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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3376 | Collegiate Student Athletes › Section 3376.03 | Athletic Authority Prohibitions Regarding Use of Name, Image, or Likeness.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
An athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics, including the national collegiate athletic association or its successor organization, shall not do either of the following:
(A) Prevent a student of a state institution of higher education or private college from fully participating in intercollegiate athletics because the student earns compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness;
(B) Prevent a state institution of higher education or private college from fully participating in intercollegiate athletics because a student of that institution or college participating in intercollegiate athletics does either of the following:
(1) Uses the student's name, image, or likeness;
(2) Obtains professional representation in relation to contracts or legal matters regarding opportunities to earn compensation for use of the student's name, image, or likeness.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 5:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3376 | Collegiate Student Athletes › Section 3376.04 | Additional Prohibitions Regarding Use of Name, Image, or Likeness.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
No state institution of higher education, private college, athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics shall do any of the following:
(A) Provide a prospective student who intends to participate in intercollegiate athletics with compensation in relation to the prospective student's name, image, or likeness;
(B) Prevent a student who resides in this state and participates in intercollegiate athletics from obtaining professional representation in relation to contracts or legal matters regarding opportunities to be compensated for use of the student's name, image, or likeness;
(C) Interfere with or prevent a student from fully participating in intercollegiate athletics because the student obtains professional representation in relation to contracts or legal matters regarding opportunities to earn compensation for use of the student's name, image, or likeness.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 5:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3376 | Collegiate Student Athletes › Section 3376.05 | Scholarships.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
A scholarship from a state institution of higher education or private college at which a student is enrolled is not compensation for use of the student's name, image, or likeness for purposes of this chapter. No state institution of higher education or private college shall revoke or reduce a scholarship as a result of a student earning compensation for use of the student's name, image, or likeness if the student earns that compensation in accordance with this chapter.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 5:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3376 | Collegiate Student Athletes › Section 3376.06 | Student Athlete Contract Limitations; Contract Disclosure and Review.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Official team activities" means all games, practices, exhibitions, scrimmages, team appearances, team photograph sessions, sports camps sponsored by the institution or college, and other team-organized activities, regardless of whether the activity takes place on or off campus, including individual photograph sessions and news media interviews.
(2) "Student" means an individual enrolled at a state institution of higher education or private college who participates in intercollegiate athletics.
(B) A state institution of higher education's or private college's contract with a student shall not prevent the student from using the student's name, image, or likeness for a commercial purpose when the student is not engaged in official team activities.
(C) A student shall not enter into a contract providing compensation to the student for use of the student's name, image, or likeness that requires the student to display a sponsor's product, or otherwise advertise for a sponsor, during official team activities or any other time if that requirement is in conflict with a provision of a contract to which a state institution of higher education or private college is a party.
(D)(1) A student who intends to enter into a verbal or written contract providing compensation to the student for use of the student's name, image, or likeness shall disclose the proposed contract to an official of the state institution of higher education or private college for review by the institution or college. The institution or college shall designate an official to whom the student is to disclose the proposed contract.
(2) If a state institution of higher education or private college identifies a conflict between the proposed verbal or written contract described in division (D)(1) of this section and any existing provisions of a contract to which the institution or college is a party, the institution or college shall communicate to the student the relevant contract provision that is in conflict. The student shall not enter into the proposed contract, but the student may negotiate a revision to the proposed contract to avoid the conflict. The revised proposed contract is subject to review by the institution or college to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(E) A state institution of higher education or private college may establish reasonable policies or standards to address a student's failure to provide the disclosure required under division (D)(1) of this section or any other failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 5:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3376 | Collegiate Student Athletes › Section 3376.07 | Certain Contracts May Be Prohibited.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
A state institution of higher education, private college, athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics may prohibit a student who participates in intercollegiate athletics from entering into a contract providing compensation to the student for use of the student's name, image, or likeness if under the contract the student's name, image, or likeness is associated with any of the following:
(A) Any company that manufactures, markets, or sells, or brand that is associated with, a controlled substance, marihuana product, medical marijuana product, alcoholic product, tobacco product, electronic smoking device, vapor product, or product or device that consists of or contains nicotine that can be ingested into the body;
(B) Any medical marijuana cultivator, processor, laboratory, or retail dispensary licensed under Chapter 3796. of the Revised Code or under the laws of another state;
(C) Any business engaged in the sale, rental, or exhibition for any form of consideration of adult entertainment that is characterized by an emphasis on the exposure or display of sexual activity;
(D) Any casino or entity that sponsors or promotes gambling activities;
(E) Any other category of companies, brands, or types of contracts that are similar to those described in divisions (A) to (D) of this section that the institution or college communicates to the student before the student enrolls at the institution or college.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 5:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3376 | Collegiate Student Athletes › Section 3376.08 | Limitations on Chapter Applicability.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
Nothing in this chapter does any of the following:
(A) Requires a state institution of higher education, private college, athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics to identify, create, facilitate, negotiate, or otherwise enable opportunities for a student to earn compensation for use of the student's name, image, or likeness;
(B) Establishes or grants to a student any right to use the name, trademarks, services marks, logos, symbols, or any other intellectual property, regardless of whether the intellectual property is registered with the appropriate authority, that belong to a state institution of higher education, private college, athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics, to further the student's opportunities to earn compensation for use of the student's name, image, or likeness;
(C) Limits the rights of a state institution of higher education or private college to establish and enforce any of the following:
(1) Academic standards, requirements, regulations, or obligations for its students;
(2) Team rules of conduct or other rules of conduct;
(3) Standards or policies regarding the governance or operation of or participation in intercollegiate varsity athletics;
(4) Disciplinary rules and standards generally applicable to all students of the institution or college.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 5:20 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.02 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly
There is hereby created the Ohio higher educational facility commission for the purpose of enhancing the educational opportunities of the people of the state and enhancing the availability, efficiency, and economy of educational facilities and institutions, thereby promoting the employment opportunities, economic welfare, public health and general welfare of the people, and for the purpose of alleviating the pressing demands upon tax supported colleges and universities by encouraging the means of instruction through provision for educational facilities at educational institutions and for facilitating, or for achieving lower costs of, the financing or refinancing of educational facilities, all in the manner provided in Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code. The Ohio higher educational facility commission is a body both corporate and politic, constituting an agency or instrumentality of the state and performing essential functions of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.05 | Issuance and Sale of Bonds.

Effective:
March 7, 1968
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly
The Ohio higher educational facility commission may issue bonds of the state for the purpose of providing moneys to pay project costs. The commission shall provide by resolution for the issuance of such bonds. The principal of and interest on the bonds and all other payments required to be made by the bond proceedings shall be payable solely from the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys derived from the lease, rental, sale, or other disposition of the pledged facilities as provided in the bond proceedings. Such principal, interest, and other payments may also be paid from any gifts or grants received with respect to the project being financed, which gifts or grants may be pledged thereto.
Bonds may be issued at one time or from time to time, shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding fifty years from date of issue, may be redeemable before maturity at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions, be in such forms and denominations, be executed in such manner, and be payable at such place or places within or without the state, all as provided in or pursuant to the bond proceedings.
The commission may provide for sales of bonds at public or private sale as it deems most advantageous and for such prices, whether above or below the par value thereof, as it determines or within such limit or limits as it determines.
If an officer who has signed any bonds or coupons pertaining thereto, or caused his facsimile signature to be affixed thereto, ceases to be such officer before such bonds or coupons have been delivered, such bonds or coupons may, nevertheless, be issued and delivered as though the person who had signed the bonds or coupons or caused his facsimile signature to be affixed thereto had not ceased to be such officer. Any bonds or coupons may be executed on behalf of the commission by an officer who, on the date of execution, is the proper officer although on the date of such bonds or coupons such person was not the proper officer.
All bonds issued under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code shall have all qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments, subject to provisions for registration, and may be issued in coupon or in fully registered form, or both, as the commission determines. Provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest, and for the conversion into coupon bonds of any fully registered bonds or bonds registered as to both principal and interest.
Pending preparation of definitive bonds, the commission may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive bonds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.06 | Anticipation Notes.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
In anticipation of the issuance of bonds authorized by section 3377.05 of the Revised Code, the Ohio higher educational facility commission may issue bond anticipation notes of the state and may renew the same from time to time by the issuance of new notes, but the maximum maturity of such notes, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of the issuance of the original notes. Such notes are payable solely from the revenues and receipts that may be pledged to the payment of such bonds or from the proceeds of such bonds, or both, as the commission provides in its resolution authorizing such notes, and may be additionally secured by covenants of the commission to the effect that the commission will do such or all things necessary for the issuance of such bonds, or of renewal notes under this section in appropriate amount, and either exchange such bonds or renewal notes therefor or apply the proceeds thereof to the extent necessary to make full payment on such notes at the time or times contemplated, as provided in such resolution. Subject to the provisions of this section, all provisions for and references to bonds in Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code are applicable to notes authorized under this section and any references therein to bondholders shall include holders or owners of such notes.
Prior to the sale of bonds or notes authorized under section 3377.05 or 3377.06 of the Revised Code, the commission shall determine that the project to be financed thereby will contribute to the objectives stated in section 3377.02 of the Revised Code and that the educational institution to which such project is to be leased, sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, admits students without discrimination by reason of race, creed, color, or national origin. Nothing in this section prohibits an educational institution from requesting that its applicants for admission demonstrate beliefs or principles consistent with the mission of the institution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.07 | Provisions of Contract With Bondholders.

Effective:
March 7, 1968
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly
The bond proceedings may contain provisions which shall be part of the contract with the bondholders as to:
(A) Pledging the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys therein designated for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and all other payments required to be made by the bond proceedings;
(B) Acquisition by gift or purchase, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, furnishing, equipment, operation, alteration, maintenance, insurance, and repair of the pledged facilities and the duties of the Ohio higher educational facility commission with respect thereto;
(C) Provisions regarding the purposes to which the proceeds of the bonds may be applied;
(D) Terms of the bonds;
(E) Maintenance, collection, use, and disposition of rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys received from the lease, sale, or other disposition of the pledged facilities;
(F) Terms and conditions under which additional bonds may be issued secured by a pledge of rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys received from or a mortgage on the same pledged facilities;
(G) Terms of any trust agreement or indenture of mortgage securing the bonds including authorization to enter into such agreement or indenture;
(H) The deposit, application, safeguarding, and investment of funds of the commission received or held under the bond proceedings, to which Chapters 131. and 135. of the Revised Code are not applicable;
(I) Any other appropriate agreements with the bondholders with respect to the pledged facilities and the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys received therefrom.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.08 | Bonds May Be Secured by Pledge, Trust Agreement or Indenture of Mortgage.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly
In the discretion of the Ohio higher educational facility commission, the bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage between the commission and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. Any such indenture shall be filed and recorded in accordance with, and shall be governed by, section 1701.66 of the Revised Code.
Any such agreement or indenture may contain the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including but not limited to:
(A) A pledge of the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys out of which the principal of and interest on the bonds are payable and a mortgage of all or any part of the pledged facilities, including any enlargements of and additions to such pledged facilities thereafter made. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The rents charged and other revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the commission are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the commission, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof and create a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code without the necessity for separation or delivery of funds or for the filing or recording of the bond proceedings by which such pledge is created or any certificate, statement, or other document with respect thereto.
(B) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, and indenture of mortgage made for the security of any of the bonds until the commission has fully paid the principal of and interest on the bonds, or provision therefor has been made, for the security of which the pledge has been made and the trust agreement or indenture of mortgage has been given;
(C) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the commission made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver in equity, or if a mortgage has been given, the foreclosure of such mortgage, or any combination of the foregoing;
(D) The rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual bondholders;
(E) Such other provisions as the trustee, the original purchaser of the bonds, and the commission agree upon.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.09 | Protection and Enforcement of Rights of Bondholder and Trustees.

Effective:
March 7, 1968
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly
Any holder of bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code or a trustee under a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into pursuant to section 3377.08 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings or by the terms of the bonds, may, by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the Ohio higher educational facility commission required by Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any principal of and interest on any bond or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the commission in the resolution, trust agreement, or indenture, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to administer and operate the pledged facilities, the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys of which are pledged to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of, principal of and interest on such bonds, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional rentals, revenues, or other income, charges, or moneys of the commission, to the payment of such principal and interest; and to foreclose the mortgage on the pledged facilities in the same manner as for real estate of private corporations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.10 | Issuance of Refunding Bonds.

Effective:
March 7, 1968
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly
The Ohio higher educational facility commission may issue refunding bonds to refund any bonds previously issued under Chapter 3377. 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 incident to providing funds for reconstructing, enlarging, improving, or providing additional furnishings or equipment for the pledged facilities as to bonds originally issued under Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code.
(C) Refunding all of the outstanding bonds of any issue, both matured and unmatured, when the rentals, 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 refunding bonds shall not exceed in amount 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, furnish, or equip, or any combination thereof, the pledged facilities;
(D) Refunding any bonds of the commission previously issued 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 cost of the bonds to be refunded.
Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this section shall mature not later than fifty years from date of issue, and may include moneys sufficient for payment of any redemption premiums on bonds to be refunded, payment of principal maturities of any bonds of a series to be refunded maturing prior to the redemption of the remaining bonds of such series, and payment of interest accrued or to accrue to the maturity or date of redemption of such bonds, together with any expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with such refunding or the issuance of the refunding bonds. Except as provided in this section, the terms of the issuance and sale of refunding bonds shall be as provided in Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code for an original issue of bonds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.11 | Bonds Are Lawful Investments.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Bonds issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund and also are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.12 | Tax Exemption.

Effective:
March 7, 1968
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly
Any real or personal property, or both, of the Ohio higher educational facility commission which is acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, and leased under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code is subject to or exempt from ad valorem, sales, use, and franchise taxes and to zoning, planning, and building regulations and fees, to the same extent and in the same manner as if the lessee-user thereof, rather than the commission, had acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, such real or personal property, and title thereto was in the name of such lessee-user. For purposes of sections 5709.07 and 5709.12 of the Revised Code, such property shall be deemed to be the property of, to belong to, and to be connected with the educational institution which is the lessee-user, and not as being a leasehold estate, nor as being used with a view to profit by reason of the lease from the commission or by reason of the charges made for or the rental or other payments to the commission or otherwise required under the lease.
The transfer of tangible personal property by lease under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code is not a sale as used in Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code.
The commission is exempt from all taxes on its real or personal property, or both, which has been acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, under Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code, so long as such property is used by the commission for purposes which would exempt such property; has ceased to be used by a former lessee-user and is not occupied or used; or has been acquired by the commission, but development has not yet commenced. The exemption shall be effective as of the date the exempt use begins. All taxes on the exempt real or personal property for the year shall be prorated and the taxes for the exempt portion of the year shall be remitted by the county auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.13 | Special Assessments - Installments.

Effective:
March 7, 1968
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly
When a special assessment is made on real property owned by the Ohio higher educational facility commission and leased under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code, the installments of the assessment shall be paid by the lessee of such real property so long as such property is leased, and any installment thereof remaining unpaid at the termination of any such lease shall thereafter be paid by the commission so long as such property is owned by it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.14 | Property May Be Conveyed or Exchanged.

Effective:
October 26, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly
The state or any political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body of this state may, without competitive bidding, convey or exchange with the Ohio higher educational facility commission, for use in connection with a project, any or all of its interests in real or personal property, or both, not needed by the grantor. Any conveyance by the state shall be authorized by the director, board, or commission having control of such property and approved by the general assembly. The interest in such property to be conveyed shall be appraised at its fair market value and such appraisal value shall be the conveyance price. The appraised fair market value of any property exchanged under the provisions of this section shall be substantially equal to the aggregate of the appraised fair market value of the property for which it is exchanged and any moneys paid to the grantor in consideration of such exchange. The political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body shall prescribe the form of its deed, and any deed from the state shall be prepared and recorded as provided in sections 5301.13 to 5301.17 of the Revised Code. Any educational institution which has the qualifications to acquire property under section 3333.08 of the Revised Code may acquire property under such section in order to provide real estate or interests in real estate needed for a project and to make the same available to the commission by conveyance, lease, or otherwise.
Any instrument by which the state or an agency of the state acquires real property pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.15 | Bonds Not Debt of State.

Effective:
March 7, 1968
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly
Bonds issued under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code do not, and shall state that they do not, represent or constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit of the state, grant to the owners or holders thereof any right to have the general assembly levy any taxes or appropriate any funds for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon. Such bonds are payable and shall state that they are payable solely from the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys as are pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond proceedings.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.16 | Project Exemptions.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly
A project is not subject to the requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works, or improvements imposed by section 125.81 of the Revised Code or any other similar requirements which may be lawfully waived by this section.
A project shall be constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, remodeled, renovated, improved, furnished, or equipped and shall be leased, sold, or otherwise disposed of in the manner determined by the Ohio higher educational facility commission in its sole discretion and any requirement of competitive bidding or other restriction imposed on the procedure for award of contracts for such purpose or the lease, sale, or other disposition of property of the commission is not applicable to any action taken under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3377 | Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission › Section 3377.17 | Chancellor to Provide Analyses and Information on Project.

Effective:
November 15, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly
Before the higher education facilities commission acts upon a proposed project, the commission shall request of the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents:
(A) A fiscal analysis of the college or university submitting the request, including the projected impact of a given project upon the institution;
(B) An analysis of projected enrollments of the educational programs involved with the project as well as an overall institutional projection;
(C) Any other information concerning the proposed project and its impact on the higher education environment in Ohio.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.01 | Ohio Arts Council Definitions.

Effective:
July 20, 1988
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 335 - 117th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Arts" includes but is not necessarily limited to literature, theater, music, the dance, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and motion pictures.
(B) "Council" means the Ohio arts council created by section 3379.02 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Professional artist" means a person who devotes a major portion of his time to practicing, performing, or teaching any of the arts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.02 | Ohio Arts Council.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
There is hereby created the Ohio arts council, which shall foster and encourage the development of the arts in this state and the preservation of Ohio's cultural heritage.
The council shall consist of fifteen voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, two nonvoting members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, and two nonvoting members of the senate appointed by the president. The members appointed from each house of the general assembly shall not be from the same political party. Terms of office for members appointed by the governor shall be for five years, commencing on the second day of July and ending on the first day of July. The legislative members shall be appointed within forty-five days of the convening of the first regular session of each general assembly and shall serve through the thirty-first day of December of the following year. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member appointed by the governor shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The governor shall name the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the council, and they shall serve in such positions at the governor's pleasure. Members of the council shall serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with official business of the council.
Persons appointed to the council by the governor shall have broad knowledge and experience in the arts. At least a majority of the members of the council shall be persons other than professional artists. In making appointments to the council, the governor may appoint such professional artists as are necessary, in the governor's judgment, to ensure that the council is broadly representative of all the arts.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 2:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.03 | Duties of Council.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 84 - 130th General Assembly
The Ohio arts council shall:
(A) Conduct a survey of the cultural and artistic resources and needs of the state and maintain a continuing inventory of such resources;
(B) Develop a plan for better and fuller use and enjoyment of the state's cultural and artistic resources by all the people of the state;
(C) Assess the role of the arts in the growth and development of the state;
(D) Report at least biennially to the governor and the general assembly on the state of the arts. Such report may include recommendations based on the council's surveys.
(E) Administer the per cent for arts program pursuant to section 3379.10 of the Revised Code;
(F) Establish guidelines for the administration of the council's duties that pertain to the position of Ohio poet laureate pursuant to section 3379.12 of the Revised Code and for the qualifications of the Ohio poet laureate appointed under that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.04 | Powers of Council.

Effective:
July 30, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 113th General Assembly
The Ohio arts council may:
(A) Within the limits of available funds, employ and fix the compensation of a staff director and such other personnel as will facilitate the work of the council. The staff director shall serve at the pleasure of the council, and other employees shall serve at the pleasure of the director.
(B) Establish and appoint members to advisory committees to advise and assist it in the performance of its functions, and it may, within the limits of available funds, contract with such consultants as may facilitate its work.
(C) Adopt such rules as are necessary for administration of Chapter 3379. of the Revised Code.
(D) Award and administer grants to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.05 | Purchase of Insurance Against Loss or Damage.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
The Ohio arts council may purchase a policy or policies of insurance to insure against loss or damage by fire, lightning, theft, accident, or other peril to any work of art, whether or not owned by the state, while under the control or supervision of the council as part of the performance of its duties in presenting art exhibitions or in providing transportation to and between museums, galleries, and other places of exhibition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.06 | Meetings.

Effective:
August 24, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 7 - 106th General Assembly
The Ohio arts council shall meet at least once during any calendar year and may meet more frequently if its workload demands. Council members, however, may not receive expenses for attendance at more than four meetings each year. The council may meet anywhere in the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.07 | Council to Receive and Administer Funds for Development of the Arts.

Effective:
August 24, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 7 - 106th General Assembly
The Ohio arts council may receive and administer any funds granted to this state by the federal government for development of the arts, and shall administer any state funds appropriated for such purpose. The council may also accept and administer on behalf of the state any gifts, donations, or bequests made to it for the encouragement and development of any of the arts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.08 | Restrictions of Council Regarding Local Groups or Agencies Involved in the Arts.

Effective:
July 30, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 113th General Assembly
In the administration of Chapter 3379. of the Revised Code, the Ohio arts council shall not exercise any direct supervision or control over the policy or program determination of any local group or agency involved in the arts.
No general assembly appropriations to the council shall be used to eliminate or reduce any financial deficit of any local group or agency involved in the arts or of any other organization or person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.09 | Relationship With Departments and Agencies of the State Government, and With Agencies Engaged in Similar Activities.

Effective:
August 24, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 7 - 106th General Assembly
The Ohio arts council may call upon any department or agency of the state government for information, advice, or assistance in its work. It shall coordinate its efforts with those of other agencies engaged in any similar activities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.11 | Gifts and Donations Fund.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the gifts and donations fund. The fund shall consist of gifts and donations made to the Ohio arts council and fees paid for conferences the council sponsors. The fund shall be used to pay for the council's operating expenses, including, but not limited to, payroll, personal services, maintenance, equipment, and subsidy payments. All moneys deposited into the fund shall be received and expended pursuant to the council's duty to foster and encourage the development of the arts in this state and the preservation of the state's cultural heritage.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3379 | Ohio Arts Council › Section 3379.12 | Ohio Poet Laureate.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 84 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The position of Ohio poet laureate is hereby created. The Ohio poet laureate shall be appointed by the governor from a list of not less than three candidates recommended by the Ohio arts council based on qualifications developed by the arts council under division (F) of section 3379.03 of the Revised Code. The arts council shall submit its list of candidates to the governor not less than ninety days prior to the beginning of the Ohio poet laureate's term of office.
(B) The term of office for the Ohio poet laureate shall be for two years. The initial term shall begin on January 1, 2016.
(C) In the event of the death, resignation, or any other vacancy or inability to perform the duties of Ohio poet laureate during an individual's unexpired term of office, not later than sixty days after the vacancy occurs, the Ohio arts council shall recommend a candidate to the governor to serve as poet laureate for the remainder of that unexpired term of office.
(D) An individual may be reappointed to subsequent terms of office, at the discretion of the governor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.01 | Arts and Cultural Affairs Definitions.

Effective:
October 6, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 809 - 113th General Assembly
As used in sections 3381.01 to 3381.22 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Arts or cultural organization" means:
(1) Any corporation, organization, association, or institution that:
(a) Provides programs or activities in areas directly concerned with the arts or cultural heritage; and
(b) Is not for profit and whose net earnings may not lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder, member, or individual.
(2) Any arts or cultural councils that satisfy the requirement of division (A)(1)(b) of this section.
(B) "Arts or cultural heritage" includes, but is not limited to, literature, theater, music, dance, ballet, painting, sculpture, photography, motion pictures, architecture, archaeology, history, natural history, or the natural sciences.
(C) "Arts and cultural district" means the territory of the counties, municipal corporations, or townships that have created a regional arts and cultural district under section 3381.03 or 3381.04 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Regional arts and cultural district" or "district" means a regional arts and cultural district created under section 3381.03 or 3381.04 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Artistic or cultural facility" or "facility" includes, but is not limited to, a performing arts center, a concert hall, a museum, a living arts center, and other property, improvements, or facilities used in connection therewith.
(F) "Qualifying arts or cultural organization" means any arts or cultural organization whose income is exempt from federal income taxation, has been in existence for at least three years or is a successor to an arts or cultural organization which had been in existence for at least five years, and has a permanent and viable base of operations within an arts and cultural district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.02 | Creation of Regional Arts and Cultural District - District Is Political Subdivision.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
A regional arts and cultural district may be created for any of the following purposes: making grants to support the operating or capital expenses of arts or cultural organizations located within its district, or acquiring, constructing, equipping, furnishing, repairing, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, or administering artistic or cultural facilities. A regional arts and cultural district is a political subdivision of the state and a body corporate, comprised of the territory of a county, or two or more counties, municipal corporations, townships, or any combination thereof. If more than one county is in a regional arts and cultural district, each county shall be contiguous to a county in the district, and, also in the case of a combination of political subdivisions, each municipal corporation or township shall either be contiguous to a county, municipal corporation, or township in the regional arts and cultural district, or each municipal corporation or township shall be located in a county that is contiguous to a county in the district.