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... bridge commissioners shall immediately enter upon their duties and hold office until the expiration of two, four, and six years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, the term of each to be designated by the board or the legislative authority of the city. Their successors shall be appointed for the term of six years, excepting that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired...

...e members of any county or city bridge commission, they shall at once proceed to organize. Each such commission shall appoint a vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer, and the commission of any county or city shall elect a chairman. Each member of a county or city bridge commission shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of the city appointing such co...

... acquired by the county or city bridge commission, or who is pecuniarily interested therein as a stockholder or otherwise shall be a member of the county or city bridge commission. No such commission shall appoint any person as engineer, superintendent, or foreman sustaining such relation to such person, firm, or corporation. No such engineer, superintendent, or foreman shall thereafter become in any way connected wi...

...at least fifty per cent of the contract price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract. (K) Employ consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, engineers, construction and accounting experts, attorneys, and other employees and agents as are necessary in its judgment, and fix their compensation. All such expenses are payable solely from the proceeds of bridge revenue bonds issued under this...

...t the option of the commission, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are fixed by the commission prior to the issuance of the bonds. The commission shall determine the form of the bonds, including the interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest, which may be at any bank or t...

...of, but such bonds are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, or by funds derived from the issuance of refunding bonds as authorized under this chapter, which refunding bonds are payable solely from funds pledged for their payment as authorized by such chapter. All such bridge revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as t...

...ed Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the commission and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign the fees and other revenue to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the bridge involved or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing...

...dge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The tolls or other revenues or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the commission are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the commission, i...

...roceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in such sections. Such funds shall be kept in depositories as selected by the bridge commission of any county or city in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, insofar as such sections are applicable, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the ...

...esolution for the issuance of bridge revenue refunding bonds of such county or city, payable solely from revenues, for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which have been issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and oth...

...ter 5593. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. Any holder of bonds issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect a...

...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.

...isdiction and control, and for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the property under its control. Such bylaws and rules shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such bridge is located, and in such other manner as the commission prescribes. Such rules and regulations shall provide that public police officers shall be afforded ready access, while in the perform...

...islative service commission at the same time such budget is submitted to the trustees of the commission's bond holders. The commission shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by certified public accountants and cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction or of operations of any bridges then in operation or in course of construction, such cost to be appo...

... made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.

...f the bondholders, such bridge shall become part of the state highway system, shall thereafter be maintained by the department of transportation, and shall be free of tolls.

...pection of the public at all reasonable times.

... more than fifty dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

...ovements 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 operate, within the development area, and that is funded at least in part with private funds. "Opportunity corridor improvement" includes the establishment, acquisition, ownership, control, management, sale, or trans...

...rtake a regional transportation improvement project for the purpose of completing transportation improvements within the territory of the counties. The project shall be administered by a governing board in accordance with a cooperative agreement. (B)(1) The cooperative agreement shall provide for the creation of a governing board consisting of the following individuals: (a) One county commissioner from each count...

...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 shall be made available for public inspection at the offices of each county that will be a party to the agreement. (D) If the cooperative agreement is approved by each county that will be a party ...

...s shall be done in accordance with the competitive bidding procedures established for boards of county commissioners by sections 307.86 to 307.91 of the Revised Code. (B) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions against the governing board or the regional transportation improvement project shall be brought in the court of common pleas of a county that is a party to the cooperat...

...t of transportation for the purpose of completing opportunity corridor improvements. The governing board, in carrying out the opportunity corridor improvements, may exercise all authority granted to it by this chapter and may additionally do all of the following: (A) Appropriate property, fully or partially located within the right-of-way associated with, or necessary as right-of-way for, any transportation improv...

...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.

...tanding securities are payable solely from revenues pledged to the regional transportation improvement project pursuant to section 5595.06 of the Revised Code. All securities shall contain on their face a statement to that effect. Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to the securities.