Bill Text: OH HB403 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To require that all labor and services performed under any contract for goods or services paid for with state funds be performed within the United States, that all labor affected by state-funded economic development assistance be labor within the United States, and that all services performed as a result of such economic development assistance be performed within the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-28 - To Commerce and Labor [HB403 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB403-Introduced.html
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Representative Hagan, R.
Cosponsors:
Representatives Foley, Ramos, Pillich, Yuko, Letson, Antonio, Gerberry, Lundy, Phillips, Murray
| To enact sections 9.242 and 9.662 of the Revised Code | 1 |
| to require that all labor and services performed | 2 |
| under any contract for goods or services paid for | 3 |
| with state funds be performed within the United | 4 |
| States, that all labor affected by state-funded | 5 |
| economic development assistance be labor within | 6 |
| the United States, and that all services performed | 7 |
| as a result of such economic development | 8 |
| assistance be performed within the United States. | 9 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 9.242 and 9.662 of the Revised Code | 10 |
| be enacted to read as follows: | 11 |
| Sec. 9.242. (A) As used in this section: | 12 |
| (1) "Political subdivision" means any county, municipal | 13 |
| corporation, or township of the state. | 14 |
| (2) "State agency" means every organized body, office, or | 15 |
| agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of | 16 |
| any function of state government. | 17 |
| (B) A state agency or political subdivision shall not award a | 18 |
| contract for goods or services paid for in whole or in part with | 19 |
| state funds, unless the person to whom the contract is awarded | 20 |
| certifies that all labor and services to be performed in | 21 |
| connection with the contract will be performed at a location | 22 |
| within the United States. | 23 |
| (C) If, during the term of the contract, any labor or service | 24 |
| performed in connection with the contract is performed at a | 25 |
| location not within the United States, the contract shall be | 26 |
| terminated by the state agency or political subdivision for | 27 |
| noncompliance. The person to whom the contract was awarded shall | 28 |
| forfeit to the state agency or political subdivision the amount | 29 |
| paid by the state agency or political subdivision for the | 30 |
| percentage of labor or services that was performed at a location | 31 |
| not within the United States. | 32 |
| (D) The state or a political subdivision, as applicable, may | 33 |
| bring a civil action for the recovery of money due the state or | 34 |
| political subdivision under division (C) of this section. If the | 35 |
| state or political subdivision obtains a judgment against the | 36 |
| person to whom the contract was awarded, the court shall award | 37 |
| reasonable attorney's fees and costs. | 38 |
| (E) During the five-year period immediately following the | 39 |
| termination of a contract pursuant to division (C) of this | 40 |
| section, the person to whom the contract was awarded shall not be | 41 |
| eligible for any other contract for goods or services paid for in | 42 |
| whole or in part with state funds. | 43 |
| Sec. 9.662. (A) As used in this section: | 44 |
| (1) "Economic development assistance" means all of the | 45 |
| following: | 46 |
| (a) The programs and assistance provided or administered by | 47 |
| the department of development under Chapters 122. and 166. of the | 48 |
| Revised Code and any other section of the Revised Code under which | 49 |
| the department provides or administers economic development | 50 |
| assistance; | 51 |
| (b) The tax credit authorized by section 5725.31, 5729.07, | 52 |
| 5733.42, or 5747.39 of the Revised Code and any other tax credit | 53 |
| offered by the state to promote economic development; | 54 |
| (c) Economic development assistance that is provided or | 55 |
| administered by a state agency under any other section of the | 56 |
| Revised Code; | 57 |
| (d) Economic development assistance that is provided or | 58 |
| administered by a political subdivision and is funded, in whole or | 59 |
| in part, with state money. | 60 |
| (2) "Political subdivision" means any county, municipal | 61 |
| corporation, or township of the state. | 62 |
| (3) "State agency" means every organized body, office, or | 63 |
| agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of | 64 |
| any function of state government. | 65 |
| (B) A state agency or political subdivision shall not provide | 66 |
| economic development assistance, unless the person to whom the | 67 |
| assistance is provided certifies that all labor affected by the | 68 |
| assistance will be labor within the United States and that all | 69 |
| services performed as a result of the assistance will be performed | 70 |
| at a location within the United States. | 71 |
| (C) If any labor affected by the economic development | 72 |
| assistance is labor not within the United States or any service | 73 |
| performed as a result of the assistance is performed at a location | 74 |
| not within the United States, the state agency or political | 75 |
| subdivision shall reduce the amount or term of the assistance | 76 |
| accordingly. | 77 |
| (D) The state or a political subdivision, as applicable, may | 78 |
| bring a civil action for the recovery of money due the state or | 79 |
| political subdivision under division (C) of this section. If the | 80 |
| state or political subdivision obtains a judgment against the | 81 |
| person to whom the economic development assistance was provided, | 82 |
| the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs. | 83 |
| (E) If the amount or term of economic development assistance | 84 |
| is reduced pursuant to division (C) of this section, the person to | 85 |
| whom the assistance was awarded shall not, for five years | 86 |
| thereafter, be eligible for any other economic development | 87 |
| assistance. | 88 |
| Section 2. Sections 9.242 and 9.662 of the Revised Code, as | 89 |
| enacted by this act, apply only to contracts for goods and | 90 |
| services that are awarded on or after the effective date of this | 91 |
| act and to economic development assistance that is provided on or | 92 |
| after that date. | 93 |
