Pending Legislation
During the course of a two-year General Assembly, hundreds of bills may be introduced on a multitude of topics. The OTA monitors the introduction of legislation and places all bills that have an impact on townships, directly or indirectly, on our Legislative Status Sheet. Below are recently introduced bills relevant to township government:
HB 288 IMMUNITY (Combs, C.) To grant an emergency medical technician who is providing volunteer medical assistance to a county, township, or municipal SWAT team at the SWAT team's request the same civil immunity granted to a political subdivision employee and to permit such an emergency medical technician to carry a firearm onto, or possess a firearm on, lands and premises during the time that the technician is providing such medical assistance.
Local Government
HB 322 INTEREST RATES (Brenner, A.) To permit Ohio banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, and credit unions to charge the same interest rate and other charges that out of state banks may charge Ohio customers. En. 1121.051, 1151.181, 1163.221 and 1733.413.
Financial Institutions, Housing & Urban Development
HB 323 PENSION TRUSTEE FELONIES (Dovilla, M., Anielski, M.) To add extortion and perjury to the folonies committed by a public retirement system member while serving in a position of honor, trust, or profit under the law governing the forfeiture of retirement system benefits and the termination of retirement system disability benefits. Am. 145.572, 145.573, 742.463, 742.464, 2901.43, 2929.192, 2929.193, 3305.11, 3305.12, 3307.372, 3307.373, 3309.672, 3309.673, 5505.262 and 5505.263.
Criminal Justice
HB 326 PUBLIC FUND USE (McClain, J., Hill, B.) To prohibit a person from using public funds for specified purposes and to specify that a person or a political subdivision who violates the prohibition is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. Am. 9.03 and 3599.40.
Criminal Justice
SB 211 COURT COSTS (Bacon, K.) To require that all moneys collected by the clerk of a municipal or county court be paid to the appropriate person, fund, or entity on or before the twentieth day of each month, to permit a municipal or county court to collect unpaid court costs, fees, or fines from an obligor's state income tax refund, to require the Auditor of State to create and maintain a chart detailing the distribution of court costs, fees, and fines collected by municipal and county court clerks, to create the Committee on Court Costs, and to ensure that neither the Registrar nor any deputy registrar accepts any application for the issuance or renewal of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or temporary instruction permit, or for the registration or transfer of registration of a motor vehicle of a person who fails to pay court costs imposed for offenses by a municipal mayor's, or county court. Am. .261, 1901.31, 1907.20, 1907.26, 1907.261 and 4503.39 and to enact sections 117.102, 1901.263, 1901.44, 1905.202, 1905.33, 1907.25, 1907.263, 2303.203 and 5747.124.
Judiciary-Civil Justice
SB 212 OIL & GAS DRILLING (Skindell, M.) To establish requirements governing well stimulation, brine disposal, and water that is used in the drilling and operation of oil and gas wells on state land, including a requirement that oil and gas permittees pay a five percent overriding royalty for each well that is stimulated. Am. 1509.74 and to enact sections 1509.031, 1509.191, 1509.192, 1509.227 and 6111.70.
Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources
Testimony