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...By enactment of this act, the General Assembly expresses its policy of encouraging political subdivisions of this state to exercise the authority granted under Chapters 725. and 1728. and under sections 3735.67 to 3735.70, 5709.40 to 5709.43, 5709.61 to 5709.69, 5709.73 to 5709.75, and 5709.77 to 5709.81 of the Revised Code for the purposes stated therein, and for the purposes of retaining existing or creating new e...

...n or county shall include the amount of taxes exempted and the estimated dollar value of any other incentives provided under the agreement. (4) The number of agreements receiving compliance reviews by the tax incentive review council in the municipal corporation or county during the calendar year for which the report is submitted, including all of the following information: (a) The number of agreements the terms ...

...If an enterprise operating in a county or municipal corporation in this state intends to relocate or relocates part or all of its operations to another county or municipal corporation in this state and has entered into or intends to enter into an agreement under section 5709.62, 5709.63, or 5709.632 of the Revised Code with that county or municipal corporation, the legislative authority or an officer of the county or...

...ailroad operations shall be exempt from taxation for ten years beginning with the first year in which the property is so leased or otherwise made available. (B) The port authority shall make annual payments in lieu of taxes for all property that is exempt from taxation under division (A) of this section. The payments shall be charged and collected in the same manner as the taxes that would have been charged against ...

... personal property shall be exempt from taxation if the following conditions exist in the year for which exemption is sought: (A) The owner is a nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal income taxes under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and the owner's primary purposes are conducting research and development in library technology and providing computeriz...

...property that would first appear on the tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property after the effective date of a resolution adopted under this section were it not for the exemption granted by that resolution. For purposes of division (B) of this section, "improvements" do not include any property used or to be used for residential purposes. For this purpose, "property that is used or to be used for re...

...make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that would have been charged and payable against any improvement made on the parcel if it were not exempt from taxation. If any reduction in the levies otherwise applicable...

...(A) Any township that grants a tax exemption under section 5709.73 of the Revised Code shall establish a township public improvement tax increment equivalent fund into which shall be deposited service payments in lieu of taxes distributed to the township under section 5709.74 of the Revised Code. If the board of township trustees has adopted a resolution under division (C) of section 5709.73 of the Revised Code, the ...

...A) All of the following are exempt from taxes levied by the state and its subdivisions: (1) Public obligations; (2) Interest or interest equivalent on public obligations and on purchase obligations; (3) The transfer, and any profit made on the sale, exchange, or other disposition, of public obligations. (B) The exemptions granted by division (A) of this section apply to public obligations and purchase obliga...

...property that would first appear on the tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property after the effective date of a resolution adopted under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code were it not for the exemption granted by that resolution. For purposes of division (A) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, "improvement" does not include any property used or to be used for residential purposes. For this purpo...

...pose may be exempted from real property taxation, for a period of not more than ten years. The resolution shall specify the percentage of the improvement to be exempted and the life of the exemption. A resolution adopted under this division shall designate the specific public infrastructure improvements made, to be made, or in the process of being made by the county that directly benefit, or that once made will di...

...make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that would have been charged and payable against the improvement if its value were not exempt from taxation. If any reduction in the levies otherwise applicable to the...

...at receives service payments in lieu of taxes under section 5709.79 of the Revised Code shall establish a redevelopment tax equivalent fund into which those payments shall be deposited. Separate accounts shall be established in the fund for each resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code. If the board of county commissioners has adopted a resolution under divisio...

...the account of the county redevelopment tax equivalent fund established for such public infrastructure improvements and housing renovations, to pay the interest on and principal of the bonds or notes issued pursuant to the resolution. The resolution shall specify the maturity date or dates, the interest payable in accordance with section 9.95 of the Revised Code, and such other terms to be included in the bonds or no...

...truction of real property exempted from taxation under the chapters or sections of the Revised Code enumerated in division (B) of this section; (b) Persons not described by division (A)(1)(a) of this section who are first employed at the site of such property and who within the two previous years have not been subject, prior to being employed at that site, to income taxation by the municipal corporation within whos...

...or enter into any instrument granting a tax exemption under section 725.02, 1728.06, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.48, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, 5709.78, 5709.84, or 5709.88 of the Revised Code or formally approving an agreement under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code, or prior to forwarding an application for a tax exemption for residential property under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code to the co...

...ments" means improvements exempted from taxation under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code. (2) "Political subdivision" means the county, township, or municipal corporation granting an exemption from taxation under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code. (B) The legislative authority of a political subdivision that grants an exemption from t...

...rporation that grants an exemption from taxation under Chapter 725. or 1728. or section 3735.67, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code shall develop policies to ensure that the recipient of the exemption practices nondiscriminatory hiring in its operations. As used in this section, "nondiscriminatory hiring" means that no individual may be denied employment sol...

..., or (3) of this section is exempt from taxation for a period, not to exceed ten years, specified in the resolution or ordinance declaring the property as being used for a public purpose and commencing on the effective date of the resolution or ordinance. The exemption applies to the property only in the proportion it is used in local railroad operations within the territorial jurisdiction of the county, township, or...

...rporation that grants an exemption from taxation under Chapter 725. or 1728. or under section 3735.67, 5709.28, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code shall create a tax incentive review council. The council shall consist of the following members: (1) In the case of a municipal corporation eligible to designate a zone under section 5709.62 or 5709.632 of the ...

...se under this section are exempted from taxation for the number of years specified in the resolution or ordinance, not to exceed ten years from the day the property is purchased from the legislative authority, or, if the property is leased by the legislative authority, from the day the lease agreement takes effect. If only a portion of abandoned school property is purchased or leased, the exemption from taxation for ...

...n of the director, shall certify to the tax commissioner and to the director of development services that such a covenant has been issued, that such remedies or remedial activities have occurred at that property, and the date on which those remedial activities began. The certification shall be in such form as is agreed upon by the directors of environmental protection and development services and the tax commissioner...

... as determined for purposes of property taxation immediately prior to formal approval of an agreement under division (D) of this section. (6) "Occupy" means to make expenditures to alter or repair a vacant facility equal to at least twenty per cent of the market value of the facility prior to such expenditures, as determined for the purposes of local property taxation. (7) "Vacant facility" means a facility that ha...

...r not the investments are exempted from taxation, including existing or new building size and the cost thereof; the value of machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures, including an itemization of the value of machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures used at another location in this state prior to the agreement and relocated or to be relocated from that location to the facility, and the value of machinery, eq...

...n or county shall include the amount of taxes exempted and the estimated dollar value of any other incentives provided under the agreement. (3) The number of agreements receiving compliance reviews by the tax incentive review council in the municipal corporation or county under section 5709.883 of the Revised Code during the calendar year for which the report is submitted, including all of the following information...

...property that would first appear on the tax list after the effective date of an ordinance adopted under this section were it not for the exemption granted by the ordinance. (5) "Innovation district" means an area located entirely within a downtown redevelopment district, enclosed by a continuous boundary, and equipped with a high-speed broadband network capable of download speeds of at least one hundred gigabits pe...

...make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that would have been charged and payable against the improvement if it were not exempt from taxation. If any reduction in the levies otherwise applicable to such exemp...

...) A municipal corporation that grants a tax exemption or enters into a redevelopment charge agreement under section 5709.45 of the Revised Code shall establish a municipal downtown redevelopment district fund into which shall be deposited service payments in lieu of taxes distributed to the municipal corporation under section 5709.46 of the Revised Code and redevelopment charges collected pursuant to division (M) of ...

...property that would first appear on the tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property after the effective date of the resolution adopted under this section were it not for the exemption granted by that resolution. (B) For the purposes described in division (A) of section 5595.06 of the Revised Code, the governing board of a regional transportation improvement project that was undertaken pursuant to se...

...ditor shall enter the assessment on the tax list of real property opposite against which it is charged, and certify the assessment to the county treasurer. The assessment shall be charged and collected in the same manner as real property taxes and shall be treated in the same manner as real property taxes for all purposes of the lien described in section 323.11 of the Revised Code, including the priority and enforcem...

...make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that would have been charged and payable against the improvement if it were not exempt from taxation. If any reduction in the levies otherwise applicable to such exemp...

...ation improvement project that grants a tax exemption under section 5709.48 of the Revised Code or enters into one or more voluntary agreements imposing assessments under section 5709.481 of the Revised Code shall establish a regional transportation improvement project fund into which shall be deposited service payments in lieu of taxes distributed under section 5709.49 of the Revised Code and assessments collected p...

...pplicable, to extend the exemption from taxation of improvements to the parcel or parcels designated in the ordinance or resolution for an additional period of not more than thirty years if all of the following conditions are met: (1) Either (a) the service payments made pursuant to section 5709.42, 5709.74, or 5709.79 of the Revised Code by the owner or owners of the parcel or parcels designated in the ordinance ...

...pplicable, to extend the exemption from taxation of improvements to the parcel or parcels designated in the ordinance or resolution for an additional period of not more than thirty years if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The buildings and structures on the parcels are owned by a multinational for-profit entity. (2) The multinational for-profit entity has maintained a presence on the site for more th...

...g or structure classified as to use for tax purposes as commercial or industrial that, prior to its use or occupation, requires a certificate of occupancy. "Commercial or industrial building or structure" does not include a building or structure any part of which is to be used as a dwelling. (4) "Remnant parcel" means a parcel resulting from a subdividing plat that includes original property. (5) "Original property...

...vised Code is exempt from real property taxation. (B) Any fixture or other real property included in an energy facility with an aggregate nameplate capacity of two hundred fifty kilowatts or less is exempt from taxation if construction or installation is completed on or after January 1, 2010. As used in division (B) of this section, "energy facility" and "nameplate capacity" have the same meanings as in section 5...

...sold, are exempt from personal property taxation if either of the following apply: (A) The property is used or held by the holder of a liquor permit issued under section 4303.03 or 4303.031 of the Revised Code whose primary business is the production of wine. (B) The production is used or held by a person or enterprise engaged in agriculture that sells the grape agricultural products or juice or wine to a holder of...

... of the value of which is exempted from taxation under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code. (2) "Residential building" means a building or structure any part of which is to be used as a dwelling. (3) "Unexempted value" means, for any subdivided parcel, one of the following: (a) Except as provided in division (A)(3)(b) of this section, the purchase price of the original property ...

...he real property does not appear on the tax year 2017 tax list: (1) A building or structure situated on land comprising the complex; (2) An improvement to a building or structure comprising the complex; (3) A fixture attached or affixed to the land or a building, structure, or improvement comprising the complex. (B) Within sixty days after the effective date of this section, a board of county commissioners s...

...nt or demolished, or are vacant and the taxes charged thereon are delinquent, and certification of the area as an enterprise zone would likely result in the reduction of the rate of vacant or demolished structures or the rate of tax delinquency in the area; (e) The population of all census tracts in the area, according to the federal census of 2000, decreased by at least ten per cent between the years 1980 and 2000...

...d to be listed in the personal property tax return of the enterprise in the return for the tax year in which the agreement is entered into. (b) Exemption for a specified number of years, not to exceed fifteen, of a specified portion, up to seventy-five per cent, of the increase in the assessed valuation of real property constituting the project site subsequent to formal approval of the agreement by the legislative...

...d to be listed in the personal property tax return of the enterprise in the return for the tax year in which the agreement is entered into. (ii) Exemption for a specified number of years, not to exceed fifteen, of a specified portion, up to sixty per cent, of the increase in the assessed valuation of real property constituting the project site subsequent to formal approval of the agreement by the board; (iii) P...

...r not the investments are exempted from taxation, including existing or new building size and cost thereof; the value of machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures, including an itemization of the value of machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures used at another location in this state prior to the agreement and relocated or to be relocated from that location to the facility and the value of machinery, equipme...

... 5709.68 of the Revised Code and by the tax incentive review council created under section 5709.85 of the Revised Code exclusively for the purposes of performing the duties prescribed under that section. The legislative authority or board may waive or reduce the amount of the fee charged against an enterprise, but such waiver or reduction does not affect the obligations of the legislative authority or board or the ta...

...an agreement granting an exemption from taxation under section 5709.62, 5709.63, or 5709.632 of the Revised Code expands its operations or relocates its operations to another location in this state that results in a reduction of its operations at any Ohio location, or discontinues operations at the project site to which that exemption applies prior to the expiration of the term of the agreement, no legislative author...

...A municipal corporation or county, or a township to which authority has been delegated under division (G) of section 5709.63 of the Revised Code, may enter an agreement under section 5709.62, 5709.63, or 5709.632 of the Revised Code with an enterprise respecting a place of business used primarily for making retail sales if the board of education of each city, local, or exempted village school district within the te...

... form prescribed by the director, for a tax incentive qualification certificate. The enterprise qualifies for an initial certificate if, on or before the last day of the calendar year immediately preceding that in which application is made, it satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) The enterprise has established, expanded, renovated, or occupied a facility pursuant to the agreement under section 5709.62, 5...

...Code shall be entitled to the following tax incentives: (1) With the exception of improvements to land or tangible personal property constituting or used in the retail portion, if any, of a facility, any improvement to land or tangible personal property at a facility for which a certificate is issued, first used in business at the facility as the result of a project, shall not be considered an asset of a corporate...

...ribed by the director, for the employee tax credit certificate under division (B) of this section. (1) The enterprise has established, expanded, renovated, or occupied a facility pursuant to an agreement under section 5709.62 or 5709.63 of the Revised Code in a zone that is certified by the director of development as having one of the characteristics described in divisions (A)(1)(a) or (b) and at least one of the ch...

....61 to 5709.69 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner shall administer all other tax incentives provided under sections 5709.61 to 5709.69 of the Revised Code and shall adopt rules necessary to carry out that duty. No tax incentive qualification certificate or employee tax credit certificate shall be issued or remain in effect unless the enterprise applying for or holding the certificate complies with all such rul...