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To create the Local Government Public Notice Task | 1 |
Force to study local government public notice | 2 |
requirements and to issue a report. | 3 |
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Local Government | 4 |
Public Notice Task Force consisting of the following twenty-two | 5 |
members: | 6 |
(1) Two members of the House of Representatives, appointed by | 7 |
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with at least one | 8 |
member being appointed from a recommendation of the Minority | 9 |
Leader of the House of Representatives; | 10 |
(2) Two members of the Senate, appointed by the President of | 11 |
the Senate, with at least one member being appointed from a | 12 |
recomendation of the Minority Leader of the Senate; | 13 |
(3) One member representing the Governor's office, appointed | 14 |
by the Governor; | 15 |
(4) One member representing municipal government, appointed | 16 |
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from a list of | 17 |
names provided by the Ohio Municipal League; | 18 |
(5) One member representing township government, appointed by | 19 |
the President of the Senate from a list of names provided by the | 20 |
Ohio Township Association; | 21 |
(6) One member representing county government, appointed by | 22 |
the Speaker of the House of Representatives from a list of names | 23 |
provided by the County Commissioners' Association of Ohio; | 24 |
(7) One member representing county recorders, one member | 25 |
representing prosecuting attorneys, one member representing | 26 |
sheriffs, one member representing county coroners, one member | 27 |
representing county engineers, one member representing county | 28 |
auditors, one member representing county treasurers, and one | 29 |
member representing clerks of the courts of common pleas. The | 30 |
members representing county recorders, prosecuting attorneys, | 31 |
sheriffs, and county coroners shall be appointed by the President | 32 |
of the Senate from a list of names provided by an organization | 33 |
representing those county officers. The members representing | 34 |
county engineers, county auditors, county treasurers, and clerks | 35 |
of the courts of common pleas shall be appointed by the Speaker of | 36 |
the House of Representatives from a list of names provided by an | 37 |
organization representing those county officers. | 38 |
(8) One member representing the Attorney General's office, | 39 |
appointed by the Attorney General; | 40 |
(9) One member representing the Ohio Legal Daily Coalition, | 41 |
appointed by the Governor; | 42 |
(10) One member representing a daily newspaper with a | 43 |
circulation of more than one hundred thousand, one member | 44 |
representing a daily newspaper with a circulation of twenty | 45 |
thousand to one hundred thousand, one member representing a daily | 46 |
newspaper with a circulation of under twenty thousand, and one | 47 |
member representing weekly newspapers, appointed by the Governor | 48 |
from a list of names provided by the Ohio Newspaper Association. | 49 |
(B) Appointments to the Task Force shall be made not later | 50 |
than thirty days after the effective date of this act. A member of | 51 |
the House of Representatives appointed by and designated by the | 52 |
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be the chairperson | 53 |
of the Task Force, and a member of the Senate appointed by and | 54 |
designated by the President of the Senate shall serve as the | 55 |
vice-chairperson of the Task Force. | 56 |
The members of the Task Force shall serve without | 57 |
compensation. The Task Force shall meet as often as necessary to | 58 |
carry out its official duties and responsibilities. The | 59 |
Legislative Service Commission shall provide staff assistance to | 60 |
the Task Force. | 61 |
(C) The Task Force shall study the public notice requirements | 62 |
in the Revised Code for local governments and determine if the | 63 |
public notices are still needed and if there are other ways to | 64 |
fulfill those requirements, such as by the use of media or | 65 |
technology other than those currently mandated. The Task Force | 66 |
shall determine if any changes would enhance public availability | 67 |
and provide cost savings to local governments. | 68 |
Not later than one year after the effective date of this act, | 69 |
the Task Force shall prepare and submit a report of its findings | 70 |
and recommendations on whether or not to change local government | 71 |
public notice requirements to the Governor, the President and | 72 |
Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Speaker and Minority Leader | 73 |
of the House of Representatives. On submission of that report, the | 74 |
Task Force shall cease to exist. | 75 |
(D) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not | 76 |
apply to the Task Force. | 77 |