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S. B. No. 300 As IntroducedAs Introduced
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Mason, Morano, Miller, R., Miller, D., Kearney, Boccieri, Roberts, Smith, Sawyer, Stivers
A BILL
To create the Public Transit Funding Task Force to
study Ohio's public transportation funding and
issue a report by June 30, 2008.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Public Transit
Funding Task Force, which shall review public transportation
funding in Ohio with the goal of improving the efficiency and
productivity of transportation services in Ohio through the
coordination of transportation services and funding for the
long-term stability of Ohio's public transportation system. The
Task Force shall study the adequacy of Ohio's public
transportation funding and the need for a stable, dedicated source
of funding for public transportation in Ohio and shall evaluate
the state funds being expended by state agencies that provide
transportation services.
The Task Force shall issue a report of its findings to the
General Assembly and the Governor on June 30, 2008. Upon issuing
its report, the Task Force shall cease to exist.
(B) The Public Transit Funding Task Force shall consist of
the following members:
(1) Three members of the House of Representatives appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, not more than two
of whom shall be from the same political party as the Speaker;
(2) Three members of the Senate appointed by the President of
the Senate, not more than two of whom shall be from the same
political party as the President;
(3) The Director of Transportation or the Director's
designee;
(4) The Director of Budget and Management or the Director's
designee;
(5) The Director of Job and Family Services or the Director's
designee;
(6) The person appointed by the Director of Job and Family
Services to serve as the state's Medicaid Director, or that
person's designee;
(7) The Director of Aging or the Director's designee;
(8) The Director of Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities or the Director's designee;
(9) One person appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives to represent the general public;
(10) One person appointed by the President of the Senate to
represent the general public;
(11) The President of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce or the
President's designee;
(12) A representative of an older adults advocacy group
designated by the Director of Aging;
(13) A representative of a disability advocacy group
designated by the Director of Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities;
(14) Three members jointly appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate from
lists of individuals recommended by the Ohio Public Transit
Association, one of whom shall represent a large urban public
transit system, one of whom shall represent a small urban public
transit system, and one of whom shall represent a rural public
transit system. The Ohio Public Transit Association shall include
three public transit professionals from each of those three types
of public transit systems in its recommendations.
(C) From their appointees, the Speaker and the President
shall designate a representative and a senator, respectively, to
serve as co-chairpersons of the Task Force. The co-chairpersons
shall call the first meeting of the Task Force within thirty days
after the last member is appointed.
(D) The Legislative Service Commission shall provide staff
services for the Task Force.
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