Bill Text: OH SB328 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Engrossed
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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Senator Balderson
Cosponsors:
Senators Seitz, Patton, LaRose, Beagle, Burke, Coley, Eklund, Hite, Hughes, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Peterson, Schaffer, Wagoner
| To enact section 1509.80 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| establish the Governor's Award for Environmental | 2 |
| Stewardship to be awarded annually to the company | 3 |
| or person involved in the oil and gas industry | 4 |
| that best represented wise environmental | 5 |
| stewardship during the previous one-year period. | 6 |
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 |
