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| To enact section 5502.71 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| establish a program of state financial assistance | 2 |
| to counties, municipal corporations, and townships | 3 |
| to help in defraying the costs of the county's | 4 |
| sheriff, the county's drug task force, or the | 5 |
| municipal corporation's or township's law | 6 |
| enforcement agency in combatting the opioid abuse | 7 |
| and heroin addiction epidemic and to make an | 8 |
| appropriation. | 9 |
| Section 1. That section 5502.71 of the Revised Code be | 10 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 11 |
| Sec. 5502.71. (A) As used in this section: | 12 |
| (1)(a) "Opioid abuse and heroin addiction epidemic" means all | 13 |
| of the following: | 14 |
| (i) A violation of any section in Chapter 2925. of the | 15 |
| Revised Code that involves any opioid or heroin; | 16 |
| (ii) A violation of any ordinance of a municipal corporation | 17 |
| that is substantially equivalent to any section identified in | 18 |
| division (A)(1)(a)(i) of this section; | 19 |
| (iii) Conduct not described in division (A)(1)(a)(i) or (ii) | 20 |
| of this section that relates to any illegal activity that involves | 21 |
| any opioid or heroin; | 22 |
| (b) In addition to the violations and conduct described in | 23 |
| division (A)(1)(a) of this section, "opioid abuse and heroin | 24 |
| addiction epidemic" includes any ongoing issue with other drug use | 25 |
| and trafficking. | 26 |
| (2) "Drug task force" has the same meaning as in section | 27 |
| 5502.68 of the Revised Code. | 28 |
| (B)(1) The board of county commissioners of a county may | 29 |
| apply to the department of public safety for a grant of financial | 30 |
| assistance to help in defraying the costs of the county's sheriff | 31 |
| or of the drug task force, if any, organized in the county in | 32 |
| combatting an opioid abuse and heroin addiction epidemic in the | 33 |
| county. | 34 |
| (2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may | 35 |
| apply to the department of public safety for a grant of financial | 36 |
| assistance to help in defraying the costs of the municipal | 37 |
| corporation's law enforcement agency in combatting an opioid abuse | 38 |
| and heroin addiction epidemic in the municipal corporation. | 39 |
| (3) The board of township trustees of a township may apply to | 40 |
| the department of public safety for a grant of financial | 41 |
| assistance to help in defraying the costs of the township's law | 42 |
| enforcement agency in combatting an opioid abuse and heroin | 43 |
| addiction epidemic in the township. | 44 |
| (4) Application under division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this | 45 |
| section shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the | 46 |
| department of public safety pursuant to division (E) of this | 47 |
| section. | 48 |
| (C) The department of public safety shall begin accepting | 49 |
| applications for grants of financial assistance to counties, | 50 |
| municipal corporations, and townships for the purposes described | 51 |
| in divisions (B)(1), (2), and (3) of this section as soon as | 52 |
| practicable after it adopts the rules under division (E) of this | 53 |
| section. If a county, municipal corporation, or township applies | 54 |
| for a grant of financial assistance under division (B)(1), (2), or | 55 |
| (3) of this section and the department finds that the application | 56 |
| is in accordance with those rules and determines that the | 57 |
| applicant is to be provided financial assistance under the process | 58 |
| established under those rules, the department, from moneys | 59 |
| appropriated to it for purposes of granting financial assistance | 60 |
| under this section, may grant the applicant financial assistance. | 61 |
| The amount of the financial assistance shall be determined | 62 |
| pursuant to the process established under the rules adopted under | 63 |
| division (E) of this section. | 64 |
| The department shall make and distribute grants of financial | 65 |
| assistance under this section as soon as practicable after the | 66 |
| effective date of this section. Thereafter, the department shall | 67 |
| make and distribute grants of financial assistance under this | 68 |
| section on an ongoing basis, throughout the fiscal year, as | 69 |
| applications are received. | 70 |
| (D) A county, municipal corporation, or township that | 71 |
| receives a grant of financial assistance under this section shall | 72 |
| use the financial assistance received only for the following | 73 |
| purposes: | 74 |
| (1) To pay some or all of the cost of the county's, drug task | 75 |
| force's, municipal corporation's, or township's hiring of | 76 |
| part-time or full-time law enforcement and investigative officers | 77 |
| to combat the opioid abuse and heroin addiction problem in the | 78 |
| county, municipal corporation, or township; | 79 |
| (2) To pay the cost of training for the county's, drug task | 80 |
| force's, municipal corporation's, or township's law enforcement | 81 |
| and investigative officers who perform duties in combatting the | 82 |
| opioid abuse and heroin addiction problem in the county, municipal | 83 |
| corporation, or township; | 84 |
| (3) To pay the cost of necessary equipment for the county, | 85 |
| drug task force, municipal corporation, or township to be used in | 86 |
| combatting the opioid abuse and heroin addiction problem in the | 87 |
| county, municipal corporation, or township; | 88 |
| (4) To pay any other cost or expense that relates to | 89 |
| combatting the opioid abuse and heroin addiction problem in the | 90 |
| county, municipal corporation, or township. | 91 |
| (E) The department of public safety shall adopt rules to | 92 |
| implement the program of granting financial assistance to | 93 |
| counties, municipal corporations, and townships for the purposes | 94 |
| described in divisions (B)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. The | 95 |
| rules shall be provided to each sheriff, each drug task force, | 96 |
| each municipal law enforcement agency, and each township law | 97 |
| enforcement agency. The rules shall include, but shall not be | 98 |
| limited to, provisions that: | 99 |
| (1) Prescribe the manner of application for the financial | 100 |
| assistance; | 101 |
| (2) Establish a process for determining whether an applicant | 102 |
| county, municipal corporation, or township will be provided | 103 |
| financial assistance, which process shall base the determinations | 104 |
| on the need of the applicants and give priority to applicants that | 105 |
| identify in their application a significant challenge in the | 106 |
| particular county, municipal corporation, or township with respect | 107 |
| to an opioid abuse and heroin addiction epidemic; | 108 |
| (3) Establish a process for determining the amount of | 109 |
| financial assistance to be provided to each applicant county, | 110 |
| municipal corporation, or township that will be provided financial | 111 |
| assistance as determined under the process described in division | 112 |
| (E)(2) of this section. | 113 |
| (F) The department of public safety shall conduct a statewide | 114 |
| study to determine the counties, drug task forces, municipal | 115 |
| corporations, and townships that are in need of, but financially | 116 |
| unable to afford, the hiring of additional law enforcement and | 117 |
| investigative officers to combat an opioid abuse and heroin | 118 |
| addiction epidemic in the county, municipal corporation, or | 119 |
| township. The department shall prepare a report that contains its | 120 |
| findings from the study. Not later than March 31, 2015, the | 121 |
| department shall do all of the following: | 122 |
| (1) Publish the report prepared under this division; | 123 |
| (2) Make recommendations to the general assembly regarding | 124 |
| the use of, and further demand for, additional resources for | 125 |
| county sheriffs, drug task forces, municipal law enforcement | 126 |
| agencies, and township law enforcement agencies to combat the | 127 |
| opioid abuse and heroin addiction epidemic, which recommendations | 128 |
| shall include proposed increases or decreases to any line item | 129 |
| that could be used to help fund those resources as a part of | 130 |
| combatting the epidemic. | 131 |
| Section 2. All items in this section are hereby appropriated | 132 |
| as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the | 133 |
| credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this | 134 |
| act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those | 135 |
| in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations | 136 |
| made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made | 137 |
| for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium. | 138 |
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| General Revenue Fund Group | 140 |
| GRF | 768506 | Local Law Enforcement Grants | $ | 0 | $ | 10,000,000 | 141 | ||||
| TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 0 | $ | 10,000,000 | 142 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 10,000,000 | 143 | ||||||
| LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS | 144 |
| The foregoing appropriation item 768506, Local Law | 145 |
| Enforcement Grants, shall be used to award grants for fiscal year | 146 |
| 2015 under section 5502.71 of the Revised Code, as enacted by this | 147 |
| act. | 148 |
| BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND TRANSFERS | 149 |
| Notwithstanding section 131.43 and division (D) of section | 150 |
| 127.14 of the Revised Code, the Director of Budget and Management | 151 |
| may, with Controlling Board approval, transfer up to $10 million | 152 |
| cash from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the General Revenue | 153 |
| Fund in fiscal year 2015 to help ensure that the available revenue | 154 |
| receipts and balances in the General Revenue Fund are not less | 155 |
| than the appropriations for fiscal year 2015. | 156 |
| Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the | 157 |
| Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts | 158 |
| indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation | 159 |
| made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which | 160 |
| appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from | 161 |
| appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as | 162 |
| though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly. | 163 |
| The appropriations made in this act are subject to all | 164 |
| provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that | 165 |
| are generally applicable to such appropriations. | 166 |