Bill Text: OH HB430 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: To base the total amount that the administrative departments spend on the salaries or wages of their employees on changes in the Gross Domestic Product of Ohio.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-28 - To Finance & Appropriations [HB430 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB430-Introduced.html

---

As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 430

Representatives Goodwin, Morgan 

Cosponsors: Representatives Baker, Blair, Blessing, Boose, Combs, Grossman, Huffman, Adams, J., Stebelton 

---

A BILL

To enact section 124.16 of the Revised Code to base

1

the total amount that the administrative

2

departments spend on the salaries or wages of

3

their employees on changes in the Gross Domestic

4

Product of Ohio.

5

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

Section 1. That section 124.16 of the Revised Code be enacted	6
to read as follows:	7

Sec. 124.16. (A) As used in this section:

8

(1) "Employee" means an employee paid in whole or in part by	9
the state.	10

(2) "Salaries or wages" do not include employee benefits such	11
as paid leave, insurance coverage, or retirement benefits.	12

(3) "Administrative department" means an administrative	13
department created by section 121.02 of the Revised Code.	14

(B) Not later than the first day of June of each odd-numbered	15
year, the legislative service commission shall calculate and	16
publish the increase or decrease in the gross domestic product of	17
this state in chained 2000 dollars for the two-year period ending	18
on the immediately preceding thirty-first day of December. The	19
commission also shall calculate and publish the increase or	20
decrease for each calendar year of that two-year period.	21

(C)(1) Beginning on the first day of July of each	22
odd-numbered year, each administrative department shall decrease	23
the total amount that the administrative department spends on the	24
salaries or wages of its employees in an amount that is not less	25
than the decrease, if there was a decrease, in the gross	26
domestic product of this state for the two-year period that was	27
most recently calculated and published under division (B) of	28
this section.	29

(2) Beginning on the first day of July of each odd-numbered	30
year, each administrative department may, but is not required to,	31
increase the total amount that the administrative department	32
spends on the salaries or wages of its employees in an amount	33
that is not more than the increase, if there was an increase, in	34
the gross domestic product of this state for the two-year period	35
that was most recently calculated and published under division	36
(B) of this section.	37