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...As used in this section and in sections 122.121 and 122.122 of the Revised Code: (A) "Endorsing county" means a county that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for one or more games. (B) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipal corporation that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for one or more games. (C) "Game support contract" means a joinder undertaking, joinder...

...(A) A local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county that has entered into a joinder undertaking with a site selection organization may apply to the director of development services, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director, for a grant from the sports event grant fund created under section 122.122 of the Revised Code with respect to a game to which either of the following appli...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the sports event grant fund, which shall consist of money appropriated to the fund. Money in the fund shall be used solely to make grants to a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county under section 122.121 of the Revised Code. Except for amounts refunded under division (E) of section 122.121 of the Revised Code, money may not be credited o...

...As used in sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Code: (A) "Closing" means the permanent cessation of operations at an establishment that employs at least twenty-five persons. (B) "Employee-owned corporation" means a business operation that is controlled by a board of directors that is selected by the shareholders on a basis of one vote per shareholder and in which the management rights are represented by votin...

...The director of development shall do all of the following: (A) Develop, collect, and disseminate information useful to individuals and organizations throughout the state in undertaking or promoting the establishment and successful operation of employee-owned corporations; (B) Assist in the evaluation of the feasibility and economic vitality of employee-owned corporation proposals received in the employee ownership ...

...As used in this section and sections 122.151 to 122.156 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. For the purposes of this division, a person is "controlled by" another person if the controlling person holds, directly or indirectly, the majority voting or ownership ...

...(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Vacant commercial space" means space that has been unoccupied and available for use in a trade or business for the twelve months immediately preceding the lease or purchase date described in division (B) of this section, located in either of the following: (a) A building, seventy-five per cent or more of the square footage of which has been unoccupied and available for u...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Low-income individual" has the same meaning as "low-income person" in section 122.66 of the Revised Code. (2) "Microcredential" has the same meaning as in section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (3) "OhioMeansJobs web site" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Partially unemployed" and "totally unemployed" have the same meanings as in section ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of this state as specified in section 9.34 of the Revised Code. (2) "Individual microcredential assistance program" means the individual microcredential assistance program created under section 122.1710 of the Revised Code. (3) "Microcredential" has the same meaning as in section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (4) "State institution of higher ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Facility" means all real property and interests in real property owned by either of the following: (a) A landlord and leased to a tenant pursuant to a project that is the subject of an agreement under this section; (b) The United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. (2) "Full-time employee" has the same meaning as under section 122.17 of the ...

...As used in sections 122.19 to 122.22 of the Revised Code: (A) "Distressed area" has the same meaning as in section 122.16 of the Revised Code. (B) "Eligible applicant" means any of the following that are designated by the legislative authority of a county, township, or municipal corporation as provided in division (B)(1) of section 122.22 of the Revised Code: (1) A port authority as defined in division (A) o...

...(A) The urban and rural initiative grant program is hereby created to promote economic development and improve the economic welfare of the people of the state, which shall be accomplished by the department of development awarding grants to eligible applicants for use in an eligible area for any of the following purposes: (1) Land acquisition; (2) Infrastructure improvements; (3) Voluntary actions undertaken on pro...

...In administering the urban and rural initiative grant program created under section 122.20 of the Revised Code, the director of development shall do all of the following: (A) Designate, within three months after the publication of each decennial census by the United States census bureau, the entities that constitute the eligible areas in this state; (B) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised...

...As used in sections 122.23 to 122.27 of the Revised Code: (A) "Distressed area" means a county with a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census published by the United States census bureau that meets at least two of the following criteria: (1) Its average rate of unemployment, during the most recent five-year period for which local area unempl...

...As used in sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "New technology" means the development through science or research of methods, processes, and procedures, including but not limited to those involving the processing and utilization of coal, for practical application in industrial or agribusiness situations. (B) "Industrial research" means study and investigation in giving new shapes, n...

...(A) The Ohio river commission is created within the department of development to develop and promote economic development, marine cargo terminal operations, and travel and tourism on the Ohio river and its tributaries. The commission consists of the following members: (1) The director of development, or the director's designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the commission; (2) The director of transportation, ...

...(A) There is hereby created in the development services agency the steel futures program, for the purpose of preserving and improving the existing industrial base of the state, improving the economy of the state by providing employment, increased productivity, and ensuring continued technological development consistent with these goals, and maintaining a high standard of living for the people of this state. The...

...As used in sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code: (A) "Financial institution" means any banking corporation, trust company, insurance company, savings and loan association, building and loan association, or corporation, partnership, federal lending agency, foundation, or other institution engaged in lending or investing funds for industrial or business purposes. (B) "Project" means any real...

...As used in sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application" means an application made under section 122.4013 of the Revised Code for a program grant. (B) "Broadband funding gap" means the difference between the total amount of money a broadband provider calculates is necessary to construct the last mile of a specific broadband network and the total amount of money that the provider has determi...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created, within the department of development, the broadband expansion program authority, which shall consist of the director of development or the director's designee, the director of the office of InnovateOhio or the director's designee, and three other members as follows: one member appointed by the president of the senate, one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives,...

...(A)(1) Each fiscal year, the department of development shall accept applications for program grants. (2) To apply for a program grant, a broadband provider shall submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department and shall provide the information required under section 122.4020 of the Revised Code. The form shall include a statement informing the applicant that failure to comply with th...

...(A) An application for a program grant under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program shall include, at a minimum, the following information for an eligible project: (1) The location and description of the project, including: (a) The residential addresses in the unserved or tier one areas where tier two broadband service will be available following completion of the project; (b) A notarized let...

...(A) The development services agency shall adopt rules for the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program. The rules shall establish an application form and application procedures for the program and procedures for periodic program grant disbursements. (B) The rules may include the following: (1) Requirements for a program application in addition to the requirements described in section 122.4020 of the Rev...

...The director of development services, with controlling board approval, may lend funds which are obtained from the sale of revenue bonds issued by the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, from revenues or other receipts or income of the director, or funds established in accordance with sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, and from grants, g...

...Upon application of any person, partnership, or corporation, or upon application of any community improvement corporation organized as provided in section 1724.01 of the Revised Code, the director of development, with controlling board approval, may, pledging therefor moneys in the mortgage insurance fund created by section 122.561 of the Revised Code, insure or make advance commitments to insure not more than ninety...