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| To enact section 1509.80 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require three-year employment of oil and gas | 2 |
| training program graduates who are Ohio residents, | 3 |
| and to make appropriations to support oil and gas | 4 |
| training programs, including employee training | 5 |
| grants to oil or gas well owners. | 6 |
| Section 1. That section 1509.80 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 1509.80. (A)(1) If an owner hires an individual who is a | 9 |
| graduate of an oil and gas training program and who is a resident | 10 |
| of this state at the time of the hiring, the owner shall employ | 11 |
| the individual for not less than three years beginning on the date | 12 |
| on which the individual is hired by the owner. | 13 |
| (2) As used in division (A)(1) of this section, "oil and gas | 14 |
| training program" means a program that provides training in | 15 |
| production operations and that is developed by a community or | 16 |
| technical college in this state in collaboration with an | 17 |
| association that represents the oil and gas industry. | 18 |
| (B) An owner that trains employees of the owner regarding | 19 |
| production operations qualifies for grants from the casino | 20 |
| operator settlement fund established in section 3772.34 of the | 21 |
| Revised Code if both of the following apply: | 22 |
| (1) The owner certifies to the chief of the division of oil | 23 |
| and gas resources management that each such employee will be | 24 |
| retained for not less than three years beginning on the date on | 25 |
| which the employee is hired by the owner. | 26 |
| (2) At least twenty-five per cent of the employees who are | 27 |
| trained by the owner are residents of this state. | 28 |
| (C) The chief shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 29 |
| 119. of the Revised Code to administer and enforce this section. | 30 |
| Section 2. All items in this act are hereby appropriated as | 31 |
| designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit | 32 |
| of the General Services Fund Group. For all appropriations made in | 33 |
| this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2012 and | 34 |
| those in the second column are for fiscal year 2013. The | 35 |
| appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other | 36 |
| appropriations made for the FY 2012-FY 2013 biennium. | 37 |
| Appropriations |
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| General Services Fund Group | 39 |
| 5JC0 | 235681 | Oil and Gas Job Training Program | $ | 0 | $ | 10,000,000 | 40 | ||||
| TOTAL GSF General Services Fund Group | $ | 0 | $ | 10,000,000 | 41 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 10,000,000 | 42 | ||||||
| OIL AND GAS JOB TRAINING PROGRAM | 43 |
| The foregoing appropriation item 235681, Oil and Gas Job | 44 |
| Training Program, shall be used to support oil and gas training | 45 |
| programs at community or technical colleges and to provide | 46 |
| employee training grants to oil or gas well owners pursuant to | 47 |
| section 1509.80 of the Revised Code as enacted by this act. | 48 |
| Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the | 49 |
| Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts | 50 |
| indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation | 51 |
| made in this act and shall determine the form and manner in which | 52 |
| appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from | 53 |
| appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as | 54 |
| though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly. | 55 |
| The appropriations made in this act are subject to all | 56 |
| provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly that | 57 |
| are generally applicable to such appropriations. | 58 |