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H. B. No. 365 As IntroducedAs Introduced
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Setzer, Stebelton, Strahorn, Zehringer
A BILL
To amend section 103.14 and to enact section 101.16
of the Revised Code to
specify that if a bill
provides for a new or
increased jail term, prison
term, or delinquent
child commitment no committee
of the General
Assembly may report it and neither
house of the
General Assembly may pass it unless
the bill
designates one or more funding sources
from which
the cost of the term or commitment
will be paid, to require fiscal analyses
prepared
by the Legislative Service Commission to
include
an estimate for each such bill of the cost
of the
term or commitment, and to require the creation of
a task force to establish a state policy to limit
future increases in the number of criminal
offenders and delinquent children in correctional
facilities and Department of Youth Services
facilities and provide planning for modifying,
expanding, and constructing those facilities
necessary to satisfy the projected increased need
for them.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 103.14 be amended and section 101.16
of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 101.16. (A)(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Criminal prohibition" means a prohibition set forth in a
statute that if violated by an adult is a criminal offense or that
if violated by a juvenile would be a criminal offense if it had
been violated by an adult.
(b) "Jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment
for a violation" means a jail term or a prison term that is
authorized or required as a sanction for a violation of a criminal
prohibition or a period of confinement of a delinquent child in
the custody of the department of youth services that is authorized
or required as a sanction for a violation of such a prohibition.
(2) For purposes of divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a
bill "designates the source of the funds from which the cost of
the jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a
violation of the new prohibition or the cost of the increase in
the existing jail term, prison term, or delinquent child
commitment for a violation of the existing criminal prohibition
will be paid" by doing one of the following:
(a) Specifying one or more existing appropriations that
include sufficient funds from which the cost in question will be
paid;
(b) Including a proposed new appropriation from which the
cost in question will be paid;
(c) Including a proposed new tax, fee, cost, or other revenue
source that will provide the revenue, and a proposed new
appropriation from the revenue provided by that source, from which
the cost in question will be paid;
(d) Including a combination of two or more of the sources
described in divisions (A)(2)(a) to (c) of this section from which
the cost in question will be paid.
(B) No committee of either house of the general assembly
shall vote out of the committee any bill that establishes a new
criminal prohibition that has a jail term, prison term, or
delinquent child commitment for a violation of the prohibition or
that provides for an increase in the existing jail term, prison
term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of an
existing criminal prohibition unless the bill designates the
source of the funds from which the cost of the jail term, prison
term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the new
prohibition or the cost of the increase in the existing jail term,
prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the
existing criminal prohibition will be paid.
For any bill to which this division applies, except as
otherwise provided in this division, the cost of the jail term,
prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the
new prohibition established in the bill or the cost of the
increase provided in the bill in the existing jail term, prison
term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the
existing criminal prohibition shall be determined from the fiscal
analysis of the bill prepared by the legislative service
commission pursuant to section 103.14 of the Revised Code before
the bill is recommended for passage by the particular committee or
from any analysis prepared by the office of budget and management
that contains an estimate, in dollars, of that cost. If neither
the legislative service commission nor the office of budget and
management prepares any such analysis, the cost shall be
determined from any other relevant and appropriate source.
(C) Neither house of the general assembly shall pass any bill
that establishes a new criminal prohibition that has a jail term,
prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the
prohibition or that provides for an increase in the existing jail
term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation
of an existing criminal prohibition unless the bill designates the
source of the funds from which the cost of the jail term, prison
term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the new
prohibition or the cost of the increase in the existing jail term,
prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the
existing criminal prohibition will be paid.
For any bill to which this division applies, except as
otherwise provided in this division, the cost of the jail term,
prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the
new prohibition established in the bill or the cost of the
increase provided in the bill in the existing jail term, prison
term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the
existing criminal prohibition shall be determined from the fiscal
analysis of the bill prepared by the legislative service
commission pursuant to section 103.14 of the Revised Code before
the bill is taken up for final consideration by the particular
house of the general assembly or from any analysis prepared by the
office of budget and management that contains an estimate, in
dollars, of that cost. If neither the legislative service
commission nor the office of budget and management prepares any
such analysis, the cost shall be determined from any other
relevant and appropriate source.
(D) Any action of a committee that votes out of the committee
a bill that establishes a new criminal prohibition that has a jail
term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation
of the prohibition or that provides for an increase in the
existing jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment
for a violation of an existing criminal prohibition is invalid
unless division (B) of this section is satisfied regarding the
action and the bill.
Any action of either house of the general assembly that
passes a bill that establishes a new criminal prohibition that has
a jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a
violation of the prohibition or that provides for an increase in
the existing jail term, prison term, or delinquent child
commitment or prison term for a violation of an existing criminal
prohibition is invalid unless division (C) of this section is
satisfied regarding the action and the bill.
(E) Any person may bring an action to enforce this section.
An action under this section shall be brought within two years
after the date of the alleged violation by a committee or house of
the general assembly that did not satisfy division (B) or (C) of
this section, whichever is applicable. Upon proof of the
violation, the action of the committee or house of the general
assembly that did not satisfy division (B) or (C) of this section,
whichever is applicable, is invalid in accordance with division
(D) of this section.
Sec. 103.14. (A) If a bill introduced in the general
assembly appears to affect the revenues or expenditures of the
state, or a county, municipal corporation, township, school
district, or other governmental entity of the state, the Ohio
legislative budget office of the Ohio legislative service
commission shall, before the bill is recommended for passage by
the house committee or the senate committee of the general
assembly to which the bill was referred and again before the bill
is taken up for final consideration by either house of the
general
assembly, prepare a fiscal analysis of the bill or
resolution. The
fiscal analysis shall include an all of the following:
(1) An estimate, in
dollars, of the amount by which the bill
would increase or
decrease revenues or expenditures and any;
(2) If the bill establishes a new criminal prohibition that
has a jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a
violation of the prohibition or provides for an increase in the
existing jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment
for a violation of an existing criminal prohibition, an estimate,
in dollars, of the cost of the jail term, prison term, or
delinquent child commitment for a violation of the new prohibition
or the cost of the increase in the existing jail term, prison
term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation of the
existing criminal prohibition;
(3) Any other information the
Ohio legislative budget office
service commission considers necessary to explain the
fiscal
effect of the bill or resolution.
(B) The Ohio legislative budget office service commission
shall distribute
copies of a fiscal analysis in accordance with
either of the
following:
(1) For consideration by the senate or house rules
committee,
or the standing committee to which a bill is referred,
two copies
to the chairman chairperson together with a copy to
each member of
the committee;
(2) For final consideration, a copy to each member of the
house that is considering the bill.
If the member who introduced the bill or resolution is not
a
member of the house or rules committee considering the bill,
the
Ohio legislative budget office service commission shall send him
the member a
copy.
(C) In preparing a fiscal analysis, the Ohio legislative
budget office service commission may request any department,
division, institution,
board, commission, authority, bureau, or
other instrumentality or
officer of the state, a county, municipal
corporation, township,
school district, or other governmental
entity of the state to
provide any of the following information:
(1) An estimate, in dollars, of the amount by which the
bill
or resolution would increase or decrease the revenues or
expenditures received or made by the instrumentality, officer, or
entity;
(2) If the bill establishes a new criminal prohibition that
has a jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a
violation of the prohibition or provides for an increase in the
existing jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment
for a violation of an existing criminal prohibition, an estimate,
in dollars, of the cost to the instrumentality, officer, or entity
of the jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment for
a violation of the new prohibition or the cost to the
instrumentality, officer, or entity of the increase in the
existing jail term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment
for a violation of the existing criminal prohibition;
(3) Any other information the Ohio legislative budget
office
service commission considers necessary for it to understand or
explain the
fiscal effect of the bill.
An instrumentality, officer, or entity shall comply with a
request as soon as reasonably possible after it receives the
request. The Ohio legislative budget office service commission
shall specify the
manner of compliance in its request, and if
necessary may specify
a longer period of time than five days for
compliance. The Ohio
legislative budget office service commission
may consider any information provided
under this division in
preparing a fiscal analysis.
(D) The failure of the Ohio legislative budget office service
commission to
prepare a fiscal analysis before a bill or
resolution is taken up
for consideration by the house or senate
committees, or by either
or both houses for final consideration
shall not be construed to
impair the validity of any bill passed
by either or both houses
of the general assembly. The failure of
the legislative service commission to so prepare a fiscal analysis
does not limit or affect the operation of divisions (B) to (E) of
section 101.16 of the Revised Code.
(E) For purposes of division (A) of this section, every bill
introduced in the general assembly that establishes a new criminal
prohibition that has a jail term, prison term, or delinquent child
commitment for a violation of the prohibition or that provides for
an increase in the existing jail term, prison term, or delinquent
child commitment for a violation of an existing criminal
prohibition automatically is classified as a bill that affects the
revenues or expenditures of the state or a county, municipal
corporation, township, school district, or other governmental
entity of the state for which fiscal analyses are required under
that division.
(F) As used in this section, "criminal prohibition" and "jail
term, prison term, or delinquent child commitment for a violation"
have the same meanings as in section 101.16 of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing section 103.14 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
Section 3. Not later than ninety days after the effective
date of this section, the Governor and the General Assembly shall
create a task force to establish a policy for the state that will
limit future increases in the number of criminal offenders
incarcerated in prisons and jails and the number of delinquent
children committed to the custody of the Department of Youth
Services and that will provide planning for the modification,
expansion, and construction of prisons, jails, and Department of
Youth Services institutions that will be necessary to satisfy the
projected increase in the need for such facilities.
The task force shall consist of a reasonable number of
members, with the number jointly determined by the Governor, the
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and
the President and Minority Leader of the Senate. Two members of
the task force shall be members of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives and shall not be members of the same political
party. Two members of the task force shall be members of the
Senate appointed by the President and Minority Leader of the
Senate and shall not be members of the same political party. The
remaining members of the task force shall be appointed by the
Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of
the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate. Each of the
appointing officials shall appoint one-fifth of the appointed
members of the task force. When all members are appointed, the
task force promptly shall meet, select a Chairperson and a
Vice-Chairperson, and organize its activities. Members of the task
force shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for
their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
their official duties as members of the task force.
Not later than one year after the effective date of this
section, the task force shall prepare and submit to the Speaker
and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President
and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Governor a report that
sets forth its findings regarding a policy for the state that will
limit future increases in the number of criminal offenders
incarcerated in prisons and jails and the number of delinquent
children committed to the custody of the Department of Youth
Services and that will provide planning for the modification,
expansion, and construction of prisons, jails, and Department of
Youth Services institutions that will be necessary to satisfy the
projected increase in the need for such facilities. The task force
shall cease to exist on the date on which it submits its final
report to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, the President and Minority Leader of the Senate,
and the Governor.
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