02/13/2024

House Bill 101

ENACTED: Generally effective April 30, 2024, some provisions effective January 30, 2024, and some January 1, 2025

Lead Sponsors: Representative Adam Bird and Representative Jean Schmidt

Status: Enacted, generally effective April 30, 2024, some provisions effective January 30, 2024, and some January 1, 2025

Description: The bill modifies the procedure undertaken when a village dissolves. When it is decided a village will dissolve (upon the passage of a dissolution question ballot issue), a Transition Supervisory Board is created, consisting of three voting members (the county auditor, the county recorder, and one county commissioner) and a number of non-voting members equal to the number of townships affected by the dissolution (either one of the township trustees or the township fiscal officer). The Transitional Supervisory Board is tasked with overseeing the settling of the village's obligations, lawsuits, and other functions.

The bill also makes a number of unrelated changes to state law. These include:

• Increasing the cap on State Public Defender reimbursements for capital cases from $75 per hour to $140 per hour for SFY 2024 and SFY 2025 (a technical clean-up of language in the state operating budget) and
• Applies the Next Generation 9-1-1 fee to wireless services priced under $5 per month (a technical clean-up of language in the state operating budget).

CCAO Position: Proponent

Other Notes: The Ohio Township Association (House; Senate) and the Ohio Recorders Association (House; Senate) provided proponent testimony in both chambers. Clermont County Commissioner Bonnie Batchler, Clermont County Commissioner David Painter, and the County Auditors Association of Ohio also provided testimony.