If a nursing home or hospital undergoes a change of operator during a fiscal year, the responsibility for paying the franchise permit fee that was determined for the nursing home or hospital under section 3721.53 of the Revised Code, or redetermined for the nursing home or hospital under section 3721.531 of the Revised Code, for that fiscal year shall be divided proportionally. The exiting operator shall be responsible for paying the amount of the fee that is for the part of the fiscal year that ends on the day before the effective date of the change of operator. The entering operator shall be responsible for paying the amount of the fee that is for the part of the fiscal year that begins on the effective date of the change of operator. The department of job and family services is not required to mail a notice to the entering operator regarding the amount of that fiscal year's fee for which the entering operator is responsible.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28,HB 153, §101.01, eff. 7/1/2011.