SB314. To rename the Department of Development the "Development Services Agency"; to establish the Office of TourismOhio within the Development Services Agency, create the TourismOhio Advisory ...

Summary

To amend sections 9.981, 102.03, 121.02, 121.03, 121.22, 122.01, 122.011, 122.07, 122.071, 122.17, 122.171, 122.174, 122.175, 122.39, 122.41, 122.42, 122.43, 122.44, 122.48, 122.49, 122.50, 122.51, 122.52, 122.53, 122.561, 122.57, 122.60, 122.601, 122.602, 122.603, 122.61, 122.62, 122.64, 122.76, 122.80, 122.86, 149.311, 149.43, 164.05, 164.06, 164.08, 166.01, 166.04, 166.05, 166.11, 166.13, 166.14, 166.18, 166.19, 166.25, 166.30, 174.01, 184.01, 187.01, 187.03, 187.04, 187.05, 929.03, 1551.01, 3735.672, 3746.35, 5117.22, 5709.68, 5709.882, 6103.052, and 6117.062, to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 122.07 (122.073) and 122.071 (122.072), to enact new sections 122.07 and 122.071 and sections 122.942, 122.97, 184.011, 187.061, 3735.01, and 5701.15, and to repeal sections 122.40, 1525.11, 1525.12, 1525.13, and 6111.034 of the Revised Code to rename the Department of Development the "Development Services Agency"; to establish the Office of TourismOhio within the Development Services Agency, create the TourismOhio Advisory Board, and establish a pilot program to test a new funding mechanism for the state's travel and tourism marketing; to modify the operation of JobsOhio, including by requiring annual ethics training, ethical conduct statements, and the development of a gift policy; to makes changes to the Capital Access Loan Program Fund and to allow transfers to the Capital Access Loan Program Fund from the Minority Business Enterprise Loan Fund; to provide for projects that were started prior to receiving a tax credit from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority; to modify reporting requirements under the Voluntary Action Program; to require the Director of Development Services to administer federal funds received for Brownfields revitalization purposes; to terminate the Water and Sewer Commission; to terminate the Development Financing Advisory Council; to require the Director of Development Services to make certain information available to the public with respect to each project for which state-funded financial assistance is awarded by the Development Services Agency; to expand eligibility for the historic rehabilitation tax credit; to establish an annual debt service limitation on project financing obligations issued for certain economic development programs; and to increase the membership of the Third Frontier Commission.