Bill Text: OH HB447 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To permit a school district resulting from the consolidation of two or more school districts or from the voluntary transfer of the entire territory of a school district to receive a loan from the Ohio school facilities commission for the construction of a new facility to support the consolidated district if specified conditions are satisfied, and to make an appropriation.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-02 - Committee Report - S [HB447 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB447-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 447

Representative Lynch 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, J., Patterson, Roegner, Sprague, Stebelton, Thompson 

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A BILL

To enact sections 3318.75 and 3318.751 of the Revised

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Code to permit a school district resulting from

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the consolidation of two or more school districts

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that meet specified conditions to receive a loan

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from the Ohio school facilities commission for the

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construction of a new facility to support the

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consolidated district.

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

Section 1. That sections 3318.75 and 3318.751 of the Revised	8
Code be enacted to read as follows:	9

Sec. 3318.75.  (A) For purposes of this section, an "eligible	10
school district" is a city, local, or exempted village school	11
district that results from the consolidation of two or more school	12
districts under section 3311.37 of the Revised Code, provided all	13
of the following conditions are satisfied:	14

(1) The consolidating districts are located in the same	15
county;	16

(2) The county in which the consolidating districts are	17
located has a population of less than one hundred thousand as of	18
the most recent federal decennial census;	19

(3) Each of the consolidating districts has a student	20
enrollment of less than one thousand seven hundred students on the	21
effective date of the consolidation;	22

(4) Neither of the consolidating districts has previously	23
received state assistance under this chapter;	24

(5) Prior to the consolidation, the Ohio school facilities	25
commission determined in a study conducted under section 3318.751	26
of the Revised Code that the school district resulting from the	27
consolidation would be able to repay a loan made under this	28
section within fifteen years after receiving the loan by using up	29
to eighty per cent of the projected savings from consolidation.	30

(B) In addition to receiving state assistance under any other	31
section of this chapter, an eligible school district may apply for	32
a loan of up to ten million dollars from the commission for the	33
purpose of constructing a new classroom facility to meet the	34
district's needs. The application shall be submitted in a form and	35
manner specified by the commission.	36

(C) The commission shall adopt rules regarding the making and	37
repayment of loans under this section, including the interest rate	38
for loans.	39

Sec. 3318.751.  Upon the request of two or more school	40
districts that are seeking to consolidate into a single district	41
that may be eligible for a loan under section 3318.75 of the	42
Revised Code, the Ohio school facilities commission shall conduct	43
a study in order to identify any savings that could result from	44
the proposed consolidation.	45

Section 2. All items in this section are hereby appropriated	46
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the	47
credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this	48
act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those	49
in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations	50
made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made	51
for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium.	52

FCC Facilities Construction Commission	53

General Revenue Fund	54

GRF	230501		Consolidated District Loan Program		$	0		$	10,000,000		55
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund					$	0		$	10,000,000		56
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS					$	0		$	10,000,000		57

CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT LOAN PROGRAM

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The foregoing appropriation item 230501, Consolidated	59
District Loan Program, shall be used to award loans to school	60
districts under section 3318.75 of the Revised Code.	61

Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the	62
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts	63
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation	64
made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which	65
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from	66
appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as	67
though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly.	68

The appropriations made in this act are subject to all	69
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that	70
are generally applicable to such appropriations.	71