Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Commission on African-Americans

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	No

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 4112.12	13

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
Not specified		3 years;Ex officio;Legislator members serve only so long as they are legislators

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
June 30	Report of activities, findings, and recommendations due at least biennially to the Governor, General Assembly, Auditor of State, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

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

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only		Other, Own staff, Own Executive Director and staff; Ohio State University African American and Bell national resource center

Chairperson	Additional Information
Commission annually elects from among its members.	H.B. 152, 120th G.A., changed the name of the Commission; which was formerly known as the Commission on Socially Disadvantaged Black Males.

Qualifications
Ohio State Univerisity African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, in consultation with the Governor, appoints 4 members from the private corporate sector, at least 4 members from the public sector, and 2 members from the nonprofit sector. Senate President appoints 2 Senate members, and House Speaker appoints 2 House members, each of whom must be members of different political parties and all of whom are nonvoting members. The Directors of Health, Development, Job and Family Services, and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, or their designees; the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer of the Department of Administrative Services, the Executive Director of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the Executive Director of the Division of Criminal Justice Services in the Department of Public Safety, and the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, or their designees; and the Superintendent of Public Instruction are ex officio members.

Qualifications

Ohio State Univerisity African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, in consultation with the Governor, appoints 4 members from the private corporate sector, at least 4 members from the public sector, and 2 members from the nonprofit sector. Senate President appoints 2 Senate members, and House Speaker appoints 2 House members, each of whom must be members of different political parties and all of whom are nonvoting members. The Directors of Health, Development, Job and Family Services, and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, or their designees; the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer of the Department of Administrative Services, the Executive Director of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the Executive Director of the Division of Criminal Justice Services in the Department of Public Safety, and the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, or their designees; and the Superintendent of Public Instruction are ex officio members.