Section 193.05. Purpose and duties

(A) The federal-military jobs commission shall be responsible for the furtherance and implementation of federal-military installation jobs and any programs under this chapter. The federal-military jobs commission shall do the following:

(1) Develop and recommend strategies that support and foster collaboration among local and regional entities to identify appropriate opportunities for the protection of existing federal-military facilities and the placement of additional federal-military facilities in the state;

(2) For facilities located in the state, maintain a current listing of all facilities of the federal government, including military, national security, and national aeronautics and space administration facilities, Ohio national guard facilities, and related state and federal facilities, including their master plans;

(3) Make recommendations, as appropriate, to prepare the state to effectively compete in future and ongoing federal budget reduction processes;

(4) For the purpose of formulating strategies to secure the long-term viability, retention, and growth of military missions and facilities in the state, direct and review studies by experts that have utilized past base realignment and closure criteria and scoring to conduct a thorough and detailed analysis of the military value of the state's military installations, ranges, and airspace;

(5) Review the scoring criteria from any previous federal defense base closure and realignment commission's processes to determine the following:

(a) The strengths and weaknesses of the state relative to competing installations and facilities, which shall include an analysis of military value 1-4 attributes, metrics and criteria such as airspace attributes, encroachment, air traffic control restrictions, area cost factors, and area weather;

(b) The opportunities for increasing the military value of federal-military operations in the state that still exist after a previous federal defense base closure and realignment commission process.

(6) Provide an ongoing examination of federal agency construction, including construction for the military, for homeland security, and for the national aeronautics and space administration, and related operations budget requests relative to the infrastructure plans of federal-military agencies and facilities;

(7) Access and review long-range military construction plans, associated costs, and timelines as made available by federal government agencies;

(8) Recommend a public-private partnership for services specified by the commission that include, but are not limited to, energy services, internet connectivity, snow removal, fire service, waste management, library services, day care center services, security services, and services opportunities to lower the cost of operations at federal-military installations in the state;

(9) Examine the roles and responsibilities of general aviation at airports located in the state and develop and recommend local and federal programs to assist the state's installations and facilities related to municipal airport agreements and the federal airport improvement program;

(10) Review and develop joint base and infrastructure plans for improving proximity to training areas, consolidating training centers, and determining alternatives that may exist in current federal military construction programs for shared services and shared savings opportunities;

(11) Evaluate plans for federal agencies and local communities that address excess capacity of buildings, developed land, and land available for development;

(12) Evaluate enhanced use lease opportunities made available to federal-military entities in Ohio;

(13) Recommend to the general assembly future programs that may enhance the state's ability to compete for the retention and creation of job opportunities related to federal-military facilities and infrastructure in the state;

(14) In consultation with other state agencies, develop programs that utilize federal and higher education research initiatives to commercialize and privatize products to private sector companies in the state;

(15) Develop programs that create a statewide response to the federal initiatives that make contracts available to small businesses and veteran-owned Ohio businesses;

(16) Develop programs and initiatives to promote career awareness and readiness for, and job placement with, federal-military jobs and other private sector employer jobs in the state.

(B) The commission shall adopt internal rules and policies to implement any of the provisions of this chapter applicable to the commission.

(C) Except as otherwise prescribed in this chapter, all expenses incurred by the commission in carrying out the commission's powers and in exercising the commission's duties under this chapter, shall be payable solely from, as appropriate, moneys in the federal-military jobs fund. This chapter does not authorize the commission to incur bonded indebtedness of the state or any political subdivision thereof, or to obligate or pledge moneys raised by taxation for the payment of any guarantees made pursuant to this chapter.

(D) Government agencies of the state shall cooperate with and provide assistance to the commission and the controlling board in the exercise of their respective functions under this chapter.

Added by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 483, §101.01, eff. 9/15/2014.