Title 3, Title 3. Counties

A convention facilities authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of the following members:(A) Six directors appointed by the county commissioners. One shall be a representative of the townships in the county, one shall be a representative of a major business…

(A) Except for civil actions that arise out of the operation of a motor vehicle and civil actions in which the convention facilities authority is the plaintiff, no director, officer, or employee of a convention facilities authority shall be liable in any civil action that arises …

A facility to be constructed pursuant to this chapter is a public improvement and a convention facilities authority is a public authority for purposes of section 4115.03 of the Revised Code. All contractors and subcontractors working on such facilities are subject to and shall co…

(A)(1) A convention facilities authority shall employ and fix the qualifications, duties, and compensation of employees and enter into contracts for professional services as it may require to conduct the business of the authority, provided that no full-time employees shall be emp…

(A) A convention facilities authority may procure and pay any or all 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 full-time empl…

A convention facilities authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any facility and contract in the manner provided by this section from persons or governmental agencies desiring the use or services of such facility, and fix the t…

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a governmental agency may cooperate with the convention facilities authority in the acquisition or construction of facilities and shall enter into such agreements with the authority as may be appropriate, with a view to effective coop…

Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinkin…

As used in this section, "private enterprise" means a person whose ownership and use of the property leased to it or used exclusively by it would not qualify such property for exemption from taxation.The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be for the benefit of th…

(A) With respect to facilities and the financing thereof, and under agreements whereby the party to whom the facility is to be leased, subleased, or sold is to make payments sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the convention facilities auth…

A convention facilities authority may at any time issue revenue bonds and notes in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying the cost of one or more facilities or parts thereof. An authority may at any time issue renewal no…

A convention facilities authority that levies any of the excise taxes authorized by division (B) or (C) of section 351.021 of the Revised Code or that receives contributions pursuant to division (C) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code, by resolution may anticipate the proceeds…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter. Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter need not comply with any o…

In the discretion of the convention facilities authority, any convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the pow…

Any holder of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds issued under this chapter, or any of the coupons appertaining to the bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by su…

Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state, and the holders or owners of the bonds and notes have no right to have taxes levied by …

All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by a convention facilities authority under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, s…

Moneys in the funds of a convention facilities authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its convention facilities authority bonds and notes or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in not…

A convention facilities authority may acquire by purchase, whenever it finds such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in land as it finds to be necessary or convenient, for the construction and operation of any…

A convention facilities authority may acquire by appropriation pursuant to division (L) of section 351.06 of the Revised Code any public or private lands, including public parks, playgrounds, or reservations, or parts thereof or rights therein, rights-of-way, rights, franchises, …

When a convention facilities authority finds it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public road, state highway, railroad, or public utility facility in connection with the construction of a facility, it shall cause the same to be reconstructed at such location …

Except as otherwise provided in this section, all final actions of a convention facilities authority shall be journalized and such journal and the records of the authority, including but not limited to records relating to the terms of any lease of all or a part of a facility, and…

Sections 351.01 to 351.25 of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

(A) The board of directors of a convention facilities authority may adopt a resolution requesting the board of county commissioners of the county in which the convention facilities authority has its territory to propose the question of a tax to be levied pursuant to this section …

Whoever violates division (J)(2) of section 351.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.