House Bill 162

Long Title: To amend sections 1509.02, 1509.071, 1509.11, 1509.34, 1509.50, 1513.08, 1513.182, 1514.11, 5747.98, 5749.01, 5749.02, 5749.06, 5749.11, and 5751.01 and to enact sections 164.29, 190.01, 190.02, 190.03, 190.04, 190.05, 321.50, 321.51, 505.96, 1509.075, 3737.15, 3745.50, 5501.37, 5747.56, 5747.63, and 5749.18 of the Revised Code to change the basis, rates, and revenue distribution of the severance tax on oil and gas, to create a grant program to encourage compressed natural gas as a motor vehicle fuel, to authorize an income tax credit for landowners holding an oil or gas royalty interest, and to exclude some oil and gas sale receipts from the commercial activity tax base.