Chapter 3347 | University Housing Commissions

Section 3347.01 | University housing commissions.

• Effective: July 2, 1986
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 739 - 116th General Assembly

There is hereby created:

(A) The Ohio state university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Ohio state university;

(B) The Miami university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Miami university;

(C) The Central state university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Central state university;

(D) The Kent state university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Kent state university;

(E) The Bowling Green university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Bowling Green state university;

(F) The Ohio university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Ohio university;

(G) The Cleveland state university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Cleveland state university;

(H) The university of Toledo housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of the university of Toledo;

(I) The Wright state university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Wright state university;

(J) The university of Akron housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of the university of Akron;

(K) The Youngstown state university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Youngstown state university;

(L) The university of Cincinnati housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of the university of Cincinnati;

(M) The Shawnee state university housing commission, which shall consist of the chairman of the board of trustees, the president, and the business manager of Shawnee state university.

Section 3347.02 | Reimbursement for expenses of members - organization of commission.

• Effective: October 1, 1953
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

The members of each of the commissions created by section 3347.01 of the Revised Code shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Each commission shall organize by electing a chairman and a vice-chairman from its membership and may employ such professional, technical, and clerical assistants as are necessary, and define their duties and fix their compensation, to carry out the objects and purposes of section 3347.01 to 3347.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The majority of each commission must concur in any action taken by the commission, which shall establish rules and keep a journal of its proceedings.

Section 3347.03 | Acquisition or use of property or state lands for housing purposes.

• Effective: September 10, 2012
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly

Each commission created by section 3347.01 of the Revised Code may acquire property of any kind by purchase, gift, or devise and hold and use any such property, or may use state lands at their respective universities upon consent of the respective boards of trustees thereof, for the erection, remodeling, or improving and equipping of buildings for suitable housing, dormitory, dining hall, and recreational accommodations, referred to as "buildings" in sections 3347.03 to 3347.08 of the Revised Code, for students, instructors, members of the faculty, the administration and maintenance staff of the universities with which each commission is identified, and their families. The construction, remodeling, or improving of any such buildings shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the commission and with sections 153.01 and 153.04 to 153.20 of the Revised Code, except that the commission may act in all instances where the Ohio facilities construction commission is mentioned in such sections.

Section 3347.04 | Issuance of bonds, notes or other written instruments.

• Effective: May 11, 1965
• Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 154 - 106th General Assembly

For the purpose of obtaining funds for the acquisition of lands or the erection, remodeling, and equipping of buildings as defined in section 3347.03 of the Revised Code, or for any of such purposes, and for the purpose of paying legal, architectural, engineering, administrative, and clerical expenses incident thereto, each housing commission may provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds, notes, or other written instruments evidencing indebtedness, in such amount and in such denominations as such commission determines. Such bonds, notes, or other written instruments shall bear interest payable semi-annually, and shall mature at such time not more than thirty years from their date as is determined by such commission, and may be made redeemable before maturity at the option of the issuing commission, to be exercised by it at such price and under such terms as it determines prior to the issuance of said bonds. The principal and interest of such bonds, notes, or other written instruments may be made payable in any lawful medium. The issuing commission shall determine the form of the bonds, notes, or other written instruments, including the interest coupons to be attached thereto, and the place of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. Bonds, notes, or other written instruments issued by any such commission shall be signed by the chairman of that commission, and attested by the secretary of that commission, provided that one of such signatures may be a facsimile signature, and the coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of said chairman of the issuing commission, and in case any such officer whose signature appears thereon ceases to be such officer before delivery thereof, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery.

All bonds, notes, or other written instruments issued under sections 3347.01 to 3347.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall contain a statement on their face that the state shall not be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon and that such bonds, notes, or other written instruments and interest are payable only from the revenue accruing to the issuing commission.

Section 3347.05 | Bonds, notes, or other written instruments negotiable, exempt from taxation and lawful investments - issuance and sale.

• Effective: March 7, 1997
• Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 82 - 121st General Assembly

All bonds, notes, or other written instruments provided for in section 3347.04 of the Revised Code shall have all of the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments and the bonds, notes, or other written instruments are exempt from all taxation, state and municipal. The bonds, notes, or other written instruments are lawful investments of banks, savings banks, trust companies, trustees, trustees of sinking funds of municipal corporations and counties, and domestic insurance companies notwithstanding sections 3907.14 and 3925.08 of the Revised Code, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.

Such bonds, notes, and other written instruments may be issued in coupon or in registered form or both, as the issuing commission may determine. Provisions may be made for the registration of any of the bonds, notes, or other written instruments in the name of the owner as to principal alone and as to both principal and interest, and for exchange between those in coupon form and those in fully registered form. The issuing housing commission may sell the bonds, notes, or other written instruments in a manner and for the price it determines to be for its best interest, but they shall be sold for not less than par, with accrued interest to date of sale.

Section 3347.06 | Buildings rented by housing commission.

• Effective: October 1, 1953
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

Upon completion of any buildings as defined in section 3347.03 of the Revised Code, such building shall be rented by the housing commission to students, instructors, faculty members, the administration and maintenance staff of the university with which the commission is identified, or any of such groups, for the residence of themselves and their families, upon such terms of rental as is determined by the commission.

Section 3347.07 | Rentals to be placed in separate sinking fund - use of money in fund.

• Effective: October 1, 1953
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

The rentals received from a building as defined in section 3347.03 of the Revised Code, after paying the costs of operation, administration, maintenance, and repair and necessary fiscal agency charges applicable to each such property, shall be placed in a separate sinking fund which is hereby pledged to and charged with the payment of interest and principal of the bonds, notes, or other written instruments issued in respect of such building. Prior to the issuance of any such bonds, notes, or other written instruments, the housing commission may provide by resolution for using the sinking fund for such issue, or any part thereof, for the purchase of the outstanding bonds, notes, or other written instruments of such issue, at the market price thereof, and all bonds, notes, or other written instruments so purchased shall forthwith be canceled and shall not again be issued. The money in each such sinking fund, less such reserve as may be provided for principal and interest prior to the issuance of such bonds, notes, or other written instruments, if not used within a reasonable time for the purchase of such bonds, notes, or other written instruments, shall be applied to the redemption, in accordance with the provisions thereof, of the bonds, notes, or other written instruments for the payment of which the particular sinking fund is pledged. The moneys in each such sinking fund shall be placed in the hands of the treasurer of state as custodian, and shall be disbursed upon order of the commission upon vouchers signed by the chairman thereof.

Section 3347.071 | Bonds or notes secured by a trust agreement.

• Effective: May 11, 1965
• Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 154 - 106th General Assembly

In the event that bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to section 3347.04 of the Revised Code are secured by a trust agreement between the issuing commission and a corporate trustee, as determined by the commission in its resolution authorizing their issuance, the revenues received by the issuing commission from the buildings referred to in section 3347.03 of the Revised Code, shall be pledged, deposited, held, invested, disbursed, used, and applied to such extent, in such manner, at such times, and for such purposes as are provided in such trust agreement or resolution, notwithstanding any provisions of section 3347.07 of the Revised Code. Such trust agreement or resolution may contain such terms and provisions as the issuing commission determines, and may provide for the pledge or assignment of all or such part of the revenue of any such buildings designated therein, as the commission determines, to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, notes, and other written instruments and expenditures related thereto, after provision for the reasonable costs of operating, maintaining, and repairing the buildings so designated, but such trust agreement or resolution shall not mortgage or convey any such building or part thereof and shall neither obligate the state to make any such payments or deposits nor obligate the commission to make them from other than such revenues.

Section 3347.08 | Conveyance of buildings and lands to the state.

• Effective: October 1, 1953
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

When sufficient funds have been received from the revenues from buildings provided in section 3347.07 of the Revised Code to pay bonds, notes, or other written instruments issued with respect to such buildings and accrued interest, the said buildings and the lands whereon the same are situated, shall be conveyed to the state by the housing commission owning and operating the same for the use and benefit of the university with which such commission is identified and such commission may execute and deliver all necessary deeds therefor.

Section 3347.09 | Leases or subleases - state not obligated.

• Effective: October 25, 1978
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly

Each commission created by section 3347.01 of the Revised Code may lease or sublease real property and buildings for suitable housing, dormitory, dining hall, and recreational accommodations for students, members of the faculty, the administration and maintenance staff, and their spouses and children, of the university with which each commission is identified, on such terms as the commission determines, provided, that each such lease or sublease shall provide that the state is not obligated to pay any of the rentals or perform any of the obligations thereunder and that such rentals and obligations are to be paid or performed only from the revenue accruing to the commission executing the lease or sublease.

Section 3347.091 | Location of University housing, dining, and recreation facilities.

• Effective: September 29, 2017
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly

(A) Real property or buildings a university housing commission identifies as a property site for development or redevelopment under section 3347.09 of the Revised Code may be situated within or outside of the political subdivision in which the administrative offices of the university identified with the commission are principally located.

(B) If located entirely outside of the political subdivision, but not less than thirty-three per cent of the property site's boundary is contiguous, continuously or otherwise, to other university-owned or leased property, then all of the following apply:

(1) The uses specified in section 3347.09 of the Revised Code are unconditionally permitted on the property site.

(2) The property site may be developed to accommodate population and structural densities exhibited in any other developed real property and buildings owned or leased by the university or commission for the purposes provided in section 3347.09 of the Revised Code.

(3) None of the following may be enforced, to the extent they prohibit, condition, limit, or impair either the development of a property site in accordance with this section or the housing or structural types or dimensions proposed for such purposes:

(a) Land use laws enacted by a municipality, township, city, or county;

(b) Subdivision regulations;

(c) Any other similar lawfully binding provision.

(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair or prohibit a commission or university from acquiring title to real property or buildings leased or proposed to be leased in accordance with this section.

Section 3347.10 | Authority of commission to grant the use of lands.

• Effective: September 28, 1973
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly

Each commission created by section 3347.01 of the Revised Code may, upon such consideration, terms, and conditions as are approved by it, grant to any municipal corporation or county, or transfer to the director of transportation, the right to use in perpetuity or for such period of time as such commission shall specify, any lands owned by it or under its supervision or control for any street, road, or highway purpose, which may include or be limited to areas or space on, above, or below the surface. Such grant or transfer may be subject to a reserved right of such commission, its successors and assigns, including the board of trustees of the university with which it is identified, to use and improve, and permit the use and improvement of, such lands for buildings, structures, and other uses and purposes as shall not interfere with the use granted for street, road, or highway purposes. Such grant shall be authorized by resolution of such commission and shall be executed in the same form and manner as is provided for deeds by section 5301.13 of the Revised Code and shall be recorded in the records of deeds of the county or counties in which such lands are situated.