Thu Sep 09 2010
By MARC KOVAC
C-N Capital Bureau
COLUMBUS -- Calling it the first jobs bill of the session, lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday aimed at increasing the number of bio-based products purchased by state agencies.
Senate Bill 131, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Capri Cafaro, D-Hubbard, and Sen. Karen Gillmor, R-Tiffin, passed on a 92-1 vote in the Ohio House, then gained concurrence in the Ohio Senate later in the afternoon. It next heads to Gov. Ted Strickland's desk for his signature.
The legislation would create a preferred purchasing program for companies selling bio-products -- those made with crops and other renewable resources. Existing Ohio companies already are developing and selling plastics, paints and packing supplies.
The legislation would cover state agencies and universities and would apply when bio-based products are available, areas good or better in quality compared to others on the market and are available at a reasonable price.
The goal is to support products made from Ohio crops, reduce the state's usage of petroleum-based products and bolster university research developing bio-products and the companies that make and sell them.
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