Amended Senate Bill 4 Summary

• Appropriates $300,000,000 from the School Building Program Assistance Fund to the Facilities Construction Commission for school district classroom construction projects.

• Appropriates $255,000,000 to the Public Works Commission for local infrastructure, revolving loans, and conservation programs, funded through the State Capital Improvements Fund ($175 million), State Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund ($42.5 million), and Clean Ohio Conservation Fund ($37.5 million).

• Exempts personal protective equipment purchases from competitive bidding requirements for counties, townships, villages, hospital boards, and charter counties during the emergency period declared by Executive Order 2020-01D (March 9, 2020).

• Allows transportation improvement districts to be subject to prevailing wage requirements when receiving state or local government funding above specified thresholds.

• Temporarily expands tax increment financing fund usage to allow municipalities and townships to appropriate up to 25% of unencumbered balances in 2020 and 2021 for public safety and road/bridge maintenance expenses.