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...(A) The Ohio air quality development authority may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of township trustees that provides for all of the following: (1) The authority may issue revenue bonds or notes under section 3706.05 of the Revised Code for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of an air quality facility described under division (G)(12) of section 3...

...The issuance of air quality revenue bonds and notes or air quality revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.

...r charges to be imposed for the use or services of any air quality project, the application of revenues received or otherwise derived from a commodity contract or from the sale of the related commodity under such contract, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of such air quality proje...

...Any holder of air quality revenue bonds issued under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by the applicable resolution or such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or gran...

...Air quality revenue bonds and notes and air quality revenue refunding bonds issued under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision thereof, and the holders or owners thereof have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the princ...

...All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the Ohio air quality development authority under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of air quality revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in such chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the FutureGen initiative fund. The fund shall consist of money appropriated to it and money from private donations, grants, gifts, bequests, and other sources. Money in the fund shall be used to make grants for the drilling of a test well to assist the state's efforts to secure the United States department of energy FutureGen initiative pursuant to section 3706.01 of the ...

...Moneys in the funds of the Ohio air quality development authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its air quality revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of this state or any politica...

... other authority, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state and such contract may provide for acquisition by such person or governmental agency of all or any part of such air quality project for such consideration payable over the period of the contract or otherwise as the authority in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate, but subject to the provisions of any resolution authorizing the issuance of...

...Each air quality project, when constructed and placed in operation, shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the Ohio air quality development authority or the authority shall cause the same to be maintained and kept in good condition and repair. Each such project shall be operated by such operating employees as the authority employs or pursuant to a contract or lease with a person or governmental ...

...or of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.

...he state, for the improvement of their health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and for the enhancement of their residential, agricultural, recreational, economic, commercial, and industrial opportunities and is a public purpose. As the operation and maintenance of air quality projects will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Ohio air quality development authority shall not be require...

...rty, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it finds to be necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of any air quality project, upon such terms and at such price as it considers reasonable and are agreed upon between the authority and the owner thereof, and take title thereto in the name of the state. Any governmental agency, notwithstanding any contrary provi...

...and, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, or other property necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any air quality project. In any proceedings for appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed shall be in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code. This section does not empower the authority to take or disturb property or facilities belonging to and req...

...ghway or portion thereof be vacated by reason of the acquisition or construction of an air quality project, the authority may request the director of transportation, in writing, to vacate such highway or portion thereof in accordance with section 5511.07 of the Revised Code if the highway or portion thereof to be vacated is on the state highway system, or, if the highway or portion thereof to be vacated is under the ...

...(A) There is hereby created in the Ohio air quality development authority the office of ombudsperson for the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program created under section 3704.18 of the Revised Code. The office shall exercise its duties independently of any other state agency. (B) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the ombu...

...ll be open to public inspection at all reasonable times, except that any records or information relating to secret processes or secret methods of manufacture or production that may be obtained by the authority or other persons acting under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code are confidential and shall not be disclosed.

...Sections 3706.01 to 3706.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

...-river hydroelectric facility placed in service on or after January 1, 1980, that is located within this state, relies upon the Ohio river, and operates, or is rated to operate, at an aggregate capacity of forty or more megawatts, geothermal energy, fuel derived from solid wastes, as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, through fractionation, biological decomposition, or other process that does not princip...

...onclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the obligations issued to finance such a project and of the authorizations, trust agreements or indentures, loan agreements, or grant agreements, and other agreements made in connection therewith, all in accordance with their terms. (B) Advanced energy facilities for industry, commerce, distribution, or research are hereby deemed to qualify as facilities f...

...The Ohio air quality development authority shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt any rules necessary to implement sections 3706.25 to 3706.28 of the Revised Code.

...lation" and "quarantine" have the same meanings as in section 3701.13 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of health of a city or general health district shall abate and remove all nuisances within its jurisdiction. It may, by order, compel the owners, agents, assignees, occupants, or tenants of any lot, property, building, or structure to abate and remove any nuisance therein, and prosecute such persons for neglect ...

...ed in this section, "railroad company" means a suburban railroad company or an interurban railroad company, as those terms are defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code. (B) A railroad company shall maintain railroad rights-of-way that it owns or controls and that are located within a city and within unincorporated areas of townships surrounded by the city in such condition as to keep them free of refuse of any...

...When an order of the board of health of a city or general health district, made pursuant to section 3707.01 of the Revised Code, is neglected or disregarded, in whole or in part, the board may elect to cause the arrest and prosecution of all persons offending, or to perform, by its officers and employees, what the offending parties should have done. If the latter course is chosen, before the execution of the order is...

...When an order of the board of health of a city or general health district, made pursuant to section 3707.01 of the Revised Code, is not complied with in whole or in part, the board may petition the court of common pleas for an injunction requiring all persons to whom such order of the board is directed to comply with such order. The court of the county in which the offense is alleged to be occurring may grant such in...