To amend section 125.91 and to enact section 125.936 of the Revised Code to require the State Forms Management Control Center to create a single business reply form to be used by state agencies to obtain information from private businesses and to require the Center to create an on-line computer network system to allow private businesses to electronically file the single business reply form.

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

Sec. 125.91. As EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 125.936 of the Revised Code, AS used in sections 125.92 to 125.98 of the Revised Code:

(A) "State agency" includes every department, bureau, board, commission, office, or other organized body established by the constitution and laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government, but does not include any state-supported institution of higher education, the general assembly or any legislative agency, the attorney general, the auditor of state, the secretary of state, the treasurer of state, the bureau of workers' compensation, any court or judicial agency, or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

(B) "Form" means any document, device, or item used to convey information, regardless of medium, that has blank spaces for the insertion of information and that may have a predetermined format and data elements to guide the entry, interpretration INTERPRETATION, and use of the information. "Form" does not include letterheads, envelopes, labels, tags, tickets, or note pads, or forms mandated by the federal government, but does include all computer-generated forms except those mandated by the federal government. As used in sections 125.931 to 125.935 of the Revised Code, "form" applies only to a form that is used by a state agency and that is completed in whole or in part by A private business, political subdivisions, or the public.

Sec. 125.936. (A) AS PART OF ITS DUTIES UNDER SECTION 125.92 AND DIVISION (F) OF SECTION 125.93 of the Revised Code, THE STATE FORMS MANAGEMENT CONTROL CENTER SHALL DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) CREATE A SINGLE BUSINESS REPLY FORM THAT IS CAPABLE OF CONTAINING ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT A PRIVATE BUSINESS IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TO ALL STATE AGENCIES ON A REGULAR BASIS. ALL STATE AGENCIES SHALL USE THE SINGLE BUSINESS REPLY FORM TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM PRIVATE BUSINESSES.

(2) CREATE AN ON-LINE COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM TO ALLOW PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO ELECTRONICALLY FILE THE SINGLE BUSINESS REPLY FORM.

(B) THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES BY WHICH STATE AGENCIES MAY SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT IS COLLECTED THROUGH THE FORM ESTABLISHED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. THESE PROCEDURES SHALL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS CONFIDENTIAL BY ANY STATE AGENCY SHALL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OTHER STATE AGENCIES HAVING ACCESS TO THE SINGLE BUSINESS REPLY FORM.

(C)(1) NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE STATE FORMS MANAGEMENT CONTROL CENTER SHALL REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND TO THE COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE FINANCE AND THE COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CENTER IN COMPLYING WITH DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.

(2) NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE STATE FORMS MANAGEMENT CONTROL CENTER SHALL REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND TO THE COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE FINANCE AND THE COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE ON THE PROGRESS OF STATE AGENCIES IN COMPLYING WITH DIVISION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION. THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL RECOMMEND A FIVE PER CENT REDUCTION IN THE FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS OF ANY STATE AGENCY THAT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THAT DIVISION WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE.

(D) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "STATE AGENCY" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 125.91 of the Revised Code EXCEPT THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE AUDITOR OF STATE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE TREASURER OF STATE, AND THE BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION.