As Introduced

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
S. B. No. 228


Senator Widener 

Cosponsors: Senators Patton, Uecker, Obhof, Schaffer, Seitz, Hughes, Oelslager 



A BILL
To amend section 131.35 and to enact sections 127.163 1
and 124.164 of the Revised Code to limit the 2
Controlling Board's authority to approve the 3
expenditure of certain funds and to require state 4
agencies to provide certain information to the 5
Controlling Board regarding requested purchases 6
from out-of-state suppliers.7


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1.  That section 131.35 be amended and sections 8
127.163 and 127.164 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as 9
follows:10

       Sec. 127.163.  At the time an agency submits a request to the 11
controlling board to approve the making of a purchase, if the 12
requested purchase is to be made from a supplier who is not 13
headquartered in this state but has a presence in this state, the 14
agency shall include in the request the following information:15

       (A) The address or addresses of the supplier's places of 16
business in this state;17

       (B) The total number of employees the supplier employs in 18
each of its places of business in this state;19

       (C) The percentage of the requested purchase to be completed 20
by employees of the supplier located in this state;21

       (D) A list of any suppliers, subcontractors, or other 22
entities the supplier intends to use to fulfill the requested 23
purchase that includes all of the following:24

       (1) The address or addresses of the places of business in 25
this state of each potential supplier, subcontractor, or entity;26

       (2) The number of employees that each potential supplier, 27
subcontractor, or entity employs in each of its places of business 28
in this state;29

       (3) The percentage of the requested purchase to be completed 30
by employees of the potential supplier, subcontractor, or entity 31
located in this state.32

       Sec. 127.164.  (A) Prior to submitting a request to approve 33
the making of a purchase to the controlling board, an agency shall 34
contact any entity headquartered in this state that the agency 35
approached related to the proposed purchase or to whom the agency 36
sent a request for proposals but who did not respond to the 37
request for proposals and ascertain why the entity did not 38
respond.39

       (B) At the time an agency submits a request to the 40
controlling board to approve the making of a purchase, the agency 41
shall submit to the board, as part of the request, the information 42
that the agency collected under division (A) of this section.43

       Sec. 131.35.  (A) With respect to the federal funds received 44
into any fund of the state from which transfers may be made under 45
division (D) of section 127.14 of the Revised Code:46

       (1) No state agency may make expenditures of any federal 47
funds, whether such funds are advanced prior to expenditure or as 48
reimbursement, unless such expenditures are made pursuant to 49
specific appropriations of the general assembly, are authorized by 50
the controlling board pursuant to division (A)(5) of this section, 51
or are authorized by an executive order issued in accordance with 52
section 107.17 of the Revised Code, and until an allotment has 53
been approved by the director of budget and management. All 54
federal funds received by a state agency shall be reported to the 55
director within fifteen days of the receipt of such funds or the 56
notification of award, whichever occurs first. The director shall 57
prescribe the forms and procedures to be used when reporting the 58
receipt of federal funds.59

       (2) If the federal funds received are greater than the amount 60
of such funds appropriated by the general assembly for a specific 61
purpose, the total appropriation of federal and state funds for 62
such purpose shall remain at the amount designated by the general 63
assembly, except that the expenditure of federal funds received in 64
excess of such specific appropriation may be authorized by the 65
controlling board, subject to division (D) of this section.66

       (3) To the extent that the expenditure of excess federal 67
funds is authorized, the controlling board may transfer a like 68
amount of general revenue fund appropriation authority from the 69
affected agency to the emergency purposes appropriation of the 70
controlling board, if such action is permitted under federal 71
regulations.72

       (4) Additional funds may be created by the controlling board 73
to receive revenues not anticipated in an appropriations act for 74
the biennium in which such new revenues are received. Expenditures75
Subject to division (D) of this section, expenditures from such 76
additional funds may be authorized by the controlling board, but 77
such authorization shall not extend beyond the end of the biennium 78
in which such funds are created.79

       (5) Controlling board authorization for a state agency to 80
make an expenditure of federal funds constitutes authority for the 81
agency to participate in the federal program providing the funds, 82
and the agency is not required to obtain an executive order under 83
section 107.17 of the Revised Code to participate in the federal 84
program.85

       (B) With respect to nonfederal funds received into the 86
waterways safety fund, the wildlife fund, and any fund of the 87
state from which transfers may be made under division (D) of 88
section 127.14 of the Revised Code:89

       (1) No state agency may make expenditures of any such funds 90
unless the expenditures are made pursuant to specific 91
appropriations of the general assembly.92

       (2) If the receipts received into any fund are greater than 93
the amount appropriated, the appropriation for that fund shall 94
remain at the amount designated by the general assembly or, 95
subject to division (D) of this section, as increased and approved 96
by the controlling board.97

       (3) Additional funds may be created by the controlling board 98
to receive revenues not anticipated in an appropriations act for 99
the biennium in which such new revenues are received. Expenditures100
Subject to division (D) of this section, expenditures from such 101
additional funds may be authorized by the controlling board, but 102
such authorization shall not extend beyond the end of the biennium 103
in which such funds are created.104

       (C) The controlling board shall not authorize more than ten 105
per cent of additional spending from the occupational licensing 106
and regulatory fund, created in section 4743.05 of the Revised 107
Code, in excess of any appropriation made by the general assembly 108
to a licensing agency except an appropriation for costs related to 109
the examination or reexamination of applicants for a license. As 110
used in this division, "licensing agency" and "license" have the 111
same meanings as in section 4745.01 of the Revised Code.112

       (D) The amount of any expenditure authorized under division 113
(A)(2) or (4) or (B)(2) or (3) of this section for a specific or 114
related purpose or item in any fiscal year shall not exceed an 115
amount greater than one per cent of the general revenue fund 116
appropriations for that fiscal year.117

       Section 2.  That existing section 131.35 of the Revised Code 118
is hereby repealed.119