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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION NO. 99-17 BY: COIINCII,MAN O'GRADY A RESOL UTION OPPOSING HO USE BILL 702 REGARDING CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF FINES, PENALTIES AND FORFEITED BAIL MONEYS DISTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS CO(JRTS TO COUN7YLAW LIBRARY ASSOCIATIDNS. WHEREAS, Representative Womer Benjamin has introduced House Bill 702 to change the amount of fines, penalties and forfeited bail moneys distributed by various courts to county law library associations; and WHEREAS, House Bill 702 would require the clerk of a municipal court to pay the greater of the two following amounts: A) 25% of the fines and penalties collected and moneys arising from forfeited bail in state cases and "equivalent municipal ordinance cases," or B) the remaining 75% less the amount of the compensation of the clerk, the judges of the municipal court and, if applicable, the county prosecuting attorney for prosecuting state cases in the municipal court; and WHEREAS, House Bill 702 changes the funding formula for county law libraries, setting or increasing maximum amounts to be paid to the law libraries, and adding an inflation adjustment for maximum amounts based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI); and WHEREAS, the proposed maximum amounts to be paid to the law libraries under this bill reflect an increase of nearly five hundred percent (500%) in funding; and WHEREAS, this Council strongly objects to this excessive increase in funding at the expense of municipalities; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: Section 1 The Council of the City of North Olmsted strongly opposes House Bill 702 which changes the amount of fines, penalties and forfeited bail moneys distributed by courts to county law libraries. Section Z The Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Resolution, immediately upon its passage and approval, to State Representative Sally Conway Kilbane and State Senator Robert Spada.