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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.28 | Port Authority Employees.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A port authority created in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code shall employ and fix the qualifications, duties, and compensation of any employees and enter into contracts for any professional services it may require to conduct the business of the port authority and may appoint an advisory board, which shall serve without compensation. Any employee may be suspended or dismissed, and any contract for professional services may be terminated at any time by the port authority.
(B) A port authority may provide for the administration and enforcement of the laws of the state by employing special police officers, and may seek the assistance of other appropriate law enforcement officers to enforce its rules and maintain order.
(C) Special police officers employed by a port authority shall serve as a police force with respect to the property, grounds, buildings, equipment, and facilities under the control of the port authority, to prevent hijacking of aircraft or watercraft, protect the property of the authority and the property of others located thereon, suppress nuisances and disturbances and breaches of the peace, and enforce laws and the rules of the port authority for the preservation of good order. In performing their duties, special police officers are vested with the same powers of arrest as police officers under section 2935.03 of the Revised Code.
Any person employed as a special police officer by a port authority is a "public employee" as defined in section 145.01 of the Revised Code and is not a "member of a police department" as defined in section 742.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.29 | Group Medical and Life Insurance.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A port authority created under section 4582.22 of the Revised Code may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, sickness and accident insurance, or group life insurance, or a combination of any of the foregoing types of insurance or coverage for employees and their families, issued by an insurance company duly authorized to do business in this state.
(B) A port authority also may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of a plan of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or sickness and accident insurance with a health insuring corporation holding a certificate of authority under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, provided that each employee shall be permitted to:
(1) Exercise an option between a plan offered by an insurance company as provided in division (A) of this section and a plan offered by a health insuring corporation under this division, on the condition that the employee shall pay any amount by which the cost of the plan offered in this division exceeds the cost of the plan offered under division (A) of this section; and
(2) Change from one of the two plans to the other at a time each year as determined by the port authority.
(C) A port authority may procure or contract for any type of insurance authorized by division (A) or (B) of this section on its own or jointly as part of a group with one or more other governmental units or agencies to provide that insurance for the employees of the members of the group and their families. A port authority also may establish and maintain an individual or joint self-insurance program for hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or sickness and accident insurance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.30 | Area of Jurisdiction.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the area of jurisdiction of a port authority created in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code shall include all of the territory of the political subdivision or subdivisions creating it and, if the port authority owns or leases a railroad line or airport, the territory on which the railroad's line, terminals, and related facilities or the airport's runways, terminals, and related facilities are located, regardless of whether the territory is located in the political subdivision or subdivisions creating the port authority.
(2) A municipal corporation with a population of at least one hundred thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census may create a port authority within a county that previously created an existing port authority, if the municipal corporation did not join with the county in creating the port authority or thereafter join that port authority. The newly created port authority and the previously created and existing port authority shall possess concurrent jurisdiction over any territory within the jurisdiction of both.
(3) A county may create a port authority the area of jurisdiction of which excludes any territory that is located in that county and is in the area of jurisdiction of any port authority created in accordance with section 4582.02 or 4582.22 of the Revised Code that is then existing in the county.
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) or (3) of this section, a political subdivision that has created a port authority or joined an existing port authority shall not be included in any other port authority.
(2) A municipal corporation with a population of less than one hundred thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census that has joined an existing port authority in a county with a population of five hundred thousand or less may create a port authority within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipal corporation.
(3) A municipal corporation and a county jointly may create a new port authority if both of the following apply:
(a) The municipal corporation created a port authority after July 9, 1982, and that port authority operates an airport;
(b) The county joined a port authority after July 9, 1982, and that port authority operated an airport.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.33 | Modification of Port Authority Development Plan.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The board of directors, from time to time after the adoption of an official plan for the maritime facilities of the port authority, shall have the power to modify, amend, or extend the plan, provided that prior to the making of any modification, amendment, or extension of the plan, the board shall cause notice by publication to be given and shall conduct a hearing, all as provided in section 4582.32 of the Revised Code, and shall not adopt any such modification, amendment, or extension until the notice has been given and the hearing held as provided in that section. The board, from time to time after the adoption of an official plan under section 4582.32 of the Revised Code, also shall have the power to modify, amend, or supplement any proposal for any type of financing related to the plan and shall do so prior to undertaking any financing not identified in or pursuant to the plan as then in effect; provided, that the board shall first cause notice to be given and shall conduct a hearing on that proposal, all as provided in section 4582.32 of the Revised Code, and provided further that the plan, and any such proposal and the contents thereof, and anything contained or not contained therein, shall not affect the legality, validity, or enforceability of any bonds, notes, leases, certificates, or other financing instruments, any real estate, operating or management contracts or instruments or any taxes, tax abatements or exemptions, tax credits, tax increment financing, assessments or other financial participation related to maritime facilities, the plan, or such proposal. Nothing in this section or in section 4582.32 of the Revised Code shall require a port authority to amend a plan, publish a notice, or hold a public hearing except to add or delete maritime facilities to the plan, to describe changes or deletions in the location or character of the maritime facilities covered by the plan, or to add, change, or delete financings not previously identified in the plan or cost projection changes not previously identified in the plan.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.34 | Port Authority Development Plan Final.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly
A plan and any modification, amendment or extension of the plan, when adopted by the board of directors after notice and hearing under section 4582.32 or 4582.33 of the Revised Code shall be final and conclusive and its validity shall be conclusively presumed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.35 | Private Enterprise Participation.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
The port authority shall foster and encourage the participation of private enterprise in the development of the port facilities to the fullest extent it considers practicable in the interest of limiting the necessity of construction and operation of the facilities by the port authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.36 | Effect on Other Laws.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
Nothing contained in sections 4582.25 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code shall:
(A) Impair the provisions of law or ordinance directing the payment of revenues derived from public property into sinking funds or dedicating those revenues to specific purposes;
(B) Impair the powers of any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision to develop or improve port and terminal facilities except as restricted by section 4582.42 of the Revised Code;
(C) Enlarge, alter, diminish, or affect in any way, any lease or conveyance made, or action taken prior to the creation of a port authority in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code by any municipal corporation under the provisions of sections 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code, or by any county under the provisions of section 307.65 of the Revised Code;
(D) Impair or interfere with the exercise of any permit for the removal of sand or gravel, or other similar permits issued by this state or the United States;
(E) Impair or contravene applicable federal regulations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.38 | Conveyance or Exchange of Property With Political Subdivision.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to or from, lease with an option to purchase, or exchange with, any port authority or any port authority may convey or lease to or from, lease with an option to purchase, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, without competitive bidding and on mutually agreeable terms, any personal property or real property, or any interest therein, that is not needed for the purposes of the grantor, or lessor, to be used by the recipient or lessee for its purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.39 | Budget - Surplus Rent and Charges.

Effective:
July 9, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 439 - 114th General Assembly
The board of directors of a port authority created in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code shall annually prepare a budget for the port authority.
Rents and charges received by the port authority shall be used for the general expenses of the port authority and to pay interest, amortization, and retirement charges on money borrowed. If there remains, at the end of any calendar year, any surplus of such funds after providing for the above uses, the board of directors may pay such surplus into the general funds of the political subdivisions creating and comprising the port authority in proportion to the taxable value of all property within the port authority which shall be listed on the general tax lists for the respective subdivisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.40 | Levying Taxes.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
Upon the affirmative vote in a primary or general election of at least a majority of the qualified electors within the port authority voting at an election held for the purpose, the port authority may levy upon the property within its jurisdiction a tax, for all purposes including bond debt charges, not in excess of one mill annually on the total value of all property as listed and assessed for taxation for any period not exceeding five years, except that when the tax is for the payment of bond debt charges, such tax shall be for the life of the bond indebtedness. On approval of such a levy, notes may be issued in anticipation of the collection of the proceeds of the tax levy, other than the proceeds to be received for the payment of bond debt charges, in the amount and manner and at the times as are provided in section 5705.193 of the Revised Code, for the issuance of notes by a county in anticipation of the proceeds of a tax levy. The port authority may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of current revenues as provided in section 133.10 of the Revised Code.
The board of directors of a port authority shall be the taxing authority under sections 133.10 and 5701.01 of the Revised Code.
Such tax shall be for the purpose of providing funds necessary for the port authority budget and shall be certified annually to the taxing authorities of the political subdivision or subdivisions within the port authority. The collection of the tax levy shall conform in all matters to the provisions of the Revised Code governing the collection of taxes and assessments levied by local taxing districts and the same provisions concerning the nonpayment of taxes shall apply to taxes levied pursuant to this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.401 | Levying Taxes by Municipal Port Authority.

Effective:
July 18, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 330 - 118th General Assembly
A port authority that is created by the exclusive action of a municipal corporation and located within an existing port authority created by a county may levy a tax under section 4582.40 of the Revised Code only if the existing port authority created by the county has no such tax levy in effect. Unless the existing port authority created by the county subsequently levies a tax under section 4582.40 of the Revised Code, one-half of the proceeds, or such percentage as is agreed to by the boards of both port authorities, from any tax levied under the authority of this section by a municipal port authority shall be distributed to the existing port authority created by the county within which the municipal port authority is located, to be used by the existing port authority created by the county for the purposes established under section 4582.40 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.41 | Secretary's Bond - Care of Funds.

Effective:
July 9, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 439 - 114th General Assembly
Before receiving any moneys, the secretary of a port authority created in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code shall furnish bond in such amount as shall be determined by the port authority, with sureties satisfactory to it, and all funds coming into the hands of said secretary shall be deposited by him to the account of the port authority in one or more such depositories as shall be qualified to receive deposits of county funds, which deposits shall be secured in the same manner as county funds are required to be secured. No disbursements shall be made from such funds except in accordance with rules adopted by the port authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.42 | Limitations on County and Municipal Powers as to Harbor or Waterfront Improvements.

Effective:
July 9, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 439 - 114th General Assembly
No municipal corporation or county creating or participating in the creation of a port authority in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code may, during the time the port authority is in existence, exercise the rights and powers provided in sections 307.65 or 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.44 | Bonds Are Lawful Investments.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Bonds of a port authority and port authority revenue bonds issued pursuant to sections 4582.22 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code 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 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.46 | Port Authority Property Exempted From Taxes.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
A port authority shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, or any combination thereof, belonging to any port authority that is used exclusively for any authorized purpose. This exemption shall not apply to any property occupied and used during a tax year by a person who is a lessee of the property as of the tax lien date for that tax year under a written lease with a remaining term longer than one year. The immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to real or personal property, or any combination thereof, leased to a lessee, which property would be exempt from taxes under Chapter 5709. of the Revised Code if such property belonged to that lessee. Nothing in this section eliminates the lessor's or the lessee's obligation to comply with other provisions of the Revised Code to obtain an exemption for such property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.49 | Bond Laws Not Applicable to Port Authority Revenue Bonds.

Effective:
July 9, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 439 - 114th General Assembly
The issuance of port authority revenue bonds under sections 4582.22 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.50 | Securing Bonds by Trust Agreements.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
In the discretion of the port authority, any port authority revenue bonds issued under sections 4582.22 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the port 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 port authority to be received and may convey or mortgage any port authority 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 port authority in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the port authority facility in connection with which the bonds are authorized, the rentals or other charges to be imposed for the use or services of any port authority 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 port authority 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 port 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 port 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 port authority facility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.51 | Protection and Enforcement of Rights of Bondholder and Trustees.

Effective:
July 9, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 439 - 114th General Assembly
Any holder of port authority revenue bonds issued under sections 4582.22 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such sections 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 sections, trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by such sections, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the port authority or any officer of the port authority, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rentals or other charges.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.52 | Bonds Not a Debt of State.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
Port authority revenue bonds issued under sections 4582.22 to 4582.59 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, and 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, but the bonds are payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by those sections, unless the notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds or the bonds are refunded by refunding bonds issued under those sections, which bonds or refunding bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by those sections. All the 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 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.53 | Property and Funds Held in Trust.

Effective:
July 9, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 439 - 114th General Assembly
All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the port authority under sections 4582.22 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of port 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 such sections, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing its port authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, or except when invested pursuant to section 4582.54 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories selected by the port authority in the manner provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in that chapter. 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 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.54 | Investing Excess Funds.

Effective:
July 1, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly
Moneys in the funds of the port authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its port authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, 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 port authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and the investments may be sold at any time the port authority determines.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.58 | Journalization of Final Actions - Public Records.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) All final actions of the port authority shall be journalized and the journal and the records of the port authority shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. Not later than the first day of April every year, every port authority shall submit a report to the director of development detailing the projects and activities of the port authority during the previous calendar year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all aspects of those projects and activities, including the progress and status of the projects and their costs, and any other information the director determines should be included in the report.
(B) Financial and proprietary information, including trade secrets, submitted by or on behalf of an employer to a port authority or to a nonprofit corporation engaged by contract to provide economic development services for a port authority, in connection with the relocation, location, expansion, improvement, or preservation of the business of that employer is not a public record subject to section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Any other information submitted by such an employer under those circumstances is not a public record subject to section 149.43 of the Revised Code until that employer commits in writing to proceed with the relocation, location, expansion, improvement, or preservation.
(C) Notwithstanding section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the board of directors of a port authority and the board of trustees of a nonprofit corporation described in division (B) of this section, and any committee or subcommittee of either, when considering information that is not a public record under this section, may close any meeting during the consideration of that information pursuant to a vote of the majority of the members present on a motion stating that such information is to be considered. No other matters shall be considered during the closed session.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.59 | Liberal Construction of Chapter.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
Sections 4582.22 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code and division (C) of section 4582.06 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 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.60 | Meeting by Interactive Video Conference or Teleconference.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 455 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The requirement in division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code that a member of a public body be present in person at a meeting open to the public in order to be part of a quorum or to vote does not apply to the board of directors of a port authority if the board holds the meeting by interactive video conference or by teleconference in the following manner:
(1) The board establishes a primary meeting location that is open and accessible to the public;
(2) Meeting-related materials that are available before the meeting are sent via electronic mail, facsimile, hand- d elivery, or United States postal service to each board member;
(3) In the case of an interactive video conference, the board causes a clear video and audio connection to be established that enables all meeting participants at the primary meeting location to see and hear each board member;
(4) In the case of a teleconference, the board causes a clear audio connection to be established that enables all meeting participants at the primary meeting location to hear each board member;
(5) All board members have the capability to receive meeting-related materials that are distributed during a board meeting;
(6) A roll call voice vote is recorded for each vote taken; and
(7) The minutes of the board meeting identify which board members remotely attended the meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference.
If the board proceeds under this division, use of an interactive video conference is preferred, but nothing in this section prohibits the board from conducting its meetings by teleconference or by a combination of interactive video conference and teleconference at the same meeting.
(B) A port authority board of directors shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. At a minimum, the rules shall do all of the following:
(1) Authorize board members to remotely attend a board meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference, or by a combination thereof, in lieu of attending the meeting in p erson;
(2) Establish a minimum number of board members that must be physically present in person at the primary meeting location if the board conducts a meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference;
(3) Require that not more than one board member remotely attending a board meeting by teleconference is permitted to be physically present at the same remote location;
(4) Establish geographic restrictions for participation in meetings by interactive video conference and by teleconference;
(5) Establish a policy for distributing and circulating meeting-related materials to board members, the public, and the media in advance of or during a meeting at which board members are permitted to attend by interactive video conference or teleconference; and
(6) Establish a method for verifying the identity of a board member who remotely attends a meeting by teleconference.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.01 | License of Ferries.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall keep a ferry across a stream running through or bounding on a county in this state, without having obtained a license therefor from the court of common pleas of such county.
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than thirty dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.02 | Notice.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The person applying for a ferry license shall produce satisfactory evidence to the court of common pleas, by the affidavit of the applicant or otherwise, that he has given notice by advertisement posted in at least three public places in the township or neighborhood where a ferry is proposed to be kept, twenty days prior to the sitting of such court, of his intention to apply to such court for a license to keep such ferry.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.03 | Court to Grant License.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The court of common pleas, upon being satisfied that the notice required by section 4583.02 of the Revised Code, has been given, that a ferry is needed at such place, and that the applicant for a ferry license is a suitable person, may grant to such applicant a license to keep such ferry for the term of one year, on his paying into the county treasury a sum fixed by the court of not less than two nor more than fifty dollars. On production by such applicant of the county treasurer's receipt for the payment of such sum, he shall receive from the clerk of the court of common pleas a license, under the seal of the court for such term. He shall pay such clerk fifty cents therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.04 | Exclusive Right of License.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The person owning land on both sides of a stream where a ferry is proposed to be established shall have exclusive right of a license for a ferry at such place. When the opposit banks are owned by different persons, the right to the ferry shall be mutual. If such owner does not apply, the court of common pleas shall grant a license to a person applying for it. If either of the landings is not on a public highway, the consent of the owner of the ground shall be first had in writing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.05 | Renewal of License.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a person applies for a renewal of his ferry license at the same place where he kept a ferry the preceding year, it may be granted or renewed without notice or petition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.06 | License Expiring in Vacation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a ferry license expires in vacation, and the person obtaining it procures a renewal thereof, the renewal license shall include the time from the expiration of the former in addition to the time to which it shall extend in the future. The applicant shall pay a ratable proportion for the whole time therein mentioned, and be exonerated from any penalty to which he would be otherwise liable. In applications for a license, when objections are made, the court of common pleas may grant or refuse it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.07 | Permit in Lieu of License.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A person may ferry passengers across a small stream in high water, and the court of common pleas may direct the clerk of the court of common pleas to give a person a permit for that purpose, when in its opinion, the stream is too small to justify the expense of a license.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.08 | Court to Fix Rate of Ferriage.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
At the time it grants a license to keep a ferry, the court of common pleas shall fix the rate of ferriages which the ferrykeeper may demand and receive for the transportation of persons and property. The clerk of the court of common pleas shall furnish a person taking out a license to keep a ferry with a list of the rate of ferriages. The ferrykeeper shall post such list at the door of his ferryhouse, or at a conspicuous place convenient to the ferry.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.10 | Duties of Ferrymen.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A person obtaining a license to keep a ferry shall provide and keep in complete repair a sufficient boat for the safe conveyance of persons and property. When the stream over which such ferry is kept is passable, he shall give due attendance from daylight in the morning until dark in the evening with sufficient hands to manage such boat. During the day he shall cross the stream at intervals of not longer than fifteen minutes when a person desires passage. At any hour in the night or day that the river can be passed, when called upon therefor, he shall convey the United States mail or other public express across such ferry.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.11 | Duty of County Auditor.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The county auditor shall inform against offenders and prosecute violations of sections 4583.01 to 4583.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.12 | Enforcement.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Actions brought under sections 4583.01 to 4583.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be in the name of the state and the court taking cognizance thereof shall keep a record of all fines and forfeitures recovered thereunder. Sheriffs, constables, and other officers shall pay all moneys within thirty days after receiving them into the county treasury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.13 | Penalty for Overcharging.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
A keeper of a ferry demanding and receiving a higher rate or sum for ferriage than that allowed by the court of common pleas of the county in which such ferry is kept shall forfeit and pay for each offense not exceeding ten dollars, recoverable before a judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction, by a person making due proof thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.14 | Penalty for Failing to Perform Duties of Ferryman.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
A person having obtained a ferry license, and failing or neglecting to perform the duties provided in section 4583.10 of the Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay for each offense not exceeding five dollars, to be recovered before a judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction, by a person prosecuting for, and making due proof of such failure or neglect.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.15 | Ferryman May Be Exonerated From Penalties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the court of common pleas refuses to renew the license of a ferryman, he shall be exonerated from the penalties of sections 4583.01 to 4583.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by paying into the county treasury, previous to a prosecution being commenced against him, such sum, for the time which has elapsed between the expiration of his license and the next term of the court, as bears a ratable proportion to the amount charged for the previous year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.16 | Penalty for Failing to Comply With Chapter.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
Any officer neglecting or failing to comply with sections 4583.01 to 4583.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay for each offense not exceeding fifty dollars, at the discretion of any judge before whom it may be recovered, for the use of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4583 | Ferries › Section 4583.17 | Account of Fines.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
County court judges, municipal court judges, and clerks of the courts of common pleas before whom the fines provided for in sections 4583.01 to 4583.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are recovered, shall present an accurate account thereof to the county auditor on or before the first day of June annually. Clerks shall also return a list of all licenses issued by them, and to whom, and the price of each respectively.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4585 | Actions Relating to Watercraft › Section 4585.01 | Watercraft Liens.

Effective:
May 2, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 440 - 116th General Assembly
(A) Any watercraft navigating the waters within or bordering upon this state, is liable for the following:
(1) All debts contracted on account of such watercraft by the master, owner, steward, consignee, or other agent for the following:
(a) Materials, supplies, or labor in the building, repairing, furnishing, or equipping of the watercraft;
(b) Insurance;
(c) Wharfage.
(2) Damages arising out of any contract for the following:
(a) The transportation of goods or persons;
(b) Injuries done to persons or property by the watercraft;
(c) Any damage or injury done by the captain, mate, or other officer of the watercraft, or by any person under the order or sanction of any of them, to any person who is a passenger on, or employee of, the watercraft at the time of the infliction of the damage or injury.
(B) The liability described in division (A) of this section is a lien on the watercraft, but the lien is subordinate to any prior security interest that is noted on the certificate of title of the watercraft, or in a security agreement associated with a manufacturer's or importer's certificate for the watercraft that is retained, in accordance with section 1548.20 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4585 | Actions Relating to Watercraft › Section 4585.02 | Liability Arising Outside State.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a liability provided for in section 4585.01 of the Revised Code arises beyond the jurisdiction of this state, a lien therefor shall attach and may be enforced as provided in sections 4585.01 to 4585.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, except against purchasers without notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4585 | Actions Relating to Watercraft › Section 4585.03 | Proceeding Against Watercraft Owner or Master.

Effective:
May 2, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 440 - 116th General Assembly
A person who has a lien under section 4585.01 of the Revised Code may proceed against the owner of the watercraft, the master who contracted a debt, or the watercraft itself. The person may file a complaint as in a civil action in the appropriate municipal or county court or court of common pleas, against the watercraft by name, or if it does not have a name, by a pertinent and substantial description of it.
Upon the filing of a complaint against a watercraft itself, the plaintiff shall give or send a written notice of the action to, or cause the service of a copy of the complaint upon, the owner of the watercraft and any person who has a security interest in the watercraft that is superior to the lien under division (B) of section 4585.01 of the Revised Code. A written notice or copies of the complaint shall be given, sent, or served upon the owner and any such secured parties in a manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of process on defendants in civil actions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4585 | Actions Relating to Watercraft › Section 4585.04 | Summons and Warrant for Seizure.

Effective:
May 2, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 440 - 116th General Assembly
On the filing of a complaint under section 4585.03 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court shall issue a summons, as in other cases, with a warrant returnable as other writs, directing the sheriff to seize the watercraft, or such part of its apparel or furniture as is necessary to satisfy the claim for relief of the plaintiff, and to detain them until discharged by due course of law. The officer who executes the writ shall return it with an inventory of the effects seized and held under it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4585 | Actions Relating to Watercraft › Section 4585.05 | Expenses to Be Advanced Before Seizure.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The officer holding the warrant issued under section 4585.04 of the Revised Code, may require the plaintiff to deposit with him such sum of money as he deems reasonable to defray all necessary expenses in taking charge of, detaining, and securing the property. In no case shall he pay to a person employed by him for such purpose more than two dollars per day for the time actually employed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4585 | Actions Relating to Watercraft › Section 4585.06 | Excess of Money Advanced to Be Repaid.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The officer shall return an account of the expenses incurred by him under section 4585.05 of the Revised Code. If the amount deposited with him is greater than the sum expended, he shall pay the balance in his hands to the plaintiff; if it is less than that sum, the plaintiff shall forthwith pay him the balance.