Bill Text: OH SB21 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: To request the Congressional Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of Ohio's statue of Governor William Allen in the National Statuary Hall Collection with a statue of Thomas Edison.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-13 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SB21 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SB21-Engrossed.html
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Senator Wagoner
Cosponsors:
Senators Cafaro, Grendell, Manning, Seitz, Patton, Sawyer, Gillmor, Schaffer, Brown, Bacon, LaRose, Obhof, Oelslager, Wilson, Stewart
| To request the Congressional Joint Committee on the | 1 |
| Library of Congress to approve the replacement of | 2 |
| Ohio's statue of Governor William Allen in the | 3 |
| National Statuary Hall Collection with a statue of | 4 |
| Thomas Edison. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. (A) The state of Ohio requests that the Joint | 6 |
| Committee on the Library of Congress approve the replacement of | 7 |
| Ohio's statue of Governor William Allen in the National Statuary | 8 |
| Hall Collection with a statue of Thomas Edison. | 9 |
| (B) In accordance with the Procedure for Replacement of | 10 |
| Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection, Ohio submits the | 11 |
| following information for consideration by the Joint Committee on | 12 |
| the Library of Congress: | 13 |
| (1) Thomas Edison, a native of Milan, Ohio, was a world | 14 |
| famous inventor and highly successful businessperson whose | 15 |
| inventions, such as the phonograph, the kinetoscope (a precursor | 16 |
| to the film projector), and the first practical incandescent light | 17 |
| bulb, have had a tremendous impact on the world. In addition to | 18 |
| these inventions, Thomas Edison's service to the United States | 19 |
| Government has also impacted world history. During World War I, he | 20 |
| consulted for the government, examining inventions submitted for | 21 |
| military use and working on defensive devices for submarines and | 22 |
| ships. For his service, he eventually was awarded a Distinguished | 23 |
| Service Medal by the Department of the Navy. By the time of his | 24 |
| death, he had received over one thousand patents. | 25 |
| Thomas Edison also has had a significant impact on the state | 26 |
| of Ohio. He established the Edison Steel Company in Cleveland, | 27 |
| Ohio, and established one of the first electric power stations in | 28 |
| Tiffin, Ohio. His General Electric Company established the first | 29 |
| industrial park in Ohio, which has employed hundreds of thousands | 30 |
| of people over time. And the Ohio Department of Development | 31 |
| sponsors The Thomas Edison Award, which was established in | 32 |
| partnership with the Edison Birthplace Museum in Milan, Ohio. The | 33 |
| Edison Birthplace Museum also has been instrumental in the | 34 |
| issuance of a Thomas Edison stamp and commemorative silver dollar, | 35 |
| and has received, on Thomas Edison's behalf, a posthumously | 36 |
| awarded GRAMMY Award. | 37 |
| Thomas Edison's impact on the world, and, in particular, on | 38 |
| the state of Ohio, through his inventions, business endeavors, and | 39 |
| government service, merits inclusion of a statue of him in the | 40 |
| National Statuary Hall Collection. | 41 |
| (2) The Ohio Statuary Hall Commission, a nonprofit Ohio | 42 |
| corporation, was established in 2009 for the purpose of assisting | 43 |
| with the process of recommending an Ohio citizen for statuary | 44 |
| representation in the National Statuary Hall Collection, including | 45 |
| raising funds and providing financial support for that effort. If | 46 |
| the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress approves this | 47 |
| replacement statue request, the Commission shall be responsible | 48 |
| for the selection of a sculptor for the Thomas Edison statue as | 49 |
| well as for paying all costs incurred for placing the Thomas | 50 |
| Edison statue in the United States Capitol, including costs | 51 |
| incurred for all of the following: | 52 |
| (a) Paying the sculptor; | 53 |
| (b) Carving or casting the statue; | 54 |
| (c) Creating a pedestal and any inscription; | 55 |
| (d) Transporting the statue and pedestal to the United States | 56 |
| Capitol; | 57 |
| (e) Removing and transporting the replaced statue; | 58 |
| (f) Temporarily erecting the new statue in the Rotunda of the | 59 |
| Capitol for the unveiling ceremony; | 60 |
| (g) Expenses related to the unveiling ceremony; and | 61 |
| (h) Any other expenses that the Ohio Statuary Hall Commission | 62 |
| finds it to be necessary to incur. | 63 |
| (C) As required by the Procedure for Replacement of Statues | 64 |
| in the National Statuary Hall Collection, the Governor shall | 65 |
| submit to the Architect of the Capitol a copy of this act, along | 66 |
| with a letter from the Governor, requesting approval from the | 67 |
| Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to replace Ohio's | 68 |
| statue of Governor William Allen in the National Statuary Hall | 69 |
| Collection with a statue of Thomas Edison. | 70 |
