Rule 164-2-01 | Definitions.
For the purposes of Chapter 164-2 of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Commission" means the Ohio public works commission.
(B) "Declaration of restrictions" are real property restrictions supplied by the commission to applicants to be recorded as a deed restriction which can be modified at the discretion of the director as necessary to meet the specific needs of any project but must be compliant with the requirements of the clean Ohio program.
(C) "Director" means the director of the Ohio public works commission appointed under section 164.02 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Local match" are funds or resources to be used as matching funds for the project as set forth in division (A)(6) of section 164.23 of the Revised Code and may not consist of Ohio public works funds.
(E) "Local political subdivision" means a county, municipal corporation, township, conservancy district, soil and water conservation district, lake facilities authority, joint recreation district, park district, or other similar park authority, as set forth in section 164.20 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Natural resources assistance council" or "NRAC" is the council and its members appointed by each district public works integrating committee or the executive committee of the integrating committee pursuant to section 164.21 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Nonprofit organization" means an environmental and conservation organization that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and described in 26 U.S.C. 501(c) and formed to protect the natural environment, as set forth in section 164.20 of the Revised Code.
(H) "Ohio public works commission" or "OPWC" means the Ohio public works commission created by section 164.02 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Project applicant" or "applicant" means the local political subdivision or nonprofit organization which submitted a request for financial assistance to a district, that a district has subsequently formally submitted to the director of the Ohio public works commission or to the administrator of the Ohio small government capital improvements commission under section 164.06 of the Revised Code.
(J) "Project application" or "application" means a request for financial assistance formally submitted by a district to the director or to the administrator of the Ohio small government capital improvements commission pursuant to section 164.06 of the Revised Code.
(K) "Reimbursable prepaids" are project expenses paid by the applicant within one year of the date of the project agreement.
(L) "Workswise portal" is the online access maintained by the commission for processing applications and all appurtenant information relating to the programs administered by the commission.
Last updated February 15, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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