Bill Text: OH HB298 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To create the Special Task Force on non-General Revenue Funds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-06 - To Finance & Appropriations [HB298 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB298-Introduced.html
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Representative Weddington
Cosponsors:
Representatives Domenick, Williams, S.
| To create the Special Task Force on non-General | 1 |
| Revenue Funds. | 2 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. (A) The General Assembly finds that the transfer | 3 |
| of cash from non-General Revenue Funds in the state treasury to | 4 |
| the General Revenue Fund has become a routine practice of state | 5 |
| government, and further finds that the state would benefit from a | 6 |
| thorough study of this practice with the goal of establishing | 7 |
| criteria to govern such transfers and to ensure the efficient | 8 |
| administration of non-General Revenue Funds. | 9 |
| (B) There is hereby created the Special Task Force on | 10 |
| non-General Revenue Funds. The Task Force shall evaluate funds in | 11 |
| the state treasury from which transfers to the General Revenue | 12 |
| Fund have been or may be made. | 13 |
| (C) The Task Force shall consist of the following eight | 14 |
| members: The Director of Budget and Management, the Treasurer of | 15 |
| State or the Treasurer's designee, a member of the House Finance | 16 |
| Committee appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 17 |
| Representatives, a member of the Senate Finance Committee | 18 |
| appointed by the President of the Senate, a member of the House | 19 |
| Majority Caucus staff appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 20 |
| Representatives, a member of the House Minority Caucus staff | 21 |
| appointed by the House Minority Leader, a member of the Senate | 22 |
| Majority Caucus staff appointed by the President of the Senate, | 23 |
| and a member of the Senate Minority Caucus staff appointed by the | 24 |
| Senate Minority Leader. | 25 |
| (D) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of | 26 |
| Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the | 27 |
| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall be ex | 28 |
| officio nonvoting members of the Task Force. All other Task Force | 29 |
| members possess the authority to vote on matters before the Task | 30 |
| Force. | 31 |
| (E) Members shall be appointed not later than thirty days | 32 |
| after the effective date of this act. Not later than sixty days | 33 |
| after the date the last original appointment is made, the Task | 34 |
| Force shall convene as summoned by the Speaker of the House of | 35 |
| Representatives. At the first meeting, members of the Task Force | 36 |
| shall elect a chairperson. The Task Force shall meet not less than | 37 |
| once per month. | 38 |
| (F) The Task Force shall deliver a final report to the | 39 |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of | 40 |
| the House, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the | 41 |
| Senate, and the Governor not later than July 1, 2010. The Task | 42 |
| Force shall cease to exist after the final report has been | 43 |
| delivered. | 44 |
| (G) A vacancy on the Task Force shall be filled in the same | 45 |
| manner as the original appointment. | 46 |
| (H) Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation, | 47 |
| except for the reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses. | 48 |
| (I) Upon the request of the chairperson, the Legislative | 49 |
| Service Commission shall provide research assistance to the Task | 50 |
| Force. | 51 |
