Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Emergency Response Commission

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. 3750.02	21 (2 legislators)

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
5 each year		2 years for members appointed by Governor

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
January 13	December 14, 1989, state emergency response plan due; then annual review of plan. Other annual report to House Speaker and Senate President.

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Governor	House members, Members with other stated qualifications, Senate members, State agency employees, Statewide elected officials/department heads

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only		Executive agency staff, Environmental Protection Agency

Chairperson	Additional Information
EPA Director and Director of Public Safety or their designees serve as co-chairs

Qualifications
Governor appoints 10 members with advice and consent of the Senate who must have, to the extent practicable, technical expertise in the field of emergency response. Of these members, 2 must represent environmental advocacy organizations, 1 must represent the interests of petroleum refiners or marketers or chemical manufacturers, 1 must represent another industry subject to the Emergency Planning Law, 1 must represent the interests of municipal corporations, 1 must represent the interests of counties, 1 must represent the interests of chiefs of fire departments, 1 must represent the interests of professional firefighters, 1 must represent the interests of volunteer firefighters, and 1 must represent the interests of local emergency management agencies. The Directors of Environmental Protection, Health, Public Safety, Transportation, and Natural Resources, the chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission, the State Fire Marshal, the Superintendent of the Highway Patrol, and the Attorney General, or their designees, serve as ex officio members of the Commission, as do the chairpersons of the respective standing committees of the House of Representatives and Senate that are primarily responsible for considering environmental issues. Legislative members are nonvoting.

Qualifications

Governor appoints 10 members with advice and consent of the Senate who must have, to the extent practicable, technical expertise in the field of emergency response. Of these members, 2 must represent environmental advocacy organizations, 1 must represent the interests of petroleum refiners or marketers or chemical manufacturers, 1 must represent another industry subject to the Emergency Planning Law, 1 must represent the interests of municipal corporations, 1 must represent the interests of counties, 1 must represent the interests of chiefs of fire departments, 1 must represent the interests of professional firefighters, 1 must represent the interests of volunteer firefighters, and 1 must represent the interests of local emergency management agencies. The Directors of Environmental Protection, Health, Public Safety, Transportation, and Natural Resources, the chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission, the State Fire Marshal, the Superintendent of the Highway Patrol, and the Attorney General, or their designees, serve as ex officio members of the Commission, as do the chairpersons of the respective standing committees of the House of Representatives and Senate that are primarily responsible for considering environmental issues. Legislative members are nonvoting.