Bill Text: OH HB100 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To allow the Auditor of State to conduct full audits of JobsOhio and to require all nonprofit economic development corporations that receive public funds to make annual disclosures related to both their public and private funds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - To State and Local Government [HB100 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB100-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 100

Representative Carney 

Cosponsors: Representatives Driehaus, Foley, Hagan, R., Ashford, Antonio, Phillips, Patterson, Gerberry, Ramos, Williams, Lundy 

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A BILL

To amend section 117.01 and to enact section 187.14

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of the Revised Code to allow the Auditor of State

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to conduct full audits of JobsOhio and to require

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all nonprofit economic development corporations

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that receive public funds to make annual

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disclosures related to both their public and

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private funds.

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

Section 1. That section 117.01 be amended and section 187.14	8
of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	9

Sec. 117.01.  As used in this chapter:

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(A) "Color of office" means actually, purportedly, or	11
allegedly done under any law, ordinance, resolution, order, or	12
other pretension to official right, power, or authority.	13

(B) "Public accountant" means any person who is authorized by	14
Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code to use the designation of	15
certified public accountant or who was registered prior to January	16
1, 1971, as a public accountant.	17

(C) "Public money" means any money received, collected by, or	18
due a public official under color of office, as well as any money	19
collected by any individual on behalf of a public office or as a	20
purported representative or agent of the public office.	21

(D) "Public office" means any state agency, public	22
institution, political subdivision, other organized body, office,	23
agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this	24
state for the exercise of any function of government. "Public	25
office" does not includeincludes the nonprofit corporation formed	26
under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.	27

(E) "Public official" means any officer, employee, or duly	28
authorized representative or agent of a public office.	29

(F) "State agency" means every organized body, office,	30
agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of	31
the state for the exercise of any function of state government.	32

(G) "Audit" means any of the following:

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(1) Any examination, analysis, or inspection of the state's	34
or a public office's financial statements or reports;	35

(2) Any examination, analysis, or inspection of records,	36
documents, books, or any other evidence relating to either of the	37
following:	38

(a) The collection, receipt, accounting, use, or expenditure	39
of public money by a public office or by a private institution,	40
association, board, or corporation;	41

(b) The determination by the auditor of state, as required by	42
section 117.11 of the Revised Code, of whether a public office has	43
complied with all the laws, rules, ordinances, or orders	44
pertaining to the public office.	45

(3) Any other type of examination, analysis, or inspection of	46
a public office or of a private institution, association, board,	47
or corporation receiving public money that is conducted according	48
to generally accepted or governmental auditing standards	49
established by rule pursuant to section 117.19 of the Revised	50
Code.	51

Sec. 187.14. (A) JobsOhio and its subsidiaries are public	52
offices for purposes of Chapter 117. of the Revised Code and shall	53
submit to audits by the auditor of state in accordance with that	54
chapter.	55

(B) JobsOhio and its subsidiaries, and any nonprofit economic	56
development corporation that receives or distributes public funds	57
during the corporation's fiscal year, each shall prepare an annual	58
financial report that provides a full accounting of all public and	59
private funds the corporation received or distributed during that	60
fiscal year. The corporation shall submit the report to the	61
speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the	62
president and minority leader of the senate, and the legislative	63
service commission within sixty days after the last day of the	64
corporation's fiscal year, and shall make the report available to	65
the public upon request. The report shall be prepared according to	66
generally accepted accounting principles and be certified by the	67
board of directors or chief fiscal officer of the corporation.	68

Section 2. That existing section 117.01 of the Revised Code	69
is hereby repealed.	70