Bill Text: OH HB120 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: To create the Water Access To Every Residence Task Force.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-06-24 - To Health, Human Services, & Aging [HB120 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB120-Introduced.html
As Introduced
A BILL
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Bill Title: To create the Water Access To Every Residence Task Force.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-06-24 - To Health, Human Services, & Aging [HB120 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB120-Introduced.html
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Representatives Carey, Gentile
Cosponsors:
Representatives Burke, Murray, Combs, Yuko, O'Brien, Milkovich, Stebelton, Balderson, Letson, Antonio, Hall
To create the Water Access To Every Residence Task | 1 |
Force. | 2 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Water Access To | 3 |
Every Residence Task Force consisting of the following eight | 4 |
members: | 5 |
(1) The Director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia who | 6 |
shall be the chairperson of the Task Force; | 7 |
(2) A representative of the County Commissioners Association | 8 |
of Ohio appointed by the Association; | 9 |
(3) A representative of the Ohio Township Association | 10 |
appointed by the Association; | 11 |
(4) A representative of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation | 12 |
appointed by the Federation; | 13 |
(5) A representative of the Ohio Rural Water Association | 14 |
appointed by the Association; | 15 |
(6) A representative of the Ohio Small Communities | 16 |
Environmental Infrastructure Group appointed by the Governor; | 17 |
(7) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the | 18 |
Speaker of the House of Representatives; | 19 |
(8) A member of the Senate appointed by the President of the | 20 |
Senate. | 21 |
(B) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed not later | 22 |
than fifteen days after the effective date of this section. Not | 23 |
more than four members of the Task Force shall be members of the | 24 |
same political party. Members of the Task Force shall serve | 25 |
without compensation. | 26 |
(C) The Task Force shall meet at least once per month. The | 27 |
Department of Development shall provide the Task Force with a | 28 |
meeting room and with administrative assistance that the Task | 29 |
Force needs to perform its duties. | 30 |
(D) Serving as a member of the Task Force does not constitute | 31 |
holding a public office or position of employment under the laws | 32 |
of this state and does not constitute grounds for removal of | 33 |
public officers or employees from their offices or positions of | 34 |
employment. | 35 |
(E) The Task Force shall identify residential communities and | 36 |
geographic areas of Ohio in which potable drinking water is not | 37 |
readily accessible. The Task Force shall develop strategies for | 38 |
providing access to potable drinking water, including strategies | 39 |
for financing drinking water projects. | 40 |
(F) Not later than one year after the effective date of this | 41 |
section, the Task Force shall issue a report to the General | 42 |
Assembly of its findings and recommendations regarding strategies | 43 |
for providing access to potable drinking water in Ohio. Upon | 44 |
submission of the report, the Task Force shall cease to exist. | 45 |