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Enacted in the 126th Ohio General Assembly - 2005-2006
Current through the end of the 126th General Assembly
Listed below are the bills affecting the public sector
that have been enacted in the 126th Ohio General Assembly
which opened in January 2005 and adjourned December 2006. We include links to the full text of the
legislation and the most recently available analysis from the Ohio Legislative
Service Commission. The bills are listed by number from the most recently introduced to the earliest with House bills listed first, followed by Senate bills.
You can also use
Find A Bill Online with the Ohio General Assembly Bills On-Line website to locate bills by number,
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Public sector bills pending and enacted in the 127th General Assembly 2007-2008
Go to Senate bills
H.B. 455 - Education Boards
Sponsored by Representative Sally Kilbane (R-Rocky River)
Allows employees of a city director of law to serve on a board of education for which the city director of law is not the legal adviser.
Effective February 3, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 385 - Township Law
Sponsored by Representative Tom Brinkman (R-Cincinnati)
Eliminates the requirement for a second class mailing privilege for newspapers of general circulation used for
legal publications, makes changes to the law authorizing a charge for certain multiple false alarms in townships,
increases the maximum registration fee for transient vendors in townships, allows
emergency resolutions to take effect in limited home rule townships, eliminates
the ten-year duration limit and the competitive bidding requirements for township lighting contracts, authorizes
boards of township trustees to sell cemetery-related items to raise revenue for the care and maintenance of
township cemeteries, authorizes urban townships to adopt a general parking authorization plan for
subdivision entrances and certain township cul-de-sac streets, removes
the limitation on the number of additional deferred compensation programs townships may
offer to township officers or employees, and authorizes
a township to pay the proceeds from the sale of a permanent improvement into the township's
general fund under certain circumstances.
Effective September 21, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 313 - Public Funds
Sponsored by Representative Jimmy Stewart (R-Athens)
Reduces pledging requirements by public depositories securing repayment of public moneys; specifies
debt and other obligations of certain out-of-state subdivisions as eligible to secure repayment of
state or political subdivision public moneys; and authorizes investment of certain state, political subdivision, and
county public moneys in certificates of deposit issued by federally insured banks and
savings and loan associations, wherever located, provided certain conditions apply.
Effective July 4, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 293 - Homestead Taxes
Sponsored by Representative Sally Kilbane (R-Rocky River)
Authorizes boards of county commissioners to establish property tax payment linked deposit
programs to assist senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled citizens in paying property taxes on their homesteads.
Effective March 30, 2007
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 226 - Court Costs
Sponsored by Representative James Hoops (R-Napoleon)
Authorizes the legislative authority of a municipal corporation to establish a schedule of fees to be
taxed as costs in a civil, criminal, or traffic proceeding in a municipal court for services performed by
officers or employees of the municipal corporation's police department or marshal's office.
Effective February 27, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 101 - Local Government
Sponsored by Representative Larry Wolpert (R-Hilliard)
Creates the Local Government Public Task Force to study local government public notice requirements and to issue a report
including recommendations for meeting those requirements in economic and efficient alternative ways.
Effective May 17, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 100 - Solid Waste Districts
Sponsored by Representative Mary Taylor (R-Uniontown)
Authorizes a solid waste management district to exempt automotive shredder residue from the district's generation fee.
Effective March 29, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 76 - Village Government
Sponsored by Representative James Trakas (R-Independence)
Permits the electors of a statutory village to vote on a question to authorize the mayor to appoint the village
solicitor with the advice and consent of the village's legislative authority.
Effective October 21, 2005
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 33 - Prosecuting Attorneys
Sponsored by Representative Jeff Wagner (R-Sycamore)
Permits the prosecuting attorney to be the legal advisor to a joint ambulance district, to a fire and ambulance district, and
to a joint emergency medical services district.
Effective December 20, 2005
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 13 - Emergency Medical Services
Sponsored by Representative Jeff Wagner (R-Sycamore)
Permits the levy by a board of county commissioners of a sales and use tax for the purpose of providing emergency medical services.
Effective March 30, 2005
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 9 - Public Records Law
Sponsored by Representative Scott Oelslager (R-Canton)
Revises the Public Records Law.
Effective March 29, 2007; certain sections September 29, 2007
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 167 - Eminent Domain Moratorium
Sponsored by Senator Tim Grendell (R-Chesterland)
Establishes, until December 31, 2006, a moratorium on the use of eminent domain
by any entity of the state government or any political subdivision of the state to take,
without the owner's consent, private property that is in an unblighted area
when the primary purpose for the taking is economic development that will ultimately
result in ownership of the property being vested in another private person, creates
the Legislative Task Force to Study Eminent Domain and Its Impact on Land Use Planning in the State, and declares
an emergency.
Effective November 15, 2005
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 125 - Juvenile Detention Facilities
Sponsored by Senator Kirk Schuring (R-Canton)
Authorizes joint county juvenile detention facility districts to enter into
agreements with the several boards of county commissioners providing for the financing of juvenile
detention facility improvements.
Effective July 20, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 107 - Township Officials
Sponsored by Senator Kirk Schuler (R-Canton)
Replaces the name "township clerk" with the name "township fiscal officer."
Effective December 20, 2005
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 82 - Residency Requirements
Sponsored by Senator Tim Grendell (R-Chesterland)
Prohibits political subdivisions from imposing residency requirements on certain employees.
Effective May 1, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 10 - MR/DD Boards
Sponsored by Senator Jim Jordan (R-Urbana)
Revises the law governing county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
Effective September 5, 2005
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
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