in | 6256 |
accordance with department of transportation design requirements | 6257 |
and shall not be included in the approach work size limitation. | 6258 |
(B) The requirements of section 117.16 of the Revised Code | 6259 |
shall not apply to work described in division (A) of this section | 6260 |
and the work shall be exempt from audit for force account purposes | 6261 |
except to determine compliance with the applicable size or tonnage | 6262 |
restrictions. | 6263 |
Sec. 5525.01. Before entering into a contract, the director | 6264 |
of transportation shall advertise for bids for two consecutive | 6265 |
weeks in one newspaper of general circulation published in the | 6266 |
county in which the improvement or part thereof is located, but if | 6267 |
there is no such newspaper then in one newspaper having general | 6268 |
circulation in an adjacent county. In the alternative, the | 6269 |
director may advertise for bids as provided in section 7.16 of the | 6270 |
Revised Code. The director may advertise for bids in such other | 6271 |
publications as the director considers advisable. Such notices | 6272 |
shall state that plans and specifications for the improvement are | 6273 |
on file in the office of the director and the district deputy | 6274 |
director of the district in which the improvement or part thereof | 6275 |
is located and the time within which bids therefor will be | 6276 |
received. | 6277 |
Each bidder shall be required to file with the bidder's bid a | 6278 |
bid guaranty in the form of a certified check, a cashier's check, | 6279 |
or an electronic funds transfer to the treasurer of state that is | 6280 |
evidenced by a receipt or by a certification to the director of | 6281 |
transportation in a form prescribed by the director that an | 6282 |
electronic funds transfer has been made to the treasurer of state, | 6283 |
for an amount equal to five per cent of the bidder's bid, but in | 6284 |
no event more than fifty thousand dollars, or a bid bond for ten | 6285 |
per cent of the bidder's bid, payable to the director, which | 6286 |
check, transferred sum, or bond shall be forthwith returned to the | 6287 |
bidder in case the contract is awarded to another bidder, or, in | 6288 |
case of a successful bidder, when the bidder has entered into a | 6289 |
contract and furnished the bonds required by section 5525.16 of | 6290 |
the Revised Code. In the event the contract is awarded to a | 6291 |
bidder, and the bidder fails or refuses to furnish the bonds as | 6292 |
required by section 5525.16 of the Revised Code, the check, | 6293 |
transferred sum, or bid bond filed with the bidder's bid shall be | 6294 |
forfeited as liquidated damages. No bidder shall be required | 6295 |
either to file a signed contract with the bidder's bid, to enter | 6296 |
into a contract, or to furnish the contract performance bond and | 6297 |
the payment bond required by that section until the bids have been | 6298 |
opened and the bidder has been notified by the director that the | 6299 |
bidder is awarded the contract. | 6300 |
The director shall permit a bidder to withdraw the bidder's | 6301 |
bid from consideration, without forfeiture of the check, | 6302 |
transferred sum, or bid bond filed with the bid, providing a | 6303 |
written request together with a sworn statement of the grounds for | 6304 |
such withdrawal is delivered within forty-eight hours after the | 6305 |
time established for the receipt of bids, and if the price bid was | 6306 |
substantially lower than the other bids, providing the bid was | 6307 |
submitted in good faith, and the reason for the price bid being | 6308 |
substantially lower was a clerical mistake evident on the face of | 6309 |
the bid, as opposed to a judgment mistake, and was actually due to | 6310 |
an unintentional and substantial arithmetic error or an | 6311 |
unintentional omission of a substantial quantity of work, labor, | 6312 |
or material made directly in the compilation of the bid. In the | 6313 |
event the director decides the conditions for withdrawal have not | 6314 |
been met, the director may award the contract to such bidder. If | 6315 |
such bidder does not then enter into a contract and furnish the | 6316 |
contract bond as required by law, the director may declare | 6317 |
forfeited the check, transferred sum, or bid bond as liquidated | 6318 |
damages and award the contract to the next higher bidder or reject | 6319 |
the remaining bids and readvertise the project for bids. Such | 6320 |
bidder | 6321 |
director to the court of common pleas of Franklin county and the | 6322 |
court may affirm or reverse the decision of the director and may | 6323 |
order the director to refund the amount of the forfeiture. At the | 6324 |
hearing before the common pleas court evidence may be introduced | 6325 |
for and against the decision of the director. The decision of the | 6326 |
common pleas court may be appealed as in other cases. | 6327 |
There is hereby created the ODOT letting fund, which shall be | 6328 |
in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of | 6329 |
the state treasury. All certified checks and cashiers' checks | 6330 |
received with bidders' bids, and all sums transferred to the | 6331 |
treasurer of state by electronic funds transfer in connection with | 6332 |
bidders' bids, under this section shall be credited to the fund. | 6333 |
All such bid guaranties shall be held in the fund until a | 6334 |
determination is made as to the final disposition of the money. If | 6335 |
the department determines that any such bid guaranty is no longer | 6336 |
required to be held, the amount of the bid guaranty shall be | 6337 |
returned to the appropriate bidder. If the department determines | 6338 |
that a bid guaranty under this section shall be forfeited, the | 6339 |
amount of the bid guaranty shall be transferred or, in the case of | 6340 |
money paid on a forfeited bond, deposited into the state treasury, | 6341 |
to the credit of the highway operating fund. Any investment | 6342 |
earnings of the ODOT letting fund shall be distributed as the | 6343 |
treasurer of state considers appropriate. | 6344 |
The director shall require all bidders to furnish the | 6345 |
director, upon such forms as the director may prescribe, detailed | 6346 |
information with respect to all pending work of the bidder, | 6347 |
whether with the department of transportation or otherwise, | 6348 |
together with such other information as the director considers | 6349 |
necessary. | 6350 |
In the event a bidder fails to submit anything required to be | 6351 |
submitted with the bid and then fails or refuses to so submit such | 6352 |
at the request of the director, the failure or refusal constitutes | 6353 |
grounds for the director, in the director's discretion, to declare | 6354 |
as forfeited the bid guaranty submitted with the bid. | 6355 |
The director may reject any or all bids. Except in regard to | 6356 |
contracts for environmental remediation and specialty work for | 6357 |
which there are no classes of work set out in the rules adopted by | 6358 |
the director, if the director awards the contract, the director | 6359 |
shall award it to the lowest competent and responsible bidder as | 6360 |
defined by rules adopted by the director under section 5525.05 of | 6361 |
the Revised Code, who is qualified to bid under sections 5525.02 | 6362 |
to 5525.09 of the Revised Code. In regard to contracts for | 6363 |
environmental remediation and specialty work for which there are | 6364 |
no classes of work set out in the rules adopted by the director, | 6365 |
the director shall competitively bid the projects in accordance | 6366 |
with this chapter and shall award the contracts to the lowest and | 6367 |
best bidder. | 6368 |
The award for all projects competitively let by the director | 6369 |
under this section shall be made within ten days after the date on | 6370 |
which the bids are opened, and the successful bidder shall enter | 6371 |
into a contract and furnish a contract performance bond and a | 6372 |
payment bond, as provided for in section 5525.16 of the Revised | 6373 |
Code, within ten days after the bidder is notified that the bidder | 6374 |
has been awarded the contract. | 6375 |
The director may insert in any contract awarded under this | 6376 |
chapter a clause providing for value engineering change proposals, | 6377 |
under which a contractor who has been awarded a contract may | 6378 |
propose a change in the plans and specifications of the project | 6379 |
that saves the department time or money on the project without | 6380 |
impairing any of the essential functions and characteristics of | 6381 |
the project such as service life, reliability, economy of | 6382 |
operation, ease of maintenance, safety, and necessary standardized | 6383 |
features. If the director adopts the value engineering proposal, | 6384 |
the savings from the proposal shall be divided between the | 6385 |
department and the contractor according to guidelines established | 6386 |
by the director, provided that the contractor shall receive at | 6387 |
least fifty per cent of the savings from the proposal. The | 6388 |
adoption of a value engineering proposal does not invalidate the | 6389 |
award of the contract or require the director to rebid the | 6390 |
project. | 6391 |
Sec. 5525.16. (A) Before entering into a contract, the | 6392 |
director of transportation shall require a contract performance | 6393 |
bond and a payment bond with sufficient sureties, as follows: | 6394 |
(1) A contract performance bond in an amount equal to one | 6395 |
hundred per cent of the | 6396 |
amount, conditioned, among other things, that the contractor will | 6397 |
perform the work upon the terms proposed, within the time | 6398 |
prescribed, and in accordance with the plans and specifications, | 6399 |
will indemnify the state against any damage that may result from | 6400 |
any failure of the contractor to so perform, and, further, in case | 6401 |
of a grade separation will indemnify any railroad company involved | 6402 |
against any damage that may result by reason of the negligence of | 6403 |
the contractor in making the improvement. | 6404 |
(2) A payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred per cent | 6405 |
of the | 6406 |
the payment by the contractor and all subcontractors for labor or | 6407 |
work performed or materials furnished in connection with the work, | 6408 |
improvement, or project involved. | 6409 |
(B) In no case is the state liable for damages sustained in | 6410 |
the construction of any work, improvement, or project under this | 6411 |
chapter and Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., | 6412 |
5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and | 6413 |
5535. of the Revised Code. | 6414 |
This section does not require the director to take bonds as | 6415 |
described in division (A) of this section in connection with any | 6416 |
force account work, but the director may require those bonds in | 6417 |
connection with force account work. | 6418 |
If any bonds taken under this section are executed by a | 6419 |
surety company, the director may not approve such bonds unless | 6420 |
there is attached a certificate of the superintendent of insurance | 6421 |
that the company is authorized to transact business in this state, | 6422 |
and a copy of the power of attorney of the agent of the company. | 6423 |
The superintendent, upon request, shall issue to any licensed | 6424 |
agent of such company the certificate without charge. | 6425 |
The bonds required to be taken under this section shall be | 6426 |
executed by the same surety, approved by the director as to | 6427 |
sufficiency of the sureties, and be in the form prescribed by the | 6428 |
attorney general. | 6429 |
(C) Any person to whom any money is due for labor or work | 6430 |
performed or materials furnished in connection with a work, | 6431 |
improvement, or project, at any time after performing the labor or | 6432 |
furnishing the materials but not later than ninety days after the | 6433 |
acceptance of the work, improvement, or project by the director, | 6434 |
may furnish to the sureties on the payment bond a statement of the | 6435 |
amount due the person. If the indebtedness is not paid in full at | 6436 |
the expiration of sixty days after the statement is furnished, the | 6437 |
person may commence an action in the person's own name upon the | 6438 |
bond as provided in sections 2307.06 and 2307.07 of the Revised | 6439 |
Code. | 6440 |
An action shall not be commenced against the sureties on a | 6441 |
payment bond until sixty days after the furnishing of the | 6442 |
statement described in this section or, notwithstanding section | 6443 |
2305.12 of the Revised Code, later than one year after the date of | 6444 |
the acceptance of the work, improvement, or project. | 6445 |
(D) As used in this section, "improvement," "subcontractor," | 6446 |
"material supplier," and "materials" have the same meanings as in | 6447 |
section 1311.01 of the Revised Code, and "contractor" has the same | 6448 |
meaning as "original contractor" as defined in that section. | 6449 |
Sec. 5533.31. The road known as interstate route eighty, | 6450 |
extending across Ohio from the Pennsylvania border in Trumbull | 6451 |
county to the Indiana border in Williams county, shall be known as | 6452 |
the "Christopher Columbus highway." | 6453 |
The director of transportation may erect suitable markers | 6454 |
upon the portions of such highway under | 6455 |
jurisdiction indicating its name, and the Ohio turnpike and | 6456 |
infrastructure commission may erect suitable markers on the | 6457 |
portions of such highway under its jurisdiction indicating its | 6458 |
name. | 6459 |
Sec. 5537.01. As used in this chapter: | 6460 |
(A) "Commission" means the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 6461 |
commission created by section 5537.02 of the Revised Code or, if | 6462 |
that commission is abolished, the board, body, officer, or | 6463 |
commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to | 6464 |
which the powers given by this chapter to the commission are given | 6465 |
by law. | 6466 |
(B) " | 6467 |
express or limited access highway, super highway, or motorway | 6468 |
constructed, operated, or improved, under the jurisdiction of the | 6469 |
commission and pursuant to this chapter, at a location or | 6470 |
locations reviewed by the turnpike legislative review committee | 6471 |
and approved by the governor, including all bridges, tunnels, | 6472 |
overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, | 6473 |
approaches, those portions of connecting public roads that serve | 6474 |
interchanges and are determined by the commission and the director | 6475 |
of transportation to be necessary for the safe merging of traffic | 6476 |
between the turnpike project and those public roads, toll booths, | 6477 |
service facilities, and administration, storage, and other | 6478 |
buildings, property, and facilities that the commission considers | 6479 |
necessary for the operation or policing of the turnpike project, | 6480 |
together with all property and rights which may be acquired by the | 6481 |
commission for the construction, maintenance, or operation of the | 6482 |
turnpike project, and includes any sections or extensions of a | 6483 |
turnpike project designated by the commission as such for the | 6484 |
particular purpose. Each turnpike project shall be separately | 6485 |
designated, by name or number, and may be constructed, improved, | 6486 |
or extended in such sections as the commission may from time to | 6487 |
time determine. Construction includes the improvement and | 6488 |
renovation of a previously constructed turnpike project, including | 6489 |
additional interchanges, whether or not the turnpike project was | 6490 |
initially constructed by the commission. | 6491 |
(C) "Infrastructure project" means any public express or | 6492 |
limited access highway, super highway, or motorway, including all | 6493 |
bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance | 6494 |
plazas, approaches, and those portions of connecting public roads | 6495 |
that serve interchanges, that is constructed or improved, in whole | 6496 |
or in part, with infrastructure funding approved pursuant to | 6497 |
criteria established under section 5537.18 of the Revised Code. | 6498 |
(D) "Cost," as applied to construction of a turnpike project | 6499 |
or an infrastructure project, includes the cost of construction, | 6500 |
including bridges over or under existing highways and railroads, | 6501 |
acquisition of all property acquired either by the commission or | 6502 |
by the owner of the infrastructure project for the construction, | 6503 |
demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so | 6504 |
acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which the | 6505 |
buildings or structures may be moved, site clearance, improvement, | 6506 |
and preparation, diverting public roads, interchanges with public | 6507 |
roads, access roads to private property, including the cost of | 6508 |
land or easements therefor, all machinery, furnishings, and | 6509 |
equipment, communications facilities, financing expenses, interest | 6510 |
prior to and during construction and for one year after completion | 6511 |
of construction, traffic estimates, indemnity and surety bonds and | 6512 |
premiums on insurance, title work and title commitments, | 6513 |
insurance, and guarantees, engineering, feasibility studies, and | 6514 |
legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost | 6515 |
and revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining | 6516 |
the feasibility or practicability of constructing or operating a | 6517 |
turnpike project or an infrastructure project, administrative | 6518 |
expenses, and any other expense that may be necessary or incident | 6519 |
to the construction of the turnpike project or an infrastructure | 6520 |
project, the financing of the construction, and the placing of the | 6521 |
turnpike project or an infrastructure project in operation. Any | 6522 |
obligation or expense incurred by the department of transportation | 6523 |
with the approval of the commission for surveys, borings, | 6524 |
preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering | 6525 |
services in connection with the construction of a turnpike project | 6526 |
or an infrastructure project, or by the federal government with | 6527 |
the approval of the commission for any public road projects which | 6528 |
must be reimbursed as a condition to the exercise of any of the | 6529 |
powers of the commission under this chapter, shall be regarded as | 6530 |
a part of the cost of the turnpike project or an infrastructure | 6531 |
project and shall be reimbursed to the state or the federal | 6532 |
government, as the case may be, from revenues, state taxes, or the | 6533 |
proceeds of bonds as authorized by this chapter. | 6534 |
| 6535 |
interest in any property authorized to be acquired by the | 6536 |
commission for turnpike projects under this chapter, or the public | 6537 |
entity for whom an infrastructure project is funded, in whole or | 6538 |
in part, by the commission under this chapter. | 6539 |
| 6540 |
investment income on special funds, rentals, gifts, grants, and | 6541 |
all other moneys coming into the possession of or under the | 6542 |
control of the commission by virtue of this chapter, except the | 6543 |
proceeds from the sale of bonds. "Revenues" does not include state | 6544 |
taxes. | 6545 |
| 6546 |
streets in the state, whether maintained by a state agency or any | 6547 |
other governmental agency. | 6548 |
| 6549 |
mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, and other equipment | 6550 |
and appliances of any public utility. | 6551 |
| 6552 |
relating to the authorization, issuance, sale, delivery, | 6553 |
authentication, deposit, custody, clearing, registration, | 6554 |
transfer, exchange, fractionalization, replacement, payment, and | 6555 |
servicing of bonds including, without limitation, costs and | 6556 |
expenses for or relating to publication and printing, postage, | 6557 |
delivery, preliminary and final official statements, offering | 6558 |
circulars, and informational statements, travel and | 6559 |
transportation, underwriters, placement agents, investment | 6560 |
bankers, paying agents, registrars, authenticating agents, | 6561 |
remarketing agents, custodians, clearing agencies or corporations, | 6562 |
securities depositories, financial advisory services, | 6563 |
certifications, audits, federal or state regulatory agencies, | 6564 |
accounting and computation services, legal services and obtaining | 6565 |
approving legal opinions and other legal opinions, credit ratings, | 6566 |
redemption premiums, and credit enhancement facilities. | 6567 |
| 6568 |
agreements, certifications, notices, sale proceedings, leases, | 6569 |
lease-purchase agreements, assignments, credit enhancement | 6570 |
facility agreements, and other agreements, instruments, and | 6571 |
documents, as amended and supplemented, or any one or more or any | 6572 |
combination thereof, authorizing, or authorizing or providing for | 6573 |
the terms and conditions applicable to, or providing for the | 6574 |
security or sale or award or liquidity of, bonds, and includes the | 6575 |
provisions set forth or incorporated in those bonds and bond | 6576 |
proceedings. | 6577 |
| 6578 |
mandatory sinking fund or mandatory redemption requirements for | 6579 |
the retirement of bonds, and interest and any redemption premium | 6580 |
payable on bonds, as those payments come due and are payable to | 6581 |
the bondholder or to a person making payment under a credit | 6582 |
enhancement facility of those bond service charges to a | 6583 |
bondholder. | 6584 |
| 6585 |
by the bond proceedings for and pledged to the payment of bond | 6586 |
service charges on bonds provided for by those proceedings, | 6587 |
including all moneys and investments, and earnings from | 6588 |
investments, credited and to be credited to that fund as provided | 6589 |
in the bond proceedings. | 6590 |
| 6591 |
anticipating bonds or other notes, commercial paper, certificates | 6592 |
of participation, or other evidences of obligation, including any | 6593 |
interest coupons pertaining thereto, issued by the commission | 6594 |
pursuant to this chapter. | 6595 |
| 6596 |
funds created by the bond proceedings, which shall be used to pay | 6597 |
or defray the cost of infrastructure projects recommended by the | 6598 |
director of transportation and evaluated and approved by the | 6599 |
commission. | 6600 |
(O) "Net revenues" means revenues lawfully available to pay | 6601 |
both current operating expenses of the commission and bond service | 6602 |
charges in any fiscal year or other specified period, less current | 6603 |
operating expenses of the commission and any amount necessary to | 6604 |
maintain a working capital reserve for that period. | 6605 |
| 6606 |
investments, and earnings on those investments, in the applicable | 6607 |
bond service fund and any other special funds, and the proceeds of | 6608 |
any bonds issued for the purpose of refunding prior bonds, all as | 6609 |
lawfully available and by resolution of the commission committed | 6610 |
for application as pledged revenues to the payment of bond service | 6611 |
charges on particular issues of bonds. | 6612 |
| 6613 |
restaurants, and other facilities for food service, roadside parks | 6614 |
and rest areas, parking, camping, tenting, rest, and sleeping | 6615 |
facilities, hotels or motels, and all similar and other facilities | 6616 |
providing services to the traveling public in connection with the | 6617 |
use of a turnpike project and owned, leased, licensed, or operated | 6618 |
by the commission. | 6619 |
| 6620 |
commission derived from its ownership, leasing, licensing, or | 6621 |
operation of service facilities. | 6622 |
| 6623 |
and any accounts and subaccounts in that fund, any other funds or | 6624 |
accounts permitted by and established under, and identified as a | 6625 |
"special fund" or "special account" in, the bond proceedings, | 6626 |
including any special fund or account established for purposes of | 6627 |
rebate or other requirements under federal income tax laws. | 6628 |
| 6629 |
state, and boards, departments, branches, divisions, or other | 6630 |
units or agencies of the state. | 6631 |
| 6632 |
the proceeds of state taxes or excises levied and collected, or | 6633 |
appropriated by the general assembly to the commission, for the | 6634 |
purposes and functions of the commission. State taxes do not | 6635 |
include tolls, or investment earnings on state taxes except on | 6636 |
those state taxes referred to in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio | 6637 |
Constitution. | 6638 |
| 6639 |
other charges by the commission to the owners, lessors, lessees, | 6640 |
or operators of motor vehicles for the operation of or the right | 6641 |
to operate those vehicles on a turnpike project. | 6642 |
| 6643 |
credit, lines of credit, standby, contingent, or firm securities | 6644 |
purchase agreements, insurance, or surety arrangements, | 6645 |
guarantees, and other arrangements that provide for direct or | 6646 |
contingent payment of bond service charges, for security or | 6647 |
additional security in the event of nonpayment or default in | 6648 |
respect of bonds, or for making payment of bond service charges | 6649 |
and at the option and on demand of bondholders or at the option of | 6650 |
the commission or upon certain conditions occurring under put or | 6651 |
similar arrangements, or for otherwise supporting the credit or | 6652 |
liquidity of the bonds, and includes credit, reimbursement, | 6653 |
marketing, remarketing, indexing, carrying, interest rate hedge, | 6654 |
and subrogation agreements, and other agreements and arrangements | 6655 |
for payment and reimbursement of the person providing the credit | 6656 |
enhancement facility and the security for that payment and | 6657 |
reimbursement. | 6658 |
| 6659 |
the Revised Code and, unless the context otherwise provides, also | 6660 |
includes any governmental agency and any combination of those | 6661 |
persons. | 6662 |
| 6663 |
including advance refunding with or without payment or redemption | 6664 |
prior to stated maturity. | 6665 |
| 6666 |
agency, political subdivision, or other local, interstate, or | 6667 |
regional governmental agency, and any combination of those | 6668 |
agencies. | 6669 |
| 6670 |
the Revised Code, and includes interests in property. | 6671 |
| 6672 |
"floating rate interest structure," "indexing agent," "interest | 6673 |
rate hedge," "interest rate period," "put arrangement," and | 6674 |
"remarketing agent" have the same meanings as in section 9.98 of | 6675 |
the Revised Code. | 6676 |
| 6677 |
outstanding in accordance with the terms of the bonds and the | 6678 |
applicable bond proceedings. | 6679 |
| 6680 |
existing and future turnpike projects constructed, operated, and | 6681 |
maintained under the jurisdiction of the commission. | 6682 |
(EE) "Ohio turnpike and infrastructure system" means turnpike | 6683 |
projects and infrastructure projects funded by the commission | 6684 |
existing on and after July 1, 2013. | 6685 |
Sec. 5537.02. (A) There is hereby created a commission to be | 6686 |
known on and after July 1, 2013, as the "Ohio turnpike and | 6687 |
infrastructure commission." The commission is a body both | 6688 |
corporate and politic, constituting an instrumentality of the | 6689 |
state, and the exercise by it of the powers conferred by this | 6690 |
chapter in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the | 6691 |
Ohio turnpike system, and also in entering into agreements with | 6692 |
the department of transportation to pay the cost or a portion of | 6693 |
the costs of infrastructure projects, are and shall be held to be | 6694 |
essential governmental functions of the state, but the commission | 6695 |
shall not be immune from liability by reason thereof. Chapter | 6696 |
2744. of the Revised Code applies to the commission and the | 6697 |
commission is a political subdivision of the state for purposes of | 6698 |
that chapter. The commission is subject to all provisions of law | 6699 |
generally applicable to state agencies which do not conflict with | 6700 |
this chapter. | 6701 |
(B)(1) The commission shall consist of | 6702 |
follows: | 6703 |
(a) | 6704 |
advice and consent of the senate, no more than | 6705 |
shall be members of the same political party; | 6706 |
(b) The director of transportation, who shall be a voting | 6707 |
member, and the director of budget and management, | 6708 |
6709 | |
as ex officio members, without compensation; | 6710 |
(c) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of | 6711 |
the senate, who shall represent either a district in which is | 6712 |
located or through which passes a portion of a turnpike project | 6713 |
that is part of the Ohio turnpike system or a district located in | 6714 |
the vicinity of a turnpike project that is part of the Ohio | 6715 |
turnpike system; | 6716 |
(d) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by | 6717 |
the speaker of the house of representatives, who shall represent | 6718 |
either a district in which is located or through which passes a | 6719 |
portion of a turnpike project that is part of the Ohio turnpike | 6720 |
system or a district located in the vicinity of a turnpike project | 6721 |
that is part of the Ohio turnpike system. | 6722 |
(2) The members appointed by the governor shall be residents | 6723 |
of the state, shall have been qualified electors therein for a | 6724 |
period of at least five years next preceding their appointment | 6725 |
6726 | |
who reside in different geographic areas of the state, taking into | 6727 |
consideration the various turnpike and infrastructure projects in | 6728 |
the state. Members appointed to the commission prior to July 1, | 6729 |
2013, shall serve terms of eight years commencing on the first day | 6730 |
of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June. Thereafter, | 6731 |
members appointed by the governor shall serve terms of three years | 6732 |
commencing on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth | 6733 |
day of June. Those members appointed by the president of the | 6734 |
senate or the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve | 6735 |
a term of the remainder of the general assembly during which the | 6736 |
senator or representative is appointed. Each appointed member | 6737 |
shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of | 6738 |
the term for which the member was appointed. If a commission | 6739 |
member dies or resigns, or if a senator or representative who is a | 6740 |
member of the commission ceases to be a senator or representative, | 6741 |
or if an ex officio member ceases to hold the applicable office, | 6742 |
the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as provided in | 6743 |
division (B)(1) of this section. Any member who fills a vacancy | 6744 |
occurring prior to the end of the term for which the member's | 6745 |
predecessor was appointed shall, if appointed by the governor, | 6746 |
hold office for the remainder of such term or, if appointed by the | 6747 |
president of the senate or the speaker of the house of | 6748 |
representatives, shall hold office for the remainder of the term | 6749 |
or for a shorter period of time as determined by the president or | 6750 |
the speaker. Any member appointed by the governor shall continue | 6751 |
in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term | 6752 |
until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of | 6753 |
sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. A member of the | 6754 |
commission is eligible for reappointment. Each member of the | 6755 |
commission appointed by the governor, before entering upon the | 6756 |
member's duties, shall take an oath as provided by Section 7 of | 6757 |
Article XV, Ohio Constitution. The governor, the president of the | 6758 |
senate, or the speaker of the house of representatives, may at any | 6759 |
time remove their respective appointees to the commission for | 6760 |
misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office. | 6761 |
(3)(a) A member of the commission who is appointed by the | 6762 |
president of the senate or the speaker of the house of | 6763 |
representatives shall not participate in any vote of the | 6764 |
commission. Serving as an appointed member of the commission under | 6765 |
divisions (B)(1)(c), (1)(d), or (2) of this section does not | 6766 |
constitute grounds for resignation from the senate or the house of | 6767 |
representatives under section 101.26 of the Revised Code. | 6768 |
(b) The director of budget and management | 6769 |
6770 |
(C) The voting members of the commission shall elect one of | 6771 |
the | 6772 |
vice-chairperson, and shall appoint a secretary-treasurer who need | 6773 |
not be a member of the commission. | 6774 |
members of the commission constitute a quorum, and the affirmative | 6775 |
vote of | 6776 |
taken by the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the | 6777 |
commission impairs the rights of a quorum to exercise all the | 6778 |
rights and perform all the duties of the commission. | 6779 |
(D) Each member of the commission appointed by the governor | 6780 |
shall give a surety bond to the commission in the penal sum of | 6781 |
twenty-five thousand dollars and the secretary-treasurer shall | 6782 |
give such a bond in at least the penal sum of fifty thousand | 6783 |
dollars. The commission may require any of its officers or | 6784 |
employees to file surety bonds including a blanket bond as | 6785 |
provided in section 3.06 of the Revised Code. Each such bond shall | 6786 |
be in favor of the commission and shall be conditioned upon the | 6787 |
faithful performance of the duties of the office, executed by a | 6788 |
surety company authorized to transact business in this state, | 6789 |
approved by the governor, and filed in the office of the secretary | 6790 |
of state. The costs of the surety bonds shall be paid or | 6791 |
reimbursed by the commission from revenues. Each member of the | 6792 |
commission appointed by the governor shall receive an annual | 6793 |
salary of five thousand dollars, payable in monthly installments. | 6794 |
Each member shall be reimbursed for the member's actual expenses | 6795 |
necessarily incurred in the performance of the member's duties. | 6796 |
All costs and expenses incurred by the commission in carrying out | 6797 |
this chapter shall be payable solely from revenues and state | 6798 |
taxes, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the | 6799 |
commission beyond the extent to which revenues have been provided | 6800 |
for pursuant to this chapter. | 6801 |
Sec. 5537.03. In order to remove present and anticipated | 6802 |
handicaps and potential hazards on the congested highways in this | 6803 |
state, to facilitate vehicular traffic throughout the state, to | 6804 |
finance infrastructure projects that enhance mobility and economic | 6805 |
development in Ohio, to promote the agricultural, commercial, | 6806 |
recreational, tourism, and industrial development of the state, | 6807 |
and to provide for the general welfare by the construction, | 6808 |
improvement, and maintenance of modern express highways embodying | 6809 |
safety devices, including without limitation center divisions, | 6810 |
ample shoulder widths, longsight distances, multiple lanes in each | 6811 |
direction, and grade separations at intersections with other | 6812 |
public roads and railroads, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 6813 |
commission | 6814 |
(A) Subject to section 5537.26 of the Revised Code, | 6815 |
construct, maintain, repair, and operate a system of turnpike | 6816 |
projects at locations that are reviewed by the turnpike | 6817 |
legislative review committee and approved by the governor, and in | 6818 |
accordance with alignment and design standards that are approved | 6819 |
by the director of transportation, and issue revenue bonds of this | 6820 |
state, payable solely from pledged revenues, to pay the cost of | 6821 |
those projects. The turnpikes and turnpike projects authorized by | 6822 |
this chapter are hereby or shall be made part of the Ohio turnpike | 6823 |
system. | 6824 |
(B) Provide the infrastructure funds to pay the cost or a | 6825 |
portion of the cost of infrastructure projects as recommended by | 6826 |
the director of transportation pursuant to a determination made by | 6827 |
the commission based on criteria set forth in rules adopted by the | 6828 |
commission under section 5537.18 of the Revised Code. A | 6829 |
determination by the commission to provide infrastructure funds | 6830 |
for an infrastructure project shall be conclusive and | 6831 |
incontestable. | 6832 |
Sec. 5537.04. (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 6833 |
commission may do any of the following: | 6834 |
(1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the | 6835 |
conduct of its business; | 6836 |
(2) Adopt an official seal, which shall not be the great seal | 6837 |
of the state and which need not be in compliance with section 5.10 | 6838 |
of the Revised Code; | 6839 |
(3) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places | 6840 |
within the state as it designates; | 6841 |
(4) | 6842 |
projects, sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, | 6843 |
provided any actions against the commission shall be brought in | 6844 |
the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal | 6845 |
office of the commission is located, or in the court of common | 6846 |
pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose if that | 6847 |
county is located within this state, and all summonses, | 6848 |
exceptions, and notices of every kind shall be served on the | 6849 |
commission by leaving a copy thereof at its principal office with | 6850 |
the secretary-treasurer or executive director of the commission; | 6851 |
(5) With respect to infrastructure projects only, sue and be | 6852 |
sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions | 6853 |
against the commission shall be brought in the court of common | 6854 |
pleas of Franklin county, and all summonses, exceptions, and | 6855 |
notices of every kind shall be served on the commission by leaving | 6856 |
a copy thereof at its principal office with the | 6857 |
secretary-treasurer or executive director of the commission. | 6858 |
(6) Construct, maintain, repair, police, and operate the | 6859 |
turnpike system, and establish rules for the use of any turnpike | 6860 |
project; | 6861 |
| 6862 |
pledged revenues, as provided in this chapter, for the purpose of | 6863 |
paying any part of the cost of constructing any one or more | 6864 |
turnpike projects or infrastructure projects; | 6865 |
| 6866 |
collect tolls by any method approved by the commission, including, | 6867 |
but not limited to, manual methods or through electronic | 6868 |
technology accepted within the tolling industry; | 6869 |
| 6870 |
of its powers and the performance of its duties under this | 6871 |
chapter; | 6872 |
| 6873 |
control such points of ingress to and egress from each turnpike | 6874 |
project as are necessary or desirable in the judgment of the | 6875 |
commission and of the director of transportation to ensure the | 6876 |
proper operation and maintenance of that turnpike project, and | 6877 |
prohibit entrance to such a turnpike project from any point not so | 6878 |
designated; | 6879 |
| 6880 |
necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the | 6881 |
execution of its powers under this chapter, including | 6882 |
participation in a multi-jurisdiction electronic toll collection | 6883 |
agreement and collection or remittance of tolls, fees, or other | 6884 |
charges to or from entities or agencies that participate in such | 6885 |
an agreement; | 6886 |
| 6887 |
consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, and any other | 6888 |
engineers, construction and accounting experts, financial | 6889 |
advisers, trustees, marketing, remarketing, and administrative | 6890 |
agents, attorneys, and other employees, independent contractors, | 6891 |
or agents that are necessary in its judgment and fix their | 6892 |
compensation, provided all such expenses shall be payable solely | 6893 |
from the proceeds of bonds or from revenues of the Ohio turnpike | 6894 |
system; | 6895 |
| 6896 |
to the approval of the governor, and from any other governmental | 6897 |
agency grants for or in aid of the construction, reconstruction, | 6898 |
repair, renovation, maintenance, or operation of any turnpike | 6899 |
project, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any | 6900 |
source or person of money, property, labor, or other things of | 6901 |
value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for | 6902 |
which such grants and contributions are made; | 6903 |
| 6904 |
4123. and 4141. of the Revised Code; | 6905 |
| 6906 |
permit fees, processing fees, or administrative charges for the | 6907 |
prepayment, deferred payment, or nonpayment of tolls and use of | 6908 |
electronic tolling equipment or other commission property; | 6909 |
(16) Adopt rules for the issuance of citations either by a | 6910 |
policing authority or through administrative means to individuals | 6911 |
or corporations that evade the payment of tolls established for | 6912 |
the use of any turnpike project; | 6913 |
(17) Approve funding and authorize agreements with the | 6914 |
department of transportation for the funding of infrastructure | 6915 |
projects recommended by the director of transportation pursuant to | 6916 |
the criteria established by rule under section 5537.18 of the | 6917 |
Revised Code. | 6918 |
(B) The commission may do all acts necessary or proper to | 6919 |
carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter. | 6920 |
Sec. 5537.05. (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 6921 |
commission may construct grade separations at intersections of any | 6922 |
turnpike project with public roads and railroads, and change and | 6923 |
adjust the lines and grades of those roads and railroads, and of | 6924 |
public utility facilities, which change and adjustment of lines | 6925 |
and grades of those roads shall be subject to the approval of the | 6926 |
governmental agency having jurisdiction over the road, so as to | 6927 |
accommodate them to the design of the grade separation. The cost | 6928 |
of the grade separation and any damage incurred in changing and | 6929 |
adjusting the lines and grades of roads, railroads, and public | 6930 |
utility facilities shall be ascertained and paid by the commission | 6931 |
as a part of the cost of the turnpike project or from revenues or | 6932 |
state taxes. | 6933 |
(1) If the commission finds it necessary to change the | 6934 |
location of any portion of any public road, railroad, or public | 6935 |
utility facility, it shall cause the same to be reconstructed at | 6936 |
the location the governmental agency having jurisdiction over such | 6937 |
road, railroad, or public utility facility considers most | 6938 |
favorable. The construction shall be of substantially the same | 6939 |
type and in as good condition as the original road, railroad, or | 6940 |
public utility facility. The cost of the reconstruction, | 6941 |
relocation, or removal and any damage incurred in changing the | 6942 |
location shall be ascertained and paid by the commission as a part | 6943 |
of the cost of the turnpike project or from revenues or state | 6944 |
taxes. | 6945 |
(2) The commission may petition the board of county | 6946 |
commissioners of the county in which is situated any public road | 6947 |
or part thereof affected by the location therein of any turnpike | 6948 |
project, for the vacation or relocation of the road or any part | 6949 |
thereof, in the same manner and with the same force and effect as | 6950 |
is given to the director of transportation pursuant to sections | 6951 |
5553.04 to 5553.11 of the Revised Code. | 6952 |
(B) The commission and its authorized agents and employees, | 6953 |
after proper notice, may enter upon any lands, waters, and | 6954 |
premises in the state for the purpose of making surveys, | 6955 |
soundings, drillings, and examinations that are necessary or | 6956 |
proper for the purposes of this chapter, and the entry shall not | 6957 |
be deemed a trespass, nor shall an entry for those purposes be | 6958 |
deemed an entry under any appropriation proceedings which may then | 6959 |
be pending, provided that before entering upon the premises of any | 6960 |
railroad notice shall be given to the superintendent of the | 6961 |
railroad involved at least five days in advance of entry, and | 6962 |
provided that no survey, sounding, drilling, and examination shall | 6963 |
be made between the rails or so close to a railroad track as would | 6964 |
render the track unusable. The commission shall make reimbursement | 6965 |
for any actual damage resulting to such lands, waters, and | 6966 |
premises and to private property located in, on, along, over, or | 6967 |
under such lands, waters, and premises, as a result of such | 6968 |
activities. The state, subject to the approval of the governor, | 6969 |
hereby consents to the use of all lands owned by it, including | 6970 |
lands lying under water, that are necessary or proper for the | 6971 |
construction, maintenance, or operation of any turnpike project, | 6972 |
provided adequate consideration is provided for the use. | 6973 |
(C) The commission may make reasonable provisions or rules | 6974 |
for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, | 6975 |
relocation, and removal of public utility facilities in, on, | 6976 |
along, over, or under any turnpike project. Whenever the | 6977 |
commission determines that it is necessary that any public utility | 6978 |
facilities located in, on, along, over, or under any turnpike | 6979 |
project should be relocated in or removed from the turnpike | 6980 |
project, the public utility owning or operating the facilities | 6981 |
shall relocate or remove them in accordance with the order of the | 6982 |
commission. Except as otherwise provided in any license or other | 6983 |
agreement with the commission, the cost and expenses of such | 6984 |
relocation or removal, including the cost of installing the | 6985 |
facilities in a new location, the cost of any lands, or any rights | 6986 |
or interests in lands, and any other rights, acquired to | 6987 |
accomplish the relocation or removal, shall be ascertained and | 6988 |
paid by the commission as part of the cost of the turnpike project | 6989 |
or from revenues of the Ohio turnpike system. In case of any such | 6990 |
relocation or removal of facilities, the public utility owning or | 6991 |
operating them and its successors or assigns may maintain and | 6992 |
operate the facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the | 6993 |
new location, for as long a period, and upon the same terms, as it | 6994 |
had the right to maintain and operate the facilities in their | 6995 |
former location. | 6996 |
(D) The commission is subject to Chapters 1515., 6131., | 6997 |
6133., 6135., and 6137. of the Revised Code and shall pay any | 6998 |
assessments levied under those chapters for an improvement or | 6999 |
maintenance of an improvement on land under the control or | 7000 |
ownership of the commission. | 7001 |
Sec. 5537.051. (A)(1) In any county that as of January 1, | 7002 |
2011, had closed one or more roads as a result of grade separation | 7003 |
failure at intersections of a turnpike project with a county or | 7004 |
township road, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission is | 7005 |
responsible for the major maintenance and repair and replacement | 7006 |
of failed grade separations. The governmental entity with | 7007 |
jurisdiction over the county or township road is responsible for | 7008 |
routine maintenance of such failed grade separations. | 7009 |
(2) This section does not apply to any grade separation at | 7010 |
intersections of a turnpike project with a county or township road | 7011 |
except as described in division (A)(1) of this section. | 7012 |
(3) Major maintenance and repair and replacement of | 7013 |
aforementioned failed grade separations shall commence not later | 7014 |
than July 1, 2011, and be completed before December 31, 2014. | 7015 |
(B) As used in this section: | 7016 |
(1) "Major maintenance and repair and replacement" relates to | 7017 |
all elements constructed as part of or required for a grade | 7018 |
separation, including bridges, pile, foundations, substructures, | 7019 |
abutments, piers, superstructures, approach slabs, slopes, | 7020 |
embankments, fences, and appurtenances. | 7021 |
(2) "Routine maintenance" includes, without limitation, | 7022 |
clearing debris, sweeping, snow and ice removal, wearing surface | 7023 |
improvements, marking for traffic control, box culverts, drainage | 7024 |
facilities including headwalls and underdrains, inlets, catch | 7025 |
basins and grates, guardrails, minor and emergency repairs to | 7026 |
railing and appurtenances, and emergency patching. | 7027 |
Sec. 5537.06. (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7028 |
commission may acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease | 7029 |
with option to purchase, appropriation, or otherwise and in such | 7030 |
manner and for such consideration as it considers proper, any | 7031 |
public or private property necessary, convenient, or proper for | 7032 |
the construction, maintenance, or efficient operation of the Ohio | 7033 |
turnpike system. The commission may pledge net revenues, to the | 7034 |
extent permitted by this chapter with respect to bonds, to secure | 7035 |
payments to be made by the commission under any such lease, | 7036 |
lease-purchase agreement, or lease with option to purchase. Title | 7037 |
to personal property, and interests less than a fee in real | 7038 |
property, shall be held in the name of the commission. Title to | 7039 |
real property held in fee shall be held in the name of the state | 7040 |
for the use of the commission. In any proceedings for | 7041 |
appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed | 7042 |
shall be in accordance with the procedure provided in sections | 7043 |
163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code, including division (B) of | 7044 |
section 163.06 of the Revised Code notwithstanding the limitation | 7045 |
in that division of its applicability to roads open to the public | 7046 |
without charge. Except as otherwise agreed upon by the owner, full | 7047 |
compensation shall be paid for public property so taken. | 7048 |
(B) This section does not authorize the commission to take or | 7049 |
disturb property or facilities belonging to any public utility or | 7050 |
to a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, which property | 7051 |
or facilities are required for the proper and convenient operation | 7052 |
of the public utility or common carrier, unless provision is made | 7053 |
for the restoration, relocation, replication, or duplication of | 7054 |
the property or facilities elsewhere at the sole cost of the | 7055 |
commission. | 7056 |
(C) Disposition of real property shall be by the commission | 7057 |
in the manner and for the consideration it determines if to a | 7058 |
state agency or other governmental agency, and otherwise in the | 7059 |
manner provided in section 5501.45 of the Revised Code for the | 7060 |
disposition of property by the director of transportation. | 7061 |
Disposition of personal property shall be in the manner and for | 7062 |
the consideration the commission determines. | 7063 |
(D) Any instrument by which real property is acquired | 7064 |
pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state | 7065 |
that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in | 7066 |
section 5301.012 of the Revised Code. | 7067 |
Sec. 5537.07. (A) When the cost to the Ohio turnpike and | 7068 |
infrastructure commission under any contract with a person other | 7069 |
than a governmental agency involves an expenditure of more than | 7070 |
fifty thousand dollars, the commission shall make a written | 7071 |
contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in | 7072 |
accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code after | 7073 |
advertisement for not less than two consecutive weeks in a | 7074 |
newspaper of general circulation in Franklin county, and in such | 7075 |
other publications as the commission determines, which notice | 7076 |
shall state the general character of the work and the general | 7077 |
character of the materials to be furnished, the place where plans | 7078 |
and specifications therefor may be examined, and the time and | 7079 |
place of receiving bids. The commission may require that the cost | 7080 |
estimate for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, | 7081 |
improvement, renovation, or reconstruction of roadways and bridges | 7082 |
for which the commission is required to receive bids be kept | 7083 |
confidential and remain confidential until after all bids for the | 7084 |
public improvement have been received or the deadline for | 7085 |
receiving bids has passed. Thereafter, and before opening the bids | 7086 |
submitted for the roadways and bridges, the commission shall make | 7087 |
the cost estimate public knowledge by reading the cost estimate in | 7088 |
a public place. The commission may reject any and all bids. The | 7089 |
requirements of this division do not apply to contracts for the | 7090 |
acquisition of real property or compensation for professional or | 7091 |
other personal services. | 7092 |
(B) Each bid for a contract for construction, demolition, | 7093 |
alteration, repair, improvement, renovation, or reconstruction | 7094 |
shall contain the full name of every person interested in it and | 7095 |
shall meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. | 7096 |
(C) Other than for a contract referred to in division (B) of | 7097 |
this section, each bid for a contract that involves an expenditure | 7098 |
in excess of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or any contract | 7099 |
with a service facility operator shall contain the full name of | 7100 |
every person interested in it and shall be accompanied by a | 7101 |
sufficient bond or certified check on a solvent bank that if the | 7102 |
bid is accepted a contract will be entered into and the | 7103 |
performance of its proposal secured. | 7104 |
(D) Other than a contract referred to in division (B) of this | 7105 |
section, a bond with good and sufficient surety, in a form as | 7106 |
prescribed and approved by the commission, shall be required of | 7107 |
every contractor awarded a contract that involves an expenditure | 7108 |
in excess of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or any contract | 7109 |
with a service facility operator. The bond shall be in an amount | 7110 |
equal to at least fifty per cent of the contract price and shall | 7111 |
be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract. | 7112 |
(E) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the | 7113 |
commission may establish a program to expedite special turnpike | 7114 |
projects by combining the design and construction elements of any | 7115 |
public improvement project into a single contract. The commission | 7116 |
shall prepare and distribute a scope of work document upon which | 7117 |
the bidders shall base their bids. At a minimum, bidders shall | 7118 |
meet the requirements of section 4733.161 of the Revised Code. | 7119 |
Except in regard to those requirements relating to providing | 7120 |
plans, the commission shall award contracts following the | 7121 |
requirements set forth in divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of this | 7122 |
section. | 7123 |
Sec. 5537.08. (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7124 |
commission may provide by resolution for the issuance, at one time | 7125 |
or from time to time, of revenue bonds of the state for the | 7126 |
purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more | 7127 |
turnpike projects or infrastructure projects. The bond service | 7128 |
charges shall be payable solely from pledged revenues pledged for | 7129 |
such payment pursuant to the applicable bond proceedings. The | 7130 |
bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at a rate | 7131 |
or rates or at variable rates, and shall mature or be payable at | 7132 |
such time or times, with a final maturity not to exceed forty | 7133 |
years from their date or dates, all as determined by the | 7134 |
commission in the bond proceedings. The commission shall determine | 7135 |
the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be | 7136 |
attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations | 7137 |
of the bonds and the place or places of payment of bond service | 7138 |
charges. | 7139 |
(B) The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson or | 7140 |
vice-chairperson of the commission or by the facsimile signature | 7141 |
of that officer, the official seal of the commission or a | 7142 |
facsimile thereof shall be affixed thereto or printed thereon and | 7143 |
attested by the secretary-treasurer of the commission, which may | 7144 |
be by facsimile signature, and any coupons attached thereto shall | 7145 |
bear the facsimile signature of the chairperson or | 7146 |
vice-chairperson of the commission. In case any officer whose | 7147 |
signature, or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds | 7148 |
or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds, | 7149 |
such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and | 7150 |
sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had | 7151 |
remained in office until such delivery. | 7152 |
(C) Subject to the bond proceedings and provisions for | 7153 |
registration, the bonds shall have all the qualities and incidents | 7154 |
of negotiable instruments under Title XIII of the Revised Code. | 7155 |
The bonds may be issued in such form or forms as the commission | 7156 |
determines, including without limitation coupon, book entry, and | 7157 |
fully registered form, and provision may be made for the | 7158 |
registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as | 7159 |
to both principal and interest, and for the exchange of bonds | 7160 |
between forms. The commission may sell such bonds by competitive | 7161 |
bid on the best bid after advertisement or request for bids or by | 7162 |
private sale in the manner, and for the price, it determines to be | 7163 |
for the best interest of the state. | 7164 |
7165 | |
7166 |
(D) The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used | 7167 |
solely for the payment of the costs of the turnpike project or | 7168 |
projects for which such bonds were issued, | 7169 |
of the costs of the infrastructure project or projects as approved | 7170 |
by the commission under section 5537.18 of the Revised Code. The | 7171 |
proceeds shall be disbursed in such manner and under such | 7172 |
restrictions as the commission provides in the applicable bond | 7173 |
proceedings. | 7174 |
(E) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the | 7175 |
commission may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or | 7176 |
temporary bonds or bond anticipation notes, with or without | 7177 |
coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have | 7178 |
been executed and are available for delivery. The commission may | 7179 |
provide for the replacement of any mutilated, stolen, destroyed, | 7180 |
or lost bonds. Bonds may be issued by the commission under this | 7181 |
chapter without obtaining the consent of any state agency, and | 7182 |
without any other proceedings or the happening of any other | 7183 |
conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, or things | 7184 |
that are specifically required by this chapter or those | 7185 |
proceedings. | 7186 |
(F) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to the | 7187 |
bonds. | 7188 |
(G) The bond proceedings shall provide, subject to the | 7189 |
provisions of any other applicable bond proceedings, for the | 7190 |
pledge to the payment of bond service charges and of any costs of | 7191 |
or relating to credit enhancement facilities of all, or such part | 7192 |
as the commission may determine, of the pledged revenues and the | 7193 |
applicable special fund or funds, which pledges may be made to | 7194 |
secure the bonds on a parity with bonds theretofore or thereafter | 7195 |
issued if and to the extent provided in the bond proceedings. | 7196 |
Every pledge, and every covenant and agreement with respect | 7197 |
thereto, made in the bond proceedings may in the bond proceedings | 7198 |
be extended to the benefit of the owners and holders of bonds and | 7199 |
to any trustee and any person providing a credit enhancement | 7200 |
facility for those bonds, for the further security for the payment | 7201 |
of the bond service charges and credit enhancement facility costs. | 7202 |
(H) The bond proceedings may contain additional provisions as | 7203 |
to: | 7204 |
(1) The redemption of bonds prior to maturity at the option | 7205 |
of the commission or of the bondholders or upon the occurrence of | 7206 |
certain stated conditions, and at such price or prices and under | 7207 |
such terms and conditions as are provided in the bond proceedings; | 7208 |
(2) Other terms of the bonds; | 7209 |
(3) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds; | 7210 |
(4) The terms of any trust agreement securing the bonds or | 7211 |
under which the same may be issued; | 7212 |
(5) Any or every provision of the bond proceedings being | 7213 |
binding upon the commission and state agencies, or other person as | 7214 |
may from time to time have the authority under law to take such | 7215 |
actions as may be necessary to perform all or any part of the duty | 7216 |
required by such provision; | 7217 |
(6) Any provision that may be made in a trust agreement; | 7218 |
(7) Any other or additional agreements with the holders of | 7219 |
the bonds, or the trustee therefor, relating to the bonds or the | 7220 |
security for the bonds, including agreements for credit | 7221 |
enhancement facilities. | 7222 |
(I) Any holder of bonds or a trustee under the bond | 7223 |
proceedings, except to the extent that the holder's or trustee's | 7224 |
rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by any suitable | 7225 |
form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under | 7226 |
the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. Those | 7227 |
rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties | 7228 |
of the commission and state agencies required by this chapter or | 7229 |
the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the | 7230 |
event of default with respect to the payment of any bond service | 7231 |
charges on any bonds or in the performance of any covenant or | 7232 |
agreement on the part of the commission contained in the bond | 7233 |
proceedings, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause | 7234 |
to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the revenues and | 7235 |
the pledged revenues which are pledged to the payment of the bond | 7236 |
service charges on such bonds or which are the subject of the | 7237 |
covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for | 7238 |
payment of, bond service charges on such bonds, and with such | 7239 |
powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded | 7240 |
receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge | 7241 |
additional revenues or receipts or other income, funds, or moneys | 7242 |
of the commission or state agencies to the payment of such bond | 7243 |
service charges and excluding the power to take possession of, | 7244 |
mortgage, or cause the sale or otherwise dispose of any turnpike | 7245 |
project or other property of the commission. | 7246 |
(J) Each duty of the commission and the commission's officers | 7247 |
and employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings, is | 7248 |
hereby established as a duty of the commission, and of each such | 7249 |
officer, member, or employee having authority to perform the duty, | 7250 |
specifically enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or | 7251 |
station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. | 7252 |
(K) The commission's officers or employees are not liable in | 7253 |
their personal capacities on any bonds issued by the commission or | 7254 |
any agreements of or with the commission relating to those bonds. | 7255 |
(L) The bonds are lawful investments for banks, savings and | 7256 |
loan associations, credit union share guaranty corporations, trust | 7257 |
companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including | 7258 |
domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other | 7259 |
officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other | 7260 |
funds of the state or its political subdivisions and taxing | 7261 |
districts, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the | 7262 |
administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers | 7263 |
retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the | 7264 |
school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire | 7265 |
pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised | 7266 |
Code or rules adopted pursuant thereto by any state agency with | 7267 |
respect to investments by them, and are also acceptable as | 7268 |
security for the repayment of the deposit of public moneys. | 7269 |
(M) Provision may be made in the applicable bond proceedings | 7270 |
for the establishment of separate accounts in the bond service | 7271 |
fund and for the application of such accounts only to the | 7272 |
specified bond service charges pertinent to such accounts and bond | 7273 |
service fund, and for other accounts therein within the general | 7274 |
purposes of such fund. | 7275 |
(N) The commission may pledge all, or such portion as it | 7276 |
determines, of the pledged revenues to the payment of bond service | 7277 |
charges, and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves | 7278 |
and special funds, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make | 7279 |
other provisions therein with respect to pledged revenues, | 7280 |
revenues, and net revenues as authorized by this chapter, which | 7281 |
provisions are controlling notwithstanding any other provisions of | 7282 |
law pertaining thereto. | 7283 |
Sec. 5537.09. The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7284 |
commission may provide by resolution for the issuance of revenue | 7285 |
bonds of the state, payable solely from pledged revenues, for the | 7286 |
purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding, including the | 7287 |
payment of related financing expenses and, if considered advisable | 7288 |
by the commission, for the additional purpose of paying costs of | 7289 |
improvements, extensions, renovations, or enlargements of any | 7290 |
turnpike project or any infrastructure project. The issuance of | 7291 |
refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the | 7292 |
rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and | 7293 |
obligations of the commission in respect to such bonds shall be | 7294 |
governed by the provisions of this chapter insofar as they are | 7295 |
applicable and by the applicable bond proceedings. | 7296 |
Sec. 5537.11. (A) The bonds do not constitute a debt, or a | 7297 |
pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political | 7298 |
subdivision of the state. Bond service charges on outstanding | 7299 |
bonds are payable solely from the pledged revenues pledged for | 7300 |
their payment as authorized by this chapter and as provided in the | 7301 |
bond proceedings. All turnpike and infrastructure revenue bonds | 7302 |
shall contain on their face a statement to that effect. | 7303 |
(B) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter shall | 7304 |
be payable solely from revenues provided under this chapter and | 7305 |
from state taxes. This chapter does not authorize the Ohio | 7306 |
turnpike and infrastructure commission to incur indebtedness or | 7307 |
liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political | 7308 |
subdivision of the state. | 7309 |
Sec. 5537.12. (A) In the discretion of the Ohio turnpike and | 7310 |
infrastructure commission any bonds may be secured by a trust | 7311 |
agreement between the commission and a corporate trustee, which | 7312 |
may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust | 7313 |
company within or without the state but authorized to exercise | 7314 |
trust powers within this state. | 7315 |
(B) Any trust agreement may pledge or assign the revenues to | 7316 |
be received, but shall not convey or mortgage any turnpike project | 7317 |
or infrastructure project, any part of a turnpike project or | 7318 |
infrastructure project, or any part of the Ohio turnpike system or | 7319 |
the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure system. Any such trust | 7320 |
agreement or other bond proceedings may contain provisions for | 7321 |
protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the | 7322 |
bondholders that are reasonable and proper and not in violation of | 7323 |
law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the | 7324 |
commission in relation to the acquisition of property, and the | 7325 |
construction, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the | 7326 |
turnpike project or projects in connection with which the bonds | 7327 |
are authorized, the rates of toll to be charged, and the custody, | 7328 |
safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for | 7329 |
the employment or retention of the services of consulting | 7330 |
engineers in connection with the construction, maintenance, or | 7331 |
operation of the turnpike project or projects. Any bank or trust | 7332 |
company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as | 7333 |
depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues may furnish | 7334 |
such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are | 7335 |
required by the commission. Any such trust agreement may set forth | 7336 |
the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, may | 7337 |
restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is | 7338 |
customary in revenue bond trust agreements of public bodies, and | 7339 |
may contain other provisions that the commission considers | 7340 |
reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All | 7341 |
expenses incurred in entering into or carrying out the provisions | 7342 |
of such a trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost, or | 7343 |
of the cost of the operation, of the turnpike project or projects. | 7344 |
Sec. 5537.13. (A) Subject to section 5537.26 of the Revised | 7345 |
Code, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may fix, | 7346 |
revise, charge, and collect tolls for each turnpike project, and | 7347 |
contract in the manner provided by this section with any person | 7348 |
desiring the use of any part thereof, including the right-of-way | 7349 |
adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, | 7350 |
electric light, or power lines, service facilities, or for any | 7351 |
other purpose, and fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of | 7352 |
charge for such use, provided that no toll, charge, or rental may | 7353 |
be made by the commission for placing in, on, along, over, or | 7354 |
under the turnpike project, equipment or public utility facilities | 7355 |
that are necessary to serve service facilities or to interconnect | 7356 |
any public utility facilities. | 7357 |
(B) Contracts for the operation of service facilities shall | 7358 |
be made in writing. Such contracts, except contracts with state | 7359 |
agencies or other governmental agencies, shall be made with the | 7360 |
bidder whose bid is determined by the commission to be the best | 7361 |
bid received, after advertisement for two consecutive weeks in a | 7362 |
newspaper of general circulation in Franklin county, and in other | 7363 |
publications that the commission determines. The notice shall | 7364 |
state the general character of the service facilities operation | 7365 |
proposed, the place where plans and specifications may be | 7366 |
examined, and the time and place of receiving bids. Bids shall | 7367 |
contain the full name of each person interested in them, and shall | 7368 |
be in such form as the commission requires. The commission may | 7369 |
reject any and all bids. All contracts for service facilities | 7370 |
shall be preserved in the principal office of the commission. | 7371 |
(C) Tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide funds | 7372 |
at least sufficient with other revenues of the Ohio turnpike | 7373 |
system, if any, to pay: | 7374 |
(1) The cost of maintaining, improving, repairing, | 7375 |
constructing, and operating the Ohio turnpike system and its | 7376 |
different parts and sections, and to create and maintain any | 7377 |
reserves for those purposes; | 7378 |
(2) Any unpaid bond service charges on outstanding bonds | 7379 |
payable from pledged revenues as such charges become due and | 7380 |
payable, and to create and maintain any reserves for that purpose. | 7381 |
(D) Tolls are not subject to supervision, approval, or | 7382 |
regulation by any state agency other than the turnpike and | 7383 |
infrastructure commission. | 7384 |
(E) Revenues derived from each turnpike project | 7385 |
7386 | |
the cost of maintenance, improvement, repair, and operation and to | 7387 |
provide any reserves therefor that are provided for in the bond | 7388 |
proceedings authorizing the issuance of those outstanding bonds, | 7389 |
and otherwise as provided by the commission | 7390 |
bond proceedings also shall provide, subject to the provisions of | 7391 |
any other applicable bond proceedings, for the pledge of all, or | 7392 |
such part as the commission may determine of the pledged revenues | 7393 |
7394 | |
7395 | |
7396 | |
funds to the payment of the bond service charges | 7397 |
7398 | |
be made to secure the bonds senior or subordinate to or on a | 7399 |
parity with bonds theretofore or thereafter issued, if and to the | 7400 |
extent provided in the bond proceedings. The pledge shall be valid | 7401 |
and binding from the time the pledge is made; the revenues and the | 7402 |
pledged revenues thereafter received by the commission immediately | 7403 |
shall be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical | 7404 |
delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall | 7405 |
be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any | 7406 |
kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the commission, | 7407 |
whether or not those parties have notice thereof. The bond | 7408 |
proceedings by which a pledge is created need not be filed or | 7409 |
recorded except in the records of the commission. The use and | 7410 |
disposition of moneys to the credit of a bond service fund shall | 7411 |
be subject to the applicable bond proceedings. | 7412 |
7413 | |
7414 | |
7415 |
(F) The proceeds of bonds issued for the payment of the costs | 7416 |
of infrastructure projects, net of the payment of all financing | 7417 |
expenses and deposits into debt service reserves or other special | 7418 |
funds as may be required in the applicable bond proceedings, shall | 7419 |
be deposited to the infrastructure fund or funds and shall be | 7420 |
exclusively used to pay the cost of infrastructure projects | 7421 |
approved by the commission, except that income earned by the | 7422 |
infrastructure fund may be used by the commission towards the | 7423 |
payment of bond service charges. | 7424 |
Sec. 5537.14. All moneys received by the Ohio turnpike and | 7425 |
infrastructure commission under this chapter, whether as proceeds | 7426 |
from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are to be held and applied | 7427 |
solely as provided in this chapter and in any applicable bond | 7428 |
proceedings. Such moneys shall be kept in depositories as selected | 7429 |
by the commission in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to | 7430 |
135.21 of the Revised Code, insofar as such sections are | 7431 |
applicable, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in | 7432 |
sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. The bond | 7433 |
proceedings shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or | 7434 |
trust company to which, revenues or pledged revenues are paid | 7435 |
shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for | 7436 |
the purposes thereof, subject to applicable provisions of this | 7437 |
chapter and the bond proceedings. | 7438 |
Sec. 5537.15. Any holder of bonds issued and outstanding | 7439 |
under this chapter, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, | 7440 |
and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent | 7441 |
the rights given by this chapter may be restricted or modified by | 7442 |
the bond proceedings, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other | 7443 |
proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the | 7444 |
state or granted under this chapter or the bond proceedings, and | 7445 |
may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by | 7446 |
this chapter or the bond proceedings, to be performed by the Ohio | 7447 |
turnpike and infrastructure commission or any officer of the | 7448 |
commission, including the fixing, charging, collecting, and | 7449 |
application of tolls. | 7450 |
Sec. 5537.16. (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7451 |
commission may adopt such bylaws and rules as it considers | 7452 |
advisable for the control and regulation of traffic on any | 7453 |
turnpike project, for the protection and preservation of property | 7454 |
under its jurisdiction and control, for the maintenance and | 7455 |
preservation of good order within the property under its control, | 7456 |
and for the purpose of establishing owner or operator liability | 7457 |
for failure to comply with toll collection rules. The rules of the | 7458 |
commission with respect to the speed, use of special engine | 7459 |
brakes, axle loads, vehicle loads, and vehicle dimensions of | 7460 |
vehicles on turnpike projects, including the issuance of a special | 7461 |
permit by the commission to allow the operation on any turnpike | 7462 |
project of a motor vehicle transporting two or fewer steel coils, | 7463 |
shall apply notwithstanding sections 4511.21 to 4511.24, 4513.34, | 7464 |
and Chapter 5577. of the Revised Code. Such bylaws and rules shall | 7465 |
be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Franklin | 7466 |
county, and in such other manner as the commission prescribes. | 7467 |
(B) Such rules shall provide that public police officers | 7468 |
shall be afforded ready access, while in the performance of their | 7469 |
official duty, to all property under the jurisdiction of the | 7470 |
commission and without the payment of tolls. | 7471 |
(C) No person shall violate any such bylaws or rules of the | 7472 |
commission. | 7473 |
(D)(1) All fines collected for the violation of applicable | 7474 |
laws of the state and the bylaws and rules of the commission or | 7475 |
moneys arising from bonds forfeited for such violation shall be | 7476 |
disposed of in accordance with section 5503.04 of the Revised | 7477 |
Code. | 7478 |
(2) All fees or charges assessed by the commission against an | 7479 |
owner or operator of a vehicle as a civil violation for failure to | 7480 |
comply with toll collection or toll evasion rules shall be | 7481 |
revenues of the commission. | 7482 |
Sec. 5537.17. (A) Each turnpike project open to traffic | 7483 |
shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the | 7484 |
Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission. The Ohio turnpike | 7485 |
system shall be policed and operated by a force of police, toll | 7486 |
collectors, and other employees and agents that the commission | 7487 |
employs or contracts for. | 7488 |
(B) All public or private property damaged or destroyed in | 7489 |
carrying out the powers granted by this chapter shall be restored | 7490 |
or repaired and placed in its original condition, as nearly as | 7491 |
practicable, or adequate compensation or consideration made | 7492 |
therefor out of moneys provided under this chapter. | 7493 |
(C) All governmental agencies may lease, lend, grant, or | 7494 |
convey to the commission at its request, upon terms that the | 7495 |
proper authorities of the governmental agencies consider | 7496 |
reasonable and fair and without the necessity for an | 7497 |
advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality, other | 7498 |
than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, | 7499 |
any property that is necessary or convenient to the effectuation | 7500 |
of the purposes of the commission, including public roads and | 7501 |
other property already devoted to public use. | 7502 |
(D) Each bridge constituting part of a turnpike project shall | 7503 |
be inspected at least once each year by a professional engineer | 7504 |
employed or retained by the commission. | 7505 |
(E) On or before the first day of July in each year, the | 7506 |
commission shall make an annual report of its activities for the | 7507 |
preceding calendar year to the governor and the general assembly. | 7508 |
Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and | 7509 |
financial statement covering the commission's operations and | 7510 |
funding of any turnpike projects and infrastructure projects | 7511 |
during the year. The commission shall cause an audit of its books | 7512 |
and accounts to be made at least once each year by certified | 7513 |
public accountants, and the cost thereof may be treated as a part | 7514 |
of the cost of operations of the commission. The auditor of state, | 7515 |
at least once a year and without previous notice to the | 7516 |
commission, shall audit the accounts and transactions of the | 7517 |
commission. | 7518 |
(F) The commission shall submit a copy of its annual audit by | 7519 |
the auditor of state and its proposed annual budget for each | 7520 |
calendar or fiscal year to the governor, the presiding officers of | 7521 |
each house of the general assembly, the director of budget and | 7522 |
management, and the legislative service commission no later than | 7523 |
the first day of that calendar or fiscal year. | 7524 |
(G) Upon request of the chairperson of the appropriate | 7525 |
standing committee or subcommittee of the senate and house of | 7526 |
representatives that is primarily responsible for considering | 7527 |
transportation budget matters, the commission shall appear at | 7528 |
least one time before each committee or subcommittee during the | 7529 |
period when that committee or subcommittee is considering the | 7530 |
biennial appropriations for the department of transportation and | 7531 |
shall provide testimony outlining its budgetary results for the | 7532 |
last two calendar years, including a comparison of budget and | 7533 |
actual revenue and expenditure amounts. The commission also shall | 7534 |
address its current budget and long-term capital plan. | 7535 |
(H) Not more than sixty nor less than thirty days before | 7536 |
adopting its annual budget, the commission shall submit a copy of | 7537 |
its proposed annual budget to the governor, the presiding officers | 7538 |
of each house of the general assembly, the director of budget and | 7539 |
management, and the legislative service commission. The office of | 7540 |
budget and management shall review the proposed budget and may | 7541 |
provide recommendations to the commission for its consideration. | 7542 |
Sec. 5537.18. (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7543 |
commission shall adopt rules establishing the procedures and | 7544 |
criteria under which the commission may approve an application | 7545 |
received from the director of transportation for infrastructure | 7546 |
project funding under division (B) of this section. The rules | 7547 |
shall require an infrastructure project to have an anticipated | 7548 |
economic or transportation-related impact on the Ohio turnpike and | 7549 |
infrastructure system. | 7550 |
(B) The director of transportation may submit an application | 7551 |
to the commission for infrastructure project funding. An | 7552 |
application to the commission for infrastructure project funding, | 7553 |
as submitted by the director, shall include only infrastructure | 7554 |
projects that previously have been reviewed and recommended by the | 7555 |
transportation review advisory council pursuant to the selection | 7556 |
process followed by the council under Chapter 5512. of the Revised | 7557 |
Code. | 7558 |
(C) The commission shall evaluate each application for | 7559 |
infrastructure project funding submitted under division (B) of | 7560 |
this section in accordance with the procedures and criteria | 7561 |
established in rules adopted under division (A) of this section. A | 7562 |
determination or approval made under this section is conclusive | 7563 |
and incontestable. | 7564 |
Sec. 5537.19. The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7565 |
commission shall expend such moneys as the commission considers | 7566 |
necessary for studies of any turnpike project or infrastructure | 7567 |
project, whether proposed, under construction, or in operation, | 7568 |
and may employ consulting engineers, traffic engineers, and any | 7569 |
other individuals or firms that the commission considers necessary | 7570 |
to properly implement the studies. The cost of the studies may be | 7571 |
paid from revenues, eligible state and federal grants, state taxes | 7572 |
available to the commission and permitted by law to be spent for | 7573 |
such purposes, or the proceeds of bonds. | 7574 |
Sec. 5537.20. The exercise of the powers granted by this | 7575 |
chapter is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the | 7576 |
state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for | 7577 |
the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the | 7578 |
construction, operation, and maintenance of the Ohio turnpike | 7579 |
system by the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission | 7580 |
constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, | 7581 |
the commission, except as provided in division (D) of section | 7582 |
5537.05 of the Revised Code, shall not be required to pay any | 7583 |
state or local taxes or assessments upon any turnpike project or | 7584 |
infrastructure project funded by it, or upon revenues or any | 7585 |
property acquired or used by the commission under this chapter, or | 7586 |
upon the income therefrom. The bonds issued under this chapter, | 7587 |
their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit | 7588 |
made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation | 7589 |
within the state. | 7590 |
Sec. 5537.21. (A) When bond service charges on all | 7591 |
outstanding bonds issued in connection with any turnpike project | 7592 |
have been paid or provision for that payment has been made, as | 7593 |
provided in the applicable bond proceedings, or in the case of a | 7594 |
turnpike project in connection with which no bonds have been | 7595 |
issued, the project shall continue to be or be operated, and | 7596 |
improved and maintained, by the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7597 |
commission as a part of the Ohio turnpike system and as a toll | 7598 |
road, and all revenues received by the commission relating to that | 7599 |
project shall be applied as provided in division (B) of this | 7600 |
section. | 7601 |
(B) Subject to the bond proceedings for bonds relating to any | 7602 |
turnpike project or infrastructure project, tolls relating to a | 7603 |
turnpike project as referred to in division (A) of this section | 7604 |
shall be so fixed and adjusted such that the aggregate of | 7605 |
available revenues relating to that turnpike project
| 7606 |
7607 | |
sufficient | 7608 |
described in division (C)(1) of section 5537.13 of the Revised | 7609 |
Code. | 7610 |
Sec. 5537.22. All final actions of the Ohio turnpike and | 7611 |
infrastructure commission shall be journalized and such journal | 7612 |
shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable | 7613 |
times. | 7614 |
Sec. 5537.24. (A) There is hereby created a turnpike | 7615 |
legislative review committee consisting of six members as follows: | 7616 |
(1) Three members of the senate, no more than two of whom | 7617 |
shall be members of the same political party, one of whom shall be | 7618 |
the chairperson of the committee dealing primarily with highway | 7619 |
matters, one of whom shall be appointed by the president of the | 7620 |
senate, and one of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader | 7621 |
of the senate. | 7622 |
Both the senate member who is appointed by the president of | 7623 |
the senate and the senate member appointed by the minority leader | 7624 |
of the senate shall represent either districts in which is located | 7625 |
or through which passes a portion of a turnpike project that is | 7626 |
part of the Ohio turnpike system or districts located in the | 7627 |
vicinity of a turnpike project that is part of the Ohio turnpike | 7628 |
system. | 7629 |
The president of the senate shall make the president of the | 7630 |
senate's appointment to the committee first, followed by the | 7631 |
minority leader of the senate, and they shall make their | 7632 |
appointments in such a manner that their two appointees represent | 7633 |
districts that are located in different areas of the state. If the | 7634 |
chairperson of the senate committee dealing primarily with highway | 7635 |
matters represents a district in which is located or through which | 7636 |
passes a portion of a turnpike project that is part of the Ohio | 7637 |
turnpike system or a district located in the vicinity of a | 7638 |
turnpike project that is part of the Ohio turnpike system, the | 7639 |
president of the senate and the minority leader of the senate | 7640 |
shall make their appointments in such a manner that their two | 7641 |
appointees and the chairperson of the senate committee dealing | 7642 |
primarily with highway matters all represent districts that are | 7643 |
located in different areas of the state. | 7644 |
(2) Three members of the house of representatives, no more | 7645 |
than two of whom shall be members of the same political party, one | 7646 |
of whom shall be the chairperson of the house of representatives | 7647 |
committee dealing primarily with highway matters, one of whom | 7648 |
shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, | 7649 |
and one of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the | 7650 |
house of representatives. | 7651 |
Both the house of representatives member who is appointed by | 7652 |
the speaker of the house of representatives and the house of | 7653 |
representatives member appointed by the minority leader of the | 7654 |
house of representatives shall represent either districts in which | 7655 |
is located or through which passes a portion of a turnpike project | 7656 |
that is part of the Ohio turnpike system or districts located in | 7657 |
the vicinity of a turnpike project that is part of the Ohio | 7658 |
turnpike system. | 7659 |
The speaker of the house of representatives shall make the | 7660 |
speaker of the house of representative's appointment to the | 7661 |
committee first, followed by the minority leader of the house of | 7662 |
representatives, and they shall make their appointments in such a | 7663 |
manner that their two appointees represent districts that are | 7664 |
located in different areas of the state. If the chairperson of the | 7665 |
house of representatives committee dealing primarily with highway | 7666 |
matters represents a district in which is located or through which | 7667 |
passes a portion of a turnpike project that is part of the Ohio | 7668 |
turnpike system or a district located in the vicinity of a | 7669 |
turnpike project that is part of the Ohio turnpike system, the | 7670 |
speaker of the house of representatives and the minority leader of | 7671 |
the house of representatives shall make their appointments in such | 7672 |
a manner that their two appointees and the chairperson of the | 7673 |
house of representatives committee dealing primarily with highway | 7674 |
matters all represent districts that are located in different | 7675 |
areas of the state. | 7676 |
The chairperson of the house of representatives committee | 7677 |
shall serve as the chairperson of the turnpike legislative review | 7678 |
committee for the year 1996. Thereafter, the chair annually shall | 7679 |
alternate between, first, the chairperson of the senate committee | 7680 |
and then the chairperson of the house of representatives | 7681 |
committee. | 7682 |
(B) Each member of the turnpike legislative review committee | 7683 |
who is a member of the general assembly shall serve a term of the | 7684 |
remainder of the general assembly during which the member is | 7685 |
appointed or is serving as chairperson of the specified senate or | 7686 |
house committee. In the event of the death or resignation of a | 7687 |
committee member who is a member of the general assembly, or in | 7688 |
the event that a member ceases to be a senator or representative, | 7689 |
or in the event that the chairperson of the senate committee | 7690 |
dealing primarily with highway matters or the chairperson of the | 7691 |
house of representatives committee dealing primarily with highway | 7692 |
matters ceases to hold that position, the vacancy shall be filled | 7693 |
through an appointment by the president of the senate or the | 7694 |
speaker of the house of representatives or minority leader of the | 7695 |
senate or house of representatives, as applicable. Any member | 7696 |
appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the end of the term | 7697 |
for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office | 7698 |
for the remainder of the term or for a shorter period of time as | 7699 |
determined by the president or the speaker. A member of the | 7700 |
committee is eligible for reappointment. | 7701 |
(C) The turnpike legislative review committee shall meet at | 7702 |
least quarterly and may meet at the call of its chairperson, or | 7703 |
upon the written request to the chairperson of not fewer than four | 7704 |
members of the committee. Meetings shall be held at sites that are | 7705 |
determined solely by the chairperson of the committee. At each | 7706 |
meeting, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission shall | 7707 |
make a report to the committee on commission matters, including | 7708 |
but not limited to financial and budgetary matters and proposed | 7709 |
and on-going construction, maintenance, repair, and operational | 7710 |
projects of the commission. | 7711 |
The committee, by the affirmative vote of at least four of | 7712 |
its members, may submit written recommendations to the commission, | 7713 |
either at meetings held pursuant to this section or at any other | 7714 |
time, describing new turnpike projects or new interchanges located | 7715 |
on existing projects that the committee believes the commission | 7716 |
should consider constructing. | 7717 |
(D) At least annually the commission shall make a report to | 7718 |
the committee of those infrastructure projects approved and paid | 7719 |
for by the commission. | 7720 |
(E) The members of the turnpike legislative review committee | 7721 |
who are members of the general assembly shall serve without | 7722 |
compensation, but shall be reimbursed by the commission for their | 7723 |
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their | 7724 |
official duties as committee members. Serving as a member of the | 7725 |
turnpike legislative review committee does not constitute grounds | 7726 |
for resignation from the senate or house of representatives under | 7727 |
section 101.26 of the Revised Code. | 7728 |
Sec. 5537.25. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of law to | 7729 |
the contrary, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission | 7730 |
shall make no expenditure to engage the services of any person to | 7731 |
influence either of the following: | 7732 |
(1) Administrative actions or decisions of the governor, the | 7733 |
director of any department listed in section 121.02 of the Revised | 7734 |
Code, any member of the staff of any public officer or employee | 7735 |
listed in this section, the president of the United States, or any | 7736 |
federal officer or employee; | 7737 |
(2) Legislation pending in this state or any other state, a | 7738 |
subdivision of this state or any other state, or the federal | 7739 |
government, including the executive approval or veto of any such | 7740 |
pending legislation. | 7741 |
(B) This section shall not be interpreted to prohibit the | 7742 |
commission from designating officers or members of the commission, | 7743 |
or full-time, permanent employees of the commission, to act as | 7744 |
administrative or legislative agents for the commission. | 7745 |
Sec. 5537.26. (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this | 7746 |
section, no increase by the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7747 |
commission in the toll rate structure that is applicable to | 7748 |
vehicles operating on a turnpike project shall become effective | 7749 |
unless the commission complies with the notice and hearing | 7750 |
requirements prescribed in division (B) of this section, and the | 7751 |
commission shall not take any action that expands, has the effect | 7752 |
of expanding, or will to any degree at any time in the future have | 7753 |
the effect of expanding the sphere of responsibility of the | 7754 |
commission beyond the Ohio turnpike, unless the commission | 7755 |
complies with the notice and hearing requirements prescribed in | 7756 |
division (B) of this section. | 7757 |
(B) Not less than ninety days prior to the date on which the | 7758 |
commission votes to increase any part of the toll rate structure | 7759 |
that is applicable to vehicles operating on a turnpike project, | 7760 |
and not less than ninety days prior to the date on which the | 7761 |
commission votes to take an action that expands, has the effect of | 7762 |
expanding, or will to any degree at any time in the future have | 7763 |
the effect of expanding the sphere of responsibility of the | 7764 |
commission beyond the Ohio turnpike, the commission shall do both | 7765 |
of the following: | 7766 |
(1) Send notice to the governor and the presiding officers | 7767 |
and minority leaders of the senate and house of representatives | 7768 |
that details the proposed increase to the toll rate structure or | 7769 |
the expansion of the sphere of responsibility of the commission | 7770 |
beyond the Ohio turnpike, including a description of and a | 7771 |
justification for the increase or expansion; | 7772 |
(2) Commence holding public hearings on the proposed increase | 7773 |
in the toll rate structure or the proposed action. If the | 7774 |
commission is proposing an increase in the toll rate structure | 7775 |
that is applicable to vehicles operating on a turnpike project, it | 7776 |
shall hold not less than three public hearings in three | 7777 |
geographically diverse locations in this state that are in the | 7778 |
immediate vicinity of the affected project. If the commission is | 7779 |
proposing to take an action that expands, has the effect of | 7780 |
expanding, or will to any degree at any time in the future have | 7781 |
the effect of expanding the sphere of responsibility of the | 7782 |
commission beyond the Ohio turnpike, it shall hold not less than | 7783 |
three public hearings in three locations in the immediate vicinity | 7784 |
where the expanded responsibilities would arise. | 7785 |
The commission shall hold the third or, if it holds more than | 7786 |
three hearings, the last hearing of any set of hearings required | 7787 |
to be held under this section not less than thirty days prior to | 7788 |
the date on which it votes to increase part of the toll rate | 7789 |
structure that is applicable to vehicles operating on a turnpike | 7790 |
project or to take an action that expands, has the effect of | 7791 |
expanding, or will to any degree at any time in the future have | 7792 |
the effect of expanding the sphere of responsibility of the | 7793 |
commission beyond the Ohio turnpike. | 7794 |
The commission shall inform the public of all the hearings | 7795 |
required to be held under this section by causing a notice to be | 7796 |
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in | 7797 |
which each hearing is to be held, not less than once per week for | 7798 |
two weeks prior to the date of the hearing. | 7799 |
(C) If the commission does not comply with the notice and | 7800 |
hearing requirements contained in division (B) of this section and | 7801 |
votes for an increase in the toll rate structure that is | 7802 |
applicable to vehicles operating on a turnpike project, the | 7803 |
increase in the toll rate structure shall not take effect, any | 7804 |
attempt by the commission to implement the increase in the toll | 7805 |
rate structure is void, and, if necessary, the attorney general | 7806 |
shall file an action in the court of common pleas of the county in | 7807 |
which the principal office of the commission is located to enjoin | 7808 |
the commission from implementing the increase. The commission | 7809 |
shall not implement any increase until it complies with division | 7810 |
(B) of this section. | 7811 |
If the commission does not comply with the notice and hearing | 7812 |
requirements contained in division (B) of this section and votes | 7813 |
to take an action that expands, has the effect of expanding, or | 7814 |
will to any degree at any time in the future have the effect of | 7815 |
expanding the sphere of responsibility of the commission beyond | 7816 |
the Ohio turnpike, the commission shall not take the proposed | 7817 |
action and, if necessary, the attorney general shall file an | 7818 |
action in the court of common pleas of the county in which the | 7819 |
principal office of the commission is located to enjoin the | 7820 |
commission from taking the proposed action. The commission shall | 7821 |
not take the proposed action until it complies with the notice and | 7822 |
hearing requirements prescribed in division (B) of this section. | 7823 |
(D) Divisions (A) to (C) of this section do not apply to any | 7824 |
decrease made to the toll rate structure by the commission. The | 7825 |
commission may implement a temporary decrease in the toll rate | 7826 |
structure only if it does not exceed eighteen months in duration. | 7827 |
Prior to instituting any decrease to the toll rate structure, the | 7828 |
commission shall do both of the following: | 7829 |
(1) Not less than five days prior to any public meeting under | 7830 |
division (D)(2) of this section, send notice to the governor and | 7831 |
the presiding officers and minority leaders of the senate and | 7832 |
house of representatives that details the proposed decrease to the | 7833 |
toll rate structure; | 7834 |
(2) Hold a public meeting to explain to members of the | 7835 |
traveling public the reasons for the upcoming decrease, to inform | 7836 |
them of any benefits and any negative consequences, and to give | 7837 |
them the opportunity to express their opinions as to the relative | 7838 |
merits or drawbacks of each toll decrease. The commission shall | 7839 |
inform the public of the meeting by causing a notice to be | 7840 |
published in newspapers of general circulation in Cuyahoga, Lucas, | 7841 |
Mahoning, Trumbull, Williams, and Summit counties not less than | 7842 |
five days prior to the meeting. The commission shall not be | 7843 |
required to hold any public hearing or meeting upon the expiration | 7844 |
of any temporary decrease in the toll rate structure, so long as | 7845 |
it implements the same toll rate structure that was in effect | 7846 |
immediately prior to the temporary decrease. | 7847 |
(E) As used in this section, "Ohio turnpike" means the toll | 7848 |
freeway that is under the jurisdiction of the commission and runs | 7849 |
in an easterly and westerly direction across the entire northern | 7850 |
portion of this state between its borders with the state of | 7851 |
Pennsylvania in the east and the state of Indiana in the west, and | 7852 |
carries the interstate highway designations of interstate | 7853 |
seventy-six, interstate eighty, and interstate eighty-ninety. | 7854 |
Sec. 5537.27. The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure | 7855 |
commission, the director of transportation or the director's | 7856 |
designee, and another person designated by the governor shall | 7857 |
establish a procedure whereby a political subdivision or other | 7858 |
government agency or agencies may submit a written application to | 7859 |
the commission, requesting the commission to construct and operate | 7860 |
a turnpike project within the boundaries of the subdivision, | 7861 |
agency, or agencies making the request. The procedure shall | 7862 |
include a requirement that the commission send a written reply to | 7863 |
the subdivision, agency, or agencies, explaining the disposition | 7864 |
of the request. The procedure established pursuant to this section | 7865 |
shall not become effective unless it is approved by the commission | 7866 |
and by the director or the director's designee and the designee of | 7867 |
the governor, and shall require submission of the proposed | 7868 |
turnpike project to the turnpike legislative review committee if | 7869 |
the project must be approved by the governor. | 7870 |
Sec. 5537.28. (A) | 7871 |
7872 | |
7873 | |
7874 | |
7875 | |
7876 | |
7877 | |
7878 |
In paying the cost of | 7879 |
turnpike and infrastructure commission may issue bonds and bond | 7880 |
anticipation notes as permitted by this chapter, and may accept | 7881 |
moneys from any source to pay the cost of any portion of the | 7882 |
turnpike project, including, but not limited to, the federal | 7883 |
government, any department or agency of this state, and any | 7884 |
political subdivision or other government agency. Each such | 7885 |
project shall be constructed, operated, maintained, and repaired | 7886 |
7887 | |
specifically acquired for that project or from | 7888 |
7889 | |
project. | 7890 |
(B) | 7891 |
7892 | |
7893 | |
7894 | |
7895 | |
7896 | |
7897 | |
7898 | |
7899 | |
7900 | |
7901 | |
7902 | |
7903 | |
7904 | |
7905 |
| 7906 |
| 7907 |
7908 |
| 7909 |
infrastructure
| 7910 |
7911 | |
The costs of infrastructure projects approved under section | 7912 |
5537.18 of the Revised Code shall be funded exclusively out of the | 7913 |
infrastructure fund or funds. | 7914 |
Sec. 5537.30. (A) Not later than December 31, 2009, the Ohio | 7915 |
turnpike and infrastructure commission shall establish a program | 7916 |
for the placement of business logos for identification purposes on | 7917 |
directional signs within the turnpike right-of-way. | 7918 |
(B)(1) The commission shall establish, and may revise at any | 7919 |
time, a fee for participation in the business logo sign program. | 7920 |
All direct and indirect costs of the business logo sign program | 7921 |
established pursuant to this section shall be fully paid by the | 7922 |
businesses applying for participation in the program. The direct | 7923 |
and indirect costs of the program shall include, but not be | 7924 |
limited to, the cost of capital, directional signs, blanks, posts, | 7925 |
logos, installation, repair, engineering, design, insurance, | 7926 |
removal, replacement, and administration. | 7927 |
(2) Money generated from participating businesses in excess | 7928 |
of the direct and indirect costs and any reasonable profit earned | 7929 |
by a person awarded a contract | 7930 |
to operate, maintain, or market the business logo sign program | 7931 |
shall be remitted to the commission. | 7932 |
(3) If the commission operates such a program and does not | 7933 |
contract with a private person to operate it, all money collected | 7934 |
from participating businesses shall be retained by the commission. | 7935 |
(C) | 7936 |
7937 | |
7938 | |
7939 | |
7940 | |
7941 | |
7942 |
| 7943 |
seller of motor vehicle fuel to include on the seller's signs a | 7944 |
marking or symbol indicating that the seller sells one or more | 7945 |
types of alternative fuel so long as the seller in fact sells that | 7946 |
fuel. As used in this division, "alternative fuel" has the same | 7947 |
meaning as in section 125.831 of the Revised Code. | 7948 |
Sec. 5728.01. As used in sections 5728.02 to 5728.14 of the | 7949 |
Revised Code: | 7950 |
(A) "Motor vehicle" means everything on wheels that is | 7951 |
self-propelled, other than by muscular power or power collected | 7952 |
from electric trolley wires and other than vehicles or machinery | 7953 |
not designed for or employed in general highway transportation, | 7954 |
used to transport or propel persons or property over a public | 7955 |
highway. | 7956 |
(B) "Commercial car" means any motor vehicle used for | 7957 |
transporting persons or property, wholly on its own structure on a | 7958 |
public highway. | 7959 |
(C) "Commercial tractor" means any motor vehicle designed and | 7960 |
used to propel or draw a trailer or semi-trailer or both on a | 7961 |
public highway without having any provision for carrying loads | 7962 |
independently of such trailer or semi-trailer. | 7963 |
(D) "Trailer" means everything on wheels that is not | 7964 |
self-propelled, except vehicles or machinery not designed for or | 7965 |
employed in general highway transportation, used for carrying | 7966 |
property wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by a | 7967 |
motor vehicle on a public highway, including any such vehicle when | 7968 |
formed by or operated as a combination of a semi-trailer and a | 7969 |
vehicle of the dolly type such as that commonly known as a trailer | 7970 |
dolly. "Trailer" does not include manufactured homes as defined in | 7971 |
division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code or mobile | 7972 |
homes as defined in division (O) of section 4501.01 of the Revised | 7973 |
Code. | 7974 |
(E) "Semi-trailer" means everything on wheels that is not | 7975 |
self-propelled, except vehicles or machinery not designed for or | 7976 |
employed in general highway transportation, designed and used for | 7977 |
carrying property on a public highway when being propelled or | 7978 |
drawn by a commercial tractor when part of its own weight or the | 7979 |
weight of its load, or both, rest upon and is carried by a | 7980 |
commercial tractor. | 7981 |
(F) "Commercial tandem" means any commercial car and trailer | 7982 |
or any commercial tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer when fastened | 7983 |
together and used as one unit. | 7984 |
(G) "Commercial tractor combination" means any commercial | 7985 |
tractor and semi-trailer when fastened together and used as one | 7986 |
unit. | 7987 |
(H) "Axle" means two or more load carrying wheels mounted in | 7988 |
a single transverse vertical plane. | 7989 |
(I) "Public highway" means any highway, road, or street | 7990 |
dedicated to public use, including a highway under the control and | 7991 |
jurisdiction of the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission | 7992 |
created by the provisions of section 5537.02 of the Revised Code | 7993 |
and land and lots over which the public, either as user or owner, | 7994 |
generally has a right to pass even though such land or lots are | 7995 |
closed temporarily by public authorities for the purpose of | 7996 |
construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair. | 7997 |
(J) "Jurisdiction" means a state of the United States, the | 7998 |
District of Columbia, or a province or territory of Canada. | 7999 |
Sec. 5735.05. (A) To provide revenue for maintaining the | 8000 |
state highway system; to widen existing surfaces on such highways; | 8001 |
to resurface such highways; to pay that portion of the | 8002 |
construction cost of a highway project which a county, township, | 8003 |
or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay, but | 8004 |
which the director of transportation, pursuant to division (B) of | 8005 |
section 5531.08 of the Revised Code, determines instead will be | 8006 |
paid from moneys in the highway operating fund; to enable the | 8007 |
counties of the state properly to plan, maintain, and repair their | 8008 |
roads and to pay principal, interest, and charges on bonds and | 8009 |
other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised | 8010 |
Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code | 8011 |
for highway improvements; to enable the municipal corporations to | 8012 |
plan, construct, reconstruct, repave, widen, maintain, repair, | 8013 |
clear, and clean public highways, roads, and streets, and to pay | 8014 |
the principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other | 8015 |
obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or | 8016 |
incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for | 8017 |
highway improvements; to enable the Ohio turnpike and | 8018 |
infrastructure commission to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and | 8019 |
repair turnpike projects; to maintain and repair bridges and | 8020 |
viaducts; to purchase, erect, and maintain street and traffic | 8021 |
signs and markers; to purchase, erect, and maintain traffic lights | 8022 |
and signals; to pay the costs apportioned to the public under | 8023 |
sections 4907.47 and 4907.471 of the Revised Code and to | 8024 |
supplement revenue already available for such purposes; to pay the | 8025 |
costs incurred by the public utilities commission in administering | 8026 |
sections 4907.47 to 4907.476 of the Revised Code; to distribute | 8027 |
equitably among those persons using the privilege of driving motor | 8028 |
vehicles upon such highways and streets the cost of maintaining | 8029 |
and repairing them; to pay the interest, principal, and charges on | 8030 |
highway capital improvements bonds and other obligations issued | 8031 |
pursuant to Section 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and | 8032 |
section 151.06 of the Revised Code; to pay the interest, | 8033 |
principal, and charges on highway obligations issued pursuant to | 8034 |
Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections | 8035 |
5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code; to pay the interest, | 8036 |
principal, and charges on major new state infrastructure bonds and | 8037 |
other obligations of the state issued pursuant to Section 13 of | 8038 |
Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 5531.10 of the | 8039 |
Revised Code; to provide revenue for the purposes of sections | 8040 |
1547.71 to 1547.78 of the Revised Code; and to pay the expenses of | 8041 |
the department of taxation incident to the administration of the | 8042 |
motor fuel laws, a motor fuel excise tax is hereby imposed on all | 8043 |
motor fuel dealers upon receipt of motor fuel within this state at | 8044 |
the rate of two cents plus the cents per gallon rate on each | 8045 |
gallon so received, to be computed in the manner set forth in | 8046 |
section 5735.06 of the Revised Code; provided that no tax is | 8047 |
hereby imposed upon the following transactions: | 8048 |
(1) The sale of dyed diesel fuel by a licensed motor fuel | 8049 |
dealer from a location other than a retail service station | 8050 |
provided the licensed motor fuel dealer places on the face of the | 8051 |
delivery document or invoice, or both if both are used, a | 8052 |
conspicuous notice stating that the fuel is dyed and is not for | 8053 |
taxable use, and that taxable use of that fuel is subject to a | 8054 |
penalty. The tax commissioner, by rule, may provide that any | 8055 |
notice conforming to rules or regulations issued by the United | 8056 |
States department of the treasury or the Internal Revenue Service | 8057 |
is sufficient notice for the purposes of division (A)(1) of this | 8058 |
section. | 8059 |
(2) The sale of K-1 kerosene to a retail service station, | 8060 |
except when placed directly in the fuel supply tank of a motor | 8061 |
vehicle. Such sale shall be rebuttably presumed to not be | 8062 |
distributed or sold for use or used to generate power for the | 8063 |
operation of motor vehicles upon the public highways or upon the | 8064 |
waters within the boundaries of this state. | 8065 |
(3) The sale of motor fuel by a licensed motor fuel dealer to | 8066 |
another licensed motor fuel dealer; | 8067 |
(4) The exportation of motor fuel by a licensed motor fuel | 8068 |
dealer from this state to any other state or foreign country; | 8069 |
(5) The sale of motor fuel to the United States government or | 8070 |
any of its agencies, except such tax as is permitted by it, where | 8071 |
such sale is evidenced by an exemption certificate, in a form | 8072 |
approved by the tax commissioner, executed by the United States | 8073 |
government or an agency thereof certifying that the motor fuel | 8074 |
therein identified has been purchased for the exclusive use of the | 8075 |
United States government or its agency; | 8076 |
(6) The sale of motor fuel that is in the process of | 8077 |
transportation in foreign or interstate commerce, except insofar | 8078 |
as it may be taxable under the Constitution and statutes of the | 8079 |
United States, and except as may be agreed upon in writing by the | 8080 |
dealer and the commissioner; | 8081 |
(7) The sale of motor fuel when sold exclusively for use in | 8082 |
the operation of aircraft, where such sale is evidenced by an | 8083 |
exemption certificate prescribed by the commissioner and executed | 8084 |
by the purchaser certifying that the motor fuel purchased has been | 8085 |
purchased for exclusive use in the operation of aircraft; | 8086 |
(8) The sale for exportation of motor fuel by a licensed | 8087 |
motor fuel dealer to a licensed exporter type A; | 8088 |
(9) The sale for exportation of motor fuel by a licensed | 8089 |
motor fuel dealer to a licensed exporter type B, provided that the | 8090 |
destination state motor fuel tax has been paid or will be accrued | 8091 |
and paid by the licensed motor fuel dealer. | 8092 |
(10) The sale to a consumer of diesel fuel, by a motor fuel | 8093 |
dealer for delivery from a bulk lot vehicle, for consumption in | 8094 |
operating a vessel when the use of such fuel in a vessel would | 8095 |
otherwise qualify for a refund under section 5735.14 of the | 8096 |
Revised Code. | 8097 |
Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to the sale or | 8098 |
distribution of dyed diesel fuel used to operate a motor vehicle | 8099 |
on the public highways or upon water within the boundaries of this | 8100 |
state by persons permitted under regulations of the United States | 8101 |
department of the treasury or of the Internal Revenue Service to | 8102 |
so use dyed diesel fuel. | 8103 |
(B) The two cent motor fuel tax levied by this section is | 8104 |
also for the purpose of paying the expenses of administering and | 8105 |
enforcing the state law relating to the registration and operation | 8106 |
of motor vehicles. | 8107 |
(C) After the tax provided for by this section on the receipt | 8108 |
of any motor fuel has been paid by the motor fuel dealer, the | 8109 |
motor fuel may thereafter be used, sold, or resold by any person | 8110 |
having lawful title to it, without incurring liability for such | 8111 |
tax. | 8112 |
If a licensed motor fuel dealer sells motor fuel received by | 8113 |
the licensed motor fuel dealer to another licensed motor fuel | 8114 |
dealer, the seller may deduct on the report required by section | 8115 |
5735.06 of the Revised Code the number of gallons so sold for the | 8116 |
month within which the motor fuel was sold or delivered. In this | 8117 |
event the number of gallons is deemed to have been received by the | 8118 |
purchaser, who shall report and pay the tax imposed thereon. | 8119 |
Sec. 5735.23. (A) Out of receipts from the tax levied by | 8120 |
section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall | 8121 |
place to the credit of the tax refund fund established by section | 8122 |
5703.052 of the Revised Code amounts equal to the refunds | 8123 |
certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to sections 5735.13, | 8124 |
5735.14, 5735.141, 5735.142, and 5735.16 of the Revised Code. The | 8125 |
treasurer of state shall then transfer the amount required by | 8126 |
section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to the waterways safety fund, | 8127 |
the amount required by section 4907.472 of the Revised Code to the | 8128 |
grade crossing protection fund, and the amount required by section | 8129 |
5735.053 of the Revised Code to the motor fuel tax administration | 8130 |
fund. | 8131 |
(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each | 8132 |
month the balance of the receipts from the tax levied by section | 8133 |
5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be credited, after receipt by | 8134 |
the treasurer of state of certification from the commissioners of | 8135 |
the sinking fund, as required by section 5528.35 of the Revised | 8136 |
Code, that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the | 8137 |
highway obligations bond retirement fund to meet in full all | 8138 |
payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of | 8139 |
highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, | 8140 |
Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised | 8141 |
Code due and payable during the current calendar year, as follows: | 8142 |
(1) To the state and local government highway distribution | 8143 |
fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, an amount | 8144 |
that is the same percentage of the balance to be credited as that | 8145 |
portion of the tax per gallon determined under division (B)(2)(a) | 8146 |
of section 5735.06 of the Revised Code is of the total tax per | 8147 |
gallon determined under divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of that | 8148 |
section. | 8149 |
(2) After making the distribution to the state and local | 8150 |
government highway distribution fund, the remainder shall be | 8151 |
credited as follows: | 8152 |
(a) Thirty per cent to the gasoline excise tax fund for | 8153 |
distribution pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5735.27 of the | 8154 |
Revised Code; | 8155 |
(b) Twenty-five per cent to the gasoline excise tax fund for | 8156 |
distribution pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 5735.27 of the | 8157 |
Revised Code; | 8158 |
(c) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, | 8159 |
forty-five per cent to the highway operating fund for distribution | 8160 |
pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 5735.27 of the Revised | 8161 |
Code. | 8162 |
(C) From the balance in the state and local government | 8163 |
highway distribution fund on the last day of each month there | 8164 |
shall be paid the following amounts: | 8165 |
(1) To the local transportation improvement program fund | 8166 |
created by section 164.14 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to | 8167 |
a fraction of the balance in the state and local government | 8168 |
highway distribution fund, the numerator of which fraction is one | 8169 |
and the denominator of which fraction is that portion of the tax | 8170 |
per gallon determined under division (B)(2)(a) of section 5735.06 | 8171 |
of the Revised Code; | 8172 |
(2) An amount equal to five cents multiplied by the number of | 8173 |
gallons of motor fuel sold at stations operated by the Ohio | 8174 |
turnpike and infrastructure commission, such gallonage to be | 8175 |
certified by the commission to the treasurer of state not later | 8176 |
than the last day of the month following. The funds paid to the | 8177 |
commission pursuant to this section shall be expended for the | 8178 |
construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of turnpike | 8179 |
projects, except that the funds may not be expended for the | 8180 |
construction of new interchanges. The funds also may be expended | 8181 |
for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of | 8182 |
those portions of connecting public roads that serve existing | 8183 |
interchanges and are determined by the commission and the director | 8184 |
of transportation to be necessary for the safe merging of traffic | 8185 |
between the turnpike and those public roads. | 8186 |
The remainder of the balance shall be distributed as follows | 8187 |
on the fifteenth day of the following month: | 8188 |
(a) Ten and seven-tenths per cent shall be paid to municipal | 8189 |
corporations for distribution pursuant to division (A)(1) of | 8190 |
section 5735.27 of the Revised Code and may be used for any | 8191 |
purpose for which payments received under that division may be | 8192 |
used. Through July 15, 2005, the sum of two hundred forty-eight | 8193 |
thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars shall be monthly | 8194 |
subtracted from the amount so computed and credited to the highway | 8195 |
operating fund. Beginning August 15, 2005, the sum of seven | 8196 |
hundred forty-five thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars | 8197 |
shall be monthly subtracted from the amount so computed and | 8198 |
credited to the highway operating fund. | 8199 |
(b) Five per cent shall be paid to townships for distribution | 8200 |
pursuant to division (A)(5) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code | 8201 |
and may be used for any purpose for which payments received under | 8202 |
that division may be used. Through July 15, 2005, the sum of | 8203 |
eighty-seven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars shall be monthly | 8204 |
subtracted from the amount so computed and credited to the highway | 8205 |
operating fund. Beginning August 15, 2005, the sum of two hundred | 8206 |
sixty-three thousand two hundred fifty dollars shall be monthly | 8207 |
subtracted from the amount so computed and credited to the highway | 8208 |
operating fund. | 8209 |
(c) Nine and three-tenths per cent shall be paid to counties | 8210 |
for distribution pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 5735.27 of | 8211 |
the Revised Code and may be used for any purpose for which | 8212 |
payments received under that division may be used. Through July | 8213 |
15, 2005, the sum of two hundred forty-eight thousand six hundred | 8214 |
twenty-five dollars shall be monthly subtracted from the amount so | 8215 |
computed and credited to the highway operating fund. Beginning | 8216 |
August 15, 2005, the sum of seven hundred forty-five thousand | 8217 |
eight hundred seventy-five dollars shall be monthly subtracted | 8218 |
from the amount so computed and credited to the highway operating | 8219 |
fund. | 8220 |
(d) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the | 8221 |
balance shall be transferred to the highway operating fund and | 8222 |
used for the purposes set forth in division (B)(1) of section | 8223 |
5735.27 of the Revised Code. | 8224 |
(D) Monthly from September to February of each fiscal year, | 8225 |
an amount equal to one-sixth of the amount certified in July of | 8226 |
that year by the treasurer of state pursuant to division (Q) of | 8227 |
section 151.01 of the Revised Code shall, from amounts required to | 8228 |
be credited or transferred to the highway operating fund pursuant | 8229 |
to division (B)(2)(c) or (C)(2)(d) of this section, be credited or | 8230 |
transferred to the highway capital improvement bond service fund | 8231 |
created in section 151.06 of the Revised Code. If, in any of those | 8232 |
months, the amount available to be credited or transferred to the | 8233 |
bond service fund is less than one-sixth of the amount so | 8234 |
certified, the shortfall shall be added to the amount due the next | 8235 |
succeeding month. Any amount still due at the end of the six-month | 8236 |
period shall be credited or transferred as the money becomes | 8237 |
available, until such time as the office of budget and management | 8238 |
receives certification from the treasurer of state or the | 8239 |
treasurer of state's designee that sufficient money has been | 8240 |
credited or transferred to the bond service fund to meet in full | 8241 |
all payments of debt service and financing costs due during the | 8242 |
fiscal year from that fund. | 8243 |
Sec. 5739.02. For the purpose of providing revenue with | 8244 |
which to meet the needs of the state, for the use of the general | 8245 |
revenue fund of the state, for the purpose of securing a thorough | 8246 |
and efficient system of common schools throughout the state, for | 8247 |
the purpose of affording revenues, in addition to those from | 8248 |
general property taxes, permitted under constitutional | 8249 |
limitations, and from other sources, for the support of local | 8250 |
governmental functions, and for the purpose of reimbursing the | 8251 |
state for the expense of administering this chapter, an excise tax | 8252 |
is hereby levied on each retail sale made in this state. | 8253 |
(A)(1) The tax shall be collected as provided in section | 8254 |
5739.025 of the Revised Code. The rate of the tax shall be five | 8255 |
and one-half per cent. The tax applies and is collectible when the | 8256 |
sale is made, regardless of the time when the price is paid or | 8257 |
delivered. | 8258 |
(2) In the case of the lease or rental, with a fixed term of | 8259 |
more than thirty days or an indefinite term with a minimum period | 8260 |
of more than thirty days, of any motor vehicles designed by the | 8261 |
manufacturer to carry a load of not more than one ton, watercraft, | 8262 |
outboard motor, or aircraft, or of any tangible personal property, | 8263 |
other than motor vehicles designed by the manufacturer to carry a | 8264 |
load of more than one ton, to be used by the lessee or renter | 8265 |
primarily for business purposes, the tax shall be collected by the | 8266 |
vendor at the time the lease or rental is consummated and shall be | 8267 |
calculated by the vendor on the basis of the total amount to be | 8268 |
paid by the lessee or renter under the lease agreement. If the | 8269 |
total amount of the consideration for the lease or rental includes | 8270 |
amounts that are not calculated at the time the lease or rental is | 8271 |
executed, the tax shall be calculated and collected by the vendor | 8272 |
at the time such amounts are billed to the lessee or renter. In | 8273 |
the case of an open-end lease or rental, the tax shall be | 8274 |
calculated by the vendor on the basis of the total amount to be | 8275 |
paid during the initial fixed term of the lease or rental, and for | 8276 |
each subsequent renewal period as it comes due. As used in this | 8277 |
division, "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section | 8278 |
4501.01 of the Revised Code, and "watercraft" includes an outdrive | 8279 |
unit attached to the watercraft. | 8280 |
A lease with a renewal clause and a termination penalty or | 8281 |
similar provision that applies if the renewal clause is not | 8282 |
exercised is presumed to be a sham transaction. In such a case, | 8283 |
the tax shall be calculated and paid on the basis of the entire | 8284 |
length of the lease period, including any renewal periods, until | 8285 |
the termination penalty or similar provision no longer applies. | 8286 |
The taxpayer shall bear the burden, by a preponderance of the | 8287 |
evidence, that the transaction or series of transactions is not a | 8288 |
sham transaction. | 8289 |
(3) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, in | 8290 |
the case of a sale, the price of which consists in whole or in | 8291 |
part of the lease or rental of tangible personal property, the tax | 8292 |
shall be measured by the installments of that lease or rental. | 8293 |
(4) In the case of a sale of a physical fitness facility | 8294 |
service or recreation and sports club service, the price of which | 8295 |
consists in whole or in part of a membership for the receipt of | 8296 |
the benefit of the service, the tax applicable to the sale shall | 8297 |
be measured by the installments thereof. | 8298 |
(B) The tax does not apply to the following: | 8299 |
(1) Sales to the state or any of its political subdivisions, | 8300 |
or to any other state or its political subdivisions if the laws of | 8301 |
that state exempt from taxation sales made to this state and its | 8302 |
political subdivisions; | 8303 |
(2) Sales of food for human consumption off the premises | 8304 |
where sold; | 8305 |
(3) Sales of food sold to students only in a cafeteria, | 8306 |
dormitory, fraternity, or sorority maintained in a private, | 8307 |
public, or parochial school, college, or university; | 8308 |
(4) Sales of newspapers and of magazine subscriptions and | 8309 |
sales or transfers of magazines distributed as controlled | 8310 |
circulation publications; | 8311 |
(5) The furnishing, preparing, or serving of meals without | 8312 |
charge by an employer to an employee provided the employer records | 8313 |
the meals as part compensation for services performed or work | 8314 |
done; | 8315 |
(6) Sales of motor fuel upon receipt, use, distribution, or | 8316 |
sale of which in this state a tax is imposed by the law of this | 8317 |
state, but this exemption shall not apply to the sale of motor | 8318 |
fuel on which a refund of the tax is allowable under division (A) | 8319 |
of section 5735.14 of the Revised Code; and the tax commissioner | 8320 |
may deduct the amount of tax levied by this section applicable to | 8321 |
the price of motor fuel when granting a refund of motor fuel tax | 8322 |
pursuant to division (A) of section 5735.14 of the Revised Code | 8323 |
and shall cause the amount deducted to be paid into the general | 8324 |
revenue fund of this state; | 8325 |
(7) Sales of natural gas by a natural gas company, of water | 8326 |
by a water-works company, or of steam by a heating company, if in | 8327 |
each case the thing sold is delivered to consumers through pipes | 8328 |
or conduits, and all sales of communications services by a | 8329 |
telegraph company, all terms as defined in section 5727.01 of the | 8330 |
Revised Code, and sales of electricity delivered through wires; | 8331 |
(8) Casual sales by a person, or auctioneer employed directly | 8332 |
by the person to conduct such sales, except as to such sales of | 8333 |
motor vehicles, watercraft or outboard motors required to be | 8334 |
titled under section 1548.06 of the Revised Code, watercraft | 8335 |
documented with the United States coast guard, snowmobiles, and | 8336 |
all-purpose vehicles as defined in section 4519.01 of the Revised | 8337 |
Code; | 8338 |
(9)(a) Sales of services or tangible personal property, other | 8339 |
than motor vehicles, mobile homes, and manufactured homes, by | 8340 |
churches, organizations exempt from taxation under section | 8341 |
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or nonprofit | 8342 |
organizations operated exclusively for charitable purposes as | 8343 |
defined in division (B)(12) of this section, provided that the | 8344 |
number of days on which such tangible personal property or | 8345 |
services, other than items never subject to the tax, are sold does | 8346 |
not exceed six in any calendar year, except as otherwise provided | 8347 |
in division (B)(9)(b) of this section. If the number of days on | 8348 |
which such sales are made exceeds six in any calendar year, the | 8349 |
church or organization shall be considered to be engaged in | 8350 |
business and all subsequent sales by it shall be subject to the | 8351 |
tax. In counting the number of days, all sales by groups within a | 8352 |
church or within an organization shall be considered to be sales | 8353 |
of that church or organization. | 8354 |
(b) The limitation on the number of days on which tax-exempt | 8355 |
sales may be made by a church or organization under division | 8356 |
(B)(9)(a) of this section does not apply to sales made by student | 8357 |
clubs and other groups of students of a primary or secondary | 8358 |
school, or a parent-teacher association, booster group, or similar | 8359 |
organization that raises money to support or fund curricular or | 8360 |
extracurricular activities of a primary or secondary school. | 8361 |
(c) Divisions (B)(9)(a) and (b) of this section do not apply | 8362 |
to sales by a noncommercial educational radio or television | 8363 |
broadcasting station. | 8364 |
(10) Sales not within the taxing power of this state under | 8365 |
the Constitution of the United States; | 8366 |
(11) Except for transactions that are sales under division | 8367 |
(B)(3)(r) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, the | 8368 |
transportation of persons or property, unless the transportation | 8369 |
is by a private investigation and security service; | 8370 |
(12) Sales of tangible personal property or services to | 8371 |
churches, to organizations exempt from taxation under section | 8372 |
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and to any other | 8373 |
nonprofit organizations operated exclusively for charitable | 8374 |
purposes in this state, no part of the net income of which inures | 8375 |
to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and no | 8376 |
substantial part of the activities of which consists of carrying | 8377 |
on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation; | 8378 |
sales to offices administering one or more homes for the aged or | 8379 |
one or more hospital facilities exempt under section 140.08 of the | 8380 |
Revised Code; and sales to organizations described in division (D) | 8381 |
of section 5709.12 of the Revised Code. | 8382 |
"Charitable purposes" means the relief of poverty; the | 8383 |
improvement of health through the alleviation of illness, disease, | 8384 |
or injury; the operation of an organization exclusively for the | 8385 |
provision of professional, laundry, printing, and purchasing | 8386 |
services to hospitals or charitable institutions; the operation of | 8387 |
a home for the aged, as defined in section 5701.13 of the Revised | 8388 |
Code; the operation of a radio or television broadcasting station | 8389 |
that is licensed by the federal communications commission as a | 8390 |
noncommercial educational radio or television station; the | 8391 |
operation of a nonprofit animal adoption service or a county | 8392 |
humane society; the promotion of education by an institution of | 8393 |
learning that maintains a faculty of qualified instructors, | 8394 |
teaches regular continuous courses of study, and confers a | 8395 |
recognized diploma upon completion of a specific curriculum; the | 8396 |
operation of a parent-teacher association, booster group, or | 8397 |
similar organization primarily engaged in the promotion and | 8398 |
support of the curricular or extracurricular activities of a | 8399 |
primary or secondary school; the operation of a community or area | 8400 |
center in which presentations in music, dramatics, the arts, and | 8401 |
related fields are made in order to foster public interest and | 8402 |
education therein; the production of performances in music, | 8403 |
dramatics, and the arts; or the promotion of education by an | 8404 |
organization engaged in carrying on research in, or the | 8405 |
dissemination of, scientific and technological knowledge and | 8406 |
information primarily for the public. | 8407 |
Nothing in this division shall be deemed to exempt sales to | 8408 |
any organization for use in the operation or carrying on of a | 8409 |
trade or business, or sales to a home for the aged for use in the | 8410 |
operation of independent living facilities as defined in division | 8411 |
(A) of section 5709.12 of the Revised Code. | 8412 |
(13) Building and construction materials and services sold to | 8413 |
construction contractors for incorporation into a structure or | 8414 |
improvement to real property under a construction contract with | 8415 |
this state or a political subdivision of this state, or with the | 8416 |
United States government or any of its agencies; building and | 8417 |
construction materials and services sold to construction | 8418 |
contractors for incorporation into a structure or improvement to | 8419 |
real property that are accepted for ownership by this state or any | 8420 |
of its political subdivisions, or by the United States government | 8421 |
or any of its agencies at the time of completion of the structures | 8422 |
or improvements; building and construction materials sold to | 8423 |
construction contractors for incorporation into a horticulture | 8424 |
structure or livestock structure for a person engaged in the | 8425 |
business of horticulture or producing livestock; building | 8426 |
materials and services sold to a construction contractor for | 8427 |
incorporation into a house of public worship or religious | 8428 |
education, or a building used exclusively for charitable purposes | 8429 |
under a construction contract with an organization whose purpose | 8430 |
is as described in division (B)(12) of this section; building | 8431 |
materials and services sold to a construction contractor for | 8432 |
incorporation into a building under a construction contract with | 8433 |
an organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of | 8434 |
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 when the building is to be used | 8435 |
exclusively for the organization's exempt purposes; building and | 8436 |
construction materials sold for incorporation into the original | 8437 |
construction of a sports facility under section 307.696 of the | 8438 |
Revised Code; building and construction materials and services | 8439 |
sold to a construction contractor for incorporation into real | 8440 |
property outside this state if such materials and services, when | 8441 |
sold to a construction contractor in the state in which the real | 8442 |
property is located for incorporation into real property in that | 8443 |
state, would be exempt from a tax on sales levied by that state; | 8444 |
and, until one calendar year after the construction of a | 8445 |
convention center that qualifies for property tax exemption under | 8446 |
section 5709.084 of the Revised Code is completed, building and | 8447 |
construction materials and services sold to a construction | 8448 |
contractor for incorporation into the real property comprising | 8449 |
that convention center; | 8450 |
(14) Sales of ships or vessels or rail rolling stock used or | 8451 |
to be used principally in interstate or foreign commerce, and | 8452 |
repairs, alterations, fuel, and lubricants for such ships or | 8453 |
vessels or rail rolling stock; | 8454 |
(15) Sales to persons primarily engaged in any of the | 8455 |
activities mentioned in division (B)(42)(a), (g), or (h) of this | 8456 |
section, to persons engaged in making retail sales, or to persons | 8457 |
who purchase for sale from a manufacturer tangible personal | 8458 |
property that was produced by the manufacturer in accordance with | 8459 |
specific designs provided by the purchaser, of packages, including | 8460 |
material, labels, and parts for packages, and of machinery, | 8461 |
equipment, and material for use primarily in packaging tangible | 8462 |
personal property produced for sale, including any machinery, | 8463 |
equipment, and supplies used to make labels or packages, to | 8464 |
prepare packages or products for labeling, or to label packages or | 8465 |
products, by or on the order of the person doing the packaging, or | 8466 |
sold at retail. "Packages" includes bags, baskets, cartons, | 8467 |
crates, boxes, cans, bottles, bindings, wrappings, and other | 8468 |
similar devices and containers, but does not include motor | 8469 |
vehicles or bulk tanks, trailers, or similar devices attached to | 8470 |
motor vehicles. "Packaging" means placing in a package. Division | 8471 |
(B)(15) of this section does not apply to persons engaged in | 8472 |
highway transportation for hire. | 8473 |
(16) Sales of food to persons using supplemental nutrition | 8474 |
assistance program benefits to purchase the food. As used in this | 8475 |
division, "food" has the same meaning as in 7 U.S.C. 2012 and | 8476 |
federal regulations adopted pursuant to the Food and Nutrition Act | 8477 |
of 2008. | 8478 |
(17) Sales to persons engaged in farming, agriculture, | 8479 |
horticulture, or floriculture, of tangible personal property for | 8480 |
use or consumption primarily in the production by farming, | 8481 |
agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture of other tangible | 8482 |
personal property for use or consumption primarily in the | 8483 |
production of tangible personal property for sale by farming, | 8484 |
agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture; or material and parts | 8485 |
for incorporation into any such tangible personal property for use | 8486 |
or consumption in production; and of tangible personal property | 8487 |
for such use or consumption in the conditioning or holding of | 8488 |
products produced by and for such use, consumption, or sale by | 8489 |
persons engaged in farming, agriculture, horticulture, or | 8490 |
floriculture, except where such property is incorporated into real | 8491 |
property; | 8492 |
(18) Sales of drugs for a human being that may be dispensed | 8493 |
only pursuant to a prescription; insulin as recognized in the | 8494 |
official United States pharmacopoeia; urine and blood testing | 8495 |
materials when used by diabetics or persons with hypoglycemia to | 8496 |
test for glucose or acetone; hypodermic syringes and needles when | 8497 |
used by diabetics for insulin injections; epoetin alfa when | 8498 |
purchased for use in the treatment of persons with medical | 8499 |
disease; hospital beds when purchased by hospitals, nursing homes, | 8500 |
or other medical facilities; and medical oxygen and medical | 8501 |
oxygen-dispensing equipment when purchased by hospitals, nursing | 8502 |
homes, or other medical facilities; | 8503 |
(19) Sales of prosthetic devices, durable medical equipment | 8504 |
for home use, or mobility enhancing equipment, when made pursuant | 8505 |
to a prescription and when such devices or equipment are for use | 8506 |
by a human being. | 8507 |
(20) Sales of emergency and fire protection vehicles and | 8508 |
equipment to nonprofit organizations for use solely in providing | 8509 |
fire protection and emergency services, including trauma care and | 8510 |
emergency medical services, for political subdivisions of the | 8511 |
state; | 8512 |
(21) Sales of tangible personal property manufactured in this | 8513 |
state, if sold by the manufacturer in this state to a retailer for | 8514 |
use in the retail business of the retailer outside of this state | 8515 |
and if possession is taken from the manufacturer by the purchaser | 8516 |
within this state for the sole purpose of immediately removing the | 8517 |
same from this state in a vehicle owned by the purchaser; | 8518 |
(22) Sales of services provided by the state or any of its | 8519 |
political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities, institutions, | 8520 |
or authorities, or by governmental entities of the state or any of | 8521 |
its political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities, | 8522 |
institutions, or authorities; | 8523 |
(23) Sales of motor vehicles to nonresidents of this state | 8524 |
under the circumstances described in division (B) of section | 8525 |
5739.029 of the Revised Code; | 8526 |
(24) Sales to persons engaged in the preparation of eggs for | 8527 |
sale of tangible personal property used or consumed directly in | 8528 |
such preparation, including such tangible personal property used | 8529 |
for cleaning, sanitizing, preserving, grading, sorting, and | 8530 |
classifying by size; packages, including material and parts for | 8531 |
packages, and machinery, equipment, and material for use in | 8532 |
packaging eggs for sale; and handling and transportation equipment | 8533 |
and parts therefor, except motor vehicles licensed to operate on | 8534 |
public highways, used in intraplant or interplant transfers or | 8535 |
shipment of eggs in the process of preparation for sale, when the | 8536 |
plant or plants within or between which such transfers or | 8537 |
shipments occur are operated by the same person. "Packages" | 8538 |
includes containers, cases, baskets, flats, fillers, filler flats, | 8539 |
cartons, closure materials, labels, and labeling materials, and | 8540 |
"packaging" means placing therein. | 8541 |
(25)(a) Sales of water to a consumer for residential use; | 8542 |
(b) Sales of water by a nonprofit corporation engaged | 8543 |
exclusively in the treatment, distribution, and sale of water to | 8544 |
consumers, if such water is delivered to consumers through pipes | 8545 |
or tubing. | 8546 |
(26) Fees charged for inspection or reinspection of motor | 8547 |
vehicles under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code; | 8548 |
(27) Sales to persons licensed to conduct a food service | 8549 |
operation pursuant to section 3717.43 of the Revised Code, of | 8550 |
tangible personal property primarily used directly for the | 8551 |
following: | 8552 |
(a) To prepare food for human consumption for sale; | 8553 |
(b) To preserve food that has been or will be prepared for | 8554 |
human consumption for sale by the food service operator, not | 8555 |
including tangible personal property used to display food for | 8556 |
selection by the consumer; | 8557 |
(c) To clean tangible personal property used to prepare or | 8558 |
serve food for human consumption for sale. | 8559 |
(28) Sales of animals by nonprofit animal adoption services | 8560 |
or county humane societies; | 8561 |
(29) Sales of services to a corporation described in division | 8562 |
(A) of section 5709.72 of the Revised Code, and sales of tangible | 8563 |
personal property that qualifies for exemption from taxation under | 8564 |
section 5709.72 of the Revised Code; | 8565 |
(30) Sales and installation of agricultural land tile, as | 8566 |
defined in division (B)(5)(a) of section 5739.01 of the Revised | 8567 |
Code; | 8568 |
(31) Sales and erection or installation of portable grain | 8569 |
bins, as defined in division (B)(5)(b) of section 5739.01 of the | 8570 |
Revised Code; | 8571 |
(32) The sale, lease, repair, and maintenance of, parts for, | 8572 |
or items attached to or incorporated in, motor vehicles that are | 8573 |
primarily used for transporting tangible personal property | 8574 |
belonging to others by a person engaged in highway transportation | 8575 |
for hire, except for packages and packaging used for the | 8576 |
transportation of tangible personal property; | 8577 |
(33) Sales to the state headquarters of any veterans' | 8578 |
organization in this state that is either incorporated and issued | 8579 |
a charter by the congress of the United States or is recognized by | 8580 |
the United States veterans administration, for use by the | 8581 |
headquarters; | 8582 |
(34) Sales to a telecommunications service vendor, mobile | 8583 |
telecommunications service vendor, or satellite broadcasting | 8584 |
service vendor of tangible personal property and services used | 8585 |
directly and primarily in transmitting, receiving, switching, or | 8586 |
recording any interactive, one- or two-way electromagnetic | 8587 |
communications, including voice, image, data, and information, | 8588 |
through the use of any medium, including, but not limited to, | 8589 |
poles, wires, cables, switching equipment, computers, and record | 8590 |
storage devices and media, and component parts for the tangible | 8591 |
personal property. The exemption provided in this division shall | 8592 |
be in lieu of all other exemptions under division (B)(42)(a) or | 8593 |
(n) of this section to which the vendor may otherwise be entitled, | 8594 |
based upon the use of the thing purchased in providing the | 8595 |
telecommunications, mobile telecommunications, or satellite | 8596 |
broadcasting service. | 8597 |
(35)(a) Sales where the purpose of the consumer is to use or | 8598 |
consume the things transferred in making retail sales and | 8599 |
consisting of newspaper inserts, catalogues, coupons, flyers, gift | 8600 |
certificates, or other advertising material that prices and | 8601 |
describes tangible personal property offered for retail sale. | 8602 |
(b) Sales to direct marketing vendors of preliminary | 8603 |
materials such as photographs, artwork, and typesetting that will | 8604 |
be used in printing advertising material; and of printed matter | 8605 |
that offers free merchandise or chances to win sweepstake prizes | 8606 |
and that is mailed to potential customers with advertising | 8607 |
material described in division (B)(35)(a) of this section; | 8608 |
(c) Sales of equipment such as telephones, computers, | 8609 |
facsimile machines, and similar tangible personal property | 8610 |
primarily used to accept orders for direct marketing retail sales. | 8611 |
(d) Sales of automatic food vending machines that preserve | 8612 |
food with a shelf life of forty-five days or less by refrigeration | 8613 |
and dispense it to the consumer. | 8614 |
For purposes of division (B)(35) of this section, "direct | 8615 |
marketing" means the method of selling where consumers order | 8616 |
tangible personal property by United States mail, delivery | 8617 |
service, or telecommunication and the vendor delivers or ships the | 8618 |
tangible personal property sold to the consumer from a warehouse, | 8619 |
catalogue distribution center, or similar fulfillment facility by | 8620 |
means of the United States mail, delivery service, or common | 8621 |
carrier. | 8622 |
(36) Sales to a person engaged in the business of | 8623 |
horticulture or producing livestock of materials to be | 8624 |
incorporated into a horticulture structure or livestock structure; | 8625 |
(37) Sales of personal computers, computer monitors, computer | 8626 |
keyboards, modems, and other peripheral computer equipment to an | 8627 |
individual who is licensed or certified to teach in an elementary | 8628 |
or a secondary school in this state for use by that individual in | 8629 |
preparation for teaching elementary or secondary school students; | 8630 |
(38) Sales to a professional racing team of any of the | 8631 |
following: | 8632 |
(a) Motor racing vehicles; | 8633 |
(b) Repair services for motor racing vehicles; | 8634 |
(c) Items of property that are attached to or incorporated in | 8635 |
motor racing vehicles, including engines, chassis, and all other | 8636 |
components of the vehicles, and all spare, replacement, and | 8637 |
rebuilt parts or components of the vehicles; except not including | 8638 |
tires, consumable fluids, paint, and accessories consisting of | 8639 |
instrumentation sensors and related items added to the vehicle to | 8640 |
collect and transmit data by means of telemetry and other forms of | 8641 |
communication. | 8642 |
(39) Sales of used manufactured homes and used mobile homes, | 8643 |
as defined in section 5739.0210 of the Revised Code, made on or | 8644 |
after January 1, 2000; | 8645 |
(40) Sales of tangible personal property and services to a | 8646 |
provider of electricity used or consumed directly and primarily in | 8647 |
generating, transmitting, or distributing electricity for use by | 8648 |
others, including property that is or is to be incorporated into | 8649 |
and will become a part of the consumer's production, transmission, | 8650 |
or distribution system and that retains its classification as | 8651 |
tangible personal property after incorporation; fuel or power used | 8652 |
in the production, transmission, or distribution of electricity; | 8653 |
energy conversion equipment as defined in section 5727.01 of the | 8654 |
Revised Code; and tangible personal property and services used in | 8655 |
the repair and maintenance of the production, transmission, or | 8656 |
distribution system, including only those motor vehicles as are | 8657 |
specially designed and equipped for such use. The exemption | 8658 |
provided in this division shall be in lieu of all other exemptions | 8659 |
in division (B)(42)(a) or (n) of this section to which a provider | 8660 |
of electricity may otherwise be entitled based on the use of the | 8661 |
tangible personal property or service purchased in generating, | 8662 |
transmitting, or distributing electricity. | 8663 |
(41) Sales to a person providing services under division | 8664 |
(B)(3)(r) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code of tangible | 8665 |
personal property and services used directly and primarily in | 8666 |
providing taxable services under that section. | 8667 |
(42) Sales where the purpose of the purchaser is to do any of | 8668 |
the following: | 8669 |
(a) To incorporate the thing transferred as a material or a | 8670 |
part into tangible personal property to be produced for sale by | 8671 |
manufacturing, assembling, processing, or refining; or to use or | 8672 |
consume the thing transferred directly in producing tangible | 8673 |
personal property for sale by mining, including, without | 8674 |
limitation, the extraction from the earth of all substances that | 8675 |
are classed geologically as minerals, production of crude oil and | 8676 |
natural gas, or directly in the rendition of a public utility | 8677 |
service, except that the sales tax levied by this section shall be | 8678 |
collected upon all meals, drinks, and food for human consumption | 8679 |
sold when transporting persons. Persons engaged in rendering | 8680 |
services in the exploration for, and production of, crude oil and | 8681 |
natural gas for others are deemed engaged directly in the | 8682 |
exploration for, and production of, crude oil and natural gas. | 8683 |
This paragraph does not exempt from "retail sale" or "sales at | 8684 |
retail" the sale of tangible personal property that is to be | 8685 |
incorporated into a structure or improvement to real property. | 8686 |
(b) To hold the thing transferred as security for the | 8687 |
performance of an obligation of the vendor; | 8688 |
(c) To resell, hold, use, or consume the thing transferred as | 8689 |
evidence of a contract of insurance; | 8690 |
(d) To use or consume the thing directly in commercial | 8691 |
fishing; | 8692 |
(e) To incorporate the thing transferred as a material or a | 8693 |
part into, or to use or consume the thing transferred directly in | 8694 |
the production of, magazines distributed as controlled circulation | 8695 |
publications; | 8696 |
(f) To use or consume the thing transferred in the production | 8697 |
and preparation in suitable condition for market and sale of | 8698 |
printed, imprinted, overprinted, lithographic, multilithic, | 8699 |
blueprinted, photostatic, or other productions or reproductions of | 8700 |
written or graphic matter; | 8701 |
(g) To use the thing transferred, as described in section | 8702 |
5739.011 of the Revised Code, primarily in a manufacturing | 8703 |
operation to produce tangible personal property for sale; | 8704 |
(h) To use the benefit of a warranty, maintenance or service | 8705 |
contract, or similar agreement, as described in division (B)(7) of | 8706 |
section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, to repair or maintain | 8707 |
tangible personal property, if all of the property that is the | 8708 |
subject of the warranty, contract, or agreement would not be | 8709 |
subject to the tax imposed by this section; | 8710 |
(i) To use the thing transferred as qualified research and | 8711 |
development equipment; | 8712 |
(j) To use or consume the thing transferred primarily in | 8713 |
storing, transporting, mailing, or otherwise handling purchased | 8714 |
sales inventory in a warehouse, distribution center, or similar | 8715 |
facility when the inventory is primarily distributed outside this | 8716 |
state to retail stores of the person who owns or controls the | 8717 |
warehouse, distribution center, or similar facility, to retail | 8718 |
stores of an affiliated group of which that person is a member, or | 8719 |
by means of direct marketing. This division does not apply to | 8720 |
motor vehicles registered for operation on the public highways. As | 8721 |
used in this division, "affiliated group" has the same meaning as | 8722 |
in division (B)(3)(e) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code and | 8723 |
"direct marketing" has the same meaning as in division (B)(35) of | 8724 |
this section. | 8725 |
(k) To use or consume the thing transferred to fulfill a | 8726 |
contractual obligation incurred by a warrantor pursuant to a | 8727 |
warranty provided as a part of the price of the tangible personal | 8728 |
property sold or by a vendor of a warranty, maintenance or service | 8729 |
contract, or similar agreement the provision of which is defined | 8730 |
as a sale under division (B)(7) of section 5739.01 of the Revised | 8731 |
Code; | 8732 |
(l) To use or consume the thing transferred in the production | 8733 |
of a newspaper for distribution to the public; | 8734 |
(m) To use tangible personal property to perform a service | 8735 |
listed in division (B)(3) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, | 8736 |
if the property is or is to be permanently transferred to the | 8737 |
consumer of the service as an integral part of the performance of | 8738 |
the service; | 8739 |
(n) To use or consume the thing transferred primarily in | 8740 |
producing tangible personal property for sale by farming, | 8741 |
agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture. Persons engaged in | 8742 |
rendering farming, agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture | 8743 |
services for others are deemed engaged primarily in farming, | 8744 |
agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture. This paragraph does | 8745 |
not exempt from "retail sale" or "sales at retail" the sale of | 8746 |
tangible personal property that is to be incorporated into a | 8747 |
structure or improvement to real property. | 8748 |
(o) To use or consume the thing transferred in acquiring, | 8749 |
formatting, editing, storing, and disseminating data or | 8750 |
information by electronic publishing. | 8751 |
As used in division (B)(42) of this section, "thing" includes | 8752 |
all transactions included in divisions (B)(3)(a), (b), and (e) of | 8753 |
section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. | 8754 |
(43) Sales conducted through a coin operated device that | 8755 |
activates vacuum equipment or equipment that dispenses water, | 8756 |
whether or not in combination with soap or other cleaning agents | 8757 |
or wax, to the consumer for the consumer's use on the premises in | 8758 |
washing, cleaning, or waxing a motor vehicle, provided no other | 8759 |
personal property or personal service is provided as part of the | 8760 |
transaction. | 8761 |
(44) Sales of replacement and modification parts for engines, | 8762 |
airframes, instruments, and interiors in, and paint for, aircraft | 8763 |
used primarily in a fractional aircraft ownership program, and | 8764 |
sales of services for the repair, modification, and maintenance of | 8765 |
such aircraft, and machinery, equipment, and supplies primarily | 8766 |
used to provide those services. | 8767 |
(45) Sales of telecommunications service that is used | 8768 |
directly and primarily to perform the functions of a call center. | 8769 |
As used in this division, "call center" means any physical | 8770 |
location where telephone calls are placed or received in high | 8771 |
volume for the purpose of making sales, marketing, customer | 8772 |
service, technical support, or other specialized business | 8773 |
activity, and that employs at least fifty individuals that engage | 8774 |
in call center activities on a full-time basis, or sufficient | 8775 |
individuals to fill fifty full-time equivalent positions. | 8776 |
(46) Sales by a telecommunications service vendor of 900 | 8777 |
service to a subscriber. This division does not apply to | 8778 |
information services, as defined in division (FF) of section | 8779 |
5739.01 of the Revised Code. | 8780 |
(47) Sales of value-added non-voice data service. This | 8781 |
division does not apply to any similar service that is not | 8782 |
otherwise a telecommunications service. | 8783 |
(48)(a) Sales of machinery, equipment, and software to a | 8784 |
qualified direct selling entity for use in a warehouse or | 8785 |
distribution center primarily for storing, transporting, or | 8786 |
otherwise handling inventory that is held for sale to independent | 8787 |
salespersons who operate as direct sellers and that is held | 8788 |
primarily for distribution outside this state; | 8789 |
(b) As used in division (B)(48)(a) of this section: | 8790 |
(i) "Direct seller" means a person selling consumer products | 8791 |
to individuals for personal or household use and not from a fixed | 8792 |
retail location, including selling such product at in-home product | 8793 |
demonstrations, parties, and other one-on-one selling. | 8794 |
(ii) "Qualified direct selling entity" means an entity | 8795 |
selling to direct sellers at the time the entity enters into a tax | 8796 |
credit agreement with the tax credit authority pursuant to section | 8797 |
122.17 of the Revised Code, provided that the agreement was | 8798 |
entered into on or after January 1, 2007. Neither contingencies | 8799 |
relevant to the granting of, nor later developments with respect | 8800 |
to, the tax credit shall impair the status of the qualified direct | 8801 |
selling entity under division (B)(48) of this section after | 8802 |
execution of the tax credit agreement by the tax credit authority. | 8803 |
(c) Division (B)(48) of this section is limited to machinery, | 8804 |
equipment, and software first stored, used, or consumed in this | 8805 |
state within the period commencing June 24, 2008, and ending on | 8806 |
the date that is five years after that date. | 8807 |
(49) Sales of materials, parts, equipment, or engines used in | 8808 |
the repair or maintenance of aircraft or avionics systems of such | 8809 |
aircraft, and sales of repair, remodeling, replacement, or | 8810 |
maintenance services in this state performed on aircraft or on an | 8811 |
aircraft's avionics, engine, or component materials or parts. As | 8812 |
used in division (B)(49) of this section, "aircraft" means | 8813 |
aircraft of more than six thousand pounds maximum certified | 8814 |
takeoff weight or used exclusively in general aviation. | 8815 |
(50) Sales of full flight simulators that are used for pilot | 8816 |
or flight-crew training, sales of repair or replacement parts or | 8817 |
components, and sales of repair or maintenance services for such | 8818 |
full flight simulators. "Full flight simulator" means a replica of | 8819 |
a specific type, or make, model, and series of aircraft cockpit. | 8820 |
It includes the assemblage of equipment and computer programs | 8821 |
necessary to represent aircraft operations in ground and flight | 8822 |
conditions, a visual system providing an out-of-the-cockpit view, | 8823 |
and a system that provides cues at least equivalent to those of a | 8824 |
three-degree-of-freedom motion system, and has the full range of | 8825 |
capabilities of the systems installed in the device as described | 8826 |
in appendices A and B of part 60 of chapter 1 of title 14 of the | 8827 |
Code of Federal Regulations. | 8828 |
(51) Any transfer or lease of tangible personal property | 8829 |
8830 | |
8831 | |
8832 | |
8833 | |
8834 | |
state and JobsOhio in accordance with section 4313.02 of the | 8835 |
Revised Code. | 8836 |
(C) For the purpose of the proper administration of this | 8837 |
chapter, and to prevent the evasion of the tax, it is presumed | 8838 |
that all sales made in this state are subject to the tax until the | 8839 |
contrary is established. | 8840 |
(D) The levy of this tax on retail sales of recreation and | 8841 |
sports club service shall not prevent a municipal corporation from | 8842 |
levying any tax on recreation and sports club dues or on any | 8843 |
income generated by recreation and sports club dues. | 8844 |
(E) The tax collected by the vendor from the consumer under | 8845 |
this chapter is not part of the price, but is a tax collection for | 8846 |
the benefit of the state, and of counties levying an additional | 8847 |
sales tax pursuant to section 5739.021 or 5739.026 of the Revised | 8848 |
Code and of transit authorities levying an additional sales tax | 8849 |
pursuant to section 5739.023 of the Revised Code. Except for the | 8850 |
discount authorized under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code and | 8851 |
the effects of any rounding pursuant to section 5703.055 of the | 8852 |
Revised Code, no person other than the state or such a county or | 8853 |
transit authority shall derive any benefit from the collection or | 8854 |
payment of the tax levied by this section or section 5739.021, | 8855 |
5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code. | 8856 |
Sec. 5747.01. Except as otherwise expressly provided or | 8857 |
clearly appearing from the context, any term used in this chapter | 8858 |
that is not otherwise defined in this section has the same meaning | 8859 |
as when used in a comparable context in the laws of the United | 8860 |
States relating to federal income taxes or if not used in a | 8861 |
comparable context in those laws, has the same meaning as in | 8862 |
section 5733.40 of the Revised Code. Any reference in this chapter | 8863 |
to the Internal Revenue Code includes other laws of the United | 8864 |
States relating to federal income taxes. | 8865 |
As used in this chapter: | 8866 |
(A) "Adjusted gross income" or "Ohio adjusted gross income" | 8867 |
means federal adjusted gross income, as defined and used in the | 8868 |
Internal Revenue Code, adjusted as provided in this section: | 8869 |
(1) Add interest or dividends on obligations or securities of | 8870 |
any state or of any political subdivision or authority of any | 8871 |
state, other than this state and its subdivisions and authorities. | 8872 |
(2) Add interest or dividends on obligations of any | 8873 |
authority, commission, instrumentality, territory, or possession | 8874 |
of the United States to the extent that the interest or dividends | 8875 |
are exempt from federal income taxes but not from state income | 8876 |
taxes. | 8877 |
(3) Deduct interest or dividends on obligations of the United | 8878 |
States and its territories and possessions or of any authority, | 8879 |
commission, or instrumentality of the United States to the extent | 8880 |
that the interest or dividends are included in federal adjusted | 8881 |
gross income but exempt from state income taxes under the laws of | 8882 |
the United States. | 8883 |
(4) Deduct disability and survivor's benefits to the extent | 8884 |
included in federal adjusted gross income. | 8885 |
(5) Deduct benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act | 8886 |
and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits to the extent included in | 8887 |
federal adjusted gross income under section 86 of the Internal | 8888 |
Revenue Code. | 8889 |
(6) In the case of a taxpayer who is a beneficiary of a trust | 8890 |
that makes an accumulation distribution as defined in section 665 | 8891 |
of the Internal Revenue Code, add, for the beneficiary's taxable | 8892 |
years beginning before 2002, the portion, if any, of such | 8893 |
distribution that does not exceed the undistributed net income of | 8894 |
the trust for the three taxable years preceding the taxable year | 8895 |
in which the distribution is made to the extent that the portion | 8896 |
was not included in the trust's taxable income for any of the | 8897 |
trust's taxable years beginning in 2002 or thereafter. | 8898 |
"Undistributed net income of a trust" means the taxable income of | 8899 |
the trust increased by (a)(i) the additions to adjusted gross | 8900 |
income required under division (A) of this section and (ii) the | 8901 |
personal exemptions allowed to the trust pursuant to section | 8902 |
642(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and decreased by (b)(i) the | 8903 |
deductions to adjusted gross income required under division (A) of | 8904 |
this section, (ii) the amount of federal income taxes attributable | 8905 |
to such income, and (iii) the amount of taxable income that has | 8906 |
been included in the adjusted gross income of a beneficiary by | 8907 |
reason of a prior accumulation distribution. Any undistributed net | 8908 |
income included in the adjusted gross income of a beneficiary | 8909 |
shall reduce the undistributed net income of the trust commencing | 8910 |
with the earliest years of the accumulation period. | 8911 |
(7) Deduct the amount of wages and salaries, if any, not | 8912 |
otherwise allowable as a deduction but that would have been | 8913 |
allowable as a deduction in computing federal adjusted gross | 8914 |
income for the taxable year, had the targeted jobs credit allowed | 8915 |
and determined under sections 38, 51, and 52 of the Internal | 8916 |
Revenue Code not been in effect. | 8917 |
(8) Deduct any interest or interest equivalent on public | 8918 |
obligations and purchase obligations to the extent that the | 8919 |
interest or interest equivalent is included in federal adjusted | 8920 |
gross income. | 8921 |
(9) Add any loss or deduct any gain resulting from the sale, | 8922 |
exchange, or other disposition of public obligations to the extent | 8923 |
that the loss has been deducted or the gain has been included in | 8924 |
computing federal adjusted gross income. | 8925 |
(10) Deduct or add amounts, as provided under section 5747.70 | 8926 |
of the Revised Code, related to contributions to variable college | 8927 |
savings program accounts made or tuition units purchased pursuant | 8928 |
to Chapter 3334. of the Revised Code. | 8929 |
(11)(a) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise allowable as a | 8930 |
deduction or exclusion in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross | 8931 |
income for the taxable year, the amount the taxpayer paid during | 8932 |
the taxable year for medical care insurance and qualified | 8933 |
long-term care insurance for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, | 8934 |
and dependents. No deduction for medical care insurance under | 8935 |
division (A)(11) of this section shall be allowed either to any | 8936 |
taxpayer who is eligible to participate in any subsidized health | 8937 |
plan maintained by any employer of the taxpayer or of the | 8938 |
taxpayer's spouse, or to any taxpayer who is entitled to, or on | 8939 |
application would be entitled to, benefits under part A of Title | 8940 |
XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. | 8941 |
301, as amended. For the purposes of division (A)(11)(a) of this | 8942 |
section, "subsidized health plan" means a health plan for which | 8943 |
the employer pays any portion of the plan's cost. The deduction | 8944 |
allowed under division (A)(11)(a) of this section shall be the net | 8945 |
of any related premium refunds, related premium reimbursements, or | 8946 |
related insurance premium dividends received during the taxable | 8947 |
year. | 8948 |
(b) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 8949 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income during the | 8950 |
taxable year, the amount the taxpayer paid during the taxable | 8951 |
year, not compensated for by any insurance or otherwise, for | 8952 |
medical care of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and | 8953 |
dependents, to the extent the expenses exceed seven and one-half | 8954 |
per cent of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. | 8955 |
(c) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 8956 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income, any amount | 8957 |
included in federal adjusted gross income under section 105 or not | 8958 |
excluded under section 106 of the Internal Revenue Code solely | 8959 |
because it relates to an accident and health plan for a person who | 8960 |
otherwise would be a "qualifying relative" and thus a "dependent" | 8961 |
under section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code but for the fact | 8962 |
that the person fails to meet the income and support limitations | 8963 |
under section 152(d)(1)(B) and (C) of the Internal Revenue Code. | 8964 |
(d) For purposes of division (A)(11) of this section, | 8965 |
"medical care" has the meaning given in section 213 of the | 8966 |
Internal Revenue Code, subject to the special rules, limitations, | 8967 |
and exclusions set forth therein, and "qualified long-term care" | 8968 |
has the same meaning given in section 7702B(c) of the Internal | 8969 |
Revenue Code. Solely for purposes of divisions (A)(11)(a) and (c) | 8970 |
of this section, "dependent" includes a person who otherwise would | 8971 |
be a "qualifying relative" and thus a "dependent" under section | 8972 |
152 of the Internal Revenue Code but for the fact that the person | 8973 |
fails to meet the income and support limitations under section | 8974 |
152(d)(1)(B) and (C) of the Internal Revenue Code. | 8975 |
(12)(a) Deduct any amount included in federal adjusted gross | 8976 |
income solely because the amount represents a reimbursement or | 8977 |
refund of expenses that in any year the taxpayer had deducted as | 8978 |
an itemized deduction pursuant to section 63 of the Internal | 8979 |
Revenue Code and applicable United States department of the | 8980 |
treasury regulations. The deduction otherwise allowed under | 8981 |
division (A)(12)(a) of this section shall be reduced to the extent | 8982 |
the reimbursement is attributable to an amount the taxpayer | 8983 |
deducted under this section in any taxable year. | 8984 |
(b) Add any amount not otherwise included in Ohio adjusted | 8985 |
gross income for any taxable year to the extent that the amount is | 8986 |
attributable to the recovery during the taxable year of any amount | 8987 |
deducted or excluded in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross | 8988 |
income in any taxable year. | 8989 |
(13) Deduct any portion of the deduction described in section | 8990 |
1341(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, for repaying previously | 8991 |
reported income received under a claim of right, that meets both | 8992 |
of the following requirements: | 8993 |
(a) It is allowable for repayment of an item that was | 8994 |
included in the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for a prior | 8995 |
taxable year and did not qualify for a credit under division (A) | 8996 |
or (B) of section 5747.05 of the Revised Code for that year; | 8997 |
(b) It does not otherwise reduce the taxpayer's adjusted | 8998 |
gross income for the current or any other taxable year. | 8999 |
(14) Deduct an amount equal to the deposits made to, and net | 9000 |
investment earnings of, a medical savings account during the | 9001 |
taxable year, in accordance with section 3924.66 of the Revised | 9002 |
Code. The deduction allowed by division (A)(14) of this section | 9003 |
does not apply to medical savings account deposits and earnings | 9004 |
otherwise deducted or excluded for the current or any other | 9005 |
taxable year from the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. | 9006 |
(15)(a) Add an amount equal to the funds withdrawn from a | 9007 |
medical savings account during the taxable year, and the net | 9008 |
investment earnings on those funds, when the funds withdrawn were | 9009 |
used for any purpose other than to reimburse an account holder | 9010 |
for, or to pay, eligible medical expenses, in accordance with | 9011 |
section 3924.66 of the Revised Code; | 9012 |
(b) Add the amounts distributed from a medical savings | 9013 |
account under division (A)(2) of section 3924.68 of the Revised | 9014 |
Code during the taxable year. | 9015 |
(16) Add any amount claimed as a credit under section | 9016 |
5747.059 or 5747.65 of the Revised Code to the extent that such | 9017 |
amount satisfies either of the following: | 9018 |
(a) The amount was deducted or excluded from the computation | 9019 |
of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income as required to be | 9020 |
reported for the taxpayer's taxable year under the Internal | 9021 |
Revenue Code; | 9022 |
(b) The amount resulted in a reduction of the taxpayer's | 9023 |
federal adjusted gross income as required to be reported for any | 9024 |
of the taxpayer's taxable years under the Internal Revenue Code. | 9025 |
(17) Deduct the amount contributed by the taxpayer to an | 9026 |
individual development account program established by a county | 9027 |
department of job and family services pursuant to sections 329.11 | 9028 |
to 329.14 of the Revised Code for the purpose of matching funds | 9029 |
deposited by program participants. On request of the tax | 9030 |
commissioner, the taxpayer shall provide any information that, in | 9031 |
the tax commissioner's opinion, is necessary to establish the | 9032 |
amount deducted under division (A)(17) of this section. | 9033 |
(18) Beginning in taxable year 2001 but not for any taxable | 9034 |
year beginning after December 31, 2005, if the taxpayer is married | 9035 |
and files a joint return and the combined federal adjusted gross | 9036 |
income of the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse for the taxable | 9037 |
year does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, or if the | 9038 |
taxpayer is single and has a federal adjusted gross income for the | 9039 |
taxable year not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, deduct amounts | 9040 |
paid during the taxable year for qualified tuition and fees paid | 9041 |
to an eligible institution for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's | 9042 |
spouse, or any dependent of the taxpayer, who is a resident of | 9043 |
this state and is enrolled in or attending a program that | 9044 |
culminates in a degree or diploma at an eligible institution. The | 9045 |
deduction may be claimed only to the extent that qualified tuition | 9046 |
and fees are not otherwise deducted or excluded for any taxable | 9047 |
year from federal or Ohio adjusted gross income. The deduction may | 9048 |
not be claimed for educational expenses for which the taxpayer | 9049 |
claims a credit under section 5747.27 of the Revised Code. | 9050 |
(19) Add any reimbursement received during the taxable year | 9051 |
of any amount the taxpayer deducted under division (A)(18) of this | 9052 |
section in any previous taxable year to the extent the amount is | 9053 |
not otherwise included in Ohio adjusted gross income. | 9054 |
(20)(a)(i) Subject to divisions (A)(20)(a)(iii), (iv), and | 9055 |
(v) of this section, add five-sixths of the amount of depreciation | 9056 |
expense allowed by subsection (k) of section 168 of the Internal | 9057 |
Revenue Code, including the taxpayer's proportionate or | 9058 |
distributive share of the amount of depreciation expense allowed | 9059 |
by that subsection to a pass-through entity in which the taxpayer | 9060 |
has a direct or indirect ownership interest. | 9061 |
(ii) Subject to divisions (A)(20)(a)(iii), (iv), and (v) of | 9062 |
this section, add five-sixths of the amount of qualifying section | 9063 |
179 depreciation expense, including the taxpayer's proportionate | 9064 |
or distributive share of the amount of qualifying section 179 | 9065 |
depreciation expense allowed to any pass-through entity in which | 9066 |
the taxpayer has a direct or indirect ownership interest. | 9067 |
(iii) Subject to division (A)(20)(a)(v) of this section, for | 9068 |
taxable years beginning in 2012 or thereafter, if the increase in | 9069 |
income taxes withheld by the taxpayer is equal to or greater than | 9070 |
ten per cent of income taxes withheld by the taxpayer during the | 9071 |
taxpayer's immediately preceding taxable year, "two-thirds" shall | 9072 |
be substituted for "five-sixths" for the purpose of divisions | 9073 |
(A)(20)(a)(i) and (ii) of this section. | 9074 |
(iv) Subject to division (A)(20)(a)(v) of this section, for | 9075 |
taxable years beginning in 2012 or thereafter, a taxpayer is not | 9076 |
required to add an amount under division (A)(20) of this section | 9077 |
if the increase in income taxes withheld by the taxpayer and by | 9078 |
any pass-through entity in which the taxpayer has a direct or | 9079 |
indirect ownership interest is equal to or greater than the sum of | 9080 |
(I) the amount of qualifying section 179 depreciation expense and | 9081 |
(II) the amount of depreciation expense allowed to the taxpayer by | 9082 |
subsection (k) of section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code, and | 9083 |
including the taxpayer's proportionate or distributive shares of | 9084 |
such amounts allowed to any such pass-through entities. | 9085 |
(v) If a taxpayer directly or indirectly incurs a net | 9086 |
operating loss for the taxable year for federal income tax | 9087 |
purposes, to the extent such loss resulted from depreciation | 9088 |
expense allowed by subsection (k) of section 168 of the Internal | 9089 |
Revenue Code and by qualifying section 179 depreciation expense, | 9090 |
"the entire" shall be substituted for "five-sixths of the" for the | 9091 |
purpose of divisions (A)(20)(a)(i) and (ii) of this section. | 9092 |
The tax commissioner, under procedures established by the | 9093 |
commissioner, may waive the add-backs related to a pass-through | 9094 |
entity if the taxpayer owns, directly or indirectly, less than | 9095 |
five per cent of the pass-through entity. | 9096 |
(b) Nothing in division (A)(20) of this section shall be | 9097 |
construed to adjust or modify the adjusted basis of any asset. | 9098 |
(c) To the extent the add-back required under division | 9099 |
(A)(20)(a) of this section is attributable to property generating | 9100 |
nonbusiness income or loss allocated under section 5747.20 of the | 9101 |
Revised Code, the add-back shall be sitused to the same location | 9102 |
as the nonbusiness income or loss generated by the property for | 9103 |
the purpose of determining the credit under division (A) of | 9104 |
section 5747.05 of the Revised Code. Otherwise, the add-back shall | 9105 |
be apportioned, subject to one or more of the four alternative | 9106 |
methods of apportionment enumerated in section 5747.21 of the | 9107 |
Revised Code. | 9108 |
(d) For the purposes of division (A)(20)(a)(v) of this | 9109 |
section, net operating loss carryback and carryforward shall not | 9110 |
include the allowance of any net operating loss deduction | 9111 |
carryback or carryforward to the taxable year to the extent such | 9112 |
loss resulted from depreciation allowed by section 168(k) of the | 9113 |
Internal Revenue Code and by the qualifying section 179 | 9114 |
depreciation expense amount. | 9115 |
(e) For the purposes of divisions (A)(20) and (21) of this | 9116 |
section: | 9117 |
(i) "Income taxes withheld" means the total amount withheld | 9118 |
and remitted under sections 5747.06 and 5747.07 of the Revised | 9119 |
Code by an employer during the employer's taxable year. | 9120 |
(ii) "Increase in income taxes withheld" means the amount by | 9121 |
which the amount of income taxes withheld by an employer during | 9122 |
the employer's current taxable year exceeds the amount of income | 9123 |
taxes withheld by that employer during the employer's immediately | 9124 |
preceding taxable year. | 9125 |
(iii) "Qualifying section 179 depreciation expense" means the | 9126 |
difference between (I) the amount of depreciation expense directly | 9127 |
or indirectly allowed to a taxpayer under section 179 of the | 9128 |
Internal Revised Code, and (II) the amount of depreciation expense | 9129 |
directly or indirectly allowed to the taxpayer under section 179 | 9130 |
of the Internal Revenue Code as that section existed on December | 9131 |
31, 2002. | 9132 |
(21)(a) If the taxpayer was required to add an amount under | 9133 |
division (A)(20)(a) of this section for a taxable year, deduct one | 9134 |
of the following: | 9135 |
(i) One-fifth of the amount so added for each of the five | 9136 |
succeeding taxable years if the amount so added was five-sixths of | 9137 |
qualifying section 179 depreciation expense or depreciation | 9138 |
expense allowed by subsection (k) of section 168 of the Internal | 9139 |
Revenue Code; | 9140 |
(ii) One-half of the amount so added for each of the two | 9141 |
succeeding taxable years if the amount so added was two-thirds of | 9142 |
such depreciation expense; | 9143 |
(iii) One-sixth of the amount so added for each of the six | 9144 |
succeeding taxable years if the entire amount of such depreciation | 9145 |
expense was so added. | 9146 |
(b) If the amount deducted under division (A)(21)(a) of this | 9147 |
section is attributable to an add-back allocated under division | 9148 |
(A)(20)(c) of this section, the amount deducted shall be sitused | 9149 |
to the same location. Otherwise, the add-back shall be apportioned | 9150 |
using the apportionment factors for the taxable year in which the | 9151 |
deduction is taken, subject to one or more of the four alternative | 9152 |
methods of apportionment enumerated in section 5747.21 of the | 9153 |
Revised Code. | 9154 |
(c) No deduction is available under division (A)(21)(a) of | 9155 |
this section with regard to any depreciation allowed by section | 9156 |
168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code and by the qualifying section | 9157 |
179 depreciation expense amount to the extent that such | 9158 |
depreciation results in or increases a federal net operating loss | 9159 |
carryback or carryforward. If no such deduction is available for a | 9160 |
taxable year, the taxpayer may carry forward the amount not | 9161 |
deducted in such taxable year to the next taxable year and add | 9162 |
that amount to any deduction otherwise available under division | 9163 |
(A)(21)(a) of this section for that next taxable year. The | 9164 |
carryforward of amounts not so deducted shall continue until the | 9165 |
entire addition required by division (A)(20)(a) of this section | 9166 |
has been deducted. | 9167 |
(d) No refund shall be allowed as a result of adjustments | 9168 |
made by division (A)(21) of this section. | 9169 |
(22) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 9170 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9171 |
year, the amount the taxpayer received during the taxable year as | 9172 |
reimbursement for life insurance premiums under section 5919.31 of | 9173 |
the Revised Code. | 9174 |
(23) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 9175 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9176 |
year, the amount the taxpayer received during the taxable year as | 9177 |
a death benefit paid by the adjutant general under section 5919.33 | 9178 |
of the Revised Code. | 9179 |
(24) Deduct, to the extent included in federal adjusted gross | 9180 |
income and not otherwise allowable as a deduction or exclusion in | 9181 |
computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9182 |
year, military pay and allowances received by the taxpayer during | 9183 |
the taxable year for active duty service in the United States | 9184 |
army, air force, navy, marine corps, or coast guard or reserve | 9185 |
components thereof or the national guard. The deduction may not be | 9186 |
claimed for military pay and allowances received by the taxpayer | 9187 |
while the taxpayer is stationed in this state. | 9188 |
(25) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise allowable as a | 9189 |
deduction or exclusion in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross | 9190 |
income for the taxable year and not otherwise compensated for by | 9191 |
any other source, the amount of qualified organ donation expenses | 9192 |
incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year, not to exceed | 9193 |
ten thousand dollars. A taxpayer may deduct qualified organ | 9194 |
donation expenses only once for all taxable years beginning with | 9195 |
taxable years beginning in 2007. | 9196 |
For the purposes of division (A)(25) of this section: | 9197 |
(a) "Human organ" means all or any portion of a human liver, | 9198 |
pancreas, kidney, intestine, or lung, and any portion of human | 9199 |
bone marrow. | 9200 |
(b) "Qualified organ donation expenses" means travel | 9201 |
expenses, lodging expenses, and wages and salary forgone by a | 9202 |
taxpayer in connection with the taxpayer's donation, while living, | 9203 |
of one or more of the taxpayer's human organs to another human | 9204 |
being. | 9205 |
(26) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 9206 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9207 |
year, amounts received by the taxpayer as retired military | 9208 |
personnel pay for service in the United States army, navy, air | 9209 |
force, coast guard, or marine corps or reserve components thereof, | 9210 |
or the national guard, or received by the surviving spouse or | 9211 |
former spouse of such a taxpayer under the survivor benefit plan | 9212 |
on account of such a taxpayer's death. If the taxpayer receives | 9213 |
income on account of retirement paid under the federal civil | 9214 |
service retirement system or federal employees retirement system, | 9215 |
or under any successor retirement program enacted by the congress | 9216 |
of the United States that is established and maintained for | 9217 |
retired employees of the United States government, and such | 9218 |
retirement income is based, in whole or in part, on credit for the | 9219 |
taxpayer's military service, the deduction allowed under this | 9220 |
division shall include only that portion of such retirement income | 9221 |
that is attributable to the taxpayer's military service, to the | 9222 |
extent that portion of such retirement income is otherwise | 9223 |
included in federal adjusted gross income and is not otherwise | 9224 |
deducted under this section. Any amount deducted under division | 9225 |
(A)(26) of this section is not included in a taxpayer's adjusted | 9226 |
gross income for the purposes of section 5747.055 of the Revised | 9227 |
Code. No amount may be deducted under division (A)(26) of this | 9228 |
section on the basis of which a credit was claimed under section | 9229 |
5747.055 of the Revised Code. | 9230 |
(27) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 9231 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9232 |
year, the amount the taxpayer received during the taxable year | 9233 |
from the military injury relief fund created in section 5101.98 of | 9234 |
the Revised Code. | 9235 |
(28) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 9236 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9237 |
year, the amount the taxpayer received as a veterans bonus during | 9238 |
the taxable year from the Ohio department of veterans services as | 9239 |
authorized by Section 2r of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. | 9240 |
(29) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 9241 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9242 |
year, any loss from wagering transactions that is allowed as an | 9243 |
itemized deduction under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code | 9244 |
and that the taxpayer deducted in computing federal taxable | 9245 |
income. | 9246 |
(30) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 9247 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9248 |
year, any income | 9249 |
9250 | |
9251 | |
agreement or from the enterprise transferred under that agreement | 9252 |
under section 4313.02 of the Revised Code. | 9253 |
(31) Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded | 9254 |
in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross income for the taxable | 9255 |
year, Ohio college opportunity or federal Pell grant amounts | 9256 |
received by the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or dependent | 9257 |
pursuant to section 3333.122 of the Revised Code or 20 U.S.C. | 9258 |
1070a, et seq., and used to pay room or board furnished by the | 9259 |
educational institution for which the grant was awarded at the | 9260 |
institution's facilities, including meal plans administered by the | 9261 |
institution. For the purposes of this division, receipt of a grant | 9262 |
includes the distribution of a grant directly to an educational | 9263 |
institution and the crediting of the grant to the enrollee's | 9264 |
account with the institution. | 9265 |
(B) "Business income" means income, including gain or loss, | 9266 |
arising from transactions, activities, and sources in the regular | 9267 |
course of a trade or business and includes income, gain, or loss | 9268 |
from real property, tangible property, and intangible property if | 9269 |
the acquisition, rental, management, and disposition of the | 9270 |
property constitute integral parts of the regular course of a | 9271 |
trade or business operation. "Business income" includes income, | 9272 |
including gain or loss, from a partial or complete liquidation of | 9273 |
a business, including, but not limited to, gain or loss from the | 9274 |
sale or other disposition of goodwill. | 9275 |
(C) "Nonbusiness income" means all income other than business | 9276 |
income and may include, but is not limited to, compensation, rents | 9277 |
and royalties from real or tangible personal property, capital | 9278 |
gains, interest, dividends and distributions, patent or copyright | 9279 |
royalties, or lottery winnings, prizes, and awards. | 9280 |
(D) "Compensation" means any form of remuneration paid to an | 9281 |
employee for personal services. | 9282 |
(E) "Fiduciary" means a guardian, trustee, executor, | 9283 |
administrator, receiver, conservator, or any other person acting | 9284 |
in any fiduciary capacity for any individual, trust, or estate. | 9285 |
(F) "Fiscal year" means an accounting period of twelve months | 9286 |
ending on the last day of any month other than December. | 9287 |
(G) "Individual" means any natural person. | 9288 |
(H) "Internal Revenue Code" means the "Internal Revenue Code | 9289 |
of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended. | 9290 |
(I) "Resident" means any of the following, provided that | 9291 |
division (I)(3) of this section applies only to taxable years of a | 9292 |
trust beginning in 2002 or thereafter: | 9293 |
(1) An individual who is domiciled in this state, subject to | 9294 |
section 5747.24 of the Revised Code; | 9295 |
(2) The estate of a decedent who at the time of death was | 9296 |
domiciled in this state. The domicile tests of section 5747.24 of | 9297 |
the Revised Code are not controlling for purposes of division | 9298 |
(I)(2) of this section. | 9299 |
(3) A trust that, in whole or part, resides in this state. If | 9300 |
only part of a trust resides in this state, the trust is a | 9301 |
resident only with respect to that part. | 9302 |
For the purposes of division (I)(3) of this section: | 9303 |
(a) A trust resides in this state for the trust's current | 9304 |
taxable year to the extent, as described in division (I)(3)(d) of | 9305 |
this section, that the trust consists directly or indirectly, in | 9306 |
whole or in part, of assets, net of any related liabilities, that | 9307 |
were transferred, or caused to be transferred, directly or | 9308 |
indirectly, to the trust by any of the following: | 9309 |
(i) A person, a court, or a governmental entity or | 9310 |
instrumentality on account of the death of a decedent, but only if | 9311 |
the trust is described in division (I)(3)(e)(i) or (ii) of this | 9312 |
section; | 9313 |
(ii) A person who was domiciled in this state for the | 9314 |
purposes of this chapter when the person directly or indirectly | 9315 |
transferred assets to an irrevocable trust, but only if at least | 9316 |
one of the trust's qualifying beneficiaries is domiciled in this | 9317 |
state for the purposes of this chapter during all or some portion | 9318 |
of the trust's current taxable year; | 9319 |
(iii) A person who was domiciled in this state for the | 9320 |
purposes of this chapter when the trust document or instrument or | 9321 |
part of the trust document or instrument became irrevocable, but | 9322 |
only if at least one of the trust's qualifying beneficiaries is a | 9323 |
resident domiciled in this state for the purposes of this chapter | 9324 |
during all or some portion of the trust's current taxable year. If | 9325 |
a trust document or instrument became irrevocable upon the death | 9326 |
of a person who at the time of death was domiciled in this state | 9327 |
for purposes of this chapter, that person is a person described in | 9328 |
division (I)(3)(a)(iii) of this section. | 9329 |
(b) A trust is irrevocable to the extent that the transferor | 9330 |
is not considered to be the owner of the net assets of the trust | 9331 |
under sections 671 to 678 of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9332 |
(c) With respect to a trust other than a charitable lead | 9333 |
trust, "qualifying beneficiary" has the same meaning as "potential | 9334 |
current beneficiary" as defined in section 1361(e)(2) of the | 9335 |
Internal Revenue Code, and with respect to a charitable lead trust | 9336 |
"qualifying beneficiary" is any current, future, or contingent | 9337 |
beneficiary, but with respect to any trust "qualifying | 9338 |
beneficiary" excludes a person or a governmental entity or | 9339 |
instrumentality to any of which a contribution would qualify for | 9340 |
the charitable deduction under section 170 of the Internal Revenue | 9341 |
Code. | 9342 |
(d) For the purposes of division (I)(3)(a) of this section, | 9343 |
the extent to which a trust consists directly or indirectly, in | 9344 |
whole or in part, of assets, net of any related liabilities, that | 9345 |
were transferred directly or indirectly, in whole or part, to the | 9346 |
trust by any of the sources enumerated in that division shall be | 9347 |
ascertained by multiplying the fair market value of the trust's | 9348 |
assets, net of related liabilities, by the qualifying ratio, which | 9349 |
shall be computed as follows: | 9350 |
(i) The first time the trust receives assets, the numerator | 9351 |
of the qualifying ratio is the fair market value of those assets | 9352 |
at that time, net of any related liabilities, from sources | 9353 |
enumerated in division (I)(3)(a) of this section. The denominator | 9354 |
of the qualifying ratio is the fair market value of all the | 9355 |
trust's assets at that time, net of any related liabilities. | 9356 |
(ii) Each subsequent time the trust receives assets, a | 9357 |
revised qualifying ratio shall be computed. The numerator of the | 9358 |
revised qualifying ratio is the sum of (1) the fair market value | 9359 |
of the trust's assets immediately prior to the subsequent | 9360 |
transfer, net of any related liabilities, multiplied by the | 9361 |
qualifying ratio last computed without regard to the subsequent | 9362 |
transfer, and (2) the fair market value of the subsequently | 9363 |
transferred assets at the time transferred, net of any related | 9364 |
liabilities, from sources enumerated in division (I)(3)(a) of this | 9365 |
section. The denominator of the revised qualifying ratio is the | 9366 |
fair market value of all the trust's assets immediately after the | 9367 |
subsequent transfer, net of any related liabilities. | 9368 |
(iii) Whether a transfer to the trust is by or from any of | 9369 |
the sources enumerated in division (I)(3)(a) of this section shall | 9370 |
be ascertained without regard to the domicile of the trust's | 9371 |
beneficiaries. | 9372 |
(e) For the purposes of division (I)(3)(a)(i) of this | 9373 |
section: | 9374 |
(i) A trust is described in division (I)(3)(e)(i) of this | 9375 |
section if the trust is a testamentary trust and the testator of | 9376 |
that testamentary trust was domiciled in this state at the time of | 9377 |
the testator's death for purposes of the taxes levied under | 9378 |
Chapter 5731. of the Revised Code. | 9379 |
(ii) A trust is described in division (I)(3)(e)(ii) of this | 9380 |
section if the transfer is a qualifying transfer described in any | 9381 |
of divisions (I)(3)(f)(i) to (vi) of this section, the trust is an | 9382 |
irrevocable inter vivos trust, and at least one of the trust's | 9383 |
qualifying beneficiaries is domiciled in this state for purposes | 9384 |
of this chapter during all or some portion of the trust's current | 9385 |
taxable year. | 9386 |
(f) For the purposes of division (I)(3)(e)(ii) of this | 9387 |
section, a "qualifying transfer" is a transfer of assets, net of | 9388 |
any related liabilities, directly or indirectly to a trust, if the | 9389 |
transfer is described in any of the following: | 9390 |
(i) The transfer is made to a trust, created by the decedent | 9391 |
before the decedent's death and while the decedent was domiciled | 9392 |
in this state for the purposes of this chapter, and, prior to the | 9393 |
death of the decedent, the trust became irrevocable while the | 9394 |
decedent was domiciled in this state for the purposes of this | 9395 |
chapter. | 9396 |
(ii) The transfer is made to a trust to which the decedent, | 9397 |
prior to the decedent's death, had directly or indirectly | 9398 |
transferred assets, net of any related liabilities, while the | 9399 |
decedent was domiciled in this state for the purposes of this | 9400 |
chapter, and prior to the death of the decedent the trust became | 9401 |
irrevocable while the decedent was domiciled in this state for the | 9402 |
purposes of this chapter. | 9403 |
(iii) The transfer is made on account of a contractual | 9404 |
relationship existing directly or indirectly between the | 9405 |
transferor and either the decedent or the estate of the decedent | 9406 |
at any time prior to the date of the decedent's death, and the | 9407 |
decedent was domiciled in this state at the time of death for | 9408 |
purposes of the taxes levied under Chapter 5731. of the Revised | 9409 |
Code. | 9410 |
(iv) The transfer is made to a trust on account of a | 9411 |
contractual relationship existing directly or indirectly between | 9412 |
the transferor and another person who at the time of the | 9413 |
decedent's death was domiciled in this state for purposes of this | 9414 |
chapter. | 9415 |
(v) The transfer is made to a trust on account of the will of | 9416 |
a testator who was domiciled in this state at the time of the | 9417 |
testator's death for purposes of the taxes levied under Chapter | 9418 |
5731. of the Revised Code. | 9419 |
(vi) The transfer is made to a trust created by or caused to | 9420 |
be created by a court, and the trust was directly or indirectly | 9421 |
created in connection with or as a result of the death of an | 9422 |
individual who, for purposes of the taxes levied under Chapter | 9423 |
5731. of the Revised Code, was domiciled in this state at the time | 9424 |
of the individual's death. | 9425 |
(g) The tax commissioner may adopt rules to ascertain the | 9426 |
part of a trust residing in this state. | 9427 |
(J) "Nonresident" means an individual or estate that is not a | 9428 |
resident. An individual who is a resident for only part of a | 9429 |
taxable year is a nonresident for the remainder of that taxable | 9430 |
year. | 9431 |
(K) "Pass-through entity" has the same meaning as in section | 9432 |
5733.04 of the Revised Code. | 9433 |
(L) "Return" means the notifications and reports required to | 9434 |
be filed pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of reporting the | 9435 |
tax due and includes declarations of estimated tax when so | 9436 |
required. | 9437 |
(M) "Taxable year" means the calendar year or the taxpayer's | 9438 |
fiscal year ending during the calendar year, or fractional part | 9439 |
thereof, upon which the adjusted gross income is calculated | 9440 |
pursuant to this chapter. | 9441 |
(N) "Taxpayer" means any person subject to the tax imposed by | 9442 |
section 5747.02 of the Revised Code or any pass-through entity | 9443 |
that makes the election under division (D) of section 5747.08 of | 9444 |
the Revised Code. | 9445 |
(O) "Dependents" means dependents as defined in the Internal | 9446 |
Revenue Code and as claimed in the taxpayer's federal income tax | 9447 |
return for the taxable year or which the taxpayer would have been | 9448 |
permitted to claim had the taxpayer filed a federal income tax | 9449 |
return. | 9450 |
(P) "Principal county of employment" means, in the case of a | 9451 |
nonresident, the county within the state in which a taxpayer | 9452 |
performs services for an employer or, if those services are | 9453 |
performed in more than one county, the county in which the major | 9454 |
portion of the services are performed. | 9455 |
(Q) As used in sections 5747.50 to 5747.55 of the Revised | 9456 |
Code: | 9457 |
(1) "Subdivision" means any county, municipal corporation, | 9458 |
park district, or township. | 9459 |
(2) "Essential local government purposes" includes all | 9460 |
functions that any subdivision is required by general law to | 9461 |
exercise, including like functions that are exercised under a | 9462 |
charter adopted pursuant to the Ohio Constitution. | 9463 |
(R) "Overpayment" means any amount already paid that exceeds | 9464 |
the figure determined to be the correct amount of the tax. | 9465 |
(S) "Taxable income" or "Ohio taxable income" applies only to | 9466 |
estates and trusts, and means federal taxable income, as defined | 9467 |
and used in the Internal Revenue Code, adjusted as follows: | 9468 |
(1) Add interest or dividends, net of ordinary, necessary, | 9469 |
and reasonable expenses not deducted in computing federal taxable | 9470 |
income, on obligations or securities of any state or of any | 9471 |
political subdivision or authority of any state, other than this | 9472 |
state and its subdivisions and authorities, but only to the extent | 9473 |
that such net amount is not otherwise includible in Ohio taxable | 9474 |
income and is described in either division (S)(1)(a) or (b) of | 9475 |
this section: | 9476 |
(a) The net amount is not attributable to the S portion of an | 9477 |
electing small business trust and has not been distributed to | 9478 |
beneficiaries for the taxable year; | 9479 |
(b) The net amount is attributable to the S portion of an | 9480 |
electing small business trust for the taxable year. | 9481 |
(2) Add interest or dividends, net of ordinary, necessary, | 9482 |
and reasonable expenses not deducted in computing federal taxable | 9483 |
income, on obligations of any authority, commission, | 9484 |
instrumentality, territory, or possession of the United States to | 9485 |
the extent that the interest or dividends are exempt from federal | 9486 |
income taxes but not from state income taxes, but only to the | 9487 |
extent that such net amount is not otherwise includible in Ohio | 9488 |
taxable income and is described in either division (S)(1)(a) or | 9489 |
(b) of this section; | 9490 |
(3) Add the amount of personal exemption allowed to the | 9491 |
estate pursuant to section 642(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; | 9492 |
(4) Deduct interest or dividends, net of related expenses | 9493 |
deducted in computing federal taxable income, on obligations of | 9494 |
the United States and its territories and possessions or of any | 9495 |
authority, commission, or instrumentality of the United States to | 9496 |
the extent that the interest or dividends are exempt from state | 9497 |
taxes under the laws of the United States, but only to the extent | 9498 |
that such amount is included in federal taxable income and is | 9499 |
described in either division (S)(1)(a) or (b) of this section; | 9500 |
(5) Deduct the amount of wages and salaries, if any, not | 9501 |
otherwise allowable as a deduction but that would have been | 9502 |
allowable as a deduction in computing federal taxable income for | 9503 |
the taxable year, had the targeted jobs credit allowed under | 9504 |
sections 38, 51, and 52 of the Internal Revenue Code not been in | 9505 |
effect, but only to the extent such amount relates either to | 9506 |
income included in federal taxable income for the taxable year or | 9507 |
to income of the S portion of an electing small business trust for | 9508 |
the taxable year; | 9509 |
(6) Deduct any interest or interest equivalent, net of | 9510 |
related expenses deducted in computing federal taxable income, on | 9511 |
public obligations and purchase obligations, but only to the | 9512 |
extent that such net amount relates either to income included in | 9513 |
federal taxable income for the taxable year or to income of the S | 9514 |
portion of an electing small business trust for the taxable year; | 9515 |
(7) Add any loss or deduct any gain resulting from sale, | 9516 |
exchange, or other disposition of public obligations to the extent | 9517 |
that such loss has been deducted or such gain has been included in | 9518 |
computing either federal taxable income or income of the S portion | 9519 |
of an electing small business trust for the taxable year; | 9520 |
(8) Except in the case of the final return of an estate, add | 9521 |
any amount deducted by the taxpayer on both its Ohio estate tax | 9522 |
return pursuant to section 5731.14 of the Revised Code, and on its | 9523 |
federal income tax return in determining federal taxable income; | 9524 |
(9)(a) Deduct any amount included in federal taxable income | 9525 |
solely because the amount represents a reimbursement or refund of | 9526 |
expenses that in a previous year the decedent had deducted as an | 9527 |
itemized deduction pursuant to section 63 of the Internal Revenue | 9528 |
Code and applicable treasury regulations. The deduction otherwise | 9529 |
allowed under division (S)(9)(a) of this section shall be reduced | 9530 |
to the extent the reimbursement is attributable to an amount the | 9531 |
taxpayer or decedent deducted under this section in any taxable | 9532 |
year. | 9533 |
(b) Add any amount not otherwise included in Ohio taxable | 9534 |
income for any taxable year to the extent that the amount is | 9535 |
attributable to the recovery during the taxable year of any amount | 9536 |
deducted or excluded in computing federal or Ohio taxable income | 9537 |
in any taxable year, but only to the extent such amount has not | 9538 |
been distributed to beneficiaries for the taxable year. | 9539 |
(10) Deduct any portion of the deduction described in section | 9540 |
1341(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, for repaying previously | 9541 |
reported income received under a claim of right, that meets both | 9542 |
of the following requirements: | 9543 |
(a) It is allowable for repayment of an item that was | 9544 |
included in the taxpayer's taxable income or the decedent's | 9545 |
adjusted gross income for a prior taxable year and did not qualify | 9546 |
for a credit under division (A) or (B) of section 5747.05 of the | 9547 |
Revised Code for that year. | 9548 |
(b) It does not otherwise reduce the taxpayer's taxable | 9549 |
income or the decedent's adjusted gross income for the current or | 9550 |
any other taxable year. | 9551 |
(11) Add any amount claimed as a credit under section | 9552 |
5747.059 or 5747.65 of the Revised Code to the extent that the | 9553 |
amount satisfies either of the following: | 9554 |
(a) The amount was deducted or excluded from the computation | 9555 |
of the taxpayer's federal taxable income as required to be | 9556 |
reported for the taxpayer's taxable year under the Internal | 9557 |
Revenue Code; | 9558 |
(b) The amount resulted in a reduction in the taxpayer's | 9559 |
federal taxable income as required to be reported for any of the | 9560 |
taxpayer's taxable years under the Internal Revenue Code. | 9561 |
(12) Deduct any amount, net of related expenses deducted in | 9562 |
computing federal taxable income, that a trust is required to | 9563 |
report as farm income on its federal income tax return, but only | 9564 |
if the assets of the trust include at least ten acres of land | 9565 |
satisfying the definition of "land devoted exclusively to | 9566 |
agricultural use" under section 5713.30 of the Revised Code, | 9567 |
regardless of whether the land is valued for tax purposes as such | 9568 |
land under sections 5713.30 to 5713.38 of the Revised Code. If the | 9569 |
trust is a pass-through entity investor, section 5747.231 of the | 9570 |
Revised Code applies in ascertaining if the trust is eligible to | 9571 |
claim the deduction provided by division (S)(12) of this section | 9572 |
in connection with the pass-through entity's farm income. | 9573 |
Except for farm income attributable to the S portion of an | 9574 |
electing small business trust, the deduction provided by division | 9575 |
(S)(12) of this section is allowed only to the extent that the | 9576 |
trust has not distributed such farm income. Division (S)(12) of | 9577 |
this section applies only to taxable years of a trust beginning in | 9578 |
2002 or thereafter. | 9579 |
(13) Add the net amount of income described in section 641(c) | 9580 |
of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent that amount is not | 9581 |
included in federal taxable income. | 9582 |
(14) Add or deduct the amount the taxpayer would be required | 9583 |
to add or deduct under division (A)(20) or (21) of this section if | 9584 |
the taxpayer's Ohio taxable income were computed in the same | 9585 |
manner as an individual's Ohio adjusted gross income is computed | 9586 |
under this section. In the case of a trust, division (S)(14) of | 9587 |
this section applies only to any of the trust's taxable years | 9588 |
beginning in 2002 or thereafter. | 9589 |
(T) "School district income" and "school district income tax" | 9590 |
have the same meanings as in section 5748.01 of the Revised Code. | 9591 |
(U) As used in divisions (A)(8), (A)(9), (S)(6), and (S)(7) | 9592 |
of this section, "public obligations," "purchase obligations," and | 9593 |
"interest or interest equivalent" have the same meanings as in | 9594 |
section 5709.76 of the Revised Code. | 9595 |
(V) "Limited liability company" means any limited liability | 9596 |
company formed under Chapter 1705. of the Revised Code or under | 9597 |
the laws of any other state. | 9598 |
(W) "Pass-through entity investor" means any person who, | 9599 |
during any portion of a taxable year of a pass-through entity, is | 9600 |
a partner, member, shareholder, or equity investor in that | 9601 |
pass-through entity. | 9602 |
(X) "Banking day" has the same meaning as in section 1304.01 | 9603 |
of the Revised Code. | 9604 |
(Y) "Month" means a calendar month. | 9605 |
(Z) "Quarter" means the first three months, the second three | 9606 |
months, the third three months, or the last three months of the | 9607 |
taxpayer's taxable year. | 9608 |
(AA)(1) "Eligible institution" means a state university or | 9609 |
state institution of higher education as defined in section | 9610 |
3345.011 of the Revised Code, or a private, nonprofit college, | 9611 |
university, or other post-secondary institution located in this | 9612 |
state that possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the | 9613 |
Ohio board of regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised | 9614 |
Code or a certificate of registration issued by the state board of | 9615 |
career colleges and schools under Chapter 3332. of the Revised | 9616 |
Code. | 9617 |
(2) "Qualified tuition and fees" means tuition and fees | 9618 |
imposed by an eligible institution as a condition of enrollment or | 9619 |
attendance, not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars in | 9620 |
each of the individual's first two years of post-secondary | 9621 |
education. If the individual is a part-time student, "qualified | 9622 |
tuition and fees" includes tuition and fees paid for the academic | 9623 |
equivalent of the first two years of post-secondary education | 9624 |
during a maximum of five taxable years, not exceeding a total of | 9625 |
five thousand dollars. "Qualified tuition and fees" does not | 9626 |
include: | 9627 |
(a) Expenses for any course or activity involving sports, | 9628 |
games, or hobbies unless the course or activity is part of the | 9629 |
individual's degree or diploma program; | 9630 |
(b) The cost of books, room and board, student activity fees, | 9631 |
athletic fees, insurance expenses, or other expenses unrelated to | 9632 |
the individual's academic course of instruction; | 9633 |
(c) Tuition, fees, or other expenses paid or reimbursed | 9634 |
through an employer, scholarship, grant in aid, or other | 9635 |
educational benefit program. | 9636 |
(BB)(1) "Modified business income" means the business income | 9637 |
included in a trust's Ohio taxable income after such taxable | 9638 |
income is first reduced by the qualifying trust amount, if any. | 9639 |
(2) "Qualifying trust amount" of a trust means capital gains | 9640 |
and losses from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of equity | 9641 |
or ownership interests in, or debt obligations of, a qualifying | 9642 |
investee to the extent included in the trust's Ohio taxable | 9643 |
income, but only if the following requirements are satisfied: | 9644 |
(a) The book value of the qualifying investee's physical | 9645 |
assets in this state and everywhere, as of the last day of the | 9646 |
qualifying investee's fiscal or calendar year ending immediately | 9647 |
prior to the date on which the trust recognizes the gain or loss, | 9648 |
is available to the trust. | 9649 |
(b) The requirements of section 5747.011 of the Revised Code | 9650 |
are satisfied for the trust's taxable year in which the trust | 9651 |
recognizes the gain or loss. | 9652 |
Any gain or loss that is not a qualifying trust amount is | 9653 |
modified business income, qualifying investment income, or | 9654 |
modified nonbusiness income, as the case may be. | 9655 |
(3) "Modified nonbusiness income" means a trust's Ohio | 9656 |
taxable income other than modified business income, other than the | 9657 |
qualifying trust amount, and other than qualifying investment | 9658 |
income, as defined in section 5747.012 of the Revised Code, to the | 9659 |
extent such qualifying investment income is not otherwise part of | 9660 |
modified business income. | 9661 |
(4) "Modified Ohio taxable income" applies only to trusts, | 9662 |
and means the sum of the amounts described in divisions (BB)(4)(a) | 9663 |
to (c) of this section: | 9664 |
(a) The fraction, calculated under section 5747.013, and | 9665 |
applying section 5747.231 of the Revised Code, multiplied by the | 9666 |
sum of the following amounts: | 9667 |
(i) The trust's modified business income; | 9668 |
(ii) The trust's qualifying investment income, as defined in | 9669 |
section 5747.012 of the Revised Code, but only to the extent the | 9670 |
qualifying investment income does not otherwise constitute | 9671 |
modified business income and does not otherwise constitute a | 9672 |
qualifying trust amount. | 9673 |
(b) The qualifying trust amount multiplied by a fraction, the | 9674 |
numerator of which is the sum of the book value of the qualifying | 9675 |
investee's physical assets in this state on the last day of the | 9676 |
qualifying investee's fiscal or calendar year ending immediately | 9677 |
prior to the day on which the trust recognizes the qualifying | 9678 |
trust amount, and the denominator of which is the sum of the book | 9679 |
value of the qualifying investee's total physical assets | 9680 |
everywhere on the last day of the qualifying investee's fiscal or | 9681 |
calendar year ending immediately prior to the day on which the | 9682 |
trust recognizes the qualifying trust amount. If, for a taxable | 9683 |
year, the trust recognizes a qualifying trust amount with respect | 9684 |
to more than one qualifying investee, the amount described in | 9685 |
division (BB)(4)(b) of this section shall equal the sum of the | 9686 |
products so computed for each such qualifying investee. | 9687 |
(c)(i) With respect to a trust or portion of a trust that is | 9688 |
a resident as ascertained in accordance with division (I)(3)(d) of | 9689 |
this section, its modified nonbusiness income. | 9690 |
(ii) With respect to a trust or portion of a trust that is | 9691 |
not a resident as ascertained in accordance with division | 9692 |
(I)(3)(d) of this section, the amount of its modified nonbusiness | 9693 |
income satisfying the descriptions in divisions (B)(2) to (5) of | 9694 |
section 5747.20 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided | 9695 |
in division (BB)(4)(c)(ii) of this section. With respect to a | 9696 |
trust or portion of a trust that is not a resident as ascertained | 9697 |
in accordance with division (I)(3)(d) of this section, the trust's | 9698 |
portion of modified nonbusiness income recognized from the sale, | 9699 |
exchange, or other disposition of a debt interest in or equity | 9700 |
interest in a section 5747.212 entity, as defined in section | 9701 |
5747.212 of the Revised Code, without regard to division (A) of | 9702 |
that section, shall not be allocated to this state in accordance | 9703 |
with section 5747.20 of the Revised Code but shall be apportioned | 9704 |
to this state in accordance with division (B) of section 5747.212 | 9705 |
of the Revised Code without regard to division (A) of that | 9706 |
section. | 9707 |
If the allocation and apportionment of a trust's income under | 9708 |
divisions (BB)(4)(a) and (c) of this section do not fairly | 9709 |
represent the modified Ohio taxable income of the trust in this | 9710 |
state, the alternative methods described in division (C) of | 9711 |
section 5747.21 of the Revised Code may be applied in the manner | 9712 |
and to the same extent provided in that section. | 9713 |
(5)(a) Except as set forth in division (BB)(5)(b) of this | 9714 |
section, "qualifying investee" means a person in which a trust has | 9715 |
an equity or ownership interest, or a person or unit of government | 9716 |
the debt obligations of either of which are owned by a trust. For | 9717 |
the purposes of division (BB)(2)(a) of this section and for the | 9718 |
purpose of computing the fraction described in division (BB)(4)(b) | 9719 |
of this section, all of the following apply: | 9720 |
(i) If the qualifying investee is a member of a qualifying | 9721 |
controlled group on the last day of the qualifying investee's | 9722 |
fiscal or calendar year ending immediately prior to the date on | 9723 |
which the trust recognizes the gain or loss, then "qualifying | 9724 |
investee" includes all persons in the qualifying controlled group | 9725 |
on such last day. | 9726 |
(ii) If the qualifying investee, or if the qualifying | 9727 |
investee and any members of the qualifying controlled group of | 9728 |
which the qualifying investee is a member on the last day of the | 9729 |
qualifying investee's fiscal or calendar year ending immediately | 9730 |
prior to the date on which the trust recognizes the gain or loss, | 9731 |
separately or cumulatively own, directly or indirectly, on the | 9732 |
last day of the qualifying investee's fiscal or calendar year | 9733 |
ending immediately prior to the date on which the trust recognizes | 9734 |
the qualifying trust amount, more than fifty per cent of the | 9735 |
equity of a pass-through entity, then the qualifying investee and | 9736 |
the other members are deemed to own the proportionate share of the | 9737 |
pass-through entity's physical assets which the pass-through | 9738 |
entity directly or indirectly owns on the last day of the | 9739 |
pass-through entity's calendar or fiscal year ending within or | 9740 |
with the last day of the qualifying investee's fiscal or calendar | 9741 |
year ending immediately prior to the date on which the trust | 9742 |
recognizes the qualifying trust amount. | 9743 |
(iii) For the purposes of division (BB)(5)(a)(iii) of this | 9744 |
section, "upper level pass-through entity" means a pass-through | 9745 |
entity directly or indirectly owning any equity of another | 9746 |
pass-through entity, and "lower level pass-through entity" means | 9747 |
that other pass-through entity. | 9748 |
An upper level pass-through entity, whether or not it is also | 9749 |
a qualifying investee, is deemed to own, on the last day of the | 9750 |
upper level pass-through entity's calendar or fiscal year, the | 9751 |
proportionate share of the lower level pass-through entity's | 9752 |
physical assets that the lower level pass-through entity directly | 9753 |
or indirectly owns on the last day of the lower level pass-through | 9754 |
entity's calendar or fiscal year ending within or with the last | 9755 |
day of the upper level pass-through entity's fiscal or calendar | 9756 |
year. If the upper level pass-through entity directly and | 9757 |
indirectly owns less than fifty per cent of the equity of the | 9758 |
lower level pass-through entity on each day of the upper level | 9759 |
pass-through entity's calendar or fiscal year in which or with | 9760 |
which ends the calendar or fiscal year of the lower level | 9761 |
pass-through entity and if, based upon clear and convincing | 9762 |
evidence, complete information about the location and cost of the | 9763 |
physical assets of the lower pass-through entity is not available | 9764 |
to the upper level pass-through entity, then solely for purposes | 9765 |
of ascertaining if a gain or loss constitutes a qualifying trust | 9766 |
amount, the upper level pass-through entity shall be deemed as | 9767 |
owning no equity of the lower level pass-through entity for each | 9768 |
day during the upper level pass-through entity's calendar or | 9769 |
fiscal year in which or with which ends the lower level | 9770 |
pass-through entity's calendar or fiscal year. Nothing in division | 9771 |
(BB)(5)(a)(iii) of this section shall be construed to provide for | 9772 |
any deduction or exclusion in computing any trust's Ohio taxable | 9773 |
income. | 9774 |
(b) With respect to a trust that is not a resident for the | 9775 |
taxable year and with respect to a part of a trust that is not a | 9776 |
resident for the taxable year, "qualifying investee" for that | 9777 |
taxable year does not include a C corporation if both of the | 9778 |
following apply: | 9779 |
(i) During the taxable year the trust or part of the trust | 9780 |
recognizes a gain or loss from the sale, exchange, or other | 9781 |
disposition of equity or ownership interests in, or debt | 9782 |
obligations of, the C corporation. | 9783 |
(ii) Such gain or loss constitutes nonbusiness income. | 9784 |
(6) "Available" means information is such that a person is | 9785 |
able to learn of the information by the due date plus extensions, | 9786 |
if any, for filing the return for the taxable year in which the | 9787 |
trust recognizes the gain or loss. | 9788 |
(CC) "Qualifying controlled group" has the same meaning as in | 9789 |
section 5733.04 of the Revised Code. | 9790 |
(DD) "Related member" has the same meaning as in section | 9791 |
5733.042 of the Revised Code. | 9792 |
(EE)(1) For the purposes of division (EE) of this section: | 9793 |
(a) "Qualifying person" means any person other than a | 9794 |
qualifying corporation. | 9795 |
(b) "Qualifying corporation" means any person classified for | 9796 |
federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a | 9797 |
corporation, except either of the following: | 9798 |
(i) A corporation that has made an election under subchapter | 9799 |
S, chapter one, subtitle A, of the Internal Revenue Code for its | 9800 |
taxable year ending within, or on the last day of, the investor's | 9801 |
taxable year; | 9802 |
(ii) A subsidiary that is wholly owned by any corporation | 9803 |
that has made an election under subchapter S, chapter one, | 9804 |
subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code for its taxable year | 9805 |
ending within, or on the last day of, the investor's taxable year. | 9806 |
(2) For the purposes of this chapter, unless expressly stated | 9807 |
otherwise, no qualifying person indirectly owns any asset directly | 9808 |
or indirectly owned by any qualifying corporation. | 9809 |
(FF) For purposes of this chapter and Chapter 5751. of the | 9810 |
Revised Code: | 9811 |
(1) "Trust" does not include a qualified pre-income tax | 9812 |
trust. | 9813 |
(2) A "qualified pre-income tax trust" is any pre-income tax | 9814 |
trust that makes a qualifying pre-income tax trust election as | 9815 |
described in division (FF)(3) of this section. | 9816 |
(3) A "qualifying pre-income tax trust election" is an | 9817 |
election by a pre-income tax trust to subject to the tax imposed | 9818 |
by section 5751.02 of the Revised Code the pre-income tax trust | 9819 |
and all pass-through entities of which the trust owns or controls, | 9820 |
directly, indirectly, or constructively through related interests, | 9821 |
five per cent or more of the ownership or equity interests. The | 9822 |
trustee shall notify the tax commissioner in writing of the | 9823 |
election on or before April 15, 2006. The election, if timely | 9824 |
made, shall be effective on and after January 1, 2006, and shall | 9825 |
apply for all tax periods and tax years until revoked by the | 9826 |
trustee of the trust. | 9827 |
(4) A "pre-income tax trust" is a trust that satisfies all of | 9828 |
the following requirements: | 9829 |
(a) The document or instrument creating the trust was | 9830 |
executed by the grantor before January 1, 1972; | 9831 |
(b) The trust became irrevocable upon the creation of the | 9832 |
trust; and | 9833 |
(c) The grantor was domiciled in this state at the time the | 9834 |
trust was created. | 9835 |
Sec. 5751.01. As used in this chapter: | 9836 |
(A) "Person" means, but is not limited to, individuals, | 9837 |
combinations of individuals of any form, receivers, assignees, | 9838 |
trustees in bankruptcy, firms, companies, joint-stock companies, | 9839 |
business trusts, estates, partnerships, limited liability | 9840 |
partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, joint | 9841 |
ventures, clubs, societies, for-profit corporations, S | 9842 |
corporations, qualified subchapter S subsidiaries, qualified | 9843 |
subchapter S trusts, trusts, entities that are disregarded for | 9844 |
federal income tax purposes, and any other entities. | 9845 |
(B) "Consolidated elected taxpayer" means a group of two or | 9846 |
more persons treated as a single taxpayer for purposes of this | 9847 |
chapter as the result of an election made under section 5751.011 | 9848 |
of the Revised Code. | 9849 |
(C) "Combined taxpayer" means a group of two or more persons | 9850 |
treated as a single taxpayer for purposes of this chapter under | 9851 |
section 5751.012 of the Revised Code. | 9852 |
(D) "Taxpayer" means any person, or any group of persons in | 9853 |
the case of a consolidated elected taxpayer or combined taxpayer | 9854 |
treated as one taxpayer, required to register or pay tax under | 9855 |
this chapter. "Taxpayer" does not include excluded persons. | 9856 |
(E) "Excluded person" means any of the following: | 9857 |
(1) Any person with not more than one hundred fifty thousand | 9858 |
dollars of taxable gross receipts during the calendar year. | 9859 |
Division (E)(1) of this section does not apply to a person that is | 9860 |
a member of a consolidated elected taxpayer; | 9861 |
(2) A public utility that paid the excise tax imposed by | 9862 |
section 5727.24 or 5727.30 of the Revised Code based on one or | 9863 |
more measurement periods that include the entire tax period under | 9864 |
this chapter, except that a public utility that is a combined | 9865 |
company is a taxpayer with regard to the following gross receipts: | 9866 |
(a) Taxable gross receipts directly attributed to a public | 9867 |
utility activity, but not directly attributed to an activity that | 9868 |
is subject to the excise tax imposed by section 5727.24 or 5727.30 | 9869 |
of the Revised Code; | 9870 |
(b) Taxable gross receipts that cannot be directly attributed | 9871 |
to any activity, multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the | 9872 |
taxable gross receipts described in division (E)(2)(a) of this | 9873 |
section and whose denominator is the total taxable gross receipts | 9874 |
that can be directly attributed to any activity; | 9875 |
(c) Except for any differences resulting from the use of an | 9876 |
accrual basis method of accounting for purposes of determining | 9877 |
gross receipts under this chapter and the use of the cash basis | 9878 |
method of accounting for purposes of determining gross receipts | 9879 |
under section 5727.24 of the Revised Code, the gross receipts | 9880 |
directly attributed to the activity of a natural gas company shall | 9881 |
be determined in a manner consistent with division (D) of section | 9882 |
5727.03 of the Revised Code. | 9883 |
As used in division (E)(2) of this section, "combined | 9884 |
company" and "public utility" have the same meanings as in section | 9885 |
5727.01 of the Revised Code. | 9886 |
(3) A financial institution, as defined in section 5726.01 of | 9887 |
the Revised Code, that paid the tax imposed by section 5726.02 of | 9888 |
the Revised Code based on one or more taxable years that include | 9889 |
the entire tax period under this chapter; | 9890 |
(4) A person directly or indirectly owned by one or more | 9891 |
financial institutions, as defined in section 5726.01 of the | 9892 |
Revised Code, that paid the tax imposed by section 5726.02 of the | 9893 |
Revised Code based on one or more taxable years that include the | 9894 |
entire tax period under this chapter. | 9895 |
For the purposes of division (E)(4) of this section, a person | 9896 |
owns another person under the following circumstances: | 9897 |
(a) In the case of corporations issuing capital stock, one | 9898 |
corporation owns another corporation if it owns fifty per cent or | 9899 |
more of the other corporation's capital stock with current voting | 9900 |
rights; | 9901 |
(b) In the case of a limited liability company, one person | 9902 |
owns the company if that person's membership interest, as defined | 9903 |
in section 1705.01 of the Revised Code, is fifty per cent or more | 9904 |
of the combined membership interests of all persons owning such | 9905 |
interests in the company; | 9906 |
(c) In the case of a partnership, trust, or other | 9907 |
unincorporated business organization other than a limited | 9908 |
liability company, one person owns the organization if, under the | 9909 |
articles of organization or other instrument governing the affairs | 9910 |
of the organization, that person has a beneficial interest in the | 9911 |
organization's profits, surpluses, losses, or distributions of | 9912 |
fifty per cent or more of the combined beneficial interests of all | 9913 |
persons having such an interest in the organization. | 9914 |
(5) A domestic insurance company or foreign insurance | 9915 |
company, as defined in section 5725.01 of the Revised Code, that | 9916 |
paid the insurance company premiums tax imposed by section 5725.18 | 9917 |
or Chapter 5729. of the Revised Code, or an unauthorized insurance | 9918 |
company whose gross premiums are subject to tax under section | 9919 |
3905.36 of the Revised Code based on one or more measurement | 9920 |
periods that include the entire tax period under this chapter; | 9921 |
(6) A person that solely facilitates or services one or more | 9922 |
securitizations of phase-in-recovery property pursuant to a final | 9923 |
financing order as those terms are defined in section 4928.23 of | 9924 |
the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, "securitization" | 9925 |
means transferring one or more assets to one or more persons and | 9926 |
then issuing securities backed by the right to receive payment | 9927 |
from the asset or assets so transferred. | 9928 |
(7) Except as otherwise provided in this division, a | 9929 |
pre-income tax trust as defined in division (FF)(4) of section | 9930 |
5747.01 of the Revised Code and any pass-through entity of which | 9931 |
such pre-income tax trust owns or controls, directly, indirectly, | 9932 |
or constructively through related interests, more than five per | 9933 |
cent of the ownership or equity interests. If the pre-income tax | 9934 |
trust has made a qualifying pre-income tax trust election under | 9935 |
division (FF)(3) of section 5747.01 of the Revised Code, then the | 9936 |
trust and the pass-through entities of which it owns or controls, | 9937 |
directly, indirectly, or constructively through related interests, | 9938 |
more than five per cent of the ownership or equity interests, | 9939 |
shall not be excluded persons for purposes of the tax imposed | 9940 |
under section 5751.02 of the Revised Code. | 9941 |
(8) Nonprofit organizations or the state and its agencies, | 9942 |
instrumentalities, or political subdivisions. | 9943 |
(F) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (F)(2), (3), | 9944 |
and (4) of this section, "gross receipts" means the total amount | 9945 |
realized by a person, without deduction for the cost of goods sold | 9946 |
or other expenses incurred, that contributes to the production of | 9947 |
gross income of the person, including the fair market value of any | 9948 |
property and any services received, and any debt transferred or | 9949 |
forgiven as consideration. | 9950 |
(1) The following are examples of gross receipts: | 9951 |
(a) Amounts realized from the sale, exchange, or other | 9952 |
disposition of the taxpayer's property to or with another; | 9953 |
(b) Amounts realized from the taxpayer's performance of | 9954 |
services for another; | 9955 |
(c) Amounts realized from another's use or possession of the | 9956 |
taxpayer's property or capital; | 9957 |
(d) Any combination of the foregoing amounts. | 9958 |
(2) "Gross receipts" excludes the following amounts: | 9959 |
(a) Interest income except interest on credit sales; | 9960 |
(b) Dividends and distributions from corporations, and | 9961 |
distributive or proportionate shares of receipts and income from a | 9962 |
pass-through entity as defined under section 5733.04 of the | 9963 |
Revised Code; | 9964 |
(c) Receipts from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of | 9965 |
an asset described in section 1221 or 1231 of the Internal Revenue | 9966 |
Code, without regard to the length of time the person held the | 9967 |
asset. Notwithstanding section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code, | 9968 |
receipts from hedging transactions also are excluded to the extent | 9969 |
the transactions are entered into primarily to protect a financial | 9970 |
position, such as managing the risk of exposure to (i) foreign | 9971 |
currency fluctuations that affect assets, liabilities, profits, | 9972 |
losses, equity, or investments in foreign operations; (ii) | 9973 |
interest rate fluctuations; or (iii) commodity price fluctuations. | 9974 |
As used in division (F)(2)(c) of this section, "hedging | 9975 |
transaction" has the same meaning as used in section 1221 of the | 9976 |
Internal Revenue Code and also includes transactions accorded | 9977 |
hedge accounting treatment under statement of financial accounting | 9978 |
standards number 133 of the financial accounting standards board. | 9979 |
For the purposes of division (F)(2)(c) of this section, the actual | 9980 |
transfer of title of real or tangible personal property to another | 9981 |
entity is not a hedging transaction. | 9982 |
(d) Proceeds received attributable to the repayment, | 9983 |
maturity, or redemption of the principal of a loan, bond, mutual | 9984 |
fund, certificate of deposit, or marketable instrument; | 9985 |
(e) The principal amount received under a repurchase | 9986 |
agreement or on account of any transaction properly characterized | 9987 |
as a loan to the person; | 9988 |
(f) Contributions received by a trust, plan, or other | 9989 |
arrangement, any of which is described in section 501(a) of the | 9990 |
Internal Revenue Code, or to which Title 26, Subtitle A, Chapter | 9991 |
1, Subchapter (D) of the Internal Revenue Code applies; | 9992 |
(g) Compensation, whether current or deferred, and whether in | 9993 |
cash or in kind, received or to be received by an employee, former | 9994 |
employee, or the employee's legal successor for services rendered | 9995 |
to or for an employer, including reimbursements received by or for | 9996 |
an individual for medical or education expenses, health insurance | 9997 |
premiums, or employee expenses, or on account of a dependent care | 9998 |
spending account, legal services plan, any cafeteria plan | 9999 |
described in section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, or any | 10000 |
similar employee reimbursement; | 10001 |
(h) Proceeds received from the issuance of the taxpayer's own | 10002 |
stock, options, warrants, puts, or calls, or from the sale of the | 10003 |
taxpayer's treasury stock; | 10004 |
(i) Proceeds received on the account of payments from | 10005 |
insurance policies, except those proceeds received for the loss of | 10006 |
business revenue; | 10007 |
(j) Gifts or charitable contributions received; membership | 10008 |
dues received by trade, professional, homeowners', or condominium | 10009 |
associations; and payments received for educational courses, | 10010 |
meetings, meals, or similar payments to a trade, professional, or | 10011 |
other similar association; and fundraising receipts received by | 10012 |
any person when any excess receipts are donated or used | 10013 |
exclusively for charitable purposes; | 10014 |
(k) Damages received as the result of litigation in excess of | 10015 |
amounts that, if received without litigation, would be gross | 10016 |
receipts; | 10017 |
(l) Property, money, and other amounts received or acquired | 10018 |
by an agent on behalf of another in excess of the agent's | 10019 |
commission, fee, or other remuneration; | 10020 |
(m) Tax refunds, other tax benefit recoveries, and | 10021 |
reimbursements for the tax imposed under this chapter made by | 10022 |
entities that are part of the same combined taxpayer or | 10023 |
consolidated elected taxpayer group, and reimbursements made by | 10024 |
entities that are not members of a combined taxpayer or | 10025 |
consolidated elected taxpayer group that are required to be made | 10026 |
for economic parity among multiple owners of an entity whose tax | 10027 |
obligation under this chapter is required to be reported and paid | 10028 |
entirely by one owner, pursuant to the requirements of sections | 10029 |
5751.011 and 5751.012 of the Revised Code; | 10030 |
(n) Pension reversions; | 10031 |
(o) Contributions to capital; | 10032 |
(p) Sales or use taxes collected as a vendor or an | 10033 |
out-of-state seller on behalf of the taxing jurisdiction from a | 10034 |
consumer or other taxes the taxpayer is required by law to collect | 10035 |
directly from a purchaser and remit to a local, state, or federal | 10036 |
tax authority; | 10037 |
(q) In the case of receipts from the sale of cigarettes or | 10038 |
tobacco products by a wholesale dealer, retail dealer, | 10039 |
distributor, manufacturer, or seller, all as defined in section | 10040 |
5743.01 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the federal and | 10041 |
state excise taxes paid by any person on or for such cigarettes or | 10042 |
tobacco products under subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code or | 10043 |
Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code; | 10044 |
(r) In the case of receipts from the sale of motor fuel by a | 10045 |
licensed motor fuel dealer, licensed retail dealer, or licensed | 10046 |
permissive motor fuel dealer, all as defined in section 5735.01 of | 10047 |
the Revised Code, an amount equal to federal and state excise | 10048 |
taxes paid by any person on such motor fuel under section 4081 of | 10049 |
the Internal Revenue Code or Chapter 5735. of the Revised Code; | 10050 |
(s) In the case of receipts from the sale of beer or | 10051 |
intoxicating liquor, as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised | 10052 |
Code, by a person holding a permit issued under Chapter 4301. or | 10053 |
4303. of the Revised Code, an amount equal to federal and state | 10054 |
excise taxes paid by any person on or for such beer or | 10055 |
intoxicating liquor under subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code | 10056 |
or Chapter 4301. or 4305. of the Revised Code; | 10057 |
(t) Receipts realized by a new motor vehicle dealer or used | 10058 |
motor vehicle dealer, as defined in section 4517.01 of the Revised | 10059 |
Code, from the sale or other transfer of a motor vehicle, as | 10060 |
defined in that section, to another motor vehicle dealer for the | 10061 |
purpose of resale by the transferee motor vehicle dealer, but only | 10062 |
if the sale or other transfer was based upon the transferee's need | 10063 |
to meet a specific customer's preference for a motor vehicle; | 10064 |
(u) Receipts from a financial institution described in | 10065 |
division (E)(3) of this section for services provided to the | 10066 |
financial institution in connection with the issuance, processing, | 10067 |
servicing, and management of loans or credit accounts, if such | 10068 |
financial institution and the recipient of such receipts have at | 10069 |
least fifty per cent of their ownership interests owned or | 10070 |
controlled, directly or constructively through related interests, | 10071 |
by common owners; | 10072 |
(v) Receipts realized from administering anti-neoplastic | 10073 |
drugs and other cancer chemotherapy, biologicals, therapeutic | 10074 |
agents, and supportive drugs in a physician's office to patients | 10075 |
with cancer; | 10076 |
(w) Funds received or used by a mortgage broker that is not a | 10077 |
dealer in intangibles, other than fees or other consideration, | 10078 |
pursuant to a table-funding mortgage loan or warehouse-lending | 10079 |
mortgage loan. Terms used in division (F)(2)(w) of this section | 10080 |
have the same meanings as in section 1322.01 of the Revised Code, | 10081 |
except "mortgage broker" means a person assisting a buyer in | 10082 |
obtaining a mortgage loan for a fee or other consideration paid by | 10083 |
the buyer or a lender, or a person engaged in table-funding or | 10084 |
warehouse-lending mortgage loans that are first lien mortgage | 10085 |
loans. | 10086 |
(x) Property, money, and other amounts received by a | 10087 |
professional employer organization, as defined in section 4125.01 | 10088 |
of the Revised Code, from a client employer, as defined in that | 10089 |
section, in excess of the administrative fee charged by the | 10090 |
professional employer organization to the client employer; | 10091 |
(y) In the case of amounts retained as commissions by a | 10092 |
permit holder under Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code, an amount | 10093 |
equal to the amounts specified under that chapter that must be | 10094 |
paid to or collected by the tax commissioner as a tax and the | 10095 |
amounts specified under that chapter to be used as purse money; | 10096 |
(z) Qualifying distribution center receipts. | 10097 |
(i) For purposes of division (F)(2)(z) of this section: | 10098 |
(I) "Qualifying distribution center receipts" means receipts | 10099 |
of a supplier from qualified property that is delivered to a | 10100 |
qualified distribution center, multiplied by a quantity that | 10101 |
equals one minus the Ohio delivery percentage. If the qualified | 10102 |
distribution center is a refining facility, "supplier" includes | 10103 |
all dealers, brokers, processors, sellers, vendors, cosigners, and | 10104 |
distributors of qualified property. | 10105 |
(II) "Qualified property" means tangible personal property | 10106 |
delivered to a qualified distribution center that is shipped to | 10107 |
that qualified distribution center solely for further shipping by | 10108 |
the qualified distribution center to another location in this | 10109 |
state or elsewhere or, in the case of gold, silver, platinum, or | 10110 |
palladium delivered to a refining facility solely for refining to | 10111 |
a grade and fineness acceptable for delivery to a registered | 10112 |
commodities exchange. "Further shipping" includes storing and | 10113 |
repackaging property into smaller or larger bundles, so long as | 10114 |
the property is not subject to further manufacturing or | 10115 |
processing. "Refining" is limited to extracting impurities from | 10116 |
gold, silver, platinum, or palladium through smelting or some | 10117 |
other process at a refining facility. | 10118 |
(III) "Qualified distribution center" means a warehouse, a | 10119 |
facility similar to a warehouse, or a refining facility in this | 10120 |
state that, for the qualifying year, is operated by a person that | 10121 |
is not part of a combined taxpayer group and that has a qualifying | 10122 |
certificate. All warehouses or facilities similar to warehouses | 10123 |
that are operated by persons in the same taxpayer group and that | 10124 |
are located within one mile of each other shall be treated as one | 10125 |
qualified distribution center. All refining facilities that are | 10126 |
operated by persons in the same taxpayer group and that are | 10127 |
located in the same or adjacent counties may be treated as one | 10128 |
qualified distribution center. | 10129 |
(IV) "Qualifying year" means the calendar year to which the | 10130 |
qualifying certificate applies. | 10131 |
(V) "Qualifying period" means the period of the first day of | 10132 |
July of the second year preceding the qualifying year through the | 10133 |
thirtieth day of June of the year preceding the qualifying year. | 10134 |
(VI) "Qualifying certificate" means the certificate issued by | 10135 |
the tax commissioner after the operator of a distribution center | 10136 |
files an annual application with the commissioner. The application | 10137 |
and annual fee shall be filed and paid for each qualified | 10138 |
distribution center on or before the first day of September before | 10139 |
the qualifying year or within forty-five days after the | 10140 |
distribution center opens, whichever is later. | 10141 |
The applicant must substantiate to the commissioner's | 10142 |
satisfaction that, for the qualifying period, all persons | 10143 |
operating the distribution center have more than fifty per cent of | 10144 |
the cost of the qualified property shipped to a location such that | 10145 |
it would be sitused outside this state under the provisions of | 10146 |
division (E) of section 5751.033 of the Revised Code. The | 10147 |
applicant must also substantiate that the distribution center | 10148 |
cumulatively had costs from its suppliers equal to or exceeding | 10149 |
five hundred million dollars during the qualifying period. (For | 10150 |
purposes of division (F)(2)(z)(i)(VI) of this section, "supplier" | 10151 |
excludes any person that is part of the consolidated elected | 10152 |
taxpayer group, if applicable, of the operator of the qualified | 10153 |
distribution center.) The commissioner may require the applicant | 10154 |
to have an independent certified public accountant certify that | 10155 |
the calculation of the minimum thresholds required for a qualified | 10156 |
distribution center by the operator of a distribution center has | 10157 |
been made in accordance with generally accepted accounting | 10158 |
principles. The commissioner shall issue or deny the issuance of a | 10159 |
certificate within sixty days after the receipt of the | 10160 |
application. A denial is subject to appeal under section 5717.02 | 10161 |
of the Revised Code. If the operator files a timely appeal under | 10162 |
section 5717.02 of the Revised Code, the operator shall be granted | 10163 |
a qualifying certificate, provided that the operator is liable for | 10164 |
any tax, interest, or penalty upon amounts claimed as qualifying | 10165 |
distribution center receipts, other than those receipts exempt | 10166 |
under division (C)(1) of section 5751.011 of the Revised Code, | 10167 |
that would have otherwise not been owed by its suppliers if the | 10168 |
qualifying certificate was valid. | 10169 |
(VII) "Ohio delivery percentage" means the proportion of the | 10170 |
total property delivered to a destination inside Ohio from the | 10171 |
qualified distribution center during the qualifying period | 10172 |
compared with total deliveries from such distribution center | 10173 |
everywhere during the qualifying period. | 10174 |
(VIII) "Refining facility" means one or more buildings | 10175 |
located in a county in the Appalachian region of this state as | 10176 |
defined by section 107.21 of the Revised Code and utilized for | 10177 |
refining or smelting gold, silver, platinum, or palladium to a | 10178 |
grade and fineness acceptable for delivery to a registered | 10179 |
commodities exchange. | 10180 |
(IX) "Registered commodities exchange" means a board of | 10181 |
trade, such as New York mercantile exchange, inc. or commodity | 10182 |
exchange, inc., designated as a contract market by the commodity | 10183 |
futures trading commission under the "Commodity Exchange Act," 7 | 10184 |
U.S.C. 1 et seq., as amended. | 10185 |
(ii) If the distribution center is new and was not open for | 10186 |
the entire qualifying period, the operator of the distribution | 10187 |
center may request that the commissioner grant a qualifying | 10188 |
certificate. If the certificate is granted and it is later | 10189 |
determined that more than fifty per cent of the qualified property | 10190 |
during that year was not shipped to a location such that it would | 10191 |
be sitused outside of this state under the provisions of division | 10192 |
(E) of section 5751.033 of the Revised Code or if it is later | 10193 |
determined that the person that operates the distribution center | 10194 |
had average monthly costs from its suppliers of less than forty | 10195 |
million dollars during that year, then the operator of the | 10196 |
distribution center shall be liable for any tax, interest, or | 10197 |
penalty upon amounts claimed as qualifying distribution center | 10198 |
receipts, other than those receipts exempt under division (C)(1) | 10199 |
of section 5751.011 of the Revised Code, that would have not | 10200 |
otherwise been owed by its suppliers during the qualifying year if | 10201 |
the qualifying certificate was valid. (For purposes of division | 10202 |
(F)(2)(z)(ii) of this section, "supplier" excludes any person that | 10203 |
is part of the consolidated elected taxpayer group, if applicable, | 10204 |
of the operator of the qualified distribution center.) | 10205 |
(iii) When filing an application for a qualifying certificate | 10206 |
under division (F)(2)(z)(i)(VI) of this section, the operator of a | 10207 |
qualified distribution center also shall provide documentation, as | 10208 |
the commissioner requires, for the commissioner to ascertain the | 10209 |
Ohio delivery percentage. The commissioner, upon issuing the | 10210 |
qualifying certificate, also shall certify the Ohio delivery | 10211 |
percentage. The operator of the qualified distribution center may | 10212 |
appeal the commissioner's certification of the Ohio delivery | 10213 |
percentage in the same manner as an appeal is taken from the | 10214 |
denial of a qualifying certificate under division (F)(2)(z)(i)(VI) | 10215 |
of this section. | 10216 |
Within thirty days after all appeals have been exhausted, the | 10217 |
operator of the qualified distribution center shall notify the | 10218 |
affected suppliers of qualified property that such suppliers are | 10219 |
required to file, within sixty days after receiving notice from | 10220 |
the operator of the qualified distribution center, amended reports | 10221 |
for the impacted calendar quarter or quarters or calendar year, | 10222 |
whichever the case may be. Any additional tax liability or tax | 10223 |
overpayment shall be subject to interest but shall not be subject | 10224 |
to the imposition of any penalty so long as the amended returns | 10225 |
are timely filed. The supplier of tangible personal property | 10226 |
delivered to the qualified distribution center shall include in | 10227 |
its report of taxable gross receipts the receipts from the total | 10228 |
sales of property delivered to the qualified distribution center | 10229 |
for the calendar quarter or calendar year, whichever the case may | 10230 |
be, multiplied by the Ohio delivery percentage for the qualifying | 10231 |
year. Nothing in division (F)(2)(z)(iii) of this section shall be | 10232 |
construed as imposing liability on the operator of a qualified | 10233 |
distribution center for the tax imposed by this chapter arising | 10234 |
from any change to the Ohio delivery percentage. | 10235 |
(iv) In the case where the distribution center is new and not | 10236 |
open for the entire qualifying period, the operator shall make a | 10237 |
good faith estimate of an Ohio delivery percentage for use by | 10238 |
suppliers in their reports of taxable gross receipts for the | 10239 |
remainder of the qualifying period. The operator of the facility | 10240 |
shall disclose to the suppliers that such Ohio delivery percentage | 10241 |
is an estimate and is subject to recalculation. By the due date of | 10242 |
the next application for a qualifying certificate, the operator | 10243 |
shall determine the actual Ohio delivery percentage for the | 10244 |
estimated qualifying period and proceed as provided in division | 10245 |
(F)(2)(z)(iii) of this section with respect to the calculation and | 10246 |
recalculation of the Ohio delivery percentage. The supplier is | 10247 |
required to file, within sixty days after receiving notice from | 10248 |
the operator of the qualified distribution center, amended reports | 10249 |
for the impacted calendar quarter or quarters or calendar year, | 10250 |
whichever the case may be. Any additional tax liability or tax | 10251 |
overpayment shall be subject to interest but shall not be subject | 10252 |
to the imposition of any penalty so long as the amended returns | 10253 |
are timely filed. | 10254 |
(v) Qualifying certificates and Ohio delivery percentages | 10255 |
issued by the commissioner shall be open to public inspection and | 10256 |
shall be timely published by the commissioner. A supplier relying | 10257 |
in good faith on a certificate issued under this division shall | 10258 |
not be subject to tax on the qualifying distribution center | 10259 |
receipts under division (F)(2)(z) of this section. A person | 10260 |
receiving a qualifying certificate is responsible for paying the | 10261 |
tax, interest, and penalty upon amounts claimed as qualifying | 10262 |
distribution center receipts that would not otherwise have been | 10263 |
owed by the supplier if the qualifying certificate were available | 10264 |
when it is later determined that the qualifying certificate should | 10265 |
not have been issued because the statutory requirements were in | 10266 |
fact not met. | 10267 |
(vi) The annual fee for a qualifying certificate shall be one | 10268 |
hundred thousand dollars for each qualified distribution center. | 10269 |
If a qualifying certificate is not issued, the annual fee is | 10270 |
subject to refund after the exhaustion of all appeals provided for | 10271 |
in division (F)(2)(z)(i)(VI) of this section. The fee imposed | 10272 |
under this division may be assessed in the same manner as the tax | 10273 |
imposed under this chapter. The first one hundred thousand dollars | 10274 |
of the annual application fees collected each calendar year shall | 10275 |
be credited to the revenue enhancement fund. The remainder of the | 10276 |
annual application fees collected shall be distributed in the same | 10277 |
manner required under section 5751.20 of the Revised Code. | 10278 |
(vii) The tax commissioner may require that adequate security | 10279 |
be posted by the operator of the distribution center on appeal | 10280 |
when the commissioner disagrees that the applicant has met the | 10281 |
minimum thresholds for a qualified distribution center as set | 10282 |
forth in divisions (F)(2)(z)(i)(VI) and (F)(2)(z)(ii) of this | 10283 |
section. | 10284 |
(aa) Receipts of an employer from payroll deductions relating | 10285 |
to the reimbursement of the employer for advancing moneys to an | 10286 |
unrelated third party on an employee's behalf; | 10287 |
(bb) Cash discounts allowed and taken; | 10288 |
(cc) Returns and allowances; | 10289 |
(dd) Bad debts from receipts on the basis of which the tax | 10290 |
imposed by this chapter was paid in a prior quarterly tax payment | 10291 |
period. For the purpose of this division, "bad debts" means any | 10292 |
debts that have become worthless or uncollectible between the | 10293 |
preceding and current quarterly tax payment periods, have been | 10294 |
uncollected for at least six months, and that may be claimed as a | 10295 |
deduction under section 166 of the Internal Revenue Code and the | 10296 |
regulations adopted under that section, or that could be claimed | 10297 |
as such if the taxpayer kept its accounts on the accrual basis. | 10298 |
"Bad debts" does not include repossessed property, uncollectible | 10299 |
amounts on property that remains in the possession of the taxpayer | 10300 |
until the full purchase price is paid, or expenses in attempting | 10301 |
to collect any account receivable or for any portion of the debt | 10302 |
recovered; | 10303 |
(ee) Any amount realized from the sale of an account | 10304 |
receivable to the extent the receipts from the underlying | 10305 |
transaction giving rise to the account receivable were included in | 10306 |
the gross receipts of the taxpayer; | 10307 |
(ff) Any receipts directly attributed | 10308 |
10309 | |
10310 | |
or to the enterprise transferred under that agreement under | 10311 |
section 4313.02 of the Revised Code. | 10312 |
(gg)(i) As used in this division: | 10313 |
(I) "Qualified uranium receipts" means receipts from the | 10314 |
sale, exchange, lease, loan, production, processing, or other | 10315 |
disposition of uranium within a uranium enrichment zone certified | 10316 |
by the tax commissioner under division (F)(2)(gg)(ii) of this | 10317 |
section. "Qualified uranium receipts" does not include any | 10318 |
receipts with a situs in this state outside a uranium enrichment | 10319 |
zone certified by the tax commissioner under division | 10320 |
(F)(2)(gg)(ii) of this section. | 10321 |
(II) "Uranium enrichment zone" means all real property that | 10322 |
is part of a uranium enrichment facility licensed by the United | 10323 |
States nuclear regulatory commission and that was or is owned or | 10324 |
controlled by the United States department of energy or its | 10325 |
successor. | 10326 |
(ii) Any person that owns, leases, or operates real or | 10327 |
tangible personal property constituting or located within a | 10328 |
uranium enrichment zone may apply to the tax commissioner to have | 10329 |
the uranium enrichment zone certified for the purpose of excluding | 10330 |
qualified uranium receipts under division (F)(2)(gg) of this | 10331 |
section. The application shall include such information that the | 10332 |
tax commissioner prescribes. Within sixty days after receiving the | 10333 |
application, the tax commissioner shall certify the zone for that | 10334 |
purpose if the commissioner determines that the property qualifies | 10335 |
as a uranium enrichment zone as defined in division (F)(2)(gg) of | 10336 |
this section, or, if the tax commissioner determines that the | 10337 |
property does not qualify, the commissioner shall deny the | 10338 |
application or request additional information from the applicant. | 10339 |
If the tax commissioner denies an application, the commissioner | 10340 |
shall state the reasons for the denial. The applicant may appeal | 10341 |
the denial of an application to the board of tax appeals pursuant | 10342 |
to section 5717.02 of the Revised Code. If the applicant files a | 10343 |
timely appeal, the tax commissioner shall conditionally certify | 10344 |
the applicant's property. The conditional certification shall | 10345 |
expire when all of the applicant's appeals are exhausted. Until | 10346 |
final resolution of the appeal, the applicant shall retain the | 10347 |
applicant's records in accordance with section 5751.12 of the | 10348 |
Revised Code, notwithstanding any time limit on the preservation | 10349 |
of records under that section. | 10350 |
(hh) Amounts realized by licensed motor fuel dealers or | 10351 |
licensed permissive motor fuel dealers from the exchange of | 10352 |
petroleum products, including motor fuel, between such dealers, | 10353 |
provided that delivery of the petroleum products occurs at a | 10354 |
refinery, terminal, pipeline, or marine vessel and that the | 10355 |
exchanging dealers agree neither dealer shall require monetary | 10356 |
compensation from the other for the value of the exchanged | 10357 |
petroleum products other than such compensation for differences in | 10358 |
product location or grade. Division (F)(2)(hh) of this section | 10359 |
does not apply to amounts realized as a result of differences in | 10360 |
location or grade of exchanged petroleum products or from | 10361 |
handling, lubricity, dye, or other additive injections fees, | 10362 |
pipeline security fees, or similar fees. As used in this division, | 10363 |
"motor fuel," "licensed motor fuel dealer," "licensed permissive | 10364 |
motor fuel dealer," and "terminal" have the same meanings as in | 10365 |
section 5735.01 of the Revised Code. | 10366 |
(ii) In the case of amounts collected by a licensed casino | 10367 |
operator from casino gaming, amounts in excess of the casino | 10368 |
operator's gross casino revenue. In this division, "casino | 10369 |
operator" and "casino gaming" have the meanings defined in section | 10370 |
3772.01 of the Revised Code, and "gross casino revenue" has the | 10371 |
meaning defined in section 5753.01 of the Revised Code. | 10372 |
(jj) Any receipts for which the tax imposed by this chapter | 10373 |
is prohibited by the constitution or laws of the United States or | 10374 |
the constitution of this state. | 10375 |
(3) In the case of a taxpayer when acting as a real estate | 10376 |
broker, "gross receipts" includes only the portion of any fee for | 10377 |
the service of a real estate broker, or service of a real estate | 10378 |
salesperson associated with that broker, that is retained by the | 10379 |
broker and not paid to an associated real estate salesperson or | 10380 |
another real estate broker. For the purposes of this division, | 10381 |
"real estate broker" and "real estate salesperson" have the same | 10382 |
meanings as in section 4735.01 of the Revised Code. | 10383 |
(4) A taxpayer's method of accounting for gross receipts for | 10384 |
a tax period shall be the same as the taxpayer's method of | 10385 |
accounting for federal income tax purposes for the taxpayer's | 10386 |
federal taxable year that includes the tax period. If a taxpayer's | 10387 |
method of accounting for federal income tax purposes changes, its | 10388 |
method of accounting for gross receipts under this chapter shall | 10389 |
be changed accordingly. | 10390 |
(G) "Taxable gross receipts" means gross receipts sitused to | 10391 |
this state under section 5751.033 of the Revised Code. | 10392 |
(H) A person has "substantial nexus with this state" if any | 10393 |
of the following applies. The person: | 10394 |
(1) Owns or uses a part or all of its capital in this state; | 10395 |
(2) Holds a certificate of compliance with the laws of this | 10396 |
state authorizing the person to do business in this state; | 10397 |
(3) Has bright-line presence in this state; | 10398 |
(4) Otherwise has nexus with this state to an extent that the | 10399 |
person can be required to remit the tax imposed under this chapter | 10400 |
under the Constitution of the United States. | 10401 |
(I) A person has "bright-line presence" in this state for a | 10402 |
reporting period and for the remaining portion of the calendar | 10403 |
year if any of the following applies. The person: | 10404 |
(1) Has at any time during the calendar year property in this | 10405 |
state with an aggregate value of at least fifty thousand dollars. | 10406 |
For the purpose of division (I)(1) of this section, owned property | 10407 |
is valued at original cost and rented property is valued at eight | 10408 |
times the net annual rental charge. | 10409 |
(2) Has during the calendar year payroll in this state of at | 10410 |
least fifty thousand dollars. Payroll in this state includes all | 10411 |
of the following: | 10412 |
(a) Any amount subject to withholding by the person under | 10413 |
section 5747.06 of the Revised Code; | 10414 |
(b) Any other amount the person pays as compensation to an | 10415 |
individual under the supervision or control of the person for work | 10416 |
done in this state; and | 10417 |
(c) Any amount the person pays for services performed in this | 10418 |
state on its behalf by another. | 10419 |
(3) Has during the calendar year taxable gross receipts of at | 10420 |
least five hundred thousand dollars. | 10421 |
(4) Has at any time during the calendar year within this | 10422 |
state at least twenty-five per cent of the person's total | 10423 |
property, total payroll, or total gross receipts. | 10424 |
(5) Is domiciled in this state as an individual or for | 10425 |
corporate, commercial, or other business purposes. | 10426 |
(J) "Tangible personal property" has the same meaning as in | 10427 |
section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. | 10428 |
(K) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code | 10429 |
of 1986, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended. Any term used in | 10430 |
this chapter that is not otherwise defined has the same meaning as | 10431 |
when used in a comparable context in the laws of the United States | 10432 |
relating to federal income taxes unless a different meaning is | 10433 |
clearly required. Any reference in this chapter to the Internal | 10434 |
Revenue Code includes other laws of the United States relating to | 10435 |
federal income taxes. | 10436 |
(L) "Calendar quarter" means a three-month period ending on | 10437 |
the thirty-first day of March, the thirtieth day of June, the | 10438 |
thirtieth day of September, or the thirty-first day of December. | 10439 |
(M) "Tax period" means the calendar quarter or calendar year | 10440 |
on the basis of which a taxpayer is required to pay the tax | 10441 |
imposed under this chapter. | 10442 |
(N) "Calendar year taxpayer" means a taxpayer for which the | 10443 |
tax period is a calendar year. | 10444 |
(O) "Calendar quarter taxpayer" means a taxpayer for which | 10445 |
the tax period is a calendar quarter. | 10446 |
(P) "Agent" means a person authorized by another person to | 10447 |
act on its behalf to undertake a transaction for the other, | 10448 |
including any of the following: | 10449 |
(1) A person receiving a fee to sell financial instruments; | 10450 |
(2) A person retaining only a commission from a transaction | 10451 |
with the other proceeds from the transaction being remitted to | 10452 |
another person; | 10453 |
(3) A person issuing licenses and permits under section | 10454 |
1533.13 of the Revised Code; | 10455 |
(4) A lottery sales agent holding a valid license issued | 10456 |
under section 3770.05 of the Revised Code; | 10457 |
(5) A person acting as an agent of the division of liquor | 10458 |
control under section 4301.17 of the Revised Code. | 10459 |
(Q) "Received" includes amounts accrued under the accrual | 10460 |
method of accounting. | 10461 |
(R) "Reporting person" means a person in a consolidated | 10462 |
elected taxpayer or combined taxpayer group that is designated by | 10463 |
that group to legally bind the group for all filings and tax | 10464 |
liabilities and to receive all legal notices with respect to | 10465 |
matters under this chapter, or, for the purposes of section | 10466 |
5751.04 of the Revised Code, a separate taxpayer that is not a | 10467 |
member of such a group. | 10468 |
Sec. 5751.02. (A) For the purpose of funding the needs of | 10469 |
this state and its local governments | 10470 |
10471 | |
10472 | |
motor fuel receipts fund, there is hereby levied a commercial | 10473 |
activity tax on each person with taxable gross receipts for the | 10474 |
privilege of doing business in this state. For the purposes of | 10475 |
this chapter, "doing business" means engaging in any activity, | 10476 |
whether legal or illegal, that is conducted for, or results in, | 10477 |
gain, profit, or income, at any time during | 10478 |
Persons on which the commercial activity tax is levied include, | 10479 |
but are not limited to, persons with substantial nexus with this | 10480 |
state. The tax imposed under this section is not a transactional | 10481 |
tax and is not subject to Public Law No. 86-272, 73 Stat. 555. The | 10482 |
tax imposed under this section is in addition to any other taxes | 10483 |
or fees imposed under the Revised Code. The tax levied under this | 10484 |
section is imposed on the person receiving the gross receipts and | 10485 |
is not a tax imposed directly on a purchaser. The tax imposed by | 10486 |
this section is an annual privilege tax for the calendar year | 10487 |
that, in the case of calendar year taxpayers, is the annual tax | 10488 |
period and, in the case of calendar quarter taxpayers, contains | 10489 |
all quarterly tax periods in the calendar year. A taxpayer is | 10490 |
subject to the annual privilege tax for doing business during any | 10491 |
portion of such calendar year. | 10492 |
(B) The tax imposed by this section is a tax on the taxpayer | 10493 |
and shall not be billed or invoiced to another person. Even if the | 10494 |
tax or any portion thereof is billed or invoiced and separately | 10495 |
stated, such amounts remain part of the price for purposes of the | 10496 |
sales and use taxes levied under Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the | 10497 |
Revised Code. Nothing in division (B) of this section prohibits: | 10498 |
(1) A person from including in the price charged for a good | 10499 |
or service an amount sufficient to recover the tax imposed by this | 10500 |
section; or | 10501 |
(2) A lessor from including an amount sufficient to recover | 10502 |
the tax imposed by this section in a lease payment charged, or | 10503 |
from including such an amount on a billing or invoice pursuant to | 10504 |
the terms of a written lease agreement providing for the recovery | 10505 |
of the lessor's tax costs. The recovery of such costs shall be | 10506 |
based on an estimate of the total tax cost of the lessor during | 10507 |
the tax period, as the tax liability of the lessor cannot be | 10508 |
calculated until the end of that period. | 10509 |
Sec. 5751.051. (A)(1) Not later than the tenth day of the | 10510 |
second month after the end of each calendar quarter, every | 10511 |
taxpayer other than a calendar year taxpayer shall file with the | 10512 |
tax commissioner a tax return in such form as the commissioner | 10513 |
prescribes. The return shall include, but is not limited to, the | 10514 |
amount of the taxpayer's taxable gross receipts for the calendar | 10515 |
quarter and shall indicate the amount of tax due under section | 10516 |
5751.03 of the Revised Code for the calendar quarter. The taxpayer | 10517 |
shall indicate on the return the portion of the taxpayer's | 10518 |
receipts attributable to motor fuel used for propelling vehicles | 10519 |
on public highways. | 10520 |
(2)(a) Subject to division (C) of section 5751.05 of the | 10521 |
Revised Code, a calendar quarter taxpayer shall report the taxable | 10522 |
gross receipts for that calendar quarter. | 10523 |
(b) With respect to taxable gross receipts incorrectly | 10524 |
reported in a calendar quarter that has a lower tax rate, the tax | 10525 |
shall be computed at the tax rate in effect for the quarterly | 10526 |
return in which such receipts should have been reported. Nothing | 10527 |
in division (A)(2)(b) of this section prohibits a taxpayer from | 10528 |
filing an application for refund under section 5751.08 of the | 10529 |
Revised Code with regard to the incorrect reporting of taxable | 10530 |
gross receipts discovered after filing the annual return described | 10531 |
in division (A)(3) of this section. | 10532 |
A tax return shall not be deemed to be an incorrect reporting | 10533 |
of taxable gross receipts for the purposes of division (A)(2)(b) | 10534 |
of this section if the return reflects between ninety-five and one | 10535 |
hundred five per cent of the actual taxable gross receipts for the | 10536 |
calendar quarter. | 10537 |
(3) For the purposes of division (A)(2)(b) of this section, | 10538 |
the tax return filed for the fourth calendar quarter of a calendar | 10539 |
year is the annual return for the privilege tax imposed by this | 10540 |
chapter. Such return shall report any additional taxable gross | 10541 |
receipts not previously reported in the calendar year and shall | 10542 |
adjust for any over-reported taxable gross receipts in the | 10543 |
calendar year. If the taxpayer ceases to be a taxpayer before the | 10544 |
end of the calendar year, the last return the taxpayer is required | 10545 |
to file shall be the annual return for the taxpayer and the | 10546 |
taxpayer shall report any additional taxable gross receipts not | 10547 |
previously reported in the calendar year and shall adjust for any | 10548 |
over-reported taxable gross receipts in the calendar year. | 10549 |
Taxpayers reporting taxable gross receipts attributable to motor | 10550 |
fuel used for propelling vehicles on public highways shall report | 10551 |
the actual amount of such receipts and pay the full amount of tax | 10552 |
due on those receipts with each calendar quarter tax return and | 10553 |
shall not pay such tax based on estimates of such receipts or | 10554 |
otherwise fail to report such receipts. | 10555 |
(4) Because the tax imposed by this chapter is a privilege | 10556 |
tax, the tax rate with respect to taxable gross receipts for a | 10557 |
calendar quarter is not fixed until the end of the measurement | 10558 |
period for each calendar quarter. Subject to division (A)(2)(b) of | 10559 |
this section, the total amount of taxable gross receipts reported | 10560 |
for a given calendar quarter shall be subject to the tax rate in | 10561 |
effect in that quarter. | 10562 |
(5) Not later than the tenth day of May following the end of | 10563 |
each calendar year, every calendar year taxpayer shall file with | 10564 |
the tax commissioner a tax return in such form as the commissioner | 10565 |
prescribes. The return shall include, but is not limited to, the | 10566 |
amount of the taxpayer's taxable gross receipts for the calendar | 10567 |
year and shall indicate the amount of tax due under section | 10568 |
5751.03 of the Revised Code for the calendar year. The taxpayer | 10569 |
shall indicate on the return the portion of the taxpayer's | 10570 |
receipts attributable to motor fuel used for propelling vehicles | 10571 |
on public highways. | 10572 |
(B)(1) A person that first becomes subject to the tax imposed | 10573 |
under this chapter shall pay the minimum tax imposed under | 10574 |
division (B) of section 5751.03 of the Revised Code on or before | 10575 |
the day the return is required to be filed for that quarter under | 10576 |
division (A)(1) of this section, regardless of whether the person | 10577 |
registers as a calendar year taxpayer under section 5751.05 of the | 10578 |
Revised Code. | 10579 |
(2) The amount of the minimum tax for a person subject to | 10580 |
division (B)(1) of this section shall be reduced to seventy-five | 10581 |
dollars if the registration is timely filed after the first day of | 10582 |
May and before the first day of January of the following calendar | 10583 |
year. | 10584 |
Sec. 5751.20. (A) As used in sections 5751.20 to 5751.22 of | 10585 |
the Revised Code: | 10586 |
(1) "School district," "joint vocational school district," | 10587 |
"local taxing unit," "recognized valuation," "fixed-rate levy," | 10588 |
and "fixed-sum levy" have the same meanings as used in section | 10589 |
5727.84 of the Revised Code. | 10590 |
(2) "State education aid" for a school district means the | 10591 |
following: | 10592 |
(a) For fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2010, the sum of | 10593 |
state aid amounts computed for the district under the following | 10594 |
provisions, as they existed for the applicable fiscal year: | 10595 |
division (A) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, including | 10596 |
the amounts calculated under sections 3317.029 and 3317.0217 of | 10597 |
the Revised Code; divisions (C)(1), (C)(4), (D), (E), and (F) of | 10598 |
section 3317.022; divisions (B), (C), and (D) of section 3317.023; | 10599 |
divisions (L) and (N) of section 3317.024; section 3317.0216; and | 10600 |
any unit payments for gifted student services paid under sections | 10601 |
3317.05, 3317.052, and 3317.053 of the Revised Code; except that, | 10602 |
for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the amount computed for the | 10603 |
district under Section 269.20.80 of H.B. 119 of the 127th general | 10604 |
assembly and as that section subsequently may be amended shall be | 10605 |
substituted for the amount computed under division (D) of section | 10606 |
3317.022 of the Revised Code, and the amount computed under | 10607 |
Section 269.30.80 of H.B. 119 of the 127th general assembly and as | 10608 |
that section subsequently may be amended shall be included. | 10609 |
(b) For fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the sum of the amounts | 10610 |
computed under former sections 3306.052, 3306.12, 3306.13, | 10611 |
3306.19, 3306.191, and 3306.192 of the Revised Code; | 10612 |
(c) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the sum of the amounts | 10613 |
paid under Sections 267.30.50, 267.30.53, and 267.30.56 of H.B. | 10614 |
153 of the 129th general assembly. | 10615 |
(3) "State education aid" for a joint vocational school | 10616 |
district means the following: | 10617 |
(a) For fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2010, the sum of | 10618 |
the state aid computed for the district under division (N) of | 10619 |
section 3317.024 and section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, except | 10620 |
that, for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the amount computed under | 10621 |
Section 269.30.80 of H.B. 119 of the 127th general assembly and as | 10622 |
that section subsequently may be amended shall be included. | 10623 |
(b) For fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the amount paid in | 10624 |
accordance with Section 265.30.50 of H.B. 1 of the 128th general | 10625 |
assembly. | 10626 |
(c) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the amount paid in | 10627 |
accordance with Section 267.30.60 of H.B. 153 of the 129th general | 10628 |
assembly. | 10629 |
(4) "State education aid offset" means the amount determined | 10630 |
for each school district or joint vocational school district under | 10631 |
division (A)(1) of section 5751.21 of the Revised Code. | 10632 |
(5) "Machinery and equipment property tax value loss" means | 10633 |
the amount determined under division (C)(1) of this section. | 10634 |
(6) "Inventory property tax value loss" means the amount | 10635 |
determined under division (C)(2) of this section. | 10636 |
(7) "Furniture and fixtures property tax value loss" means | 10637 |
the amount determined under division (C)(3) of this section. | 10638 |
(8) "Machinery and equipment fixed-rate levy loss" means the | 10639 |
amount determined under division (D)(1) of this section. | 10640 |
(9) "Inventory fixed-rate levy loss" means the amount | 10641 |
determined under division (D)(2) of this section. | 10642 |
(10) "Furniture and fixtures fixed-rate levy loss" means the | 10643 |
amount determined under division (D)(3) of this section. | 10644 |
(11) "Total fixed-rate levy loss" means the sum of the | 10645 |
machinery and equipment fixed-rate levy loss, the inventory | 10646 |
fixed-rate levy loss, the furniture and fixtures fixed-rate levy | 10647 |
loss, and the telephone company fixed-rate levy loss. | 10648 |
(12) "Fixed-sum levy loss" means the amount determined under | 10649 |
division (E) of this section. | 10650 |
(13) "Machinery and equipment" means personal property | 10651 |
subject to the assessment rate specified in division (F) of | 10652 |
section 5711.22 of the Revised Code. | 10653 |
(14) "Inventory" means personal property subject to the | 10654 |
assessment rate specified in division (E) of section 5711.22 of | 10655 |
the Revised Code. | 10656 |
(15) "Furniture and fixtures" means personal property subject | 10657 |
to the assessment rate specified in division (G) of section | 10658 |
5711.22 of the Revised Code. | 10659 |
(16) "Qualifying levies" are levies in effect for tax year | 10660 |
2004 or applicable to tax year 2005 or approved at an election | 10661 |
conducted before September 1, 2005. For the purpose of determining | 10662 |
the rate of a qualifying levy authorized by section 5705.212 or | 10663 |
5705.213 of the Revised Code, the rate shall be the rate that | 10664 |
would be in effect for tax year 2010. | 10665 |
(17) "Telephone property" means tangible personal property of | 10666 |
a telephone, telegraph, or interexchange telecommunications | 10667 |
company subject to an assessment rate specified in section | 10668 |
5727.111 of the Revised Code in tax year 2004. | 10669 |
(18) "Telephone property tax value loss" means the amount | 10670 |
determined under division (C)(4) of this section. | 10671 |
(19) "Telephone property fixed-rate levy loss" means the | 10672 |
amount determined under division (D)(4) of this section. | 10673 |
(20) "Taxes charged and payable" means taxes charged and | 10674 |
payable after the reduction required by section 319.301 of the | 10675 |
Revised Code but before the reductions required by sections | 10676 |
319.302 and 323.152 of the Revised Code. | 10677 |
(21) "Median estate tax collections" means, in the case of a | 10678 |
municipal corporation to which revenue from the taxes levied in | 10679 |
Chapter 5731. of the Revised Code was distributed in each of | 10680 |
calendar years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, the median of those | 10681 |
distributions. In the case of a municipal corporation to which no | 10682 |
distributions were made in one or more of those years, "median | 10683 |
estate tax collections" means zero. | 10684 |
(22) "Total resources," in the case of a school district, | 10685 |
means the sum of the amounts in divisions (A)(22)(a) to (h) of | 10686 |
this section less any reduction required under division (A)(32) or | 10687 |
(33) of this section. | 10688 |
(a) The state education aid for fiscal year 2010; | 10689 |
(b) The sum of the payments received by the school district | 10690 |
in fiscal year 2010 for current expense levy losses pursuant to | 10691 |
division (C)(2) of section 5727.85 and divisions (C)(8) and (9) of | 10692 |
section 5751.21 of the Revised Code, excluding the portion of such | 10693 |
payments attributable to levies for joint vocational school | 10694 |
district purposes; | 10695 |
(c) The sum of fixed-sum levy loss payments received by the | 10696 |
school district in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to division (E)(1) of | 10697 |
section 5727.85 and division (E)(1) of section 5751.21 of the | 10698 |
Revised Code for fixed-sum levies charged and payable for a | 10699 |
purpose other than paying debt charges; | 10700 |
(d) Fifty per cent of the school district's taxes charged and | 10701 |
payable against all property on the tax list of real and public | 10702 |
utility property for current expense purposes for tax year 2008, | 10703 |
including taxes charged and payable from emergency levies charged | 10704 |
and payable under section 5709.194 of the Revised Code and | 10705 |
excluding taxes levied for joint vocational school district | 10706 |
purposes; | 10707 |
(e) Fifty per cent of the school district's taxes charged and | 10708 |
payable against all property on the tax list of real and public | 10709 |
utility property for current expenses for tax year 2009, including | 10710 |
taxes charged and payable from emergency levies and excluding | 10711 |
taxes levied for joint vocational school district purposes; | 10712 |
(f) The school district's taxes charged and payable against | 10713 |
all property on the general tax list of personal property for | 10714 |
current expenses for tax year 2009, including taxes charged and | 10715 |
payable from emergency levies; | 10716 |
(g) The amount certified for fiscal year 2010 under division | 10717 |
(A)(2) of section 3317.08 of the Revised Code; | 10718 |
(h) Distributions received during calendar year 2009 from | 10719 |
taxes levied under section 718.09 of the Revised Code. | 10720 |
(23) "Total resources," in the case of a joint vocational | 10721 |
school district, means the sum of amounts in divisions (A)(23)(a) | 10722 |
to (g) of this section less any reduction required under division | 10723 |
(A)(32) of this section. | 10724 |
(a) The state education aid for fiscal year 2010; | 10725 |
(b) The sum of the payments received by the joint vocational | 10726 |
school district in fiscal year 2010 for current expense levy | 10727 |
losses pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 5727.85 and | 10728 |
divisions (C)(8) and (9) of section 5751.21 of the Revised Code; | 10729 |
(c) Fifty per cent of the joint vocational school district's | 10730 |
taxes charged and payable against all property on the tax list of | 10731 |
real and public utility property for current expense purposes for | 10732 |
tax year 2008; | 10733 |
(d) Fifty per cent of the joint vocational school district's | 10734 |
taxes charged and payable against all property on the tax list of | 10735 |
real and public utility property for current expenses for tax year | 10736 |
2009; | 10737 |
(e) Fifty per cent of a city, local, or exempted village | 10738 |
school district's taxes charged and payable against all property | 10739 |
on the tax list of real and public utility property for current | 10740 |
expenses of the joint vocational school district for tax year | 10741 |
2008; | 10742 |
(f) Fifty per cent of a city, local, or exempted village | 10743 |
school district's taxes charged and payable against all property | 10744 |
on the tax list of real and public utility property for current | 10745 |
expenses of the joint vocational school district for tax year | 10746 |
2009; | 10747 |
(g) The joint vocational school district's taxes charged and | 10748 |
payable against all property on the general tax list of personal | 10749 |
property for current expenses for tax year 2009. | 10750 |
(24) "Total resources," in the case of county mental health | 10751 |
and disability related functions, means the sum of the amounts in | 10752 |
divisions (A)(24)(a) and (b) of this section less any reduction | 10753 |
required under division (A)(32) of this section. | 10754 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the county for mental | 10755 |
health and developmental disability related functions in calendar | 10756 |
year 2010 under division (A)(1) of section 5727.86 and divisions | 10757 |
(A)(1) and (2) of section 5751.22 of the Revised Code as they | 10758 |
existed at that time; | 10759 |
(b) With respect to taxes levied by the county for mental | 10760 |
health and developmental disability related purposes, the taxes | 10761 |
charged and payable for such purposes against all property on the | 10762 |
tax list of real and public utility property for tax year 2009. | 10763 |
(25) "Total resources," in the case of county senior services | 10764 |
related functions, means the sum of the amounts in divisions | 10765 |
(A)(25)(a) and (b) of this section less any reduction required | 10766 |
under division (A)(32) of this section. | 10767 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the county for senior | 10768 |
services related functions in calendar year 2010 under division | 10769 |
(A)(1) of section 5727.86 and divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section | 10770 |
5751.22 of the Revised Code as they existed at that time; | 10771 |
(b) With respect to taxes levied by the county for senior | 10772 |
services related purposes, the taxes charged and payable for such | 10773 |
purposes against all property on the tax list of real and public | 10774 |
utility property for tax year 2009. | 10775 |
(26) "Total resources," in the case of county children's | 10776 |
services related functions, means the sum of the amounts in | 10777 |
divisions (A)(26)(a) and (b) of this section less any reduction | 10778 |
required under division (A)(32) of this section. | 10779 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the county for | 10780 |
children's services related functions in calendar year 2010 under | 10781 |
division (A)(1) of section 5727.86 and divisions (A)(1) and (2) of | 10782 |
section 5751.22 of the Revised Code as they existed at that time; | 10783 |
(b) With respect to taxes levied by the county for children's | 10784 |
services related purposes, the taxes charged and payable for such | 10785 |
purposes against all property on the tax list of real and public | 10786 |
utility property for tax year 2009. | 10787 |
(27) "Total resources," in the case of county public health | 10788 |
related functions, means the sum of the amounts in divisions | 10789 |
(A)(27)(a) and (b) of this section less any reduction required | 10790 |
under division (A)(32) of this section. | 10791 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the county for public | 10792 |
health related functions in calendar year 2010 under division | 10793 |
(A)(1) of section 5727.86 and divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section | 10794 |
5751.22 of the Revised Code as they existed at that time; | 10795 |
(b) With respect to taxes levied by the county for public | 10796 |
health related purposes, the taxes charged and payable for such | 10797 |
purposes against all property on the tax list of real and public | 10798 |
utility property for tax year 2009. | 10799 |
(28) "Total resources," in the case of all county functions | 10800 |
not included in divisions (A)(24) to (27) of this section, means | 10801 |
the sum of the amounts in divisions (A)(28)(a) to (d) of this | 10802 |
section less any reduction required under division (A)(32) or (33) | 10803 |
of this section. | 10804 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the county for all | 10805 |
other purposes in calendar year 2010 under division (A)(1) of | 10806 |
section 5727.86 and divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 5751.22 of | 10807 |
the Revised Code as they existed at that time; | 10808 |
(b) The county's percentage share of county undivided local | 10809 |
government fund allocations as certified to the tax commissioner | 10810 |
for calendar year 2010 by the county auditor under division (J) of | 10811 |
section 5747.51 of the Revised Code or division (F) of section | 10812 |
5747.53 of the Revised Code multiplied by the total amount | 10813 |
actually distributed in calendar year 2010 from the county | 10814 |
undivided local government fund; | 10815 |
(c) With respect to taxes levied by the county for all other | 10816 |
purposes, the taxes charged and payable for such purposes against | 10817 |
all property on the tax list of real and public utility property | 10818 |
for tax year 2009, excluding taxes charged and payable for the | 10819 |
purpose of paying debt charges; | 10820 |
(d) The sum of the amounts distributed to the county in | 10821 |
calendar year 2010 for the taxes levied pursuant to sections | 10822 |
5739.021 and 5741.021 of the Revised Code. | 10823 |
(29) "Total resources," in the case of a municipal | 10824 |
corporation, means the sum of the amounts in divisions (A)(29)(a) | 10825 |
to (g) of this section less any reduction required under division | 10826 |
(A)(32) or (33) of this section. | 10827 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the municipal | 10828 |
corporation in calendar year 2010 for current expense levy losses | 10829 |
under division (A)(1) of section 5727.86 and divisions (A)(1) and | 10830 |
(2) of section 5751.22 of the Revised Code as they existed at that | 10831 |
time; | 10832 |
(b) The municipal corporation's percentage share of county | 10833 |
undivided local government fund allocations as certified to the | 10834 |
tax commissioner for calendar year 2010 by the county auditor | 10835 |
under division (J) of section 5747.51 of the Revised Code or | 10836 |
division (F) of section 5747.53 of the Revised Code multiplied by | 10837 |
the total amount actually distributed in calendar year 2010 from | 10838 |
the county undivided local government fund; | 10839 |
(c) The sum of the amounts distributed to the municipal | 10840 |
corporation in calendar year 2010 pursuant to section 5747.50 of | 10841 |
the Revised Code; | 10842 |
(d) With respect to taxes levied by the municipal | 10843 |
corporation, the taxes charged and payable against all property on | 10844 |
the tax list of real and public utility property for current | 10845 |
expenses, defined in division (A)(35) of this section, for tax | 10846 |
year 2009; | 10847 |
(e) The amount of admissions tax collected by the municipal | 10848 |
corporation in calendar year 2008, or if such information has not | 10849 |
yet been reported to the tax commissioner, in the most recent year | 10850 |
before 2008 for which the municipal corporation has reported data | 10851 |
to the commissioner; | 10852 |
(f) The amount of income taxes collected by the municipal | 10853 |
corporation in calendar year 2008, or if such information has not | 10854 |
yet been reported to the tax commissioner, in the most recent year | 10855 |
before 2008 for which the municipal corporation has reported data | 10856 |
to the commissioner; | 10857 |
(g) The municipal corporation's median estate tax | 10858 |
collections. | 10859 |
(30) "Total resources," in the case of a township, means the | 10860 |
sum of the amounts in divisions (A)(30)(a) to (c) of this section | 10861 |
less any reduction required under division (A)(32) or (33) of this | 10862 |
section. | 10863 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the township in | 10864 |
calendar year 2010 pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5727.86 | 10865 |
of the Revised Code and divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section | 10866 |
5751.22 of the Revised Code as they existed at that time, | 10867 |
excluding payments received for debt purposes; | 10868 |
(b) The township's percentage share of county undivided local | 10869 |
government fund allocations as certified to the tax commissioner | 10870 |
for calendar year 2010 by the county auditor under division (J) of | 10871 |
section 5747.51 of the Revised Code or division (F) of section | 10872 |
5747.53 of the Revised Code multiplied by the total amount | 10873 |
actually distributed in calendar year 2010 from the county | 10874 |
undivided local government fund; | 10875 |
(c) With respect to taxes levied by the township, the taxes | 10876 |
charged and payable against all property on the tax list of real | 10877 |
and public utility property for tax year 2009 excluding taxes | 10878 |
charged and payable for the purpose of paying debt charges. | 10879 |
(31) "Total resources," in the case of a local taxing unit | 10880 |
that is not a county, municipal corporation, or township, means | 10881 |
the sum of the amounts in divisions (A)(31)(a) to (e) of this | 10882 |
section less any reduction required under division (A)(32) of this | 10883 |
section. | 10884 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the local taxing unit | 10885 |
in calendar year 2010 pursuant to division (A)(1) of section | 10886 |
5727.86 of the Revised Code and divisions (A)(1) and (2) of | 10887 |
section 5751.22 of the Revised Code as they existed at that time; | 10888 |
(b) The local taxing unit's percentage share of county | 10889 |
undivided local government fund allocations as certified to the | 10890 |
tax commissioner for calendar year 2010 by the county auditor | 10891 |
under division (J) of section 5747.51 of the Revised Code or | 10892 |
division (F) of section 5747.53 of the Revised Code multiplied by | 10893 |
the total amount actually distributed in calendar year 2010 from | 10894 |
the county undivided local government fund; | 10895 |
(c) With respect to taxes levied by the local taxing unit, | 10896 |
the taxes charged and payable against all property on the tax list | 10897 |
of real and public utility property for tax year 2009 excluding | 10898 |
taxes charged and payable for the purpose of paying debt charges; | 10899 |
(d) The amount received from the tax commissioner during | 10900 |
calendar year 2010 for sales or use taxes authorized under | 10901 |
sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code; | 10902 |
(e) For institutions of higher education receiving tax | 10903 |
revenue from a local levy, as identified in section 3358.02 of the | 10904 |
Revised Code, the final state share of instruction allocation for | 10905 |
fiscal year 2010 as calculated by the board of regents and | 10906 |
reported to the state controlling board. | 10907 |
(32) If a fixed-rate levy that is a qualifying levy is not | 10908 |
charged and payable in any year after tax year 2010, "total | 10909 |
resources" used to compute payments to be made under division | 10910 |
(C)(12) of section 5751.21 or division (A)(1)(b) or (c) of section | 10911 |
5751.22 of the Revised Code in the tax years following the last | 10912 |
year the levy is charged and payable shall be reduced to the | 10913 |
extent that the payments are attributable to the fixed-rate levy | 10914 |
loss of that levy as would be computed under division (C)(2) of | 10915 |
section 5727.85, division (A)(1) of section 5727.85, divisions | 10916 |
(C)(8) and (9) of section 5751.21, or division (A)(1) of section | 10917 |
5751.22 of the Revised Code. | 10918 |
(33) In the case of a county, municipal corporation, school | 10919 |
district, or township with fixed-rate levy losses attributable to | 10920 |
a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code, "total | 10921 |
resources" used to compute payments to be made under division | 10922 |
(C)(3) of section 5727.85, division (A)(1)(d) of section 5727.86, | 10923 |
division (C)(12) of section 5751.21, or division (A)(1)(c) of | 10924 |
section 5751.22 of the Revised Code shall be reduced by the | 10925 |
amounts described in divisions (A)(34)(a) to (c) of this section | 10926 |
to the extent that those amounts were included in calculating the | 10927 |
"total resources" of the school district or local taxing unit | 10928 |
under division (A)(22), (28), (29), or (30) of this section. | 10929 |
(34) "Total library resources," in the case of a county, | 10930 |
municipal corporation, school district, or township public library | 10931 |
that receives the proceeds of a tax levied under section 5705.23 | 10932 |
of the Revised Code, means the sum of the amounts in divisions | 10933 |
(A)(34)(a) to (c) of this section less any reduction required | 10934 |
under division (A)(32) of this section. | 10935 |
(a) The sum of the payments received by the county, municipal | 10936 |
corporation, school district, or township public library in | 10937 |
calendar year 2010 pursuant to sections 5727.86 and 5751.22 of the | 10938 |
Revised Code, as they existed at that time, for fixed-rate levy | 10939 |
losses attributable to a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the | 10940 |
Revised Code for the benefit of the public library; | 10941 |
(b) The public library's percentage share of county undivided | 10942 |
local government fund allocations as certified to the tax | 10943 |
commissioner for calendar year 2010 by the county auditor under | 10944 |
division (J) of section 5747.51 of the Revised Code or division | 10945 |
(F) of section 5747.53 of the Revised Code multiplied by the total | 10946 |
amount actually distributed in calendar year 2010 from the county | 10947 |
undivided local government fund; | 10948 |
(c) With respect to a tax levied pursuant to section 5705.23 | 10949 |
of the Revised Code for the benefit of the public library, the | 10950 |
amount of such tax that is charged and payable against all | 10951 |
property on the tax list of real and public utility property for | 10952 |
tax year 2009 excluding any tax that is charged and payable for | 10953 |
the purpose of paying debt charges. | 10954 |
(35) "Municipal current expense property tax levies" means | 10955 |
all property tax levies of a municipality, except those with the | 10956 |
following levy names: airport resurfacing; bond or any levy name | 10957 |
including the word "bond"; capital improvement or any levy name | 10958 |
including the word "capital"; debt or any levy name including the | 10959 |
word "debt"; equipment or any levy name including the word | 10960 |
"equipment," unless the levy is for combined operating and | 10961 |
equipment; employee termination fund; fire pension or any levy | 10962 |
containing the word "pension," including police pensions; | 10963 |
fireman's fund or any practically similar name; sinking fund; road | 10964 |
improvements or any levy containing the word "road"; fire truck or | 10965 |
apparatus; flood or any levy containing the word "flood"; | 10966 |
conservancy district; county health; note retirement; sewage, or | 10967 |
any levy containing the words "sewage" or "sewer"; park | 10968 |
improvement; parkland acquisition; storm drain; street or any levy | 10969 |
name containing the word "street"; lighting, or any levy name | 10970 |
containing the word "lighting"; and water. | 10971 |
(36) "Current expense TPP allocation" means, in the case of a | 10972 |
school district or joint vocational school district, the sum of | 10973 |
the payments received by the school district in fiscal year 2011 | 10974 |
pursuant to divisions (C)(10) and (11) of section 5751.21 of the | 10975 |
Revised Code to the extent paid for current expense levies. In the | 10976 |
case of a municipal corporation, "current expense TPP allocation" | 10977 |
means the sum of the payments received by the municipal | 10978 |
corporation in calendar year 2010 pursuant to divisions (A)(1) and | 10979 |
(2) of section 5751.22 of the Revised Code to the extent paid for | 10980 |
municipal current expense property tax levies as defined in | 10981 |
division (A)(35) of this section, excluding any such payments | 10982 |
received for current expense levy losses attributable to a tax | 10983 |
levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code. If a fixed-rate | 10984 |
levy that is a qualifying levy is not charged and payable in any | 10985 |
year after tax year 2010, "current expense TPP allocation" used to | 10986 |
compute payments to be made under division (C)(12) of section | 10987 |
5751.21 or division (A)(1)(b) or (c) of section 5751.22 of the | 10988 |
Revised Code in the tax years following the last year the levy is | 10989 |
charged and payable shall be reduced to the extent that the | 10990 |
payments are attributable to the fixed-rate levy loss of that levy | 10991 |
as would be computed under divisions (C)(10) and (11) of section | 10992 |
5751.21 or division (A)(1) of section 5751.22 of the Revised Code. | 10993 |
(37) "TPP allocation" means the sum of payments received by a | 10994 |
local taxing unit in calendar year 2010 pursuant to divisions | 10995 |
(A)(1) and (2) of section 5751.22 of the Revised Code, excluding | 10996 |
any such payments received for fixed-rate levy losses attributable | 10997 |
to a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code. If a | 10998 |
fixed-rate levy that is a qualifying levy is not charged and | 10999 |
payable in any year after tax year 2010, "TPP allocation" used to | 11000 |
compute payments to be made under division (A)(1)(b) or (c) of | 11001 |
section 5751.22 of the Revised Code in the tax years following the | 11002 |
last year the levy is charged and payable shall be reduced to the | 11003 |
extent that the payments are attributable to the fixed-rate levy | 11004 |
loss of that levy as would be computed under division (A)(1) of | 11005 |
that section. | 11006 |
(38) "Total TPP allocation" means, in the case of a school | 11007 |
district or joint vocational school district, the sum of the | 11008 |
amounts received in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to divisions (C)(10) | 11009 |
and (11) and (D) of section 5751.21 of the Revised Code. In the | 11010 |
case of a local taxing unit, "total TPP allocation" means the sum | 11011 |
of payments received by the unit in calendar year 2010 pursuant to | 11012 |
divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of section 5751.22 of the Revised | 11013 |
Code. If a fixed-rate levy that is a qualifying levy is not | 11014 |
charged and payable in any year after tax year 2010, "total TPP | 11015 |
allocation" used to compute payments to be made under division | 11016 |
(C)(12) of section 5751.21 or division (A)(1)(b) or (c) of section | 11017 |
5751.22 of the Revised Code in the tax years following the last | 11018 |
year the levy is charged and payable shall be reduced to the | 11019 |
extent that the payments are attributable to the fixed-rate levy | 11020 |
loss of that levy as would be computed under divisions (C)(10) and | 11021 |
(11) of section 5751.21 or division (A)(1) of section 5751.22 of | 11022 |
the Revised Code. | 11023 |
(39) "Non-current expense TPP allocation" means the | 11024 |
difference of total TPP allocation minus the sum of current | 11025 |
expense TPP allocation and the portion of total TPP allocation | 11026 |
constituting reimbursement for debt levies, pursuant to division | 11027 |
(D) of section 5751.21 of the Revised Code in the case of a school | 11028 |
district or joint vocational school district and pursuant to | 11029 |
division (A)(3) of section 5751.22 of the Revised Code in the case | 11030 |
of a municipal corporation. | 11031 |
(40) "TPP allocation for library purposes" means the sum of | 11032 |
payments received by a county, municipal corporation, school | 11033 |
district, or township public library in calendar year 2010 | 11034 |
pursuant to section 5751.22 of the Revised Code for fixed-rate | 11035 |
levy losses attributable to a tax levied under section 5705.23 of | 11036 |
the Revised Code. If a fixed-rate levy authorized under section | 11037 |
5705.23 of the Revised Code that is a qualifying levy is not | 11038 |
charged and payable in any year after tax year 2010, "TPP | 11039 |
allocation for library purposes" used to compute payments to be | 11040 |
made under division (A)(1)(d) of section 5751.22 of the Revised | 11041 |
Code in the tax years following the last year the levy is charged | 11042 |
and payable shall be reduced to the extent that the payments are | 11043 |
attributable to the fixed-rate levy loss of that levy as would be | 11044 |
computed under division (A)(1) of section 5751.22 of the Revised | 11045 |
Code. | 11046 |
(41) "Threshold per cent" means, in the case of a school | 11047 |
district or joint vocational school district, two per cent for | 11048 |
fiscal year 2012 and four per cent for fiscal years 2013 and | 11049 |
thereafter. In the case of a local taxing unit or public library | 11050 |
that receives the proceeds of a tax levied under section 5705.23 | 11051 |
of the Revised Code, "threshold per cent" means two per cent for | 11052 |
tax year 2011, four per cent for tax year 2012, and six per cent | 11053 |
for tax years 2013 and thereafter. | 11054 |
(B)(1) The commercial activities tax receipts fund is hereby | 11055 |
created in the state treasury and shall consist of money arising | 11056 |
from the tax imposed under this chapter. Eighty-five | 11057 |
one-hundredths of one per cent of the money credited to that fund | 11058 |
shall be credited to the revenue enhancement fund and shall be | 11059 |
used to defray the costs incurred by the department of taxation in | 11060 |
administering the tax imposed by this chapter and in implementing | 11061 |
tax reform measures. The remainder of the money in the commercial | 11062 |
activities tax receipts fund shall first be credited | 11063 |
11064 | |
fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, pursuant to | 11065 |
division (B)(2) of this section, and the remainder shall be | 11066 |
credited in the following percentages each fiscal year to the | 11067 |
general revenue fund, to the school district tangible property tax | 11068 |
replacement fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury | 11069 |
for the purpose of making the payments described in section | 11070 |
5751.21 of the Revised Code, and to the local government tangible | 11071 |
property tax replacement fund, which is hereby created in the | 11072 |
state treasury for the purpose of making the payments described in | 11073 |
section 5751.22 of the Revised Code, in the following percentages: | 11074 |
Fiscal year | General Revenue Fund | School District Tangible Property Tax Replacement Fund | Local Government Tangible Property Tax Replacement Fund | 11075 | |
2006 | 67.7% | 22.6% | 9.7% | 11076 | |
2007 | 0% | 70.0% | 30.0% | 11077 | |
2008 | 0% | 70.0% | 30.0% | 11078 | |
2009 | 0% | 70.0% | 30.0% | 11079 | |
2010 | 0% | 70.0% | 30.0% | 11080 | |
2011 | 0% | 70.0% | 30.0% | 11081 | |
2012 | 25.0% | 52.5% | 22.5% | 11082 | |
2013 and thereafter | 50.0% | 35.0% | 15.0% | 11083 |
(2) Not later than the twentieth day of February, May, | 11084 |
August, and November of each year, the commissioner shall provide | 11085 |
for payment from the commercial activities tax receipts fund to | 11086 |
the commercial activity tax motor fuel receipts fund an amount | 11087 |
that bears the same ratio to the balance in the commercial | 11088 |
activities tax receipts fund that (a) the taxable gross receipts | 11089 |
attributed to motor fuel used for propelling vehicles on public | 11090 |
highways as indicated by returns filed by the tenth day of that | 11091 |
month bears to (b) all taxable gross receipts as indicated by | 11092 |
those returns. | 11093 |
(C) Not later than September 15, 2005, the tax commissioner | 11094 |
shall determine for each school district, joint vocational school | 11095 |
district, and local taxing unit its machinery and equipment, | 11096 |
inventory property, furniture and fixtures property, and telephone | 11097 |
property tax value losses, which are the applicable amounts | 11098 |
described in divisions (C)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section, | 11099 |
except as provided in division (C)(5) of this section: | 11100 |
(1) Machinery and equipment property tax value loss is the | 11101 |
taxable value of machinery and equipment property as reported by | 11102 |
taxpayers for tax year 2004 multiplied by: | 11103 |
(a) For tax year 2006, thirty-three and eight-tenths per | 11104 |
cent; | 11105 |
(b) For tax year 2007, sixty-one and three-tenths per cent; | 11106 |
(c) For tax year 2008, eighty-three per cent; | 11107 |
(d) For tax year 2009 and thereafter, one hundred per cent. | 11108 |
(2) Inventory property tax value loss is the taxable value of | 11109 |
inventory property as reported by taxpayers for tax year 2004 | 11110 |
multiplied by: | 11111 |
(a) For tax year 2006, a fraction, the numerator of which is | 11112 |
five and three-fourths and the denominator of which is | 11113 |
twenty-three; | 11114 |
(b) For tax year 2007, a fraction, the numerator of which is | 11115 |
nine and one-half and the denominator of which is twenty-three; | 11116 |
(c) For tax year 2008, a fraction, the numerator of which is | 11117 |
thirteen and one-fourth and the denominator of which is | 11118 |
twenty-three; | 11119 |
(d) For tax year 2009 and thereafter a fraction, the | 11120 |
numerator of which is seventeen and the denominator of which is | 11121 |
twenty-three. | 11122 |
(3) Furniture and fixtures property tax value loss is the | 11123 |
taxable value of furniture and fixture property as reported by | 11124 |
taxpayers for tax year 2004 multiplied by: | 11125 |
(a) For tax year 2006, twenty-five per cent; | 11126 |
(b) For tax year 2007, fifty per cent; | 11127 |
(c) For tax year 2008, seventy-five per cent; | 11128 |
(d) For tax year 2009 and thereafter, one hundred per cent. | 11129 |
The taxable value of property reported by taxpayers used in | 11130 |
divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section shall be such | 11131 |
values as determined to be final by the tax commissioner as of | 11132 |
August 31, 2005. Such determinations shall be final except for any | 11133 |
correction of a clerical error that was made prior to August 31, | 11134 |
2005, by the tax commissioner. | 11135 |
(4) Telephone property tax value loss is the taxable value of | 11136 |
telephone property as taxpayers would have reported that property | 11137 |
for tax year 2004 if the assessment rate for all telephone | 11138 |
property for that year were twenty-five per cent, multiplied by: | 11139 |
(a) For tax year 2006, zero per cent; | 11140 |
(b) For tax year 2007, zero per cent; | 11141 |
(c) For tax year 2008, zero per cent; | 11142 |
(d) For tax year 2009, sixty per cent; | 11143 |
(e) For tax year 2010, eighty per cent; | 11144 |
(f) For tax year 2011 and thereafter, one hundred per cent. | 11145 |
(5) Division (C)(5) of this section applies to any school | 11146 |
district, joint vocational school district, or local taxing unit | 11147 |
in a county in which is located a facility currently or formerly | 11148 |
devoted to the enrichment or commercialization of uranium or | 11149 |
uranium products, and for which the total taxable value of | 11150 |
property listed on the general tax list of personal property for | 11151 |
any tax year from tax year 2001 to tax year 2004 was fifty per | 11152 |
cent or less of the taxable value of such property listed on the | 11153 |
general tax list of personal property for the next preceding tax | 11154 |
year. | 11155 |
In computing the fixed-rate levy losses under divisions | 11156 |
(D)(1), (2), and (3) of this section for any school district, | 11157 |
joint vocational school district, or local taxing unit to which | 11158 |
division (C)(5) of this section applies, the taxable value of such | 11159 |
property as listed on the general tax list of personal property | 11160 |
for tax year 2000 shall be substituted for the taxable value of | 11161 |
such property as reported by taxpayers for tax year 2004, in the | 11162 |
taxing district containing the uranium facility, if the taxable | 11163 |
value listed for tax year 2000 is greater than the taxable value | 11164 |
reported by taxpayers for tax year 2004. For the purpose of making | 11165 |
the computations under divisions (D)(1), (2), and (3) of this | 11166 |
section, the tax year 2000 valuation is to be allocated to | 11167 |
machinery and equipment, inventory, and furniture and fixtures | 11168 |
property in the same proportions as the tax year 2004 values. For | 11169 |
the purpose of the calculations in division (A) of section 5751.21 | 11170 |
of the Revised Code, the tax year 2004 taxable values shall be | 11171 |
used. | 11172 |
To facilitate the calculations required under division (C) of | 11173 |
this section, the county auditor, upon request from the tax | 11174 |
commissioner, shall provide by August 1, 2005, the values of | 11175 |
machinery and equipment, inventory, and furniture and fixtures for | 11176 |
all single-county personal property taxpayers for tax year 2004. | 11177 |
(D) Not later than September 15, 2005, the tax commissioner | 11178 |
shall determine for each tax year from 2006 through 2009 for each | 11179 |
school district, joint vocational school district, and local | 11180 |
taxing unit its machinery and equipment, inventory, and furniture | 11181 |
and fixtures fixed-rate levy losses, and for each tax year from | 11182 |
2006 through 2011 its telephone property fixed-rate levy loss. | 11183 |
Except as provided in division (F) of this section, such losses | 11184 |
are the applicable amounts described in divisions (D)(1), (2), | 11185 |
(3), and (4) of this section: | 11186 |
(1) The machinery and equipment fixed-rate levy loss is the | 11187 |
machinery and equipment property tax value loss multiplied by the | 11188 |
sum of the tax rates of fixed-rate qualifying levies. | 11189 |
(2) The inventory fixed-rate loss is the inventory property | 11190 |
tax value loss multiplied by the sum of the tax rates of | 11191 |
fixed-rate qualifying levies. | 11192 |
(3) The furniture and fixtures fixed-rate levy loss is the | 11193 |
furniture and fixture property tax value loss multiplied by the | 11194 |
sum of the tax rates of fixed-rate qualifying levies. | 11195 |
(4) The telephone property fixed-rate levy loss is the | 11196 |
telephone property tax value loss multiplied by the sum of the tax | 11197 |
rates of fixed-rate qualifying levies. | 11198 |
(E) Not later than September 15, 2005, the tax commissioner | 11199 |
shall determine for each school district, joint vocational school | 11200 |
district, and local taxing unit its fixed-sum levy loss. The | 11201 |
fixed-sum levy loss is the amount obtained by subtracting the | 11202 |
amount described in division (E)(2) of this section from the | 11203 |
amount described in division (E)(1) of this section: | 11204 |
(1) The sum of the machinery and equipment property tax value | 11205 |
loss, the inventory property tax value loss, and the furniture and | 11206 |
fixtures property tax value loss, and, for 2008 through 2010, the | 11207 |
telephone property tax value loss of the district or unit | 11208 |
multiplied by the sum of the fixed-sum tax rates of qualifying | 11209 |
levies. For 2006 through 2010, this computation shall include all | 11210 |
qualifying levies remaining in effect for the current tax year and | 11211 |
any school district levies charged and payable under section | 11212 |
5705.194 or 5705.213 of the Revised Code that are qualifying | 11213 |
levies not remaining in effect for the current year. For 2011 | 11214 |
through 2017 in the case of school district levies charged and | 11215 |
payable under section 5705.194 or 5705.213 of the Revised Code and | 11216 |
for all years after 2010 in the case of other fixed-sum levies, | 11217 |
this computation shall include only qualifying levies remaining in | 11218 |
effect for the current year. For purposes of this computation, a | 11219 |
qualifying school district levy charged and payable under section | 11220 |
5705.194 or 5705.213 of the Revised Code remains in effect in a | 11221 |
year after 2010 only if, for that year, the board of education | 11222 |
levies a school district levy charged and payable under section | 11223 |
5705.194, 5705.199, 5705.213, or 5705.219 of the Revised Code for | 11224 |
an annual sum at least equal to the annual sum levied by the board | 11225 |
in tax year 2004 less the amount of the payment certified under | 11226 |
this division for 2006. | 11227 |
(2) The total taxable value in tax year 2004 less the sum of | 11228 |
the machinery and equipment, inventory, furniture and fixtures, | 11229 |
and telephone property tax value losses in each school district, | 11230 |
joint vocational school district, and local taxing unit multiplied | 11231 |
by one-half of one mill per dollar. | 11232 |
(3) For the calculations in divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this | 11233 |
section, the tax value losses are those that would be calculated | 11234 |
for tax year 2009 under divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this | 11235 |
section and for tax year 2011 under division (C)(4) of this | 11236 |
section. | 11237 |
(4) To facilitate the calculation under divisions (D) and (E) | 11238 |
of this section, not later than September 1, 2005, any school | 11239 |
district, joint vocational school district, or local taxing unit | 11240 |
that has a qualifying levy that was approved at an election | 11241 |
conducted during 2005 before September 1, 2005, shall certify to | 11242 |
the tax commissioner a copy of the county auditor's certificate of | 11243 |
estimated property tax millage for such levy as required under | 11244 |
division (B) of section 5705.03 of the Revised Code, which is the | 11245 |
rate that shall be used in the calculations under such divisions. | 11246 |
If the amount determined under division (E) of this section | 11247 |
for any school district, joint vocational school district, or | 11248 |
local taxing unit is greater than zero, that amount shall equal | 11249 |
the reimbursement to be paid pursuant to division (E) of section | 11250 |
5751.21 or division (A)(3) of section 5751.22 of the Revised Code, | 11251 |
and the one-half of one mill that is subtracted under division | 11252 |
(E)(2) of this section shall be apportioned among all contributing | 11253 |
fixed-sum levies in the proportion that each levy bears to the sum | 11254 |
of all fixed-sum levies within each school district, joint | 11255 |
vocational school district, or local taxing unit. | 11256 |
(F) If a school district levies a tax under section 5705.219 | 11257 |
of the Revised Code, the fixed-rate levy loss for qualifying | 11258 |
levies, to the extent repealed under that section, shall equal the | 11259 |
sum of the following amounts in lieu of the amounts computed for | 11260 |
such levies under division (D) of this section: | 11261 |
(1) The sum of the rates of qualifying levies to the extent | 11262 |
so repealed multiplied by the sum of the machinery and equipment, | 11263 |
inventory, and furniture and fixtures tax value losses for 2009 as | 11264 |
determined under that division; | 11265 |
(2) The sum of the rates of qualifying levies to the extent | 11266 |
so repealed multiplied by the telephone property tax value loss | 11267 |
for 2011 as determined under that division. | 11268 |
The fixed-rate levy losses for qualifying levies to the | 11269 |
extent not repealed under section 5705.219 of the Revised Code | 11270 |
shall be as determined under division (D) of this section. The | 11271 |
revised fixed-rate levy losses determined under this division and | 11272 |
division (D) of this section first apply in the year following the | 11273 |
first year the district levies the tax under section 5705.219 of | 11274 |
the Revised Code. | 11275 |
(G) Not later than October 1, 2005, the tax commissioner | 11276 |
shall certify to the department of education for every school | 11277 |
district and joint vocational school district the machinery and | 11278 |
equipment, inventory, furniture and fixtures, and telephone | 11279 |
property tax value losses determined under division (C) of this | 11280 |
section, the machinery and equipment, inventory, furniture and | 11281 |
fixtures, and telephone fixed-rate levy losses determined under | 11282 |
division (D) of this section, and the fixed-sum levy losses | 11283 |
calculated under division (E) of this section. The calculations | 11284 |
under divisions (D) and (E) of this section shall separately | 11285 |
display the levy loss for each levy eligible for reimbursement. | 11286 |
(H) Not later than October 1, 2005, the tax commissioner | 11287 |
shall certify the amount of the fixed-sum levy losses to the | 11288 |
county auditor of each county in which a school district, joint | 11289 |
vocational school district, or local taxing unit with a fixed-sum | 11290 |
levy loss reimbursement has territory. | 11291 |
(I) Not later than the twenty-eighth day of February each | 11292 |
year beginning in 2011 and ending in 2014, the tax commissioner | 11293 |
shall certify to the department of education for each school | 11294 |
district first levying a tax under section 5705.219 of the Revised | 11295 |
Code in the preceding year the revised fixed-rate levy losses | 11296 |
determined under divisions (D) and (F) of this section. | 11297 |
Section 101.02. That existing sections 9.33, 127.14, 153.01, | 11298 |
153.65, 307.05, 307.051, 307.055, 505.37, 505.375, 505.44, 505.72, | 11299 |
718.01, 2937.221, 3354.13, 3355.10, 3357.12, 3705.242, 4501.03, | 11300 |
4501.04, 4501.041, 4501.042, 4501.043, 4501.06, 4503.42, 4503.45, | 11301 |
4503.49, 4504.19, 4504.21, 4506.08, 4506.09, 4507.011, 4507.23, | 11302 |
4508.08, 4511.13, 4513.263, 4513.53, 4513.66, 4561.21, 4743.05, | 11303 |
4765.02, 4765.03, 4765.04, 4765.05, 4765.06, 4765.07, 4765.08, | 11304 |
4765.09, 4765.10, 4765.101, 4765.102, 4765.11, 4765.111, 4765.112, | 11305 |
4765.113, 4765.114, 4765.115, 4765.116, 4765.12, 4765.15, 4765.16, | 11306 |
4765.17, 4765.18, 4765.22, 4765.23, 4765.28, 4765.29, 4765.30, | 11307 |
4765.31, 4765.32, 4765.33, 4765.37, 4765.38, 4765.39, 4765.40, | 11308 |
4765.42, 4765.48, 4765.49, 4765.55, 4765.56, 4766.01, 4766.03, | 11309 |
4766.04, 4766.05, 4766.07, 4766.08, 4766.09, 4766.10, 4766.11, | 11310 |
4766.12, 4766.13, 4766.15, 4766.22, 5501.73, 5501.77, 5502.01, | 11311 |
5503.04, 5503.31, 5503.32, 5513.01, 5515.01, 5517.011, 5517.02, | 11312 |
5525.01, 5525.16, 5533.31, 5537.01, 5537.02, 5537.03, 5537.04, | 11313 |
5537.05, 5537.051, 5537.06, 5537.07, 5537.08, 5537.09, 5537.11, | 11314 |
5537.12, 5537.13, 5537.14, 5537.15, 5537.16, 5537.17, 5537.19, | 11315 |
5537.20, 5537.21, 5537.22, 5537.24, 5537.25, 5537.26, 5537.27, | 11316 |
5537.28, 5537.30, 5728.01, 5735.05, 5735.23, 5739.02, 5747.01, | 11317 |
5751.01, 5751.02, 5751.051, and 5751.20 and sections 126.60, | 11318 |
126.601, 126.602, 126.603, 126.604, 126.605, 4501.13, 4766.02, | 11319 |
4766.20, 4981.36, and 4981.361 of the Revised Code are hereby | 11320 |
repealed. | 11321 |
Section 201.10. Except as otherwise provided in this act, | 11322 |
all appropriation items in this act are appropriated out of any | 11323 |
moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund | 11324 |
that are not otherwise appropriated. For all appropriations made | 11325 |
in this act, the amounts in the first column are for fiscal year | 11326 |
2014 and the amounts in the second column are for fiscal year | 11327 |
2015. | 11328 |
Section 203.10. DOT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | 11329 |
FUND | TITLE | FY 2014 | FY 2015 | 11330 |
Highway Operating Fund Group | 11331 |
2120 | 772426 | Highway Infrastructure Bank - Federal | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | 11332 | ||||
2120 | 772427 | Highway Infrastructure Bank - State | $ | 10,350,000 | $ | 10,350,000 | 11333 | ||||
2120 | 772430 | Infrastructure Debt Reserve Title 23-49 | $ | 525,000 | $ | 525,000 | 11334 | ||||
2130 | 772431 | Roadway Infrastructure Bank - State | $ | 2,475,000 | $ | 2,475,000 | 11335 | ||||
2130 | 772433 | Infrastructure Debt Reserve - State | $ | 650,000 | $ | 650,000 | 11336 | ||||
2130 | 777477 | Aviation Infrastructure Bank - State | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 1,000,000 | 11337 | ||||
7002 | 771411 | Planning and Research - State | $ | 21,144,581 | $ | 21,738,277 | 11338 | ||||
7002 | 771412 | Planning and Research - Federal | $ | 28,835,906 | $ | 28,959,514 | 11339 | ||||
7002 | 772421 | Highway Construction - State | $ | 583,246,763 | $ | 585,240,020 | 11340 | ||||
7002 | 772422 | Highway Construction - Federal | $ | 1,065,253,182 | $ | 1,063,145,274 | 11341 | ||||
7002 | 772424 | Highway Construction - Other | $ | 80,000,000 | $ | 80,000,000 | 11342 | ||||
7002 | 772425 | Highway Construction - Turnpike | $ | 200,000,000 | $ | 300,000,000 | 11343 | ||||
7002 | 772437 | GARVEE Debt Service - State | $ | 31,139,500 | $ | 31,635,300 | 11344 | ||||
7002 | 772438 | GARVEE Debt Service - Federal | $ | 136,039,500 | $ | 138,027,800 | 11345 | ||||
7002 | 773431 | Highway Maintenance - State | $ | 485,165,521 | $ | 497,506,152 | 11346 | ||||
7002 | 775452 | Public Transportation - Federal | $ | 27,590,748 | $ | 27,590,748 | 11347 | ||||
7002 | 775454 | Public Transportation - Other | $ | 1,500,000 | $ | 1,500,000 | 11348 | ||||
7002 | 775459 | Elderly and Disabled Special Equipment | $ | 4,730,000 | $ | 4,730,000 | 11349 | ||||
7002 | 776462 | Grade Crossings - Federal | $ | 14,136,500 | $ | 14,129,500 | 11350 | ||||
7002 | 777472 | Airport Improvements - Federal | $ | 405,000 | $ | 405,000 | 11351 | ||||
7002 | 777475 | Aviation Administration | $ | 4,875,000 | $ | 4,935,000 | 11352 | ||||
7002 | 779491 | Administration - State | $ | 91,218,054 | $ | 92,543,982 | 11353 | ||||
TOTAL HOF Highway Operating | 11354 | ||||||||||
Fund Group | $ | 2,795,280,255 | $ | 2,912,086,567 | 11355 |
State Special Revenue Fund Group | 11356 |
4N40 | 776664 | Rail Transportation - Other | $ | 2,875,800 | $ | 2,875,800 | 11357 | ||||
5W90 | 777615 | County Airport Maintenance | $ | 620,000 | $ | 620,000 | 11358 | ||||
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue | 11359 | ||||||||||
Fund Group | $ | 3,495,800 | $ | 3,495,800 | 11360 |
Infrastructure Bank Obligations Fund Group | 11361 |
7045 | 772428 | Highway Infrastructure Bank - Bonds | $ | 96,092,215 | $ | 97,000,000 | 11362 | ||||
TOTAL 045 Infrastructure Bank | 11363 | ||||||||||
Obligations Fund Group | $ | 96,092,215 | $ | 97,000,000 | 11364 |
Highway Capital Improvement Fund Group | 11365 |
7042 | 772723 | Highway Construction - Bonds | $ | 100,294,652 | $ | 119,617,631 | 11366 | ||||
TOTAL 042 Highway Capital | 11367 | ||||||||||
Improvement Fund Group | $ | 100,294,652 | $ | 119,617,631 | 11368 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 2,995,162,922 | $ | 3,132,199,998 | 11369 |
Section 203.20. PUBLIC ACCESS ROADS FOR DNR FACILITIES | 11371 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 772421, Highway | 11372 |
Construction – State, $5,000,000 shall be used in each fiscal year | 11373 |
for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of public | 11374 |
access roads, including support features, to and within state | 11375 |
facilities owned or operated by the Department of Natural | 11376 |
Resources. | 11377 |
Section 203.30. PUBLIC ACCESS ROADS FOR PARKS, EXPOSITIONS | 11378 |
COMMISSION, AND OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY FACILITIES | 11379 |
Notwithstanding section 5511.06 of the Revised Code, of the | 11380 |
foregoing appropriation item 772421, Highway Construction – State, | 11381 |
$2,228,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for the construction, | 11382 |
reconstruction, or maintenance of park drives or park roads within | 11383 |
the boundaries of metropolitan parks. | 11384 |
The Department of Transportation may use the foregoing | 11385 |
appropriation item 772421, Highway Construction – State, to | 11386 |
perform related road work on behalf of the Ohio Expositions | 11387 |
Commission at the state fairgrounds, including reconstruction or | 11388 |
maintenance of public access roads and support features to and | 11389 |
within fairgrounds facilities, as requested by the Commission and | 11390 |
approved by the Director of Transportation. | 11391 |
The Department of Transportation may use the foregoing | 11392 |
appropriation item 772421, Highway Construction – State, to | 11393 |
perform related road work on behalf of the Ohio Historical | 11394 |
Society, including reconstruction or maintenance of public access | 11395 |
roads and support features to and within Historical Society | 11396 |
facilities, as requested by the Society and approved by the | 11397 |
Director of Transportation. | 11398 |
Section 203.40. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS | 11399 |
(A) Notwithstanding section 5540.151 of the Revised Code, of | 11400 |
the foregoing appropriation item 772421, Highway Construction – | 11401 |
State, $3,500,000 in each fiscal year shall be made available for | 11402 |
distribution by the Director of Transportation to Transportation | 11403 |
Improvement Districts that have facilitated funding for the cost | 11404 |
of a project or projects, as defined in division (C) of section | 11405 |
5540.01 of the Revised Code, in conjunction with and through other | 11406 |
governmental agencies, as defined in division (B) of section | 11407 |
5540.01 of the Revised Code. | 11408 |
(B) A Transportation Improvement District shall submit | 11409 |
requests for project funding to the Ohio Department of | 11410 |
Transportation not later than the first day of September in each | 11411 |
fiscal year. The Ohio Department of Transportation shall notify | 11412 |
the Transportation Improvement District whether the Department has | 11413 |
approved or disapproved the project funding request within 90 days | 11414 |
after the day the request was submitted by the Transportation | 11415 |
Improvement District. | 11416 |
(C) Any funding provided to a Transportation Improvement | 11417 |
District specified in this section shall not be used for the | 11418 |
purposes of administrative costs or administrative staffing and | 11419 |
must be used to fund a specific project or projects within that | 11420 |
District's area. The total amount of a specific project's cost | 11421 |
shall not be fully funded by the amount of funds provided under | 11422 |
this section. The total amount of funding provided for each | 11423 |
project is limited to 10% of total project costs or $250,000 per | 11424 |
fiscal year, whichever is greater. Transportation Improvement | 11425 |
Districts that are co-sponsoring a specific project may | 11426 |
individually apply for up to $250,000 for that project. However, | 11427 |
not more than 10% of a project's total costs shall be funded | 11428 |
through moneys provided under this section. | 11429 |
(D) Funds provided under this section may be used for | 11430 |
preliminary engineering, detailed design, right-of-way | 11431 |
acquisition, and construction of the specific project and such | 11432 |
other project costs that are defined in section 5540.01 of the | 11433 |
Revised Code and approved by the Director of Transportation. Upon | 11434 |
receipt of a copy of an invoice for work performed on the specific | 11435 |
project, the Director of Transportation shall reimburse a | 11436 |
Transportation Improvement District for the expenditures described | 11437 |
above, subject to the requirements of this section. | 11438 |
(E) Any Transportation Improvement District that is | 11439 |
requesting funds under this section shall register with the | 11440 |
Director of Transportation. The Director of Transportation shall | 11441 |
register a Transportation Improvement District only if the | 11442 |
district has a specific, eligible project and may cancel the | 11443 |
registration of a Transportation Improvement District that is not | 11444 |
eligible to receive funds under this section. The Director shall | 11445 |
not provide funds to any Transportation Improvement District under | 11446 |
this section if the district is not registered. | 11447 |
Section 203.50. ISSUANCE OF BONDS | 11448 |
The Treasurer of State, upon the request of the Director of | 11449 |
Transportation, is authorized to issue and sell, in accordance | 11450 |
with Section 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and Chapter | 11451 |
151. and particularly sections 151.01 and 151.06 of the Revised | 11452 |
Code, obligations, including bonds and notes, in the aggregate | 11453 |
amount of $220,000,000 in addition to the original issuance of | 11454 |
obligations authorized by prior acts of the General Assembly. | 11455 |
The obligations shall be issued and sold from time to time in | 11456 |
amounts necessary to provide sufficient moneys to the credit of | 11457 |
the Highway Capital Improvement Fund (Fund 7042) created by | 11458 |
section 5528.53 of the Revised Code to pay costs charged to the | 11459 |
fund when due as estimated by the Director of Transportation, | 11460 |
provided, however, that such obligations shall be issued and sold | 11461 |
at such time or times so that not more than $220,000,000 original | 11462 |
principal amount of obligations, plus the principal amount of | 11463 |
obligations that in prior fiscal years could have been, but were | 11464 |
not, issued within the $220,000,000 limit, may be issued in any | 11465 |
fiscal year, and not more than $1,200,000,000 original principal | 11466 |
amount of such obligations are outstanding at any one time. | 11467 |
Section 203.60. TRANSFER OF HIGHWAY OPERATING FUND (FUND | 11468 |
7002) APPROPRIATIONS: PLANNING AND RESEARCH, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, | 11469 |
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, RAIL, AVIATION, AND | 11470 |
ADMINISTRATION | 11471 |
The Director of Budget and Management may approve requests | 11472 |
from the Director of Transportation for transfer of Highway | 11473 |
Operating Fund (Fund 7002) appropriations for planning and | 11474 |
research (appropriation items 771411 and 771412), highway | 11475 |
construction and debt service (appropriation items 772421, 772422, | 11476 |
772424, 772425, 772437, and 772438), highway maintenance | 11477 |
(appropriation item 773431), public transportation - federal | 11478 |
(appropriation item 775452), elderly and disabled special | 11479 |
equipment (appropriation item 775459), rail grade crossings | 11480 |
(appropriation item 776462), aviation (appropriation item 777475), | 11481 |
and administration (appropriation item 779491). The Director of | 11482 |
Budget and Management may not make transfers out of debt service | 11483 |
appropriation items unless the Director determines that the | 11484 |
appropriated amounts exceed the actual and projected debt service | 11485 |
requirements. Transfers of appropriations may be made upon the | 11486 |
written request of the Director of Transportation and with the | 11487 |
approval of the Director of Budget and Management. The transfers | 11488 |
shall be reported to the Controlling Board at the next regularly | 11489 |
scheduled meeting of the board. | 11490 |
This transfer authority is intended to provide for emergency | 11491 |
situations and flexibility to meet unforeseen conditions that | 11492 |
could arise during the budget period. It also is intended to allow | 11493 |
the department to optimize the use of available resources and | 11494 |
adjust to circumstances affecting the obligation and expenditure | 11495 |
of federal funds. | 11496 |
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL HIGHWAY, TRANSIT, | 11497 |
AVIATION, AND RAIL AND LOCAL TRANSIT | 11498 |
The Director of Budget and Management may approve written | 11499 |
requests from the Director of Transportation for the transfer of | 11500 |
appropriations between appropriation items 772422, Highway | 11501 |
Construction - Federal, 775452, Public Transportation - Federal, | 11502 |
775454, Public Transportation - Other, 775459, Elderly and | 11503 |
Disabled Special Equipment, 776475, Federal Rail Administration, | 11504 |
and 777472, Airport Improvements - Federal. The transfers shall be | 11505 |
reported to the Controlling Board at its next regularly scheduled | 11506 |
meeting. | 11507 |
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS - ARRA | 11508 |
The Director of Budget and Management may approve written | 11509 |
requests from the Director of Transportation for the transfer of | 11510 |
appropriations between appropriation items 771412, Planning and | 11511 |
Research – Federal, 772422, Highway Construction - Federal, | 11512 |
772424, Highway Construction – Other, 775452, Public | 11513 |
Transportation - Federal, 776462, Grade Crossing - Federal, and | 11514 |
777472, Airport Improvements - Federal, based upon the | 11515 |
requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | 11516 |
that apply to the money appropriated. The transfers shall be | 11517 |
reported to the Controlling Board at its next regularly scheduled | 11518 |
meeting. | 11519 |
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS AND CASH: STATE INFRASTRUCTURE | 11520 |
BANK | 11521 |
The Director of Budget and Management may approve requests | 11522 |
from the Director of Transportation for transfer of appropriations | 11523 |
and cash of the Infrastructure Bank funds created in section | 11524 |
5531.09 of the Revised Code, including transfers between fiscal | 11525 |
years 2014 and 2015. The transfers shall be reported to the | 11526 |
Controlling Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting. | 11527 |
The Director of Budget and Management may approve requests | 11528 |
from the Director of Transportation for transfer of appropriations | 11529 |
and cash from the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002) to the | 11530 |
Infrastructure Bank funds created in section 5531.09 of the | 11531 |
Revised Code. The Director of Budget and Management may transfer | 11532 |
from the Infrastructure Bank funds to the Highway Operating Fund | 11533 |
up to the amounts originally transferred to the Infrastructure | 11534 |
Bank funds under this section. However, the Director may not make | 11535 |
transfers between modes or transfers between different funding | 11536 |
sources. The transfers shall be reported to the Controlling Board | 11537 |
at its next regularly scheduled meeting. | 11538 |
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS AND CASH: TOLLING FUNDS | 11539 |
The Director of Budget and Management may approve requests | 11540 |
from the Director of Transportation for transfer of appropriations | 11541 |
and cash of the Ohio Toll Fund and any subaccounts created in | 11542 |
section 5531.14 of the Revised Code, including transfers between | 11543 |
fiscal years 2014 and 2015. The transfers shall be reported to the | 11544 |
Controlling Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting. | 11545 |
INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS: STATE FUNDS | 11546 |
In the event that receipts or unexpended balances credited to | 11547 |
the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002) exceed the estimates upon | 11548 |
which the appropriations have been made in this act, upon the | 11549 |
request of the Director of Transportation, the Controlling Board | 11550 |
may increase those appropriations in the manner prescribed in | 11551 |
section 131.35 of the Revised Code. | 11552 |
INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL AND LOCAL FUNDS | 11553 |
In the event that receipts or unexpended balances credited to | 11554 |
the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002) or apportionments or | 11555 |
allocations made available from the federal and local government | 11556 |
exceed the estimates upon which the appropriations have been made | 11557 |
in this act, upon the request of the Director of Transportation, | 11558 |
the Controlling Board may increase those appropriations in the | 11559 |
manner prescribed in section 131.35 of the Revised Code. | 11560 |
REAPPROPRIATIONS | 11561 |
In each fiscal year of the biennium ending June 30, 2015, the | 11562 |
Director of Transportation may request that the Director of Budget | 11563 |
and Management transfer any remaining unencumbered balances of | 11564 |
prior years' appropriations to the Highway Operating Fund (Fund | 11565 |
7002), the Highway Capital Improvement Fund (Fund 7042), and the | 11566 |
Infrastructure Bank funds created in section 5531.09 of the | 11567 |
Revised Code for the same purpose in the following fiscal year. In | 11568 |
the request, the Director of Transportation shall identify the | 11569 |
appropriate fund and appropriation item of the transfer, the | 11570 |
requested transfer amount. The Director of Budget and Management | 11571 |
may request additional information necessary for evaluating the | 11572 |
transfer request, and the Director of Transportation shall provide | 11573 |
the requested information to the Director of Budget and | 11574 |
Management. Based on the information provided by the Director of | 11575 |
Transportation, the Director of Budget and Management shall | 11576 |
determine the amount to be transferred by fund and appropriation | 11577 |
item, and those amounts are hereby reappropriated. The Director of | 11578 |
Transportation shall report the reappropriations to the | 11579 |
Controlling Board. | 11580 |
Any balances of prior years' unencumbered appropriations to | 11581 |
the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002), the Highway Capital | 11582 |
Improvement Fund (Fund 7042), and the Infrastructure Bank funds | 11583 |
created in section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for which the | 11584 |
Director of Transportation requests reappropriations, and for | 11585 |
which reappropriations are approved by the Director of Budget and | 11586 |
Management, are subject to the availability of revenue as | 11587 |
determined by the Director of Transportation. | 11588 |
LIQUIDATION OF UNFORESEEN LIABILITIES | 11589 |
Any appropriation made from the Highway Operating Fund (Fund | 11590 |
7002) not otherwise restricted by law is available to liquidate | 11591 |
unforeseen liabilities arising from contractual agreements of | 11592 |
prior years when the prior year encumbrance is insufficient. | 11593 |
Section 203.70. MAINTENANCE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS | 11594 |
The Director of Transportation may remove snow and ice and | 11595 |
maintain, repair, improve, or provide lighting upon interstate | 11596 |
highways that are located within the boundaries of municipal | 11597 |
corporations, adequate to meet the requirements of federal law. | 11598 |
When agreed in writing by the Director of Transportation and the | 11599 |
legislative authority of a municipal corporation and | 11600 |
notwithstanding sections 125.01 and 125.11 of the Revised Code, | 11601 |
the Department of Transportation may reimburse a municipal | 11602 |
corporation for all or any part of the costs, as provided by such | 11603 |
agreement, incurred by the municipal corporation in maintaining, | 11604 |
repairing, lighting, and removing snow and ice from the interstate | 11605 |
system. | 11606 |
Section 203.80. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY PURPOSE GRANTS | 11607 |
The Director of Transportation may use revenues from the | 11608 |
state motor vehicle fuel tax to match approved federal grants | 11609 |
awarded to the Department of Transportation, regional transit | 11610 |
authorities, or eligible public transportation systems, for public | 11611 |
transportation highway purposes, or to support local or state | 11612 |
funded projects for public transportation highway purposes. Public | 11613 |
transportation highway purposes include: the construction or | 11614 |
repair of high-occupancy vehicle traffic lanes, the acquisition or | 11615 |
construction of park-and-ride facilities, the acquisition or | 11616 |
construction of public transportation vehicle loops, the | 11617 |
construction or repair of bridges used by public transportation | 11618 |
vehicles or that are the responsibility of a regional transit | 11619 |
authority or other public transportation system, or other similar | 11620 |
construction that is designated as an eligible public | 11621 |
transportation highway purpose. Motor vehicle fuel tax revenues | 11622 |
may not be used for operating assistance or for the purchase of | 11623 |
vehicles, equipment, or maintenance facilities. | 11624 |
Section 203.90. The federal payments made to the state for | 11625 |
highway infrastructure or for transit agencies under Title XII of | 11626 |
Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | 11627 |
shall be deposited to the credit of the Highway Operating Fund | 11628 |
(Fund 7002), which is created in section 5735.291 of the Revised | 11629 |
Code. | 11630 |
Section 205.10. DPS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | 11631 |
State Highway Safety Fund Group | 11632 |
4W40 | 762321 | Operating Expense - BMV | $ | 127,359,268 | $ | 127,268,957 | 11633 | ||||
5V10 | 762682 | License Plate Contribution | $ | 2,100,000 | $ | 2,100,000 | 11634 | ||||
7036 | 761321 | Operating Expense - Information and Education | $ | 6,264,266 | $ | 6,208,531 | 11635 | ||||
7036 | 761401 | Lease Rental Payments | $ | 2,472,300 | $ | 2,473,100 | 11636 | ||||
7036 | 761630 | Motorcycle Programs | $ | 3,280,563 | $ | 3,280,563 | 11637 | ||||
7036 | 764033 | Minor Capital Projects | $ | 1,250,000 | $ | 1,250,000 | 11638 | ||||
7036 | 764321 | Operating Expense - Highway Patrol | $ | 268,232,602 | $ | 270,232,602 | 11639 | ||||
7036 | 764605 | Motor Carrier Enforcement Expenses | $ | 2,860,000 | $ | 2,860,000 | 11640 | ||||
8300 | 761603 | Salvage and Exchange - Administration | $ | 20,053 | $ | 20,053 | 11641 | ||||
8310 | 761610 | Information and Education - Federal | $ | 300,000 | $ | 300,000 | 11642 | ||||
8310 | 764608 | FARS Grant Federal | $ | 175,000 | $ | 175,000 | 11643 | ||||
8310 | 764610 | Patrol - Federal | $ | 2,250,000 | $ | 2,250,000 | 11644 | ||||
8310 | 764659 | Transportation Enforcement - Federal | $ | 5,200,000 | $ | 5,200,000 | 11645 | ||||
8310 | 765610 | EMS - Federal | $ | 225,000 | $ | 225,000 | 11646 | ||||
8310 | 769610 | Investigative Unit Federal Reimbursement | $ | 1,400,000 | $ | 1,400,000 | 11647 | ||||
8310 | 769631 | Homeland Security - Federal | $ | 750,000 | $ | 400,000 | 11648 | ||||
8320 | 761612 | Traffic Safety - Federal | $ | 22,000,000 | $ | 22,000,000 | 11649 | ||||
8350 | 762616 | Financial Responsibility Compliance | $ | 5,274,068 | $ | 5,274,068 | 11650 | ||||
8370 | 764602 | Turnpike Policing | $ | 11,553,959 | $ | 11,553,959 | 11651 | ||||
83C0 | 764630 | Contraband, Forfeiture, Other | $ | 622,894 | $ | 622,894 | 11652 | ||||
83F0 | 764657 | Law Enforcement Automated Data System | $ | 8,500,000 | $ | 8,500,000 | 11653 | ||||
83G0 | 764633 | OMVI Enforcement/Education | $ | 641,927 | $ | 641,927 | 11654 | ||||
83J0 | 764693 | Highway Patrol Justice Contraband | $ | 2,100,000 | $ | 2,100,000 | 11655 | ||||
83M0 | 765624 | Operating - EMS | $ | 2,711,069 | $ | 2,711,069 | 11656 | ||||
83M0 | 765640 | EMS - Grants | $ | 3,300,000 | $ | 3,300,000 | 11657 | ||||
83R0 | 762639 | Local Immobilization Reimbursement | $ | 450,000 | $ | 450,000 | 11658 | ||||
83T0 | 764694 | Highway Patrol Treasury Contraband | $ | 21,000 | $ | 21,000 | 11659 | ||||
8400 | 764607 | State Fair Security | $ | 1,294,354 | $ | 1,294,354 | 11660 | ||||
8400 | 764617 | Security and Investigations | $ | 8,793,865 | $ | 9,514,236 | 11661 | ||||
8400 | 764626 | State Fairgrounds Police Force | $ | 1,047,560 | $ | 1,084,559 | 11662 | ||||
8400 | 769632 | Homeland Security - Operating | $ | 650,000 | $ | 630,000 | 11663 | ||||
8410 | 764603 | Salvage and Exchange - Highway Patrol | $ | 1,339,399 | $ | 1,339,399 | 11664 | ||||
8490 | 762627 | Automated Title Processing Board | $ | 16,675,513 | $ | 16,467,293 | 11665 | ||||
TOTAL HSF State Highway Safety Fund Group | $ | 511,114,660 | $ | 513,148,564 | 11666 |
General Services Fund Group | 11667 |
4P60 | 768601 | Justice Program Services | $ | 900,000 | $ | 875,000 | 11668 | ||||
4S30 | 766661 | Hilltop Utility Reimbursement | $ | 540,800 | $ | 540,800 | 11669 | ||||
5ET0 | 768625 | Drug Law Enforcement | $ | 4,250,000 | $ | 4,250,000 | 11670 | ||||
5LM0 | 768698 | Criminal Justice Services Law Enforcement Support | $ | 850,946 | $ | 850,946 | 11671 | ||||
TOTAL GSF General Services Fund Group | $ | 6,541,746 | $ | 6,516,746 | 11672 |
Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | 11673 |
3290 | 763645 | Federal Mitigation Program | $ | 10,413,642 | $ | 10,413,642 | 11674 | ||||
3370 | 763609 | Federal Disaster Relief | $ | 27,707,636 | $ | 27,707,636 | 11675 | ||||
3390 | 763647 | Emergency Management Assistance and Training | $ | 70,934,765 | $ | 70,934,765 | 11676 | ||||
3CE0 | 768611 | Justice Assistance Grants – FFY09 | $ | 400,000 | $ | 100,000 | 11677 | ||||
3DE0 | 768612 | Federal Stimulus - Justice Assistance Grants | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 300,000 | 11678 | ||||
3DU0 | 762628 | BMV Grants | $ | 1,350,000 | $ | 1,325,000 | 11679 | ||||
3EU0 | 768614 | Justice Assistance Grants – FFY10 | $ | 830,000 | $ | 500,000 | 11680 | ||||
3FK0 | 768615 | Justice Assistance Grants – FFY11 | $ | 900,000 | $ | 900,000 | 11681 | ||||
3FP0 | 767620 | Ohio Investigative Unit Justice Contraband | $ | 55,000 | $ | 55,000 | 11682 | ||||
3FY0 | 768616 | Justice Assistance Grants – FFY12 | $ | 2,200,000 | $ | 1,500,000 | 11683 | ||||
3FZ0 | 768617 | Justice Assistance Grants – FFY13 | $ | 7,000,000 | $ | 2,000,000 | 11684 | ||||
3GA0 | 768618 | Justice Assistance Grants – FFY14 | $ | 0 | $ | 7,500,000 | 11685 | ||||
3L50 | 768604 | Justice Program | $ | 10,500,000 | $ | 10,500,000 | 11686 | ||||
3N50 | 763644 | U.S. Department of Energy Agreement | $ | 31,672 | $ | 31,672 | 11687 | ||||
TOTAL FED Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 133,322,715 | $ | 133,767,715 | 11688 |
State Special Revenue Fund Group | 11689 |
4V30 | 763662 | Storms/NOAA Maintenance | $ | 4,950,000 | $ | 4,950,000 | 11690 | ||||
5390 | 762614 | Motor Vehicle Dealers Board | $ | 150,000 | $ | 140,000 | 11691 | ||||
5B90 | 766632 | Private Investigator and Security Guard Provider | $ | 1,400,000 | $ | 1,400,000 | 11692 | ||||
5BK0 | 768687 | Criminal Justice Services - Operating | $ | 400,000 | $ | 400,000 | 11693 | ||||
5BK0 | 768689 | Family Violence Shelter Programs | $ | 750,000 | $ | 750,000 | 11694 | ||||
5BP0 | 764609 | DPS Wireless 911 Administration | $ | 290,000 | $ | 290,000 | 11695 | ||||
5CM0 | 767691 | Equitable Share Account | $ | 300,000 | $ | 300,000 | 11696 | ||||
5DS0 | 769630 | Homeland Security | $ | 1,414,384 | $ | 1,414,384 | 11697 | ||||
5FF0 | 762621 | Indigent Interlock and Alcohol Monitoring | $ | 2,000,000 | $ | 2,000,000 | 11698 | ||||
5FL0 | 769634 | Investigations | $ | 899,300 | $ | 899,300 | 11699 | ||||
5ML0 | 769635 | Infrastructure Protection | $ | 400,000 | $ | 400,000 | 11700 | ||||
6220 | 767615 | Investigative Contraband and Forfeiture | $ | 325,000 | $ | 325,000 | 11701 | ||||
6570 | 763652 | Utility Radiological Safety | $ | 1,415,945 | $ | 1,415,945 | 11702 | ||||
6810 | 763653 | SARA Title III HAZMAT Planning | $ | 262,438 | $ | 262,438 | 11703 | ||||
8500 | 767628 | Investigative Unit Salvage | $ | 92,700 | $ | 92,700 | 11704 | ||||
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 15,049,767 | $ | 15,039,767 | 11705 |
Agency Fund Group | 11706 |
5J90 | 761678 | Federal Salvage/GSA | $ | 1,500,000 | $ | 1,500,000 | 11707 | ||||
TOTAL AGY Agency Fund Group | $ | 1,500,000 | $ | 1,500,000 | 11708 |
Holding Account Redistribution Fund Group | 11709 |
R024 | 762619 | Unidentified Motor Vehicle Receipts | $ | 1,885,000 | $ | 1,885,000 | 11710 | ||||
R052 | 762623 | Security Deposits | $ | 350,000 | $ | 350,000 | 11711 | ||||
TOTAL 090 Holding Account Redistribution Fund Group | $ | 2,235,000 | $ | 2,235,000 | 11712 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 669,763,888 | $ | 672,207,792 | 11713 |
MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION | 11714 |
The Registrar of Motor Vehicles may deposit revenues to meet | 11715 |
the cash needs of the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles Fund (Fund | 11716 |
4W40) established in section 4501.25 of the Revised Code, obtained | 11717 |
under sections 4503.02 and 4504.02 of the Revised Code, less all | 11718 |
other available cash. Revenue deposited pursuant to this paragraph | 11719 |
shall support, in part, appropriations for operating expenses and | 11720 |
defray the cost of manufacturing and distributing license plates | 11721 |
and license plate stickers and enforcing the law relative to the | 11722 |
operation and registration of motor vehicles. Notwithstanding | 11723 |
section 4501.03 of the Revised Code, the revenues shall be paid | 11724 |
into Fund 4W40 before any revenues obtained pursuant to sections | 11725 |
4503.02 and 4504.02 of the Revised Code are paid into any other | 11726 |
fund. The deposit of revenues to meet the aforementioned cash | 11727 |
needs shall be in approximately equal amounts on a monthly basis | 11728 |
or as otherwise determined by the Director of Budget and | 11729 |
Management pursuant to a plan submitted by the Registrar of Motor | 11730 |
Vehicles. | 11731 |
LEASE RENTAL PAYMENTS | 11732 |
The foregoing appropriation item 761401, Lease Rental | 11733 |
Payments, shall be used for payments to the Treasurer of State for | 11734 |
the period July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2015, under the primary | 11735 |
leases and agreements for public safety related buildings. The | 11736 |
appropriations are the source of funds pledged for bond service | 11737 |
charges on obligations pursuant to Chapters 152. and 154. of the | 11738 |
Revised Code. | 11739 |
CASH TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS | 11740 |
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the | 11741 |
Director of Budget and Management, upon the written request of the | 11742 |
Director of Public Safety, may transfer cash between the following | 11743 |
six funds: the Trauma and Emergency Medical Services Fund (Fund | 11744 |
83M0), the Homeland Security Fund (Fund 5DS0), the Investigations | 11745 |
Fund (Fund 5FL0), the Emergency Management Agency Service and | 11746 |
Reimbursement Fund (Fund 4V30), the Justice Program Services Fund | 11747 |
(Fund 4P60), and the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles Fund (Fund | 11748 |
4W40). | 11749 |
CASH TRANSFER FROM TEEN DRIVER EDUCATION FUND TO LICENSE | 11750 |
PLATE CONTRIBUTION FUND | 11751 |
On July 1, 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter, the | 11752 |
Director of Budget and Management may transfer the unexpended and | 11753 |
unencumbered cash balance in the Teen Driver Education Fund (Fund | 11754 |
5JS0) to the License Plate Contribution Fund (Fund 5V10). Upon | 11755 |
completion of the transfer, Fund 5JS0 is hereby abolished. | 11756 |
CASH TRANSFER FROM HILLTOP UTILITY REIMBURSEMENT FUND TO | 11757 |
STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY FUND | 11758 |
Not later than January 1, 2014, the Director of Budget and | 11759 |
Management may transfer the unexpended and unencumbered cash | 11760 |
balance in the Hilltop Utility Reimbursement Fund (Fund 4S30) to | 11761 |
the State Highway Safety Fund (Fund 7036). Upon completion of the | 11762 |
transfer, Fund 4S30 is hereby abolished. | 11763 |
CASH TRANSFER FROM REGISTRAR RENTAL FUND TO STATE HIGHWAY | 11764 |
SAFETY FUND | 11765 |
On July 1, 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter, the | 11766 |
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer the unexpended | 11767 |
and unencumbered cash balance in the Registrar Rental Fund (Fund | 11768 |
8380) to the State Highway Safety Fund (Fund 7036). Upon | 11769 |
completion of the transfer, Fund 8380 is abolished. | 11770 |
CASH TRANSFER FROM MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND EDUCATION FUND TO | 11771 |
STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY FUND | 11772 |
Not later than January 1, 2014, the Director of Budget and | 11773 |
Management shall transfer the unexpended and unencumbered cash | 11774 |
balance in the Motorcycle Safety and Education Fund (Fund 8460) to | 11775 |
the State Highway Safety Fund (Fund 7036). Upon completion of the | 11776 |
transfer, Fund 8460 is abolished. | 11777 |
STATE DISASTER RELIEF | 11778 |
The State Disaster Relief Fund (Fund 5330) may accept | 11779 |
transfers of cash and appropriations from Controlling Board | 11780 |
appropriation items for Ohio Emergency Management Agency disaster | 11781 |
response costs and disaster program management costs, and may also | 11782 |
be used for the following purposes: | 11783 |
(A) To accept transfers of cash and appropriations from | 11784 |
Controlling Board appropriation items for Ohio Emergency | 11785 |
Management Agency public assistance and mitigation program match | 11786 |
costs to reimburse eligible local governments and private | 11787 |
nonprofit organizations for costs related to disasters; | 11788 |
(B) To accept and transfer cash to reimburse the costs | 11789 |
associated with Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) | 11790 |
deployments; | 11791 |
(C) To accept disaster related reimbursement from federal, | 11792 |
state, and local governments. The Director of Budget and | 11793 |
Management may transfer cash from reimbursements received by this | 11794 |
fund to other funds of the state from which transfers were | 11795 |
originally approved by the Controlling Board. | 11796 |
(D) To accept transfers of cash and appropriations from | 11797 |
Controlling Board appropriation items to fund the State Disaster | 11798 |
Relief Program, for disasters that qualify for the program by | 11799 |
written authorization of the Governor, and the State Individual | 11800 |
Assistance Program for disasters that have been declared by the | 11801 |
federal Small Business Administration and that qualify for the | 11802 |
program by written authorization of the Governor. The Ohio | 11803 |
Emergency Management Agency shall publish and make available | 11804 |
application packets outlining procedures for the State Disaster | 11805 |
Relief Program and the State Individual Assistance Program. | 11806 |
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUND | 11807 |
The federal payments made to the state for the Byrne Justice | 11808 |
Assistance Grants Program under Title II of Division A of the | 11809 |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall be deposited | 11810 |
to the credit of the Justice Assistance Grant Fund (Fund 3DE0), | 11811 |
which is hereby created in the state treasury. All investment | 11812 |
earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. | 11813 |
TRANSFER FROM STATE FIRE MARSHAL FUND TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | 11814 |
AGENCY SERVICE AND REIMBURSEMENT FUND | 11815 |
On July 1 of each fiscal year, or as soon as possible | 11816 |
thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall transfer | 11817 |
$200,000 cash from the State Fire Marshal Fund (Fund 5460) to the | 11818 |
Emergency Management Agency Service and Reimbursement Fund (Fund | 11819 |
4V30) to be distributed to the Ohio Task Force One – Urban Search | 11820 |
and Rescue Unit and other urban search and rescue programs around | 11821 |
the state. | 11822 |
FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUND | 11823 |
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in each | 11824 |
of fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the first $750,000 received to the | 11825 |
credit of the Family Violence Prevention Fund (Fund 5BK0) is | 11826 |
appropriated to appropriation item 768689, Family Violence Shelter | 11827 |
Programs, and the next $400,000 received to the credit of Fund | 11828 |
5BK0 in each of those fiscal years is appropriated to | 11829 |
appropriation item 768687, Criminal Justice Services - Operating. | 11830 |
Any moneys received to the credit of Fund 5BK0 in excess of the | 11831 |
aforementioned appropriated amounts in each fiscal year shall, | 11832 |
upon the approval of the Controlling Board, be used to provide | 11833 |
grants to family violence shelters in Ohio. | 11834 |
SARA TITLE III HAZMAT PLANNING | 11835 |
The SARA Title III HAZMAT Planning Fund (Fund 6810) is | 11836 |
entitled to receive grant funds from the Emergency Response | 11837 |
Commission to implement the Emergency Management Agency's | 11838 |
responsibilities under Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code. | 11839 |
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING INCREASES | 11840 |
Notwithstanding division (D) of section 127.14 and division | 11841 |
(B) of section 131.35 of the Revised Code, except for the General | 11842 |
Revenue Fund, the Controlling Board may, upon the request of | 11843 |
either the Director of Budget and Management, or the Department of | 11844 |
Public Safety with the approval of the Director of Budget and | 11845 |
Management, authorize expenditures in excess of appropriations and | 11846 |
transfer appropriations, as necessary, for any fund used by the | 11847 |
Department of Public Safety, to assist in paying the costs of | 11848 |
increases in employee compensation that have occurred pursuant to | 11849 |
collective bargaining agreements under Chapter 4117. of the | 11850 |
Revised Code and, for exempt employees, under section 124.152 of | 11851 |
the Revised Code. Any money approved for expenditure under this | 11852 |
paragraph is hereby appropriated. | 11853 |
CASH BALANCE FUND REVIEW | 11854 |
Not later than the first day of April in each fiscal year of | 11855 |
the biennium, the Director of Budget and Management shall review | 11856 |
the cash balances for each fund, except the State Highway Safety | 11857 |
Fund (Fund 7036) and the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles Fund (Fund | 11858 |
4W40), in the State Highway Safety Fund Group, and shall recommend | 11859 |
to the Controlling Board an amount to be transferred to the credit | 11860 |
of Fund 7036 or Fund 4W40, as appropriate. | 11861 |
AUTO REGISTRATION DISTRIBUTION FUND | 11862 |
Notwithstanding the amendment by this act to section 4501.03 | 11863 |
of the Revised Code and the enactment by this act of section | 11864 |
4501.031 of the Revised Code, any license tax assessed under | 11865 |
Chapters 4503. or 4504. of the Revised Code, and derived from | 11866 |
registrations processed on business days prior to July 1, 2013, | 11867 |
shall be deposited to the state treasury to the credit of the Auto | 11868 |
Registration Distribution Fund (Fund 7051) created by section | 11869 |
4501.03 of the Revised Code, even if such deposit does not occur | 11870 |
until on or after July 1, 2013. All license tax assessed on | 11871 |
registrations under Chapters 4503. or 4504. of the Revised Code | 11872 |
prior to July 1, 2013, shall be deposited, and distributed, in | 11873 |
accordance with sections 4501.03, 4501.04, 4501.041, 4501.042, and | 11874 |
4501.043 of the Revised Code as they existed prior to the | 11875 |
amendments to those sections by this act. | 11876 |
Section 207.10. DEV DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AGENCY | 11877 |
State Special Revenue Fund Group | 11878 |
4W00 | 195629 | Roadwork Development | $ | 15,199,900 | $ | 15,199,900 | 11879 | ||||
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue | 11880 | ||||||||||
Fund Group | $ | 15,199,900 | $ | 15,199,900 | 11881 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 15,199,900 | $ | 15,199,900 | 11882 |
ROADWORK DEVELOPMENT FUND | 11883 |
The Roadwork Development Fund shall be used for road | 11884 |
improvements associated with economic development opportunities | 11885 |
that will retain or attract businesses for Ohio. "Road | 11886 |
improvements" are improvements to public roadway facilities | 11887 |
located on, or serving or capable of serving, a project site. | 11888 |
The Department of Transportation, under the direction of the | 11889 |
Development Services Agency, shall provide these funds in | 11890 |
accordance with all guidelines and requirements established for | 11891 |
Development Services Agency appropriation item 195623, Business | 11892 |
Incentive Grants, including Controlling Board review and approval | 11893 |
as well as the requirements for usage of gas tax revenue | 11894 |
prescribed in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution. Should | 11895 |
the Development Services Agency require the assistance of the | 11896 |
Department of Transportation to bring a project to completion, the | 11897 |
Department of Transportation shall use its authority under Title | 11898 |
LV of the Revised Code to provide such assistance and may enter | 11899 |
into contracts on behalf of the Development Services Agency. In | 11900 |
addition, these funds may be used in conjunction with | 11901 |
appropriation item 195623, Business Incentive Grants, or any other | 11902 |
state funds appropriated for infrastructure improvements. | 11903 |
The Director of Budget and Management, pursuant to a plan | 11904 |
submitted by the Director of Development Services or as otherwise | 11905 |
determined by the Director of Budget and Management, shall set a | 11906 |
cash transfer schedule to meet the cash needs of the Development | 11907 |
Services Agency Roadwork Development Fund (Fund 4W00), less any | 11908 |
other available cash. The Director shall transfer to the Roadwork | 11909 |
Development Fund from the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002), | 11910 |
established in section 5735.291 of the Revised Code, such amounts | 11911 |
at such times as determined by the transfer schedule. | 11912 |
Section 209.10. PWC PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION | 11913 |
Local Transportation Improvements Fund Group | 11914 |
7052 | 150402 | Local Transportation Improvement Program - Operating | $ | 292,526 | $ | 296,555 | 11915 | ||||
7052 | 150701 | Local Transportation Improvement Program | $ | 52,000,000 | $ | 52,000,000 | 11916 | ||||
TOTAL 052 Local Transportation | 11917 | ||||||||||
Improvements Fund Group | $ | 52,292,526 | $ | 52,296,555 | 11918 |
Local Infrastructure Improvements Fund Group | 11919 |
7038 | 150321 | State Capital Improvements Program - Operating Expenses | $ | 902,579 | $ | 909,665 | 11920 | ||||
TOTAL LIF Local Infrastructure | 11921 | ||||||||||
Improvements Fund Group | $ | 902,579 | $ | 909,665 | 11922 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 53,195,105 | $ | 53,206,220 | 11923 |
PUBLIC WORKS OPERATING EXPENSES | 11924 |
The forgoing appropriation item 150321, State Capital | 11925 |
Improvements Program-Operating Expenses, shall be used by the Ohio | 11926 |
Public Works Commission to administer the State Capital | 11927 |
Improvement Program under sections 164.01 to 164.16 of the Revised | 11928 |
Code. | 11929 |
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION COSTS | 11930 |
The Director of the Public Works Commission is authorized to | 11931 |
create a District Administration Costs Program from interest | 11932 |
earnings of the Capital Improvements Fund and Local Transportation | 11933 |
Improvement Program Fund proceeds. The program shall be used to | 11934 |
provide for the direct costs of district administration of the | 11935 |
nineteen public works districts. Districts choosing to participate | 11936 |
in the program shall only expend State Capital Improvements Fund | 11937 |
moneys for State Capital Improvements Fund costs and Local | 11938 |
Transportation Improvement Program Fund moneys for Local | 11939 |
Transportation Improvement Program Fund costs. The account shall | 11940 |
not exceed $1,235,000 per fiscal year. Each public works district | 11941 |
may be eligible for up to $65,000 per fiscal year from its | 11942 |
district allocation as provided in sections 164.08 and 164.14 of | 11943 |
the Revised Code. | 11944 |
The Director, by rule, shall define allowable and | 11945 |
nonallowable costs for the purpose of the District Administration | 11946 |
Costs Program. Nonallowable costs include indirect costs, elected | 11947 |
official salaries and benefits, and project-specific costs. No | 11948 |
district public works committee may participate in the District | 11949 |
Administration Costs Program without the approval of those costs | 11950 |
by the district public works committee under section 164.04 of the | 11951 |
Revised Code. | 11952 |
REAPPROPRIATIONS | 11953 |
All capital appropriations from the Local Transportation | 11954 |
Improvement Program Fund (Fund 7052) in Am. Sub. H.B. 114 of the | 11955 |
129th General Assembly remaining unencumbered as of June 30, 2013, | 11956 |
are reappropriated for use during the period July 1, 2013, through | 11957 |
June 30, 2014, for the same purpose. | 11958 |
Notwithstanding division (B) of section 127.14 of the Revised | 11959 |
Code, all capital appropriations and reappropriations from the | 11960 |
Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund (Fund 7052) in this | 11961 |
act remaining unencumbered as of June 30, 2014, are reappropriated | 11962 |
for use during the period July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015, for | 11963 |
the same purposes, subject to the availability of revenue as | 11964 |
determined by the Director of the Public Works Commission. | 11965 |
TEMPORARY TRANSFERS | 11966 |
Notwithstanding section 127.14 of the Revised Code, the | 11967 |
Director of the Public Works Commission may request the Director | 11968 |
of Budget and Management to transfer moneys from the Local | 11969 |
Transportation Improvement Fund (Fund 7052) to the State Capital | 11970 |
Improvement Fund (Fund 7038) and the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund | 11971 |
(Fund 7056). The Director of Budget and Management may approve | 11972 |
temporary transfers if such transfers are needed for capital | 11973 |
outlays for which notes or bonds will be issued. Any transfers | 11974 |
executed under this section shall be reported to the Controlling | 11975 |
Board by June 30 of the fiscal year in which the transfer | 11976 |
occurred. | 11977 |
Section 503.10. STATE AND LOCAL REBATE AUTHORIZATION | 11978 |
There is hereby appropriated, from those funds designated by | 11979 |
or pursuant to the applicable proceedings authorizing the issuance | 11980 |
of state obligations, amounts computed at the time to represent | 11981 |
the portion of investment income to be rebated or amounts in lieu | 11982 |
of or in addition to any rebate amount to be paid to the federal | 11983 |
government in order to maintain the exclusion from gross income | 11984 |
for federal income tax purposes of interest on those state | 11985 |
obligations under section 148(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11986 |
Rebate payments shall be approved and vouchered by the Office | 11987 |
of Budget and Management. | 11988 |
Section 503.20. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PARKS SPECIAL | 11989 |
PURPOSES | 11990 |
Appropriation item 725509, Parks Special Purposes, is hereby | 11991 |
established in the General Revenue Fund with an appropriation of | 11992 |
$14,000,000 in fiscal year 2013. The appropriation item shall be | 11993 |
used by the Department of Natural Resources to facilitate the | 11994 |
mutual termination of a lease agreement between the City of | 11995 |
Cleveland and the Department of Natural Resources for Cleveland | 11996 |
Lakefront Parks. | 11997 |
Section 506.10. Notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section | 11998 |
4501.044 and division (A)(1) of section 4501.045 of the Revised | 11999 |
Code, commencing July 1, 2013, and extending through June 30, | 12000 |
2014, the Director of Public Safety shall deposit the money | 12001 |
otherwise deposited and distributed in accordance with those | 12002 |
divisions into the State Highway Safety Fund (Fund 7036) created | 12003 |
by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code until such time as the | 12004 |
deposits equal a cumulative total of $24,000,000. At that point, | 12005 |
the Director shall cease depositing any such money into Fund 7036 | 12006 |
and shall deposit and distribute that money as prescribed in | 12007 |
division (A)(3) of section 4501.044 and division (A)(1) of section | 12008 |
4501.045 of the Revised Code. | 12009 |
Notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section 4501.044 and | 12010 |
division (A)(1) of section 4501.045 of the Revised Code, | 12011 |
commencing July 1, 2014, and extending through June 30, 2015, the | 12012 |
Director of Public Safety shall deposit the money otherwise | 12013 |
deposited and distributed in accordance with those divisions into | 12014 |
the State Highway Safety Fund (Fund 7036) created by section | 12015 |
4501.06 of the Revised Code until such time as the deposits equal | 12016 |
a cumulative total of $24,000,000. At that point, the Director | 12017 |
shall cease depositing any such money into Fund 7036 and shall | 12018 |
deposit and distribute that money as prescribed in division (A)(3) | 12019 |
of section 4501.044 and division (A)(1) of section 4501.045 of the | 12020 |
Revised Code. | 12021 |
Section 509.10. AUTHORIZATION FOR TREASURER OF STATE AND OBM | 12022 |
TO EFFECTUATE CERTAIN LEASE RENTAL PAYMENTS | 12023 |
The Director of Budget and Management shall initiate and | 12024 |
process payments from lease rental payment appropriation items | 12025 |
during the period from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015, pursuant to | 12026 |
the lease agreements for bonds or notes issued under Section 2i of | 12027 |
Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution and Chapters 152. and 154. | 12028 |
of the Revised Code. Payments shall be made upon certification by | 12029 |
the Treasurer of State of the dates and amounts due on those | 12030 |
dates. | 12031 |
Section 509.20. LEASE AND DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS | 12032 |
Certain appropriations are in this act for the purpose of | 12033 |
lease rental and other payments under leases and agreements | 12034 |
relating to bonds or notes issued under the Ohio Constitution and | 12035 |
acts of the General Assembly. If it is determined that additional | 12036 |
appropriations are necessary for this purpose, such amounts are | 12037 |
hereby appropriated. | 12038 |
Section 512.10. TRANSFERS OF CASH BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY | 12039 |
OPERATING FUND AND THE HIGHWAY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND | 12040 |
Upon the request of the Director of Transportation, the | 12041 |
Director of Budget and Management may transfer cash from the | 12042 |
Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002) to the Highway Capital | 12043 |
Improvement Fund (Fund 7042) created in section 5528.53 of the | 12044 |
Revised Code. The Director of Budget and Management may transfer | 12045 |
cash from Fund 7042 to Fund 7002 up to the amount of cash | 12046 |
previously transferred to Fund 7042 under this section. | 12047 |
Section 512.20. MONTHLY TRANSFERS TO GASOLINE EXCISE TAX FUND | 12048 |
The Director of Budget and Management shall transfer cash in | 12049 |
equal monthly increments totaling $171,724,944 in fiscal year 2014 | 12050 |
and in equal monthly increments totaling $173,884,776 in fiscal | 12051 |
year 2015 from the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002), created in | 12052 |
section 5735.291 of the Revised Code, to the Gasoline Excise Tax | 12053 |
Fund (Fund 7060) created in division (A) of section 5735.27 of the | 12054 |
Revised Code. The monthly amounts transferred under this section | 12055 |
shall be distributed as follows: 42.86 per cent shall be | 12056 |
distributed among the municipal corporations within the state | 12057 |
under division (A)(2) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code; | 12058 |
37.14 per cent shall be distributed among the counties within the | 12059 |
state under division (A)(3) of section 5735.27 of the Revised | 12060 |
Code; and 20 per cent shall be distributed among the townships | 12061 |
within the state under division (A)(5)(b) of section 5735.27 of | 12062 |
the Revised Code. | 12063 |
Section 512.30. DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR ODOT FUNDING | 12064 |
On July 1, 2013, and on January 1, 2014, or as soon as | 12065 |
possible thereafter, respectively, the Director of Budget and | 12066 |
Management shall transfer $200,000 in cash, for each period, from | 12067 |
the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002) to the Deputy Inspector | 12068 |
General for ODOT Fund (Fund 5FA0). | 12069 |
On July 1, 2014, and on January 1, 2015, or as soon as | 12070 |
possible thereafter, respectively, the Director of Budget and | 12071 |
Management shall transfer $200,000 in cash, for each period, from | 12072 |
the Highway Operating Fund (Fund 7002) to the Deputy Inspector | 12073 |
General for ODOT Fund (Fund 5FA0). | 12074 |
Should additional amounts be necessary, the Inspector | 12075 |
General, with the consent of the Director of Budget and | 12076 |
Management, may seek Controlling Board approval for additional | 12077 |
transfers of cash and to increase the amount appropriated from | 12078 |
appropriation item 965603, Deputy Inspector General for ODOT, in | 12079 |
the amount of the additional transfers. | 12080 |
Section 601.10. That Section 10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 386 of the | 12081 |
129th General Assembly be amended to read as follows: | 12082 |
Sec. 10. | 12083 |
within three months after the receipt of moneys into the Casino | 12084 |
Operator Settlement Fund created in section 3772.34 of the Revised | 12085 |
Code, the Director of Budget and Management shall pay one million | 12086 |
dollars | 12087 |
township in which each commercial racetrack is located, including | 12088 |
a municipal corporation or township to which a racetrack is to | 12089 |
relocate as specified in the memorandum of understanding of | 12090 |
February 17, 2012, between the Office of the Governor, State of | 12091 |
Ohio, and Penn National Gaming, Inc., pertaining to racing permit | 12092 |
transfers, but excluding the previous municipal corporation or | 12093 |
township of each moved track and excluding a municipal corporation | 12094 |
or township in a county with a population between 1,100,000 and | 12095 |
1,200,000 in the most recent federal decennial census. | 12096 |
12097 | |
12098 | |
12099 | |
within six months after the first payments made under this | 12100 |
section, the Director of Budget and Management shall pay an | 12101 |
additional one million dollars | 12102 |
municipal corporations and townships | 12103 |
12104 | |
12105 | |
municipal corporation or township receiving such a payment shall | 12106 |
use at least fifty per cent of the funds received for | 12107 |
infrastructure or capital improvements. If after either of the | 12108 |
payments referenced in this section, a municipal corporation or | 12109 |
township loses a racetrack as a result of the racetrack permit | 12110 |
holder's decision to relocate to another municipal corporation or | 12111 |
township, the municipal corporation or township losing the | 12112 |
racetrack becomes eligible for a payment from the Racetrack | 12113 |
Facility Community Economic Redevelopment Fund provided for in | 12114 |
Sections 7 and 8 of H.B. 386 of the 129th General Assembly. Such a | 12115 |
municipal corporation or township shall not receive more than the | 12116 |
sum of $3 million minus any payments made by the Director of | 12117 |
Budget and Management in accordance with this section. The | 12118 |
Director of Budget and Management is also authorized to establish | 12119 |
any necessary appropriation items in the appropriate funds and | 12120 |
agencies in order to make any payments required under this | 12121 |
section. Any funds in such items are hereby appropriated. | 12122 |
Section 601.11. That existing Section 10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 386 | 12123 |
of the 129th General Assembly is hereby repealed. | 12124 |
Section 601.20. That Sections 203.80 and 203.83 of Sub. H.B. | 12125 |
482 of the 129th General Assembly be amended to read as follows: | 12126 |
Sec. 203.80. The items set forth in this section are hereby | 12127 |
appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit | 12128 |
of the Ohio Parks and Natural Resources Fund (Fund 7031) that are | 12129 |
not otherwise appropriated. | 12130 |
Appropriations |
12131 | |
C72549 | ODNR Facilities Development | $ | 500,000 | 12132 | |||
C725B7 | Underground Fuel Storage Tank Removal/Replacement - Department | $ | 250,000 | 12133 | |||
C725E1 | NatureWorks Local Park Grants | $ | 4,790,000 | 12134 | |||
C725E5 | Project Planning | $ | 400,000 | 12135 | |||
C725M0 | Dam Rehabilitation - Department | $ | 12136 | ||||
C725N5 | Wastewater/Water Systems Upgrade - Department | $ | 8,000,000 | 12137 | |||
Total Department of Natural Resources | $ | 12138 | |||||
TOTAL Ohio Parks and Natural Resources Fund | $ | 12139 |
Sec. 203.83. The Ohio Public Facilities Commission is hereby | 12141 |
authorized to issue and sell, in accordance with Section 21 of | 12142 |
Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and Chapter 151. and particularly | 12143 |
sections 151.01 and 151.05 of the Revised Code, original | 12144 |
obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed | 12145 |
$ | 12146 |
obligations heretofore authorized by prior acts of the General | 12147 |
Assembly. These authorized obligations shall be issued, subject to | 12148 |
applicable constitutional and statutory limitations, as needed to | 12149 |
provide sufficient moneys to the credit of the Ohio Parks and | 12150 |
Natural Resources Fund (Fund 7031) to pay costs of capital | 12151 |
facilities as defined in sections 151.01 and 151.05 of the Revised | 12152 |
Code. | 12153 |
Section 601.21. That existing Sections 203.80 and 203.83 of | 12154 |
Sub. H.B. 482 of the 129th General Assembly are hereby repealed. | 12155 |
Section 701.10. The Auditor of State shall conduct a | 12156 |
performance audit of the Department of Transportation. The | 12157 |
Department shall cooperate fully with the Auditor of State in the | 12158 |
conduct of the performance audit. | 12159 |
Section 701.20. To the extent permitted by federal law, | 12160 |
federal money received by the state for fiscal stabilization and | 12161 |
recovery purposes shall be used in accordance with the preferences | 12162 |
for products and services made or performed in the United States | 12163 |
and Ohio established in section 125.09 of the Revised Code. | 12164 |
Section 747.10. On the effective date of the amendments made | 12165 |
to section 4765.02 of the Revised Code by this act, the member of | 12166 |
the renamed State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and | 12167 |
Transportation Services who is an administrator of an adult or | 12168 |
pediatric trauma center shall cease to be a member of the Board. | 12169 |
On the effective date of the amendments made to section 4765.02 of | 12170 |
the Revised Code by this act, the member of the renamed State | 12171 |
Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services who | 12172 |
is a member of the Ohio Ambulance Association shall cease to be a | 12173 |
member of the Board. On the effective date of the amendments made | 12174 |
to section 4765.02 of the Revised Code by this act, the member of | 12175 |
the renamed State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and | 12176 |
Transportation Services who is a physician certified by the | 12177 |
American board of surgery, American board of osteopathic surgery, | 12178 |
American osteopathic board of emergency medicine, or American | 12179 |
board of emergency medicine, is chief medical officer of an air | 12180 |
medical agency, and is currently active in providing emergency | 12181 |
medical services shall cease to be a member of the Board. On the | 12182 |
effective date of the amendments made to section 4765.02 of the | 12183 |
Revised Code by this act, of the members of the renamed State | 12184 |
Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services who | 12185 |
were EMTs, AEMTs, or paramedics and were appointed to the Board in | 12186 |
that capacity, only the members who are designated by the Governor | 12187 |
to continue to be members of the Board shall continue to be so; | 12188 |
the other persons shall cease to be members of the Board. On the | 12189 |
effective date of the amendments made to section 4765.02 of the | 12190 |
Revised Code by this act, the member of the renamed State Board of | 12191 |
Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services who is a | 12192 |
registered nurse and is in the active practice of emergency | 12193 |
nursing shall cease to be a member of the Board. Not later than | 12194 |
sixty days after the effective date of those amendments, the | 12195 |
Governor shall appoint to the renamed State Board of Emergency | 12196 |
Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services a registered nurse with | 12197 |
EMS certification who performs mobile intensive care or air | 12198 |
medical transport. The Governor shall appoint this member from | 12199 |
among three persons nominated by the Ohio Nurses Association, | 12200 |
three persons nominated by the Ohio Association of Critical Care | 12201 |
Transport, and three persons nominated by the Ohio State Council | 12202 |
of the Emergency Nurses Association. | 12203 |
On the effective date of the amendments made to section | 12204 |
4765.02 of the Revised Code by this act, all members of the former | 12205 |
State Board of Emergency Medical Services who do not cease to be | 12206 |
members of the renamed State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and | 12207 |
Transportation Services by the terms of this act shall continue to | 12208 |
be members of the renamed State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, | 12209 |
and Transportation Services, and the dates on which the terms of | 12210 |
the continuing members expire shall be the dates on which their | 12211 |
terms as members of the former State Board of Emergency Medical | 12212 |
Services expired. On the effective date of the amendments made to | 12213 |
section 4765.02 of the Revised Code by this act, the following | 12214 |
members of the former Ohio Medical Transportation Board shall | 12215 |
become members of the State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and | 12216 |
Transportation Services, and the dates on which those members' | 12217 |
terms on the State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and | 12218 |
Transportation Services expire shall be as follows: | 12219 |
The person who owns or operates a private emergency medical | 12220 |
service organization operating in this state, as designated by the | 12221 |
Governor, term ends November 12, 2014; | 12222 |
The person who owns or operates a nonemergency medical | 12223 |
service organization that provides only ambulette services, term | 12224 |
ends November 12, 2014; | 12225 |
The person who is a member of the Ohio Association of | 12226 |
Critical Care Transport and represents air-based services, term | 12227 |
ends November 12, 2015; | 12228 |
The person who is a member of the Ohio Association of | 12229 |
Critical Care Transport and represents a ground-based mobile | 12230 |
intensive care unit organization, term ends November 12, 2015. | 12231 |
All subsequent terms of office for these four positions on | 12232 |
the State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation | 12233 |
Services shall be for three years as provided in section 4765.02 | 12234 |
of the Revised Code. | 12235 |
On July 1, 2013, the Medical Transportation Board and all of | 12236 |
its functions are transferred to the Department of Public Safety. | 12237 |
As of such date, the Medical Transportation Board shall operate | 12238 |
under the Department of Public Safety, which shall assume all of | 12239 |
the Board's functions. All assets, liabilities, any capital | 12240 |
spending authority related thereto, and equipment and records, | 12241 |
regardless of form or medium, related to the Medical | 12242 |
Transportation Board's functions are transferred to the Department | 12243 |
of Public Safety on July 1, 2013. | 12244 |
No validation, cure, right, privilege, remedy, obligation, or | 12245 |
liability is lost or impaired by reason of the transfer. All of | 12246 |
the Medical Transportation Board's rules, orders, and | 12247 |
determinations continue in effect as rules, orders, and | 12248 |
determinations of the Department of Public Safety until modified | 12249 |
or rescinded by the Department of Public Safety. | 12250 |
No action or proceeding pending on July 1, 2013, is affected | 12251 |
by the transfer and any action or proceeding pending on July 1, | 12252 |
2013, shall be prosecuted or defended in the name of the | 12253 |
Department of Public Safety or its director. In all such actions | 12254 |
and proceedings, the Department of Public Safety or its director, | 12255 |
upon application to the court, shall be substituted as a party. | 12256 |
On or after July 1, 2013, notwithstanding any provision of | 12257 |
law to the contrary, the Director of Budget and Management shall | 12258 |
take any action with respect to budget changes made necessary by | 12259 |
the transfer. The Director may transfer cash balances between | 12260 |
funds. The Director may cancel encumbrances in 915604, Operating | 12261 |
Expenses, and reestablish encumbrances or parts of encumbrances in | 12262 |
765624, Operating - EMS, as needed in the fiscal year in the | 12263 |
appropriate fund and appropriation item for the same purpose and | 12264 |
to the same vendor. As determined by the Director, encumbrances | 12265 |
reestablished in the fiscal year in a different fund or | 12266 |
appropriation item used by an agency or between agencies are | 12267 |
appropriated. The Director shall reduce each year's appropriation | 12268 |
balances by the amount of the encumbrance canceled in their | 12269 |
respective funds and appropriation item. Any unencumbered or | 12270 |
unallocated appropriation balances from the previous fiscal year | 12271 |
may be transferred to the appropriate appropriation item to be | 12272 |
used for the same purposes, as determined by the Director. Any | 12273 |
such transfers are hereby appropriated. | 12274 |
This section is exempt from the referendum under Ohio | 12275 |
Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the | 12276 |
Revised Code and therefore takes effect immediately when this act | 12277 |
becomes law. | 12278 |
Section 755.10. The Director of Transportation may enter into | 12279 |
agreements as provided in this section with the United States or | 12280 |
any department or agency of the United States, including, but not | 12281 |
limited to, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United | 12282 |
States Forest Service, the United States Environmental Protection | 12283 |
Agency, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. An | 12284 |
agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be solely | 12285 |
for the purpose of dedicating staff to the expeditious and timely | 12286 |
review of environmentally related documents submitted by the | 12287 |
Director of Transportation, as necessary for the approval of | 12288 |
federal permits. The agreements may include provisions for advance | 12289 |
payment by the Director of Transportation for labor and all other | 12290 |
identifiable costs of the United States or any department or | 12291 |
agency of the United States providing the services, as may be | 12292 |
estimated by the United States, or the department or agency of the | 12293 |
United States. The Director shall submit a request to the | 12294 |
Controlling Board indicating the amount of the agreement, the | 12295 |
services to be performed by the United States or the department or | 12296 |
agency of the United States, and the circumstances giving rise to | 12297 |
the agreement. | 12298 |
Section 757.10. Notwithstanding Chapter 5735. of the Revised | 12300 |
Code, the following shall apply for the period of July 1, 2013, | 12301 |
through June 30, 2015: | 12302 |
(A) For the discount under section 5735.06 of the Revised | 12303 |
Code, if the monthly report is timely filed and the tax is timely | 12304 |
paid, one per cent of the total number of gallons of motor fuel | 12305 |
received by the motor fuel dealer within the state during the | 12306 |
preceding calendar month, less the total number of gallons | 12307 |
deducted under divisions (B)(1)(a) and (b) of section 5735.06 of | 12308 |
the Revised Code, less one-half of one per cent of the total | 12309 |
number of gallons of motor fuel that were sold to a retail dealer | 12310 |
during the preceding calendar month. | 12311 |
(B) For the semiannual periods ending December 31, 2013, June | 12312 |
30, 2014, December 31, 2014, and June 30, 2015, the refund | 12313 |
provided to retail dealers under section 5735.141 of the Revised | 12314 |
Code shall be one-half of one per cent of the Ohio motor fuel | 12315 |
taxes paid on fuel purchased during those semiannual periods. | 12316 |
Section 757.20. (A) The Department of Taxation shall notify | 12317 |
taxpayers of the requirement to separately identify taxable gross | 12318 |
receipts attributable to motor fuel used for propelling vehicles | 12319 |
on public highways as distinguished from other taxable gross | 12320 |
receipts. The Department shall collect data from taxpayers | 12321 |
affected by the amendments to sections 5751.02, 5751.051, and | 12322 |
5751.20 of the Revised Code to determine which of such taxpayers' | 12323 |
receipts received between December 7, 2012, and June 30, 2013, | 12324 |
were attributable to motor fuel used for propelling vehicles on | 12325 |
public highways. | 12326 |
(B)(1) On or before June 30, 2013, the Tax Commissioner shall | 12327 |
certify to the Director of Budget and Management an estimated | 12328 |
amount of commercial activity tax revenue received between | 12329 |
December 7, 2012, and June 30, 2013, derived from taxable gross | 12330 |
receipts attributable to motor fuel used for propelling vehicles | 12331 |
on public highways. The Director shall transfer the amount so | 12332 |
certified from the General Revenue Fund to the Commercial Activity | 12333 |
Tax Motor Fuel Receipts Fund. | 12334 |
(2) Before the Director of Budget and Management completes | 12335 |
the transfer required under division (B)(2) of section 5751.20 of | 12336 |
the Revised Code on or before November 20, 2013, the Commissioner | 12337 |
shall certify a reconciliation of the amount described in division | 12338 |
(B)(1) of this section to the Director based on information the | 12339 |
Commissioner receives from taxpayers affected by the amendment by | 12340 |
this act of sections 5751.02, 5751.051, and 5751.20 of the Revised | 12341 |
Code. The director shall use that certified, reconciled amount to | 12342 |
offset or augment the transfer required to be made by the Director | 12343 |
on or before November 20, 2013. | 12344 |
Section 801.10. PROVISIONS OF LAW GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO | 12345 |
APPROPRIATIONS | 12346 |
Law contained in the main operating appropriations act of the | 12347 |
130th General Assembly that is generally applicable to the | 12348 |
appropriations made in the main operating appropriations act also | 12349 |
is generally applicable to the appropriations made in this act. | 12350 |
Section 801.20. As used in the uncodified law of this act, | 12351 |
"American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" means the | 12352 |
"American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. | 12353 |
111-5, 123 Stat. 115. | 12354 |
Section 806.10. The items of law contained in this act, and | 12355 |
their applications, are severable. If any item of law contained in | 12356 |
this act, or if any application of any item of law contained in | 12357 |
this act, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other | 12358 |
items of law contained in this act and their applications that can | 12359 |
be given effect without the invalid item or application. | 12360 |
Section 812.10. Except as otherwise provided in this act, | 12361 |
the amendment, enactment, or repeal by this act of a section of | 12362 |
law is subject to the referendum under Ohio Constitution, Article | 12363 |
II, Section 1c and therefore takes effect on the ninety-first day | 12364 |
after this act is filed with the Secretary of State or, if a later | 12365 |
effective date is specified below, on that date. | 12366 |
Section 812.20. In this section, an "appropriation" includes | 12367 |
another provision of law in this act that relates to the subject | 12368 |
of the appropriation. | 12369 |
An appropriation of money made in this act is not subject to | 12370 |
the referendum insofar as a contemplated expenditure authorized | 12371 |
thereby is wholly to meet a current expense within the meaning of | 12372 |
Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the | 12373 |
Revised Code. To that extent, the appropriation takes effect | 12374 |
immediately when this act becomes law. Conversely, the | 12375 |
appropriation is subject to the referendum insofar as a | 12376 |
contemplated expenditure authorized thereby is wholly or partly | 12377 |
not to meet a current expense within the meaning of Ohio | 12378 |
Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the | 12379 |
Revised Code. To that extent, the appropriation takes effect on | 12380 |
the ninety-first day after this act is filed with the Secretary of | 12381 |
State. | 12382 |
Section 812.30. The amendment by this act of Section 10 of | 12383 |
Am. Sub. H.B. 386 of the 129th General Assembly goes into | 12384 |
immediate effect. | 12385 |
Section 815.10. The General Assembly, applying the principle | 12386 |
stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that | 12387 |
amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of | 12388 |
simultaneous operation, finds that the following sections, | 12389 |
presented in this act as composites of the sections as amended by | 12390 |
the acts indicated, are the resulting versions of the sections in | 12391 |
effect prior to the effective date of the sections as presented in | 12392 |
this act: | 12393 |
Section 5739.02 of the Revised Code as amended by both Am. | 12394 |
Sub. H.B. 487 and Am. Sub. H.B. 508 of the 129th General Assembly. | 12395 |
Section 5747.01 of the Revised Code as amended by Am. H.B. | 12396 |
167, Sub. H.B. 365, and Am. Sub. H.B. 510, all of the 129th | 12397 |
General Assembly. | 12398 |
Section 5751.01 of the Revised Code as amended by both Am. | 12399 |
Sub. H.B. 472 and Am. Sub. H.B. 510 of the 129th General Assembly. | 12400 |
Section 5751.20 of the Revised Code as amended by both Am. | 12401 |
Sub. H.B. 508 and Am. Sub. S.B. 316 of the 129th General Assembly. | 12402 |