Bill Text: OH HB4 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To establish the Local Government Performance Measurement Grant Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-30 - To State and Local Government [HB4 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB4-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 4

Representatives Stautberg, Blessing 

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A BILL

To amend sections 189.04, 189.05, 189.06, and 189.08

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and to enact section 189.041 of the Revised Code

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to establish the Local Government Performance

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Measurement Grant Program.

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

Section 1. That sections 189.04, 189.05, 189.06, and 189.08	5
be amended and section 189.041 of the Revised Code be enacted to	6
read as follows:	7

Sec. 189.04.  (A) The local government innovation council	8
shall award loans to a qualified political subdivision or a	9
qualified group of political subdivisions to be used for the	10
purchase of equipment, facilities, or systems or for	11
implementation costs.	12

Loans made under division (A) of this section shall be repaid	13
by recipients using savings achieved from the innovation project.	14

(B) Up to twenty per cent of the funds in the local	15
government innovation fund, established in section 189.05 of the	16
Revised Code, may be awarded by the council as grants to political	17
subdivisions for use in process improvement or implementation of	18
innovation project awards, except for local government performance	19
measurement grants awarded under section 189.041 of the Revised	20
Code.	21

(C) In every two fiscal years, the council may award one	22
million dollars from the local government innovation fund,	23
established in section 189.05 of the Revised Code, as local	24
government performance measurement grants under section 189.041 of	25
the Revised Code.	26

(D) The council shall award not more than one hundred	27
thousand dollars in total grants and not more than one hundred	28
thousand dollars in total loans to an individual political	29
subdivision per innovation project under this section, excluding	30
local government performance measurement grants awarded under	31
section 189.041 of the Revised Code. For an innovation project	32
involving a qualified group of political subdivisions, the council	33
shall award, in total grants and loans, not more than five hundred	34
thousand dollars, and the average amount per political subdivision	35
shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars.	36

Sec. 189.041. (A) The local government innovation council	37
shall award local government performance measurement grants to	38
political subdivisions to pay the necessary expenses of	39
participation in the center for performance measurement program of	40
the international city/county management association. A political	41
subdivision may use moneys awarded under this section only for the	42
following purposes:	43

(1) To pay the fee to the international city/county	44
management association to enroll the political subdivision in the	45
program;	46

(2) To pay employees of the political subdivision for the	47
hours of work required to receive training to participate in the	48
program and to gather and submit data to the center for	49
performance measurement for the purpose of participation in the	50
program;	51

(3) To pay an independent contractor to receive training to	52
participate in the program and to gather and submit data to the	53
center for performance measurement for the purpose of	54
participation in the program; and	55

(4) To pay for necessary equipment, including computer	56
equipment and software, for the political subdivision to receive	57
training to participate in the program and to gather and submit	58
data to the center for performance measurement for the purpose of	59
participation in the program, if the political subdivision does	60
not already possess such equipment.	61

(B)(1) All political subdivisions of the state are eligible	62
to apply for a grant under this section. A political subdivision	63
shall submit an application for a local government performance	64
measurement grant to the council on a form specified by the	65
council. The form shall require the political subdivision to	66
provide a detailed estimate of the necessary expenses for the	67
political subdivision to participate in the program.	68

(2) A political subdivision that is awarded funds under this	69
section shall not be required to contribute matching funds toward	70
the cost of participation in the program.	71

(3) The council shall award grants under this section in the	72
order in which the council receives each properly completed	73
application form, and in the amount reasonably requested in the	74
application.	75

(C)(1) The council shall award not more than ten thousand	76
dollars in every two fiscal years to a political subdivision under	77
this section.	78

(2) After the end of each fiscal year in which a political	79
subdivision has been awarded a grant under this section, the	80
political subdivision shall do both of the following:	81

(a) Prepare and submit to the council, on a form prescribed	82
by the council, an itemized statement of the grant moneys that	83
were expended and the purposes for which those moneys were	84
expended.	85

(b) Submit to the council any grant moneys awarded under this	86
section that remain unexpended. The council shall deposit all	87
unexpended moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the local	88
government innovation fund created in section 189.05 of the	89
Revised Code.	90

Sec. 189.05.  Funds for awards made by the local government	91
innovation council shall be made from the local government	92
innovation fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury.	93
The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to it, repayments of	94
principal and interest on loans made from the fund, unexpended	95
grant moneys submitted to the council under division (C)(2)(a) of	96
section 189.041 of the Revised Code, and any grants or donations	97
received from nonpublic entities. Interest earned on the money in	98
the fund shall be credited to the fund.	99

Sec. 189.06.  (A) All political subdivisions of the state are	100
eligible to apply for awards under the local government innovation	101
program. ApplicationsExcept for applications submitted for a	102
local government performance measurement grant under section	103
189.041 of the Revised Code, applications shall be submitted to	104
the department of development on a form specified by the director	105
of development. The department shall provide the application to	106
the local government innovation council for evaluation and	107
selection.	108

TheExcept as provided in section 189.041 of the Revised	109
Code, the local government innovation council shall award loans	110
and grants under the program in accordance with a competitive	111
process to be developed by the council.	112

(B) Not later than December 31, 2011, the council shall	113
establish criteria for evaluating proposals and making awards to	114
political subdivisions,other than awards made under section	115
189.041 of the Revised Code. The criteria shall be developed in	116
consultation with nonpublic entities involved in local government	117
issues, state institutions of higher education, and the department	118
of development, as determined by the council. The criteria shall	119
include a requirement that at least one of the political	120
subdivisions that is a party to the proposal provide matching	121
funds. The matching funds may be provided by a nonpublic entity.	122
The criteria for evaluating proposals may include the following	123
provisions:	124

(1) The expected return on investment, based on the ratio of	125
expected savings;	126

(2) The number of participating entities in the proposal;

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(3) The probability of the proposal's success;

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(4) The percentage of local matching funds available;

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(5) The ability to replicate the proposal in other political	130
subdivisions;	131

(6) Whether the proposal is part of a larger consolidation	132
effort by the applicant or applicants;	133

(7) Whether the proposal is to implement performance audit or	134
other audit recommendations under Chapter 117. of the Revised	135
Code;	136

(8) Whether the applicant has successfully completed an	137
innovation project in the past.	138

Sec. 189.08.  (A) Starting not later than March 1, 2012, the	139
local government innovation council shall begin evaluating	140
applications and proposals received under section 189.041 of the	141
Revised Code and from the department of development for awards to	142
political subdivisions. Not later than July 1, 2012, the council	143
shall make its first round of awards to the political	144
subdivisions.	145

(B) After making the first round of awards, the council shall	146
evaluate proposals and make awards on a quarterly basis, or on	147
another schedule determined by the council, with the council	148
determining the funding levels for each round of awards.	149

(C) When making awards from the local government innovation	150
fund created in section 189.05 of the Revised Code, except for	151
grants awarded under section 189.041 of the Revised Code, the	152
funds awarded across all rounds shall be allocated as follows:	153

(1) At least thirty per cent to political subdivisions that	154
are not counties and have a population of less than 20,000	155
residents as determined in the decennial census conducted in 2010	156
or counties with a population of less than 235,000 residents as	157
determined in the decennial census conducted in 2010;	158

(2) At least thirty per cent to political subdivisions that	159
are not counties and have a population of 20,000 residents or more	160
as determined in the decennial census conducted in 2010 or	161
counties with a population of 235,000 residents or more as	162
determined in the decennial census conducted in 2010.	163

If a proposal includes participants from both divisions	164
(C)(1) and (2) of this section, the award may be drawn from either	165
or both tiers in the local government innovation fund.	166

Section 2. That existing sections 189.04, 189.05, 189.06, and	167
189.08 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	168