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| To create the Public Transit Funding Task Force to | 1 |
| study Ohio's public transportation funding and | 2 |
| issue a report by June 30, 2008. | 3 |
| Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Public Transit | 4 |
| Funding Task Force, which shall review public transportation | 5 |
| funding in Ohio with the goal of improving the efficiency and | 6 |
| productivity of transportation services in Ohio through the | 7 |
| coordination of transportation services and funding for the | 8 |
| long-term stability of Ohio's public transportation system. The | 9 |
| Task Force shall study the adequacy of Ohio's public | 10 |
| transportation funding and the need for a stable, dedicated source | 11 |
| of funding for public transportation in Ohio and shall evaluate | 12 |
| the state funds being expended by state agencies that provide | 13 |
| transportation services. | 14 |
| The Task Force shall issue a report of its findings to the | 15 |
| General Assembly and the Governor on June 30, 2008. Upon issuing | 16 |
| its report, the Task Force shall cease to exist. | 17 |
| (B) The Public Transit Funding Task Force shall consist of | 18 |
| the following members: | 19 |
| (1) Three members of the House of Representatives appointed | 20 |
| by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, not more than two | 21 |
| of whom shall be from the same political party as the Speaker; | 22 |
| (2) Three members of the Senate appointed by the President of | 23 |
| the Senate, not more than two of whom shall be from the same | 24 |
| political party as the President; | 25 |
| (3) The Director of Transportation or the Director's | 26 |
| designee; | 27 |
| (4) The Director of Budget and Management or the Director's | 28 |
| designee; | 29 |
| (5) The Director of Job and Family Services or the Director's | 30 |
| designee; | 31 |
| (6) The person appointed by the Director of Job and Family | 32 |
| Services to serve as the state's Medicaid Director, or that | 33 |
| person's designee; | 34 |
| (7) The Director of Aging or the Director's designee; | 35 |
| (8) The Director of Mental Retardation and Developmental | 36 |
| Disabilities or the Director's designee; | 37 |
| (9) One person appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 38 |
| Representatives to represent the general public; | 39 |
| (10) One person appointed by the President of the Senate to | 40 |
| represent the general public; | 41 |
| (11) The President of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce or the | 42 |
| President's designee; | 43 |
| (12) A representative of an older adults advocacy group | 44 |
| designated by the Director of Aging; | 45 |
| (13) A representative of a disability advocacy group | 46 |
| designated by the Director of Mental Retardation and Developmental | 47 |
| Disabilities; | 48 |
| (14) Three members jointly appointed by the Speaker of the | 49 |
| House of Representatives and the President of the Senate from | 50 |
| lists of individuals recommended by the Ohio Public Transit | 51 |
| Association, one of whom shall represent a large urban public | 52 |
| transit system, one of whom shall represent a small urban public | 53 |
| transit system, and one of whom shall represent a rural public | 54 |
| transit system. The Ohio Public Transit Association shall include | 55 |
| three public transit professionals from each of those three types | 56 |
| of public transit systems in its recommendations. | 57 |
| (C) From their appointees, the Speaker and the President | 58 |
| shall designate a representative and a senator, respectively, to | 59 |
| serve as co-chairpersons of the Task Force. The co-chairpersons | 60 |
| shall call the first meeting of the Task Force within thirty days | 61 |
| after the last member is appointed. | 62 |
| (D) The Legislative Service Commission shall provide staff | 63 |
| services for the Task Force. | 64 |