Bill Text: OH SB84 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: To create the position of Ohio Poet Laureate and to designate June as Ohio Community Theatre Month in Ohio.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-20)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-19 - Governor' Action [SB84 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-SB84-Engrossed.html

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As Passed by the House

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

Am. Sub. S. B. No. 84

Senator Kearney 

Cosponsors: Senators Smith, Turner, Obhof, LaRose, Beagle, Brown, Burke, Cafaro, Eklund, Gentile, Hite, Lehner, Oelslager, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Tavares 

Representatives Anielski, Antonio, Barborak, Bishoff, Blessing, Boyce, Brown, Burkley, Carney, Celebrezze, Cera, Clyde, Damschroder, Dovilla, Driehaus, Duffey, Fedor, Foley, Hagan, R., Hayes, Hottinger, Kunze, Milkovich, Patterson, Phillips, Pillich, Ramos, Redfern, Rogers, Sheehy, Stinziano, Thompson, Winburn, Young Speaker Batchelder 

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A BILL

To amend section 3379.03 and to enact sections 5.253

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and 3379.12 of the Revised Code to create the

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position of Ohio Poet Laureate and to designate

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June as Ohio Community Theatre Month in Ohio.

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

Section 1. That section 3379.03 be amended and sections 5.253	5
and 3379.12 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	6

Sec. 5.253.  June is designated as Ohio Community Theatre	7
Month to recognize the important contributions of community	8
theatres to the quality of life of the citizens of the state.	9

Sec. 3379.03.  The Ohio arts council shall:

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(A) Conduct a survey of the cultural and artistic resources	11
and needs of the state and maintain a continuing inventory of such	12
resources;	13

(B) Develop a plan for better and fuller use and enjoyment of	14
the state's cultural and artistic resources by all the people of	15
the state;	16

(C) Assess the role of the arts in the growth and development	17
of the state;	18

(D) Report at least biennially to the governor and the	19
general assembly on the state of the arts. Such report may include	20
recommendations based on the council's surveys.	21

(E) Administer the per cent for arts program pursuant to	22
section 3379.10 of the Revised Code;	23

(F) Establish guidelines for the administration of the	24
council's duties that pertain to the position of Ohio poet	25
laureate pursuant to section 3379.12 of the Revised Code and for	26
the qualifications of the Ohio poet laureate appointed under that	27
section.	28

Sec. 3379.12. (A) The position of Ohio poet laureate is	29
hereby created. The Ohio poet laureate shall be appointed by the	30
governor from a list of not less than three candidates recommended	31
by the Ohio arts council based on qualifications developed by the	32
arts council under division (F) of section 3379.03 of the Revised	33
Code. The arts council shall submit its list of candidates to the	34
governor not less than ninety days prior to the beginning of the	35
Ohio poet laureate's term of office.	36

(B) The term of office for the Ohio poet laureate shall be	37
for two years. The initial term shall begin on January 1, 2016.	38

(C) In the event of the death, resignation, or any other	39
vacancy or inability to perform the duties of Ohio poet laureate	40
during an individual's unexpired term of office, not later than	41
sixty days after the vacancy occurs, the Ohio arts council shall	42
recommend a candidate to the governor to serve as poet laureate	43
for the remainder of that unexpired term of office.	44

(D) An individual may be reappointed to subsequent terms of	45
office, at the discretion of the governor.	46

Section 2. That existing section 3379.03 of the Revised Code	47
is hereby repealed.	48