Sec. 103.62. There is established an Ohio constitutional | 19 |
modernization commission consisting of thirty-two members. Twelve | 20 |
members shall be appointed from the general assembly as follows: | 21 |
three by the president of the senate, three by the minority leader | 22 |
of the senate, three by the speaker of the house of | 23 |
representatives, and three by the minority leader of the house of | 24 |
representatives. Not later than January 1, 2012, and every two | 25 |
years thereafter, the twelve general assembly members shall meet, | 26 |
organize, and elect two co-chairpersons, who shall be from | 27 |
different political parties. The members shall then, by majority | 28 |
vote, appoint twenty commission members, not from the general | 29 |
assembly. All appointments shall end on the first day of January | 30 |
of every even-numbered year, and the commission shall then be | 31 |
re-created in the manner provided above. Members may be | 32 |
reappointed. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled in the | 33 |
manner provided for original appointments. | 34 |
Sec. 103.63. The Ohio constitutional modernization | 40 |
commission may receive appropriations and grants, gifts, bequests, | 41 |
and devises and may expend any funds received in such a manner for | 42 |
the purpose of reimbursing members for actual and necessary | 43 |
expenses incurred while engaged in official duties, or for the | 44 |
purpose of meeting expenses incurred in any special research or | 45 |
study relating to the Constitution of Ohio. The commission shall | 46 |
file annually with the auditor of state, on or before the | 47 |
fifteenth day of March, a full report of all grants, gifts, | 48 |
bequests, and devises received during the preceding calendar year, | 49 |
stating the date when each was received and the purpose for which | 50 |
the funds received therefrom were expended. | 51 |
Sec. 103.64. The Ohio constitutional modernization | 52 |
commission may employ professional, technical, and clerical | 53 |
employees as may be required successfully and efficiently to carry | 54 |
out the purposes of the commission. Funds for the compensation and | 55 |
reimbursement of employees shall be paid from the state treasury | 56 |
out of funds appropriated for the purpose. All disbursements of | 57 |
the commission shall be by voucher approved by one of the | 58 |
co-chairpersons of the commission. | 59 |
If, however, a majority of the electors voting in 2012 under | 68 |
Ohio Constitution, article XVI, section 3, on the question of | 69 |
whether there should be a constitutional convention vote in favor | 70 |
of a convention, the commission shall transfer all of the assets | 71 |
and records remaining from its operations to the convention. Upon | 72 |
the transfer of the assets and records, the commission ceases to | 73 |
exist. | 74 |