(A) The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall meet not less than six times during a calendar year.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 197.05

  • Genocide: means an internationally recognized crime where the following acts are committed against a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group's members with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the group:

    (1) Killing;

    (2) Causing serious bodily or mental harm;

    (3) Deliberately inflicting life conditions calculated to bring about physical destruction, in whole or in part;

    (4) Imposing measures intended to prevent births;

    (5) Forcibly transferring a group's children to another group. See Ohio Code 197.01

  • Holocaust: means the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. See Ohio Code 197.01

(B) On the first meeting, the commission shall elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and other officers from the voting members.

(C) The commission shall adopt rules governing the commission.