Bill Text: OH HB402 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: To revise the laws governing county and independent agricultural societies regarding audits conducted by the Auditor of State and horse races conducted by a society.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-8)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-15 - To Agriculture [HB402 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB402-Engrossed.html

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As Passed by the House

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 402

Representative Dodd 

Cosponsors: Representatives Murray, Domenick, Letson, Evans, Sayre, Book, Hackett, Yuko, Okey, Boose, Derickson, Zehringer, Bubp, Chandler, Daniels, DeBose, Garland, Garrison, Luckie, Newcomb, Phillips, Pryor, Wagner 

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A BILL

To amend sections 117.10 and 1711.05 and to enact

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section 3769.0811 of the Revised Code to revise

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the laws governing county and independent

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agricultural societies regarding audits conducted

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by the Auditor of State and horse races conducted

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by a society.

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

Section 1. That sections 117.10 and 1711.05 be amended and	7
section 3769.0811 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as	8
follows:	9

Sec. 117.10.  The auditor of state shall audit all public	10
offices as provided in this chapter. The auditor of state also may	11
audit the accounts of private institutions, associations, boards,	12
and corporations receiving public money for their use and may	13
require of them annual reports in such form as the auditor of	14
state prescribes. However, the auditor of state shall audit only	15
public money received from a state agency or a board of county	16
commissioners, and shall not audit other money raised or received,	17
by a county agricultural society organized under section 1711.01	18
of the Revised Code or an independent agricultural society	19
organized under section 1711.02 of the Revised Code. The auditor	20
of state shall not charge more than three thousand dollars for an	21
audit of a county or independent agricultural society.	22

If the auditor of state performs or contracts for the	23
performance of an audit, including a special audit, of the public	24
employees retirement system, school employees retirement system,	25
state teachers retirement system, state highway patrol retirement	26
system, or Ohio police and fire pension fund, the auditor of state	27
shall make a timely report of the results of the audit to the Ohio	28
retirement study council.	29

The auditor of state may audit the accounts of any provider	30
as defined in section 5111.06 of the Revised Code.	31

If a public office has been audited by an agency of the	32
United States government, the auditor of state may, if satisfied	33
that the federal audit has been conducted according to principles	34
and procedures not contrary to those of the auditor of state, use	35
and adopt the federal audit and report in lieu of an audit by the	36
auditor of state's own office.	37

Within thirty days after the creation or dissolution or the	38
winding up of the affairs of any public office, that public office	39
shall notify the auditor of state in writing that this action has	40
occurred.	41

Sec. 1711.05.  Every county agricultural society and every	42
independent agricultural society annually shall publish an	43
abstract of its treasurer's account in a newspaper of the county	44
or on the web page of the society and make a report of its	45
proceedings during the year. It shall also make, in accordance	46
with the rules of the department of agriculture, a synopsis of its	47
awards for improvement in agriculture and in household	48
manufactures and forward suchthe synopsis to the director of	49
agriculture at or before the annual meeting of the directors of	50
the society with the director of agriculture, as provided for in	51
section 901.06 of the Revised Code. No payment after suchthat	52
date shall be made from the county treasury to suchthe society	53
unless a certificate from the director is presented to the county	54
auditor showing that such reports have been made.	55

Sec. 3769.0811.  (A) Horse races that are conducted by a	56
county agricultural society or independent agricultural society in	57
accordance with section 3769.082 of the Revised Code shall be	58
conducted at the fairgrounds of the sponsoring agricultural	59
society. If the horse races cannot be contested due to unfavorable	60
weather or another unavoidable cause, the races may be transferred	61
to a suitable track with the approval of the director of	62
agriculture. When such a race cannot be conducted, the	63
agricultural society shall allocate the remaining money in a	64
manner established by the director in rules adopted under division	65
(B) of this section notwithstanding division (G) of section	66
3769.082 of the Revised Code.	67

(B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter	68
119. of the Revised Code that establish the manner in which money	69
may be allocated under division (A) of this section.	70

Section 2. That existing sections 117.10 and 1711.05 of the	71
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	72