Bill Title: To require the Director of Development and the Transportation Review Advisory Council, when considering project incentive awards, to provide a point preference to projects located within two miles of a Center of Excellence in Higher Education or located in Ohio Hubs of Innovation and Opportunity or Heritage Ohio Main Street Program communities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-07-12 - To Ways & Means & Economic Development
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As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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A BILL
| To amend section 5512.04 and to enact
sections | 1 |
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122.09 and 166.051 of the
Revised Code to require | 2 |
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the Director of
Development and the | 3 |
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Transportation Review Advisory Council, when | 4 |
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considering project incentive
awards, to provide | 5 |
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a point preference to projects
located within two | 6 |
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miles of a Center of Excellence in Higher | 7 |
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Education or located in Ohio Hubs of Innovation | 8 |
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and Opportunity or Heritage Ohio Main Street | 9 |
| Section 1. That section 5512.04 be amended and
sections | 11 |
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122.09 and 166.051 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as | 12 |
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follows: | 13 |
| Sec. 122.09. (A) When evaluating projects under this chapter | 14 |
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according to any points system established by the director of | 15 |
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development, the director shall award an additional number of | 16 |
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points equal to one-tenth of the point value the project would | 17 |
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have otherwise received if not for this division if the project | 18 |
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satisfies any of the following: | 19 |
| (1) The project is located within two miles of a university | 20 |
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recognized by the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents as a | 21 |
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center of excellence in higher education. | 22 |
| (2) The project is located within an area designated by the | 23 |
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director of development as an Ohio hub of innovation and | 24 |
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opportunity for aerospace and innovation. | 25 |
| (3) The project is located in a heritage Ohio main street | 26 |
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program-member community. The director of development, in the | 27 |
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director's sole discretion, shall award points to not more than | 28 |
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five projects in such communities. | 29 |
| (B) As used in this section, "heritage Ohio main street | 30 |
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program-member community" means a township or municipal | 31 |
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corporation that is a member of the heritage Ohio main street | 32 |
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program, or in which a nonprofit organization is such a member. | 33 |
| Sec. 166.051. (A) When evaluating projects under this chapter | 34 |
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according to any points system established by the director, the | 35 |
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director of development shall award an additional number of points | 36 |
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equal to one-tenth of the point value the project would have | 37 |
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otherwise received if not for this section, if the project | 38 |
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satisfies any of the following: | 39 |
| (1) The project is located within two miles of a university | 40 |
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recognized by the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents as a | 41 |
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center of excellence in higher education. | 42 |
| (2) The project is located within an area designated by the | 43 |
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director of development as an Ohio hub of innovation and | 44 |
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opportunity for aerospace and innovation. | 45 |
| (3) The project is located in a heritage Ohio main street | 46 |
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program-member community. The director of development, in the | 47 |
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director's sole discretion, shall award points to not more than | 48 |
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five projects in such communities. | 49 |
| (B) As used in this section, "heritage Ohio main street | 50 |
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program-member community" has the same meaning as in section | 51 |
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122.09 of the Revised Code. | 52 |
| Sec. 5512.04. (A) At least once every two years, the | 53 |
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director of
transportation shall prepare a fiscal forecast | 54 |
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predicting or
indicating the
amount of funding expected to be | 55 |
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available for
construction of new
transportation capacity | 56 |
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projects during the
period of the forecast. The
forecast shall be | 57 |
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consistent with the
biennial budget approved by the
general | 58 |
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assembly. | 59 |
| (B) The transportation review advisory council shall
develop | 60 |
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and
approve a list of projects
that will not cause spending to | 61 |
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significantly exceed the funding
predicted to be available by the | 62 |
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fiscal forecast. In developing its list of projects, the council | 63 |
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shall add to the total number of points scored for any project an | 64 |
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additional number of points equal to one-tenth of the point value | 65 |
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the project would have otherwise received if not for this section, | 66 |
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if the project satisfies any of the following: | 67 |
| (1) The project is located within two miles of a university | 68 |
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recognized by the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents as a | 69 |
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center of excellence in higher education. | 70 |
| (2) The project is located within an area designated by the | 71 |
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director of development as an Ohio hub of innovation and | 72 |
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opportunity for aerospace and innovation. | 73 |
| (3) The project is located in a heritage Ohio main street | 74 |
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program-member community. The director of development, in the | 75 |
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director's sole discretion, shall award points to not more than | 76 |
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five projects in such communities. | 77 |
| (C) As used in this section, "heritage Ohio main street | 78 |
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program-member community" has the same meaning as in section | 79 |
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122.09 of the Revised Code. | 80 |
| Section 2. That existing section 5512.04 of the
Revised Code | 81 |
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is hereby repealed. | 82 |
