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| To enact section 1509.80 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| establish the Governor's Award for Environmental | 2 |
| Stewardship to be awarded annually to the company | 3 |
| or person involved in the oil and gas industry | 4 |
| that best represented wise environmental | 5 |
| stewardship during the previous one-year period. | 6 |
| Section 1. That section 1509.80 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 1509.80. (A) The director of natural resources shall | 9 |
| establish the governor's award for environmental stewardship. The | 10 |
| award shall be presented annually to the owner or other person | 11 |
| involved in the oil and gas industry that best represented wise | 12 |
| environmental stewardship during the previous one-year period. | 13 |
| (B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 14 |
| 119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the following: | 15 |
| (1) Procedures for the nomination of owners or other persons | 16 |
| for the award. The rules shall allow nominations to be made by | 17 |
| members of the general assembly, owners and other persons | 18 |
| operating in the oil and gas industry, and private citizens. The | 19 |
| rules shall allow a company to nominate itself or a person to | 20 |
| nominate the person. | 21 |
| (2) Procedures for selecting the annual winner of the award. | 22 |
| The rules shall require the director to appoint a committee for | 23 |
| purposes of selecting the annual winner. | 24 |
| (3) Procedures for selecting a design for a plaque or other | 25 |
| commemorative item for presentation to the annual winner of the | 26 |
| award; | 27 |
| (4) Any other procedures necessary for the implementation of | 28 |
| this section. | 29 |
| (C) Annually, on a date selected by the director in | 30 |
| consultation with the governor, the governor shall present the | 31 |
| award established under this section. | 32 |