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...ed Code. (B)(1) In the exercise of its an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, a regional transit an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> shall not employ a person as a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2)(a) The transit auth...

...ion: (1) "Qualifying regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>" means a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> whose territory includes a county having a population of more than seven hundred fifty thousand but less than nine hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census. (2) "Qualifying project" means the general construction or maintenance of roads or bridges related to the provision of service by a qualifying regional ...

...s section applies to a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> the territory of which includes a county having a population of more than one million three hundred thousand. (C) A regional transit an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> to which this section applies may do any of the following: (1) In addition to the purposes specified in division (J) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, conduct the activities authorized in that division in furtherance o...

...oard of trustees of a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> may exercise the power of eminent domain to appropriate any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchise, power lines, easements, or other property, within or without the territorial boundaries of the regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, necessary or proper for the construction or efficient operation of any transit facility or access thereto under its jurisdiction pursuant to t...

...A regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> which proposes to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or proposes to construct, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, maintain, or operate any transit facility, and desires to raise money for any one or more of such purposes or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds of the regional transit an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> or pay any obligation assumed by it or of repaying or refundin...

...board of trustees of a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, the revenue bonds of the regional transit an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> may be secured by a trust agreement between the board of trustees on behalf of the regional transit <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> 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 pledge or assignment of the re...

...enue bonds issued by a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 fa...

...The regional transit an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> may submit to the electors within its territorial boundaries the question of issuing bonds of such pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> 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.

...etary-treasurer of the regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall be the fiscal officer of the regional transit an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> and the custodian of its funds and records and shall assist the board of directors in such particulars as it directs in the performance of its duties. (B) Before receiving any moneys, the secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in such amount as is determined by the board of trustees of the regional transit...

...oard of trustees of a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 th...

...board of trustees of a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> of the laws of the state or other states, with persons, with public corporations and private corpor...

...ers and employees of a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall be considered as public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and a regional transit <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan>, its officers, and employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.

...hall limit the exercise of the power or pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> granted to counties or municipal corporations by sections 307.20, 717.01, and 719.01 of the Revised Code.

...unty included within a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> to be paid by such county as provided in the resolution creating or enlarging the regional transit <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> adopted under section 306.32 or 306.321 of the Revised Code, or by any amendment ...

...A regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.

...rial boundaries of the regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> voting on the question at an election held for the purpose of authorizing it, the regional transit <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> 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 value of all property as listed and assessed for taxation for any period not exceeding ten years...

...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...

...The legislative pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> or any such <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> 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 an...

...(A) A regional transit <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> 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 pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, 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 <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> while ...

...A regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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.

...ordinance creating the regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> may provide for its dissolution or modification in membership under circumstances described therein, or a regional transit <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> may be dissolved or its membership modified by its board of trustees with the consent of the subdivision or subdivisions creating such regional transit <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan>. In the event of dissolution the properties of the regional transit author...

...ntil November 5, 2013, the legislative pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> of any municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of any township that has created or joined a regional transit an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> that levies a property tax and that includes in its membership political 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 th...

... that withdraws from a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> under section 306.55 of the Revised Code may enter into a contract with a regional transit an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> 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 an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> of the municipal corporation or township may determine to be appropriate.

...board of trustees of a regional transit pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> and approved by a majority of the electors voting on it. Such question shall be submitted at a general election or at a special election on a da...