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| To enact sections 5101.39, 5101.40, and 5101.41 of | 1 |
| the Revised Code to establish the Ohio Community | 2 |
| and Neighborhood Service Commission. | 3 |
| Section 1. That sections 5101.39, 5101.40, and 5101.41 of | 4 |
| the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 5101.39. The Ohio community and neighborhood service | 6 |
| commission shall do the following: | 7 |
| (A) Identify and evaluate problems being experienced by | 8 |
| communities and neighborhoods throughout the state, such as | 9 |
| poverty, lack of safety and security, poor sanitation, and | 10 |
| inadequate clothing, housing, utilities, transportation, | 11 |
| education, and health care; | 12 |
| (B) Identify existing nonprofit, nongovernmental community | 13 |
| and neighborhood service programs that are addressing the | 14 |
| identified problems; | 15 |
| (C) Develop ideas for and encourage the creation of | 16 |
| innovative nonprofit, nongovernmental community and neighborhood | 17 |
| service programs to address the identified problems; | 18 |
| (D) Identify resources that are available to support | 19 |
| nonprofit, nongovernmental community and neighborhood and | 20 |
| neighborhood service programs; and | 21 |
| (E) Award grants from money available in the Ohio community | 22 |
| and neighborhood service commission fund to support nonprofit, | 23 |
| nongovernmental community and neighborhood service programs. | 24 |
| The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the | 25 |
| Revised Code that prescribe criteria and procedures for awarding | 26 |
| grants. | 27 |
| The commission annually shall prepare a report of its | 28 |
| findings and recommendations. The commission shall furnish a copy | 29 |
| of the report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the | 30 |
| house of representatives, and the governor. | 31 |
| Sec. 5101.40. The Ohio community and neighborhood service | 32 |
| commission may accept gifts and may accept or seek and accept | 33 |
| grants from any public agency or private source to carry out the | 34 |
| commission's duties. There is an Ohio community and neighborhood | 35 |
| service fund in the state treasury. The commission shall deposit | 36 |
| all monetary gifts and grants into the fund. The commission shall | 37 |
| use the gifts and grants solely to make grants and to defray the | 38 |
| cost of its operations. Gifts and grants are subject to any | 39 |
| restriction that applies to the gift or grant. | 40 |
| Sec. 5101.41. The Ohio community and neighborhood service | 41 |
| commission consists of the following eleven members: | 42 |
| (A) Five representatives of the general public appointed by | 43 |
| the governor; | 44 |
| (B) The governor, or the governor's designee; | 45 |
| (C) The director of job and family services, or the | 46 |
| director's designee; | 47 |
| (D) Two members of the senate, one appointed by the president | 48 |
| of the senate and the other appointed by the minority leader of | 49 |
| the senate; | 50 |
| (E) Two members of the house of representatives, one | 51 |
| appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the | 52 |
| other appointed by the minority leader of the house of | 53 |
| representatives. | 54 |
| Members appointed to the commission under division (A) of | 55 |
| this section shall have extensive experience in issues related to | 56 |
| community and neighborhood services. | 57 |
| The appointing authorities shall make initial appointments to | 58 |
| the commission within thirty days after the effective date of this | 59 |
| section. Of the initial appointments to the commission under | 60 |
| division (A) of this section, two of the members shall serve a | 61 |
| term that expires on June 30, 2015, and three of the members shall | 62 |
| serve a term that expires on June 30, 2016. Thereafter, all | 63 |
| members appointed under division (A) of this section shall serve a | 64 |
| term of two years that begins on the first day of July and expires | 65 |
| on the last day of June. | 66 |
| A member of the general assembly appointed to the commission | 67 |
| shall serve on the commission until the adjournment sine die of | 68 |
| the general assembly during which the member was appointed or | 69 |
| until the member ceases to be a member of the general assembly or | 70 |
| of the chamber from which the member was appointed. | 71 |
| Members of the commission are not entitled to compensation | 72 |
| but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred | 73 |
| in the performance of their duties. | 74 |
| A vacancy occurring among the members of the commission shall | 75 |
| be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. | 76 |
| Members of the commission may be reappointed. | 77 |
| The commission annually shall elect a chairperson from among | 78 |
| its members. | 79 |
| The commission shall convene as summoned by the chairperson. | 80 |
| The first meeting of the commission shall occur within sixty days | 81 |
| after the effective date of this section. Thereafter, the | 82 |
| commission shall meet not less often than once per month. | 83 |
| The department of job and family services shall provide staff | 84 |
| and other support services as necessary for the commission to | 85 |
| carry out its duties. | 86 |