Bill Summary: Sub. H.B. No. 130

• Establishes the DataOhio Board, comprising state officials and appointed representatives from various sectors, to recommend standards for publishing public records online in open, machine-readable formats

• Requires the Auditor of State to adopt uniform accounting procedures and charts of accounts for all public offices within two years, with compliant offices earning a "DataOhio Transparency Award-Uniformity of Accounting"

• Creates the Local Government Information Exchange Grant Program administered by the state librarian, providing $10,000 grants to counties, townships, municipalities, and public libraries that post specified public record datasets online in open format

• Establishes data.Ohio.gov as an online portal and catalog where public records and datasets from state agencies and local governments can be accessed, with the site offering web links and hosting original aggregated data

• Appropriates $350,000 in fiscal year 2017 to the Auditor of State for developing uniform charts of accounts and establishing accounting procedures for public offices