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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.05 | Advancement of Funds for County Transit System.

Effective:
August 31, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 476 - 108th General Assembly
The county commissioners may advance funds from any available fund of the county for purchase or acquisition of a transit system, surveys, planning, and mass transportation studies. The amount advanced may be reimbursed from any funds of the county transit board including the proceeds of the sale of bonds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, or equipment of the county transit system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.051 | Use of Funds Expended for Social Services as Local Match to Obtain Funds for Transit System.

Effective:
July 3, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "social services" includes all of the following:
(1) Services for senior citizens;
(2) Services for persons with developmental disabilities;
(3) Services funded in whole or in part with federal funds provided for social services programs, including the community development block grant program established under Title I of the "Housing and Community Development Act of 1974," 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.;
(4) Other services that have the purpose of assisting the overall social well being of individuals, families, and communities.
(B) Subject to division (C) of this section and regardless of whether a county transit system is operated by a county transit board or board of county commissioners, funds that are appropriated by a board of county commissioners and expended for social services in the county served by the board may be used as the local match needed to obtain state or federal funds available for the county transit system.
(C) Funds raised by a county tax levy may be used as local matching funds under division (B) of this section only to the extent that such use of the funds is consistent with the purpose for which the tax was levied. Funds may be used as local matching funds under division (B) of this section only to the extent that such use of the funds does not jeopardize the state's or county's eligibility to receive federal funds for one or more purposes. Prior to the use of funds raised by a county tax levy being used for purposes of division (B) of this section, the county transit system shall enter into an agreement with the local government department, agency, board, or commission responsible for administering those funds. The agreement shall establish the terms and conditions of the use of the funds by the county transit system as local matching funds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.06 | Agreements to Provide Transportation Service.

Effective:
October 25, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly
The county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation, township, or other county, whereby the board undertakes to provide transportation service for the movement of persons within, from, or to that municipal corporation, township, or county, to make payments or transfer real estate or interests therein or a combination thereof, as therein provided, in consideration of the board providing those transportation services. Any moneys so paid to the board shall be received by it and used solely for the purposes specified in the agreement. Moneys so paid may include all or a part of the cost of permanent improvements to be used by the county transit system under the agreement and to that extent may include the proceeds of bonds issued in accordance with Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, by such municipal corporation, township, or county for the purpose of paying all or a part of the cost of those permanent improvements.
Any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district may convey or lease to or exchange with any county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system and any county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system may convey or lease to or exchange with any state, municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district without competitive bidding and on mutually agreeable terms any personal property, real estate, or interests therein.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.07 | Exempting Revenue and Income From Taxation.

Effective:
August 31, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 476 - 108th General Assembly
The operations, revenues, and property of the county transit system and all obligations secured by the real estate or interests therein or revenues of the system, or the income derived therefrom, are exempt from the levy of any excise or other tax by the county or any political subdivision of the state, unless and to the extent such exemption is prohibited by the constitution or other laws of this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.10 | Issuing Refunding Bonds.

Effective:
October 25, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly
The county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system may issue refunding bonds of the county to refund any bonds previously issued under division (B) of section 306.09 of the Revised Code for any of the following purposes:
(A) Refunding bonds which have matured or are about to mature when the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which have matured or are about to mature or to make payments to other funds required by the bond proceedings;
(B) Refunding any bonds as an incidence to providing funds for reconstructing, enlarging, improving and equipping the county transit system;
(C) Refunding all of the outstanding bonds of any issue both matured and unmatured when the rates, revenues, or other income, charges, or moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which have matured or are about to mature or to make payments to other funds required by the bond proceedings, if such outstanding bonds can be retired by call, at maturity, or with the consent of the holders thereof, whether from the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or by exchange for the refunding bonds, provided that the principal amount of the refunding bonds shall not exceed the aggregate of the par value of the bonds to be retired, any redemption premium, past-due and future interest to the date of maturity or proposed redemption that cannot otherwise be paid, and funds, if any, to reconstruct, enlarge, improve, and equip, or any combination thereof, the county transit system;
(D) Refunding any bonds of any issue previously issued and outstanding when the refunding bonds will bear interest at a lower rate than the bonds to be refunded or when the interest cost of the refunding bonds computed to the absolute maturity will be less than the interest of the bonds to be refunded.
Except as provided in this section the terms of the issuance and sale of refunding bonds shall be as provided in sections 306.01 to 306.11 of the Revised Code, for an original issue of bonds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.11 | Control Over County Transit System's Revenue and Funds.

Effective:
October 25, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly
In counties that have a county transit board, that transit board shall have exclusive control over the county transit system's budgets, appropriations, collections, custody, and application of its revenues or other funds received by it and shall have jurisdiction of all purchases and contracts entered into in connection with the county transit system pursuant to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. In those counties, the officers and employees of the county transit system shall be under the sole control of the county transit board and are not subject to supervision of other county officers.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.12 | Acquiring Publicly or Privately Owned Transit System - Employee Rights.

Effective:
October 25, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly
Any board of county commissioners operating a transit system or any county transit board shall, if it acquires any existing transit system, assume all the employer's obligations under any existing labor contract between the employees and management of the system. The board shall, if it acquires, constructs, controls, or operates any such facilities, negotiate arrangements to protect the interests of employees affected by such acquisition, construction, control, or operation. Such arrangements shall include, but are not limited to:
(A) The preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits under existing collective bargaining agreements or otherwise, the preservation of rights and benefits under any existing pension plans covering prior service, and continued participation in social security, in addition to participation in the public employees retirement system as required in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code;
(B) The continuation of collective bargaining rights;
(C) The protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment;
(D) Assurances of employment to employees of such transit systems and priority of re-employment of employees terminated or laid off;
(E) Paid training or retraining programs;
(F) Signed written labor agreements.
Such arrangements may include provisions for the submission of labor disputes to final and binding arbitration.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.13 | Exempting Real and Personal Property From Taxation.

Effective:
October 25, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly
A board of county commissioners operating a transit system or a county transit board created under sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to the board, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to the board while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing tenancy for longer than one year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.14 | Report on Franchise Agreements.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
(A) If a board of county commissioners awards a franchise to a franchisee on behalf of a county transit board, the county transit board shall submit an annual written report to the board of county commissioners not later than a date designated by the board of county commissioners and in a form prescribed by that board. The board of county commissioners shall make the report available on the general web site of the county. The county transit board shall include in the report a description in detail of the effects the franchise agreement had during the prior year on all of the following as they relate to the operation of a public transit system by the franchisee in that county:
(1) Cost savings to the county;
(2) Efficiency;
(3) Safety and security of the traveling public and franchise employees;
(4) Service to the traveling public;
(5) Return on investment by the county;
(6) Any other aspects the board of county commissioners determines should be included in the report.
(B) A franchisee that is awarded a franchise by a board of county commissioners on behalf of a county transit board shall submit an annual written report to the board of county commissioners or county transit board not later than a date designated by the board of county commissioners and in a form prescribed by that board. The board of county commissioners also shall direct the franchisee to submit the report to the board of county commissioners, the county transit board, or both. The board of county commissioners shall establish the issues to be addressed in the report with respect to the public transit system that the franchisee operated during the prior year. The board of county commissioners shall make the report available on the general web site of the county.
(C) A board of county commissioners that awards a franchise to a franchisee on behalf of a county transit board shall conduct an annual review of the performance of the franchisee. The board of county commissioners shall include in the review a determination of the number of performance targets the franchisee met during the prior year and an evaluation of the franchisee's compliance with the other terms and conditions of the franchise, including any breaches of the franchise by the franchisee. The board shall issue a written report, and shall make the report available on the general web site of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.30 | Regional Transit Authority Definitions.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
As used in sections 306.30 to 306.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "transit facility" means any:
(A) Street railway, motor bus, tramline, subway, monorail, rapid transit, aeroplane, helicopter, ferry, or other ground or water transportation system having as its primary purpose the regularly scheduled mass movement of passengers between locations within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit authority, including all right-of-way, power lines, rolling stock, equipment, machinery, terminals, buildings, administration and maintenance and repair facilities, and supporting parking facilities, and franchise rights attendant thereto, but excluding therefrom trucks and facilities designed for use in the movement of property by truck;
(B) Docks, wharves, warehouses, piers, and other port, terminal, or transportation facilities and marinas;
(C) Facilities used, available for use, or designed for use to aid in the safe taking off or landing of aircraft, for the safety, storage, and maintenance of aircraft, for the comfort and accommodation of users of air transportation, including persons, property, and mail, or for the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of an airport; and buildings and facilities as are reasonably necessary for the comfort and accommodation of the users of transit facilities; or
(D) Any combination of the foregoing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.301 | Resolution Designating Part of Township Member of Regional Transit Authority.

Effective:
January 3, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 729 - 115th General Assembly
(A) As used in sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, "township" means either of the following:
(1) An entire township;
(2) Township territory that is designated as a township under division (B) of this section for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority.
(B) A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution designating as a township, for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority, territory consisting of contiguous whole election precincts that make up less than the entire unincorporated area of the township, provided that none of the territory is already part of a regional transit authority. The resolution shall specify the precinct numbers of the precincts that make up the territory. Upon adopting such a resolution, the board of township trustees shall take appropriate action under section 306.32 or 306.321 of the Revised Code to enable the territory consisting of those precincts to become part of a contiguous regional transit authority.
(C) The right to initiate proceedings to join a regional transit authority in accordance with this section shall terminate after June 30, 1986, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any portion of a township that has acted under this section prior to that date of the power to take any action necessary to continue in the regional transit authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.31 | Creating Regional Transit Authority.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
A regional transit authority may be created in the manner provided in section 306.32 of the Revised Code, for any one or more of the following purposes: acquiring, constructing, operating, maintaining, replacing, improving, and extending transit facilities; controlling and administering the public utilities franchise of such transit facilities; entering into and supervising franchise agreements; accepting assignment of and then supervising an existing franchise agreement; and accepting assignment of and exercising a right to purchase a transit system in accordance with the acquisition terms of an existing franchise agreement. A regional transit authority so created is a political subdivision of the state and a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation, comprised of the territory of one, or two or more counties, municipal corporations, townships, or any combination thereof, provided, that each county, municipal corporation, or township included within a regional transit authority shall be a county which is, or be located in a county which is or is contiguous to a county which is, or in which a municipal corporation or township is located which is, included in such regional transit authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.33 | Appointment of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
June 29, 1974
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 544 - 110th General Assembly
Within sixty days after a regional transit authority has been created under section 306.32 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees for such regional transit authority shall be appointed as provided in this section.
Members of a board of trustees of an authority created by the exclusive action of a county shall be appointed by the county commissioners of such county. A board of trustees of an authority created by two or more political subdivisions shall consist of such number of members, who shall have such qualifications and who shall be appointed by such public officers as shall be provided in the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority or any amendments thereto. If the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority, or any amendments thereto, so provide, then the governor shall appoint such members of the board of a regional transit authority as provided in such resolutions and ordinances. The appointing authority may at any time remove a trustee for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office.
The trustees of any authority first appointed shall serve staggered terms. Thereafter each successor shall serve terms of three years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to only the unexpired term. Any appointed trustee is eligible for reappointment.
A majority of the board of trustees constitute a quorum, the affirmative vote of which is necessary for any action taken by the authority. No vacancy in the board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all the duties of the authority.
Each member of the board of trustees, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of his office, and that he will not be personally interested directly or indirectly in any contract let by the regional transit authority.
After each member of the board has taken the oath as prescribed by this section the board shall meet and organize by electing one of its members as president and another as vice-president, who shall hold their respective offices until the next annual meeting of the board as provided in its bylaws. At each annual meeting thereafter the board shall elect from its membership a president and a vice-president who shall serve for a term of one year.
The board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary-treasurer, who shall be the fiscal officer and shall not be a member of the board and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each member of the board of trustees is entitled to receive from the regional transit authority reimbursement for his reasonable expenses in the performance of his duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.34 | Power and Authority of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
November 1, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly
All the power and authority granted to a regional transit authority shall be vested in and exercised by its board of trustees which shall manage and conduct its affairs. The board shall, within the limitations of sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by its rules and regulations provide the procedure for its actions, the manner of selection of its president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, and other officers and employees, their titles, terms of office, compensation, duties, number, and qualifications, and any other lawful subject necessary to the operation of the regional transit authority and the exercise of the powers granted to it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.351 | Purchase and Operation of Flexible Joint Bus.

Effective:
September 16, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 125th General Assembly
A regional transit authority may purchase an articulated bus only if the regional transit authority establishes and follows a preference system for buses that are manufactured or assembled within this state, or, if none, within the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.352 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) In the exercise of its authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, a regional transit authority shall not employ a person as a regional transit authority police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.
(2)(a) The transit authority shall terminate the employment of a person as a regional transit authority police officer if the person does either of the following:
(i) Pleads guilty to a felony;
(ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the police officer agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to that police officer under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(b) The transit authority shall suspend from employment a person designated as a regional transit authority police officer if that person is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the police officer files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the police officer does not file a timely appeal, the transit authority shall terminate the employment of that police officer. If the police officer files an appeal that results in the police officer's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against the police officer, the transit authority shall reinstate that police officer. A police officer who is reinstated under division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that officer's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the police officer of the felony.
(3) Division (B) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.
(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of a regional transit authority police officer under division (B)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.354 | Scope of Activities for Certain Regional Transit Authorities.

Effective:
August 31, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 338 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "metropolitan planning organization" has the same meaning as in section 5552.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) This section applies to a regional transit authority the territory of which includes a county having a population of more than one million three hundred thousand.
(C) A regional transit authority to which this section applies may do any of the following:
(1) In addition to the purposes specified in division (J) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, conduct the activities authorized in that division in furtherance of transit-oriented development activities that enhance, foster, aid, provide, or promote transportation, economic development, housing, recreation, education, governmental operations, culture, or research within the jurisdiction of the regional transit authority;
(2) Use the proceeds of a tax levied under section 5739.023 of the Revised Code for the general construction or maintenance of roads, bridges, greenways, pathways, bikeways, or pedestrian underpasses or overpasses related to the provision of service by the regional transit authority that do not otherwise constitute a transit facility;
(3) Use the proceeds of a tax levied under section 5739.023 of the Revised Code or any other revenue of the regional transit authority for either or both of the following:
(a) Demand responsive transportation or subscription services, right of way improvements, utilities, and communication infrastructure that do not otherwise constitute a transit facility;
(b) Improvements or facilities that do not otherwise constitute a transit facility and for which the regional transit authority has received financing or aid under any federal or state program.
(D) Prior to funding projects described in division (C)(2) of this section, a regional transit authority shall enter into agreements with the applicable counties, municipal corporations, and townships located within the regional transit authority's territorial boundaries to fund such projects.
(1) The regional transit authority shall submit each agreement for approval to the governing board of the applicable designated metropolitan planning organization.
(2) The metropolitan planning organization shall, on at least an annual basis, review and approve or deny any agreement submitted to it by an affirmative vote of its governing board and shall notify the regional transit authority of the approval or denial.
(3) The regional transit authority shall expend funds only as authorized in an approved agreement.
Last updated June 17, 2022 at 4:23 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.37 | Issuing Revenue Bonds.

Effective:
August 31, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 338 - 134th General Assembly
A regional transit authority which proposes to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or proposes to construct, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, maintain, or operate any transit facility, and desires to raise money for any one or more of such purposes or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds of the regional transit authority or pay any obligation assumed by it or of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds or notes of any political subdivision issued to acquire, construct, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, or maintain any transit facility acquired by the regional transit authority or repay any advances or loans made to the regional transit authority by any person or political subdivision, may issue revenue bonds therefor which bonds shall not be secured by the general credit of the regional transit authority or by the general credit of the state or any political subdivision.
Such revenue bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments and shall be secured only by a pledge of and a lien on the revenues of the regional transit authority derived from rentals, fees, rates, charges, the authority's allocation of a tax levied under section 5739.026 of the Revised Code, all or any portion of a tax levied under section 5739.023 of the Revised Code by the authority, or other revenues from any transit facility of the regional transit authority as are designated in said resolution, including but not limited to the transit facility to be acquired, constructed, replaced, improved, extended, enlarged, or maintained with the proceeds of said bond issue, after provision only for the reasonable cost of operating and maintaining the transit facility of the regional transit authority so designated.
Said bonds shall further be secured by the covenant of the regional transit authority to maintain such rentals, fees, rates, charges, or other revenues as will produce revenues sufficient to meet costs of operating and maintaining such transit facility, to meet the interest, principal, and other requirements of such bonds, and to establish and maintain reserves for the foregoing purposes, and may be secured by a mortgage on any real property or interests therein acquired from the proceeds of such revenue bonds. The authority may not repeal, rescind, or reduce any portion of a sales tax levied under section 5739.023 of the Revised Code pledged to the payment of debt charges on such bonds while such bonds remain outstanding, and no portion of the tax pledged to the payment of debt charges on such bonds is subject to repeal or reduction by the electors of the authority or by the authority while such bonds are outstanding.
Last updated June 6, 2022 at 2:29 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.38 | Trust Agreement May Secure Revenue Bonds.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
At the discretion of the board of trustees of a regional transit authority, the revenue bonds of the regional transit authority may be secured by a trust agreement between the board of trustees on behalf of the regional transit authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company, within or without the state.
Such trust agreement may provide for the pledge or assignment of the revenues to be received, shall not pledge the general credit of the regional transit authority, but may include a mortgage on any real property or interests therein acquired from the proceeds of such revenue bonds. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds may set forth the rights and remedies of the bond holders and trustees, including, in the event of a default, appointment of a receiver to administer and operate transit facilities, and may contain such other provisions for protecting and enforcing their rights and remedies as are, in the discretion of the board of trustees, reasonable and proper. Such agreement or resolution may provide for the custody, investment, and disbursement of all moneys derived from the sale of such bonds or from the revenues of the regional transit authority pledged to pay the interest and principal on such bonds and may provide for the deposit of such funds without regard to section 306.42 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.39 | Interest and Maturity of Revenue Bonds.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
Revenue bonds issued by a regional transit authority shall bear interest at the rate or rates approved by the board of trustees, shall mature within forty years following the date of issuance, and in such amount, at such times, and in such number of installments as may be provided in the resolution authorizing their issuance. Such resolution shall also provide for the execution and sealing of the bonds and the use of facsimile signatures and facsimile of the seal, the manner of sale of the bonds, and such other terms and conditions relative to the issuance, sale, and retirement of said bonds as the board of trustees in their discretion believe reasonable and proper.
If such bonds are callable, bonds called may be refunded. If revenues prove insufficient to pay maturing bonds, bonds which have matured or are about to mature may be refunded.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.41 | Income and Profit From Bonds Exempt From Taxation.

Effective:
November 1, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly
Bonds issued under sections 306.37 to 306.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Last updated August 26, 2022 at 11:07 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.42 | Secretary-Treasurer of Regional Transit Authority Duties.

Effective:
June 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) The secretary-treasurer of the regional transit authority shall be the fiscal officer of the regional transit authority and the custodian of its funds and records and shall assist the board of directors in such particulars as it directs in the performance of its duties.
(B) Before receiving any moneys, the secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in such amount as is determined by the board of trustees of the regional transit authority with surety satisfactory to it. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, all funds coming into the hands of the secretary-treasurer shall be deposited by the secretary-treasurer to the account of the regional transit authority in one or more such depositories as are qualified to receive deposits of county funds, which deposits shall be secured in the same manner as county funds are required to be secured. No disbursements shall be made from such funds except in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees of the regional transit authority.
(C) Funds received by the secretary-treasurer pursuant to an agreement under division (AA) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code shall be deposited to an account of the regional transit authority as designated in the agreement and shall be invested as provided in the agreement. Such funds are not subject to Chapter 135. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.44 | Contracts With Other Governmental Entities.

Effective:
November 1, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a regional transit authority may enter into such contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with the state government of this or other states, with counties, municipalities, townships, or other governmental agencies created by or under the authority of the laws of the state or other states, with persons, with public corporations and private corporations as may be necessary or convenient for the making of surveys, investigations, or reports thereon, and for the exercise of the powers granted by sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.45 | Officers and Employees Are Eligible for Public Employees Retirement System.

Effective:
September 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly
All officers and employees of a regional transit authority shall be considered as public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and a regional transit authority, its officers, and employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.46 | Counties and Municipalities - Powers Not Limited.

Effective:
November 1, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly
Nothing in sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall limit the exercise of the power or authority granted to counties or municipal corporations by sections 307.20, 717.01, and 719.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.47 | Appropriation for County Funds for Expenses.

Effective:
June 24, 1975
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 300 - 111th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of any county included within a regional transit authority may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the regional transit authority to be paid by such county as provided in the resolution creating or enlarging the regional transit authority adopted under section 306.32 or 306.321 of the Revised Code, or by any amendment thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.48 | Group Insurance for Officers and Employees.

Effective:
June 4, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 67 - 122nd General Assembly
A regional transit authority may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or sickness and accident insurance or a combination of any of the foregoing for the officers and employees of the regional transit authority and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.50 | Report on Local Spending on Airports.

Effective:
June 30, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
On or before the thirty-first day of August of each year, all counties and all regional transit authorities shall provide a report to the director of transportation and the tax commissioner that specifies the total amount of local spending during the previous state fiscal year for capital costs, operating costs, and any costs for activities related to each of the following:
(A) Local airports;
(B) Local airport systems;
(C) Any other local facility that is directly and substantially related to the air transportation of passengers or property and is owned or operated by any person or entity that owns or operates an airport.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.51 | Conveyance, Lease, or Exchange of Personal or Real Property.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any regional transit authority or any such authority may convey or lease to, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, without competitive bidding and at mutually agreeable terms, any personal or real property, or any interest therein, to be used by the recipient for its purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.52 | Real and Personal Property Exempt From Taxation.

Effective:
June 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A regional transit authority created under sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to any such authority, which is used exclusively for any public purpose. However, except as provided in division (B) of this section, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to any authority while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing for tenancy for longer than one year.
(B) The property tax exemption under this section applies to a transit facility that is the subject of an agreement under division (AA) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, so long as the transit facility is used by the regional transit authority exclusively for a public purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.53 | Cooperation With Other Governmental Agencies.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
A regional transit authority may cooperate with other governmental agencies of this state, or of the United States, to carry out the purposes set forth in section 306.31 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.54 | Dissolution or Modification in Membership.

Effective:
March 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1114 - 109th General Assembly
Subject to making due provisions for the payment and performance of its obligations, the resolution or ordinance creating the regional transit authority may provide for its dissolution or modification in membership under circumstances described therein, or a regional transit authority may be dissolved or its membership modified by its board of trustees with the consent of the subdivision or subdivisions creating such regional transit authority. In the event of dissolution the properties of the regional transit authority shall be transferred to the subdivision creating it, or if created by more than one subdivision, to the subdivisions creating it in such manner as may be agreed upon by such subdivisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.551 | Contract for Transit Services After Withdrawal.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
Any municipal corporation or township that withdraws from a regional transit authority under section 306.55 of the Revised Code may enter into a contract with a regional transit authority or other provider of transit services to provide transportation service for persons who are elderly or who have disabilities and for any other service the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or township may determine to be appropriate.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 10:58 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.71 | Election on Question of Decrease in Tax Rate.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
The question of the decrease of the rate of a tax approved for a continuing period of time by the voters of a county or regional transit authority pursuant to sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code may be initiated by the filing of a petition with the board of elections of the county, or in the case of a regional transit authority with the board of elections as determined pursuant to section 3505.071 of the Revised Code, prior to the ninetieth day before the general election in any year requesting that an election be held on such question. Such petition shall state the amount of the proposed decrease in the rate of the tax and shall be signed by at least ten per cent of the number of qualified electors residing in such county, or in the territory of the regional transit authority, who voted at the last general election.
After determination by it that such petition is valid, the board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of the county or regional transit authority at the succeeding general election. The election shall be conducted, notice thereof shall be given, and the results thereof shall be certified in the manner provided in section 306.70 of the Revised Code. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on such question approve the proposed decrease in rate, such decrease in rate shall become effective on the first day of the second January after such election.
In any case where bonds, or notes in anticipation of bonds, of a regional transit authority have been issued under section 306.40 of the Revised Code without a vote of the electors while the tax proposed to be reduced was in effect, the board of trustees of the regional transit authority shall continue to levy and collect under authority of the original election authorizing the tax a rate of tax in each year which the authority reasonably estimates will produce an amount in that year equal to the amount of principal of and interest on such bonds as is payable in that year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.73 | Notice of Change in Transit System's Territorial Boundaries.

Effective:
July 1, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 143 - 124th General Assembly
The county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system, or the board of trustees of a regional transit authority, shall notify the tax commissioner immediately of any changes in the transit system's territorial boundaries if the board levies a tax under sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code.