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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.09 | Rentals or Other Charges for Use or Services of Any Facility.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly
A convention facilities authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any facility and contract in the manner provided by this section from persons or governmental agencies desiring the use or services of such facility, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. Such rentals or other charges shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other authority, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state. Such contract may provide for acquisition by such person or governmental agency of all or any part of such facility for such consideration payable over the period of the contract or otherwise as the authority in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate, but subject to the provisions of any resolution authorizing the issuance of convention facilities authority revenue bonds, convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds, or any trust agreement securing them. Any governmental agency that has power to construct, operate, and maintain facilities may enter into a contract or lease with a convention facilities authority whereby the use or services of any facility will be made available to such governmental agency, which may pay for such use or services such rentals or other charges as may be agreed to by the authority and such governmental agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.10 | Cooperating With Governmental Agencies.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a governmental agency may cooperate with the convention facilities authority in the acquisition or construction of facilities and shall enter into such agreements with the authority as may be appropriate, with a view to effective cooperative action and safeguarding of the respective interests of the parties to the agreements, which shall provide for such contributions by the parties to the agreements in such proportion as may be agreed upon and such other terms as may be mutually satisfactory to the parties including, without limitation, the authorization of the construction of the facility by one of the parties acting as agent for all of the parties and the ownership and control of the facility by the convention facilities authority to the extent necessary or appropriate for purposes of the issuance of convention facilities authority bonds and notes by the convention facilities authority. No moneys appropriated by the state shall be applied to the cost of construction or operation of any facility constructed under this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.11 | Lawful Investments.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinking funds of municipal corporations, boards of education, port authorities, and counties and political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of this state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the retirement boards of the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the public employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and of insurance companies, including domestic life insurance companies and domestic insurance companies other than life, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.12 | Exemption From Tax.

Effective:
February 20, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly
As used in this section, "private enterprise" means a person whose ownership and use of the property leased to it or used exclusively by it would not qualify such property for exemption from taxation.
The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and for the enhancement of their convention and recreational opportunities and is a public purpose. As the operation and maintenance of facilities will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, a convention facilities authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any facility to which it holds title, or upon any property acquired or used by it under this chapter, or upon the income therefrom, provided that any part of such a facility or property leased to, or exclusively used by, a private enterprise, and the income therefrom, shall be subject to appropriate taxes and assessments, and the listing of such a facility or property shall be split as provided in section 5713.04 of the Revised Code. The transfer to or from a convention facilities authority of title or possession of any facility, part thereof, or item included or to be included in any such facility and the receipt or sale by the authority of any services included in division (B)(3) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code shall not be subject to the taxes levied pursuant to Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code. The bonds and notes issued under this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.13 | Power to Lease, Sell or Encumber Facility.

Effective:
February 20, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly
(A) With respect to facilities and the financing thereof, and under agreements whereby the party to whom the facility is to be leased, subleased, or sold is to make payments sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the convention facilities authority revenue bonds issued for the facility, the convention facilities authority may, in addition to other powers under this chapter:
(1) Sell such facility under such terms as it may determine, including, without limitation, sale by conditional sale or installment sale, under which title may pass prior to or after completion of the facility;
(2) Grant a mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance on, or pledge or assignment of, or other security interest with respect to, all or any part of the facility, revenues, reserve funds, or other funds established in connection with such bonds, or on, of, or with respect to any lease, sublease, sale, conditional sale, or installment sale agreement, or other agreement pertaining to the lease, sublease, sale, or other disposition of a facility or any interest of the authority therein, or any other interest granted, assigned, or released to secure payments of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the bonds or to secure any other payments to be made by the authority, which mortgage, lien, encumbrance, pledge, assignment, or other security interest may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with any other mortgage, assignment, or other security interest, or lien or encumbrance;
(3) Provide that the interest on such bonds may be at a variable rate or rates changing from time to time in accordance with a base or formula as authorized by the authority;
(4) Contract for the leasing, subleasing, sale, or other disposition of such facility in a manner determined by the convention facilities authority in its sole discretion, without necessity for competitive bidding or performance bonds.
(B) In the lease or sale with respect to a facility referred to in division (A) of this section, the authority shall make appropriate provision for adequate maintenance of the facility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.15 | Issuance of Convention Facilities Authority Bonds and Notes Exempt From Bond Laws.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter. Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.16 | Bonds Secured by Trust Agreement.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
In the discretion of the convention facilities authority, any convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state.
Any such trust agreement for convention facility authority revenue bonds may pledge or assign revenues of the convention facilities authority to be received and may convey or mortgage any facility or any part of any facility. Any such trust agreement for convention facility authority tax anticipation bonds may pledge or assign any of the excise taxes authorized by division (B) or (C) of section 351.021 of the Revised Code and revenues of the convention facilities authority to be received and may convey or mortgage any facility or any part of any facility. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds or notes may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders or noteholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the facility in connection with which such bonds or notes are authorized, the rentals or other charges to be imposed for the use or services of any facility, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of such facility. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state that may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or notes or of revenues may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the authority. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and noteholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders and noteholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing similar bonds. Such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the authority determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders or noteholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the facility. Any such trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of convention facilities authority bonds or notes may provide the method whereby the general administrative expenses of the authority shall be allocated among facilities acquired or constructed by it as a factor of the operation expenses of such facility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.17 | Protection and Enforcement of Rights of Bondholder and Trustees.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly
Any holder of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds issued under this chapter, or any of the coupons appertaining to the bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by the applicable resolution or such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under such chapter, trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the authority or any officer of the authority, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rentals or other charges and, in the case of convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds, the levy and collection of the excise taxes anticipated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.18 | Bonds Not a Debt of State.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly
Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state, and the holders or owners of the bonds and notes have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly, or, except as provided in SECTIONS 351.021 and 5739.026 of the Revised Code, by the taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the bonds and notes but such bonds and notes are payable solely from the revenues and excise taxes pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, unless the notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds or the bonds are refunded by refunding bonds issued under this chapter, which bonds or refunding bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and excise taxes pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter. All such bonds and notes shall contain on their face a statement to the effect that the bonds or notes, as to both principal and interest, are not debts of the state or any political subdivision of the state, but are payable solely from revenues and excise taxes pledged for their payment.
All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from revenues, bonds and notes, and excise taxes, as provided under this chapter. This chapter does not authorize an authority to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any other political subdivision of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.19 | Moneys, Funds, Properties, and Assets Held in Trust.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly
All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by a convention facilities authority under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in this chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such moneys and funds, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing its convention facilities authority bonds and notes or in any trust agreement securing the same, or except when invested pursuant to section 351.20 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories selected by the authority in the manner provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes hereof, subject to such conditions as such chapter and such resolutions or trust agreement provide.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.20 | Investing Money.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly
Moneys in the funds of a convention facilities authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its convention facilities authority bonds and notes or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited among funds as the authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and such investments may be sold at such time as the authority determines.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.21 | Acquiring Real Property - Transfers of Real or Personal Property From Governmental Agencies.

Effective:
February 20, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly
A convention facilities authority may acquire by purchase, whenever it finds such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in land as it finds to be necessary or convenient, for the construction and operation of any facility upon such terms and at such price as it considers reasonable and are agreed upon between the authority and the owner thereof, and take title thereto in the name of the authority.
Any governmental agency, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law and without the necessity for an advertisement, auction, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of such governmental agency concerned, may lease, lend, grant, or convey to the convention facilities authority, at its request, upon such terms as the proper authorities of such governmental agency find reasonable and fair any real property or interests therein including improvements thereto or personal property which is necessary or convenient to effect the authorized purposes of the convention facilities authority, including public roads, transit authority property, and real or personal property that is devoted to public use.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.22 | Eminent Domain.

Effective:
February 20, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly
A convention facilities authority may acquire by appropriation pursuant to division (L) of section 351.06 of the Revised Code any public or private lands, including public parks, playgrounds, or reservations, or parts thereof or rights therein, rights-of-way, rights, franchises, easements, and interests as it finds necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any facility. In any proceedings for appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed shall be in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code.
This section does not empower an authority to appropriate or disturb property or facilities belonging to and required for the proper and convenient operation of any public utility or any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, unless provision is made for the restoration, relocation, or duplication of such property or facilities elsewhere at the sole cost of the authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.24 | Records of Convention Facilities Authority.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this section, all final actions of a convention facilities authority shall be journalized and such journal and the records of the authority, including but not limited to records relating to the terms of any lease of all or a part of a facility, and the terms of any contract authorizing or governing the sale of concessions within the facility, shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. Any records or proprietary information relating to lessees or other users that may be obtained by the authority or other persons acting under this chapter are confidential and shall not be disclosed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 351 | Convention Facilities Authorities › Section 351.25 | Liberal Construction of Chapter.

Effective:
February 20, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly
Sections 351.01 to 351.25 of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.02 | Creation of Lake Facilities Authority.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
A lake facilities authority may be created by the board of county commissioners of a county that contains all of the territory of an impacted watershed. If the territory of an impacted watershed is contained within more than one county, a joint facilities lake authority may be created by resolution of the board of commissioners of each county in which the impacted watershed is located. A resolution creating a lake facilities authority must include a finding that the watershed sought to be improved or remediated pursuant to this chapter is an impacted watershed.
A lake facilities authority created pursuant to this section is a body corporate and politic which may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and has the powers and jurisdiction enumerated in this chapter. The exercise by an authority of the powers conferred upon it shall be deemed to be essential governmental functions of this state.
Within sixty days after the creation of a lake facilities authority, the county engineer of each county with territory in the impacted watershed shall prepare a survey denoting the boundaries of the impacted watershed in the county. The survey shall include references to the county auditor's permanent parcel number designations as those parcel number designations correspond to the boundaries of the impacted watershed. If requested by the county engineer of each county with territory in the impacted watershed, the cost of such surveys shall be paid from the funds of the lake facilities authority pursuant to an agreement between the lake facilities authority and the county engineer of each county. Such funds may be advanced by the board of county commissioners of any county with territory in the impacted watershed.
The county auditor of the county with the greatest amount of territory in the impacted watershed shall be the fiscal officer for the lake facilities authority. The county prosecutor of the county with the greatest amount of territory in the impacted watershed shall be the legal advisor of the lake facilities authority and shall prosecute and defend all suits and actions that the lake facilities authority directs or to which it is a party.
Upon the creation of a lake facilities authority, no authority that is granted by law any powers or duties that are substantially the same as the powers and duties of a lake facilities authority may be created if its territorial jurisdiction includes any territory within the impacted lake district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.04 | Board of Directors.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Upon the creation of a lake facilities authority under section 353.02 of the Revised Code, a board of directors consisting of the county commissioners of each county with territory in the impacted lake district shall be created. Membership on the board is not a direct or indirect interest in a contract or expenditure of money by the county. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no member of the board shall be disqualified from holding any public office or employment by reason of membership on the board. The board is a public body for the purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code and a public office for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding those sections, the board may hold closed meetings and protect the confidentiality of information under the same circumstances as authorized for a community improvement corporation under section 1724.11 of the Revised Code. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code applies to the board. Each year, the board shall prepare an annual report of its activities and make it available to the public.
(B) A board of directors shall consult with the advisory council created under this division in performing the remediation and other activities authorized by this chapter.
Not later than sixty days after the creation of the board of directors, the board shall provide written notice of its creation to the legislative authority of each political subdivision with territory in the impacted lake district. The notice shall describe the process for the appointment of an advisory council. Upon receipt of such notice, the legislative authority of each political subdivision with territory in the impacted lake district shall appoint one representative each to serve on the advisory council. The representative need not be an elected or appointed official of the political subdivision.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.05 | Power to Propose Tax Levy.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The board of directors of a lake facilities authority, by resolution, may propose the levy of a tax upon the taxable property in the impacted lake district pursuant to section 5705.55 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.06 | Tax on Lodging.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
As used in this section, "hotel" and "transient guests" have the same meanings as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code.
A resolution creating a lake facilities authority under section 353.02 of the Revised Code, or any amendments or supplements thereto, may authorize the authority to levy an excise tax on transactions by which lodging in a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests to pay any costs authorized under this chapter; to pay principal, interest, and premium on lake facilities authority tax anticipation bonds issued to pay those costs; to pay the operating costs of the authority; and to pay the costs of administering the tax.
Upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the qualified electors in a primary or general election within the impacted lake district voting at an election held for the purpose of authorizing the tax, the board of directors of a lake facilities authority authorized to levy a tax under this section may, by resolution, levy an additional excise tax within the territory of the impacted lake district on all transactions by which lodging in a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests. The rate of the tax, when added to the aggregate rate of excise taxes levied in the impacted lake district pursuant to section 351.021, 5739.08, or 5739.09 of the Revised Code, shall not cause the total aggregate rate to exceed five per cent on any such transaction.
The lake facilities authority shall provide for the administration and allocation of a tax levied pursuant to this section. All receipts arising from the tax shall be expended for the purposes provided in, and in accordance with, this section. An excise tax levied under this section shall remain in effect at the rate at which it is levied for at least the duration of the period for which the receipts from the tax have been anticipated and pledged pursuant to section 353.08 of the Revised Code.
The form of the ballot in an election held on the question of levying a tax proposed pursuant to this section shall be as follows or in any other form acceptable to the secretary of state:
"An excise tax on all transactions by which lodging in a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests within the territory of the (name of impacted lake district) ___________ for the purpose of __________ at a rate of _________ for ____________ (number of years the tax is to be levied).
For the Excise Tax
Against the Excise Tax
"
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.07 | Transfer of Property for Benefit of Wetlands, Wildlife, or Sporting Activities.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The director of natural resources may transfer real property owned by the state to a lake facilities authority for the purpose of promoting wetland banking, wildlife, or sporting activities. The division of wildlife within the department of natural resources may enter into an agreement with a lake facilities authority to establish wetland or natural areas to benefit wildlife or sporting activities. The agreement may be entered as part of, or in conjunction with, a mitigation banking program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.08 | Lake Facilities Authority Anticipation Bonds.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
A lake facilities authority that levies a tax authorized by sections 353.05 and 5705.55 or section 353.06 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, anticipate the proceeds of the tax and issue lake facilities authority anticipation bonds, and notes anticipating the proceeds or the bonds, in the principal amount that, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying the cost of an authorized purpose, and that the authority is able to pay over the term of the issue with the interest on the bonds or notes, or in the case of notes anticipating bonds over the term of the bonds, by the estimated amount of the taxes anticipated. The taxes are determined by the general assembly to satisfy any applicable requirement of Section 11 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution.
Every issue of outstanding anticipation bonds shall be payable out of the proceeds of the taxes anticipated and other revenues of the authority that are pledged for such payment. The pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the anticipated excise taxes and revenues so pledged and thereafter received by the authority immediately shall be subject to the lien of that pledge without any physical delivery of those taxes and revenues or further act. The lien of any pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, whether or not such parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the authority's records.
The anticipation bonds shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such time or times, in the case of any such notes or any renewals of such notes not exceeding twenty years from the date of issue of such original notes and in the case of any such bonds or any refunding bonds not exceeding forty years from the date of the original issue of notes or bonds for the purpose, and shall be executed in the manner that the resolution authorizing the bonds may provide. The anticipation bonds shall bear interest at such rates, or at a variable rate or rates changing from time to time, in accordance with provisions provided in the authorizing resolution, be in such denominations and form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, as the authority may authorize or provide.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.11 | Security for Bonds.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
In the discretion of the lake facilities authority, any lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the lake facilities authority and a corporate trustee that may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state.
The trust agreement may pledge or assign revenues of the lake facilities authority to be received and may convey or mortgage any facility or any part thereof. The trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain any provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the lake facilities authority in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the facility in connection with which the bonds are authorized, the rentals or other charges to be imposed for the use or services of any facility, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of the facility.
Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state that may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues may furnish any indemnifying bonds or may pledge any securities that are required by the lake facilities authority. The trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing similar bonds. The trust agreement may contain any other provisions that the lake facilities authority determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the facility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.12 | Enforcement of Rights.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Any holder of lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under sections 353.09 to 353.15 of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons pertaining to those bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by those sections may be restricted by the applicable resolution or that trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under those sections, the trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by those sections, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the lake facilities authority or any officer of the lake facilities authority, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rentals or other charges.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.13 | Nature of Revenue Bonds.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under sections 353.09 to 353.15 of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state. The holders or owners of the bonds have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. The bonds are payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, unless the revenue bonds are notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, or the revenue bonds are refunded by refunding bonds issued under section 353.09 of the Revised Code, provided that the refunding bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by that section. All bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are not debts of the state or any political subdivision of the state, but are payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.14 | Authority Moneys, Funds, Property and Assets.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the lake facilities authority under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of lake facilities authority revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in this chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing its lake facilities authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing those bonds, or except when invested pursuant to section 353.15 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories selected by the lake facilities authority in the manner provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code for the selection of eligible public depositories, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in that chapter. The resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or the trust agreement securing the bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such money is paid shall act as trustee of the money and hold and apply the money for the purposes for which the bonds are issued, subject to such conditions as Chapter 135. of the Revised Code and such resolutions or trust agreement provide.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.15 | Investments.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its lake facilities authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the bonds, moneys in the funds of the lake facilities authority in excess of current needs may be invested as permitted by sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code or invested in linked deposit programs established by resolution of the board of directors in accordance with section 135.80 of the Revised Code. Income from all investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited to funds as the lake facilities authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and the investments may be sold at any time the lake facilities authority determines.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 353 | Lake Facilities Authorities › Section 353.16 | Bonds as Lawful Investments.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Bonds of a lake facilities authority and lake facilities authority revenue bonds are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, deposit guaranty associations, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinking funds of port authorities and political subdivisions, and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of this state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and insurance companies, including domestic life insurance companies and domestic insurance companies other than life, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 355 | County Healthier Buckeye Councils › Section 355.01 | Definitions.

Effective:
March 20, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 206 - 130th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
"Care coordination" means assisting an individual to access available physical health, behavioral health, social, employment, education, and housing services the individual needs.
"Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code.
"Publicly funded assistance programs" include physical health, behavioral health, social, employment, education, and housing programs funded or provided by the state or a political subdivision of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 355 | County Healthier Buckeye Councils › Section 355.02 | Local Healthier Buckeye Council.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Each board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution to establish a local healthier buckeye council. If a local council is established, the resolution shall specify the organization of the council and shall designate a member to serve as a staffing agent and, if the board determines necessary, a member to serve as a fiscal agent. The board may revise the council's organization as necessary by adopting a resolution.
(B)(1) The board may invite any person or entity to become a member of the council, including any of the following:
(a) Individuals with community leadership experience;
(b) Individuals with experience leading others;
(c) Individuals likely to receive healthier buckeye services and participate in healthier buckeye programs;
(d) Representatives from public and private entities, including any of the following:
(i) Employers;
(ii) Municipal corporations, counties, and townships;
(iii) Courts, including those with specialized court programs certified by the Ohio supreme court;
(iv) Law enforcement;
(v) Faith-based social services organizations;
(vi) Foundations;
(vii) Public health, including free clinics;
(viii) Child support enforcement agencies;
(ix) Children services agencies;
(x) Child care providers;
(xi) Preschool programs;
(xii) Primary and secondary schools;
(xiii) Colleges and universities;
(xiv) Mental health and addiction services providers;
(xv) Medicaid care coordinators or service providers;
(xvi) Emergency or urgent care services providers;
(xvii) Transportation providers;
(xviii) Housing providers;
(xix) The boy scouts of America, 4-H clubs, boys and girls clubs of America, and other similar organizations.
(2) The board may form a multi-county council in accordance with division (C) of this section.
(C)(1) The boards of county commissioners of any two or more counties, by entering into a written agreement, may form a joint local healthier buckeye council. The agreement shall be ratified by resolution of the board of county commissioners of each county that entered into the agreement.
(2) An agreement to establish a joint local healthier buckeye council may set forth procedures or standards necessary for the joint local healthier buckeye council to perform its duties and operate efficiently.
(3) Costs incurred in operating a joint local healthier buckeye council shall be paid from a joint general fund created by the council, except as may be otherwise provided in the agreement.
(4) If a joint local healthier buckeye council is established, all references in the Revised Code to a local healthier buckeye council shall apply to the joint local council.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 355 | County Healthier Buckeye Councils › Section 355.03 | Powers.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A local healthier buckeye council shall promote all of the following:
(1) A cooperative and effective environment in all communities to maximize opportunities for individuals and families to achieve and maintain optimal health in all aspects, thereby achieving greater productivity and reducing reliance on publicly funded assistance programs;
(2) Means by which council members or the entities the members represent may reduce the reliance of individuals and families on publicly funded assistance programs using both of the following:
(a) Programs that have been demonstrated to be effective and have one or more of the following features:
(i) Low costs;
(ii) Use volunteer workers;
(iii) Use incentives to encourage designated behaviors;
(iv) Are led by peers.
(b) Practices that identify and seek to eliminate barriers to achieving greater financial independence for individuals and families who receive services from or participate in programs operated by council members or the entities the members represent.
(3) Care coordination among physical health, behavioral health, social, employment, education, and housing service providers within the county.
(B) A local healthier buckeye council shall develop a healthier buckeye plan that promotes the objectives set forth in division (A) of this section and submit the council's healthier buckeye plan to the board of county commissioners that created the council.
(C) A local healthier buckeye council shall convene at least once per year.
(D) A local healthier buckeye council shall organize itself in accordance with section 355.02 of the Revised Code and any other applicable provisions of law.
(E) A local healthier buckeye council shall collect and analyze data regarding individuals or families who receive services from or participate in programs operated by council members or the entities the members represent.
(F) Beginning one year after September 29, 2015, each local healthier buckeye council shall submit an annual report of the council's performance to the Ohio healthier buckeye council.
(G) A local healthier buckeye council may apply for, receive, and oversee the administration of grants.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 355 | County Healthier Buckeye Councils › Section 355.04 | Report to Jmoc.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly
A local healthier buckeye council shall report the following information to the joint medicaid oversight committee created in section 103.41 of the Revised Code:
(A) Notification that the local council has been established and information regarding the council's organization, plan, and activities;
(B) Information regarding enrollment or outcome data collected under division (E) of section 355.03 of the Revised Code;
(C) Recommendations regarding the best practices for the administration and delivery of publicly funded assistance programs or other services or programs provided by council members or the entities the members represent;
(D) Recommendations regarding the best practices in care coordination.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.01 | Board of Education to Supervise School and Ministerial Lands.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 117th General Assembly
The board of education of each school district shall have general charge of and supervision over the lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools and ministerial purposes that have been allocated for the benefit of that school district.