Bill Text: OH HB409 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To create the Commercial Airline and Air Freight Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-21 - To Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security [HB409 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB409-Introduced.html
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Representatives Barnes, Patmon
| To enact section 4561.61 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| create the Commercial Airline and Air Freight | 2 |
| Commission. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 4561.61 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 4561.61. (A) There is hereby created the commercial | 6 |
| airline and air freight commission, consisting of the following | 7 |
| members: | 8 |
| (1) Three members of the senate appointed by the president of | 9 |
| the senate, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same | 10 |
| political party; | 11 |
| (2) Three members of the house of representatives appointed | 12 |
| by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than two | 13 |
| of whom shall be members of the same political party; | 14 |
| (3) A member nominated by each passenger airline company and | 15 |
| each air freight company that does business in this state, all of | 16 |
| whom shall be appointed by the governor. | 17 |
| (B) The members appointed by the governor shall be residents | 18 |
| of this state. The governor shall make all initial appointments to | 19 |
| the commission not later than July 1, 2014. Those members shall | 20 |
| serve terms ending June 30, 2016. Thereafter, members appointed by | 21 |
| the governor shall serve two-year terms commencing on the first | 22 |
| day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June. | 23 |
| The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of | 24 |
| representatives shall make their initial appointments to the | 25 |
| commission not later than July 1, 2014. Those members shall serve | 26 |
| on the commission for the remainder of the general assembly during | 27 |
| which the senator or representative is appointed. Thereafter, the | 28 |
| members appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker | 29 |
| of the house of representatives shall serve a term of the | 30 |
| remainder of the general assembly during which the senator or | 31 |
| representative is appointed. | 32 |
| All members shall hold office from the date of appointment | 33 |
| until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. If a | 34 |
| commission member dies or resigns, or if a senator or | 35 |
| representative who is a member of the commission ceases to be a | 36 |
| senator or representative, the vacancy shall be filled in the same | 37 |
| manner as provided in division (A) of this section. Any member who | 38 |
| is appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy occurring prior to | 39 |
| the end of the term for which the member's predecessor was | 40 |
| appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term, and | 41 |
| any member who is appointed by the president of the senate or the | 42 |
| speaker of the house of representatives to fill a vacancy | 43 |
| occurring prior to the end of the term for which the member's | 44 |
| predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of | 45 |
| that term. A member of the commission is eligible for | 46 |
| reappointment. The governor, the president of the senate, and the | 47 |
| speaker of the house of representatives at any time may remove | 48 |
| their respective appointees to the commission for misfeasance, | 49 |
| nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office. | 50 |
| Serving as an appointed member of the commission under | 51 |
| division (A)(1) or (2) of this section does not constitute grounds | 52 |
| for resignation from the senate or the house of representatives | 53 |
| under section 101.26 of the Revised Code. | 54 |
| The president of the senate shall designate one of the | 55 |
| president's initial appointees as chairperson for the remainder of | 56 |
| the general assembly during which the member was appointed, and | 57 |
| the speaker of the house of representatives shall designate one of | 58 |
| the speaker's initial appointees as vice-chairperson for the | 59 |
| remainder of the general assembly during which the member was | 60 |
| appointed. Thereafter, the president of the senate and the speaker | 61 |
| of the house of representatives shall alternate designating the | 62 |
| chairperson and vice-chairperson of the commission. | 63 |
| (C) The commission shall study the policies that are needed | 64 |
| to achieve the goal of sustaining and expanding commercial | 65 |
| passenger airline and air freight service, including international | 66 |
| service, into and from the airports of this state. The commission | 67 |
| also shall study what role, if any, the awarding of incentives to | 68 |
| commercial passenger airline and air freight companies should have | 69 |
| in achieving that goal. The commission shall submit its first | 70 |
| report, including its findings and recommendations, to the | 71 |
| governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the | 72 |
| house of representatives not later than March 31, 2015. | 73 |
| Thereafter, the commission shall meet at the call of the | 74 |
| chairperson and shall submit updated reports on the policies | 75 |
| described in this division at such times as determined necessary | 76 |
| by the chairperson of the commission. All updated reports shall be | 77 |
| submitted to the governor, the president of the senate, and the | 78 |
| speaker of the house of representatives. | 79 |
