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...Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code shall provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by such chapter and shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.

...ules and regulations shall provide that public police officers shall be afforded ready access, while in the performance of their official duty, to all property under the jurisdiction of the commission, without the payment of fees. No person shall violate any such bylaws or rules. All fines collected for any such violation shall be paid into the treasury of the commission.

...or other political subdivision, and all public agencies and commissions of the state notwithstanding any contrary law may lease, lend, grant, or convey to a bridge commission, at its request, upon such terms as the proper authorities of such municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, or public agencies and commissions of the state determines reasonable and fair, and without the necessity for an advertiseme...

...erity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of bridges by a bridge commission constitutes the performance of essential governmental functions, the commission shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any bridge or upon any property acquired or used by the commission under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, or upon the income therefrom, an...

...When all bridge bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, in connection with any bridge and the interest thereon have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon, to the maturity thereof has been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, such bridge shall become part of the state highway system, shall thereafter be maintained by t...

... shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times.

...Whoever violates section 5593.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

...portunity corridor improvement" means a public infrastructure improvement, as defined by section 5709.40 of the Revised Code, the primary purpose of which is to enhance or assist one or more transportation improvements or to create or facilitate economic development opportunities described in the memorandum of understanding or to otherwise benefit real property located, or businesses that are operating or will operat...

... of money by the county. The board is a public body for the purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code and a public office for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code applies to the board. (C) The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project is a body both corporate and politic, and the exercise by it of the powers conferred by this chapter in the...

...ovement project shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposed cooperative agreement before adopting a resolution approving the agreement. The board of county commissioners shall provide at least thirty days' public notice of the time and place of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. During the thirty-day period before the public hearing, the proposed cooperative agreement s...

... to parcels within the district to be a public purpose and exempt from taxation as provided under section 5709.48 of the Revised Code; (2) Negotiate and enter into voluntary agreements under section 5709.481 of the Revised Code that impose assessments on real property located in a transportation financing district.

... the management of, and contract with a public-private enterprise to assist in managing the development of opportunity corridor improvements to be located within rights of way and development areas acquired and owned by the RTIP. The governing documents of a proposed enterprise shall be submitted to the director of transportation for review and approval in the same manner as is required for approval of a cooperative ...

...nt area of a qualified RTIP to be for a public purpose and exempt from taxation pursuant to section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code, as authorized under those sections.

...The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project may provide for the issuance of securities for the purpose of paying costs of transportation improvements and opportunity corridor improvements. The securities are Chapter 133. securities, and the issuance of the securities, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the go...

...(A) The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project, pursuant to the cooperative agreement, may request and receive pledges of revenue from the state, the counties that are parties to the agreement, and any political subdivision or taxing unit located within any of those counties. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the pledged revenues shall be used for the purpose of funding the...

...The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project may submit a written request to the director of transportation for the assistance of the department of transportation in any or all aspects, components, or phases of that project. Upon receipt of such a request, the director may require the board to submit documentation to substantiate that the board has sufficient resources to fund the board's shar...

..., and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise provided in bond proceedings or in any trust agreement securing such securities, or except when invested pursuant to section 5595.09 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories selected by the governing board in the manner provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code for the selection of eligible public depositories, and the ...

...Except as otherwise provided in any bond proceedings or in any trust agreement securing securities, money in the funds of the governing board of a regional transportation improvement project in excess of current needs may be invested as permitted by sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. Income from all investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited to funds as the governing board determines, subject to ...

...The county auditor of the county with the greatest population, according to the most recent federal decennial census, that is a party to the cooperative agreement shall be the fiscal officer for the governing board of the project. The county prosecutor of the county with the greatest population, according to the most recent federal decennial census, that is participating in the project shall be the legal advisor of t...

...erity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and, as the completion of transportation improvements by a regional transportation improvement project constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, neither the project nor the governing board may be required to pay any state or local taxes or assessments upon any improvement, or upon revenue or any property acquired or used by th...

...The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project shall not use any amount pledged or allocated to the board under this chapter for administrative expenses of the board without prior approval of the director of transportation. The director may approve expenses individually by line item or may approve an aggregate amount to be allocated for administrative expenses over a period of time not exceeding...

...A regional transportation improvement project and its governing board are dissolved by operation of law on the date specified in the cooperative agreement. The governing board shall fulfill all contractual duties assumed by the board and repay all bonds issued by the board before that date. Upon dissolution of the regional transportation improvement project, the boards of county commissioners that created the regiona...