Bill Text: OH SB207 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: To authorize a joint board of county commissioners to conduct proceedings regarding existing joint county ditches via teleconference or video conference.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-12-04 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SB207 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SB207-Comm_Sub.html
As Reported by the Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs
A BILL
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Bill Title: To authorize a joint board of county commissioners to conduct proceedings regarding existing joint county ditches via teleconference or video conference.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-12-04 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SB207 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SB207-Comm_Sub.html
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Senator Burke
Cosponsors:
Senators Jones, Seitz, Wagoner, Tavares, Brown
To enact section 6133.041 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
authorize a joint board of county commissioners to | 2 |
conduct proceedings regarding existing joint | 3 |
county ditches via teleconference or video | 4 |
conference. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 6133.041 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 6133.041. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of | 8 |
this chapter or Chapter 6131. of the Revised Code to the contrary, | 9 |
a joint board of county commissioners, when practicable, may | 10 |
conduct proceedings regarding existing improvements by video | 11 |
conference or, if video conference is not available, by | 12 |
teleconference. The joint board shall make provisions for public | 13 |
attendance at any location involved in such a proceeding. The | 14 |
participation of any commissioner or board of county commissioners | 15 |
in a video conference or teleconference shall occur at the | 16 |
location of the commissioners' main office or board room in an | 17 |
open meeting at which the public is allowed to attend. | 18 |
(B) Before convening a meeting of a joint board of county | 19 |
commissioners by interactive video conference or by | 20 |
teleconference, designated staff shall send, via electronic mail, | 21 |
facsimile, or United States postal service, a copy of | 22 |
meeting-related documents to each member of the joint board. | 23 |
(C) The minutes of each joint county ditch meeting shall | 24 |
specify who was attending by teleconference, who was attending by | 25 |
video conference, and who was physically present. | 26 |
(D) Nothing in section 121.22 of the Revised Code prohibits a | 27 |
joint board of county commissioners from conducting a proceeding | 28 |
in a manner authorized by this section. | 29 |