Ohio to return $4.1M in funds used for budget
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio is replenishing two funds of donated money tapped to close a budget gap, and two additional accounts also will be repaid.
The Office of Budget and Management issued a memo Thursday saying the administration would return $2.8 million taken from funds to fight blindness and encourage organ donations. That money comes from $1 contributions when people get driver licenses. The raid on those accounts was first reported by The Columbus Dispatch last week.
The memo also ordered the restoration of $1.3 million meant for motorcycle safety and anti-smoking programs.
Budget Director Pari Sabety wrote that the motorcycle money comes from various sources, complicating the transfer, and that the dip into the tobacco fund may go against a court order.