| Sec. 101.35. There is hereby created in the general
assembly | 9 |
the joint committee on agency rule review. TheExcept as the | 10 |
| membership is augmented under the second paragraph of this | 11 |
| section, the committee shall consist of five members
of the house | 12 |
| of
representatives and five members of
the senate. Within fifteen | 13 |
|
days after the commencement of the first regular session of each | 14 |
|
general assembly, the speaker of the house of representatives | 15 |
| shall appoint
the members of the committee from the house of | 16 |
| representatives,
and
the president of the senate shall appoint the | 17 |
| members of the
committee from the senate.
Not more than three of | 18 |
| the
members from
each house shall be of the same political party. | 19 |
| In the first
regular session of a general assembly, the | 20 |
| chairperson
of the committee shall be appointed by the speaker of | 21 |
| the house from
among the house members of the committee, and the | 22 |
|
vice-chairperson
shall be appointed by the president of the senate | 23 |
| from among the
senate members of the committee. In the second | 24 |
| regular session
of a general assembly, the chairperson shall be | 25 |
|
appointed by the president of the senate from among the senate | 26 |
|
members of the
committee, and the vice-chairperson shall be | 27 |
| appointed by the speaker of the
house from among the house members | 28 |
| of the
committee. The chairperson, vice-chairperson, and
members | 29 |
| of the committee
shall serve until their respective successors are | 30 |
|
appointed or until they are no longer members of the general | 31 |
|
assembly. When a vacancy occurs among the officers or
members of | 32 |
|
the committee, it shall be filled in the same manner as the | 33 |
|
original appointment. | 34 |
| When the joint committee takes up a rule, amendment, | 35 |
| rescission, or part thereof for consideration, the chairperson, | 36 |
| vice-chairperson, and ranking minority member of the standing | 37 |
| committee of the senate and of the house of representatives having | 38 |
| jurisdiction over the subject matter of the rule, amendment, | 39 |
| rescission, or part thereof also are members of the joint | 40 |
| committee during, and with regard to only, that consideration. | 41 |
| Notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code, the | 42 |
|
members, when engaged in their duties as members of the
committee | 43 |
| on days when there is not a voting session of the
member's house | 44 |
| of
the general assembly, shall be paid at the per diem rate
of one | 45 |
| hundred
fifty dollars, and their necessary traveling expenses, | 46 |
| which
shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the payment of | 47 |
|
expenses of legislative committees. | 48 |
| The committee has the same powers as other standing or
select | 49 |
committees of the general assembly. SixNine members
constitute a | 50 |
quorum, and thewith regard to consideration of a rule and six | 51 |
| members constitute a quorum for all other purposes. The | 52 |
concurrence of sixnine members is
required for the recommendation | 53 |
| of a concurrent resolution
invalidating a proposed or effective | 54 |
| rule, amendment, rescission,
or part thereof, or for the | 55 |
| suspension of a rule, amendment,
rescission, or part thereof, | 56 |
| under division (I) of section 119.03
or section 119.031 of the | 57 |
| Revised Code. | 58 |
| When a member of the committee is absent, the president or | 59 |
| speaker, as the
case may be, may designate a substitute from the | 60 |
| same house and political
party as the absent member. The | 61 |
| substitute shall serve on the committee in
the member's absence, | 62 |
| and is entitled to perform the duties of
a member of the | 63 |
| committee. For serving on the committee, the substitute shall
be | 64 |
| paid the same per diem and necessary traveling expenses as the | 65 |
| substitute
would be entitled to receive if the substitute were a | 66 |
| member of the committee. | 67 |
| The president or speaker shall inform the executive
director | 68 |
| of the committee of a substitution. If the executive
director | 69 |
| learns of a substitution sufficiently in advance of the
meeting of | 70 |
| the committee the substitute is to attend, the
executive director | 71 |
| shall publish notice of the substitution on
the internet, make | 72 |
| reasonable effort to inform of the
substitution persons who are | 73 |
| known to the executive director to
be interested in rules that are | 74 |
| scheduled for review at the
meeting, and inform of the | 75 |
| substitution persons who inquire of
the executive director | 76 |
| concerning the meeting. | 77 |