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...surety company authorized to transact business in this state, and to be approved by the governor and filed in the office of the secretary of state. Each appointed member of the authority shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars, payable in monthly installments. Each member shall be reimbursed for his actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties. All expenses incurred in carryin...

...It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state through the operations of the Ohio air quality development authority under this chapter to contribute toward one or more of the following: to provide for the conservation of air as a natural resource of the state, and to prevent or abate the pollution thereof, to provide for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees, as well as a...

...of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (B) Adopt an official seal; (C) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places within the state as it designates; (D) Sue and plead in its own name; be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts or torts of its members, employees, or agents acting within the scope of their employment, or to enforce its obligations and covenants made...

...ed commodity contracts, and for the leasing, subleasing, sale or other disposition of such project in a manner determined by the authority in its sole discretion, without necessity for competitive bidding or performance bonds. (B) Property comprising a project shall not be subject to taxes or assessments and so long as the bonds or notes issued to finance the costs of such project are outstanding, and the transfe...

...nt; the setting aside of reserve funds, sinking funds, or replacement and improvement funds and the regulation and disposition thereof; the crediting of the proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes to and among the funds referred to or provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes; the use, lease, sale, or other disposition of any air quality project or any other assets of the authority;...

...(A) The Ohio air quality development authority may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of township trustees that provides for all of the following: (1) The authority may issue revenue bonds or notes under section 3706.05 of the Revised Code for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of an air quality facility described under division (G)(12) of section 3...

...r air quality revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.

... the discretion of the Ohio air quality development authority, any air quality revenue bonds or notes or air quality revenue refunding bonds issued under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code, may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority 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 pled...

...Any holder of air quality revenue bonds issued under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code, or 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 the applicable resolution or such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or gran...

...uality revenue refunding bonds issued under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision thereof, and the holders or owners thereof have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon, but such bo...

...assets acquired by the Ohio air quality development authority under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of air quality revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in such chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise p...

...e's efforts to secure the United States department of energy FutureGen initiative pursuant to section 3706.01 of the Revised Code.

...ys in the funds of the Ohio air quality development authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its air quality revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of this state or any political su...

...The Ohio air quality development authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any air quality project and contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, or any combination thereof, desiring the use or services of such project, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. ...

...tion and repair by the Ohio air quality development authority or the authority shall cause the same to be maintained and kept in good condition and repair. Each such project shall be operated by such operating employees as the authority employs or pursuant to a contract or lease with a person or governmental agency. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by Chapter 3706...

...tees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and are ac...

...anted by Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code, will be for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and for the enhancement of their residential, agricultural, recreational, economic, commercial, and industrial opportunities and is a public purpose. As the operation and maintenance of air quality projects will constitute the performance of essential g...

...The Ohio air quality development authority may acquire by purchase, whenever it finds such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it finds to be necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of any air quality project, upon such terms and at such price as it considers reasonable and are agreed upon between the authority and th...

...The Ohio air quality development authority may acquire by appropriation pursuant to division (J) of section 3706.04 of the Revised Code any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, or other property necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any air quality project. In any proceedings for appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed shall be in accordance with ...

...When the Ohio air quality development authority finds it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public road, state highway, railroad, or public utility facility in connection with the construction of an air quality project, it shall cause the same to be reconstructed at such location as the division of government having jurisdiction over such road, highway, railroad, or public utility facility finds m...

...office of ombudsperson for the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program created under section 3704.18 of the Revised Code. The office shall exercise its duties independently of any other state agency. (B) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the ombudsperson. The ombudsperson shall serve for a term of four years. The person wh...

...All meetings of the Ohio air quality development authority shall be public. All final actions of the authority shall be journalized and such journal and the records of the authority shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times, except that any records or information relating to secret processes or secret methods of manufacture or production that may be obtained by the authority or other persons acting u...

...to 3706.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

...ate, which source has been in operation since on or before January 1, 1985, provided that the cogeneration technology is a part of a facility located in a county having a population of more than three hundred sixty-five thousand but less than three hundred seventy thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, biologically derived methane gas, heat captured from a generator of electricity, boiler, or...

...(A) Determinations made by the executive director of the Ohio air quality development authority, with the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the authority, that a particular project is an advanced energy project and is consistent with Chapter 166. of the Revised Code and Section 2p or 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the obligatio...