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...ate, which shall be accomplished by the department of development awarding grants to eligible applicants for use in an eligible area for any of the following purposes: (1) Land acquisition; (2) Infrastructure improvements; (3) Voluntary actions undertaken on property eligible for the voluntary action program created under Chapter 3746. of the Revised Code; (4) Renovation of existing structures. (B) The total amo...

...g committee in a municipal corporation, county, or township whose territory includes the eligible area. The committee shall consist of members of the public and private sectors who live in that municipal corporation, county, or township. The local economic development planning committee shall prepare and submit to the department a five-year economic development plan for that municipal corporation, county, or township...

...on of the legislative authority of each county containing any area that has been designated as an eligible area by the director of development under division (A) of section 122.21 of the Revised Code and whose governing body has designated the applicant to seek a grant for any of these purposes on behalf of the eligible area. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establish...

...y available data from the United States department of commerce, bureau of economic analysis as of the date the most recent federal decennial census was published. (3) Its ratio of personal current transfer receipts to total personal income is equal to or greater than twenty-five per cent, as determined by the most recently available data from the United States department of commerce, bureau of economic analysis as...

...ther participation in this or any other department of development financial program, except that a private developer that previously has received financial assistance under this section is precluded from further participation in the rural industrial park loan program.

...(A) In administering the program established under section 122.24 of the Revised Code, the director of development shall do all of the following: (1) Designate, within three months after the publication of each decennial census by the United States census bureau, the entities that constitute the eligible areas in this state as defined in section 122.23 of the Revised Code; (2) Inform local governments and other...

...The rural industrial park loan fund is hereby created in the state treasury for the purposes of the program established under section 122.24 of the Revised Code. The director of development services shall deposit money received for the purposes of that section to the credit of the fund.

...ion in the project. (2) The board of county commissioners of a county that has been designated as an eligible area by the director of development under division (A)(1) of section 122.25 of the Revised Code shall certify, by resolution, that no existing industrial park is located in the county that would compete against an industrial park that would be developed and improved in the county through the use of financi...

...As used in sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "New technology" means the development through science or research of methods, processes, and procedures, including but not limited to those involving the processing and utilization of coal, for practical application in industrial or agribusiness situations. (B) "Industrial research" means study and investigation in giving new shapes, n...

... river commission is created within the department of development to develop and promote economic development, marine cargo terminal operations, and travel and tourism on the Ohio river and its tributaries. The commission consists of the following members: (1) The director of development, or the director's designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the commission; (2) The director of transportation, or the direc...

... Ohio maritime strategy prepared by the department of transportation and in the department's "Economic Impact of the Ohio River Maritime Activity" study, as those or similar documents or reports are published and updated from time to time by the department; (9) Evaluate policies, programs, programs of research, and priorities to offset the continued decline in coal production and consumption within the Ohio river b...

...(A) The Ohio river commission fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of all money as may be provided by law, including money received from any sale, transfer, or lease of property and money received under division (A)(13) of section 122.291 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio river commission shall use money in the fund to defray the commission's administrative expenses and to carry out its purposes...

...ensation of technical and professional personnel, who shall be in the unclassified civil service, and employ other personnel, who shall be in the classified civil service, as necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code.

...All expenses and obligations incurred by the director of development services in carrying out the director's powers and duties under sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code, are payable from revenues or other receipts or income from grants, gifts, contributions, compensation, reimbursement, and funds established in accordance with those sections or general revenue funds appropriated by the gene...

...The director of development services, on behalf of the programs authorized pursuant to sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code, may receive and accept grants, gifts, and contributions of money, property, labor, and other things of value to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which the grants, gifts, and contributions are made, from individuals, private and public corporations, f...

...lic or private educational institution, department, college, institute, faculty member, or other administrative subdivision or related entity of an educational institution when the director finds that the undertaking will benefit the people of the state by supporting research in advanced technology areas likely to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state through promoting the development of new c...

...The exercise of the powers granted by sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of commerce and prosperity, improvement of employment conditions, and will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions.

...All moneys received under sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code are trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in those sections and section 166.03 of the Revised Code. All moneys, except when deposited with the treasurer of the state, shall be kept and secured in depositories as selected by the director of development services in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of...

...Any materials or data submitted to, made available to, or received by the director of development services or the controlling board, to the extent that the material or data consist of trade secrets, as defined in section 1333.61 of the Revised Code, or commercial or financial information, regarding projects are not public records for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...(A) There is hereby created in the development services agency the steel futures program, for the purpose of preserving and improving the existing industrial base of the state, improving the economy of the state by providing employment, increased productivity, and ensuring continued technological development consistent with these goals, and maintaining a high standard of living for the people of this state. The...

...es. (B) There is hereby created in the department of development the small business innovation research grant program for the purpose of providing educational, technical, and financial assistance to: (1) Any small business enterprise engaging in or intending to engage in technological research that the director of development determines to be innovative and in the broad and long-term interest of the economy of the ...

...As used in sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code: (A) "Financial institution" means any banking corporation, trust company, insurance company, savings and loan association, building and loan association, or corporation, partnership, federal lending agency, foundation, or other institution engaged in lending or investing funds for industrial or business purposes. (B) "Project" means any real...

...As used in sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application" means an application made under section 122.4013 of the Revised Code for a program grant. (B) "Broadband funding gap" means the difference between the total amount of money a broadband provider calculates is necessary to construct the last mile of a specific broadband network and the total amount of money that the provider has determi...

...There is hereby established the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program within the development services agency. The agency shall administer and provide staff assistance for the program. The agency shall be responsible for receiving and reviewing applications for program grants and for sending completed applications to the broadband expansion program authority for final review and award of program grants.

...(1) There is hereby created, within the department of development, the broadband expansion program authority, which shall consist of the director of development or the director's designee, the director of the office of InnovateOhio or the director's designee, and three other members as follows: one member appointed by the president of the senate, one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, an...