Bill Text: OH HB323 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: To establish an online catalog of public data at data.Ohio.gov.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - Committee Report - S [HB323 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB323-Comm_Sub.html

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As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

Sub. H. B. No. 323

Representatives Duffey, Hagan, C. 

Cosponsors: Representatives Amstutz, Blair, Henne, Landis, Roegner, Schuring, Stinziano, Terhar, Bishoff, Hackett, Young, Brown 

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A BILL

To enact section 149.60 of the Revised Code to

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establish the Local Government Information

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Exchange Grant Program and to make an

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appropriation.

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

Section 1. That section 149.60 of the Revised Code be enacted	5
to read as follows:	6

Sec. 149.60. (A) As used in this section:

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(1) "Local government" means a county, township, or municipal	8
corporation or public library.	9

(2) "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan	10
planning organization designated under section 9(a) of the	11
"Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962," 76 Stat. 1148, 23 U.S.C. 134,	12
as amended.	13

(3) "Public record" has the meaning defined in section 149.43	14
of the Revised Code.	15

(B) There is the local government information exchange grant	16
program in the department of administrative services. The program	17
shall be administered by the director of administrative services.	18
The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised	19
Code as are necessary to administer the program. The rules shall	20
include all of the following:	21

(1) Grant eligibility criteria, which shall include a	22
requirement that a grantee be a local government, or a regional	23
planning commission, metropolitan planning organization, or	24
regional council of governments, which may apply on behalf of a	25
local government or group of local governments to assist them in	26
meeting the requirements of this section;	27

(2) Specifications for what data points must be included by	28
local governments in order for the local governments to be	29
eligible for the grant funding;	30

(3) A requirement that electronic data satisfying the grant	31
criteria be posted on the internet, by the local government or by	32
the state, in an open format that is capable of being searched,	33
viewed, and downloaded by the public;	34

(4) Specifications for consistent formatting and technology	35
standards for electronic data satisfying the grant eligibility	36
criteria; and	37

(5) Specifications for accounting standards for data provided	38
by local governments.	39

Required data points may be different for each type of local	40
government.	41

(C) The director shall disburse a grant of ten thousand	42
dollars to each local government that meets the grant eligibility	43
criteria established by the director, or to a regional planning	44
commission, metropolitan planning organization, or regional	45
council of governments for each local government applied for that	46
meets the grant eligibility criteria established by the director.	47
Grants shall be awarded in the order in which the local	48
governments have met the eligibility criteria. The total amount of	49
grants awarded shall not exceed the amount that can be funded with	50
appropriations made by the general assembly for this purpose.	51

Section 2.  All items in this section are hereby appropriated	52
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the	53
credit of the General Revenue Fund. For all appropriations made in	54
this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2015 and	55
the appropriations in the second column are for fiscal year 2016.	56
The appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other	57
appropriations made for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium and the FY	58
2016-FY 2017 biennium.	59

DAS DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES	60

General Revenue Fund	61

GRF	100501		Local Government Information Exchange Grants		$	12,500,000		$	12,500,000		62
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund					$	12,500,000		$	12,500,000		63
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS					$	12,500,000		$	12,500,000		64

LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE GRANTS

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Of the foregoing appropriation item 100501, Local Government	66
Information Exchange Grants, up to $250,000 in fiscal year 2015	67
shall be used by the Director of Administrative Services for	68
administration and maintenance of the Local Government Information	69
Exchange Grant Program and for administration of Local Government	70
Information Exchange Grants. The remainder of the foregoing	71
appropriation item 100501, Local Government Information Exchange	72
Grants, shall be used by the Director of Administrative Services	73
to disburse grant awards to eligible counties, townships, and	74
municipal corporations, and to regional planning commissions,	75
metropolitan planning organizations, and regional councils of	76
governments, under section 149.60 of the Revised Code.	77

Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the	78
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts	79
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation	80
made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which	81
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from the	82
FY 2015 appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted	83
for as though made in H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly.	84

The FY 2015 appropriations made in this act are subject to	85
all provisions of H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that are	86
generally applicable to such appropriations.	87

Expenditures from the FY 2016 appropriation contained in this	88
act shall be accounted for as though made in the main operating	89
appropriations act of the 131st General Assembly. The FY 2016	90
appropriation made in this act is subject to all provisions of the	91
main operating appropriations act of the 131st General Assembly	92
that are generally applicable to such appropriations.	93