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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.34 | Exemption From Taxation - Audit.

Effective:
June 6, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 325 - 116th General Assembly
All property, both real and personal, acquired or owned by a metropolitan housing authority and used for the purposes of exercising the powers set forth in sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, shall be public property used exclusively for a public purpose within the meaning of Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, and shall be exempt from all taxation. All accounting and other transactions of the authority shall be subject to audit by the auditor of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.35 | Payments to County Treasurer.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
With respect to property, both real and personal, owned or acquired by a metropolitan housing authority for the purpose of exercising the powers set forth in sections 3735.27 to 3735.50, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such authority shall make annual payments to the county treasurer for distribution in the maximum amounts consistent with obtaining federal assistance under the "United States Housing Act of 1937" as now or hereafter amended, and general regulations or orders issued thereunder, provided no such annual payments shall be in an amount which would reduce the local contributions in the form of tax exemption to an amount below that required to enable such authority to receive the annual contributions contracted to be paid by the federal government in connection with such project, nor shall any such payment exceed the taxes which would be payable on the project if it were not tax exempt. Such payments shall be made to and shall be received by the treasurer on the certification of the county auditor to be credited to a fund to be designated as the "undevided public housing fund" and shall be distributed to the taxing subdivisions levying taxes in the subdivision in which the property is located, in the same proportions in which the current general property tax is distributed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.36 | Plans and Specifications - Advertisement for Bids - Award of Contract.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
When a metropolitan housing authority has acquired the property necessary for any project, it shall proceed to make plans and specifications for carrying out such project, and shall advertise for bids for all work that it desires to have done by contract, such advertisements to be published as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision in which the project is to be developed. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.53 | Contracts of Public Bodies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In connection with any housing project located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may contract with a metropolitan housing authority or the federal government with respect to the sum which the authority or the federal government may agree to pay, during any year or period of years, to the state public body for the improvements, services, and facilities to be furnished by it for the benefit of said housing project, but in no event shall the amount of such payments exceed the estimated cost to the state public body of the improvements, services, or facilities to be furnished. The absence of a contract for such payments shall in no way relieve any state public body from the duty to furnish, for the benefit of said project, all such services and facilities as such state public body usually furnishes without a service fee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.54 | Loan or Donation of Money.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any municipal corporation or county, located in whole or in part within the territorial limits of a metropolitan housing authority, may lend or donate money to the authority or agree to take such action. The authority, when it has money available therefor, shall make reimbursements for all such loans made to it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.55 | Resolution Granting Powers to Public Bodies - Effective Immediately.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The exercise by a state public body of the powers granted in sections 3735.51 to 3735.57, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be authorized by ordinance or resolution of the governing body of such state public body, adopted in accordance with the charter of such public body or in the absence of a charter provision by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of said governing body, which resolution may be adopted at the meeting at which such resolution is introduced. Such a resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be laid over, published, or posted.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.56 | Bodies Corporate and Politic.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Metropolitan housing authorities are hereby constituted bodies corporate and politic with all the powers, rights, and duties set forth in sections 3735.27 to 3735.50, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.57 | Investment of Funds in Authority - Public or Private Funds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All funds, public or private, trust or otherwise, may be invested in any bonds or other obligations of a metropolitan housing authority, and such bonds or other obligations may be accepted as satisfactory security for all public deposits. This section authorizes the investment in bonds or other obligations of an authority of all sinking, insurance, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, whether owned or controlled by private or public persons or officers, and funds owned by, or held on deposit in, any banking institution or building and loan association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.58 | Contracts for Sale of Land Not Needed by Certain Departments.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The director of mental health and addiction services, the director of developmental disabilities, or the director of rehabilitation and correction may enter into contracts for the sale of land not needed by their departments and under their jurisdiction or supervision to metropolitan housing authorities for use by such an authority for a housing project or projects. Such contract may contain such conditions and terms as are, in the discretion of the directors, in the best interests of the state and the welfare of the residents of the state.
(B) The director may, upon receipt of a request from a metropolitan housing authority, request the approval of the governor to sell and convey land not needed by the director's department and under the director's jurisdiction or supervision to an authority, subject to such terms and conditions consistent with the public interest and welfare of the residents of the state as the director considers necessary. The governor, with the approval of the controlling board, may approve the request. Such property shall be appraised at its fair market value before it is conveyed. The director of administrative services shall cause it to be appraised by three disinterested persons and shall determine the fee which each appraiser shall receive, not to exceed fifty dollars. All appraisal fees shall be paid by the authority which shall deposit with the director one hundred fifty dollars before the appraisal is made. If the deposit exceeds the appraisal fee, the balance shall be returned to the authority. The appraisal value, when approved by the director, is the purchase price. If the purchase price is not paid within ninety days after notice to the authority of the approved appraisal value, the director shall withdraw approval of the appraisal value and no deed shall be delivered to the authority without the written approval of the director of the purchase price. If the purchase price is paid within ninety days, a deed shall be prepared and recorded pursuant to section 5301.13 of the Revised Code.
(C) Moneys received from sales of land to a metropolitan housing authority shall be placed in the state treasury in special funds, to be used for such purposes of the department of mental health and addiction services, the department of developmental disabilities, or the department of rehabilitation and correction as is appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.59 | Contracts for Furnishing Services to Tenants.

Effective:
March 10, 1964
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 969 - 105th General Assembly
A metropolitan housing authority may contract with persons, associations, or corporations, or with the state, a state department or agency, or a state public body as defined in section 3735.51 of the Revised Code for furnishing to the authority food services, health clinics, medical services, or other services for tenants of the authority who are not able to provide for themselves.
The director of any state department may enter into agreements with a metropolitan housing authority for furnishing such services to the authority for tenants described in division (F) of section 3735.40 of the Revised Code pursuant to terms agreed upon between the director and the authority and for such compensation as will reimburse the department for the services rendered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.62 | Veterans Housing Corporations.

Effective:
March 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 118 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Any five or more veterans, all of whom are citizens of the United States and residents of this state, may form a corporation not for profit under sections 1702.01 to 1702.58 of the Revised Code, relating to corporations not for profit, for the purpose of purchasing real property and constructing thereon residences for sale to members of such corporation without any profit to the corporation, borrowing money for such purpose, and mortgaging or pledging any assets of the corporation as security therefor, and doing such other things as are appropriate in order to carry out such purpose. The business of such corporation shall be carried on only within such municipal corporation or other political subdivision of this state as is specified in the articles of incorporation. Except as specified in this section, such corporation shall be governed by such sections.
(B) As used in this section:
(1) "Veteran" means either of the following:
(a) Any person who has served in any branch of the armed forces of the United States in or during any war in which this country has been or is engaged;
(b) Any person who has 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 the 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.65 | Community Reinvestment Area Definitions.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 33 - 134th General Assembly
As used in sections 3735.65 to 3735.70 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Housing officer" means an officer or agency of a political subdivision designated by the legislative authority of the political subdivision, pursuant to section 3735.66 of the Revised Code, for each community reinvestment area to administer sections 3735.65 to 3735.69 of the Revised Code. One officer or agency may be designated as the housing officer for more than one community reinvestment area.
(B) "Community reinvestment area" means an area for which the legislative authority of a political subdivision has adopted a resolution under section 3735.66 of the Revised Code describing the boundaries of the area and containing a statement of finding that the area included in the description is one in which housing facilities or structures of historical significance are located and new housing construction and repair of existing facilities or structures are discouraged.
(C) "Remodeling" means any change made in a structure for the purpose of making it structurally more sound, more habitable, or for the purpose of improving its appearance.
(D) "Structure of historical or architectural significance" means those designated as such by resolution of the legislative authority of a political subdivision based on age, rarity, architectural quality, or because of a previous designation by a historical society, association, or agency.
(E) "Megaproject," "megaproject operator," and "megaproject supplier" have the same meanings as in section 122.17 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Political subdivision" means a county, a municipal corporation, or a limited home rule township.
(G) "Legislative authority" means a board of county commissioners of a county, a legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or a board of trustees of a limited home rule township.
(H) "Limited home rule township" means a township that has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:24 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.673 | Notice to Legislative Authority.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 33 - 134th General Assembly
If a person operating in a political subdivision intends to relocate or relocates part or all of its operations to another political subdivision and has entered into or intends to enter into an agreement under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code with that political subdivision, the legislative authority of the political subdivision to which that person intends to relocate or relocates shall serve the legislative authority of the subdivision from which that person intends to relocate or relocates with notice of the person's intention to relocate, accompanied by a copy of the agreement to be entered into or entered into pursuant to section 3735.671 of the Revised Code and a statement of the person's reasons for relocation. The legislative authority also shall serve such notice on the director of development. In both cases, service shall be by personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested, not later than thirty days prior to the day of the first public meeting at which the agreement is deliberated by the legislative authority of the political subdivision to which the person intends to relocate or relocates. With the approval of the director of development, service shall be not later than fifteen days prior to the day of the first public meeting of the legislative authority at which the agreement is deliberated. The legislative authority required to serve notice shall seek such approval by applying to the director at the earliest possible time prior to that meeting. The director may approve the later service if the director determines that earlier notice is not possible or would be likely to jeopardize realization of the project. If approval for a later notice is applied for, the legislative authority need not serve notice to the director as otherwise required by this section.
If the legislative authority required to serve such notice fails to do so as prescribed by this section, the legislative authority shall not enter into an agreement under that section with that person.
This section applies only to relocations of operations that result or would result in the reduction of employment or the cessation of operations at a place of business in this state.
Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:27 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.68 | Revoking Tax Exemption.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 33 - 134th General Assembly
The housing officer shall make annual inspections of the properties within the community reinvestment area upon which are located structures or remodeling for which an exemption has been granted under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code. If the housing officer finds that the property has not been properly maintained or repaired due to the neglect of the owner, the housing officer may revoke the exemption at any time after the first year of exemption. If the owner of commercial or industrial property exempted from taxation under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code has materially failed to fulfill its obligations under the written agreement entered into under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code, or if the owner is determined to have violated division (C) of that section, the legislative authority, subject to the terms of the agreement, may revoke the exemption at any time after the first year of exemption. The housing officer or legislative authority shall notify the county auditor and the owner of the property that the tax exemption no longer applies. If the housing officer or legislative authority revokes a tax exemption, the housing officer shall send a report of the revocation to the community reinvestment area housing council and to the tax incentive review council established pursuant to section 3735.69 or 5709.85 of the Revised Code, containing a statement of the findings as to the maintenance and repair of the property, failure to fulfill obligations under the written agreement, or violation of division (C) of section 3735.671 of the Revised Code, and the reason for revoking the exemption.
If the agreement entered into under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code so provides, the legislative authority of a political subdivision may require the owner of property whose exemption has been revoked to reimburse the taxing authorities within whose taxing jurisdiction the exempted property is located for the amount of real property taxes that would have been payable to those authorities had the property not been exempted from taxation.
Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:28 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.69 | Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 33 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A community reinvestment area housing council shall be appointed for each community reinvestment area, as follows:
(1) When the area is designated by a municipal corporation, the council shall be composed of two members appointed by the mayor of the municipal corporation, two members appointed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, and one member appointed by the planning commission of the municipal corporation. The majority of the foregoing members shall then appoint two additional members who shall be residents of the municipal corporation.
(2) When the area is designated by a limited home rule township, the council shall be composed of two members appointed by the board of trustees of the township, one member appointed by the township law director, one member appointed by the township zoning commission or, if the township has not established such a commission, the county planning commission, and one member appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county where the area is located.
(3) When the area is designated by a county, the council shall be composed of one member appointed by each member of the board of county commissioners of the county where the area is located and two members appointed by the county planning commission. The majority of the foregoing members shall then appoint two additional members who shall be residents of the county. Terms of the members of the council shall be for three years.
An unexpired term resulting from a vacancy in the council shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment was made.
The council shall make an annual inspection of the properties within the community reinvestment area for which an exemption has been granted under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code. The council shall also hear appeals under section 3735.70 of the Revised Code.
(B) On or before the thirty-first day of March each year, any political subdivision that has created a community reinvestment area under section 3735.66 of the Revised Code shall submit to the director of development a status report summarizing the activities and projects for which an exemption has been granted in that area.
Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:29 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3735 | Metropolitan Housing Authority › Section 3735.70 | Appeals.

Effective:
November 18, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 251 - 112th General Assembly
Any person aggrieved under sections 3735.65 to 3735.69 of the Revised Code may appeal to the community reinvestment area housing council, which shall have the authority to overrule any decision of a housing officer. Appeals may be taken from a decision of the council to the court of common pleas of the county where the area is located.