Last winter, Democratic state lawmaker Matt Lundy questioned how Republican Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor and House Speaker Bill Batchelder were using state planes.

Lundy claimed the two took the planes for personal convenience, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill.

Republican Ohio Auditor David Yost has done an audit on the use of the plane, and his spokeswoman, Carrie Bartunek, says he found Ohio has no clear rules for how and when planes can be used.

“We did not find any formal policies or procedures that actually cite when it’s appropriate or not appropriate to use a plane. Therefore, without those guidelines, it was difficult to say that any flight was inappropriate because there were no guidelines to match it to.”

As part of his report, Yost recommends selling one of the state airplanes.

Representative Lundy says he now will try to get the Ohio Legislature to deal with the issue.

“As legislators, we need to look at putting in place stronger guidelines, rules, regulations, laws regarding the use of state property including planes. And this includes colleges and universities. I think we need to tighten our belts and have greater accountability as to what is public purpose, public use.”

Yost’s report recommends specific steps to come up with rules and regulations for the planes, suggestions that Lundy says could be put into the proposed legislation.