MRR Ohio Legislation Updates: December 2 – December 15, 2016
Notes from the House of Representatives
- HB No. 598 was passed on third consideration to create the Ohio Consumer Installment Loan Act.
- Sub SB No. 227 was passed on third consideration to make various changes to the laws governing the duties and functions of the Attorney General and to modify judgment dormancy law.
- HB No. 627 was introduced to specify that certain products, services, and supplies, to be purchased by the state through competitive selection, are eligible to be set aside for competition by only minority business enterprises and to clarify that plans prepared by an architect or engineer are not required for such purchases.
- Sub. SB No. 331 was passed on third consideration to, among other items, prohibit political subdivisions from establishing minimum wage rates different from the rate required by state law, and to generally grant private employers exclusive authority to establish policies concerning hours, and location of work, scheduling, and fringe benefits, unless an exception applies.
- Sub. SB No. 27 was passed on third consideration to enact the “Michael Louis Palumbo, Jr. Act” to provide that a firefighter who is disabled as a result of cancer under certain circumstances is presumed for purposes of the laws governing workers’ compensation and the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund to have incurred the cancer while performing official duties as a firefighter.
- SB No. 273 was passed on third consideration to enact the Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act.
- Sub. SB No. 235 passed on third consideration to authorize political subdivisions to exempt from property taxation the increased value of property on which industrial or commercial development is planned for up to six years, to make changes to Ohio’s unemployment compensation law, and to modify laws governing other state and local government authority and operations.
- Sub. SB No. 463 was passed on third consideration relative to the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code, real property foreclosure and escrow transactions, certain partial property tax exemptions, and local ballot initiatives; to require the coverage of autism services; to reimburse child abuse and child neglect regional prevention council members for expenses and prohibit conflicts of interest; and to amend the statutory procedure for recalling certain municipal officials to include a deadline for filing a petition for recall.
- Sub. SB No. 505 was passed on third consideration to regulate biological products and the substitution of interchangeable biological products, to revise certain deadlines related to prior authorization requirements, to establish an exemption from the laws governing health insuring corporations, and to delay the expiration of certain supervision agreements between physicians and physician assistants.
- HB No. 628 was introduced to replace locally levied school district property taxes with a statewide property tax and require recipients of certain tax exemptions to reimburse the state for such levy revenue lost due to those exemptions; to repeal school district income taxes; to require the Treasurer of State to issue general obligation bonds to refund certain school district debt obligations; to create a new system of funding schools where the state pays a specified amount per student that each student may use to attend the public or chartered nonpublic school of the student’s choice, without the requirement of a local contribution; to eliminate the School Facilities Commission; to eliminate the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program, Pilot Project Scholarship Program, Autism Scholarship Program, and Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program; to eliminate interdistrict open enrollment; to require educational service centers to transport students on a countywide basis; and to permit school districts to enter into a memoranda of understanding for one district to manage another.
Notes from the Senate
- Sub. HB No. 463 was passed upon third consideration relative to the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code, real property foreclosure and escrow transactions, certain partial property tax exemptions, and local ballot initiatives; to require the coverage of autism services; to reimburse child abuse and child neglect regional prevention council members for expenses and prohibit conflicts of interest; and to amend the statutory procedure for recalling certain municipal officials to include a deadline for filing a petition for recall.
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