| Sec. 5512.07. (A) There is hereby created the
transportation | 15 |
review advisory council. No member of the general assembly
shall | 16 |
be a member of the council. The council shall consist of
nine | 17 |
| seventeen members, one of whom is the director of transportation, | 18 |
who shall serve as an ex officio member.
SixTwelve members shall | 19 |
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be appointed by the governor with the
advice and consent of the | 20 |
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senate. One
member of the house of representatives shall be | 21 |
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appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and
one | 22 |
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member of the house of representatives shall
be appointed by the | 23 |
| minority leader of the house of representatives. One member of the | 24 |
senate shall be appointed by the president of the senate. In | 25 |
making their appointments,
the governor, the speaker of the house | 26 |
of
representatives, and the president of the senate shall consult | 27 |
with each other
so that of the total number of eight appointed | 28 |
members, at
least two areand one member of the senate shall be | 29 |
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appointed by the minority leader of the senate. Legislative | 30 |
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members of the council shall be nonvoting. Six of the members | 31 |
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appointed by the governor shall be affiliated with the major | 32 |
political party
not represented by the governor. In making the | 33 |
governor's appointments,Each person appointed by
the governor | 34 |
shall appoint persons who reside in a different geographic areas | 35 |
of
the statedepartment of transportation district. Within ninety | 36 |
days after June 30,
1997, the governor, speaker, and
president | 37 |
shall make the initial appointments to the council. | 38 |
(B) Of the governor's initial
appointments made to the | 49 |
council, one shall be for a term ending one year
after June 30, | 50 |
1997, one shall be for a term ending two years
after June 30, | 51 |
1997, one shall be for a term ending four
years after June
30, | 52 |
1997, and one shall be for a term
ending five years after
June 30, | 53 |
1997.
Within ninety days after
September 16, 1998, the governor | 54 |
shall make two appointments to the council. Of these appointments, | 55 |
one shall
be for a term ending June 30, 2001, and one shall be for | 56 |
a term
ending June 30, 2002. The speaker's and
president's initial | 57 |
appointments made to the council shall be for a term
ending three | 58 |
years after
June 30, 1997.The governor, speaker, president, and | 59 |
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minority leaders shall make the first appointments after the | 60 |
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effective date of this amendment so that the members' terms of | 61 |
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office begin on the first day of January in the first odd-numbered | 62 |
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year after the effective date of this amendment. Members holding | 63 |
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office on the effective date of this amendment are not eligible | 64 |
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for reappointment, but shall continue in office until the first | 65 |
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members appointed after the effective date of this amendment take | 66 |
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office, provided the governor may make any interim appointments | 67 |
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necessary to fill vacancies on the council. Of the governor's | 68 |
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first appointments made to the council after the effective date of | 69 |
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this amendment, each appointee who resides in an even-numbered | 70 |
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department of transportation district shall be appointed for a | 71 |
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four-year term and each appointee who resides in an odd-numbered | 72 |
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department of transportation district shall be appointed for a | 73 |
two-year term. Thereafter, all terms
of
office, including the | 74 |
terms for those persons who are appointed
to
succeed the persons | 75 |
whose appointments are made within ninety
days after
September | 76 |
16,
1998, shall be for fivefour years, with
each term ending on | 77 |
the same day of
the same month as did the term
that it succeeds | 78 |
| last day of December in even-numbered years. Each
member shall | 79 |
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hold
office from the date of appointment until the
end of the | 80 |
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term for which the
member was appointed. Members may be | 81 |
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reappointed to not more than two terms of office, provided that a | 82 |
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member first appointed to a two-year term is eligible to serve two | 83 |
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additional four-year terms. Vacancies shall
be filled
in the | 84 |
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manner provided for original appointments. Any
member appointed | 85 |
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to
fill another member's unexpired term shall
hold office for the | 86 |
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remainder of
that unexpired term. A member
shall continue in | 87 |
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office subsequent to the
expiration
of the
member's term until | 88 |
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the member's successor takes office. | 89 |
Sec. 5512.08. MembersVoting members of the transportation | 92 |
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review
advisory council, except the director of transportation, | 93 |
shall
be compensated at the rate of seven thousand five hundred | 94 |
dollars for service on the council from
July 1, 1997, through
June | 95 |
30, 1998, and five
thousand dollars for each subsequent year | 96 |
beginning on
July 1, 1998. In addition, voting
members shall | 97 |
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receive necessary travel and other expenses
related to their | 98 |
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service on the council, except that the
combined amount of | 99 |
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compensation and expenses paid to any member
under this section | 100 |
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shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars in
any year. Council | 101 |
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members who are members of the general assembly shall serve | 102 |
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without compensation. | 103 |