Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Commission on Eastern European Affairs

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. 107.22	13

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
Not specified		After initial terms, public members serve 3 years and members of the General Assembly serve until the end of their term in the G.A.

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
Not specified	None

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Governor, Senate President, Speaker	House members, Members with other stated qualifications, Public members, Senate members

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Not Specified		None specified, Other, Office of Eastern European Affairs assists the Commission

Chairperson	Additional Information
Elect from among its public members

Qualifications
(a) Nine members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, (b) One member who is a private citizen appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, to serve a term ending three years after the appointment, (c) One member who is a private citizen appointed by the president of the senate, (d) One nonvoting member who is a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker, (e) One nonvoting member who is a member of the Senate appointed by the President. (2) Public appointed members must be representative of communities with persons who self-identify as possessing eastern European ancestry, and must be appointed proportionally relative to the population of eastern European people in the state, and shall be a person who meets the definition of eastern European people or a person who is allied with those people, and a citizen, or a lawful and permanent resident.

Qualifications

(a) Nine members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, (b) One member who is a private citizen appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, to serve a term ending three years after the appointment, (c) One member who is a private citizen appointed by the president of the senate, (d) One nonvoting member who is a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker, (e) One nonvoting member who is a member of the Senate appointed by the President.

(2) Public appointed members must be representative of communities with persons who self-identify as possessing eastern European ancestry, and must be appointed proportionally relative to the population of eastern European people in the state, and shall be a person who meets the definition of eastern European people or a person who is allied with those people, and a citizen, or a lawful and permanent resident.