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As Reported by the Senate Finance and
Financial Institutions Committee
122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998 | Am. Sub. H. B. No. 192 |
REPRESENTATIVES CAREY-PRINGLE-VESPER-HAINES-PRENTISS-GARCIA-SAWYER-
HOTTINGER-PADGETT-LOGAN-BENDER-OLMAN-BOYD-JOHNSON-TAVARES-
VERICH-OPFER-METELSKY-AMSTUTZ-O'BRIEN-MEAD-ROBERTS-CORE-
OGG-LAWRENCE-SULZER-HOUSEHOLDER-REID-HARRIS-METZGER-TIBERI-
TERWILLEGER-ROMAN-SALERNO-WESTON-KRUPINSKI-GARDNER-BRADING-
STAPLETON-WACHTMANN-BUCHY-MYERS-GRENDELL-MAIER
A BILL
To enact section 3737.17 of the Revised Code to create the Small
Government Fire Department Services Revolving Loan Program to
help certain municipal corporations, townships, and
fire districts
meet specified
fire fighting and emergency medical needs, and to
make an
appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3737.17 of the Revised Code be enacted
to read as follows:
Sec. 3737.17. (A) AS USED IN THIS
SECTION, A "QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT" MEANS ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING:
(1) A TOWNSHIP THAT HAS A POPULATION OF NOT MORE THAN
FIVE THOUSAND OR, REGARDLESS OF ITS POPULATION, IS LOCATED IN A
COUNTY THAT HAS A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND;
(2) A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT HAS A POPULATION OF NOT
MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED;
(3) A FIRE DISTRICT, JOINT FIRE DISTRICT, OR FIRE AND
AMBULANCE DISTRICT THAT SHARES TERRITORY EXCLUSIVELY WITH
TOWNSHIPS OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS THAT MEET THE CONDITIONS OF
DIVISION (A)(1) OR (2) OF THIS
SECTION.
(B) THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL SHALL ADMINISTER A
SMALL GOVERNMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM
UNDER WHICH THE FIRE MARSHAL MAKES LOANS TO QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENTS FOR
THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
(1) TO EXPEDITE
PURCHASES OF MAJOR EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTING, AMBULANCE,
EMERGENCY MEDICAL, OR RESCUE SERVICES;
(2) TO EXPEDITE PROJECTS
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
BUILDINGS.
A LOAN FOR EITHER PURPOSE UNDER THE SMALL GOVERNMENT FIRE
DEPARTMENT SERVICES REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM IS NOT TO CARRY
INTEREST, AND IS TO BE REPAID WITHIN A TERM OF NOT LONGER THAN
TWENTY YEARS. A QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT IS
NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A LOAN FOR A PROJECT OR PURCHASE UNDER
THE PROGRAM UNLESS THE QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTES TO THE PROJECT OR PURCHASE AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO AT LEAST FIVE PER CENT OF THE LOAN AMOUNT.
(C) A QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT MAY APPLY
TO THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR A LOAN UNDER THE SMALL GOVERNMENT FIRE
DEPARTMENT SERVICES REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM. IN ITS APPLICATION,
THE QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT SHALL EXPLAIN HOW IT
QUALIFIES FOR THE LOAN, DESCRIBE THE PROJECT OR PURCHASE FOR
WHICH IT IS REQUESTING A LOAN, STATE THE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN IT
REQUESTS, AND STATE THE AMOUNT IT IS PREPARED TO CONTRIBUTE TO
THE PROJECT OR PURCHASE. THE QUALIFYING SMALL GOVERNMENT SHALL PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SUPPORT ITS
APPLICATION FOR A LOAN UNDER THE PROGRAM AS REQUESTED BY THE
FIRE MARSHAL.
(D) THE FIRE MARSHAL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
CHAPTER 119. OF THE REVISED
CODE, SHALL ADOPT RULES FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE SMALL GOVERNMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES
REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM.
Section 2. All items in this section are hereby appropriated as
designated out of moneys in the state treasury to the credit of
the State Special Revenue Fund. In accordance with Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the
122nd General Assembly, upon application by the Department of Commerce and
approval by the Controlling Board, line item 911-436, Rural Fire Departments,
may be used to transfer moneys from the General Revenue Fund
to Fund 5F1, Small Government Fire Departments, within the State
Special Revenue Fund Group. For all appropriations made in this
act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 1998 and
those in the second column are for fiscal year 1999. The
appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other
appropriations made for the 1997-1999 biennium.
COM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
State Special Revenue Fund
5F1 | 800-635 | Small Government Fire Departments | $ | 250,000 | $ | 250,000 |
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue | | | | |
Fund | $ | 250,000 | $ | 250,000 |
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 250,000 | $ | 250,000 |
Small Government Fire Departments
The foregoing appropriation item 800-635, Small Government
Fire Departments, shall be disbursed through the
Department of Commerce, State Fire Marshal, to make loans under
the Small Government Fire Department Services Revolving Loan
Program as provided in section 3737.17 of the Revised Code.
Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget
and Management shall establish an account indicating the source
and amount of funds for the appropriation made in this act and
shall determine the form and manner in which the appropriation
account shall be maintained. Expenditures from appropriations
contained in this act shall be accounted for as though made by
Am. Sub. H.B. 215, the main operating appropriations act,
of the 122nd General Assembly.
The appropriations made in this act are subject to all
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 215, the main operating appropriations act,
of the 122nd General Assembly that are generally applicable to State Special
Revenue Fund appropriations.
Section 3. There is hereby established in the state treasury the Small
Government Fire Departments Fund (Fund 5F1).
Section 4. The uncodified section of law contained in this act
is not subject to the referendum. Therefore,
under Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section
1.471 of the Revised Code, the uncodified section of law
contained in this act goes into immediate effect when this act becomes law.
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