MRR Ohio Legislative Updates: May 20 – June 2, 2016
Notes from the House of Representatives
- Sub. SB No. 63 was passed upon third consideration to create an online voter registration system, to require the Secretary of State annually to review the Statewide Voter Registration Database to identify registrants who are not United States citizens, to modify the procedures for maintaining the Statewide Voter Registration Database, to amend the requirements for the certification of voting equipment, and to clarify the circumstances under which a political party may appoint a person to fill a vacancy in certain elective offices.
- HB No. 579 was introduced to make supplemental appropriations to the Department of Transportation in order to provide political subdivisions with funding for critical road maintenance repairs.
- Sub. SB No. 129 was passed upon third consideration to amend the law related to the prior authorization requirements of insurers and to delay the effective date of certain laws regarding community mental health and addiction services.
- Sub. SB No. 321 was passed upon third consideration to create a procedure within the Court of Claims to hear complaints alleging a denial of access to public records, to modify the circumstances under which a person who files a mandamus action seeking the release of public records may be awarded court costs and attorney’s fees, to expand the infrastructure record exemption under Public Records Law, and to generally protect a private, nonprofit institution of higher education from liability for a breach of confidentiality or other claim that arises from the institution’s disclosure of public records.
- Sub. HB No. 413 was passed upon third consideration to add to the purposes for which a board of township trustees may go into executive session, to permit a township to charge for recycling services, to reduce the population threshold for a township to adopt a limited home rule form of government, to authorize a township to purchase, lease, or provide underwater rescue and recovery equipment for fire and rescue purposes, to authorize boards of township trustees to pay for group life insurance for any employee, to expand the cemetery purposes for which such boards may levy a tax or expend township funds, to make other changes to the township laws or laws relating to township authority, to allow taxing units to use the proceeds of a fire, police, or emergency services tax levy to pay costs related to the service for which the tax is levied, to remove the limitations on the authority to reappoint members of the Ohio Small Government Capital Improvements Commission, to authorize boards of township trustees and boards of park commissioners to expend funds for the public purpose of presenting community events in their parks and other recreational facilities, and to expand the public infrastructure improvements townships, municipal corporations, and counties may pay for using money from their public improvement tax increment equivalent funds.
- Am. Sub. HB No. 277 was passed upon third consideration to authorize a county, township, or municipal corporation to impose a 9-1-1 system levy in only the portion of the subdivision that would be served by the 9-1-1 system.
Notes from the Senate
- Sub. HB No. 413 was passed upon third consideration to add to the purposes for which a board of township trustees may go into executive session, to permit a township to charge for recycling services, to reduce the population threshold for a township to adopt a limited home rule form of government, to authorize a township to purchase, lease, or provide underwater rescue and recovery equipment for fire and rescue purposes, to authorize boards of township trustees to pay for group life insurance for any employee, to expand the cemetery purposes for which such boards may levy a tax or expend township funds, to make other changes to the township laws or laws relating to township authority, to allow taxing units to use the proceeds of a fire, police, or emergency services tax levy to pay costs related to the service for which the tax is levied, to remove the limitations on the authority to reappoint members of the Ohio Small Government Capital Improvements Commission, to authorize boards of township trustees and boards of park commissioners to expend funds for the public purpose of presenting community events in their parks and other recreational facilities, and to expand the public infrastructure improvements townships, municipal corporations, and counties may pay for using money from their public improvement tax increment equivalent funds.
- Am. Sub. HB No. 277 was passed upon third consideration to authorize a county, township, or municipal corporation to impose a 9-1-1 system levy in only the portion of the subdivision that would be served by the 9-1-1 system and to declare an emergency.
For questions or more information on MRR’s Ohio Legislation Updates, contact:
Stacy V. Pollock – MRR Columbus
Phone: 614.324.0163
Email: spollock@mrrlaw.com
