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...(A) At the final hearing on a proposed improvement, if the petition is not dismissed, the board of county commissioners shall hear any evidence offered for or against the assessment proposed to be levied against any owner or on any land as shown by the schedule of assessments filed by the county engineer and shall hear any competent evidence on the question of benefits. (B)(1) The board, from the evidence offered a...

...(A) If merger conditions agreed upon by a merger commission of a township and one or more municipal corporations are disapproved by a majority of those voting on them in the township or a municipal corporation proposed to be merged or in the municipal corporation with which merger is proposed, no further petitions shall be filed under section 709.45 of the Revised Code proposing the merger of any of the territory w...

...(A) The department of administrative services through the office of risk management shall establish an insurance plan or plans that may provide for self-insurance, the purchase of insurance, or the purchase of surety bonds, public official bonds, or fidelity bonds, for any of the following purposes: (1) Insuring state real and personal property against losses occasioned by fire, windstorm, or other accidents and pe...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or other forms of evidences of obligation issued in temporary or definitive form, including refunding bonds and notes and bonds and notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds and renewal notes. (B) "Bond proceedings" means the resolution or ordinance or the trust agreement or indenture of mortgage, or combination thereof, authorizing or providing f...

...(A) An issuer may from time to time issue bonds to carry out the lawful purposes set forth in this chapter including, but not limited to, the purchase of loans or other evidence of debt from and the making of loans to or through lending institutions, the payment of the costs of insurance, letters of credit, certificates of deposit, and purchase agreements related to the bonds or loans, underwriting, legal, accounting...

...As used in sections 139.02 to 139.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "federal aid" means all financial assistance of whatever nature offered or extended by the federal government or any instrumentality or corporation created by or pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, whether such assistance is in the form of a gift, grant, or by purchase of notes or bonds bearing no interest, or bearing interest at a...

...For the purpose of enabling subdivisions to participate in federal aid provided by any act of congress, and for such purpose only, the taxing authority of any subdivision may issue bonds during the effective period of the act of congress, subject to Chapter 133., except as provided in sections 139.01 to 139.04, of the Revised Code. No bonds shall be issued under this section for the acquisition, construction, extensi...

...The taxing authority of any subdivision may provide in the legislation authorizing the issuance of securities for any permanent improvement that the proceeds derived from the sale of such securities shall be used as such subdivision's share or contribution to the cost and expense of a permanent improvement to be constructed in cooperation with a federal agency. Notwithstanding Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, the t...

...When the question of issuing the bonds provided for by section 139.02 of the Revised Code is submitted to the electors, more than one project may be included in the legislation determining to submit such question; provided that on the ballot submitting to the electors the question of the issuance of such bonds, the question of the issuance of bonds for each individual project shall be submitted as a separate question...

...In anticipation of the moneys to be derived from the sale of federal food order stamps, pursuant to an agreement between a county or municipal corporation and the federal surplus commodities corporation, and for the purpose of enabling counties and municipal corporations to participate in the distribution of surplus foods, in accordance with the plan as provided by the federal surplus commodities corporation, or any ...

...The funds derived from the sale of notes under section 139.11 of the Revised Code shall be placed in a permanent rotating fund, to be established by the legislative authority of such county or municipal corporation by resolution or ordinance. Such resolution or ordinance shall provide that such fund shall be used for the purchase of federal food order stamps and shall be conducted and kept in such manner as will at a...

...As used in this chapter: "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or other forms of evidences of obligation issued in temporary or definitive form, including notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds and renewal notes. The funding of bond anticipation notes with bonds or renewal notes and the exchange of definitive bonds for temporary bonds are not subject to section 165.07 of the Revised Code. "Bond proceedings" ...

...Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, is in part implemented by this chapter in furtherance of the public purposes of the state to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities and to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. An issuer acting through its issuing authority may in accordance with Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution: (A) Acquire by gift or purchase and hold and ...

...(A) An issuer may issue bonds for the purpose of providing moneys to acquire by purchase, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip one or more projects or parts thereof, or for any combination of such purposes, including providing moneys to make loans to others for such purposes. The issuing authority shall provide by resolution or ordinance for the issuance of such bonds. The bond proceedings may ...

...The bond proceedings may contain provisions which shall be part of the contract with the bondholders as to: (A) Pledging the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys therein designated for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and all other payments required to be made by the bond proceedings; (B) Acquisition by gift or purchase, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, impro...

...(A) In the discretion of the issuing authority, the bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage between the issuer and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. (B) Any such trust agreement or indenture of mortgage may contain the resolution or ordinance...

...Any holder of bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 165. of the Revised Code or a trustee under a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into pursuant to section 165.05 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings or by the terms of the bonds, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted...

...The issuing authority may issue refunding bonds of the issuer to refund any bonds previously issued under Chapter 165. or 761. 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 have matured or are about to matur...

...Bonds issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this sta...

...Any real or personal property, or both, of an issuer that is acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished or equipped, or any combination thereof, and leased or subleased under authority of either Chapter 165. or 761. of the Revised Code shall be subject to ad valorem, sales, use, and franchise taxes and to zoning, planning, and building regulations and fees, to the same extent and in the same ...

...When a special assessment is made on real property owned by an issuer and leased under authority of Chapter 165. or 761. of the Revised Code, the installments of the assessment shall be paid by the lessee of such real property so long as such property shall be leased and any installment thereof remaining unpaid at the termination of any such lease shall thereafter be paid by the issuer so long as such property is own...

...The state or any political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body of this state may, without competitive bidding, convey or exchange with an issuer, for use in connection with a project, any or all of its interests in real or personal property, or both, not needed by the grantor. Any conveyance by the state shall be authorized by the director, board, or commission having control of such property and appro...

...Bonds issued under authority of Chapter 165. of the Revised Code do not, and shall state that they do not, represent or constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit of the issuer, and such bonds are payable solely from the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys as are pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond proceedings. No moneys of any issuer raised by taxation shall be obligat...

...Sections 305.27, 705.12, 731.02, 731.12, 733.72 to 733.77, and 2921.42 of the Revised Code apply to an officer of an issuer who is an officer, director, stockholder, employee, or owner of any interest in a proprietorship, corporation, joint enterprise, partnership, or other association which is the lessee of a project or the trustee, paying agency, or depository of funds under an indenture of mortgage or trust agreem...

...(A) A project shall not be subject to the requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works, or improvements imposed by section 125.81, 713.02, or 713.25 of the Revised Code or any other similar requirements which may be lawfully waived by this section. (B) A project shall be constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped and shall be leased, sold, or otherwise disposed of...