Ohio commission would set Hispanic-Latino affairs membership rules

The governor would appoint 11 voting commission members with Senate approval, while legislative leaders would appoint four nonvoting lawmakers. The four nonvoting members would include two House members and two senators, with majority- and minority-party representation in each chamber. The House speaker and Senate president would recommend two governor appointees each. The House and Senate minority leaders would each recommend one governor appointee. The governor would make the initial appointments. The legislative members would serve only while they remain members of the General Assembly. After the initial appointments, terms would last three years, except for legislative members whose service would end when their legislative service ends.

Voting members would need to speak Spanish, come from a Spanish-speaking background, and be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. Voting members would represent urban, suburban, and rural areas across Ohio's Spanish-speaking population. The commission would meet at least six times each calendar year. Six voting members would form a quorum, meaning the minimum number needed to conduct business. Six voting members would have to agree for commission action to be valid. These qualifications and operating rules would apply while the commission carries out its work.

Each voting member would receive compensation for each day spent doing commission work and reimbursement for actual, necessary official expenses. The payment rules would cover voting commission members performing official business. A voting member could not be paid for more than one workday in a month. Expense reimbursement would cover only actual and necessary expenses incurred for official business. Compensation and reimbursement would apply on days when a voting member performs commission work.