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As Passed by the House
123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000 | Am. Sub. S. B. No. 239 |
SENATORS CUPP-CARNES-KEARNS-OELSLAGER-DRAKE-
REPRESENTATIVES MEAD-AMSTUTZ-WOMER BENJAMIN-METZGER-VESPER-
EVANS-HOOPS-STAPLETON-O'BRIEN-CAREY-PETERSON-GOODMAN-BOYD-
PERRY-D. MILLER-BARRETT-ASLANIDES-TIBERI-DAMSCHRODER-
SALERNO-WIDENER-CORBIN-WILLAMOWSKI-HOUSEHOLDER-BENDER-
HOLLISTER-TERWILLEGER-WILSON-KRUPINSKI-HARTNETT-OGG-
GRENDELL-AUSTRIA-BARNES
A BILL
To create a grant program for fiscal year 2001 that is to be
administered
by the Ohio Emergency Management Agency and that is to provide funds for
certain purposes to countywide and county emergency management agencies and
regional authorities for emergency management, to amend Section 82 of Am. Sub.
H.B. 283 of the 123rd General Assembly, and to make an
appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created a grant program for
fiscal year 2001 to be administered by the Ohio Emergency
Management Agency within the Department of Public Safety. The
program shall provide funds to qualifying countywide emergency
management agencies established under section 5502.26 of the
Revised Code, regional authorities for emergency management
established under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code, and county
emergency management agencies established under section 5502.271
of the Revised Code.
(B) Within one hundred twenty days after the effective date of
this section, the Executive Director of the Emergency Management
Agency shall accept and process applications for grants of up to
twenty-five thousand dollars each from the countywide and county
emergency management agencies, and regional authorities for
emergency management, of the twenty-five counties with the lowest
average federal adjusted gross income according to the most recent
figures available from the Department of Taxation. The
applications shall be in the form and shall be filed within the
time limits provided by the grant application procedure, which
shall be established by a committee composed of the Executive
Director, three employees of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency
chosen by the Executive Director, and three members chosen by the
Ohio Emergency Management Association. To receive a grant under
this division, an applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the Executive Director all of the following:
(1) The countywide or county emergency management agency or
regional authority for emergency management serves one of the
twenty-five counties with the lowest average federal adjusted
gross income according to the most recent figures available from
the Department of Taxation.
(2) The agency or authority employs, or upon receipt of the grant
will employ, at least one permanent full-time employee.
(3) The agency or authority is, or within ninety days after
receipt of the grant will be, in compliance with all of the
requirements applicable to the agency or authority under Chapter
5502. of the Revised Code, including compliance with or enrollment in a
professional development training program in accordance with rules adopted
under section
5502.25 of the Revised Code.
(4) The agency has obtained from the board of county
commissioners, or the authority has obtained from the executive
board of the regional authority, permission to apply for and to
receive a grant under this section.
(C) Following the expiration of the one-hundred-twenty-day period
after the effective date of this section, all money remaining in
the appropriation made by this act shall be available for grants to all
countywide
and county emergency management agencies, and regional authorities
for emergency management, other than those in the twenty-five
counties with the lowest average federal adjusted gross income
according to the most recent figures available from the Department
of Taxation. Grants of this remaining money shall be awarded to
these agencies and authorities by the committee established under
division (B) of this section. These grants shall be used for
special projects proposed by the agency or authority. The
committee established under division (B) of this section shall
establish the procedure for applying for and awarding these grants
and shall determine the amounts to be awarded and the
qualifications for projects to be funded by the grants.
(D) Each agency or authority
shall file with its application a spending plan showing how it
will use the grant money. Grants made under this section are not
intended to supplant any federal, state, or local funding to an
agency or authority. Therefore, neither a state agency nor any
political subdivision of the state shall take into account the
receipt of a grant under this section in determining the amount of
support that the state agency or political subdivision provides to
a countywide or county emergency management agency or regional
authority for emergency management.
Section 2. That Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 123rd General Assembly
be amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 82. DHS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
General Revenue Fund
GRF | 763-403 | Operating Expenses - EMA | $ | 4,090,853 | $ | 3,574,514 |
GRF | 763-409 | MARCS Operations and Maintenance | $ | 740,284 | $ | 735,997 |
GRF | 763-507 | Individual and Family Grants | $ | 100,000 | $ | 105,000 |
GRF | 764-404 | Transportation Enforcement Operations | $ | 2,156,879 | $ | 2,157,207 |
GRF | 769-321 | Food Stamp Trafficking Enforcement Operations | $ | 716,936 | $ | 897,720 |
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 7,804,952 | $ | 7,470,438 |
STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
GROUP
5E2763-634
COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
| | | $ | 0
| $ | 1,000,000 |
TOTAL SSR SPECIAL REVENUE | | | | |
Fund Group
| $ | 0
| $ | 1,000,000 |
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 7,804,952 | $ | 7,470,438 |
| | | | | | 8,470,438 |
American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness and Training
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating Expenses -
EMA, up to
$500,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall be distributed to the American Red Cross in
Ohio for disaster preparedness and emergency training.
The Ohio Emergency Management Agency shall develop an agreement between the
State of Ohio Chapters of the American Red Cross to specify the terms by which
these funds shall be requested, distributed, and accounted for to enhance the
disaster response capability of the American Red Cross in Ohio. Funds shall
not be used for administrative costs. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency
shall require of the American Red Cross a plan that facilitates implementation
of the current Statement of Understanding between the State of Ohio and the
American Red Cross. The release of funds shall be contingent upon a plan that
is satisfactory to both parties.
Ohio Task Force One - Urban Search and Rescue Unit
Of the foregoing appropriation item 763-403, Operating Expenses - EMA,
$200,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to fund the Ohio Task Force One -
Urban Search and Rescue Unit.
MARCS Operations and Maintenance Transfers
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the Director of Budget and
Management shall transfer up to $304,284 in cash in fiscal year 2000 and
$303,550 in cash in fiscal year 2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from
appropriation item 763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund
4S2,
MARCS Maintenance Fund.
Upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the Director of Budget and
Management shall transfer up to $436,000 in cash in fiscal year 2000 and
$432,447 in cash in fiscal year 2001 by intrastate transfer voucher from
appropriation item 763-409, MARCS Operations and Maintenance, to Fund
4W6, MARCS Operations Fund.
IFG State Match
The foregoing appropriation item 763-507, Individual and Family Grants, shall
be used to fund the state share of costs to provide grants to individuals and
families in cases of disaster.
_COUNTY _EMERGENCY _PREPAREDNESS AND
_SERVICE _UPGRADES _PILOT
OF APPROPRIATION ITEM 763-634, COUNTY EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, UP TO $1,000,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2001 SHALL BE
DISTRIBUTED
TO QUALIFYING COUNTYWIDE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OR REGIONAL
AUTHORITIES
FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AS PROVIDED IN SUB.
S.B. 239 OF THE 123rd GENERAL
ASSEMBLY."
Section 3. That existing Section 82 of Am. Sub. H.B. 283 of the 123rd General
Assembly is hereby repealed.
Section 4. The uncodified sections of law contained in this act are not
subject to the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II,
Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, the uncodified sections of
law contained in this act go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.
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