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                            S.B. 148                                Bill Analysis
                  134th General Assembly
                                                                     Click here for S.B. 148’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Reported by Senate Finance
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Sykes
Effective Date:
Samuel Duling, Research Analyst
                                                            SUMMARY
                     Establishes the New African Immigrants Grant and Gift Fund in the state treasury.
                                                  DETAILED ANALYSIS
New African Immigrants Grant and Gift Fund
       The bill creates the New African Immigrants Grant and Gift Fund in the state treasury.
The New African Immigrants Commission must use money in the fund to support the
Commission’s duties.1 The fund consists of money transferred or appropriated by the General
Assembly as well as money received as a gift or grant under the Commission’s authority to
accept gifts and grants.2
New African Immigrants Commission
        Under continuing law, the duties of the New African Immigrants Commission include
collecting and sharing information about problems and programs concerning sub-Saharan
African people, securing recognition of the contributions of sub-Saharan African people to Ohio,
cultivating awareness of sub-Saharan African people, developing programs for sub-Saharan
African people, recommending policies to the Governor, General Assembly, and state agencies
to address problems facing sub-Saharan African people, and more.3 Most relevant to the bill is
 This analysis was prepared before the report of the Senate Finance Committee appeared in the Senate
Journal. Note that the legislative history may be incomplete.
1                 R.C. 4112.33.
2                 R.C. 4112.33; R.C. 4112.31, not in the bill.
3 R.C. 4112.31, not in the bill; the members of the Commission are enumerated in R.C. 4112.32, not in
the bill.
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the Commission’s continuing duty to “apply for and accept grants and gifts from governmental
and private sources to be administered by the Commission or subcontracted to local
agencies.”4
                                        HISTORY
                               Action                                  Date
Introduced                                            03-25-21
Reported, S. Finance                                  ---
S0148-RS-134/ts
4   R.C. 4112.31(K), not in the bill.
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                                                                                  As Introduced