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To enact section 122.98 of the Revised Code to create | 1 |
the Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Technology | 2 |
Committee. | 3 |
Section 1. That section 122.98 of the Revised Code be enacted | 4 |
to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 122.98. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio aerospace | 6 |
and aviation technology committee, consisting of the following | 7 |
members: | 8 |
(1) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president | 9 |
of the senate, not more than two of whom may be members of the | 10 |
same political party; | 11 |
(2) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed | 12 |
by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than two | 13 |
of whom may be members of the same political party; | 14 |
(3) Fifteen members representing the aviation, aerospace, or | 15 |
technology industry, the military, or academia. One such member | 16 |
shall be appointed by the governor, and fourteen such members | 17 |
shall be appointed by majority vote of the six members | 18 |
representing the senate and house of representatives. | 19 |
The legislative members of the committee shall be appointed | 20 |
not later than September 1, 2014, and the remaining members shall | 21 |
be appointed within ten days thereafter. The initial term of all | 22 |
members shall end on December 31, 2016. Thereafter, the term of | 23 |
all members shall end on the thirty-first day of December of the | 24 |
year following the year of appointment. Vacancies shall be filled | 25 |
in the manner of the original appointment. | 26 |
The first legislator appointed to the committee by the | 27 |
speaker of the house of representatives after the effective date | 28 |
of H.B. 292 of the 130th general assembly shall serve as the first | 29 |
chairperson of the committee and shall serve until December 31, | 30 |
2016. Every general assembly thereafter, the chairperson shall | 31 |
alternate between the first legislator appointed by the president | 32 |
of the senate and the first legislator appointed by the speaker of | 33 |
the house of representatives. | 34 |
(B) The duties of the committee shall include, but are not | 35 |
limited to, all of the following: | 36 |
(1) Studying and developing comprehensive strategies to | 37 |
promote the aviation, aerospace, and technology industry | 38 |
throughout the state, including through the commercialization of | 39 |
aviation, aerospace, and technology products and ideas; | 40 |
(2) Encouraging communication and resource-sharing among | 41 |
individuals and organizations involved in the aviation, aerospace, | 42 |
and technology industry, including business, the military, and | 43 |
academia; | 44 |
(3) Promoting research and development in the aviation, | 45 |
aerospace, and technology industry, including research and | 46 |
development of unmanned aerial vehicles; | 47 |
(4) Providing assistance related to military base realignment | 48 |
and closure. | 49 |
(C) The committee shall compile an annual report of its | 50 |
activities, findings, and recommendations and shall furnish a copy | 51 |
of the report to the governor, president of the senate, and | 52 |
speaker of the house of representatives not later than July 1, | 53 |
2015, and the first day of July of each year thereafter. | 54 |