To amend sections 153.013 and 5525.26 and to enact section 3318.101 of the Revised Code to require contractors for certain municipally-administered construction projects and for certain state-assisted classroom facilities projects to comply with certain municipal ordinances regarding the use of local residents and businesses to perform the work.

Section 1.  That sections 153.013 and 5525.26 be amended and section 3318.101 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 153.013.  If a project for the construction, alteration, or other improvement of a building or structure is administered by the director of administrative services or, by another state agency, or by a municipal corporation authorized to administer a project under this chapter, if the project is located in a municipal corporation with a population of at least four hundred thousand that is in a county with a population of at least one million two hundred thousand, and if a political subdivision contributes at least one hundred thousand dollars to the project, then a contractor for the project shall comply with regulations or ordinances of the political subdivision that are in effect before July 1, 2009, and that specifically relate to the employment of residents and local businesses of the political subdivision in the performance of the work of the project, and such. Those ordinances or regulations shall be included by reference unambiguously in the contract between the administering state agency or municipal corporation and the contractor for the project.

Sec. 3318.101.  (A) As used in this section, "qualifying project" means a project undertaken by a city, exempted village, or local school district under this chapter, or a project undertaken by a joint vocational school district under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, for which the district's share of the basic project cost is at least one hundred thousand dollars.

(B) This section applies to any school district in which the major part of the district's territory is located in a municipal corporation with a population of at least four hundred thousand that is in a county with a population of at least one million two hundred thousand.

(C) When a school district to which this section applies enters into a construction contract for a qualifying project under section 3318.10 of the Revised Code on or after the effective date of this section, the contract shall require the contractor to comply with any regulations or ordinances of the municipal corporation in which the major part of the district's territory is located that were in effect before July 1, 2009, and that specifically relate to the employment of residents and local businesses of the municipal corporation for projects involving the construction, alteration, or other improvement of a building or structure. Those regulations or ordinances shall be included by reference unambiguously in the contract between the district and the contractor.

Sec. 5525.26.  Except as provided in federal law, if a project for the construction, reconstruction, or other improvement to a road or highway is administered by the department of transportation or any local public authority authorized under division (C)(D) of section 5501.03 of the Revised Code, if the project is located in a municipal corporation with a population of at least four hundred thousand that is in a county with a population of at least one million two hundred thousand, and if the project is funded with at least one hundred thousand dollars from a political subdivision, then a contractor for the project shall comply with regulations or ordinances of the political subdivision that are in effect before July 1, 2009, and that specifically relate to the employment of residents and local businesses of the political subdivision in the performance of the work of the project, and such. Those ordinances or regulations shall be included by reference unambiguously in the contract between the department of transportation or public authority and the contractor for the project.

Section 2.  That existing sections 153.013 and 5525.26 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.