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(124th General Assembly)
(Amended Substitute House Bill Number 175)
AN ACT
To establish the Task Force on Nonprofit, Faith-Based
and Other Nonprofit Organizations and to require
that it recommend the
best means for the state to
assist nonprofit, faith-based
and other nonprofit
organizations in providing public services and in
cooperating with public agencies in assisting
those
who receive public services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. (A)(1) There is hereby created the Task Force on
Nonprofit, Faith-Based and Other Nonprofit Organizations, which
shall consist of twenty-one
members.
(2) The Directors of Aging, Alcohol
and Drug Addiction
Services, Rehabilitation and Correction, Development,
Health, Job
and
Family Services, Mental Health, and Youth Services shall each
appoint to
the Task
Force one employee of that Director's
department.
(3) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
appoint to the Task Force two members of the House of
Representatives, not more than one of whom shall be from the same
political party and at least one of whom shall be from the legislative black caucus. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall consult with the president of the legislative black caucus in making the legislative black caucus member appointment. The President of the Senate shall appoint to the
Task Force two members of the Senate, not more than one of whom
shall be from the same political party.
(4) The Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and President of the Senate shall each appoint to the Task Force
three representatives of the nonprofit, faith-based and other
nonprofit
community.
(B) The appointments to the Task Force shall be made within
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy
that occurs on the Task Force shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointment. The members of the Task Force shall
serve without compensation.
(C) At its initial meeting, the Task Force shall elect a
chairperson and other officers it considers necessary. The
chairperson shall be a member of the Task Force who is a member of
the House of Representatives. (D) The Department of Job and Family Services shall provide
office space, staff, supplies, services, and other support to the
Task Force. (E) The Task Force shall do both of the following:
(1) Recommend the best means to provide state and federal
funds to nonprofit, faith-based and other nonprofit organizations
so that they may provide public
services in a manner that complies
with both the United
States
Constitution and the Ohio
Constitution;
(2) Recommend the best means to remove any barriers that may
exist to nonprofit, faith-based and other nonprofit organizations
cooperating with public
agencies in assisting those who receive
public services.
(F) This section does not prevent, and shall not be construed
to prevent, any nonprofit, faith-based or other nonprofit
organization from providing public
services, or from cooperating
with public agencies in assisting
those who receive public
services, in any manner authorized under
current law. (G) The Task Force shall issue a report of its
recommendations by not later than eight months after the effective
date of this section. The Task Force shall provide a copy of the
report to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and President of the Senate.
SECTION 2. Upon the issuance of its report or twelve months
after the effective date of this section, whichever occurs first,
the Task Force on Nonprofit, Faith-Based and Other Nonprofit
Organizations shall cease to exist.
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