Hopefully, Ohio’s planting season will soon be as busy as its legislative season. There’s a lot of activity down at the capitol these days, with many bills on the move. Here’s a summary of bills that could impact agriculture and rural communities. Note that the summary doesn’t include the budget bill, which is also currently being debated.
Water quality bonds
A joint resolution recently offered in the Senate supports amending Ohio’s Constitution to create permanent funds for clean water improvements. S.J.R. 2, a bipartisan proposal from Theresa Gavarone (R-Bowling Green) and Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Hts.) would place a ballot issue before voters in November. The issue proposes amending the Constitution to allow for the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund clean water improvements. Up to $1 billion over 10 years would be permissible, with no more than $100 million allocated in any fiscal year. Bond funds would create a permanent source of funding for the H2Ohio pr
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By Peggy Kirk Hall, OSU Ag and Resource Law Program (https://farmoffice.osu.edu/blog/mon-02152021-1154am/ohio-legislation-move)
The Ohio General Assembly is off and running in its new session. Many bills that affect agriculture in Ohio are already on the move. Here’s a summary of those that are gaining the most momentum or attention. The Senate has already passed its version of this bill, which conforms our state tax code with recent changes to the Internal Revenue Code made in the latest COVID-19 stimulus provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act. Both the Senate and the House will also exempt forgiven Paycheck Protection Program second-draw loan proceeds from the Commercial Activity Tax. The Senate version additionally exempts Bureau of Workers Compensation dividend rebates from the Commercial Activity Tax beginning in 2020, but the House bill does not. Both bills include “emergency” language that would make the provisions effective in time for 2020 tax retu
Cleveland company turns to automation to supply Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation with protective masks
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cleveland startup company with about 20 workers is using automation to produce millions of protective masks for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to provide free to companies the agency insures.
Buckeye Mask, headquartered near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, churns out 40,000 masks a day on custom-made sewing machines, bought with loans from JobsOhio, the state’s economic development arm.
The machines, supplied by Germany-based Duerkopp Adler, stitch each mask in six seconds and will enable Buckeye Mask to eventually produce 54,000 masks a day, company President Carla Macklin told ceveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
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