Bill Text: OH SB328 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: To establish the Governor's Award for Environmental Stewardship to be awarded annually to the company or person involved in the oil and gas industry that best represented wise environmental stewardship during the previous one-year period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-22 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SB328 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SB328-Engrossed.html

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As Passed by the Senate

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

S. B. No. 328

Senator Balderson 

Cosponsors: Senators Seitz, Patton, LaRose, Beagle, Burke, Coley, Eklund, Hite, Hughes, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Peterson, Schaffer, Wagoner 

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A BILL

To enact section 1509.80 of the Revised Code to

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establish the Governor's Award for Environmental

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Stewardship to be awarded annually to the company

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or person involved in the oil and gas industry

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that best represented wise environmental

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stewardship during the previous one-year period.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1.  That section 1509.80 of the Revised Code be	7
enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 1509.80.  (A) The director of natural resources shall	9
establish the governor's award for environmental stewardship. The	10
award shall be presented annually to the owner or other person	11
involved in the oil and gas industry that best represented wise	12
environmental stewardship during the previous one-year period.	13

(B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter	14
119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the following:	15

(1) Procedures for the nomination of owners or other persons	16
for the award. The rules shall allow nominations to be made by	17
members of the general assembly, owners and other persons	18
operating in the oil and gas industry, and private citizens. The	19
rules shall allow a company to nominate itself or a person to	20
nominate the person.	21

(2) Procedures for selecting the annual winner of the award.	22
The rules shall require the director to appoint a committee for	23
purposes of selecting the annual winner.	24

(3) Procedures for selecting a design for a plaque or other	25
commemorative item for presentation to the annual winner of the	26
award;	27

(4) Any other procedures necessary for the implementation of	28
this section.	29

(C) Annually, on a date selected by the director in	30
consultation with the governor, the governor shall present the	31
award established under this section.	32