To temporarily authorize county treasurers and county prosecuting attorneys to designate that part of any surplus balance in the county's Delinquent Tax and Assessment Collection Fund be used to pay operating expenses of the respective office in lieu of county general fund money.

Section 1.  This section applies on or after July 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2011.

A county prosecuting attorney or county treasurer may determine that the amount of money appropriated to the respective office from the county Delinquent Tax and Assessment Collection Fund under division (A) of section 321.261 of the Revised Code exceeds the amount required to be used by that office as prescribed by division (A)(1) of that section. If a county prosecuting attorney or county treasurer makes such a determination, the prosecuting attorney or treasurer may expend up to fifty per cent of the excess so determined to pay the expenses of operating the respective office that otherwise would be payable from appropriations from the county general fund, notwithstanding section 321.261 of the Revised Code.

This section expires July 1, 2011.