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Ohio Rev Code § 3735.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.37 | Annual Report.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|A metropolitan housing authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all receipts and expenditures and make an annual report of these publicly available. All moneys received in excess of operating expenditures shall be devoted to the payment of interest and sinking fund charges for the retirement of indebtedness, whether secured by mortgage or otherwise, and from the excess there shall be set aside such fund as the authority deems proper for the purpose of covering repairs, depreciation, and reserves. Whatever balance then remains shall be applied to the reduction of rentals thereafter falling due.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.38 | Notes Executed by Authority Shall Not Be a Debt Against the County.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Evidences of indebtedness executed by a metropolitan housing authority shall not be a debt or charge against the county, state, or any other governmental authority other than said authority, and no individual liability shall attach for any official act done by any member of such authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.39 | Dissolution - Procedure.

Effective: June 6, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 325 - 116th General Assembly|Whenever a metropolitan housing authority desires to discontinue its operations it shall make application to the director of development, for authority to dissolve. If such application is granted, the director shall take possession and dispose of all property belonging to the authority, and, after paying the debts and liabilities of the authority and the expenses of administering the dissolution, the balance remaining shall be paid into the sinking fund of the county in which the authority existed.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.40 | Housing Project Definitions.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|As used in sections 3735.27, 3735.31, and 3735.40 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code: (A) "Federal government" includes the United States, the federal works administrator, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States. (B) "Slum" has the meaning defined in section 1.08 of the Revised Code. (C) "Housing project" or "project" means any of the following works or undertakings: (1) Demolish, clear, or remove buildings from any slum area. Such work or undertaking may embrace the adaptation of such area to public purposes, including parks or other recreational or community purposes. (2) Provide decent, safe, and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for persons of low income. (3) Provide for buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, parks, site preparation, gardening, administrative, community, health, recreational, educational, welfare, commercial, residential, or other purposes. (4) Accomplish a combination of the foregoing. "Housing project" also may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of the improvements, and all other work in connection therewith. (D) "Families of low income" and "persons of low income" mean persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary, as determined by the metropolitan housing authority undertaking the housing project, to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding. The terms include persons or families as defined by federal law or regulations who are eligible for a federally derived rent subsidy. (E) "Families" means families consisting of two or more persons, a single person who has attained the age at which an individual may elect to receive an old age benefit under Title II of the "Social Security Act" or is under disability as defined in section 223 of that act, 49 Stat. 622 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 401, as amended, or the remaining member of a tenant family. (F) "Families" also means a single person discharged by the head of a hospital pursuant to section 5122.21 of the Revised Code after March 10, 1964. (G) "Mixed-income development" means a development that includes decent, safe, and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for persons or families of varying incomes.  (H) "Mixed-use development" means a development that is both residential and nonresidential in character.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.41 | Rentals - Tenant Selection.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in section 3735.43 of the Revised Code, in the operation or management of housing projects a metropolitan housing authority shall observe the following with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (A)(1) It shall not provide a federally derived rent subsidy to any tenant for any dwelling in a housing project if the persons who would occupy the dwelling have an aggregate annual net income that equals or exceeds the amount that the authority determines to be necessary to enable such persons to do both of the following: (a) Secure safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations within the area of operation of the authority; (b) Provide an adequate standard of living for themselves. (2) As used in this division, "aggregate annual net income" means the aggregate annual income less the deductions and exemptions from that income authorized by law or regulations established by the United States department of housing and urban development. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, it may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only at rentals within the financial reach of persons who lack the amount of income which it determines, pursuant to division (A) of this section, to be necessary in order to obtain safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations within the area of operation of the authority and to provide an adequate standard of living. (2) It may rent or lease to nonresidential tenants and persons of varying incomes within a project, mixed-use development, or mixed-income development. (C) It may use a federally derived rent subsidy to rent or lease to a tenant a dwelling consisting of the number of rooms, but no greater number, which it considers necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding.  Sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code do not limit the power of an authority to vest in a bondholder the right, in the event of a default by such authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof or acquire title thereto through foreclosure proceedings, free from all the restrictions imposed by such sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.42 | Veteran Preference.

Effective: March 17, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 118 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government in the selection of tenants for housing projects, a metropolitan housing authority shall give preference, as among applicants equally in need and eligible for occupancy of the dwelling and at the rent involved, to families of veterans and persons serving in the active military or naval service of the United States, including families of deceased veterans or deceased persons who were so serving at the time of death.(B) As used in this section:(1) "Veteran" means either of the following:(a) A person who has served in the active military or naval service of the United States and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable;(b) A person who served as a member of the United States merchant marine and to whom either of the following applies:(i) The person has an honorable report of separation from active duty military service, form DD214 or DD215.(ii) The person 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.(2) "United States merchant marine" includes the United States army transport service and the United States naval transport service.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.43 | Housing Authority May Provide Free Housing to Law Enforcement Officer.

Effective: September 19, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 40 - 121st General Assembly|(A) As used in this section:(1) "Housing" means housing in a housing project that a metropolitan housing authority operates or manages.(2) "Law enforcement officer" means a law enforcement officer described in division (K)(1) of section 2901.01 of the Revised Code.(B) A metropolitan housing authority may provide free housing to a law enforcement officer.(C) Neither any provision of section 102.03, 102.04, 2921.42, or 2921.43 of the Revised Code nor any other provision of law prohibits any of the following:(1) A metropolitan housing authority from providing to a law enforcement officer, or a law enforcement officer from accepting from a metropolitan housing authority, free housing;(2) A public utility from providing to a law enforcement officer who resides in free housing provided by a metropolitan housing authority, or the law enforcement officer from accepting from the public utility, utility services either for free or at a reduced rate, if such utility services are directly related to the free housing;(3) A financial institution from providing to a law enforcement officer, or a law enforcement officer from accepting from a financial institution, special home loan incentives not available to the general public for the purchase of a personal residence for the law enforcement officer, if the law enforcement officer resides, or has for at least five years resided, in free housing provided to the law enforcement officer by a metropolitan housing authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.44 | Planning, Zoning, and Sanitary Laws Applicable to Housing Projects.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The planning, zoning, and sanitary laws of the state and of any political subdivision or agency thereof in which a housing project is located shall apply to housing projects of a metropolitan housing authority to the same extent as if said projects were planned, constructed, owned, or operated by private persons. All powers granted in said laws or in any municipal charter to or over privately owned land, buildings, or structures are hereby granted over and in relation to housing projects or authorities. In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority shall take into consideration the relationship of the project to any state, regional, county, or municipal plan. Before any housing project of an authority is determined upon by the authority or any real estate is acquired or any agreement for its acquisition is made, the location, extent, and general features of the proposed layout shall be submitted to the planning commission of the municipal corporation or other political subdivision in which the proposed project is located, for the advice of such planning commission upon the proposed location, extent, and general features of the layout.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.45 | Bonds Issued by Housing Authority - Liability.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A metropolitan housing authority may issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes. An authority may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including bonds on which the principal and interest are payable:(A) Exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed with the proceeds of such bonds, or with such proceeds together with a grant from the federal government in aid of such project;(B) Exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects whether or not they were financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds;(C) From its revenues generally. Any of such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any revenues or a mortgage of any housing projects or other property of the housing authority.Neither the members of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority shall not be a debt of the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof and neither the county nor the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said authority; such bonds and obligations shall state this fact on their face. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.46 | Issuance of Bonds - Sale - Validity - Bonds Negotiable.

Effective: May 13, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 114th General Assembly|Bonds of a metropolitan housing authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date, mature at such time, bear interest at such rates, not exceeding the rate provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution, its trust indenture, or mortgage provides.The bonds may be sold at not less than par plus accrued interest at public sale held after notice published once at least fourteen days prior to such sale in a newspaper having a general circulation in the territorial limits of an authority. Such bonds may be sold at not less than par plus accrued interest to the federal government at private sale without any public advertisement. Such bonds may be sold to others than the federal government, at private sale, without any public advertisement, at not less than their par value and accrued interest thereon if, bearing the same or a lower rate of interest than that at which the federal government has purchased, or contracted to purchase, bonds for the particular project.In case any of the members or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons cease to be such members or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such member or officers had remained in office until such delivery. Bonds issued pursuant to sections 3735.40 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code shall be fully negotiable.Any bonds, reciting that they are issued pursuant to sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, complying on their face therewith, and for which the authority has been paid in full, shall in any action or proceeding involving their validity be conclusively deemed to have been issued, sold, executed, and delivered in conformity with sections 3735.40 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, applicable thereto and shall be incontestable unless such action or proceeding is begun prior to the delivery of such bonds. The failure of the authority to comply with sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, with respect to the location and planning of a project shall not affect the validity of any bonds of the authority or the security therefor or of any contract or other action taken by the authority in connection with such project.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.48 | Rights of Bondholders.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A bondholder or a trustee for a bondholder of a metropolitan housing authority may, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such bondholder or trustee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such bondholder or trustee:(A) Compel, by mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity the authority and the members, officers, agents, or employees thereof to perform each term, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of said authority with or for the benefit of such bondholder or trustee, and may require the carrying out of any such covenants and agreements of said authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon said authority by sections 3735.27 to 3735.50, inclusive, of the Revised Code;(B) Enjoin, by suit, action, or proceeding in equity, any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of such bondholder or trustee.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.49 | Rights in Event of Default.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A metropolitan housing authority may by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, or other contract confer upon any bondholder or any trustee for a bondholder holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, the right, in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to:(A) Cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such bondholder;(B) Obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of said authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom, and if such receiver is appointed, he may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part thereof and operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom, and shall keep such moneys in a separate account and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of said authority as the court directs;(C) Require said authority and the members thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.50 | Metropolitan Housing Authority Is a Political Subdivision.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A metropolitan housing authority, created under section 3735.27 of the Revised Code, constitutes a political subdivision of the state within the meaning of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.51 | Housing Cooperation Law Definitions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|As used in sections 3735.51 to 3735.57, inclusive, of the Revised Code:(A) "Housing project" means any work or undertaking of a housing authority pursuant to sections 3735.27 to 3735.50, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any similar work or undertaking of the federal government.(B) "State public body" means any township, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, other subdivision, or public body of this state.(C) "Governing body" means the council, board of commissioners, or other body having charge of the fiscal affairs of the state public body.(D) "Federal government" means the United States, the federal works administrator, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.
Ohio Rev Code § 3735.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority|Section 3735.52 | Powers of Public Bodies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it determines:(A) Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to a metropolitan housing authority or the federal government;(B) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects;(C) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, alleys, roadways, sidewalks, or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;(D) Plan or replan or zone or rezone any part of such state public body; make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances;(E) Enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, with an authority or the federal government respecting action to be taken by such state public body pursuant to any of the powers granted in sections 3735.51 to 3735.57, inclusive, of the Revised Code;(F) Do all things necessary or convenient to aid and co-operate in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of such housing projects;(G) Employ any funds belonging to, or within the control of, such state public body, including funds derived from the sale or furnishing of property, improvements, or facilities to an authority, in the purchase of the bonds or other obligations of an authority, and exercise all the rights of any holder of such bonds or other obligations;(H) With respect to any housing project which an authority has acquired from the federal government and which the authority by resolution has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation, and other protection, no state public body shall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to such construction;(I) In connection with any public improvements made by a state public body in exercising the powers granted in such sections, such state public body may incur the entire expense thereof. Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement, provided for in this section, may be made by a state public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.