As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 262

Representative Ramos 

Cosponsors: Representatives Barborak, Ashford, Milkovich, Lundy, Hagan, R., Dovilla, Antonio, Foley, Fedor, Phillips, Retherford 

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A BILL

To amend section 3353.07 of the Revised Code to

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require the Ohio Government Telecommunications

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service to broadcast all standing committee

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meetings of the Ohio House of Representatives as

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they occur.

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

Section 1. That section 3353.07 of the Revised Code be	6
amended to read as follows:	7

Sec. 3353.07.  (A) There is hereby created the Ohio	8
government telecommunications service. The Ohio government	9
telecommunications service shall provide the state government and	10
affiliated organizations with multimedia support including audio,	11
visual, and internet services, multimedia streaming, and hosting	12
multimedia programs.	13

Services relating to the official activities of the general	14
assembly and the executive offices provided by the Ohio government	15
telecommunications service shall be funded through grants to a	16
public television broadcasting station that will manage the staff	17
and provide the services of the Ohio government telecommunications	18
service. The Ohio educational television stations shall select a	19
member station to manage the Ohio government telecommunications	20
service. The Ohio government telecommunications service shall	21
receive grants from, or contract with, any of the three branches	22
of Ohio government, and their affiliates, to provide additional	23
services. Services provided by the Ohio government	24
telecommunications service shall not be used for political	25
purposes included in campaign materials, or otherwise used to	26
influence an election, legislation, issue, judicial decision, or	27
other policy of state government.	28

(B)(1) There is hereby created the legislative programming	29
committee of the Ohio government telecommunications service that	30
shall consist of the president of the senate, speaker of the house	31
of representatives, minority leader of the senate, and minority	32
leader of the house of representatives, or their designees, and	33
the clerks of the senate and house of representatives as	34
nonvoting, ex officio members. By a vote of a majority of its	35
members, the program committee may add additional members to the	36
committee.	37

(2) The legislative programming committee shall adopt rules	38
that govern the operation of the Ohio government	39
telecommunications service relating to the general assembly and	40
any affiliated organizations.	41

(C) In addition to any broadcasting of sessions or committees	42
of the general assembly required pursuant to the rules adopted	43
under division (B) of this section, the Ohio government	44
telecommunications service shall broadcast all standing committee	45
meetings of the Ohio house of representatives with both audio and	46
visual feeds. The broadcast shall be made available publicly at	47
the time the committee meeting is conducted and shall be archived	48
on the web site of the Ohio government telecommunications service	49
for future public access and use.	50

Visual coverage for committees shall focus on individual	51
members speaking and shall not consist of a single wide angle shot	52
of a committee or committee room as a whole.	53

Section 2.  That existing section 3353.07 of the Revised Code	54
is hereby repealed.	55