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Ohio Rev Code § 153.73 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.73 | Construction of Statutes.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The requirements set forth in sections 153.65 to 153.72 of the Revised Code for the bidding, selection, and award of a contract for professional design services or design-build services by a public authority prevail in the event of any conflict with any other provision of this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.80 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.80 | Reducing Bond.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement entered into on or after April 16, 1993, shall be deemed to include the provisions contained in division (B) of this section. (B)(1) In regard to any bond filed by the contractor for the work contracted, the contracting authority, in its sole discretion, may reduce the bond required by twenty-five per cent of the total amount of the bond after at least fifty per cent of the work contracted for has been completed and by fifty per cent after at least seventy-five per cent of the work contracted for has been completed provided that all of the following conditions are met:(a) The contracting authority determines that the percentage of the work that has been completed at the time of determination has been satisfactorily performed and meets the terms of the contract, including a provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of work contemplated in the contract must be completed;(b) The contracting authority determines that no disputed claim caused by the contractor exists or remains unresolved;(c) The successful bid upon which the contract is based was not more than ten per cent below the next lowest bid or not more than ten per cent below a cost estimate for the work as published by the contracting authority.(2) In regard to the amount of any funds retained, the contracting authority, in its sole discretion, may reduce the amount of funds retained pursuant to sections 153.12 and 153.14 of the Revised Code for the faithful performance of work by fifty per cent of the amount of funds required to be retained pursuant to those sections, provided that the surety on the bond remains liable for all of the following that are caused due to default by the contractor:(a) Completion of the job;(b) All delay claims;(c) All liquidated damages;(d) All additional expenses incurred by the contracting authority.(C) As used in this section:(1) "Contracting authority" means an officer, board, or other authority of the state, a county, township, municipal corporation, or school district, or of any other political subdivision of the state, authorized to contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement, and any construction manager at risk as defined in section 9.33 of the Revised Code or design-build firm as defined in section 153.65 of the Revised Code awarding a subcontract, but does not include an officer, board, or other authority of the department of transportation.(2) "Delay claim" means a claim that arises due to default on provisions in a contract in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of work contemplated in the contract must be completed.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.83 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.83 | Hearings Related to Contractor Labor Agreements.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "public improvement" means any of the following:(1) A road, bridge, highway, street, or tunnel;(2) A waste water treatment system or water supply system;(3) A solid waste disposal facility or a storm water and sanitary collection, storage, and treatment facility;(4) Any structure or work constructed by a state agency or by another person on behalf of a state agency pursuant to a contract with the state agency.(B) Before a state agency may issue a bid specification for a proposed public improvement that requires a contractor or subcontractor to enter into a project labor agreement, the state agency shall hold a public hearing on the matter.(C) The state agency shall publish notice of the hearing not less than thirty days before the date of the hearing.(D) A state agency shall decide whether to include the requirement described in division (B) of this section for a proposed public improvement not earlier than thirty days after the hearing required under that division.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.99 | Penalty.

Effective: March 29, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 11 - 124th General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 153.58 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.(B) A person who purchases or provides steel products in violation of division (A) of section 153.011 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty equal to one and one-half times the purchase price of the steel products purchased or provided in violation of that section.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.02 | Issuing Obligations.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, the issuing authority may issue obligations as from time to time authorized by or pursuant to act or resolution of the general assembly, consistent with such limitations thereon, subject to section 154.12 of the Revised Code, as the general assembly may thereby prescribe as to principal amount, bond service charges, or otherwise, and shall cause the proceeds thereof to be applied to those capital facilities designated by or pursuant to act of the general assembly for any of the following: (1) Mental hygiene and retardation, including housing for mental hygiene and retardation patients under Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution;(2) State supported and assisted institutions of higher education, including community or technical colleges;(3) Parks and recreation;(4) Ohio cultural facilities;(5) Ohio sports facilities;(6) Housing of branches and agencies of state government.(B) The authority provided by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code is in addition to any other authority provided by law for the same or similar purposes, except as may otherwise specifically be provided in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. In case any section or provision of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code or in case any covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, lease agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, made, assumed, entered into, or taken under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, or any application thereof, is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remainder thereof or any other section or provision of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code or any other covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, lease, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, made, assumed, entered into, or taken under such chapter, which shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid portion were not contained therein, nor shall such illegality or invalidity or any application thereof affect any legal and valid application thereof, and each such section, provision, covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, lease, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, shall be deemed to be effective, operative, made, entered into or taken in the manner and to the full extent permitted by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.05 | Annual Report.

Effective: September 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The issuing authority shall annually make a full and detailed report of its proceedings to the governor and to the general assembly, to include the following:(1) The principal amount of obligations issued and sold during the annual period under authority of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, the purposes for which they were issued, their dates, the dates and amounts of payment of principal and interest, and the interest rates on such issues;(2) The total amount of obligations outstanding at the end of the annual period and the amount authorized but not issued;(3) The amount of obligations which were retired during the annual period, the sources from which moneys were derived for that purpose, the amount of anticipatory notes retired by issuance of bonds, and the amount of notes retired by issuance of renewal notes;(4) The amounts of money, dates upon which it must be made available, and proposed sources of payment, in order to make payments during the next annual period of bond service charges on the obligations outstanding at the end of the annual period;(5) The amounts credited to the several bond service funds created in connection with the obligations during the annual period and the balances in those funds at the end of the annual period, the amount, if any, in those funds that is restricted to payment of bond service charges on specified issues of notes or bonds, and the specified issues of notes or bonds with respect to which such amount is so restricted;(6) A description of such other transactions and proceedings as may be necessary in order to provide a full and detailed report of the activities of the issuing authority in connection with obligations authorized under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code.(B) The reports required by this section shall each be for annual periods ending on the thirtieth day of June of each year, and shall be submitted to the governor and the general assembly no later than ninety days after the end of each annual period.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.07 | Contents of Obligations.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|For the respective purposes provided in sections 154.20, 154.21, 154.22, 154.23, 154.24, and 154.25 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority may issue obligations of the state of Ohio as provided in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, provided that the holders or owners of obligations shall have no right to have excises or taxes levied by the general assembly for the payment of the bond service charges. The right of holders and owners to payment of bond service charges shall be limited to the revenues or receipts and funds pledged thereto in accordance with Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and each obligation shall bear on its face a statement to that effect. Chapter 154. of the Revised Code does not permit, and no provision of that chapter shall be applied to authorize or grant, a pledge of charges for the treatment or care of mental hygiene and retardation patients to bond service charges on obligations other than those issued for capital facilities for mental hygiene and retardation, or a pledge of any receipts of or on behalf of state supported or state assisted institutions of higher education to bond service charges on obligations other than those issued for capital facilities for state supported or state assisted institutions of higher education, or a pledge of receipts with respect to parks and recreation to bond service charges on obligations other than those issued for capital facilities for parks and recreation, or a pledge of revenues or receipts received by or on behalf of any state agency to bond service charges on obligations other than those issued for capital facilities which are in whole or in part useful to, constructed by, or financed by the state agency that receives the revenues or receipts so pledged.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.09 | Trust Agreements.

Effective: September 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly|In the discretion of the issuing authority, obligations may be secured additionally by a trust agreement or indenture between the state and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. Any such agreement or indenture may contain the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of the obligations, any provisions that may be contained in any bond proceedings, and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including but not limited to:(A) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, indenture, or other instrument comprising part of the bond proceedings until the commission or issuing authority has fully paid the bond service charges on the obligations secured thereby, or provision therefor has been made.(B) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the commission or issuing authority made as a part of the contract under which the obligations were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver, suit in equity, action at law, or any combination of the foregoing;(C) The rights and remedies of the holders of obligations and of the trustee, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual holders of obligations;(D) The replacement of any obligations which become mutilated or are destroyed, lost, or stolen;(E) Such other provisions as the trustee and the issuing authority agree upon, including limitations, conditions, or qualifications relating to any of the foregoing.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.10 | Protecting and Enforcing Rights of Holders of Obligations.

Effective: September 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly|Any holder of obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by such bond proceedings. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the commission and issuing authority required by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any bond service charges on any obligations or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the commission or authority in the bond proceedings, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the revenues, receipts, and special funds, other than those in the custody of the treasurer of state, which are pledged to the payment of the bond service charges on such obligations or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of bond service charges on, such obligations, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional revenues or receipts or other income or moneys of the commission or authority or the state or state agencies to the payment of such principal and interest and excluding the power to take possession of, mortgage, or cause the sale or otherwise dispose of any capital facilities.Each duty of the commission and issuing authority and their members, officers, and employees, and of each governmental agency and its officers, members, or employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings or any agreement or lease made under authority of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and in every agreement by or with the commission or authority, is hereby established as a duty of the commission or authority, and of each such member, officer, or employee having authority to perform such duty, specifically enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code.The persons who are at the time the issuing authority or that authority's employees, and the members or officers of the commission are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations, or any related lease, contract, or other agreement of or with the commission or authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.11 | Issuing Obligations for Refunding or Retirement of Prior Obligations.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|The issuing authority may authorize and issue obligations for the refunding, including funding and retirement, of any obligations previously issued under this chapter and any other bonds or notes previously issued to pay the costs of capital facilities. Such obligations may be issued in amounts sufficient for payment of the principal amount of the prior obligations, any redemption premiums thereon, principal maturities of any such obligations maturing prior to the redemption of the remaining obligations on a parity therewith, interest accrued or to accrue to the maturity dates or dates of redemption of such obligations, and any expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with such issuance and such refunding, funding, and retirement. Subject to the bond proceedings therefor, the portion of proceeds of the sale of obligations issued under this section to be applied to bond service charges on the prior obligations shall be credited to the bond service fund for those prior obligations. Obligations authorized under this section shall be deemed to be issued for those purposes for which those prior obligations were issued and are subject to the provisions of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code pertaining to other obligations, except as otherwise indicated by this section and except for division (A) of section 154.02 of the Revised Code, provided that, unless otherwise authorized by the general assembly, any limitations imposed by the general assembly pursuant to that division with respect to bond service charges applicable to the prior obligations shall be applicable to the obligations issued under this section to refund, fund, or retire those prior obligations.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.12 | Issuing Bond Anticipation Notes.

Effective: September 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly|The authority to issue obligations under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code includes authority to issue obligations in the form of bond anticipation notes and to renew the same from time to time by the issuance of new notes, but the maximum maturity of notes, including renewals thereof, unless otherwise authorized by the general assembly, shall not exceed five years from the date of the issuance of the original notes. The holders of such notes or interest coupons pertaining thereto shall have a right to be paid solely from the revenues, receipts, and funds that may be pledged to the payment of the bonds, or from the proceeds of the bonds or renewal notes, or both, as the issuing authority provides in its resolution or order authorizing the notes. Notes may be additionally secured by covenants of the authority to the effect that the authority will do all things necessary for the issuance of bonds or renewal notes in appropriate amount, and either exchange those bonds or renewal notes therefor or apply their proceeds to the extent necessary, to make full payment of the principal of and interest on those notes at the time or times contemplated, as provided in such resolution or order. For that purpose, the authority may issue bonds or renewal notes in such principal amount and upon such terms as may be necessary to provide funds to pay when required the principal of and interest on those notes, notwithstanding any limitations prescribed by or for purposes of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. Subject to this section, all provisions for and references to obligations in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code are applicable to notes authorized under this section.The issuing authority in the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of bond anticipation notes shall set forth for the bonds anticipated an estimated interest rate and a schedule of principal payments for such bonds and the annual maturity dates thereof, and for purposes of any limitation on bond service charges prescribed under division (A) of section 154.02 of the Revised Code, the amount of bond service charges on those bond anticipation notes shall be deemed to be the bond service charges for the bonds anticipated by them as set forth in the bond proceedings applicable to those notes, but this provision does not modify any authority in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code to pledge applicable revenues, receipts, and funds to the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such notes.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.13 | Lawful Investments.

Effective: November 2, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly|Obligations issued under this chapter are lawful investments for banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code with respect to investments by them, and also are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev Code § 154.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 154 | Financing for Certain Capital Facilities|Section 154.14 | Exemption From Tax.

Effective: September 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly|All property, real or personal, purchased, acquired, constructed, or owned by the commission under this chapter, or financed in whole or in part by obligations issued under this chapter, and used by the commission or any governmental agency for the exercise of its powers and duties, is public property used exclusively for a public purpose, and such property and the income of the commission or issuing authority or any governmental agency therefrom is exempt from all taxation and assessment within this state, including ad valorem and excise taxes. The obligations issued under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, the transfer thereof, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. The transfer of tangible personal property by lease under authority of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code is not a sale as used in Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code.