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Ohio Rev Code § 306.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.02 | Members of Board, Qualifications, Terms.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly|A county transit board authorized by section 306.01 of the Revised Code shall consist of seven members. All members shall be electors of the county, shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners, and shall have such qualifications as the board of county commissioners may establish in its resolution under section 306.01 of the Revised Code. The appointments shall be for overlapping three-year terms, provided that of the initial terms, two shall be for one year, two for two years, and three for three years. Appointments thereafter shall be for the full term of three years except that any vacancy which occurs during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. The county commissioners shall fill any vacancy which occurs in the board within ninety days after the occurrence of the vacancy.The members of the board shall not be interested financially in any contract, work, or service for the county.The county commissioners shall designate a chairman for the term of his office or for the term of three years, whichever is shorter and shall fill any vacancy in such position. The compensation of the members of the board shall be determined by the county commissioners. The county commissioners may fix the chairman's salary above those of the other board members. No more than four members of the board shall belong to the same political party.A member of the board may be removed for cause by the county commissioners, but only after opportunity has been afforded for a public hearing before the county commissioners within ten days after written charges have been given such member. Such member shall be heard in person or by counsel and action by the county commissioners shall be final.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.03 | Organization of County Transit Board.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly|As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members, a county transit board shall organize for the transaction of business, elect a vice-chairman and secretary and prescribe their duties, designate a fiscal officer who need not be a member of the board, and adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations to govern its proceedings. Thereafter the board shall hold regular meetings at least once every month. Special meetings may be called by the chairman, or at the request of any two members. All meetings shall be open to the public and the board shall keep full and accurate minutes of its proceedings, and minutes of its proceedings shall be maintained as a public record. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the contract of business at its meetings. The board shall act by resolution and a concurrence of four members shall be sufficient for action by the board.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.05 | Advancement of Funds for County Transit System.

Effective: August 31, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 476 - 108th General Assembly|The county commissioners may advance funds from any available fund of the county for purchase or acquisition of a transit system, surveys, planning, and mass transportation studies. The amount advanced may be reimbursed from any funds of the county transit board including the proceeds of the sale of bonds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, or equipment of the county transit system.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.051 | Use of Funds Expended for Social Services as Local Match to Obtain Funds for Transit System.

Effective: July 3, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "social services" includes all of the following:(1) Services for senior citizens;(2) Services for persons with developmental disabilities;(3) Services funded in whole or in part with federal funds provided for social services programs, including the community development block grant program established under Title I of the "Housing and Community Development Act of 1974," 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.;(4) Other services that have the purpose of assisting the overall social well being of individuals, families, and communities.(B) Subject to division (C) of this section and regardless of whether a county transit system is operated by a county transit board or board of county commissioners, funds that are appropriated by a board of county commissioners and expended for social services in the county served by the board may be used as the local match needed to obtain state or federal funds available for the county transit system.(C) Funds raised by a county tax levy may be used as local matching funds under division (B) of this section only to the extent that such use of the funds is consistent with the purpose for which the tax was levied. Funds may be used as local matching funds under division (B) of this section only to the extent that such use of the funds does not jeopardize the state's or county's eligibility to receive federal funds for one or more purposes. Prior to the use of funds raised by a county tax levy being used for purposes of division (B) of this section, the county transit system shall enter into an agreement with the local government department, agency, board, or commission responsible for administering those funds. The agreement shall establish the terms and conditions of the use of the funds by the county transit system as local matching funds.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.06 | Agreements to Provide Transportation Service.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly|The county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation, township, or other county, whereby the board undertakes to provide transportation service for the movement of persons within, from, or to that municipal corporation, township, or county, to make payments or transfer real estate or interests therein or a combination thereof, as therein provided, in consideration of the board providing those transportation services. Any moneys so paid to the board shall be received by it and used solely for the purposes specified in the agreement. Moneys so paid may include all or a part of the cost of permanent improvements to be used by the county transit system under the agreement and to that extent may include the proceeds of bonds issued in accordance with Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, by such municipal corporation, township, or county for the purpose of paying all or a part of the cost of those permanent improvements.Any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district may convey or lease to or exchange with any county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system and any county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system may convey or lease to or exchange with any state, municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district without competitive bidding and on mutually agreeable terms any personal property, real estate, or interests therein.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.07 | Exempting Revenue and Income From Taxation.

Effective: August 31, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 476 - 108th General Assembly|The operations, revenues, and property of the county transit system and all obligations secured by the real estate or interests therein or revenues of the system, or the income derived therefrom, are exempt from the levy of any excise or other tax by the county or any political subdivision of the state, unless and to the extent such exemption is prohibited by the constitution or other laws of this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.10 | Issuing Refunding Bonds.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly|The county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system may issue refunding bonds of the county to refund any bonds previously issued under division (B) of section 306.09 of the Revised Code for any of the following purposes:(A) Refunding bonds which have matured or are about to mature when the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which have matured or are about to mature or to make payments to other funds required by the bond proceedings;(B) Refunding any bonds as an incidence to providing funds for reconstructing, enlarging, improving and equipping the county transit system;(C) Refunding all of the outstanding bonds of any issue both matured and unmatured when the rates, revenues, or other income, charges, or moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which have matured or are about to mature or to make payments to other funds required by the bond proceedings, if such outstanding bonds can be retired by call, at maturity, or with the consent of the holders thereof, whether from the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or by exchange for the refunding bonds, provided that the principal amount of the refunding bonds shall not exceed the aggregate of the par value of the bonds to be retired, any redemption premium, past-due and future interest to the date of maturity or proposed redemption that cannot otherwise be paid, and funds, if any, to reconstruct, enlarge, improve, and equip, or any combination thereof, the county transit system;(D) Refunding any bonds of any issue previously issued and outstanding when the refunding bonds will bear interest at a lower rate than the bonds to be refunded or when the interest cost of the refunding bonds computed to the absolute maturity will be less than the interest of the bonds to be refunded.Except as provided in this section the terms of the issuance and sale of refunding bonds shall be as provided in sections 306.01 to 306.11 of the Revised Code, for an original issue of bonds.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.11 | Control Over County Transit System's Revenue and Funds.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly|In counties that have a county transit board, that transit board shall have exclusive control over the county transit system's budgets, appropriations, collections, custody, and application of its revenues or other funds received by it and shall have jurisdiction of all purchases and contracts entered into in connection with the county transit system pursuant to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. In those counties, the officers and employees of the county transit system shall be under the sole control of the county transit board and are not subject to supervision of other county officers.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.12 | Acquiring Publicly or Privately Owned Transit System - Employee Rights.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly|Any board of county commissioners operating a transit system or any county transit board shall, if it acquires any existing transit system, assume all the employer's obligations under any existing labor contract between the employees and management of the system. The board shall, if it acquires, constructs, controls, or operates any such facilities, negotiate arrangements to protect the interests of employees affected by such acquisition, construction, control, or operation. Such arrangements shall include, but are not limited to:(A) The preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits under existing collective bargaining agreements or otherwise, the preservation of rights and benefits under any existing pension plans covering prior service, and continued participation in social security, in addition to participation in the public employees retirement system as required in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code;(B) The continuation of collective bargaining rights;(C) The protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment;(D) Assurances of employment to employees of such transit systems and priority of re-employment of employees terminated or laid off;(E) Paid training or retraining programs;(F) Signed written labor agreements.Such arrangements may include provisions for the submission of labor disputes to final and binding arbitration.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.13 | Exempting Real and Personal Property From Taxation.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly|A board of county commissioners operating a transit system or a county transit board created under sections 306.01 to 306.13 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 the board, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to the board while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing tenancy for longer than one year.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.14 | Report on Franchise Agreements.

Effective: September 15, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly|(A) If a board of county commissioners awards a franchise to a franchisee on behalf of a county transit board, the county transit board shall submit an annual written report to the board of county commissioners not later than a date designated by the board of county commissioners and in a form prescribed by that board. The board of county commissioners shall make the report available on the general web site of the county. The county transit board shall include in the report a description in detail of the effects the franchise agreement had during the prior year on all of the following as they relate to the operation of a public transit system by the franchisee in that county: (1) Cost savings to the county;(2) Efficiency;(3) Safety and security of the traveling public and franchise employees;(4) Service to the traveling public;(5) Return on investment by the county;(6) Any other aspects the board of county commissioners determines should be included in the report.(B) A franchisee that is awarded a franchise by a board of county commissioners on behalf of a county transit board shall submit an annual written report to the board of county commissioners or county transit board not later than a date designated by the board of county commissioners and in a form prescribed by that board. The board of county commissioners also shall direct the franchisee to submit the report to the board of county commissioners, the county transit board, or both. The board of county commissioners shall establish the issues to be addressed in the report with respect to the public transit system that the franchisee operated during the prior year. The board of county commissioners shall make the report available on the general web site of the county.(C) A board of county commissioners that awards a franchise to a franchisee on behalf of a county transit board shall conduct an annual review of the performance of the franchisee. The board of county commissioners shall include in the review a determination of the number of performance targets the franchisee met during the prior year and an evaluation of the franchisee's compliance with the other terms and conditions of the franchise, including any breaches of the franchise by the franchisee. The board shall issue a written report, and shall make the report available on the general web site of the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.30 | Regional Transit Authority Definitions.

Effective: August 25, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly|As used in sections 306.30 to 306.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "transit facility" means any: (A) Street railway, motor bus, tramline, subway, monorail, rapid transit, aeroplane, helicopter, ferry, or other ground or water transportation system having as its primary purpose the regularly scheduled mass movement of passengers between locations within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit authority, including all right-of-way, power lines, rolling stock, equipment, machinery, terminals, buildings, administration and maintenance and repair facilities, and supporting parking facilities, and franchise rights attendant thereto, but excluding therefrom trucks and facilities designed for use in the movement of property by truck;(B) Docks, wharves, warehouses, piers, and other port, terminal, or transportation facilities and marinas;(C) Facilities used, available for use, or designed for use to aid in the safe taking off or landing of aircraft, for the safety, storage, and maintenance of aircraft, for the comfort and accommodation of users of air transportation, including persons, property, and mail, or for the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of an airport; and buildings and facilities as are reasonably necessary for the comfort and accommodation of the users of transit facilities; or(D) Any combination of the foregoing.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.301 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.301 | Resolution Designating Part of Township Member of Regional Transit Authority.

Effective: January 3, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 729 - 115th General Assembly|(A) As used in sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, "township" means either of the following:(1) An entire township;(2) Township territory that is designated as a township under division (B) of this section for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority.(B) A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution designating as a township, for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority, territory consisting of contiguous whole election precincts that make up less than the entire unincorporated area of the township, provided that none of the territory is already part of a regional transit authority. The resolution shall specify the precinct numbers of the precincts that make up the territory. Upon adopting such a resolution, the board of township trustees shall take appropriate action under section 306.32 or 306.321 of the Revised Code to enable the territory consisting of those precincts to become part of a contiguous regional transit authority.(C) The right to initiate proceedings to join a regional transit authority in accordance with this section shall terminate after June 30, 1986, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any portion of a township that has acted under this section prior to that date of the power to take any action necessary to continue in the regional transit authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 306.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission|Section 306.31 | Creating Regional Transit Authority.

Effective: August 25, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly|A regional transit authority may be created in the manner provided in section 306.32 of the Revised Code, for any one or more of the following purposes: acquiring, constructing, operating, maintaining, replacing, improving, and extending transit facilities; controlling and administering the public utilities franchise of such transit facilities; entering into and supervising franchise agreements; accepting assignment of and then supervising an existing franchise agreement; and accepting assignment of and exercising a right to purchase a transit system in accordance with the acquisition terms of an existing franchise agreement. A regional transit authority so created is a political subdivision of the state and a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation, comprised of the territory of one, or two or more counties, municipal corporations, townships, or any combination thereof, provided, that each county, municipal corporation, or township included within a regional transit authority shall be a county which is, or be located in a county which is or is contiguous to a county which is, or in which a municipal corporation or township is located which is, included in such regional transit authority.