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S. B. No. 12 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Brown, Gentile, Kearney, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Skindell, Smith, Tavares, Turner
A BILL
To enact section 1509.80 of the Revised Code to
require three-year employment of oil and gas
training program graduates who are Ohio residents,
and to make appropriations to support oil and gas
training programs, including employee training
grants to oil or gas well owners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 1509.80 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 1509.80. (A)(1) If an owner hires an individual who is a
graduate of an oil and gas training program and who is a resident
of this state at the time of the hiring, the owner shall employ
the individual for not less than three years beginning on the date
on which the individual is hired by the owner.
(2) As used in division (A)(1) of this section, "oil and gas
training program" means a program that provides training in
production operations and that is developed by a community or
technical college in this state in collaboration with an
association that represents the oil and gas industry.
(B) An owner that trains employees of the owner regarding
production operations qualifies for grants from the casino
operator settlement fund established in section 3772.34 of the
Revised Code if both of the following apply:
(1) The owner certifies to the chief of the division of oil
and gas resources management that each such employee will be
retained for not less than three years beginning on the date on
which the employee is hired by the owner.
(2) At least twenty-five per cent of the employees who are
trained by the owner are residents of this state.
(C) The chief shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter
119. of the Revised Code to administer and enforce this section.
Section 2. All items in this act are hereby appropriated as
designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit
of the General Services Fund Group. For all appropriations made in
this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2012 and
those in the second column are for fiscal year 2013. The
appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other
appropriations made for the FY 2012-FY 2013 biennium.
BOR BOARD OF REGENTS
General Services Fund Group
5JC0 |
235681 |
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Oil and Gas Job Training Program |
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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TOTAL GSF General Services Fund Group
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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OIL AND GAS JOB TRAINING PROGRAM
The foregoing appropriation item 235681, Oil and Gas Job
Training Program, shall be used to support oil and gas training
programs at community or technical colleges and to provide
employee training grants to oil or gas well owners pursuant to
section 1509.80 of the Revised Code as enacted by this act.
Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation
made in this act and shall determine the form and manner in which
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from
appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as
though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly.
The appropriations made in this act are subject to all
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly that
are generally applicable to such appropriations.
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