[xwarn] Ohio Senate Bill 93 supporting Amateur Radio Introduced to the Ohio Senate

Sun Feb 27 19:09:16 UTC 2011

 FYI, below is information from the ARRL on Senate Bill 93, the Tower Bill!

Josh

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From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
To: JDLONG0624 <JDLONG0624 at AOL.COM>
Sent: Sun, Feb 27, 2011 12:48 pm
Subject: Ohio Senate Bill 93 supporting Amateur Radio Introduced to the Ohio Senate

We have just been notified that Ohio Senate Bill 93, a Bill that enacts

sections 303.214, 519.214, 713.082, and 5502.031 of the Revised Code to

codify federal restrictions on local zoning of amateur station antenna

structures, thereby preserving amateur radio service communications as

a Homeland Security resource, has been introduced to the Ohio Senate.

The Bill has been introduced by Senator Tim Schaffer (R-Ohio District

31). Last year Senator Schaffer introduced Senate Bill 218, which was

written to achieve the same goal for Amateur Radio in Ohio. The new

bill is currently co-sponsored by Senators Edna Brown (D-Ohio District

11), Bill Seitz (R- Ohio District 8), Jimmy Stewart (R- Ohio District

20), and Gayle Manning (R-Ohio District 13).

The bill can be found at the following URL:

http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_SB_93

At this time, I would like for all Ohio Hams to contact your State

Senator to support this Bill in its many states of progression. At this

time, we are not sure which Committee this Bill will be assigned. As

always, I will keep you informed.

My thanks to State Government Liaison Nick Pittner, K8NAP for his hard

work in working with Senator Schaffer’s office to have this new Bill

introduced.

73, Frank J. Piper, KI8GW

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