The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission voted to recommend repealing two sections of the Ohio Constitution which are no longer used: Article IV, Section 19 – Courts of Conciliation (It has never been used and is not needed as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism.) Article IV, Section 22 – Allows the governor to create a commission […]
The Ohio Senate voted in favor of SJR 1, which would amend the Ohio Constitution to create a Public Office Compensation Commission. The Commission would review and set pay for lawmakers, constitutional officers, judges and others. Currently, the General Assembly has authority over pay raises for public officers. A commission would take lawmakers out of
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Ohioans for Concealed Carry sued the City of Cleveland in order to strike down the City’s new gun ordinance because it is preempted by state law. See Ohioans for Concealed Carry, Inc. v. City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Docket Number CV-15-844547. ORC 9.68 states: …the general assembly finds the need to provide uniform laws throughout
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Matt Mayer, president of Opportunity Ohio, submitted a proposal to the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, suggesting right-to-work amendments to the Ohio Constitution. This is the first proposal the OCMC received from outside the Commission. The proposed amendments would prohibit mandatory union membership or dues and prohibit the use of public resources to assist a labor
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If you are interested in addressing a committee or the Commission, please contact Steven C. Hollon, Executive Director of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission at 614.644.2022. The following meetings will take place in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, April 9, 2015: 9:30 a.m. Legislative Branch and Executive Branch Committee – Room 018 of the Ohio Statehouse. Presentation:
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According to the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, the Ohio law requiring a police officer to be present during operation of traffic cameras, SB 342 , violates the Home Rule provision of the Ohio Constitution. The Court granted a permanent injunction in favor of the City of Dayton to stop the state law from going
WOSU public radio explored The Impact of Term Limits in their recent podcast. Podcast participants included: Rob Walgate, Vice President at the American Policy Roundtable Herb Asher, professor emeritus of political science and former Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at OSU Representative Michael Curtin, Ohio House of Representatives, author of “The Ohio Politics Almanac”
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State legislation requiring police officers to be present, and imposing other restrictions on the operation of traffic cameras, SB 342 , will not go into effect in Toledo today. See Toledo Blade City gets stay of red-light camera law. A Lucas County judge granted Toledo a preliminary injunction halting the parts of state legislation from
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The Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas struck down Broadview Heights’ drilling prohibitions as preempted by ORC Chapter 1509. See Bass Energy, Inc. v. City of Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court Case no. CV-14-828074, Opinion and Judgment Entry (Mar. 10, 2015). Following the recent Ohio Supreme Court decision, State ex rel. Morrison v. Beck
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The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission will consider whether to increase the maximum term an Ohio legistator can serve from eight years to twelve years. See Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s Facebook post. A recent Akron Beacon Journal editorial, Fix redistricting now, term limits next year, suggests waiting on the term limits issue. While liberal and conservative
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