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H. B. No. 233 As Passed by the HouseAs Passed by the House
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Bubp, Collier, DeWine, Evans, Fende, Goodwin, Goyal, Huffman, Latta, McGregor, J., Schlichter, Seitz, Setzer, Webster, Zehringer, Wolpert, Hagan, J., Hagan, R., Reinhard, Schindel, Wagner, Heard, Williams, B., DeBose, Chandler, Lundy, Celeste, Stebelton, Otterman, Mallory, Adams, Aslanides, Bacon, Batchelder, Blessing, Bolon, Brown, Budish, Carmichael, Core, Daniels, Dodd, Domenick, Dyer, Flowers, Garrison, Gibbs, Harwood, Healy, Hite, Hughes, Koziura, Letson, Luckie, Mandel, Miller, Oelslager, Okey, Patton, Sayre, Schneider, Uecker, Ujvagi, Wachtmann, Wagoner, Widener
A BILL
To create the Ohio Agriculture to Chemicals,
Polymers, and Advanced Materials Task Force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. (A) There is herby created the Ohio Agriculture to
Chemicals, Polymers, and Advanced Materials Task Force, which
shall consist of thirteen members as follows:
(1) Three members of the House of Representatives appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two of whom shall
be members of the majority party and one of whom shall be a member
of the minority party;
(2) Three members of the Senate appointed by the President of
the Senate, two of whom shall be members of the majority party and
one of whom shall be a member of the minority party;
(3) A representative of the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(4) A representative of Polymer Ohio appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives;
(5) A representative of the Ohio BioProducts Innovation
Center appointed by the President of the Senate;
(6) A representative of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
appointed by the President of the Senate;
(7) A representative of the Department of Agriculture
appointed by the Director of Agriculture;
(8) A representative of the Department of Development
appointed by the Director of Development;
(9) The energy advisor to the Governor appointed by the
Governor.
Appointments shall be made, and the Task Force shall hold its
first meeting, not later than August 1, 2007. The representative
of the Department of Agriculture shall appoint a chairperson, and
the Task Force shall elect from its members a vice-chairperson.
(B) Not later than December 1, 2007, the Ohio Agriculture to
Chemicals, Polymers, and Advanced Materials Task Force shall
submit a report to the General Assembly and the Governor. The
report shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide an overview of the agriculture industry and the
specialty chemicals and polymer industry in this state;
(2) Describe the conditions of and trends in those industries
in this state;
(3) Identify and describe potential alignments between the
agricultural industry and the specialty chemicals and polymer
industry in this state;
(4) Include recommendations to the General Assembly for
expanding the agriculture industry and the specialty chemicals and
polymer industry in this state and for providing methods to
increase alignments between those industries.
Following submission of the report, the Task Force shall
cease to exist.
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