Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Commission on African-Americans

Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No	12/31/2026

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

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 4112.12	14

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
The directors or their designees of the departments of health, development, mental health and addiction services, children and youth, and job and family services; the chancellor of higher education or the chancellor’s designee; the director of education and workforce; two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives each of whom must be members of different political parties; and two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate each of whom must be members of different political parties. The Ohio state university Bell national resource center, in consultation with the governor, must appoint two members from the private corporate sector or the nonprofit sector, and one member with experience in the philanthropic community.

Qualifications

The directors or their designees of the departments of health, development, mental health and addiction services, children and youth, and job and family services; the chancellor of higher education or the chancellor’s designee; the director of education and workforce; two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives each of whom must be members of different political parties; and two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate each of whom must be members of different political parties. The Ohio state university Bell national resource center, in consultation with the governor, must appoint two members from the private corporate sector or the nonprofit sector, and one member with experience in the philanthropic community.