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...he district shall be known; (D) The location of the principal office of the district or the manner in which the location shall be selected; (E) Subject to section 3381.05 of the Revised Code, the number, term, and compensation, which shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars for each board and committee meeting attended by a member, of the members of the board of trustees of the district; (F) Subject to section...

...the district shall be known; (4) The location of the principal office of the district or the manner in which the location shall be selected. (B) The district provided for in the resolution shall be created upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of county commissioners of that county. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the county and the municipal corporations and townships contained in the county ...

...al heritage and shall have other qualifications as are specified in the resolutions or ordinances creating the district, or any amendments to them; provided that at least two members of the board of trustees shall be persons who devote a major portion of their time to practicing, performing, or teaching any of the arts or who are professional administrators in any field of the arts or cultural heritage, and the resol...

...A majority of the board of trustees of the regional arts and cultural district constitutes a quorum, the affirmative vote of which is necessary for any action taken by the district. No vacancy in the board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all the duties of the district. Each member of the board, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath or aff...

...ompensation, duties, number, and qualifications, and any other lawful subject necessary or desirable to the operation and administration of the district and the exercise of the powers granted to it.

...Upon the creation of a regional arts and cultural district and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a vice-president, the district shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in and conferred upon it by this chapter. A regional arts and cultural district: (A) May sue or be sued in its corporate name; (B) May make contracts in the exercise of t...

...The regional arts and cultural district may submit to the electors within its territory the question of issuing bonds of such district and also the necessity of a tax outside the limitation of Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire such bonds. Such bonds when approved by the electors may be issued by the district to purchase, acquire, construct, replace, improve, extend, enl...

...Bonds issued under section 3381.08 of the Revised Code, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.

...The executive director of the regional arts and cultural district shall be the fiscal officer of the district and the custodian of its funds and records, and shall assist the board of trustees in such manner as it directs. Before receiving any moneys, the executive director shall furnish bond in an amount determined by the board with surety satisfactory to it. The executive director shall deposit all funds received ...

...d by or shall refer to plans and specifications for the work to be done, approved by the board. The plans and specifications shall at all times be made and considered part of the contract. The contract shall be approved by the board and signed on behalf of the district and by the contractor. No sale of any real or personal property or a lease thereof having a term thereof in excess of five years shall be made e...

...The board of trustees of a regional arts and cultural district may enter into such contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with the state government of this or any other state, with counties, municipal corporations, townships, or other governmental agencies created by or under the authority of the laws of this state or any other state, with persons, and with public...

...All employees of a regional arts and cultural district shall be considered public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and its employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.

...A regional arts and cultural district may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or sickness and accident insurance or a combination of any of the foregoing for the employees of the district and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.

...The board of county commissioners of any county, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of any township, included within a regional arts and cultural district may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county, the municipal corporation, or the township and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the district to ...

... of any arts or cultural organization located within the district as provided in section 3381.17 of the Revised Code, to meet the operating expenses of the district including, without limitation, the operating expenses of any artistic or cultural facility controlled by the district, and to defray the cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping, furnishing, improving, enlarging, renovating, remodeling, or maintaining a...

...of the arts or cultural organizations located within the territory of the district as the board of trustees shall determine; provided, however, that not more than ten per cent of the amount granted in any calendar year shall be granted to arts and cultural organizations that are not qualifying arts or cultural organizations; and further provided that prior to making any grants in any calendar year, the board of trust...

...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 regional arts and cultural district or any district may convey or lease to, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision, taxing district, or any arts or cultural organ...

...A regional arts and cultural district created under this chapter shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to any such district, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to any district while a private enterprise, other than an arts or cultural organization, is a lessee of s...

...A regional arts and cultural district may cooperate with other governmental agencies of this state, or of the United States, to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

...Subject to making due provisions for the payment and performance of its obligation, the resolution or ordinance creating a regional arts and cultural district may provide for its dissolution under circumstances described therein, or a district may be dissolved by its board of trustees with the consent of the subdivision or subdivisions creating such district. In the event of dissolution the properties of the distric...

.... (B) "Museum" means any institution located in this state that is operated by a governmental agency or nonprofit corporation primarily for educational, scientific, aesthetic, historic, or preservation purposes and that acquires, owns, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or catalogs property. "Museum" includes, but is not limited to, historical societies, historic sites or landmarks, parks, monuments, libraries,...

...(A) Property on loan to a museum other than pursuant to a written agreement shall be considered to be abandoned, and title to the property shall vest in the museum, free from all claims of the owner and of all persons claiming under the owner, if all of the following apply: (1) The property has been held by the museum within the state for at least seven years and, during that time, it remained unclaimed. (2) The mu...

...oth the county in which the museum is located and the county in which the last known address of the owner, if available, is located. For purposes of this division, "records of the museum" means documents created or held by the museum in its regular course of business. (B) The mailed and published notices shall contain the following: (1) The date of the notice; (2) A general description of the property; (3) ...

... reasonable care in the choice and application of the conservation measures.

...Upon accepting property on loan, a museum shall provide a written summary of the provisions of this chapter to the owner of the property.