Bill Text: OH HB524 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To require the Ohio Development Services Agency to develop the Lakefront Ohio Economic Development and Tourism Plan for counties bordering Lake Erie, to require regional institutions of higher education to jointly develop a proposal for the use of specified types of land in the region, and to make an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-28 - To Finance and Appropriations [HB524 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB524-Introduced.html
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Representatives Budish, Lundy
Cosponsors:
Representatives Patterson, Foley, Sheehy, Hagan, R., Antonio, Celebrezze, Letson, Boyd, Redfern
| To require the Ohio Development Services Agency to | 1 |
| develop the Lakefront Ohio Economic Development | 2 |
| and Tourism Plan for counties bordering Lake Erie, | 3 |
| to require regional institutions of higher | 4 |
| education to jointly develop a proposal for the | 5 |
| use of specified types of land in the region, and | 6 |
| to make an appropriation. | 7 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. (A) Not later than sixteen months after the | 8 |
| effective date of this section, the Ohio Development Services | 9 |
| Agency shall develop the Lakefront Ohio Economic Development and | 10 |
| Tourism Plan to increase commerce and tourism in Ohio counties | 11 |
| with land bordering Lake Erie. The plan shall include | 12 |
| recommendations for the use of the following types of land in the | 13 |
| region: | 14 |
| (1) Vacant land; | 15 |
| (2) Land currently available for commercial use; | 16 |
| (3) Land currently in use that has the potential to attract | 17 |
| increased commerce and tourism to the region. | 18 |
| The plan may incorporate the proposal jointly completed by | 19 |
| regional institutions of higher education pursuant to division (B) | 20 |
| of this section. The plan shall not include proposals for the | 21 |
| industrial use of land in the region. | 22 |
| (B) Regional institutions of higher education shall jointly | 23 |
| do both of the following: | 24 |
| (1) Review the types of land in the region listed in division | 25 |
| (A) of this section; | 26 |
| (2) Develop a proposal for the use of such land under the | 27 |
| plan. The proposal shall identify land that may be developed to | 28 |
| increase commerce and tourism and shall include a plan for the | 29 |
| economic development of such land, including recommendations for | 30 |
| funding. | 31 |
| Not later than twelve months after the effective date of this | 32 |
| section, the regional institutions of higher education shall | 33 |
| jointly submit the proposal developed pursuant to this division to | 34 |
| the Ohio Development Services Agency. | 35 |
| (C) Upon the submission of the institutions' proposal | 36 |
| pursuant to division (B) of this section, the Ohio Development | 37 |
| Services Agency shall develop the Lakefront Ohio Economic | 38 |
| Development and Tourism Plan. Upon the completion of the plan, the | 39 |
| agency shall then submit the plan to the Office of TourismOhio, | 40 |
| JobsOhio, and the mayor and county commissioner, or the | 41 |
| equivalent, of each Ohio county with land bordering Lake Erie. | 42 |
| (D) As used in this section, "regional institutions of higher | 43 |
| education" are institutions of higher education with main or | 44 |
| branch campuses located in an Ohio county that borders Lake Erie, | 45 |
| including all of the following: | 46 |
| (1) Bowling Green State University branch campus at the | 47 |
| Firelands; | 48 |
| (2) Case Western Reserve University; | 49 |
| (3) Cleveland State University; | 50 |
| (4) Cuyahoga Community College; | 51 |
| (5) Lakeland Community College; | 52 |
| (6) Lorain County Community College; | 53 |
| (7) University of Toledo; | 54 |
| (8) Youngstown State University. | 55 |
| Section 2. All items in this section are hereby appropriated | 56 |
| as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the | 57 |
| credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this | 58 |
| act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those | 59 |
| in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations | 60 |
| made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made | 61 |
| for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium. | 62 |
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| General Revenue Fund | 64 |
| GRF | 195XXX | Lakefront Ohio Plan | $ | 0 | $ | 3,000,000 | 65 | ||||
| TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 0 | $ | 3,000,000 | 66 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 3,000,000 | 67 | ||||||
| LAKEFRONT OHIO PLAN | 68 |
| The foregoing appropriation item 195XXX, Lakefront Ohio Plan, | 69 |
| shall be used to develop the economic development and tourism plan | 70 |
| described in Section 1 of this act. Of the foregoing | 71 |
| appropriation, $375,000 shall be distributed to each of the | 72 |
| following institutions of higher education: Bowling Green State | 73 |
| University-Firelands, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland | 74 |
| State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Lakeland Community | 75 |
| College, Lorain County Community College, University of Toledo, | 76 |
| and Youngstown State University. | 77 |
| Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the | 78 |
| Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts | 79 |
| indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation | 80 |
| made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which | 81 |
| appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from | 82 |
| appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as | 83 |
| though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly. | 84 |
| The appropriations made in this act are subject to all | 85 |
| provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that | 86 |
| are generally applicable to such appropriations. | 87 |
