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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.05 | Airport Zoning Commission.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
Prior to initial zoning of any airport hazard area under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the airport zoning board which is to adopt the regulations shall appoint a commission, to be known as the airport zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various zones to be established and the regulations to be adopted therefor. Such commission shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report, and the airport zoning board shall not hold its public hearings or take other action until it has received the final report of such commission. Where a city planning commission, township zoning commission, or county rural zoning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the airport zoning commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.06 | Adoption of Airport Zoning Regulations - Procedure.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended, or changed under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, except by action of the legislative body of the political subdivision, after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least thirty days notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision in which the airport hazard area to be zoned is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.07 | Zoning Regulations Shall Be Reasonable.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
All airport zoning regulations adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be reasonable, and none shall impose any requirement or restriction which is not reasonably necessary to insure the safety of aircraft in landing and taking off and the safety of persons occupying or using the area and the security of property thereon. In determining what regulations are necessary, each political subdivision or airport zoning board shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the per cent of slope or grade customarily used in descent or ascent of the aircraft expected to use the airport with reference to their size, speed, and type, the nature of the terrain within the airport hazard area, the character of the neighborhood, and the uses to which the property to be zoned is put or is adaptable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.08 | Determination of Airport Hazard Area.

Effective:
September 17, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly
In order to define and determine the airport hazard area in which airport zoning shall be applicable, the office of aviation, upon request of any airport zoning commission appointed pursuant to section 4563.05 of the Revised Code, shall formulate and adopt, and may revise when necessary, an airport approach plan for any airport within its jurisdiction. Each plan shall indicate the airport hazard area, the circumstances under which structures, objects of natural growth, public highways, and certain uses of land would be airport hazards, and the height limits of structures and objects of natural growth, and what other restrictions should be contained in the airport zoning regulations. In adopting or revising the plan, the office shall consider, among other things, the size, type, and speed of aircraft expected to use the airport, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the traffic pattern and regulations affecting flying operations at the airport, the location of public highways, the nature of the terrain, the height of existing structures and objects of natural growth above the level of the airport, and the possibility of lowering or removing existing obstructions. The office may obtain and consider information from and the opinion of any agency of the federal government charged with the promotion, regulation, or control of civil aeronautics as to the approaches necessary to safe flying operations at the airport.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.09 | Zoning Regulations Not to Interfere With Continuance of Nonconforming Use.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
No airport zoning regulations adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21 of the Revised Code shall require the removal, lowering, or other change or alteration of any structure or object of natural growth not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any nonconforming use, except as provided in section 4563.14 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.10 | Political Subdivision or Zoning Board Not Granted Power to Prohibit Certain Uses.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
Nothing in sections 4563.01 to 4563.21 of the Revised Code, shall confer any power on any political subdivision or airport zoning board to prohibit the use of any land for farming, dairying, pasturage, apiculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, or animal and poultry husbandry, except where such use shall create an airport hazard. The provisions of sections 4563.01 to 4563.21 of the Revised Code shall not apply in respect to the location, relocation, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use, or enlargement of any buildings or structures, now existing or constructed in the future, of any public utility or railroad.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.11 | Administration and Enforcement of Zoning Regulations.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
All airport zoning regulations adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall provide for the administration and enforcement of such regulations. The duties of any administrative agency designated pursuant to sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall include that of issuing all permits under section 4563.12 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.12 | Permit Required Prior to Substantial Change or Alteration.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
Airport zoning regulations adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may require that a permit be obtained before any new structure or use may be constructed or established and before any existing structure or use may be substantially changed or substantially altered in an airport hazard area. No permit shall be granted that would allow the establishment or creation of an airport hazard, or permit a nonconforming structure to be made higher or a nonconforming object of natural growth to become higher or become a greater hazard to air navigation than it was when the applicable regulations were adopted or than it is when the application for a permit is made. If any nonconforming use is voluntarily discontinued for two years or more, any future use of the premises shall be in conformity with sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.13 | Airport Zoning Boards of Appeals.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
All airport zoning regulations adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall provide for an airport zoning board of appeals. Where a zoning board of appeals already exists, it may be designated as the airport zoning board of appeals. The airport zoning board of appeals, except in those instances in which an existing zoning board of appeals is designated as the airport zoning board of appeals, shall consist of five members, each to be appointed for a term of three years by the authority adopting the regulations and subject to removal by the appointing authority for cause upon written charges and after public hearing. The first members of such board of appeals shall be so designated that two shall serve for one year, two shall serve for two years, and one shall serve for three years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.14 | Airport Zoning Board of Appeals - Powers.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
The board of appeals shall have and exercise the following powers:
(A) To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the administrative agency in the enforcement of the airport zoning regulations, as provided in sections 4563.11 and 4563.12 of the Revised Code.
(B) To hear and allow, refuse, or allow with modifications or conditions, any variance from the terms of the airport zoning regulations which the board may be authorized to pass upon pursuant to such regulations.
(C) To hear and decide specific variances under section 4563.16 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.15 | Airport Zoning Board of Appeals May Change Airport Zoning Regulations - Hearings.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
(A) An airport zoning board of appeals, by a majority vote of its members, may affirm, reverse, or modify any order, requirement, decision, or determination of the administrative agency created pursuant to section 4563.11 of the Revised Code.
(B) The airport zoning board of appeals shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance or resolution by which it was created. Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board determines. The chairman, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the board shall be public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.16 | Application to Airport Zoning Board of Appeals for Variance.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
Any person desiring to erect any structure, or increase the height of any structure, or permit the increases in height of any object of natural growth, or otherwise use his property in any manner in conflict with airport zoning regulations adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may apply to the airport zoning board of appeals for a variance from the zoning regulations in question. Such variance shall be allowed where a literal application or enforcement of the regulations would result in unnecessary hardship and the relief granted would not be contrary to the public interest or create conditions dangerous to the safety of aircraft using the airport, but would do substantial justice and would not be in conflict with factors set down for consideration in sections 4563.07 and 4563.08 of the Revised Code. The board of appeals may subject any variance to any reasonable conditions that they deem necessary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.17 | Markers and Lights to Indicate Airport Hazards.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
In granting any permit under section 4563.12 of the Revised Code by the administrative agency or under section 4563.16 of the Revised Code by the airport zoning board of appeals, such agency may so condition such permit, if they deem such action advisable and reasonable in the circumstances, to require the owner of the structure or object of natural growth in question to permit the political subdivision, owning the airport, at its own expense, to install, operate, and maintain thereon such markers and lights as may be necessary to indicate the presence of an airport hazard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.18 | Appeals to Airport Zoning Board of Appeals.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
(A) Any person aggrieved by any decision of an administrative agency made in its administration of airport zoning regulations adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any governing body of a political subdivision or any airport zoning board which is of the opinion that a decision of such an administrative agency is an improper application of airport zoning regulations of concern to such governing body or board, may appeal to the airport zoning board of appeals authorized to hear and decide appeals from the decisions of such administrative agency.
(B) All appeals taken under this section shall be taken within twenty days after an order is filed in the office of the administrative agency, as provided by the rules of the airport zoning board of appeals, by filing with the administrative agency from which the appeal is taken and with the airport zoning board of appeals a notice of appeal specifying the grounds of such appeal. The administrative agency from which the appeal is taken shall transmit to the airport zoning board of appeals all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
(C) An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the administrative agency from which the appeal is taken certifies to the airport zoning board of appeals, after the notice of appeal has been filed with it, that by reason of the facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in its opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such cases proceedings shall not be stayed other than by order of the airport zoning board of appeals on notice of the agency from which the appeal is taken and on due notice to the parties in interest.
(D) The airport zoning board of appeals shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of appeals, give public notice and due notice to the parties in interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing any party may appear in person, by agent, or by attorney.
(E) The airport zoning board of appeals, in conformity with sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may reverse, affirm wholly or partly, or modify, the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.19 | Appeals to Court of Common Pleas.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
Any person aggrieved, or any taxpayer, or any legislative authority, or any airport zoning board affected by any order of the airport zoning board of appeals may appeal within 30 days to the court of common pleas of the county in which the affected real estate lies, and upon appeal thereof a trial de novo shall be had.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.20 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall violate any regulation, order, or ruling promulgated or made pursuant to sections 4563.01 to 4563.21 of the Revised Code.
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. Each day's willful continuation of the violation is a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.21 | Court Action to Enforce Regulations.

Effective:
October 5, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly
The political subdivision or airport zoning board adopting zoning regulations under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may institute in any court of competent jurisdiction an action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate any violation of sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or of airport zoning regulations adopted under such sections, or of any order or ruling made in connection with the administration or enforcement. The court shall adjudge to the plaintiff such relief, by way of injunction, which may be mandatory, or otherwise, as may be proper under all the facts of and circumstances of the case, in order fully to effectuate the purposes of sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and of the regulations adopted and orders and rulings made pursuant thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4563 | Airports › Section 4563.50 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport.

Effective:
September 14, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 159 - 131st General Assembly
The airport known, prior to the effective date of this section, as the Port Columbus International Airport, located in Columbus, Ohio, is hereby named the John Glenn Columbus International Airport.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.02 | Creation of Port Authority.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
Any municipal corporation, township, county, or any combination of a municipal corporation, municipal corporations, township, townships, county, or counties, none of which was included in a port authority in existence on December 16, 1964, may create a port authority. A municipal corporation shall act by ordinance, a township shall act by resolution of the township trustees, and a county shall act by resolution of the county commissioners, in authorizing the creation of a port authority. A port authority created pursuant to this section is a body corporate and politic that may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and has the powers and jurisdiction enumerated in sections 4582.01 to 4582.20 of the Revised Code. The exercise by the port authority of the powers conferred upon it shall be considered to be essential governmental functions of this state, but no port authority is immune from liability by reason thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.021 | Contracting With County Prosecuting Attorney for Legal Services.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 34 - 132nd General Assembly
The board of directors of a port authority created under section 4582.02 of the Revised Code may contract with the prosecuting attorney of a county, as provided in section 309.09 of the Revised Code, to obtain legal services from the prosecuting attorney.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.023 | Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Funds for Port Authority.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
Any political subdivision within the jurisdiction of a port authority may appropriate and expend public funds not otherwise appropriated to finance or subsidize the operation and authorized purposes of the port authority so created.
Subject to making due provisions for payment and performance of its obligations, a port authority may be dissolved by the subdivision or subdivisions creating it, and in that event the properties of the port authority shall be transferred to the subdivision creating it or, if created by more than one subdivision, to the subdivisions creating it in such manner as may be agreed upon between the subdivisions prior to the dissolution of the port authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.031 | Civil Immunity.

Effective:
June 10, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 295 - 117th General Assembly
In addition to any immunity from civil liability that is conferred upon a director by any other provision of the Revised Code or by decisions of Ohio or federal courts, no member of the board of directors of a port authority shall be personally liable for any monetary damages that arise from actions taken in the performance of his official duties, except for acts or omissions that are not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.04 | Port Authority Employees.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A port authority created in accordance with section 4582.02 of the Revised Code shall employ and fix the qualifications, duties, and compensation of any employees and professional help it may require to conduct the business of the port and may appoint an advisory board, which shall serve without compensation. Any employee may be suspended or dismissed, and the services of professional help 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 regulations and maintain order.
(C) Special police officers employed by a port authority shall serve as police officers 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 4582.041 | Group Medical and Life Insurance.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A port authority created under section 4582.02 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 4582.05 | Jurisdiction.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
The area of jurisdiction of a port authority created in accordance with section 4582.02 of the Revised Code shall include all of the territory of the political subdivision or subdivisions creating it, provided that in no case other than as may result from the determination of a port authority under division (C) of section 4582.201 of the Revised Code to change the provisions of Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code that govern its operation, shall the same area be included in more than one port authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.08 | Modification of Port 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 4582.07 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 4582.07 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 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 4582.07 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 4582.07 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 4582.09 | Port Development Plan Final.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly
The plan and any modification, amendment or extension of the plan, when adopted by the board of directors after notice and hearing 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 4582.091 | Confidential Information.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) 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 such 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.
(B) 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 (A) 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 a 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 4582.10 | 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 port authority facilities to the fullest extent it considers practicable in the interest of limiting the necessity of construction and operation of those facilities by the port authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.11 | Effect on Other Laws.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
Nothing contained in sections 4582.01 to 4582.16 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, township, or municipal corporation to develop or improve port and terminal facilities except as restricted by section 4582.16 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 4582.02 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 4582.121 | Conveyance or Exchange of Property With Political Subdivision.

Effective:
October 30, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 645 - 106th General Assembly
The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any port authority or any port authority may convey or lease to, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, without competitive bidding and on mutually agreeable terms, any personal property or real property, or any interest therein, which 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 4582.13 | Budget - Surplus Rent and Charges.

Effective:
June 30, 1955
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 193 - 101st General Assembly
The board of directors of a port authority created in accordance with section 4582.02 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 4582.14 | Levying Taxes.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
Upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the qualified electors in a primary or general election, within the port authority voting at an election held for the purpose of authorizing same, 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 thereof, 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 within sections 5705.01 and 133.10 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 such 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 4582.15 | Secretary's Bond - Care of Funds.

Effective:
June 30, 1955
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 193 - 101st General Assembly
Before receiving any moneys, the secretary of a port authority created in accordance with section 4582.02 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 and regulations adopted by the port authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.16 | Restricting Powers of Municipal Corporations and Counties.

Effective:
June 30, 1955
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 193 - 101st General Assembly
No municipal corporation or county, respectively, creating or participating in the creation of a port authority in accordance with section 4582.02 of the Revised Code shall during the time said port authority is in existence have the right to exercise the rights and powers as provided in sections 721.04 to 721.11, inclusive, or section 307.65 of the Revised Code, respectively.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.18 | Bonds Are Lawful Investments.

Effective:
September 1, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 7 - 121st General Assembly
Bonds of a port authority issued pursuant to sections 4582.01 to 4582.17 of the Revised Code are lawful investments of banks and trust companies with approval of the superintendent of banks, of savings and loan associations, of the bond retirement funds or the sinking funds of municipal corporations, boards of education, port authorities, and counties, of the administrator of workers' compensation, of the retirement board of the state teachers retirement system, of the retirement board of the state public school employees retirement system, of the retirement board of the public employees retirement system, and of domestic life insurance companies and domestic insurance companies other than life, and shall be acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.19 | Notice of Street Change Proceedings.

Effective:
October 5, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 360 - 104th General Assembly
Whenever any action is proposed with respect to the vacation, dedication, narrowing, or widening of any street, avenue, alley, road, or highway, which is located within one-half mile of any navigable waters within the jurisdiction of a port authority, created in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code, notice of the pendency of any such proceeding shall be given to such port authority. Such notice shall be given by the municipal corporation, county, or other authority initiating or having jurisdiction over the action so proposed, which notice shall designate a time and place for a public hearing, at which the port authority shall have an opportunity to be heard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.20 | 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 4582.201 | Application of Provisions Before and After 7-9-82.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Sections 4582.01 to 4582.20 of the Revised Code apply exclusively to a port authority in existence on July 9, 1982, unless the subdivision or subdivisions that created the port authority act pursuant to division (B) of this section.
(B) The subdivision or subdivisions that created a port authority in existence on July 9, 1982, may adopt a resolution or ordinance to permit the port authority to operate under sections 4582.21 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code. Subject to division (C) of this section, upon adoption of such a resolution or ordinance, sections 4582.01 to 4582.20 of the Revised Code no longer apply. At the time the resolution or ordinance is adopted, the subdivision or subdivisions that created the port authority also may act pursuant to division (B) of section 4582.22 of the Revised Code to restrict the powers of the port authority.
(C) The subdivision or subdivisions that have adopted a resolution or ordinance under division (B) of this section may adopt a resolution or ordinance to permit the port authority to resume operating under sections 4582.01 to 4582.20 of the Revised Code. Upon adoption of such a resolution or ordinance and adoption of a similar resolution by the board of directors of the affected port authority, sections 4582.21 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code shall not apply and sections 4582.01 to 4582.20 of the Revised Code shall apply from and after the time the last such resolution or ordinance is adopted. A subdivision or subdivisions that act under division (C) of this section may not thereafter adopt a resolution or ordinance under division (B) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.202 | New Provisions Prevail if No Action Taken.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
Sections 4582.21 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code apply exclusively to a port authority created after July 9, 1982, and to a port authority in existence on July 9, 1982, if the subdivision or subdivisions that created the port authority adopt a resolution or ordinance permitted under division (B) of section 4582.201 of the Revised Code but have not adopted a resolution or ordinance under division (C) of that section to resume operating under sections 4582.01 to 4582.20 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.22 | Creation of New Port Authority.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Any municipal corporation, township, or county not included in a port authority in existence on December 16, 1964, may create, or any combination of a municipal corporation, municipal corporations, township, townships, county, or counties, no one of which has been included in a port authority in existence on December 16, 1964, may create, and any of the foregoing together with any other political subdivision or subdivisions may create a port authority. A municipal corporation shall act by ordinance, a township shall act by resolution of the township trustees, a county shall act by resolution of the county commissioners, and any other political subdivision shall act by resolution of its legislative authority, in authorizing the creation of a port authority. A port 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 sections 4582.21 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code. The exercise by such port authority of the powers conferred upon it shall be deemed to be essential governmental functions of this state, but no port authority is immune from liability by reason thereof.
(B) At the time a port authority is created pursuant to division (A) of section 4582.22 of the Revised Code or, in the case of a port authority in existence on July 9, 1982, at the time the subdivision or subdivisions which created such authority act pursuant to division (B) of section 4582.201 of the Revised Code, the subdivision or subdivisions which create the port authority may restrict the powers granted the port authority pursuant to this chapter by specifically setting forth such restrictions in the resolution or ordinance creating the port authority or in the resolution or ordinance adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 4582.201 of the Revised Code.
(C) The subdivision or subdivisions which created a port authority whose powers have been restricted pursuant to division (B) of this section may, at any time, adopt a resolution or ordinance to grant additional powers, so long as the powers so granted do not exceed the powers permitted pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.23 | Contracting With County Prosecuting Attorney for Legal Services.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 34 - 132nd General Assembly
The board of directors of a port authority created under section 4582.22 of the Revised Code may contract with the prosecuting attorney of a county, as provided in section 309.09 of the Revised Code, to obtain legal services from the prosecuting attorney.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.25 | Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Funds for Port Authority.

Effective:
May 17, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Any municipal corporation, township, county, or other political subdivision creating or participating in the creation of a port authority in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code may appropriate and expend public funds to finance or subsidize the operation and authorized purposes of the port authority.
(B) Subject to making due provisions for payment and performance of its obligations, a port authority may be dissolved by the subdivision or subdivisions creating it, and in such event the properties of the port authority shall be transferred to the subdivision creating it or, if created by more than one subdivision, to the subdivisions creating it in a manner agreed upon between the subdivisions prior to the dissolution of the port authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities › Section 4582.271 | Civil Immunity.

Effective:
June 10, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 295 - 117th General Assembly
In addition to any immunity from civil liability that is conferred upon a director by any other provision of the Revised Code or by decisions of Ohio or federal courts, no member of the board of directors of a port authority shall be personally liable for any monetary damages that arise from actions taken in the performance of his official duties, except for acts or omissions that are not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.