The Transportation Committee (formerly, the Highways and Transportation Committee) is a standing committee of the Ohio State Senate.
Function
The Senate Highways and Transportation Committee focuses on bills, policies and issues that directly impact transportation issues, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Public Safety, the Ohio Turnpike Commission. The committee is responsible for balancing the state's biennial transportation budget, which must be enacted by April 1st of every odd year. In addition, the committee makes recommendations to the full Senate for the advice and consent of governor's appointments to the Turnpike Oversight Commission and for the director's position for Public Safety, registrar for the BMV, the superintendent of the State Highway Patrol and Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) director[1].
Committee members
2013-2014
2011-2012
2009-2010
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