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...ludes the following: (1) An officer or employee of a contractor as defined in section 9.08 of the Revised Code; (2) A fiscal officer employed by the operator of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or by the operator of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code.

...(A) No public servant, under color of the public servant's office, employment, or authority, shall knowingly deprive, or conspire or attempt to deprive any person of a constitutional or statutory right. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of interfering with civil rights, a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...he Revised Code; an officer, agent, or employee of the state or any of its agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions, upon whom, by statute, a duty to conserve the peace or to enforce all or certain laws is imposed and the authority to arrest violators is conferred, within limits of that statutory duty and authority; or a state highway patrol trooper whose primary duties are to preserve the peace...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Lawfully issued" means adopted, issued, or rendered in accordance with the United States constitution, the constitution of a state, and the applicable statutes, rules, regulations, and ordinances of the United States, a state, and the political subdivisions of a state. (2) "State" means a state of the United States, including without limitation, the state legislature, the highest c...

...s of the transit board, and all transit employees shall be transferred to the control of the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall collect all taxes levied by the transit board for the county transit system. If the resolution transfers the governing authority to a county transit board, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a board under section 306.02 of the Revised Code. A...

...ter opportunity has been afforded for a public hearing before the county commissioners within ten days after written charges have been given such member. Such member shall be heard in person or by counsel and action by the county commissioners shall be final.

...ers. All meetings shall be open to the public and the board shall keep full and accurate minutes of its proceedings, and minutes of its proceedings shall be maintained as a public record. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the contract of business at its meetings. The board shall act by resolution and a concurrence of four members shall be sufficient for action by the board.

...or purchase or acquisition of a transit system, surveys, planning, and mass transportation studies. The amount advanced may be reimbursed from any funds of the county transit board including the proceeds of the sale of bonds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, or equipment of the county transit system.

... regardless of whether a county transit system is operated by a county transit board or board of county commissioners, funds that are appropriated by a board of county commissioners and expended for social services in the county served by the board may be used as the local match needed to obtain state or federal funds available for the county transit system. (C) Funds raised by a county tax levy may be used as local...

...ounty commissioners operating a transit system may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation, township, or other county, whereby the board undertakes to provide transportation service for the movement of persons within, from, or to that municipal corporation, township, or county, to make payments or transfer real estate or interests therein or a combination thereof, as therein provided, in consideration ...

...ues, and property of the county transit system and all obligations secured by the real estate or interests therein or revenues of the system, or the income derived therefrom, are exempt from the levy of any excise or other tax by the county or any political subdivision of the state, unless and to the extent such exemption is prohibited by the constitution or other laws of this state.

...the status and salaries of officers and employees of the transit system being transferred; (H) The same or similar terms and conditions of employment as were provided by the operator under section 306.12 of the Revised Code; (I) The time when such agreement or parts thereof are to take effect and the period during which they are to remain in effect; (J) Procedures for the amendment of the agreement, including desi...

...ounty commissioners operating a transit system may issue refunding bonds of the county to refund any bonds previously issued under division (B) of section 306.09 of the Revised Code for any of the following purposes: (A) Refunding bonds which have matured or are about to mature when the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which ...

...de. In those counties, the officers and employees of the county transit system shall be under the sole control of the county transit board and are not subject to supervision of other county officers.

...o participation in the public employees retirement system as required in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code; (B) The continuation of collective bargaining rights; (C) The protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment; (D) Assurances of employment to employees of such transit systems and priority of re-employment of employees terminated or laid off; (E) Pa...

...oard, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to the board while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing tenancy for longer than one year.

... of the traveling public and franchise employees; (4) Service to the traveling public; (5) Return on investment by the county; (6) Any other aspects the board of county commissioners determines should be included in the report. (B) A franchisee that is awarded a franchise by a board of county commissioners on behalf of a county transit board shall submit an annual written report to the board of county commis...

...or other ground or water transportation system having as its primary purpose the regularly scheduled mass movement of passengers between locations within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit authority, including all right-of-way, power lines, rolling stock, equipment, machinery, terminals, buildings, administration and maintenance and repair facilities, and supporting parking facilities, and franchise...

...(A) As used in sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, "township" means either of the following: (1) An entire township; (2) Township territory that is designated as a township under division (B) of this section for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority. (B) A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution designating as a township, for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority, t...

...xercising a right to purchase a transit system in accordance with the acquisition terms of an existing franchise agreement. A regional transit authority so created is a political subdivision of the state and a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation, comprised of the territory of one, or two or more counties, municipal corporations, townships, or any combination thereof, provided, that each county, munici...

...Any county, or any two or more counties, municipal corporations, or townships, or any combination of these, may create a regional transit authority by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by the board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of each township which is to create or to join in the creation of the regional tra...

...The resolution or ordinance creating a regional transit authority may be amended to include additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships by the adoption of an amendment by the board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of each township which has created or, prior to the adoption of the amendment, joined o...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Political subdivision" means a county, a municipal corporation, or a township. (2) "Governing body" means a board of county commissioners of a county, a legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or a board of trustees of a township. (B) For any regional transit authority that levies a property tax and that includes in its membership political subdivisions that are lo...

...ions and who shall be appointed by such public officers as shall be provided in the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority or any amendments thereto. If the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority, or any amendments thereto, so provide, then the governor shall appoint such members of the board of a regional transit authority as provided in such resolutions and ordinances. The appointing authority...

... that all meetings shall be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in section 122.22 of the Revised Code. The board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary-treasurer, who shall be the fiscal officer. The secretary-treasurer shall not be a member of the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each member of the board of trustees is entitled to receive from the regional tra...