Bill Text: OH SR26 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to the appointment of Fred Strahorn to
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-03-31 - Adopted [SR26 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-SR26-Enrolled.html
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Senator Cafaro
Relative to the appointment of Fred Strahorn to fill | 1 |
the vacancy in the membership of the Senate | 2 |
created by the resignation of Tom Roberts of the | 3 |
5th Senatorial District. | 4 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
WHEREAS, Section 11 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, | 5 |
provides for the filling of a vacancy in the Senate by appointment | 6 |
by the members of the Senate who are affiliated with the same | 7 |
political party as the person last elected to the seat which has | 8 |
become vacant; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, Tom Roberts of the 5th Senatorial District has | 10 |
resigned as a member of the Senate effective February 28, 2009, | 11 |
thus creating a vacancy in the Senate; now therefore be it | 12 |
RESOLVED, By the members of the Senate who are affiliated | 13 |
with the Democrat party, that Fred Strahorn (Democrat), having | 14 |
the qualifications set forth in the Ohio Constitution and the | 15 |
laws of Ohio to be a member of the Senate from the 5th | 16 |
Senatorial District is hereby appointed, pursuant to Section 11 | 17 |
of Article II, Ohio Constitution, as a member of the Senate from | 18 |
the 5th Senatorial District, to fill the vacancy created by Tom | 19 |
Roberts; and be it further | 20 |
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the | 21 |
journal of the Senate together with the yeas and nays of the | 22 |
members of the Senate affiliated with the Democrat party voting on | 23 |
the Resolution, and that the Clerk of the Senate shall certify the | 24 |
Resolution and the vote on its adoption to the Secretary of State. | 25 |