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S. J. R. No. 4 As Introduced

As Introduced

130th General Assembly

Regular Session

2013-2014

S. J. R. No. 4

Senator LaRose

Cosponsors: Senators Cafaro, Burke, Seitz

A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing to enact Section 1h of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to authorize the General Assembly to invalidate rules proposed or adopted under a statute, and to create and empower one or more joint committees of the Senate and House of Representatives to review rules that have been proposed or adopted under a statute and to make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding those rules.

       Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring herein, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, in the manner prescribed by law at the general election to be held on November 4, 2014, a proposal to enact Section 1h of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to read as follows:

1h.  The General Assembly, by concurrent resolution, may invalidate rules that have been proposed or adopted under a statute.

       The General Assembly may enact, and subsequently may amend or repeal, statutes creating and empowering one or more joint committees of the senate and house of representatives, in conformity with standards prescribed in the statute, to review rules that have been proposed or adopted under a statute and to make recommendations to the General Assembly with regard to those rules. Such a joint committee shall be comprised of an equal number of members from the senate and house of representatives, and may be assigned jurisdiction with regard to general or particular subjects.

SCHEDULE

       A statute enacted by the General Assembly that is currently in effect, but the validity of which is or may be questionable under the law as it existed before the adoption of Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1h, is ratified and entitled to continue in effect, but may be subsequently amended or repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE

       If adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this proposal, Section 1h of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Ohio takes effect January 1, 2015.