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...At the discretion of the board of trustees of a regional transit authority, the revenue bonds of the regional transit authority may be secured by a trust agreement between the board of trustees on behalf of the regional transit authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company, within or without the state. Such trust agreement may provide for the pledg...

...Revenue bonds issued by a regional transit authority shall bear interest at the rate or rates approved by the board of trustees, shall mature within forty years following the date of issuance, and in such amount, at such times, and in such number of installments as may be provided in the resolution authorizing their issuance. Such resolution shall also provide for the execution and sealing of the bonds and the use of...

...The regional transit authority may submit to the electors within its territorial boundaries the question of issuing bonds of such authority and also the necessity of a tax outside the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire the bonds. Such bonds when so approved by the electors may be issued by the regional transit authority to purchase, acquire, constru...

...Bonds issued under sections 306.37 to 306.40, inclusive, 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.

...as are qualified to receive deposits of county funds, which deposits shall be secured in the same manner as county funds are required to be secured. No disbursements shall be made from such funds except in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees of the regional transit authority. (C) Funds received by the secretary-treasurer pursuant to an agreement under division (AA) of section 306.3...

...(A) The board of trustees of a regional transit authority or any officer or employee designated by such board may make any contract for the purchase of goods or services, the cost of which does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. When an expenditure, other than for the acquisition of real estate, the discharge of claims, or the acquisition of goods or services under the circumstances described in division (H) of...

...The board of trustees of a regional transit authority may enter into such contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with the state government of this or other states, with counties, municipalities, townships, or other governmental agencies created by or under the authority of the laws of the state or other states, with persons, with public corporations and private co...

...All officers and employees of a regional transit authority shall be considered as public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and a regional transit authority, its officers, and employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.

...Nothing in sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall limit the exercise of the power or authority granted to counties or municipal corporations by sections 307.20, 717.01, and 719.01 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners of any county included within a regional transit authority may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the regional transit authority to be paid by such county as provided in the resolution creating or enlarging the regional transit authority adopted under section 306.32 or 306.32...

...A regional transit authority 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 officers and employees of the regional transit authority and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.

...(A) Upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the qualified electors within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority voting on the question at an election held for the purpose of authorizing it, the regional transit authority may levy upon the property within its territorial boundaries a tax, for all purposes other than bond debt charges, not in excess of five mills annually on the total...

...On or before the thirty-first day of August of each year, all counties and all regional transit authorities shall provide a report to the director of transportation and the tax commissioner that specifies the total amount of local spending during the previous state fiscal year for capital costs, operating costs, and any costs for activities related to each of the following: (A) Local airports; (B) Local airport sys...

...authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any regional transit authority or any such authority may convey or lease to, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, without competitive bidding and at mutually ag...

...(A) A regional transit authority created under sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to any such authority, which is used exclusively for any public purpose. However, except as provided in division (B) of this section, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to any authority while ...

...A regional transit authority may cooperate with other governmental agencies of this state, or of the United States, to carry out the purposes set forth in section 306.31 of the Revised Code.

...Subject to making due provisions for the payment and performance of its obligations, the resolution or ordinance creating the regional transit authority may provide for its dissolution or modification in membership under circumstances described therein, or a regional transit authority may be dissolved or its membership modified by its board of trustees with the consent of the subdivision or subdivisions creating such...

...cal subdivisions that are located in a county having a population of at least four hundred thousand according to the most recent federal census, may withdraw the municipal corporation or the unincorporated territory of the township from the regional transit authority in the manner provided in this section. The legislative authority or board of township trustees proposing to withdraw shall adopt a resolution to...

...Any municipal corporation or township that withdraws from a regional transit authority under section 306.55 of the Revised Code may enter into a contract with a regional transit authority or other provider of transit services to provide transportation service for persons who are elderly or who have disabilities and for any other service the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or township may determine ...

...tax proposed to be levied by a board of county commissioners or by the board of trustees of a regional transit authority pursuant to sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code shall not become effective until it is submitted to the electors residing within the county or within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority and approved by a majority of the electors voting on it. Such question sh...

...uing period of time by the voters of a county or regional transit authority pursuant to sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code may be initiated by the filing of a petition with the board of elections of the county, or in the case of a regional transit authority with the board of elections as determined pursuant to section 3505.071 of the Revised Code, prior to the ninetieth day before the general el...

...The county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system, or the board of trustees of a regional transit authority, shall notify the tax commissioner immediately of any changes in the transit system's territorial boundaries if the board levies a tax under sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code.

...ipal corporations which are in the same county or in contiguous counties, any one of which is adjacent to another state, may enter into an agreement, to the extent and in the manner authorized by the laws of the United States, with entities or instrumentalities of government of other states or of the United States, to provide for the creation of a regional transit commission which will provide services and facilities...

...As used in sections 306.80 to 306.90, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Public agency" means this state or any adjacent state, or any political subdivision, taxing district, or board, commission, or authority of either, or the United States or any department, agency, board, commission, authority, or corporation thereof. (B) "Regional transit commission" means a body politic and corporate created pursuant to sect...

...sion. Each auditor and treasurer of any county of this state which is included within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit commission, shall extend on the tax list and duplicate of all taxable property included within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit commission, any tax which is to be levied pursuant to provisions of such agreement included therein under authority of this division. (H) De...

...r existing structures code the board of county commissioners adopts under section 307.37 of the Revised Code and the state residential and nonresidential building codes the board of building standards establishes pursuant to Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may create, establish, fill, and fix the compensation of the position of county building inspector in the unclassified servic...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of any county that has a building department certified pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code may by resolution establish a county board of building appeals, make appointments to the board, and fix the compensation, if any, of the board members. (B) Upon certification under section 3781.20 of the Revised Code, the county board of building appeals shall hear and decide...

...ed, amended, or changed by the board of county commissioners, shall be made available to the public at the office of the board, and the section numbers and a notice of the availability of such regulations shall be published within ten days after their adoption, amendment, or change, using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the coun...

...ithin the unincorporated portion of any county in which the board of county commissioners has created a building department to administer and enforce local building regulations or an existing structures code unless that person fully complies with the local building regulations and existing structures code. (2) No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential building as defined in secti...

...Whenever the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to purchase or lease motor vehicles for its use, or for the use of any department, commission, board, office, or agency under its direct supervision, or for the use of any elected county official or his employees, it shall adopt a resolution setting forth the necessity for such purchase or lease, together with a statement of the kind and number of vehicles...

...evised Code shall be for the use of the county commissioners or other county officials, their use to be subject to the regulation of the board of county commissioners. Vehicles shall be used by the officials, deputies, and employees in lieu of hiring vehicles unless the county vehicles are not available for such use. When vehicles are so purchased or leased, the board may purchase or lease supplies as are necessary. ...

...owned, hired, or leased by the board of county commissioners for the use of any county official or employee, for any purpose other than the transaction of official business or in a ridesharing arrangement established in accordance with section 1551.25 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners may procure policies of insurance insuring officers and employees of the county against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property, including liability on account of death by wrongful act, occasioned by the operation of a motor vehicle, motor vehicles with auxiliary equipment, or all self-propelling equipment or trailers owned or operated by the county. Whenever...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of each county may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring the county recorder and the clerk of the court of common pleas and their deputies against liability on account of errors or omissions unknowingly made by them and for which they may be held liable. The policy or policies of insurance shall be in an amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars. (B) The...

...(A) A board of county commissioners shall use money raised by a property tax levied for criminal justice services under division (LL) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code to provide financial support for any of the following: (1) The county sheriff or the police department of a municipal corporation or township in the county; (2) The court of common pleas, any municipal court having jurisdiction throughout the co...

...o the fees allowed by law, the board of county commissioners may pay the expenses incurred by a person in procuring the arrest of the accused from the amount so collected and paid into the county treasury.

...The board of county commissioners shall provide for the relief, out of the general funds of the county, of any person temporarily or permanently disabled by reason of his automobile being commandeered by any police officer of the county or other political subdivision in the discharge of his duty. Such board shall pay, out of the general funds of the county, to the husband or wife or other dependents of any person who...

...The board of county commissioners may require such proof as it deems necessary to establish the validity of any claim under section 307.47 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners may offer such rewards as the nature of the case requires, for the detection or apprehension of any person charged with or convicted of felony, and on the conviction of such person, pay it from the county treasury, together with all other necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for by law, incurred in making such detection or apprehension. The board may, on the collection of a rec...

...ers, or the prosecuting attorney of any county in the state seeking the return of a felon has received notice of waiver of extradition, the board of county commissioners may pay, from the county treasury to the agent designated in such requisition, request to the president, or order by the prosecuting attorney seeking return, all necessary expenses of pursuing and returning the person so charged, or so much of such e...

...(A) As used in this section, "county office" means any officer, department, board, commission, or agency of a county. (B) There is hereby created in each county a county law library resources board. The board shall consist of five members who shall be appointed and hold office as provided in section 307.511 of the Revised Code. Beginning on January 1, 2010, subject to app...

...(A) The five members of the county law library resources board shall be residents of the county and shall be appointed as follows: (1) The prosecuting attorney of the county shall appoint one member whose initial term shall expire on December 31, 2010. (2) The administrative judges or presiding judges of all municipal courts and county courts within the county shall meet to appoint one member who ...

...teen days after July 1, 2009, the county law library resources board shall hold its initial meeting at the office of the board of county commissioners at a time that the chairperson of the county law library resources board determines. Thereafter, the board shall meet at least four times a year, as determined by the chairperson or at any other time as determined by a...

...(A) The county law library resources board shall prepare an annual estimate of the revenue and expenditures of the board for the calendar year commencing January 1, 2010, and for each year thereafter, and shall submit that estimate to the board of county commissioners as provided in section 5705.28 of the Revised Code. The estimate of expenses shall be sufficient to provide for ...

...There is hereby created in each county treasury a county law library resources fund, effective January 1, 2010. The fund shall receive all revenue that is required to be deposited into the fund pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 307.51 and section 307.515 of the Revised Code, appropriated to the fund from the general fund by the board of county commissioners pursuant to ...

...e compensation allowed by the board of county commissioners to the judges of the municipal court, its clerk, and the prosecuting attorney of that court in state cases, shall be retained by the clerk of that municipal court and shall be deposited by the clerk each month in the county law library resources fund that is created under section 307.514 of the Revised Code in the county in which that municipal corpor...

...(A) Upon the recommendation of the county law library resources boards of two or more adjacent counties, the boards of county commissioners of those counties may enter into a contract to form a multi-county law library resources commission for the purpose of collaborating on behalf of the member counties in carrying out any or all of the duties and responsibilities conferred upon a county law librar...

...administration of justice, the board of county commissioners may allow and pay the expert such compensation as it deems just and proper and as the court approves.

...in the issuing of bonds by the board of county commissioners or by the board of township trustees, the signature of the county auditor is necessary, either to such bonds or to any documents or certificates in connection therewith, and by reason of the absence or disability of the auditor it is impossible to obtain his signature, on application by the board of county commissioners or by the board of township trustees ...

...All bonds issued by the board of county commissioners shall be correctly numbered in the order in which issued, and registered by the county auditor in a book provided by him and kept in his office. All warrants drawn upon the county treasurer for the payment of the principal and interest on such bonds shall specify the fund on which they are drawn. Upon delivering to the holder of any such bond a warrant upon the t...

...Whoever violates sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.

...The board of county commissioners shall consist of three persons who shall be elected as follows: (A) In November, 1974, and quadrennially thereafter, one county commissioner shall be elected to take office on the first day of January following. (B) In November, 1972, and quadrennially thereafter, two commissioners shall be elected. The term of one of such commissioners shall commence on the second day of January n...

...(A) If a vacancy in the office of county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county recorder, county engineer, or coroner occurs more than forty days before the next general election for state and county officers, a successor shall be elected at such election for the unexpired term unless such term expires within one year immediately follo...

...(A) When there is a vacancy in the county engineer's office as a result of death or resignation and the vacancy cannot be filled by election or appointment as provided in section 305.02 of the Revised Code, or if no one runs for the office of county engineer and, for that reason, the office is vacant, the board of county commissioners may contract with another county's county engineer to exercise the powers and perfo...

...(A) Whenever any county officer fails to perform the duties of office for thirty consecutive days, except in case of sickness or injury as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the office shall be deemed vacant. Performing the duties of office includes a county officer appearing in person at the officer's principal office location on at least one out of thirty consecutive days. (B) Whenever any county ...

...the discharge of official duties, each county commissioner, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, shall give bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the county commissioner's option, by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond over and above all encumbrances to the state, in a sum not les...

...The board of county commissioners shall organize not later than the second Monday of January of each year, by the election of one of its members as president for a term of one year. The member so elected shall preside at all regular and special sessions of the board. If the position of president becomes vacant during the year, the board shall select one of its members to preside.

...(A) The board of county commissioners shall conduct at least fifty regular sessions each year, at an office provided for the board in the county seat or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section. Each of these sessions shall be conducted at a specific time fixed in advance. At each meeting the board shall transact such business as it considers necessary or as required by law. (B) The board of c...

...(A) Special sessions of the board of county commissioners may be held as often as the commissioners deem it necessary. At a regular or special session, the board may make any necessary order or contract in relation to the building, furnishing, repairing, or insuring of public buildings or bridges; the employment of janitors; the improvements or enclosure of public grounds; the maintenance or support of persons with d...

...A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting.

...All the proceedings of the board of county commissioners shall be public, at the office provided for the board in the county seat, or at another location, as provided in division (B) of section 305.06 or division (B) of section 305.07 of the Revised Code, and, as far as possible, shall be in conformity with the rules of parliamentary law. If the clerk of the board maintains the full record of the proceedings ...

...this section, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall keep a full written record of the proceedings of the board, and a written general index of those proceedings, entering each motion with the name of the person making it on the record. The clerk shall call and record the yeas and nays on each motion. The clerk shall state fully and clearly in the record any question relating to the powers and ...

... of each day's session of the board of county commissioners, the records of the proceedings of the session of the previous day shall be read, or provided to each commissioner in written form, by the clerk of the board and, if correct, approved and signed by the commissioners. In the alternative, if the clerk maintains the full record of the proceedings by electronic means as authorized by division (B) of secti...

...The board of county commissioners may sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in any court. It may bring, maintain, and defend suits involving an injury to any public, state, or county road, bridge, ditch, drain, or watercourse in the county with respect to which the county has the primary responsibility to keep in proper repair, and for the prevention of injury to them. The board shall demand and receive, ...

...If the board of county commissioners finds it necessary for the clerk of the board to devote his entire time to the discharge of the duties of such position, it may appoint a full time clerk, in place of the county auditor, and such necessary assistants to the clerk as the board deems necessary. Such clerk shall perform the duties required by sections 305.10 and 305.11 of the Revised Code and by the board.

...e prosecuting attorney and the board of county commissioners, may authorize the board to employ legal counsel to assist the prosecuting attorney, the board, or any other county officer in any matter of public business coming before such board or officer, and in the prosecution or defense of any action or proceeding in which such board or officer is a party or has an interest, in its official capacity. (B) The boar...

... of work to be performed, the board of county commissioners deems it necessary, upon the written request of the county engineer, the board may employ a registered professional engineer and as many assistant engineers, rodmen, and inspectors as are needed, and may also enter into contracts with any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation qualified to perform engineering services in the state for ...

...The board of county commissioners may employ a superintendent, and such watchmen, janitors, and other employees as are necessary for the care and custody of the court house, jail, and other county buildings, bridges, and other property under its jurisdiction and control.

...The board of county commissioners shall fix the compensation of all persons appointed or employed under sections 305.13 to 305.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which, with their reasonable expenses, shall be paid from the county treasury upon the allowance of the board. No law requiring a certificate that the money for such compensation and expenses is in the treasury shall apply to the appointment or employment o...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of any county may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure and pay all or any part of the cost of any of the following insurance, coverage, or benefits issued by an insurance company or administered by a board of county commissioners or a contractor, for county officers and employees and their immediate dependents from the funds or budgets from which the county officers...

...As used in this section, "county officer or employee" includes, but is not limited to, a member or employee of the county board of elections. The board of county commissioners of any county may establish and maintain a health savings account program whereby county officers or employees may establish and maintain health savings accounts in accordance with section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code. Public moneys may be...

...Each county officer or department head shall make an inventory, on the second Monday in January of each year, of all the materials, machinery, tools, and other county supplies under the jurisdiction of such county officer or department head. Such inventory shall be a public record, made in duplicate, and one copy shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners and one copy with the county auditor.

...The board of county commissioners shall compare the annual reports and statements made to it by the prosecuting attorney, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, and county treasurer, take all necessary measures to rectify errors in such reports and to trace and correct any discrepancies between them, and place on its journal the result of such examination. All such reports shall be recorded by the county audito...

...Any county commissioner may administer any oath necessary in the discharge of the duties of the board of county commissioners.

... for the permanent seat of justice in a county, the board of county commissioners shall provide a suitable place for holding the courts of such county.