02/15/2024

Senate Bill 119

Lead Sponsors: Senator Bill Reineke

Status: Passed the Senate 30-0 (June 21, 2023), 4th Hearing in House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (May 1, 2024).

Description: The bill authorizes solid waste management districts (SWMDs) to levy additional fees on the disposal of construction and demolition debris, allows SWMDs to use revenue from disposal fees to provide financial assistance to individual counties, health boards, municipalities, and townships to mitigate the effect of solid waste facilities upon public health and welfare.

The bill also allows a county in a joint SWMD that is the location of a solid waste facility and that collectively paid more than 75% of the joint SWMD's annual revenue in the prior year to unilaterally withdraw from the joint district.

CCAO Position: Interested Party

Other Notes: The Seneca County Board of Commissioners provided proponent testimony in both chambers (Senate 1, Senate 2; House 1, House 2, House 3, House 4), the Crawford County Board of Commissioners provided opponent testimony in the Senate, and a number of solid waste districts provided testimony:

• Organization of Solid Waste Districts of Ohio, Opponent
• Jefferson-Belmont Regional Solid Waste Authority, Opponent (Senate 1, Senate 2; House 1, House 2)
• Miami County Solid Waste District, Interested Party
• North Central Ohio Solid Waste District, Opponent
• Southeastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Management District, Opponent
• Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District, Interested Party
• Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca County Solid Waste District, Opponent