As Introduced                            1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                   H. B. No. 54  5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


   REPRESENTATIVES COUGHLIN-BRADING-TAYLOR-GRENDELL-VAN VYVEN-     7            

   JOLIVETTE-MOTTLEY-VESPER-OLMAN-SCHULER-O'BRIEN-LOGAN-OPFER-     8            

         KRUPINSKI-SULLIVAN-TERWILLEGER-GARDNER-SALERNO            9            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To amend Section 120 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the      13           

                122nd General Assembly to appropriate money for a  14           

                contribution to the World War II Memorial in                    

                Washington, D.C.                                   15           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        16           

      Section 1.  That Section 120 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the     18           

122nd General Assembly be amended to read as follows:              19           

      "Sec. 120.  VET  VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS                     21           

General Revenue Fund                                               23           

                VAP  AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR                  24           

GRF 743-501 State Support         $       23,478 $       24,135    29           

               VAN  ARMY AND NAVY UNION, USA, INC.                 31           

GRF 746-501 State Support         $       51,500 $       53,045    36           

                    VKW  KOREAN WAR VETERANS                       38           

GRF 747-501 State Support         $       46,296 $       47,685    43           

                    VJW  JEWISH WAR VETERANS                       45           

GRF 748-501 State Support         $       27,818 $       28,653    50           

                   VCW  CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS                      52           

GRF 749-501 State Support         $       54,288 $       55,917    57           

             VPH  MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART               59           

GRF 750-501 State Support         $       52,778 $       54,362    64           

                VVV  VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA                   66           

GRF 751-501 State Support         $      168,450 $      172,004    71           

                  VAL  AMERICAN LEGION OF OHIO                     73           

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GRF 752-501 State Support         $      251,600 $      233,398    78           

           VII  VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II-KOREA-VIETNAM             80           

GRF 753-501 State Support         $      195,700 $      201,571    85           

                                                      1,094,571    86           

                 VAV  DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS                   88           

GRF 754-501 State Support         $      149,350 $      153,831    93           

        VOH  RAINBOW DIVISION VETERANS' ASSOCIATION, OHIO          95           

GRF 755-501 State Support         $        3,964 $        4,075    100          

                    VMC  MARINE CORPS LEAGUE                       102          

GRF 756-501 State Support         $       77,206 $       79,522    107          

          V37  37TH DIVISION AEF VETERANS' ASSOCIATION             109          

GRF 757-501 State Support         $        5,566 $        5,733    114          

                  VFW  VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS                    116          

GRF 758-501 State Support         $      133,900 $      137,917    121          

                  VWI  VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I                     123          

GRF 759-501 State Support         $       23,478 $       24,135    128          

TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund    $    1,265,372 $    1,275,983    131          

                                                      2,168,983    132          

TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS      $    1,265,372 $    1,275,983    135          

                                                      2,168,983    136          

      Release of Funds                                             139          

      The foregoing appropriation items 743-501, 746-501,          141          

747-501, 748-501, 749-501, 750-501, 751-501, 752-501, 753-501,     142          

754-501, 755-501, 756-501, 757-501, 758-501, and 759-501, State    143          

Support, shall be released upon approval by the Director of        144          

Budget and Management.                                                          

      American Ex-Prisoners of War                                 146          

      The American Ex-Prisoners of War shall be permitted to       148          

share an office with the Veterans of World War I.                  149          

      Central Ohio United Services Organization                    151          

      Of the foregoing appropriation item, 751-501, Vietnam        153          

Veterans of America, $50,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to  154          

support the activities of the Central Ohio USO.                    155          

      Women in Military Service Memorial                           157          

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      Of the foregoing appropriation item 752-501, American        159          

Legion of Ohio, $25,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall be used for a    160          

contribution to The Women in Military Service Memorial in          161          

Washington, D.C.                                                                

      WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL FUND                                   164          

      OF THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 753-501, VETERANS OF     167          

WORLD WAR II-KOREA-VIETNAM, $893,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999 SHALL BE  168          

USED FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IN            170          

WASHINGTON, D.C."                                                               

      Section 2.  That existing Section 120 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215   172          

of the 122nd General Assembly is hereby repealed.                  173          

      Section 3.  The section of law contained in this act is not  175          

subject to the referendum.  Therefore, under Ohio Constitution,    176          

Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, the  177          

section of law contained in this act goes into immediate effect    178          

when this act becomes law.