State revenues are continuing to exceed expectations. According to the Office of Budget and Management (OBM), the state’s July 2021 General Revenue Fund (GRF) tax receipts came in $24.7 million or 1.3 percent above the budgeted estimate.

The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) posted the August 2021 Public Library Fund (PLF) distribution of $34,261,820 — which is $7.48 million (+ 27.92%) above ODT’s original estimate that was issued in July 2020; and $3.86 million (+ 12.69%) above ODT’s updated estimate issued in December 2020. The PLF Calendar Year (CY) 2021 year-to-date total is $308,302,714.

The August distribution is the second PLF distribution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. As a reminder, the PLF percentage in the state budget was maintained at 1.7% of the state’s GRF for FY 2022 and FY 2023.

A look at the PLF distribution for the past three years and a link to an Excel spreadsheet listing each county’s distribution total for August 2021 can be found on the OLC website.