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...The Ohio arts council may call upon any department or agency of the state government for information, advice, or assistance in its work. It shall coordinate its efforts with those of other agencies engaged in any similar activities.

...(A) Recognizing this state's responsibility to foster culture and the arts and to encourage the development of artists and craftspersons, the general assembly declares it a policy of this state that a portion of the money to be spent by state agencies on the construction or renovation of public buildings be spent on the acquisition of works of art to be placed in or on such buildings. In pursuit of this policy, there...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the gifts and donations fund. The fund shall consist of gifts and donations made to the Ohio arts council and fees paid for conferences the council sponsors. The fund shall be used to pay for the council's operating expenses, including, but not limited to, payroll, personal services, maintenance, equipment, and subsidy payments. All moneys deposited into the fund shall be...

...(A) The position of Ohio poet laureate is hereby created. The Ohio poet laureate shall be appointed by the governor from a list of not less than three candidates recommended by the Ohio arts council based on qualifications developed by the arts council under division (F) of section 3379.03 of the Revised Code. The arts council shall submit its list of candidates to the governor not less than ninety days prior to the ...

...As used in sections 3381.01 to 3381.22 of the Revised Code: (A) "Arts or cultural organization" means: (1) Any corporation, organization, association, or institution that: (a) Provides programs or activities in areas directly concerned with the arts or cultural heritage; and (b) Is not for profit and whose net earnings may not lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder, member, or individual. (2) A...

...A regional arts and cultural district may be created for any of the following purposes: making grants to support the operating or capital expenses of arts or cultural organizations located within its district, or acquiring, constructing, equipping, furnishing, repairing, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, or administering artistic or cultural facilities. A regional arts and cultural district is a political...

...ion 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 that desires to create or to join in the creation of the district. The resolution or ordinance shall state all of the following: (A) The purposes for the creation of the district; (B) The counties, municipal corporations,...

...ct by adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners of that county. The resolution shall state all of the following: (1) The purposes for the creation of the district; (2) That the territory of the district shall be coextensive with the territory of the county; (3) The official name by which the district shall be known; (4) The location of the principal office of the district or the manner ...

...cultural district has been created, the board of trustees of the district shall be appointed as provided in this section. Members of a board of trustees of a regional arts and cultural district created by the exclusive action of a county shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county. A board of trustees of a district created by two or more political subdivisions shall consist of the number o...

...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...

...shall be vested in and exercised by its board of trustees, which shall manage and conduct its affairs. The board, within the limitations of this chapter, shall provide, by rules, the procedure for its actions, the manner of selection of its president, vice-president, executive director, and other officers and employees, their titles, terms of office, compensation, duties, number, and qualifications, and any other law...

...del, renovate, furnish, equip, enlarge, lease, or maintain artistic or cultural facilities within its territory as it considers necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, and make charges for the use of artistic or cultural facilities; (I) May levy and collect taxes as provided in section 3381.16 of the Revised Code; (J) May issue bonds secured by its general credit as provided in section 3381.08 of the ...

...section 133.22 of the Revised Code. The board of trustees shall be the taxing authority or bond issuing authority of the district.

...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.

...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 by him to the account of the district in one or more depositories as are qualified to receive deposits of county funds, which deposits ...

... of any real or personal property or a lease thereof having a term thereof in excess of five years shall be made except with the highest and best bidder after publication of notice for bids in the manner above provided. Competitive bidding under this section is not required when: (A) The board, by a two-thirds affirmative vote of its members, determines that a real and present emergency exists and such deter...

...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 ...

...itory when its legislative authority or board of trustees has adopted a resolution requesting to be included in such election and has filed a copy thereof with the executive director of the district not later than ninety days prior to the date of the election. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the largest municipal corporation voting on the question, the district may levy a tax as ...

... and cultural district by action of its board of trustees shall make annual grants to support the operating or capital expenses of such 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 ...

...ision 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 organization, without competitive bidding and at mutually agreeable terms, any personal or real property, or any interest...

...a lessee of such property under written lease providing for tenancy for longer than one year.

...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.