ISSUE 1 – BALLOT LANGUAGE
1 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE TO ISSUE BONDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION
TO VETERANS OF THE PERSIAN GULF, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRAQ CONFLICTS
Proposed by Joint Resolution of the General Assembly
To adopt Section 2r of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio
This proposed amendment would:
1. Authorize the state to issue up to two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) of bonds to
provide compensation to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts,
and to pay for the administration of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts
Compensation Bond Retirement Fund and the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Conflicts Compensation Fund.
2. Authorize the Ohio Department of Veterans Services to provide compensation to persons
who have served in active duty in the United States armed forces at any time during the
Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts and who were Ohio residents at the start of
active duty services and are currently Ohio residents.
3.
Allow certain survivors to receive the same compensation as the person who
served
in the armed forces would have received, if that person dies or is
designated
as missing in action or held in enemy captivity.
4. Authorize the state to issue bonds only for the time period from the effective date of this
amendment until December 31, 2013.
A YES vote means approval of the amendment.
A NO vote means disapproval of the amendment.
A majority YES vote is required for the amendment to be adopted.
If approved, this proposed amendment shall take effect immediately.
ISSUE 2 – BALLOT LANGUAGE
2 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
TO CREATE THE OHIO LIVESTOCK CARE STANDARDS BOARD TO ESTABLISH
AND IMPLEMENT STANDARDS OF CARE FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
Proposed by Joint Resolution of the General Assembly
To adopt Section 1 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio
This proposed amendment would:
1. Require the state to create the Livestock Care Standards Board to prescribe standards for
animal care and well-being that endeavor to maintain food safety, encourage locally
grown and raised food, and protect Ohio farms and families.
2. Authorize this bipartisan board of thirteen members to consider factors that include, but
are not limited to, agricultural best management practices for such care and well-being,
biosecurity, disease prevention, animal morbidity and mortality data, food safety
practices, and the protection of local, affordable food supplies for consumers when
establishing and implementing standards.
3. Provide that the board shall be comprised of thirteen Ohio residents including
representatives of Ohio family farms, farming organizations, food safety experts,
veterinarians, consumers, the dean of the agriculture department at an Ohio college or
university and a county humane society representative.
4. Authorize the Ohio department that regulates agriculture to administer and enforce the
standards established by the board, subject to the authority of the General Assembly.
A YES vote means approval of the amendment.
A NO vote means disapproval of the amendment.
A majority YES vote is required for the amendment to be adopted.
If approved, this proposed amendment shall take effect immediately.
ISSUE 3 – BALLOT LANGUAGE
3 PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW FOR ONE CASINO EACH
IN CINCINNATI, CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, AND TOLEDO AND DISTRIBUTE TO ALL OHIO
COUNTIES A TAX ON THE CASINOS
Proposed
by Initiative Petition
To
adopt Section 6 to Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio
This
proposed amendment would:
1.
Authorize only one casino facility at a specifically designated location within
each of the cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo.
2.
Levy a fixed tax of 33% of gross casino revenue received by each casino
operator of the four casino facilities.
3.
Distribute the casino tax as follows:
• 51% among all 88 counties in proportion to such counties’ respective
populations. Half of each county’s distribution will go to its largest city if
that city’s population is above 80,000.
• 34% among all public school districts
• 5% among all host cities
• 3% to the Ohio casino control commission
• 3% to the Ohio state racing commission fund
• 2% to a state law enforcement training fund
• 2% to a state problem gambling and addictions fund
4.
Require each initial licensed casino operator to pay a single $50,000,000 fee
to be used for state job training purposes and make a minimum initial
investment of $250,000,000 in its facility.
5.
Permit approved types of casino gaming authorized by Michigan, West Virginia,
Indiana, and Pennsylvania as of January 1, 2009 or games subsequently
authorized by those states.
6.
Authorize the casinos to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at
thediscretion of the casino operator and require that the casino facilities
shall besubject to all state and local laws and provisions related to health
and buildingcodes, but that no local zoning, land use laws, subdivision
regulations or similarprovisions shall prohibit the development or operation of
the casinos at thedesignated sites.
7.
Create the Ohio casino control commission which will license and regulate
casinooperators, management companies retained by such casino operators,
keyemployees, gaming-related vendors, and all gaming authorized by
thisconstitutional provision.
A
“YES” vote means you approve of amending the Ohio Constitution to permit
one
casino each in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo.
A
“NO” vote means you disapprove of amending the Ohio Constitution to permit
one
casino each in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo.
A majority YES vote is required for the amendment to be adopted.