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H. B. No. 322 As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee

As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee

130th General Assembly

Regular Session

2013-2014

H. B. No. 322

Representatives Duffey, Hagan, C.

Cosponsors: Representatives Amstutz, Blair, Butler, Henne, Landis, Roegner, Schuring, Terhar, Bishoff, Hackett, Young, Brown

A BILL

To enact section 117.432 of the Revised Code to require the Auditor of State to adopt rules regarding a uniform accounting system for public offices.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 117.432 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 117.432. (A) The general assembly recognizes that government transparency requires a common language of definitions for public information and that a uniform chart of accounts improves financial management while maintaining the principle of home rule over local matters. It is declared to be a public purpose and function of the state to facilitate the ability of the public easily to compare public data generated by the state and other public offices using this common language. With these goals in mind, the general assembly hereby creates a uniform chart of accounts for public offices in Ohio.

(B) Within one year of the effective date of this section, the auditor of state shall establish, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, appropriate uniform accounting procedures and charts of accounts that may be used by all public offices. Public offices that maintain their financial records in accordance with the rules established by the auditor of state under this section shall be declared by the auditor to have earned a "DataOhio Transparency Award-Uniformity of Accounting."

(C) Not later than three years after the effective date of this section, the auditor of state shall submit to the general assembly proposed legislation to establish uniform accounting procedures and charts of accounts for all public offices. In doing so, the auditor of state shall consider the experience of public offices that have maintained their financial records in accordance with the rules established under this section.