Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Amusement Ride Safety, Advisory Council on

Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No	12/31/2024

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
Yes	No	Yes

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 993.02	15

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
7 - 2017 and each 6th year thereafter 3 - 2019 3 - 2021		6 years;Ex officio

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
Not specified	Not applicable

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Governor, Senate President, Speaker	Members with other stated qualifications, Public members, Statewide elected officials/department heads

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only		None specified

Chairperson	Additional Information
Designated annually by the Governor	None

Qualifications
The Director of Agriculture or the Director's designee; the General Manager of the Ohio State Fair or the General Manager's designee; a person registered as a professional engineer who is a nonvoting member, appointed by the Director of Agriculture; one member of the general public appointed by the Speaker of the House; one member of the general public appointed by the President of the Senate; and the following members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate: (a) a representative of temporary amusement ride owners, (b) a representative of the greater Ohio Showmen's Association and the owner of a ride, (c) three representatives of owners of amusement parks, (d) a representative of the Ohio Fair Managers' Association, (e) a representative of the insurance industry, (f) an engineer, who has an academic degree in engineering and who is knowledgeable in the amusement ride industry, (g) a representative of the Ohio Festivals and Events Association, (h) two representatives of the inflatable amusement ride industry who are owners or operators of inflatable amusement rides or consultants from the industry.

Qualifications

The Director of Agriculture or the Director's designee; the General Manager of the Ohio State Fair or the General Manager's designee; a person registered as a professional engineer who is a nonvoting member, appointed by the Director of Agriculture; one member of the general public appointed by the Speaker of the House; one member of the general public appointed by the President of the Senate; and the following members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate: (a) a representative of temporary amusement ride owners, (b) a representative of the greater Ohio Showmen's Association and the owner of a ride, (c) three representatives of owners of amusement parks, (d) a representative of the Ohio Fair Managers' Association, (e) a representative of the insurance industry, (f) an engineer, who has an academic degree in engineering and who is knowledgeable in the amusement ride industry, (g) a representative of the Ohio Festivals and Events Association, (h) two representatives of the inflatable amusement ride industry who are owners or operators of inflatable amusement rides or consultants from the industry.