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(125th General Assembly)
(Amended Substitute Senate Bill Number 97)
AN ACT
To amend sections 153.59, 153.591, 3911.16, and 3911.17 of the Revised Code to remove the terms "colored persons" and "Negroes" from the Revised Code and to broaden the application of the existing prohibition against discrimination in the sale and cost of life insurance to include all races.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 153.59, 153.591, 3911.16, and 3911.17 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 153.59. Every contract for or on behalf of the state,
or any township, county, or municipal corporation of the
state, for
the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or
public work in the state shall contain provisions by which the
contractor agrees to both of the following: (A) That, in the hiring of employees for the performance of
work under the contract or any subcontract, no contractor,
subcontractor, or any person acting on a contractor's or
subcontractor's behalf, by
reason of race, creed, sex, disability as defined in
section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or color, shall discriminate
against any citizen of the state in the employment of labor or
workers who is qualified and available to perform the work to
which the employment relates; (B) That no contractor, subcontractor, or any person on
a contractor's or subcontractor's behalf, in
any
manner, shall discriminate against or
intimidate any employee hired for the performance of work under
the contract on account of race, crede creed, sex,
disability as
defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or color;. (C) The department of administrative services shall ensure
that no capital moneys appropriated by the general assembly for
any purpose shall be expended unless the project for which
those
moneys are appropriated provides for an affirmative action
program for the employment and effective utilization of
disadvantaged persons whose disadvantage may arise from cultural,
racial, or ethnic background, or other similar cause, including,
but not limited to, race, religion, sex,
disability as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national
origin, or ancestry.
In awarding contracts for capital improvement projects, the
department shall ensure that equal consideration be given to
contractors, subcontractors, or joint venturers who qualify as a
minority business enterprise. As used in this section, "minority
business enterprise" means a business enterprise that is owned or
controlled by one or more socially or economically disadvantaged
persons who are residents of this state. "Socially or
economically disadvantaged persons" means persons, regardless of
marital status, who are members of groups whose disadvantage may
arise from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex,
disability as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national
origin, or ancestry, or other similar cause. Such
persons include, but are not limited to, Negroes, Puerto
Ricans, Spanish-speaking Americans, American Indians, Eskimos,
and Aleuts.
Sec. 153.591. Any provision of a hiring hall contract or
agreement which obligates a contractor to hire, if available,
only such employees as are referred to him the contractor by a
labor
organization shall be void as against public policy and
unenforceable with respect to employment under any public works
contract unless at the date of execution of such the hiring hall
contract or agreement, or within thirty days thereafter, such the
labor organization has in effect procedures for referring
qualified employees for hire without regard to race, color,
religion, national origin, or ancestry and unless such the labor
organization includes in its apprentice and journeymen
journeyperson's
membership, or otherwise has available for job referral without
discrimination, qualified employees, both whites and non-whites
(including Negroes African-Americans).
Sec. 3911.16. No life insurance company organized or doing business within
this state shall: (A) Make any distinction or discrimination between white persons and
colored persons, wholly or partially of African descent, on the basis of race as to
premiums or rates
charged for life insurance policies upon the lives of such persons; (B) Demand or require greater premiums from such colored persons than are at that time
required by the company from white persons who are of different races and who are of the same age, sex,
general condition of health, and hope of longevity; (C) Make or require any rebate, diminution, or discount on the basis of race upon the sum to be
paid on such a life insurance policy in case of the death of such colored the
person insured; (D) Insert in the policy on the basis of race any condition or make any stipulation by which
such colored a person binds himself self, or his the
person's heirs, executors, administrators, or
assigns, to accept any sum less than the full value or amount of such the policy
in case of a claim accruing thereon by reason of the death of the person
insured, other than such as are imposed upon white persons in similar cases. Any stipulation or condition described in division (D) of this section so made
or inserted is void. Any such If a life insurance company which refuses the application of a colored person for denies an applicant life insurance upon
his life shall furnish him with the certificate of some regular examining physician of the
company, who has made examination of such person, stating that his application has been refused, not because he is a person of color, but solely upon such grounds of his general health and hope of
longevity as would be applicable to white persons of the same age and sex and the applicant believes that the denial was on the basis of race, the insurance company shall provide, upon the request of the applicant, the specific reason or reasons for the denial, as provided in section 3904.10 of the Revised Code, as well as an affirmation that the denial was not on the basis of race.
Sec. 3911.17. No life insurance company organized or doing business in this
state, or an officer or agent thereof, shall violate any law relating to the
distinction or discrimination between white persons and colored persons,
wholly or partially of African descent, by demanding or receiving from a
colored person a different or greater premium than from a white person, or premiums on the basis of race, by
allowing a discount or rebate on the basis of race upon a premium paid or to be paid by a white
person persons who are of the same age, sex, general condition of health, and hope of longevity of any colored person, or, by making or requiring a rebate,
diminution, or discount from the sum to be paid upon a policy in case of an
insured colored person on the basis of race, or by failing to furnish a certificate of a regular
examining physician of such company to such colored person information required under section 3904.10 or 3911.16 of the Revised Code. This section does not require a life insurance company, or an agent thereof,
to take or receive an application for insurance from any person.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 153.59, 153.591, 3911.16, and 3911.17 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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