Bill Text: OH SR141 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To support the construction of the New International
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 19-6)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-13 - Adopted [SR141 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SR141-Enrolled.html
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Senator Manning
Cosponsors:
Senators Burke, Hughes, Jones, Kearney, Seitz, Wagoner, Bacon, Balderson, Beagle, Brown, Cafaro, Coley, Daniels, Faber, Hite, Jordan, LaRose, Lehner, Obhof, Patton, Schaffer, Skindell, Tavares, Turner
To support the construction of the New International | 1 |
Trade Crossing between the United States and | 2 |
Canada. | 3 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
WHEREAS, Canada is the largest foreign trade partner for the | 4 |
United States and the largest export destination for 35 states; | 5 |
and | 6 |
WHEREAS, Canada is Ohio's top export market; and | 7 |
WHEREAS, Ohio's bilateral trade with Canada for the year 2010 | 8 |
was $30.9 billion; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, An estimated 301,100 jobs in Ohio are supported by | 10 |
United States-Canada trade; and | 11 |
WHEREAS, Canadians made more than 544,100 visits to Ohio | 12 |
during 2010, spending more than $137 million; and | 13 |
WHEREAS, The current bridge between Detroit and Windsor is 83 | 14 |
years old and carries one-fourth of all United States-Canada | 15 |
trade, consisting of 20,000 vehicles and approximately $350 | 16 |
million in value daily; and | 17 |
WHEREAS, Eight million jobs in the United States depend on | 18 |
United States-Canada trade, and therefore 2 million Americans rely | 19 |
for their livelihood on that 83-year old bridge between Detroit | 20 |
and Windsor; and | 21 |
WHEREAS, Plans are underway to build an additional | 22 |
international border crossing system over the Detroit River, known | 23 |
as the New International Trade Crossing, consisting of a six-lane | 24 |
bridge with three lanes bound for the United States and three | 25 |
lanes bound for Canada, connected to new United States and | 26 |
Canadian inspection plazas; and | 27 |
WHEREAS, The New International Trade Crossing will have an | 28 |
enormous economic impact on the U.S. economy, creating 10,000 | 29 |
construction jobs and more than 25,000 indirect jobs during the | 30 |
construction period in the United States; and | 31 |
WHEREAS, The State of Michigan and Transport Canada are | 32 |
pursuing a public-private partnership to finance and deliver the | 33 |
New International Trade Crossing; and | 34 |
WHEREAS, The partnership will be in the form of a long-term | 35 |
concession agreement that will seek to maximize private sector | 36 |
participation and financing by allowing for public ownership of | 37 |
the bridge and private financing, construction, operation, and | 38 |
maintenance of the bridge while protecting the public interest; | 39 |
and | 40 |
WHEREAS, The State of Michigan needs legislative authority to | 41 |
enter into the public-private partnership and to enter into an | 42 |
agreement with Canada to build the New International Trade | 43 |
Crossing; and | 44 |
WHEREAS, A modern border crossing that can support the | 45 |
ever-increasing amount of trade and travel between the United | 46 |
States and Canada is essential to the economies of Ohio, the | 47 |
Midwest, and the United States; now therefore be it | 48 |
RESOLVED, That members of the Ohio Senate do hereby fully | 49 |
support the New International Trade Crossing project and any | 50 |
legislation that will allow for its construction and creation of a | 51 |
public-private partnership to finance and deliver the new border | 52 |
crossing; and be it further | 53 |
RESOLVED, That the members of the Ohio Senate encourage | 54 |
initiatives that bring investments in communities hosting the New | 55 |
International Trade Crossing project and the entire multistate | 56 |
region, including job creation, environmental improvement, | 57 |
increased trade, and other benefits that improve the quality of | 58 |
life of residents; and be it further | 59 |
RESOLVED, That the members of the Ohio Senate recognize that | 60 |
the New International Trade Crossing will have an immeasurable | 61 |
economic impact on the State of Ohio and will lay the foundation | 62 |
for future productivity, growth, and economic stability of local | 63 |
economies within Ohio; and be it further | 64 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 65 |
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the | 66 |
Michigan Senate, the Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate, the | 67 |
Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, the Minority | 68 |
Leader of the Michigan House of Representatives, the Governor of | 69 |
Michigan, and the Consul General of Canada in Detroit, Michigan. | 70 |