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To create the Water Resources and Economic | 1 |
Development Study Committee. | 2 |
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Water Resources | 3 |
and Economic Development Study Committee consisting of the | 4 |
following members: | 5 |
(1) Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by | 6 |
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be | 7 |
a member of the majority party and one of whom shall be a member | 8 |
of the minority party; | 9 |
(2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the President of | 10 |
the Senate, one of whom shall be a member of the majority party | 11 |
and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party; | 12 |
(3) The following members appointed by the Governor: | 13 |
(a) One member representing the Board of Regents; | 14 |
(b) One member representing the Environmental Protection | 15 |
Agency; | 16 |
(c) One member representing the Department of Natural | 17 |
Resources; | 18 |
(d) One member representing the Public Works Commission; | 19 |
(e) One member representing the Ohio Lake Erie Commission; | 20 |
(f) One member representing county commissioners; | 21 |
(g) One member representing townships; | 22 |
(h) One member representing municipal corporations; | 23 |
(i) One member representing county engineers; | 24 |
(j) One member representing conservancy districts; | 25 |
(k) One member representing regional water and sewer | 26 |
districts; | 27 |
(l) One member representing county sewer districts; | 28 |
(m) One member representing soil and water conservation | 29 |
districts; | 30 |
(n) One member representing the Ohio Society of Professional | 31 |
Engineers; | 32 |
(o) Two members representing port authorities; | 33 |
(p) Two members representing nonprofit organizations who | 34 |
shall have specific knowledge regarding the use of the water | 35 |
resources in Ohio as a mechanism for economic development. | 36 |
(B) Appointments to the Committee shall be made not later | 37 |
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Members | 38 |
of the Committee shall serve without compensation. | 39 |
(C) At the initial meeting of the Committee, members of the | 40 |
Committee shall elect a legislative member of the Committee as | 41 |
chairperson. Thereafter, the chairperson shall call meetings as | 42 |
the chairperson considers necessary for the Committee to carry out | 43 |
its duties. | 44 |
(D) The Committee shall study the use of water resources in | 45 |
Ohio as a mechanism for economic development. | 46 |
(E) Not later than one year after the effective date of this | 47 |
section, the Committee shall prepare and submit a report to the | 48 |
General Assembly that evaluates Ohio's water resources and how | 49 |
those resources can be best utilized as a mechanism for economic | 50 |
development. The report also shall make recommendations to the | 51 |
General Assembly regarding any policy changes that are needed to | 52 |
effectuate that economic development. | 53 |
Upon submission of the report, the Committee shall cease to | 54 |
exist. | 55 |