Sub. H. B. No. 87 As Reported by the House Finance and Appropriations Committee

As Reported by the House Finance and Appropriations Committee

128th General Assembly

Regular Session

2009-2010

Sub. H. B. No. 87

Representative Phillips

Cosponsors: Representatives Yuko, Garrison, Hagan, Book, Foley, Newcomb, Harris, DeGeeter, Williams, B., Bolon, Skindell, Luckie, Letson, Williams, S., Heard, Goyal, Celeste, Dyer, Chandler, Carney, Fende, Slesnick, Ujvagi

A BILL

To create the Ohio Energy Resource Center at Ohio

University's Voinovich School.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. There is hereby created the Ohio Energy Resource	3
Center at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at	4
Ohio University.	5

The center shall do all of the following:

(A) Act as a knowledge hub for clean energy, advanced energy,	7
and energy efficiency projects throughout the state;	8

(B) Maintain a database of research and development projects	9
in the fields of clean energy, advanced energy, and energy	10
efficiency undertaken by public institutions of higher education;	11

(C) Act as a clearinghouse for information and promote	12
collaboration among public and private entities on federal, state,	13
and private sources of financial and technical assistance for	14
advanced energy, clean energy, and energy efficiency projects	15
including, but not limited to, Edison Technology Centers, Edison	16
Incubators, and programs under the Third Frontier Commission; and	17

(D) Provide technical assistance to state government and	18
local governments, other political subdivisions, mercantile	19
customers as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, and	20
businesses located in an Appalachian county as defined in section	21
107.21 of the Revised Code on clean energy, advanced energy, and	22
energy efficiency projects.	23

Of the amounts appropriated in appropriation item 195660,	24
Advanced Energy Programs, within the Advanced Energy Fund (Fund	25
5M50), up to $75,000 in fiscal year 2010 and up to $125,000 in	26
fiscal year 2011 shall be granted to the Ohio Energy Resource	27
Center for the purposes described in this act.	28

Section 2. The sections of law contained in this act are	29
exempt from the referendum because they are or relate to an	30
appropriation for current expenses within the meaning of Ohio	31
Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the	32
Revised Code and therefore take effect immediately when this act	33
becomes law.	34