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Ohio Rev Code § 351.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.19 | Moneys, Funds, Properties, and Assets Held in Trust.

Effective: June 29, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly|All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by a convention facilities authority under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in this chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such moneys and funds, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing its convention facilities authority bonds and notes or in any trust agreement securing the same, or except when invested pursuant to section 351.20 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories selected by the authority in the manner provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes hereof, subject to such conditions as such chapter and such resolutions or trust agreement provide.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.20 | Investing Money.

Effective: June 29, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly|Moneys in the funds of a convention facilities authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its convention facilities authority bonds and notes or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited among funds as the authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and such investments may be sold at such time as the authority determines.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.21 | Acquiring Real Property - Transfers of Real or Personal Property From Governmental Agencies.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|A convention facilities authority may acquire by purchase, whenever it finds such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in land as it finds to be necessary or convenient, for the construction and operation of any facility upon such terms and at such price as it considers reasonable and are agreed upon between the authority and the owner thereof, and take title thereto in the name of the authority.Any governmental agency, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law and without the necessity for an advertisement, auction, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of such governmental agency concerned, may lease, lend, grant, or convey to the convention facilities authority, at its request, upon such terms as the proper authorities of such governmental agency find reasonable and fair any real property or interests therein including improvements thereto or personal property which is necessary or convenient to effect the authorized purposes of the convention facilities authority, including public roads, transit authority property, and real or personal property that is devoted to public use.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.22 | Eminent Domain.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|A convention facilities authority may acquire by appropriation pursuant to division (L) of section 351.06 of the Revised Code any public or private lands, including public parks, playgrounds, or reservations, or parts thereof or rights therein, rights-of-way, rights, franchises, easements, and interests as it finds necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any facility. In any proceedings for appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed shall be in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code.This section does not empower an authority to appropriate or disturb property or facilities belonging to and required for the proper and convenient operation of any public utility or any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, unless provision is made for the restoration, relocation, or duplication of such property or facilities elsewhere at the sole cost of the authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.24 | Records of Convention Facilities Authority.

Effective: June 29, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in this section, all final actions of a convention facilities authority shall be journalized and such journal and the records of the authority, including but not limited to records relating to the terms of any lease of all or a part of a facility, and the terms of any contract authorizing or governing the sale of concessions within the facility, shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. Any records or proprietary information relating to lessees or other users that may be obtained by the authority or other persons acting under this chapter are confidential and shall not be disclosed.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.25 | Liberal Construction of Chapter.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|Sections 351.01 to 351.25 of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.99 | Penalty.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|Whoever violates division (J)(2) of section 351.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 353.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.02 | Creation of Lake Facilities Authority.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|A lake facilities authority may be created by the board of county commissioners of a county that contains all of the territory of an impacted watershed. If the territory of an impacted watershed is contained within more than one county, a joint facilities lake authority may be created by resolution of the board of commissioners of each county in which the impacted watershed is located. A resolution creating a lake facilities authority must include a finding that the watershed sought to be improved or remediated pursuant to this chapter is an impacted watershed. A lake facilities authority created pursuant to this section is a body corporate and politic which may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and has the powers and jurisdiction enumerated in this chapter. The exercise by an authority of the powers conferred upon it shall be deemed to be essential governmental functions of this state.Within sixty days after the creation of a lake facilities authority, the county engineer of each county with territory in the impacted watershed shall prepare a survey denoting the boundaries of the impacted watershed in the county. The survey shall include references to the county auditor's permanent parcel number designations as those parcel number designations correspond to the boundaries of the impacted watershed. If requested by the county engineer of each county with territory in the impacted watershed, the cost of such surveys shall be paid from the funds of the lake facilities authority pursuant to an agreement between the lake facilities authority and the county engineer of each county. Such funds may be advanced by the board of county commissioners of any county with territory in the impacted watershed.The county auditor of the county with the greatest amount of territory in the impacted watershed shall be the fiscal officer for the lake facilities authority. The county prosecutor of the county with the greatest amount of territory in the impacted watershed shall be the legal advisor of the lake facilities authority and shall prosecute and defend all suits and actions that the lake facilities authority directs or to which it is a party.Upon the creation of a lake facilities authority, no authority that is granted by law any powers or duties that are substantially the same as the powers and duties of a lake facilities authority may be created if its territorial jurisdiction includes any territory within the impacted lake district.
Ohio Rev Code § 353.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.04 | Board of Directors.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Upon the creation of a lake facilities authority under section 353.02 of the Revised Code, a board of directors consisting of the county commissioners of each county with territory in the impacted lake district shall be created. Membership on the board is not a direct or indirect interest in a contract or expenditure of money by the county. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no member of the board shall be disqualified from holding any public office or employment by reason of membership on the board. The board is a public body for the purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code and a public office for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding those sections, the board may hold closed meetings and protect the confidentiality of information under the same circumstances as authorized for a community improvement corporation under section 1724.11 of the Revised Code. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code applies to the board. Each year, the board shall prepare an annual report of its activities and make it available to the public. (B) A board of directors shall consult with the advisory council created under this division in performing the remediation and other activities authorized by this chapter.Not later than sixty days after the creation of the board of directors, the board shall provide written notice of its creation to the legislative authority of each political subdivision with territory in the impacted lake district. The notice shall describe the process for the appointment of an advisory council. Upon receipt of such notice, the legislative authority of each political subdivision with territory in the impacted lake district shall appoint one representative each to serve on the advisory council. The representative need not be an elected or appointed official of the political subdivision.
Ohio Rev Code § 353.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.05 | Power to Propose Tax Levy.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|The board of directors of a lake facilities authority, by resolution, may propose the levy of a tax upon the taxable property in the impacted lake district pursuant to section 5705.55 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 353.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.06 | Tax on Lodging.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|As used in this section, "hotel" and "transient guests" have the same meanings as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. A resolution creating a lake facilities authority under section 353.02 of the Revised Code, or any amendments or supplements thereto, may authorize the authority to levy an excise tax on transactions by which lodging in a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests to pay any costs authorized under this chapter; to pay principal, interest, and premium on lake facilities authority tax anticipation bonds issued to pay those costs; to pay the operating costs of the authority; and to pay the costs of administering the tax. Upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the qualified electors in a primary or general election within the impacted lake district voting at an election held for the purpose of authorizing the tax, the board of directors of a lake facilities authority authorized to levy a tax under this section may, by resolution, levy an additional excise tax within the territory of the impacted lake district on all transactions by which lodging in a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests. The rate of the tax, when added to the aggregate rate of excise taxes levied in the impacted lake district pursuant to section 351.021, 5739.08, or 5739.09 of the Revised Code, shall not cause the total aggregate rate to exceed five per cent on any such transaction. The lake facilities authority shall provide for the administration and allocation of a tax levied pursuant to this section. All receipts arising from the tax shall be expended for the purposes provided in, and in accordance with, this section. An excise tax levied under this section shall remain in effect at the rate at which it is levied for at least the duration of the period for which the receipts from the tax have been anticipated and pledged pursuant to section 353.08 of the Revised Code. The form of the ballot in an election held on the question of levying a tax proposed pursuant to this section shall be as follows or in any other form acceptable to the secretary of state: "An excise tax on all transactions by which lodging in a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests within the territory of the (name of impacted lake district) ___________ for the purpose of __________ at a rate of _________ for ____________ (number of years the tax is to be levied).For the Excise Tax Against the Excise Tax "
Ohio Rev Code § 353.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.07 | Transfer of Property for Benefit of Wetlands, Wildlife, or Sporting Activities.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|The director of natural resources may transfer real property owned by the state to a lake facilities authority for the purpose of promoting wetland banking, wildlife, or sporting activities. The division of wildlife within the department of natural resources may enter into an agreement with a lake facilities authority to establish wetland or natural areas to benefit wildlife or sporting activities. The agreement may be entered as part of, or in conjunction with, a mitigation banking program.
Ohio Rev Code § 353.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.08 | Lake Facilities Authority Anticipation Bonds.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|A lake facilities authority that levies a tax authorized by sections 353.05 and 5705.55 or section 353.06 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, anticipate the proceeds of the tax and issue lake facilities authority anticipation bonds, and notes anticipating the proceeds or the bonds, in the principal amount that, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying the cost of an authorized purpose, and that the authority is able to pay over the term of the issue with the interest on the bonds or notes, or in the case of notes anticipating bonds over the term of the bonds, by the estimated amount of the taxes anticipated. The taxes are determined by the general assembly to satisfy any applicable requirement of Section 11 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution. Every issue of outstanding anticipation bonds shall be payable out of the proceeds of the taxes anticipated and other revenues of the authority that are pledged for such payment. The pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the anticipated excise taxes and revenues so pledged and thereafter received by the authority immediately shall be subject to the lien of that pledge without any physical delivery of those taxes and revenues or further act. The lien of any pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, whether or not such parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the authority's records.The anticipation bonds shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such time or times, in the case of any such notes or any renewals of such notes not exceeding twenty years from the date of issue of such original notes and in the case of any such bonds or any refunding bonds not exceeding forty years from the date of the original issue of notes or bonds for the purpose, and shall be executed in the manner that the resolution authorizing the bonds may provide. The anticipation bonds shall bear interest at such rates, or at a variable rate or rates changing from time to time, in accordance with provisions provided in the authorizing resolution, be in such denominations and form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, as the authority may authorize or provide.
Ohio Rev Code § 353.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.11 | Security for Bonds.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|In the discretion of the lake facilities authority, any lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the lake facilities authority and a corporate trustee that may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. The trust agreement may pledge or assign revenues of the lake facilities authority to be received and may convey or mortgage any facility or any part thereof. The trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain any provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the lake facilities authority in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the facility in connection with which the bonds are authorized, the rentals or other charges to be imposed for the use or services of any facility, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of the facility.Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state that may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues may furnish any indemnifying bonds or may pledge any securities that are required by the lake facilities authority. The trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing similar bonds. The trust agreement may contain any other provisions that the lake facilities authority determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 353.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.12 | Enforcement of Rights.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|Any holder of lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under sections 353.09 to 353.15 of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons pertaining to those bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by those sections may be restricted by the applicable resolution or that trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under those sections, the trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by those sections, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the lake facilities authority or any officer of the lake facilities authority, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rentals or other charges.
Ohio Rev Code § 353.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities|Section 353.13 | Nature of Revenue Bonds.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|Lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under sections 353.09 to 353.15 of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state. The holders or owners of the bonds have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. The bonds are payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, unless the revenue bonds are notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, or the revenue bonds are refunded by refunding bonds issued under section 353.09 of the Revised Code, provided that the refunding bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by that section. All bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are not debts of the state or any political subdivision of the state, but are payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment.