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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.09 | Forbidden Activities.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, county agricultural societies, independent agricultural societies, and the Ohio expositions commission shall not permit during any fair, or for one week before or three days after any fair, any dealing in spirituous liquors, or at any time allow or tolerate immoral shows, lottery devices, games of chance, or gambling of any kind, including pool selling and paddle wheels, anywhere on the fairground.
(B) A county or independent agricultural society or the Ohio expositions commission shall not permit a person at any time to operate any side show, amusement, game, or device, or offer for sale any novelty by auction or solicitation, on the fairground who has not first obtained from the director of agriculture a license under section 1711.11 of the Revised Code.
(C) This section does not prohibit the sale of lottery tickets by the state lottery commission pursuant to Chapter 3770. of the Revised Code at the state fairground during the state fair. In addition, a county or independent agricultural society may permit, at any time except during a fair or for one week before or three days after a fair, a charitable organization to conduct in accordance with Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code games of chance or bingo on the fairground of any county. A charitable organization may lease all or part of the fairground from the agricultural society for that purpose.
(D) Any sales of intoxicating liquor transacted on the fairground is subject to Chapters 4301., 4303., and 4399. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.091 | Sale of Seasonal Tickets, Fundraisers.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Any member of a county or independent agricultural society may sell seasonal tickets or passes for the society's annual exhibition. The sale of such tickets or passes need not be conducted on the premises of the fairgrounds.
(B) Any person may sell tickets for fundraisers held by a county or independent agricultural society, or for the benefit of the society, during the society's annual exhibition.
(C) The treasurer of the society shall deposit any funds generated from ticket sales under this section in an appropriate fund used by or for the benefit of the society.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.10 | Aid of State Withheld.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If it is shown from the report of any county agricultural society, from witnesses, or otherwise that the annual exhibition held by such society was not conducted along moral or agricultural lines or was not of sufficient educational value to justify the expenditure of funds as provided by section 1711.01 of the Revised Code, the certificate for such financial aid may be withheld by the director of agriculture.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.12 | Certain Activities Forbidden.

Effective:
July 1, 1983
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 115th General Assembly
During an Ohio state fair or county or independent agricultural society fair, no person shall cry, hawk, sell, or expose for sale any merchandise except the official fair or race program upon any public road at any point within one thousand feet of any entrance or exit of the fairground or, within the fairground, engage in any solicitation more than four feet from a concession or booth assigned to such person, except that vendors under contract may solicit within the immediate area of a grandstand or coliseum for the purpose of vending food, soft drinks, and souvenirs directly related to the program attraction.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.13 | Nature and Powers of County Society.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly
County agricultural societies are hereby declared bodies corporate and politic, and as such they are capable of suing and being sued and of holding in fee simple any real estate purchased by them as sites for their fairs. In addition, they may do either or both of the following:
(A) Mortgage their grounds for the purpose of renewing or extending pre-existing debts, and for the purpose of furnishing money to purchase additional land, but if the board of county commissioners has caused money to be paid out of the county treasury to aid in the purchase of the grounds, no mortgage shall be given without the consent of the board.
Deeds, conveyances, and agreements in writing, made to and by such societies, for the purchase of real estate as sites for their fairs, shall vest a title in fee simple to the real estate described in those documents, without words of inheritance.
(B) Subject to section 1711.33 of the Revised Code, enter into agreements to obtain loans and credit for expenses related to the purposes of the county agricultural society, provided that the agreements are in writing and are first approved by the board of directors of the society. The total annual payments for debt obligation incurred by a county agricultural society pursuant to this division shall not exceed an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of its prior three-year average of annual revenues.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.14 | Appropriation of Land for Agricultural Fair Purposes - Procedure.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
When it is necessary in the opinion of any county agricultural society to procure or enlarge any site for the purpose of holding an agricultural fair, proceedings to appropriate may be had as provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.15 | County Aid to County Agricultural Society.

Effective:
March 27, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly
In any county in which there is a duly organized county agricultural society, the board of county commissioners or the county agricultural society itself may purchase or lease, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under the management and control of the county agricultural society, and may erect suitable buildings on the real estate and otherwise improve it.
In counties in which there is a county agricultural society that has purchased, or leased for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate as a site on which to hold fairs, or if the title to the site is vested in fee in the county, the board of county commissioners may erect or repair buildings or otherwise improve the site and pay the rental of it, or contribute to or pay any other form of indebtedness of the society, if the director of agriculture has certified to the board that the county agricultural society is complying with all laws and rules governing the operation of county agricultural societies. The board may appropriate from the county's general fund or permanent improvement fund, and may appropriate revenue from a tax levied under division (T) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code, any amount that it considers necessary for any of those purposes, provided that an appropriation of revenue from that tax may be expended only for the purposes provided in the resolution levying that tax.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.16 | Expenditure of County Aid by County Society.

Effective:
March 27, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly
When the control and management of a fairground is in a county agricultural society, and the board of county commissioners has appropriated an amount for the aid of the society as provided in section 1711.15 of the Revised Code, the society, with the consent of the board, may contract for the erection or repair of buildings or otherwise improve the fairground, to the extent that the payment for the improvement is provided by the board.
When the appropriation is made by the board, the county auditor shall place the proceeds in a special fund, designated the "county agricultural society fund," indicating the purpose for which it is available, provided that an appropriation of revenue from a tax levied by the board under division (T) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code may be expended only for the purposes provided in the resolution levying that tax. On application of the treasurer of the society, the auditor shall issue an order for the amount of the appropriation to the treasurer of the society, if the society has secured the certificate required under section 1711.05 of the Revised Code, on the treasurer's filing with the auditor a bond in double the amount collected, with good and sufficient sureties approved by the auditor, conditioned for the satisfactory paying over and accounting of the funds for the purposes for which they were provided. The funds shall remain in the special fund in which they are placed by the auditor until they are applied for by the treasurer of the society and the bond is given, or until they are expended by the board for the purposes for which the fund was created. If the society ceases to exist or releases the fund as not required for the purposes for which the fund was created, the board may by resolution transfer the fund to the general fund of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.17 | County Joint Ownership.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) In any counties in which there is a duly organized independent agricultural society, the respective boards of county commissioners may purchase or lease jointly, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under the management and control of the society, and may erect suitable buildings and otherwise improve the property, and pay the rental thereof, or contribute to or pay any other form of indebtedness of the society, if the director of agriculture has certified to the board that the independent agricultural society is complying with all laws and rules governing the operation of county agricultural societies. The boards may appropriate from their respective general funds such an amount as they consider necessary for any of those purposes.
(B) An independent agricultural society may purchase or lease, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under its management and control and may erect suitable buildings on the real estate and otherwise improve it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.18 | Issuance of County Bonds to Pay Debts of County Society.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
In a county in which there is a county agricultural society indebted fifteen thousand dollars or more, and such society has purchased a fairground or title to such fairground is vested in fee in the county, the board of county commissioners, upon the presentation of a petition signed by not less than five hundred resident electors of the county praying for the submission to the electors of the county of the question whether or not county bonds shall be issued and sold to liquidate such indebtedness, shall, by resolution within ten days thereafter, fix a date, which shall be within thirty days, upon which the question of issuing and selling such bonds, in the necessary amount and denomination, shall be submitted to the electors of the county. The board also shall cause a copy of such resolution to be certified to the county board of elections and such board of elections, within ten days after such certification, shall proceed to make the necessary arrangements for the submission of such question to such electors at the time fixed by such resolution.
Such election shall be held at the regular places of voting in the county and shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified, except as otherwise provided by law, as are elections of county officers. The county board of elections must give fifteen days' notice of such submission by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, stating the amount of bonds to be issued, the purpose for which they are to be issued, and the time and places of holding such election. Those who vote in favor of the proposition shall have written or printed on their ballots "for the issue of bonds" and those who vote against it shall have written or printed on their ballots "against the issue of bonds." If a majority of those voting upon the question of issuing the bonds vote in favor thereof, then and only then shall they be issued and the tax provided for in section 1711.20 of the Revised Code be levied.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.19 | Bonds.

Effective:
May 13, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 114th General Assembly
If a majority of the voters of a county voting upon the question of issuing bonds under section 1711.18 of the Revised Code vote in favor thereof, the board of county commissioners, for the purpose of liquidating the county agricultural society's indebtedness, shall issue and sell bonds of the county in the amount necessary. Such bonds shall bear interest at not more than the rate provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, payable semiannually, and shall be issued for a period of not less than ten nor more than twenty years.
From the proceeds arising from the sale of such bonds, the board shall pay off the indebtedness for which such bonds were sold.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.20 | Levy for Payment of Bonds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners, upon the issuance of bonds under sections 1711.18 and 1711.19 of the Revised Code, shall levy a tax upon all the taxable property on the tax duplicate of the county for the purpose of paying such bonds as they mature and the interest thereon, at the rate and for such length of time as may be necessary for the purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.21 | Use of Money Raised by County Taxation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When money has been raised by taxation by a county for the purpose of leasing lands for county fairs, erecting buildings for county fair purposes, or making improvements on a county fairground, or for any purpose connected with the use of a county fairground or with the management thereof by a county agricultural society, such money shall be used for such purpose only, even though the law under which the money was so raised has expired by limitation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.22 | County Aid to County and Independent Agricultural Societies.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly
(A)(1) When a county or a county agricultural society owns or holds under a lease real estate used as a fairground, and such society has the control and management of such lands and buildings, the board of county commissioners shall, on the request of such society, annually appropriate from the general fund not less than fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of encouraging agricultural fairs.
(2) In any county in which there is located one or more independent agricultural societies, the board, for the purpose of encouraging such societies, may appropriate, in addition to the sum appropriated for the county agricultural society, a sum not greater than the amount appropriated for the county society.
(B) In a county in which there is no county agricultural society, or in which there is no fair held by such a society, but in which there exists an independent agricultural society , the board shall, on the request of the independent agricultural society, annually appropriate from the general fund not less than fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of encouraging such independent agricultural fairs.
(C) No board shall appropriate money as provided by this section unless the director of agriculture has certified to the board that the county or independent agricultural society is complying with all laws, rules and regulations governing the operation of county or independent agricultural societies.
(D) The county treasurer shall pay any money appropriated in accordance with this section to the treasurer of the society for whose use it was made, upon an order issued from the county auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.23 | Title to Fairgrounds Vests in County on Dissolution of Society.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a county agricultural society ceases to exist, in a county out of whose treasury payments have been made for real estate, or improvements thereon, for the use of such society, or for the liquidation of indebtedness of such society, all such real estate and improvements shall vest in fee simple in the county by which the payments were made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.24 | Insurance on County Society's Buildings.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of a county in which there is a county agricultural society shall insure the buildings on the grounds of such society for the benefit of such society.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.25 | Sale, Lease, Purchase, and Exchange of Sites by County Society.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a county agricultural society desires to sell its site in order to purchase another, or if for any reason such site is unfit or insufficient for the purposes for which it is used, and if at a regular meeting of such society's board of directors, by a vote, upon a call of the yeas and nays, of at least a majority of all the members of such board, it adopts a resolution for the purpose of securing the benefits of this section, and in such resolution declares that it desires to sell such site in order to buy another, or that the site has become unfit or insufficient, and that it is for the best interests of the society and the county that such site be sold or leased and a new one bought or leased, then the society may sell or lease such old site and buy or lease a new one for holding county fairs; but in cases where the county paid all or any portion of the purchase money for the site to be sold or leased, the written consent of the board of county commissioners shall first be given to such sale or lease. Within thirty days after the adoption of such resolution, such board of directors shall give notice in writing to the board of county commissioners of such county of the adoption of such resolution declaring the necessity of selling or leasing such site and of buying or leasing a new site, which notice shall contain or have annexed to it a certified copy of the resolution, signed by the president and the secretary of such board of directors.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.26 | Authority to Sell or Exchange Site.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A county agricultural society or independent agricultural society may sell any part of the premises that are used by the society as a site on which to hold annual exhibitions or exchange any part thereof for other lands if such premises are in the possession or under the control of the society and either of the following apply:
(1) The premises are greater in size than is necessary for the purposes to which they are devoted.
(2) The premises are not suitable in their formation or character for the purposes to which they are devoted.
(B) If the title to the premises described in division (A) of this section is held by the county, the board of county commissioners may sell any part of the premises or exchange any part thereof for other lands if division (A)(1) or (2) of this section applies. The board shall notify the applicable society of its intention to make such a sale or exchange. The board shall provide the notice in writing fourteen days prior to the sale or exchange.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.27 | Contracts for Purchase or Lease of New Site by County Society.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a county agricultural society has given notice to the board of county commissioners as provided in section 1711.25 of the Revised Code and has selected, or secured options for the purchase or lease of, a new site for holding county fairs in the county, its board of directors shall immediately give notice of all such facts to the board of county commissioners. Such notice, if the old site is sold or leased before the purchase or lease of the new one, shall state the amount for which it was sold or leased, the amount of money necessary to acquire the new site, and the terms of the purchase or lease of the new site, together with a full description of the parcels of land included in the new site and of any improvements thereon. After the filing of such notice, the board of county commissioners may carry into effect any contract which such society has made for the purchase or lease of the new site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.28 | Payment for New Site With County Funds or Bonds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Payment for the new site purchased or leased for the use of a county agricultural society under sections 1711.25 and 1711.27 of the Revised Code and for improvements thereon may be made by the board of county commissioners from any unappropriated funds in the county treasury at the time such payment is to be made. If no such funds are then in such treasury, the board may issue the bonds of the county for such amounts as are necessary for such payment; but if the old site is sold or leased before the new site is purchased or leased, such society, before such bonds are issued, shall apply the moneys realized from the sale or lease of the old site to such payment. If the old site is sold or leased after the purchase or lease of the new site, the amounts realized from the sale or lease of the old site shall be placed to the credit of the sinking fund for the redemption of any such bonds that have been issued. Such bonds shall bear not more than five per cent interest per annum payable semiannually, shall not be sold at less than their par value, and shall be payable at such place and times and in such denominations as the board determines.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.29 | Levy for Payment of Bonds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
To provide for the payment of bonds issued under section 1711.28 of the Revised Code and interest thereon, the board of county commissioners may levy such annual taxes on all the taxable property of the county as are necessary to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds at maturity and the payment of interest accruing thereon. Such levy shall be collected and accounted for to the county treasurer in the manner provided for the collection of other taxes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.30 | Election on Question of Issuing Bonds.

Effective:
September 13, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 140 - 134th General Assembly
Before issuing bonds under section 1711.28 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, shall submit to the qualified electors of the county at the next general election for county officers, held not less than ninety days after receiving from the county agricultural society the notice provided for in section 1711.25 of the Revised Code, the question of issuing and selling such bonds in such amount and denomination as are necessary for the purpose in view, and shall certify a copy of such resolution to the county board of elections.
The county board of elections shall place the question of issuing and selling such bonds upon the ballot and make all other necessary arrangements for the submission, at the time fixed by such resolution, of such question to such electors. The votes cast at such election upon such question must be counted, canvassed, and certified in the same manner, except as provided by law, as votes cast for county officers. Fifteen days' notice of such submission shall be given by the county board of elections, by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, stating the amount of bonds to be issued, the purpose for which they are to be issued, and the time and places of holding such election. If the resolution proposes the levy of a tax under section 1711.29 of the Revised Code, the notice shall include the rate of the tax in both mills for each one dollar of taxable value and in dollars for each one hundred thousand dollars of the county auditor's appraised value.
The question must be stated on the ballot as follows: "For the issue of county fair bonds, yes"; "For the issue of county fair bonds, no."
If the resolution proposes the levy of a tax under section 1711.29 of the Revised Code, the question appearing on the ballot shall include the rate of the tax in both mills for each one dollar of taxable value and in dollars for each one hundred thousand dollars of the county auditor's appraised value.
If the majority of those voting upon the question of issuing the bonds vote in favor thereof, then and only then shall they be issued and the tax provided for in section 1711.29 of the Revised Code be levied.
As used in this section, "the county auditor's appraised value" has the same meaning as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.31 | Control of Lands When Title Vested in County Commissioners - Division of Moneys When Land Appropriated for Another Public Purpose.

Effective:
November 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 415 - 108th General Assembly
When the title to grounds and improvements occupied by an agricultural society is in the board of county commissioners, the control and management of such lands and improvements shall be vested in the board of directors of such society so long as they are occupied by it and used by it for holding agricultural fairs.
When the title to such grounds or improvements, or any part thereof, is appropriated for another public purpose or sold to an agency which has the power to so appropriate, if such society notifies the county commissioners of an intention to proceed under section 1711.25 to 1711.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to replace such property, the moneys shall be divided between the county and the society in accordance with the respective values of the interest of each in such property, as determined by agreement of the parties or pursuant to section 163.18 of the Revised Code. Each share of such moneys shall be held by the respective party solely for use in replacement of its respective interest in such property notwithstanding any limitations on expenditures otherwise provided in Chapter 1711. of the Revised Code.
Moneys realized by the society in holding county fairs and from renting or leasing all or part of the grounds and buildings for the conduct of fairs or otherwise, over and above the necessary expenses thereof, shall be paid into the treasury of the society and used as a fund for keeping such grounds and buildings in good order and repair and for making other improvements deemed necessary by the society's directors.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.32 | Execution of Conveyance of Fairgrounds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Conveyances of grounds sold under section 1711.25 of the Revised Code, which are owned exclusively by any county agricultural society, may be executed by the president of such society, as such. Grounds owned partly by such a society and partly by the county may be conveyed by deed executed by the president of the society, as such, and by the board of county commissioners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.33 | Encumbering of Fairgrounds Partly Owned by County.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) When a board of county commissioners pays or has paid money out of the county treasury for the purchase of real estate as a site for the holding of fairs by a county agricultural society, the society shall not incur any debt, by mortgage or otherwise, without the consent of the board, entered upon its journal.
(B) With respect to real estate debt for which consent is obtained under division (A) of this section, a society may encumber such real estate, in order to pay the cost of necessary repairs and improvements thereon, up to an amount not exceeding fifty per cent of its value. In order to ascertain the value of such real estate the board shall appoint three disinterested freeholders who are residents of the county to appraise such real estate. The appraisers so appointed shall, within ten days after their appointment, upon actual view of such real estate, appraise it and return such appraisement under oath to the board. The appraisement so made shall be considered the value of such real estate for the purpose of mortgage or other encumbrance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.34 | Purchase of Additional Fairgrounds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the law makes it the duty of the board of county commissioners to purchase additional fairgrounds for the use of a county agricultural society, the board of directors of such society shall prosecute the proceedings for appropriation to their final conclusion, except as to payment of purchase money, before the board of county commissioners can be called upon to act in the matter. Then the board of county commissioners shall make such payment or deposit, not above fifteen thousand dollars in amount, as such board of directors or the court having jurisdiction in such proceedings requires, and delay by the board of county commissioners in so doing shall not prevent such purchase or appropriation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.35 | Special Constables.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
On the application of a state, county, township, or independent agricultural society, of an industrial association, or of any other association or meeting of citizens for the purpose of promoting social or literary intercourse, a judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction may appoint a suitable number of special constables to assist in keeping the peace during the time when such society or assembly is holding its annual fair or meeting. He shall make an entry in his docket of the number and names of all persons so appointed.
Constables so appointed have all the power of constables to suppress riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace. Upon view they may arrest any person guilty of a violation of any law of the state, and pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state. They may apprehend any person in the act of committing an offense; on reasonable information, supported by affidavit, they may procure process for the arrest of any person charged with a breach of the peace and forthwith bring him before a competent authority; and they may enforce all laws for the preservation of order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides › Section 1711.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 1711.11 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
(B) Whoever violates section 1711.12 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.01 | Institution Defined.

Effective:
November 15, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly
As used in sections 1713.01 to 1713.06 of the Revised Code, "institution" includes:
(A) Any nonprofit university, college, academy, school, or other institution, incorporated or unincorporated, that does any of the following:
(1) Awards or intends to award diplomas for the completion of a course designed to prepare students to be eligible for certification as registered nurses;
(2) Offers or intends to offer instruction in the arts and sciences, teacher education, business administration, engineering, philosophy, literature, fine arts, law, medicine, nursing, social work, theology and other recognized academic and professional fields of study, and awards or intends to award degrees for fulfilling requirements of academic work beyond high school;
(3) Offers or intends to offer a course or courses in any of the areas described by division (A)(1) or (2) of this section that are applicable to requirements for a diploma or degree named in either such division.
(B) Any college, university, or school that offers or intends to offer one or more courses in this state of the type described in division (A) of this section and that is operated by another state or a subdivision or other governmental entity of another state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.03 | Standards for Certificate of Authorization.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
The chancellor of higher education shall establish standards for certificates of authorization to be issued to institutions as defined in section 1713.01 of the Revised Code, to private institutions exempt from regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, and to schools holding certificates of registration issued by the state board of career colleges and schools pursuant to division (C) of section 3332.05 of the Revised Code. A certificate of authorization may permit an institution or school to award one or more types of degrees.
The standards for a certificate of authorization may include, for various types of institutions, schools, or degrees, minimum qualifications for faculty, library, laboratories, and other facilities as adopted and published by the chancellor. The standards shall be adopted by the chancellor pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
An institution or school shall apply to the chancellor for a certificate of authorization on forms containing such information as is prescribed by the chancellor. Each institution or school with a certificate of authorization shall file an annual report with the chancellor in such form and containing such information as the chancellor prescribes.
The chancellor shall adopt a rule under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing fees to pay the cost of reviewing an application for a certificate of authorization, which the institution or school shall pay when it applies for a certificate of authorization, and establishing fees, which an institution or school shall pay, for any further reviews the chancellor determines necessary upon examining an institution's or school's annual report.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.031 | Review of Application for Certificate of Authorization.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
The chancellor of higher education shall review an application for a certificate of authorization from a school described in division (E) of section 3332.01 of the Revised Code within twenty-two weeks.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.04 | Certificate Subject to Revocation.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
A certificate of authorization provided for in section 1713.02 of the Revised Code is subject to revocation by the chancellor of higher education for cause pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.05 | Rates for Loans to Students.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "College or university" means a nonprofit educational institution qualifying under division (A)(2) of section 1713.01 and holding a certificate of authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Controlled entity" means a wholly owned subsidiary of a college or a university or a partnership in which a college or a university, or its wholly owned subsidiary, is the sole general partner.
(3) "Student" means a person attending a college or university who borrows money or obtains credit from such college or university, or from a controlled entity of such college or university, to finance the costs of attending such college or university, and includes the parents, guardians, and spouse of the student.
(B) Notwithstanding section 1343.01 of the Revised Code, a college or university, or a controlled entity of such college or university, may charge interest or finance charges on loans made or credit granted to a student for the student's costs of attending such college or university at any rate or rates agreed upon or consented to by the student in any open accounts receivable, loan agreement, or promissory note, but not to exceed the maximum interest rate applicable to the federal Stafford loan program under 34 C.F.R. 682.202(a)(1). The chancellor of higher education shall adopt rules specifying a schedule for the certification of such maximum interest rate.
(C) A college or university, or a controlled entity of such college or university, may charge students for the late payment of any costs of attending such college or university, including any payment under an agreement or note pursuant to division (B) of this section, at a rate not exceeding five per cent of any unpaid amount due and not paid per month for two months and not exceeding two per cent of such amount for subsequent months. A charge for a full month may be made for payments more than ten days late.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.06 | Corporation May Be Restrained From Exercise of Its Franchise.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
If any institution, school, or person confers degrees, diplomas, or other written evidences of proficiency or achievement or offers or intends to offer a course or courses in this state applicable to requirements for a diploma or degree without the certificate of authorization required by section 1713.02 of the Revised Code, the chancellor of higher education may, through the office of the attorney general, apply to the court of common pleas in the county in which such institution, school, or person is operating to restrain such institution, school, or person from the exercise of its franchise, if the institution, school, or person is a corporation, from the awarding of the degrees or diplomas the institution, school, or person is not authorized to award, and from offering any course or courses or enrolling any student in any course or courses it is not authorized to conduct.
The chancellor may, through the office of the attorney general, petition the court of common pleas in the county in which the institution, school, or person is operating for an order enjoining the awarding of diplomas or degrees, the offering of courses, and the enrolling of students. The court may grant such injunctive relief upon a showing that the institution, school, or person named in the petition is awarding degrees or diplomas, offering courses applicable to requirements for such degrees or diplomas, or enrolling students in such courses to be offered in the state without receiving the appropriate certificate of authorization issued by the chancellor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.07 | Institution May Hold Donated Property in Trust.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A university, college, or academy, or the board of trustees thereof, may hold in trust any property devised, bequeathed, or donated to such institution, upon any specific trust consistent with the objects of such institution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.08 | Faculty.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The president and professors shall constitute the faculty of any incorporated literary college or university. They may enforce the rules and regulations enacted by its board of trustees for the government and discipline of the students and may suspend and expel offenders.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.09 | Location May Be Changed.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
A college, university, or other institution of learning, existing by virtue of an act of incorporation, or that becomes incorporated for any of the purposes specified in sections 1713.01 to 1713.39, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if three-fourths of the trustees or directors thereof deem it proper, or if the institution is owned in shares, or by stock subscribed or taken, by a vote of the holders of three-fourths of the stock or shares, may change the location of such institution, convey its real estate, and transfer the effects thereof, and invest them at the place to which such institution is removed. Any institution which has a certificate of authorization from the chancellor of higher education shall give written notice to the chancellor before such institution changes its location. No such removal shall be ordered, and no vote taken thereon, until after publication in the manner provided by law in case of a sale and distribution of the property of such an institution. Such publication shall fully set forth the place to which it is proposed to remove the institution. In case of removal, a copy of the proceedings of such meeting shall be filed with the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.10 | Endowment Fund Diverted.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a corporation incorporated to create, hold, and manage a college endowment fund, the articles of incorporation of which provide that the fund may be applied to any object not inconsistent with the purposes of education different from that particularly specified therein, may apply to the court of common pleas in the county in which the corporation is located for permission to make such change, designating particularly the purposes to which it is proposed to apply the fund. On being satisfied that such change is not inconsistent with the object of the original creation and institution of the fund, the court shall authorize and sanction it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.11 | Temporary Loans Secured by Mortgage Authorized.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a college, university, academy, seminary, or other institution devoted to the promotion of education, in anticipation of donations to be received and collections to be made, for the purpose of constructing, enlarging, or adding to college buildings or improvements, may borrow such sum of money, upon such terms, and with such conditions as it determines necessary therefor, by temporary loans without mortgage or by the issue of bonds or notes and secure them by a mortgage upon the property on which such improvement is to be made, if the property is not held by it under some specific trust.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations › Section 1713.12 | Sections Applicable to Certain Boards of Trustees.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of any university or college operating under the patronage of one or more conferences or other religious bodies of any religious denomination, may accept sections 1713.12 to 1713.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by resolution adopted at any regular meeting of the board, and entered upon the record of its proceedings. After such acceptance the board in all respects shall be organized, constituted, regulated, and perpetuated, pursuant to such sections. No right acquired by any such board, university, or college, under its charter or any law of this state, shall in any way be affected thereby.