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Ohio Rev Code § 351.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.02 | Creating Convention Facilities Authority.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|A county may create a convention facilities authority by resolution of the county commissioners, provided that in no case shall the same county create more than one convention facilities authority. A convention 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 but no authority is immune from liability by reason thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.03 | No County Financing or Subsidizing Operation of Authority.

Effective: March 27, 2020|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in division (C) of section 5739.09 or in section 5739.026 of the Revised Code, no county creating a convention facilities authority may appropriate and expend public funds to finance or subsidize the operation of the authority. (B) Subject to making due provisions for payment and performance of its obligations, a convention facilities authority may be dissolved by the county creating it. In such event the properties of the authority shall be transferred to the county creating it, and the county may thereupon appropriate and expend public funds to finance or subsidize the operation of such facilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.05 | Immunity.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|(A) Except for civil actions that arise out of the operation of a motor vehicle and civil actions in which the convention facilities authority is the plaintiff, no director, officer, or employee of a convention facilities authority shall be liable in any civil action that arises under the law of this state for damage or injury caused in the performance of his duties, unless his actions were manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, or unless he acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner.This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any immunity from civil liability that is conferred upon a director, officer, or employee by any other provision of the Revised Code or by case law.(B)(1) A convention facilities authority shall indemnify a director, officer, or employee from liability incurred in the performance of his duties by paying any judgment in, or amount negotiated in settlement of, any civil action arising under federal law, the law of another state, or the law of a foreign jurisdiction. The reasonableness of the amount of any consent judgment or settlement is subject to the review and approval of the authority's board of directors. The maximum aggregate amount of indemnification paid directly from funds to or on behalf of any director, officer, or employee pursuant to this division shall be one million dollars per occurrence, regardless of the number of persons who suffer damage, injury, or death as a result of the occurrence.(2) An authority shall not indemnify a director, officer, or employee under any of the following circumstances:(a) To the extent the director, officer, or employee is covered by a policy of civil liability insurance purchased by the authority;(b) When the director, officer, or employee acts manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner;(c) For any portion of a judgment that represents punitive or exemplary damages;(d) For any portion of a consent judgment or settlement that is unreasonable.(3) The authority may purchase policies of insurance on behalf of directors, officers, and employees of the authority from insurers licensed to do business in this state providing coverage for damages in connection with any civil action, demand, or claim against the director, officer, or employee by reason of an act or omission by the director, officer, or employee occurring in the performance of his duties and not coming within the terms of division (B)(2)(b) of this section.(C) This section does not affect either of the following:(1) Any defense that would otherwise be available in an action alleging personal liability of a director, officer, or employee;(2) The operation of section 9.83 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.07 | Employees of Authority.

Effective: March 17, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 118 - 123rd General Assembly|(A)(1) A convention facilities authority shall employ and fix the qualifications, duties, and compensation of employees and enter into contracts for professional services as it may require to conduct the business of the authority, provided that no full-time employees shall be employed until the authority adopts and implements a policy regarding hiring preferences for veterans. The authority at any time may suspend or dismiss any employee or terminate any contract for professional services.(2) "Veteran" means either of the following:(a) An individual who has served in the active military or naval service of the United States and who was discharged or released under circumstances other than dishonorable;(b) An individual who has served as a member of the United States merchant marine and to whom either of the following applies:(i) The individual has an honorable report of separation from the active duty military service, form DD214 or DD215.(ii) The individual served in the United States merchant marine between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, and died on active duty while serving in a war zone during that period of service.(3) "United States merchant marine" includes the United States army transport service and the United States naval transport service.(B) A convention facilities authority may provide for the administration and enforcement of the laws of the state by employing special police officers, and may seek the assistance of other appropriate law enforcement officers to enforce its rules and maintain order. Special police officers employed by an authority shall serve as a security force with respect to the property, grounds, buildings, equipment, and facilities under the authority's control to protect the authority's property, suppress nuisances and disturbances and breaches of the peace, and enforce laws for the preservation of good order. In performing their duties, special police officers are vested with the same powers of arrest as police officers are given under divisions (A) and (B) of section 2935.03 of the Revised Code while on the grounds of the authority's facilities, and under division (D) of such section when off of the grounds of the authority's facilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.08 | Group Insurance for Employees.

Effective: June 4, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 67 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) A convention facilities authority may procure and pay any or all of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, sickness and accident insurance, or group life insurance, or a combination of any of the foregoing types of insurance or coverage for full-time employees and their dependents, issued by an insurance company duly authorized to do business in this state.(B) A convention facilities authority also may procure and pay any or all of the cost of a plan of group hospitalization, surgical, or major medical insurance with a health insuring corporation with a certificate of authority issued under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, provided that each full-time employee shall be permitted to:(1) Exercise an option between a plan offered by an insurance company as provided in division (A) of this section and a plan offered by a health insuring corporation under this division, on the condition that the full-time employee shall pay the amount by which the cost of the plan offered in this division exceeds the cost of the plan offered under division (A) of this section; and(2) Change from one of the two plans to the other at a time each year as determined by the convention facilities authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.09 | Rentals or Other Charges for Use or Services of Any Facility.

Effective: June 29, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly|A convention facilities authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any facility and contract in the manner provided by this section from persons or governmental agencies desiring the use or services of such facility, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. Such rentals or other charges shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other authority, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state. Such contract may provide for acquisition by such person or governmental agency of all or any part of such facility for such consideration payable over the period of the contract or otherwise as the authority in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate, but subject to the provisions of any resolution authorizing the issuance of convention facilities authority revenue bonds, convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds, or any trust agreement securing them. Any governmental agency that has power to construct, operate, and maintain facilities may enter into a contract or lease with a convention facilities authority whereby the use or services of any facility will be made available to such governmental agency, which may pay for such use or services such rentals or other charges as may be agreed to by the authority and such governmental agency.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.10 | Cooperating With Governmental Agencies.

Effective: June 29, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in this section, a governmental agency may cooperate with the convention facilities authority in the acquisition or construction of facilities and shall enter into such agreements with the authority as may be appropriate, with a view to effective cooperative action and safeguarding of the respective interests of the parties to the agreements, which shall provide for such contributions by the parties to the agreements in such proportion as may be agreed upon and such other terms as may be mutually satisfactory to the parties including, without limitation, the authorization of the construction of the facility by one of the parties acting as agent for all of the parties and the ownership and control of the facility by the convention facilities authority to the extent necessary or appropriate for purposes of the issuance of convention facilities authority bonds and notes by the convention facilities authority. No moneys appropriated by the state shall be applied to the cost of construction or operation of any facility constructed under this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.11 | Lawful Investments.

Effective: November 2, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly|Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinking funds of municipal corporations, boards of education, port authorities, and counties and political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of this state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the retirement boards of the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the public employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and of insurance companies, including domestic life insurance companies and domestic insurance companies other than life, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.12 | Exemption From Tax.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|As used in this section, "private enterprise" means a person whose ownership and use of the property leased to it or used exclusively by it would not qualify such property for exemption from taxation.The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and for the enhancement of their convention and recreational opportunities and is a public purpose. As the operation and maintenance of facilities will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, a convention facilities authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any facility to which it holds title, or upon any property acquired or used by it under this chapter, or upon the income therefrom, provided that any part of such a facility or property leased to, or exclusively used by, a private enterprise, and the income therefrom, shall be subject to appropriate taxes and assessments, and the listing of such a facility or property shall be split as provided in section 5713.04 of the Revised Code. The transfer to or from a convention facilities authority of title or possession of any facility, part thereof, or item included or to be included in any such facility and the receipt or sale by the authority of any services included in division (B)(3) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code shall not be subject to the taxes levied pursuant to Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code. The bonds and notes issued under this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.13 | Power to Lease, Sell or Encumber Facility.

Effective: February 20, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly|(A) With respect to facilities and the financing thereof, and under agreements whereby the party to whom the facility is to be leased, subleased, or sold is to make payments sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the convention facilities authority revenue bonds issued for the facility, the convention facilities authority may, in addition to other powers under this chapter:(1) Sell such facility under such terms as it may determine, including, without limitation, sale by conditional sale or installment sale, under which title may pass prior to or after completion of the facility;(2) Grant a mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance on, or pledge or assignment of, or other security interest with respect to, all or any part of the facility, revenues, reserve funds, or other funds established in connection with such bonds, or on, of, or with respect to any lease, sublease, sale, conditional sale, or installment sale agreement, or other agreement pertaining to the lease, sublease, sale, or other disposition of a facility or any interest of the authority therein, or any other interest granted, assigned, or released to secure payments of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the bonds or to secure any other payments to be made by the authority, which mortgage, lien, encumbrance, pledge, assignment, or other security interest may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with any other mortgage, assignment, or other security interest, or lien or encumbrance;(3) Provide that the interest on such bonds may be at a variable rate or rates changing from time to time in accordance with a base or formula as authorized by the authority;(4) Contract for the leasing, subleasing, sale, or other disposition of such facility in a manner determined by the convention facilities authority in its sole discretion, without necessity for competitive bidding or performance bonds.(B) In the lease or sale with respect to a facility referred to in division (A) of this section, the authority shall make appropriate provision for adequate maintenance of the facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.15 | Issuance of Convention Facilities Authority Bonds and Notes Exempt From Bond Laws.

Effective: June 29, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly|Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter. Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.16 | Bonds Secured by Trust Agreement.

Effective: June 30, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly|In the discretion of the convention facilities authority, any convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state.Any such trust agreement for convention facility authority revenue bonds may pledge or assign revenues of the convention facilities authority to be received and may convey or mortgage any facility or any part of any facility. Any such trust agreement for convention facility authority tax anticipation bonds may pledge or assign any of the excise taxes authorized by division (B) or (C) of section 351.021 of the Revised Code and revenues of the convention facilities authority to be received and may convey or mortgage any facility or any part of any facility. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds or notes may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders or noteholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the facility in connection with which such bonds or notes 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 such facility. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state that may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or notes or of revenues may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the authority. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and noteholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders and noteholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing similar bonds. Such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the authority determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders or noteholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the facility. Any such trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of convention facilities authority bonds or notes may provide the method whereby the general administrative expenses of the authority shall be allocated among facilities acquired or constructed by it as a factor of the operation expenses of such facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.17 | Protection and Enforcement of Rights of Bondholder and Trustees.

Effective: June 29, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly|Any holder of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds issued under this chapter, or any of the coupons appertaining to the bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by the applicable resolution or such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under such chapter, trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the authority or any officer of the authority, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rentals or other charges and, in the case of convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds, the levy and collection of the excise taxes anticipated.
Ohio Rev Code § 351.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities|Section 351.18 | Bonds Not a Debt of State.

Effective: June 29, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly|Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state, and the holders or owners of the bonds and notes have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly, or, except as provided in SECTIONS 351.021 and 5739.026 of the Revised Code, by the taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the bonds and notes but such bonds and notes are payable solely from the revenues and excise taxes pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, unless the notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds or the bonds are refunded by refunding bonds issued under this chapter, which bonds or refunding bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and excise taxes pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter. All such bonds and notes shall contain on their face a statement to the effect that the bonds or notes, 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 excise taxes pledged for their payment.All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from revenues, bonds and notes, and excise taxes, as provided under this chapter. This chapter does not authorize an authority to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any other political subdivision of the state.