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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear
Ohio Archivists,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As
you know, the Society has been working for more than five years on legislation
that would create a tax check-off for OHS (House Bill 75) that would be used to
help support local history-related organizations and projects. HB 75 passed the
House with flying colors last December by a bipartisan 95-1 vote. It has since
been unanimously approved by a Senate committee. We just need the Senate to put
HB 75 up for a vote, but now the Senate appears ready to call it quits on the
128<sup>th</sup> General Assembly – to not convene at all in the so-called
“lame duck” session where unfinished business such as HB 75 would otherwise be
passed. When times like these arise, legislators and legislative aides almost
always advise us to have our Board members and donors contact their elected
officials. <b>Will you step up to the plate and contact your Senator today?
Senators are hearing from other constituencies to convene – and they need to
hear from us! </b>Otherwise, HB 75 dies. HB 75 co-sponsor Rep. Kathleen
Chandler is term-limited and her main co-sponsor was defeated last week – so
neither of them will be back next year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
call your state senator today and urge them to put House Bill 75 up for a vote
now in the Senate</span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.
Click <a href="http://www.ohiosenate.gov/directory.html">here</a> to see a list
of senators and how to reach them. Some important points:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Given the dire state budget
situation, passing HB 75 is one way the Senate can help demonstrate their
support for history <u>without costing the state anything</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>House Bill 75 has bipartisan
support. It passed the House 95-1 and a Senate committee this spring voted
YES by a 9-0 count. That’s 104 YES votes already!<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HB 75 will be used to support the
work of local history-related organizations and projects through a
competitive matching grants program.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: The Senate Ways and
Means and Economic Development Committee added an amendment to HB 75 in the
spring that would also add a tax check-off for the Ohio chapter of the American
Red Cross. That is making some in the Senate leadership more reluctant to vote
on HB 75 (opening it the possibility of future tax check-offs to a broader
spectrum of nonprofits). OHS does not have a position on the Red Cross tax
check-off. The Senate has the option to strip that out of the bill if it so
chooses. Our position is that we want HB 75 to finally pass and move on to Gov.
Strickland by the end of this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank
you so much for your help. I would appreciate it if you would let me know if
you are able to reach your senator and how they respond.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>Todd
Kleismit</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ohio
Historical Society</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director
of Government Relations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1982
Velma Ave.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Columbus,
OH 43211</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(614)
297-2355 or (877) 393-4369 (office)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(614)
774-5537 (cell)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:tkleismit@ohiohistory.org">tkleismit@ohiohistory.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> HISTORICAL
SOCIETY</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Connect with the past. Create a better future.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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