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SB 147: Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws
What SB 147 does, verified September 24, 2026
This bill aims to regulate the transfer and disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition debris. A county solid waste management district can be established or a joint district can be formed with other counties to manage solid waste. The district can acquire and operate solid waste collection systems and facilities necessary for public health. The district can adopt rules to govern the maintenance, protection, and use of facilities, as well as to exempt existing or proposed facilities from certain zoning regulations. The district can also enter into contracts with private companies to operate and maintain facilities. The bill also provides for new procedures for a county's withdrawal from a joint district, including a process for the district to take over the county's solid waste management responsibilities. Additionally, the bill clarifies the rules for contracts entered int…
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| Sep. 30, 2025 | Effective |
| Jul. 01, 2025 | Signed By The Governor |
| Jun. 24, 2025 | Sent To The Governor |
| Jun. 24, 2025 | Sent to Governor |
| Jun. 18, 2025 | Concurred in House amendments |
Latest bill textEnrolled version, July 27, 2025 · 11,221 words
ANACT
To amend sections $343.01,343.011,343.012,343.022,343.08,3714.07,3714.073$, $3734.521,3734.53,3734.56,3734.57,3734.574$, and 3745.015 and to enact section 3734.522 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing the transfer and disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition debris and to provide for new procedures governing a county's withdrawal from a joint solid waste management district.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
Section 1.
(A)
That sections $343.01,343.011,343.012,343.022,343.08,3714.07,3714.073$, $3734.521,3734.53,3734.56,3734.57,3734.574$, and 3745.015 be amended and section 3734.522 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 343.01.
(A)
In order to comply with division (B) of section 3734.52 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of each county shall do one of the following:
(1)
Establish, by resolution, and maintain a county solid waste management district under this chapter that consists of all the incorporated and unincorporated territory within the county except as otherwise provided in division (A) of this section;
(2)
With the boards of county commissioners of one or more other counties establish, by agreement, and maintain a joint solid waste management district under this chapter that consists of all the incorporated and unincorporated territory within the counties forming the joint district except as otherwise provided in division (A) of this section.
(B)
The boards of county commissioners of the counties establishing a joint district constitute, collectively, the board of directors of the joint district, except that if a county with a form of legislative authority other than a board of county commissioners participates, it shall be represented on the board of directors by three persons appointed by the legislative authority.
(C)
A board of county commissioners of a county district or board of directors of a joint district may acquire, by purchase or lease, construct, improve, enlarge, replace, maintain, and operate such solid waste collection systems within their respective districts and such solid waste facilities within or outside their respective districts as are necessary for the protection of the public health.
(D)
The sanitary engineer or sanitary engineering department of a county maintaining a district and any sanitary engineer or sanitary engineering department of a county in a joint district, as determined by the board of directors, in addition to other duties assigned to that engineer or department, shall assist the board of county commissioners or directors in the performance of their duties under this chapter and sections 3734.52 to 3734.575 of the Revised Code and shall be charged with any other duties and services in relation thereto that the board prescribes.
(E)
The prosecuting attorney of the county shall serve as the legal advisor of a county district and shall provide such services to the board of county commissioners of the district as are required or authorized to be provided to other county boards under Chapter 309. of the Revised Code, except that, if the board considers it to be necessary or appropriate, the board, on its own initiative, may employ an attorney or other legal counsel on an annual basis to serve as the legal advisor of the district in place of the prosecuting attorney.
(F)
A board of county commissioners may issue bonds or bond anticipation notes of the county to pay the cost of preparing general and detailed plans and other data required for the construction of solid waste facilities in connection with a county or joint district.
(G)
To the extent authorized by the solid waste management plan of the district approved under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code or subsequent amended plans of the district approved under section 3734.521 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of a county district or board of directors of a joint district may adopt, publish, and enforce rules doing any of the following:
(1)
Prohibiting or limiting the receipt of solid wastes generated outside the district or outside a service area prescribed in the solid waste management plan or amended plan, at facilities located within the solid waste management district, consistent with the projections contained in the plan or amended plan under divisions (A)(6) and (7) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code.
(2)
Governing the maintenance, protection, and use of solid waste collection or other solid waste facilities located within its district.
(3)
Governing the development and implementation of a program for the inspection of solid wastes generated outside the boundaries of this state that are disposed of at solid waste facilities included in the district's solid waste management plan or amended plan.
(4)
Exempting the owner or operator of any existing or proposed solid waste facility provided for in the plan or amended plan from compliance with any amendment to a township zoning resolution adopted under section 519.12 of the Revised Code or to a county rural zoning resolution adopted under section 303.12 of the Revised Code that rezoned or redistricted the parcel or parcels upon which the facility is to be constructed or modified and that became effective within two years prior to the filing of an application for a permit required under division (A)(2)(a) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code to open a new or modify an existing solid waste facility.
(H)
A board of county commissioners or board of directors may enter into a contract with any person, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision for the operation and maintenance of any solid waste facilities regardless of whether the facilities are owned or leased by the county or joint district or the contractor.
(I)
No person, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision shall tamper with or damage any solid waste facility constructed under this chapter or any apparatus or accessory connected therewith or pertaining thereto, fail or refuse to comply with the applicable rules adopted by a board of county commissioners or directors under division (G)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, refuse to permit an inspection or examination by a sanitary engineer as authorized under division (G)(2) of this section, or refuse to permit an inspection by a board of county commissioners or directors or its authorized representative as required or authorized by rules adopted under division (G)(3) of this section.
(J)
Divisions (G)(1) to (4) and (I)(2) of this section do not apply to the construction, operation, use, repair, enlargement, or modification of either of the following:
(1)
A solid waste facility owned by a generator of solid wastes when the solid waste facility exclusively disposes of solid wastes generated at one or more premises owned by the generator regardless of whether the facility is located on a premises where the wastes are generated;
(2)
A facility that exclusively disposes of wastes that are generated from the combustion of coal, or from the combustion of primarily coal in combination with scrap tires, that is not combined in any way with garbage at one or more premises owned by the generator.
(K)
A member of the board of county commissioners of a county solid waste management district, member of the board of directors of a joint solid waste management district, member of the board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority managing a county or joint solid waste management district, or officer or employee of any solid waste management district, for the purposes of sections $102.03,102.04,2921.41$, and 2921.42 of the Revised Code, shall not be considered to be directly or indirectly interested in, or improperly influenced by, any of the following:
(a)
A contract entered into under this chapter or section 307.15 or sections 3734.52 to 3734.575 of the Revised Code between the district and any county forming the district, municipal corporation or township located within the district, or health district having territorial jurisdiction within the district, of which that member, officer, or employee also is an officer or employee, but only to the extent that any interest or influence could arise from holding public office or employment with the political subdivision or health district;
(b)
A contract entered into under this chapter or section 307.15 or sections 3734.52 to 3734.575 of the Revised Code between the district and a county planning commission organized under section 713.22 of the Revised Code, or regional planning commission created under section 713.21 of the Revised Code, having territorial jurisdiction within the district, of which that member also is a member, officer, or employee, but only to the extent that any interest or influence could arise from holding public office or employment with the commission;
(c)
An expenditure of money made by the district for the benefit of any county forming the district, municipal corporation or township located within the district, or health district or county or regional planning commission having territorial jurisdiction within the district, of which that member also is a member, officer, or employee, but only to the extent that any interest or influence could arise from holding public office or employment with the political subdivision, health district, or commission;
(d)
An expenditure of money made for the benefit of the district by any county forming the district, municipal corporation or township located within the district, or health district or county or regional planning commission having territorial jurisdiction within the district, of which that member also is a member, officer, or employee, but only to the extent that any interest or influence could arise from holding public office or employment with the political subdivision, health district, or commission.
(L)
As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Board of health," "disposal," "health district," "scrap tires," and "solid waste transfer facility" have the same meanings as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code.
(2)
"Change in district composition" and "change" have the same meaning as in section 3734.521 of the Revised Code.
(3)
(a) Except as provided in division (L)(3)(b) or (c), and (d), of this section, "solid wastes" has the same meaning as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code.
(b)
If the solid waste management district is not one that resulted from proceedings for a change in district composition under sections 343.012 and 3734.521 of the Revised Code, until such time as an amended solid waste management plan is approved under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code, "solid wastes" need not include scrap tires unless the solid waste management policy committee established under section 3734.54 of the Revised Code for the district chooses to include the management of scrap tires in the district's initial solid waste management plan prepared under sections 3734.54 and 3734.55 of the Revised Code.
(c)
If the solid waste management district is one resulting from proceedings for a change in district composition under sections 343.012 and 3734.521 of the Revised Code and if the change involves an existing district that is operating under either an initial solid waste management plan approved or prepared and ordered to be implemented under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or an initial or amended plan approved or prepared and ordered to be implemented under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code that does not provide for the management of scrap tires and scrap tire facilities, until such time as the amended plan of the district resulting from the change is approved under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code, "solid wastes" need not include scrap tires unless the solid waste management policy committee established under division (C) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code for the district chooses to include the management of scrap tires in the district's initial or amended solid waste management plan prepared under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code in connection with the change proceedings.
(d)
If the policy committee chooses to include the management of scrap tires in an initial plan prepared under sections 3734.54 and 3734.55 of the Revised Code or in an initial or amended plan prepared under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners or directors shall execute all of the duties imposed and may exercise any or all of the rights granted under this section for the purpose of managing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires.
(4)
(a) Except as provided in division (L)(4)(b) or (c), and (d) of this section, "facility" has the same meaning as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code and also includes any solid waste transfer, recycling, or resource recovery facility.
(b)
If the solid waste management district is not one that resulted from proceedings for a change in district composition under sections 343.012 and 3734.521 of the Revised Code, until such time as an amended solid waste management plan is approved under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code, "facility" need not include any scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility unless the solid waste management policy committee established under section 3734.54 of the Revised Code for the district chooses to include the management of scrap tire facilities in the district's initial solid waste management plan prepared under sections 3734.54 and 3734.55 of the Revised Code.
(c)
If the solid waste management district is one resulting from proceedings for a change in district composition under sections 343.012 and 3734.521 of the Revised Code and if the change involves an existing district that is operating under either an initial solid waste management plan approved under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or an initial or amended plan approved or prepared and ordered to be implemented under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code that does not provide for the management of scrap tires and scrap tire facilities, until such time as the amended plan of the district resulting from the change is approved under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code, "facility" need not include scrap tires unless the solid waste management policy committee established under division (C) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code for the district chooses to include the management of scrap tires in the district's initial or amended solid waste management plan prepared under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code in connection with the change proceedings.
(d)
If the policy committee chooses to include the management of scrap tires in an initial plan prepared under sections 3734.54 and 3734.55 of the Revised Code or in an initial or amended plan prepared under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners or directors shall execute all of the duties imposed and may exercise any or all of the rights granted under this section for the purpose of managing solid waste facilities that are scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facilities.
(M)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Source separated recyclable materials" means materials that are separated from other solid wastes at the location where the materials are generated for the purpose of recycling the materials at a legitimate recycling facility.
(2)
"Legitimate recycling facility" has the same meaning as in rule 3745-27-01 of the Administrative Code.
(3)
"Internet identifier of record" has the same meaning as in section 9.312 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 343.011.
(A)
The board of county commissioners of a county or the board of directors of a joint solid waste management district established under this chapter, upon its own initiative or at the request of the legislative authority of any municipal corporation or township located in the district, may adopt a resolution proposing the formation of a regional solid waste management authority for the purpose of executing all the duties and responsibilities imposed on or granted to the board under this chapter.
(B)
Following the formation of a regional solid waste management authority under division (A) of this section, all the duties and responsibilities imposed on or granted to a board of county commissioners or a board of directors under this chapter shall be vested in and exercised by the board of trustees of the regional authority.
(C)
In addition to the duties and responsibilities identified in division (B) of this section and division (H) of section 3734.54 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority may do any of the following:
(1)
Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
(2)
Maintain an office within its county or joint solid waste management district;
(3)
Provide coverage for its employees under Chapters 145., 4123., and 4141. of the Revised Code and procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, and sickness and accident insurance and group life insurance for its employees;
(4)
Procure insurance against loss to the regional authority by reason of damages to its properties resulting from fire, theft, accident, or other casualties or by reason of its liability for any damages to persons or property occurring in the construction or operation of facilities under its jurisdiction or the conduct of its activities;
(5)
Procure a policy or policies insuring members of the board of trustees against liability on account of damages or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission of a member in his the member's official capacity as a member of the board or resulting solely out of his membership on the board;
(6)
Sue or be sued;
(7)
Make contracts in the exercise of the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon the regional authority;
(8)
Do all acts necessary or proper to carry out the duties and responsibilities imposed on or granted to the board under this chapter and sections 3734.52 to 3734.575 of the Revised Code.
(D)
The board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority in a county solid waste management district may designate the prosecuting attorney of the county to serve as the legal advisor of the authority, and the board of trustees of an authority in a joint district may designate the prosecuting attorney of one of the counties forming the district to serve as the legal advisor of the authority.
(E)
Within ninety days after October 29, 1993, one member representing industrial, commercial, or institutional generators of solid wastes within the district and one member representing the general interests of citizens who shall have no conflict of interest through affiliation with a waste management company or with any entity that is a significant generator of solid wastes shall be added to the board of trustees of a regional authority formed in a county district.
(F)
As used in this chapter and in division (E) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code, divisions (D) to (H) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code, and sections 3734.522, 3734.571, 3734.572, 3734.573, 3734.574, and 3734.575 of the Revised Code, and as used in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code for the purposes of this chapter, any reference to a board of county commissioners of a county or a board of directors of a joint solid waste management district is deemed to include the board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority, and any reference to the county sanitary engineer is deemed to include any sanitary engineer employed by a regional authority.
Sec. 343.012.
(A)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Change in district composition" and "change" have the same meaning as in section 3734.521 of the Revised Code.
(2)
"Deliver" has the same meaning as in division (G)(2) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code.
(B)
The board of county commissioners of a county forming a joint solid waste management district may initiate proceedings to withdraw from the district by adopting a resolution requesting to withdraw.
(C)
(B)(1) The board of county commissioners of a county seeking to establish a new joint district with the board of county commissioners of one or more other counties may initiate proceedings to do so by adopting a resolution proposing the establishment of the joint district.
(D)
(C)(1) The board of county commissioners of a county may initiate proceedings to join an existing joint district by adopting a resolution requesting membership in the joint district.
(E)
(D)(1) As used in this division:
(a)
"Initiating joint district" means the joint district that initiates proceedings for the union of the district with another joint district.
(b)
"Joining joint district" means the joint district that is requested by an initiating joint district to become one joint district in union.
(c)
"Counties forming the existing joint districts" includes only the following:
(i)
The counties that are named as members of one of the joint districts affected by the proposed union in the solid waste management plan or amended plan of the appropriate district approved or ordered to be implemented under section 3734.521, 3734.55, or 3734.56 of the Revised Code in effect when the union proceeding was initiated and that have not initiated proceedings under section 3734.522 of the Revised Code;
(ii)
If joinder proceedings previously had been concluded under this section to join a county to an existing joint district affected by the proposed union, any county whose joinder to the existing joint district was declared to be approved in that proceeding.
Sec. 343.022.
(A)
The board of county commissioners of a county solid waste management district or the board of directors of a joint solid waste management district may enter into a contract or agreement with the owner or operator of a solid waste facility, or with persons collecting or transporting solid wastes, to establish and collect on behalf of the district generation or disposal fees to be used by the district for the purposes set forth in divisions (G)(1) to (10)division (G) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code or to provide other remuneration or services to or on behalf of the district or its residents.
(B)
The authority provided by division (A) of this section is cumulative and concurrent with the authority of the board of county commissioners or directors to enter into contracts or agreements under other sections of this chapter.
(C)
The authority provided by division (A) of this section pertaining to disposal or generation fees is cumulative and concurrent with the authority of the board of county commissioners or directors to levy disposal or generation fees under section 3734.57, 3734.571, 3734.572, 3734.573, or 3734.574 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 343.08.
(A)
The board of county commissioners of a county solid waste management district and the board of directors of a joint solid waste management district may fix reasonable rates or charges to be paid by every person, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision that owns premises to which solid waste collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery service is provided by the district and may change the rates or charges whenever it considers it advisable.
(B)
A board of county commissioners or directors may adopt a cost allocation plan that identifies, accumulates, and distributes allowable direct and indirect costs that may be paid from the fund of the district created in division (A) of this section and prescribes methods for allocating those costs.
(C)
A board of county commissioners or directors shall fix rates or charges, or enter into contracts fixing the rates or charges to be collected by the contractor, for solid waste collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery services at a public meeting held in accordance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3714.07.
(A)
For the purpose of assisting boards of health and the environmental protection agency in administering and enforcing this chapter and rules adopted under it, there is hereby levied a fee of thirty cents per cubic yard or sixty cents per ton, as applicable, on both of the following:
(a)
The disposal of construction and demolition debris at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code;
(b)
The disposal of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code.
(B)
The board of health of a health district or the director may enter into an agreement with the owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility or a solid waste facility for the quarterly payment of money generated from the disposal fee as calculated in division (A)(3) of this section.
(C)
If a construction and demolition debris facility or a solid waste facility is located within the territorial boundaries of a municipal corporation or the unincorporated area of a township, the municipal corporation or township may appropriate up to four cents per cubic yard or up to eight cents per ton of the disposal fee required to be paid by the facility under division (A)(1) of this section for the same purposes that a municipal corporation or township may levy a fee under division (C) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code.
(D)
The board of county commissioners of a county in which a construction and demolition debris facility or a solid waste facility is located may appropriate up to three cents per cubic yard or up to six cents per ton of the disposal fee required to be paid by the facility under division (A)(1) of this section for the same purposes that a solid waste management district may levy a fee under division (B) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code.
(E)
This section does not apply to the disposal of construction and demolition debris at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734 of the Revised Code if there is no construction and demolition debris facility licensed under this chapter within thirty-five miles of the solid waste facility as determined by a facility's property boundaries.
(F)
Beginning three years after the effective date of this amendment, the solid waste management policy committee of a county or joint solid waste management district may levy fees upon the following activities:
(1)
The disposal of construction and demolition debris and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products generated within the jurisdiction of the district at construction and demolition debris facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction and at solid waste disposal facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction;
(2)
The disposal of construction and demolition debris and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products generated outside of the jurisdiction of the district, but inside this state, at construction and demolition debris facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction and at solid waste disposal facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction;
(3)
The disposal of construction and demolition debris and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products generated outside the boundaries of this state at construction and demolition debris facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction and at solid waste disposal facilities located in an authorized county and within the jurisdiction of the district.
(G)
This section does not apply to the disposal of source separated materials that are exclusively composed of reinforced or nonreinforced concrete, asphalt, clay tile, building or paving brick, or building or paving stone at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter when either of the following applies:
(1)
The materials are placed within the limits of construction and demolition debris placement at the facility as specified in the license issued to the facility under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code, are not placed within the unloading zone of the facility, and are used as a fire prevention measure in accordance with rules adopted by the director under section 3714.02 of the Revised Code.
(2)
The materials are not placed within the unloading zone of the facility or within the limits of construction and demolition debris placement at the facility as specified in the license issued to the facility under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code, but are used as fill material, either alone or in conjunction with clean soil, sand, gravel, or other clean aggregates, in legitimate fill operations for construction purposes at the facility or to bring the facility up to a consistent grade.
Sec. 3714.073.
(A)
In addition to the fee levied under division (A)(1) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code, beginning July 1, 2005, there is hereby levied on the disposal of construction and demolition debris at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code and on the disposal of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code the following fees:
(1)
A fee of twelve and one-half cents per cubic yard or twenty-five cents per ton, as applicable, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the soil and water conservation district assistance fund created in section 940.15 of the Revised Code;
(2)
A fee of thirty-five cents per cubic yard or seventy cents per ton, as applicable, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the recycling and litter prevention fund created in section 3736.03 of the Revised Code;
(3)
A fee of two and one-half cents per cubic yard or five cents per ton, as applicable, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the waste management fund created in section 3734.061 of the Revised Code.
(B)
The owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility or a solid waste facility, as a trustee of the state, shall calculate the amount of money generated from the fees levied under this section and remit the money from the fees in the manner that is established in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code for the fee that is levied under division (A)(1) of that section and may enter into an agreement for the quarterly payment of money generated from the fees in the manner established in division (B) of that section for the quarterly payment of money generated from the fee that is levied under division (A)(1) of that section.
(C)
The amount of money that is calculated by the owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility or a solid waste facility and remitted to a board of health or the director of environmental protection, as applicable, pursuant to this section shall be transmitted by the board or director to the treasurer of state not later than forty-five days after the receipt of the money to be credited to the soil and water conservation district assistance fund or the recycling and litter prevention fund, as applicable.
(D)
This section does not apply to the disposal of construction and demolition debris at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code if the owner or operator of the facility chooses to collect fees on the disposal of the construction and demolition debris and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products that are identical to the fees that are collected under Chapters 343 and 3734 of the Revised Code on the disposal of solid wastes at that facility.
(E)
This section does not apply to the disposal of source separated materials that are exclusively composed of reinforced or nonreinforced concrete, asphalt, clay tile, building or paving brick, or building or paving stone at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter when either of the following applies:
(1)
The materials are placed within the limits of construction and demolition debris placement at the facility as specified in the license issued to the facility under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code, are not placed within the unloading zone of the facility, and are used as a fire prevention measure in accordance with rules adopted by the director under section 3714.02 of the Revised Code.
(2)
The materials are not placed within the unloading zone of the facility or within the limits of construction and demolition debris placement at the facility as specified in the license issued to the facility under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code, but are used as fill material, either alone or in conjunction with clean soil, sand, gravel, or other clean aggregates, in legitimate fill operations for construction purposes at the facility or to bring the facility up to a consistent grade.
Sec. 3734.521.
(A)
As used in this section and sections 3734.531 and 3734.57 of the Revised Code, "change in district composition" or "change" includes the withdrawal of a county from a joint solid waste management district, the establishment of a new county or joint district, the joinder of a county to an existing joint district, the union of two or more joint districts, or any combination thereof.
(B)
In addition to the requirements under Chapter 343. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this section govern a change in district composition when any of the districts involved are operating under a solid waste management plan or amended plan approved or ordered to be implemented under this section or section 3734.55 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code.
(C)
For purposes of preparing the initial and amended solid waste management plans for the county and joint districts resulting from any proposed change in district composition, the solid waste management policy committee for the proposed resulting districts shall consist of the members prescribed in division (B) of section 3734.54 of the Revised Code from each county within the proposed district and shall include an additional public member only when one is required to be appointed under division (C) of section 3734.54 of the Revised Code.
(D)
In the case of a proposed establishment of a new joint district, joinder of a county to an existing joint district, or union of existing joint districts that only involves existing county or joint districts that are operating under solid waste management plans or amended plans approved under this section or section 3734.55 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code and that does not involve the withdrawal of a county from an existing joint district, the solid waste management policy committee of the proposed joint district resulting from the change shall do all of the following:
(1)
Prepare a draft initial or amended solid waste management plan for the proposed joint district that complies with divisions (A), (B), (D), and (E)(1) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code;
(2)
Upon completion of the draft initial or amended plan for the proposed joint district, proceed to adopt and obtain approval of it in accordance with divisions (A), (B), and (C)(1) to (3) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code;
(3)
Submit the initial or amended plan for the proposed joint district to the director of environmental protection for approval not earlier than one hundred eighty days and not later than ninety days before the date that one of the existing districts involved in the proposed change is required to submit an amended plan under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code.
(E)
In the case of a proposed change in district composition that involves an existing district that is operating under a solid waste management plan or amended plan prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under this section or section 3734.55 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code or that involves the withdrawal of a county from an existing joint district, the solid waste management policy committee of each of the districts resulting from the proposed change, not later than twenty months before one of the existing districts is required to submit an amended solid waste management plan under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code or twenty months before the triennial anniversary of the issuance of the order under division (D) or (F)(1) or (2) of this section or division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code requiring one of the districts involved to implement a plan prepared and ordered to be implemented under any of those divisions, shall submit to the director a preliminary demonstration of the availability of or access to solid waste management facility capacity under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, as appropriate.
(F)
If any of the proposed districts resulting from a change in district composition, or the remaining joint district, if any, that is required to submit a preliminary demonstration of capacity under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section fails to obtain approval of its plan or amended plan within thirty-eight months after the submission of its preliminary demonstration of capacity, the director shall determine what actions are necessary to ensure that each county involved in the proposed change will be included in a district that either will have within its boundaries sufficient solid waste management facility capacity to provide for the disposal of all of the solid wastes generated within its boundaries during the subsequent ten-year period or will have access to sufficient capacity at facilities located outside the district or this state by contract or agreement to dispose of all of the solid wastes generated within the district during that ten-year period.
(G)
No proposed change in district composition shall become final until one of the following has occurred:
(1)
The director has approved the solid waste management plan of each newly formed district under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code and the amended plan of the remaining joint district, if any, under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code;
(2)
In the case of a joint district subject to division (D) of this section that failed to obtain approval of its plan or amended plan on or before the date required under that division, the director has prepared a plan or amended plan for the district and has issued an order to the district directing it to implement the plan or amended plan prepared by the director;
(3)
If the circumstances described in division (F)(1) of this section apply, the director has prepared a plan or amended plan for each of the districts involved that failed to obtain approval of its plan or amended plan on or before the date required under that division and has issued an order to each of them under that division directing the district to implement the plan prepared by the director, and the director has approved the plan or amended plan of each of the other proposed districts;
(4)
If the circumstances described in division (F)(2) of this section apply, the director has prepared a plan or amended plan for each of the districts set forth in the determination made under that division and has issued an order under that division directing each of the districts to implement the initial or amended plan prepared for it by the director In the case of a proposed change in district composition that involves the withdrawal of a county from an existing joint district, the director of environmental protection has effectuated the change in district composition in accordance with section 3734.522 of the Revised Code, including providing for the preparation and adoption of plans in accordance with applicable provisions of this chapter.
(H)
In addition to the requirements of division (G) of this section, if a change in district composition involves the withdrawal of a county from a joint district, it shall not become final until the county ceases to be a part of the joint district from which it is withdrawing pursuant to division (B) of section 343.012 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3734.522.
(A)
As used in this section, "deliver" has the same meaning as in division (G)(2) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code.
(B)
Subject to division (H) of this section, a board of county commissioners of a county that is a member of a joint solid waste management district may withdraw from the district by doing all of the following:
(1)
Adopting a resolution declaring that the county will unilaterally withdraw from the district;
(2)
Providing the notice required under division (C) of this section;
(3)
Complying with the requirements under division (D) of this section governing the memorandum of understanding.
(C)
Upon adopting the resolution under division (B) of this section, the board shall deliver a copy of it to the board of directors of the district.
(D)
If a board of county commissioners adopts a resolution under division (B) of this section, the boards of county commissioners of all the counties that are members of the joint district shall enter into a memorandum of understanding within forty-five days after notice of the withdrawal is received in accordance with division (C) of this section.
(E)
The director of environmental protection shall take all actions necessary under this chapter to effectuate the withdrawal of a county from a joint solid waste management district pursuant to a memorandum of understanding executed under this section so that the withdrawal is effective upon the expiration date of the memorandum of understanding.
(F)
The board of directors of the joint district shall take all actions necessary to ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand, credits, and real and personal property of the district, either in money or in kind, on an equitable basis between the district and the withdrawing county, effective upon the expiration date of the memorandum of understanding.
(G)
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on the date that the memorandum of understanding expires, all of the following apply:
(1)
The withdrawing county is severed from the joint district, becomes a county solid waste management district, and shall comply with all necessary provisions of Chapter 343. of the Revised Code and this chapter that apply to county solid waste management districts.
(2)
The county or counties remaining in the former joint district become a county or joint solid waste management district, as applicable, and shall comply with all necessary provisions of Chapter 343. of the Revised Code and this chapter that apply to county or joint solid waste management districts.
(3)
The solid waste management policy committee of the severed county and such committee of the county or counties of the remaining district may form or join a joint solid waste management district or a regional solid waste management authority as provided in this chapter and Chapter 343. of the Revised Code.
(H)
In the case of a joint solid waste management district that is managed by a board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority and that is operating under an agreement entered into pursuant to section 343.011 of the Revised Code, any withdrawal of a county from the district is subject to the following:
(1)
If the agreement governs the withdrawal of a county from the joint district, the board of county commissioners of a county that is a member of the joint district may withdraw from the district only pursuant to that agreement.
(2)
If the agreement does not govern the withdrawal of a county from the joint district, the board of county commissioners of a county that is a member of the joint district may withdraw from the district in accordance with divisions (B) to (G) of this section, provided the board first does all of the following:
(a)
Adopts a resolution proposing to withdraw from the district;
(b)
Delivers written notice of the proposed withdrawal to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation and township under the jurisdiction of the regional solid waste management authority.
(c)
Obtains the approval of the withdrawal from a combination of municipal corporations and townships with a combined population comprising at least sixty per cent of the total population of the solid waste management district, provided that that combination shall include the municipal corporation having the largest population in each county within the boundaries of the district.
Sec. 3734.53.
(A)
The solid waste management plan of any county or joint solid waste management district shall be prepared in a format prescribed by the director of environmental protection and shall provide for compliance with the objectives of the state solid waste management plan and rules adopted under section 3734.50 of the Revised Code.
(B)
In addition to the information, projections, demonstrations, and certification required by division (A) of this section, a plan shall do all of the following:
(1)
Establish the schedule of fees, if any, to be levied under divisions (B)(1) to (3) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code;
(2)
Establish the fee, if any, to be levied under division (A) of section 3734.573 of the Revised Code;
(3)
Contain provisions governing the allocation among the purposes enumerated in divisions (G)(1) to (10)division (G) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code of the moneys credited to the special fund of the district under that division (G) of that section that are available for expenditure by the district under that division.
(C)
The solid waste management plan of a county or joint district may provide for the adoption of rules under division (G) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code after approval of the plan under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code doing any or all of the following:
(1)
Prohibiting or limiting the receipt at facilities located within the solid waste management district of solid wastes generated outside the district or outside a prescribed service area consistent with the projections under divisions (A)(6) and (7) of this section.
(2)
Governing the maintenance, protection, and use of solid waste collection, storage, disposal, transfer, recycling, processing, and resource recovery facilities within the district and requiring the submission of general plans and specifications for the construction, enlargement, or modification of any such facility to the board of county commissioners or board of directors of the district for review and approval as complying with the plan or amended plan of the district;
(3)
Governing development and implementation of a program for the inspection of solid wastes generated outside the boundaries of the state that are being disposed of at solid waste facilities included in the district's plan;
(4)
Exempting the owner or operator of any existing or proposed solid waste facility provided for in the plan from compliance with any amendment to a township zoning resolution adopted under section 519.12 of the Revised Code or to a county rural zoning resolution adopted under section 303.12 of the Revised Code that rezoned or redistricted the parcel or parcels upon which the facility is to be constructed or modified and that became effective within two years prior to the filing of an application for a permit required under division (A)(2)(a) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code to open a new or modify an existing solid waste facility.
(D)
Except for the inventories required by divisions (A)(1), (2), and (4) of this section and the projections required by division (A)(6) of this section, neither this section nor the solid waste management plan of a county or joint district applies to the construction, operation, use, repair, or maintenance of either of the following:
(1)
A solid waste facility owned by a generator of solid wastes when the solid waste facility exclusively disposes of solid wastes generated at one or more premises owned by the generator regardless of whether the facility is located on a premises where the wastes are generated;
(2)
A facility that exclusively disposes of wastes that are generated from the combustion of coal, or from the combustion of primarily coal in combination with scrap tires, that is not combined in any way with garbage at one or more premises owned by the generator.
(E)
The initial solid waste management plans prepared by county or joint districts under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code and the amended plans prepared under section 3734.521 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code shall contain a clear statement as to whether the board of county commissioners or directors is authorized to or precluded from establishing facility designations under section 343.014 of the Revised Code.
(F)
Notwithstanding section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, "solid wastes" does not include scrap tires and "facility" does not include any scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility in either of the following circumstances:
(1)
For the purposes of an initial plan prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code;
(2)
For the purposes of an initial or amended plan prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under division (D) or-(F)(1)-or-(2)-of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code in connection with a change in district composition as defined in that section that involves an existing district that is operating under either an initial plan approved or prepared and ordered to be implemented under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or an initial or amended plan approved or prepared and ordered to be implemented under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code that does not provide for the management of scrap tires and scrap tire facilities.
(G)
Notwithstanding section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in division (A)(4) of this section, "solid wastes" need not include scrap tires and "facility" need not include any scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility ~~in either of the following circumstances:~~
(1)
~~For the purposes of an initial plan prepared under sections 3734.54 and 3734.55 of the Revised Code unless the solid waste management policy committee preparing the initial plan chooses to include the management of scrap tires and scrap tire facilities in the plan;~~
(2)
~~For the purposes of a preliminary demonstration of capacity as defined in section 3734.521 of the Revised Code, if any, and an initial or amended plan prepared under that section by the solid waste management policy committee of a solid waste management district resulting from proceedings for a change in district composition under sections 343.012 and 3734.521 of the Revised Code that involves an existing district that is operating either under an initial plan approved or prepared and ordered to be implemented under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or under an initial or amended plan approved or prepared and ordered to be implemented under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code that does not provide for the management of scrap tires and scrap tire facilities unless the solid waste management policy committee of the district resulting from the change chooses to include the management of scrap tires and scrap tire facilities in the preliminary demonstration of capacity, if any, and the initial or amended plan prepared under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code in connection with the change proceedings.~~
(H)
Neither this section nor the solid waste management plan of a county or joint district applies to the construction, operation, use, repair, or maintenance of any compost facility that exclusively composts raw rendering material.
Sec. 3734.56.
(A)
Each county and joint solid waste management district having a solid waste management plan approved under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code with a planning period of less than fifteen years shall submit triennially, on or before the anniversary date of the approval of the initial plan, to the director of environmental protection an amended plan and certification for the subsequent ten-year period or longer period on which the district's initial plan was based.
(B)
If the solid waste management plan of a county or joint district was initially prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or division (D) or-(F) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code, the director shall review the plan triennially and prepare for the district an amended plan that complies with divisions (A) and (D) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code and is applicable to the subsequent ten-year period.
(C)
A county or joint district that is operating under a solid waste management plan prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or division (D) or (F) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code may establish, under division (B) of section 3734.54 of the Revised Code, a solid waste management policy committee and prepare, adopt, and submit its own solid waste management plan to replace the initial or an amended plan prepared by the director.
(D)
When the board of county commissioners of a county district or the board of directors of a joint district determines that circumstances materially changed from those addressed in the approved initial or amended plan of the district require submission of an amended plan prior to the time required under division (A) of this section, the board shall request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare a draft amended plan.
(E)
The board of county commissioners of a county district or board of directors of a joint district may request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare and adopt amendments to any provisions of the district's plan or amended plan required to be included under division (B) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code at any time and without obtaining approval of the amendments from the director.
(F)
The board of county commissioners of a county district or board of directors of a joint district may request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare and adopt an amendment to the provision required to be included in the district's plan or amended plan under division (E) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code at any time and without the necessity of obtaining approval of the amendment from the director.
Sec. 3734.57.
(A)
The following fees are hereby levied on the transfer or disposal of solid wastes in this state:
(1)
Seventy-one cents per ton through June 30, 2026, eleven cents of the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the hazardous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code and sixty cents of the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code;
(2)
An additional ninety cents per ton through June 30, 2026, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the waste management fund created in section 3734.061 of the Revised Code;
(3)
An additional two dollars and eighty-one cents per ton through June 30, 2026, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the environmental protection fund created in section 3745.015 of the Revised Code;
(4)
An additional twenty-five cents per ton through June 30, 2026, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the soil and water conservation district assistance fund created in section 940.15 of the Revised Code;
(5)
An additional eight cents per ton through June 30, 2026, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the national priority list remedial support fund created in section 3734.579 of the Revised Code.
(B)
For the purposes specified in division (G) of this section, the solid waste management policy committee of a county or joint solid waste management district may levy fees upon the following activities:
(1)
The disposal at a solid waste disposal facility located in the district of solid wastes generated within the district;
(2)
The disposal at a solid waste disposal facility within the district of solid wastes generated outside the boundaries of the district, but inside this state;
(3)
The disposal at a solid waste disposal facility within the district of solid wastes generated outside the boundaries of this state.
(C)
For the purposes of defraying the added costs to a municipal corporation or township of maintaining roads and other public facilities and of providing emergency and other public services, and compensating a municipal corporation or township for reductions in real property tax revenues due to reductions in real property valuations resulting from the location and operation of a solid waste disposal facility within the municipal corporation or township, a municipal corporation or township in which such a solid waste disposal facility is located may levy a fee of not more than twenty-five cents per ton on the disposal of solid wastes at a solid waste disposal facility located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation or township regardless of where the wastes were generated.
(D)
The fees levied under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section do not apply to the disposal of solid wastes that:
(1)
Are disposed of at a facility owned by the generator of the wastes when the solid waste facility exclusively disposes of solid wastes generated at one or more premises owned by the generator regardless of whether the facility is located on a premises where the wastes are generated;
(2)
Are generated from the combustion of coal, or from the combustion of primarily coal, regardless of whether the disposal facility is located on the premises where the wastes are generated;
(3)
Are asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products disposed of at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under this chapter.
(E)
The fees levied under divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall be collected by the owner or operator of the solid waste disposal facility where the wastes are disposed of as a trustee for the county or joint district and municipal corporation or township where the wastes are disposed of.
(F)
Moneys received by the treasurer or other officer of the municipal corporation under division (E) of this section shall be paid into the general fund of the municipal corporation.
(G)
Moneys received by the board of county commissioners or board of directors under division (E) of this section or section 3734.571, 3734.572, 3734.573, or 3734.574 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the county treasurer, or other official acting in a similar capacity under a county charter, in a county district or to the county treasurer or other official designated by the board of directors in a joint district and kept in a separate and distinct fund to the credit of the district.
Sec. 3734.574.
(A)
A county or joint solid waste management district that is levying fees under division (B) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code on October 29, 1993, pursuant to a resolution adopted under that division and former Section 25 of Am. Sub. S.B. 359 of the 119th general assembly, or one that is levying those fees pursuant to such a resolution and for which the director of environmental protection disapproves the initial solid waste management plan of the district under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code on or after October 29, 1993, may continue to levey levy those fees until the district abolishes them under division (D) of this section, the director issues an order under division (F) of this section requiring the district to cease levying the fees, or the district obtains approval of its own plan under section 3734.521 or 3734.56 of the Revised Code and collection of the fees established in the approved plan commences in accordance with division (B) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code.
(B)
The solid waste management policy committee of a county or joint district described in division (A)(1) of this section may a-levy a fee under division (A) of section 3734.573 of the Revised Code by adopting and obtaining ratification of a resolution establishing the amount of the fee.
(C)
Any resolution adopted under division (B) of this section that proposes to levy a fee under division (A) of section 3734.573 of the Revised Code that exceeds five dollars per ton shall be ratified in accordance with the provisions of division (B) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code, except that such a resolution shall be approved by a combination of municipal corporations and townships with a combined population within the boundaries of the district comprising at least seventy-five per cent, rather than at least sixty per cent, of the total population of the district.
(D)
The policy committee of a county or joint district may amend fees levied by the district under division (A) or (B) of this section by adopting and obtaining ratification of a resolution establishing the proposed amount of the amended fees.
(E)
Not later than thirty days before the beginning of each calendar quarter, the board of county commissioners or board of directors of a district that is levying fees under division (A) or (B) of this section shall submit to the director a proposed budget for the expenditure of moneys from the special fund of the district created under division (G) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code.
(F)
If the director finds that the board of county commissioners or directors of a district that is levying fees under division (A) or (B) of this section is in material and continued noncompliance with the implementation schedule contained in the plan or amended plan of the district prepared and ordered to be implemented under section 3734.521, 3734.55, or 3734.56 of the Revised Code, or if repeated whole or partial disapprovals of the proposed quarterly budgets of the district have occurred under division (E) of this section, the director may issue an order to the board terminating the collection of all of the fees levied by the district under division (A) or (B) of this section.
(G)
The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt, amend, suspend, and rescind such rules as the director considers to be necessary or appropriate to implement or administer this section or division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code.
(H)
Moneys received by a district levying fees under division (A) or (B) of this section shall be credited to the special fund of the district created in division (G) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code and shall be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in divisions-(G)(1)-to (10)division (G) of that section in the manner prescribed by the solid waste management policy committee of the district by resolution and for the purposes of section 3734.551 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3745.015.
(A)
There is hereby created in the state treasury the environmental protection fund consisting of money credited to the fund under division (A)(3) of section 3734.57 and division (E) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code.
(B)
The environmental protection agency shall use money in the fund to pay the agency's costs associated with administering and enforcing, or otherwise conducting activities under, this chapter and Chapters 3704., 3734., 3746., 3747., 3748., 3750., 3751., 3752., 3753., 5709., 6101., 6103., 6105., 6109., 6111., 6112., 6113., 6115., 6117., and 6119. of the Revised Code, including providing compliance assistance to small businesses.
Section 2.
(A)
That existing sections $343.01,343.011,343.012,343.022,343.08,3714.07$, $3714.073,3734.521,3734.53,3734.56,3734.57,3734.574$, and 3745.015 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3.
(A)
The solid waste management policy committee of a county or joint solid waste management district may levy fees upon the following activities:
(1)
The disposal of construction and demolition debris and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products generated within the jurisdiction of the district at construction and demolition debris facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction and at solid waste disposal facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction;
(2)
The disposal of construction and demolition debris and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products generated outside of the jurisdiction of the district, but inside this state, at construction and demolition debris facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction and at solid waste disposal facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction;
(3)
The disposal of construction and demolition debris and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products generated outside the boundaries of this state at construction and demolition debris facilities located in an authorized county and within the district's jurisdiction and at solid waste disposal facilities located in an authorized county and within the jurisdiction of the district.
(B)
Beginning on the effective date of this section and expiring one year after the effective date of this section, the fee levied under division (A)(1) of this section shall be not less than thirty-five cents per ton nor more than seventy cents per ton, the fee levied under division (A)(2) of this section shall be not less than seventy cents per ton nor more than one dollar forty cents per ton, and the fee levied under division (A)(3) of this section shall be not more than the fee levied under division (A)(1) of this section.
(C)
The district shall establish, amend, or repeal a schedule of fees levied pursuant to this division in the same manner that applies to fees levied under division (B) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code.
(D)
The solid waste management district may forward seventy-five per cent of the money received from an owner or operator of a facility under this section to the health district in which the facility is located, which shall deposit the money into the special fund established under division (A)(4) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code to be used solely for the purposes specified in that division.
(E)
As used in this section, "authorized county" means a county with a population between fifty-three thousand and fifty-eight thousand, according to the most recent decennial census.
Section 4.
(A)
Section 3734.56 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both S.B. 153 and S.B. 165 of the 120th General Assembly.
(B)
The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in this act.
The section numbering of law of a general and permanent nature is complete and in conformity with the Revised Code.
Director, Legislative Service Commission.
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