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Ohio Rev Code § 306.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.33 | Appointment of Board of Trustees.

Effective: June 29, 1974|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 544 - 110th General Assembly|Within sixty days after a regional transit authority has been created under section 306.32 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees for such regional transit authority shall be appointed as provided in this section.Members of a board of trustees of an authority created by the exclusive action of a county shall be appointed by the county commissioners of such county. A board of trustees of an authority created by two or more political subdivisions shall consist of such number of members, who shall have such qualifications and who shall be appointed by such public officers as shall be provided in the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority or any amendments thereto. If the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority, or any amendments thereto, so provide, then the governor shall appoint such members of the board of a regional transit authority as provided in such resolutions and ordinances. The appointing authority may at any time remove a trustee for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office.The trustees of any authority first appointed shall serve staggered terms. Thereafter each successor shall serve terms of three years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to only the unexpired term. Any appointed trustee is eligible for reappointment.A majority of the board of trustees constitute a quorum, the affirmative vote of which is necessary for any action taken by the authority. No vacancy in the board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all the duties of the authority.Each member of the board of trustees, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of his office, and that he will not be personally interested directly or indirectly in any contract let by the regional transit authority.After each member of the board has taken the oath as prescribed by this section the board shall meet and organize by electing one of its members as president and another as vice-president, who shall hold their respective offices until the next annual meeting of the board as provided in its bylaws. At each annual meeting thereafter the board shall elect from its membership a president and a vice-president who shall serve for a term of one year.The board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary-treasurer, who shall be the fiscal officer and shall not be a member of the board and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each member of the board of trustees is entitled to receive from the regional transit authority reimbursement for his reasonable expenses in the performance of his duties.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.34 | Power and Authority of Board of Trustees.

Effective: November 1, 1965|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly|All the power and authority granted to a regional transit authority shall be vested in and exercised by its board of trustees which shall manage and conduct its affairs. The board shall, within the limitations of sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by its rules and regulations provide the procedure for its actions, the manner of selection of its president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, and other officers and employees, their titles, terms of office, compensation, duties, number, and qualifications, and any other lawful subject necessary to the operation of the regional transit authority and the exercise of the powers granted to it.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.351 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.351 | Purchase and Operation of Flexible Joint Bus.

Effective: September 16, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 230 - 125th General Assembly|A regional transit authority may purchase an articulated bus only if the regional transit authority establishes and follows a preference system for buses that are manufactured or assembled within this state, or, if none, within the United States.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.352 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.352 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code.(B)(1) In the exercise of its authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, a regional transit authority shall not employ a person as a regional transit authority police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.(2)(a) The transit authority shall terminate the employment of a person as a regional transit authority police officer if the person does either of the following:(i) Pleads guilty to a felony;(ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the police officer agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to that police officer under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.(b) The transit authority shall suspend from employment a person designated as a regional transit authority police officer if that person is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the police officer files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the police officer does not file a timely appeal, the transit authority shall terminate the employment of that police officer. If the police officer files an appeal that results in the police officer's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against the police officer, the transit authority shall reinstate that police officer. A police officer who is reinstated under division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that officer's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the police officer of the felony.(3) Division (B) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of a regional transit authority police officer under division (B)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.353 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.353 | Authority to Levy Tax to Fund Construction or Maintenance of Roads or Bridges Related to Provision of Services by Regional Transit Authority.

Effective: July 3, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly|This section applies only to a regional transit authority whose territory includes a county having a population of more than seven hundred fifty thousand but less than nine hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census.A regional transit authority to which this section applies may levy a tax, in accordance with section 5739.023 of the Revised Code, in part for the specific purpose of funding the general construction or maintenance of roads or bridges related to the provision of service by the regional transit authority. If a regional transit authority levies such a tax, the authority shall enter into agreements with counties, municipal corporations, and townships located within the authority's territorial boundaries to fund such projects. Such agreements shall be entered into before the authority may spend any portion of the revenue from such a tax for general construction or maintenance of any roads or bridges. Such agreements are subject to all of the following:(A) The regional transit authority shall submit each such agreement for approval to the appropriate public works integrating committee designated under section 164.03 of the Revised Code.(B) The integrating committee shall, on at least an annual basis, review and approve or deny agreements submitted to it under division (A) of this section.(C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 164.04 of the Revised Code, approvals and denials shall be by an affirmative vote of six of the members of the integrating committee.(D) The integrating committee shall notify the authority of the approval or denial.(E) The regional transit authority shall expend funds only as authorized in an approved agreement.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.37 | Issuing Revenue Bonds.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|A regional transit authority which proposes to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or proposes to construct, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, maintain, or operate any transit facility, and desires to raise money for any one or more of such purposes or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds of the regional transit authority or pay any obligation assumed by it or of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds or notes of any political subdivision issued to acquire, construct, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, or maintain any transit facility acquired by the regional transit authority or repay any advances or loans made to the regional transit authority by any person or political subdivision, may issue revenue bonds therefor which bonds shall not be secured by the general credit of the regional transit authority or by the general credit of the state or any political subdivision.Such revenue bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments and shall be secured only by a pledge of and a lien on the revenues of the regional transit authority derived from rentals, fees, rates, charges, the authority's allocation of a tax levied under section 5739.026 of the Revised Code, or other revenues from any transit facility of the regional transit authority as are designated in said resolution, including but not limited to the transit facility to be acquired, constructed, replaced, improved, extended, enlarged, or maintained with the proceeds of said bond issue, after provision only for the reasonable cost of operating and maintaining the transit facility of the regional transit authority so designated.Said bonds shall further be secured by the covenant of the regional transit authority to maintain such rentals, fees, rates, charges, or other revenues as will produce revenues sufficient to meet costs of operating and maintaining such transit facility, to meet the interest, principal, and other requirements of such bonds, and to establish and maintain reserves for the foregoing purposes, and may be secured by a mortgage on any real property or interests therein acquired from the proceeds of such revenue bonds.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.38 | Trust Agreement May Secure Revenue Bonds.

Effective: August 25, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly|At the discretion of the board of trustees of a regional transit authority, the revenue bonds of the regional transit authority may be secured by a trust agreement between the board of trustees on behalf of the regional transit authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company, within or without the state.Such trust agreement may provide for the pledge or assignment of the revenues to be received, shall not pledge the general credit of the regional transit authority, but may include a mortgage on any real property or interests therein acquired from the proceeds of such revenue bonds. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds may set forth the rights and remedies of the bond holders and trustees, including, in the event of a default, appointment of a receiver to administer and operate transit facilities, and may contain such other provisions for protecting and enforcing their rights and remedies as are, in the discretion of the board of trustees, reasonable and proper. Such agreement or resolution may provide for the custody, investment, and disbursement of all moneys derived from the sale of such bonds or from the revenues of the regional transit authority pledged to pay the interest and principal on such bonds and may provide for the deposit of such funds without regard to section 306.42 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.39 | Interest and Maturity of Revenue Bonds.

Effective: August 25, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly|Revenue bonds issued by a regional transit authority shall bear interest at the rate or rates approved by the board of trustees, shall mature within forty years following the date of issuance, and in such amount, at such times, and in such number of installments as may be provided in the resolution authorizing their issuance. Such resolution shall also provide for the execution and sealing of the bonds and the use of facsimile signatures and facsimile of the seal, the manner of sale of the bonds, and such other terms and conditions relative to the issuance, sale, and retirement of said bonds as the board of trustees in their discretion believe reasonable and proper.If such bonds are callable, bonds called may be refunded. If revenues prove insufficient to pay maturing bonds, bonds which have matured or are about to mature may be refunded.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.41 | Income and Profit From Binds Exempt From Taxation.

Effective: November 1, 1965|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly|Bonds issued under sections 306.37 to 306.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.42 | Secretary-Treasurer of Regional Transit Authority Duties.

Effective: June 30, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The secretary-treasurer of the regional transit authority shall be the fiscal officer of the regional transit authority and the custodian of its funds and records and shall assist the board of directors in such particulars as it directs in the performance of its duties.(B) Before receiving any moneys, the secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in such amount as is determined by the board of trustees of the regional transit authority with surety satisfactory to it. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, all funds coming into the hands of the secretary-treasurer shall be deposited by the secretary-treasurer to the account of the regional transit authority in one or more such depositories as are qualified to receive deposits of county funds, which deposits shall be secured in the same manner as county funds are required to be secured. No disbursements shall be made from such funds except in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees of the regional transit authority.(C) Funds received by the secretary-treasurer pursuant to an agreement under division (AA) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code shall be deposited to an account of the regional transit authority as designated in the agreement and shall be invested as provided in the agreement. Such funds are not subject to Chapter 135. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.44 | Contracts With Other Governmental Entities.

Effective: November 1, 1965|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly|The board of trustees of a regional transit authority may enter into such contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with the state government of this or other states, with counties, municipalities, townships, or other governmental agencies created by or under the authority of the laws of the state or other states, with persons, with public corporations and private corporations as may be necessary or convenient for the making of surveys, investigations, or reports thereon, and for the exercise of the powers granted by sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.45 | Officers and Employees Are Eligible for Public Employees Retirement System.

Effective: September 21, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly|All officers and employees of a regional transit authority shall be considered as public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and a regional transit authority, its officers, and employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.46 | Counties and Municipalities - Powers Not Limited.

Effective: November 1, 1965|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly|Nothing in sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall limit the exercise of the power or authority granted to counties or municipal corporations by sections 307.20, 717.01, and 719.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.47 | Appropriation for County Funds for Expenses.

Effective: June 24, 1975|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 300 - 111th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners of any county included within a regional transit authority may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the regional transit authority to be paid by such county as provided in the resolution creating or enlarging the regional transit authority adopted under section 306.32 or 306.321 of the Revised Code, or by any amendment thereto.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.48 | Group Insurance for Officers and Employees.

Effective: June 4, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 67 - 122nd General Assembly|A regional transit authority may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or sickness and accident insurance or a combination of any of the foregoing for the officers and employees of the regional transit authority and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.50 | Report on Local Spending on Airports.

Effective: June 30, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly|On or before the thirty-first day of August of each year, all counties and all regional transit authorities shall provide a report to the director of transportation and the tax commissioner that specifies the total amount of local spending during the previous state fiscal year for capital costs, operating costs, and any costs for activities related to each of the following:(A) Local airports;(B) Local airport systems;(C) Any other local facility that is directly and substantially related to the air transportation of passengers or property and is owned or operated by any person or entity that owns or operates an airport.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.51 | Conveyance, Lease, or Exchange of Personal or Real Property.

Effective: August 25, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly|The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any regional transit authority or any such authority may convey or lease to, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, without competitive bidding and at mutually agreeable terms, any personal or real property, or any interest therein, to be used by the recipient for its purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.52 | Real and Personal Property Exempt From Taxation.

Effective: June 30, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) A regional transit authority created under sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to any such authority, which is used exclusively for any public purpose. However, except as provided in division (B) of this section, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to any authority while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing for tenancy for longer than one year.(B) The property tax exemption under this section applies to a transit facility that is the subject of an agreement under division (AA) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, so long as the transit facility is used by the regional transit authority exclusively for a public purpose.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.53 | Cooperation With Other Governmental Agencies.

Effective: August 25, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly|A regional transit authority may cooperate with other governmental agencies of this state, or of the United States, to carry out the purposes set forth in section 306.31 of the Revised Code.