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...There is hereby created in the state treasury the FutureGen initiative fund. The fund shall consist of money appropriated to it and money from private donations, grants, gifts, bequests, and other sources. Money in the fund shall be used to make grants for the drilling of a test well to assist the state's efforts to secure the United States department of energy FutureGen initiative pursuant to section 3706.01 of the ...

...nds of the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, 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 subdivision th...

...The Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> 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. ...

...air by the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> or the an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> 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 <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> 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. of the Rev...

...All air quality revenue 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 taxi...

...The Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> 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 <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> and th...

...The Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> 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 <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> 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...

...ed in the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> the 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 ombudsperso...

...ngs of the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall be public. All final actions of the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> shall be journalized and such journal and the records of the pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> 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 pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> or other persons acting under Chap...

...Sections 3706.01 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.

...As used in sections 3706.25 to 3706.29 of the Revised Code: (A) "Advanced energy project" means any technologies, products, activities, or management practices or strategies that facilitate the generation or use of electricity or energy and that reduce or support the reduction of energy consumption or support the production of clean, renewable energy for industrial, distribution, commercial, institutional, governme...

...or of the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, with the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span>, 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 obligations issued to finance such a project and of the ...

...The Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt any rules necessary to implement sections 3706.25 to 3706.28 of the Revised Code.

...rmined that there is need for a housing pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> in any portion of any county that comprises two or more political subdivisions or portions of two or more political subdivisions but is less than all the territory within the county, a metropolitan housing <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> shall be declared to exist, and the territorial limits of the an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> shall be defined, by a letter from the director. The director shall issue a ...

...A metropolitan housing <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> shall organize by electing one of its number chairman, and another vice-chairman, and it may employ counsel, a director, who shall be ex officio secretary, and such other officers and employees as are desired, and shall fix the term of office, qualifications, and compensation of each.

...r or employee of a metropolitan housing pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract for property, materials, or services to be acquired by said pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>.

... county in which a metropolitan housing pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> has been created may appropriate and loan to such pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying expenses of organizing and supervising the work of the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> during the period of initial construction of the proposed projects. Such loan is to be authorized by a resolution of the board, which shall set forth the terms and time of re...

...A metropolitan housing <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> created under sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code constitutes a body corporate and politic. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> of a metropolitan housing an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span>, or a nonprofit corporation formed by a metropolitan housing <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> to carry out its functions, to compete for and perform federal housing contracts or grants within or outside this state. To cl...

...ed Code. (B)(1) A metropolitan housing an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> shall not employ a person as a member of the police force of the metropolitan housing an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> 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) A metropolitan housing an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> shall terminate the employment of a member of t...

...A metropolitan housing <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> may appropriate, enter upon, and hold real estate within its territorial limits. The pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> may acquire the fee simple title, or a lesser interest in any property within its territorial limits which it deems necessary to appropriate for the purposes of the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan>. The powers shall be exercised by an pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> in the same manner as is provided by sections 719.01 to 719.05 and 163...

... any one or more of the authorities. An pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> or authorities, joining or cooperating with it, to act on its behalf with respect to any or all powers relative to the purpose of financing, as its agent or otherwise, in the name of the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> or authorities so joining or cooperating, or in its own name. Any two or more metropolitan housing authoritie...

...ired or owned by a metropolitan housing pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> and used for the purposes of exercising the powers set forth in sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, shall be public property used exclusively for a public purpose within the meaning of Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, and shall be exempt from all taxation. All accounting and other transactions of the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> shall be subject to audit by the ...

...d or acquired by a metropolitan housing pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> for the purpose of exercising the powers set forth in sections 3735.27 to 3735.50, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> shall make annual payments to the county treasurer for distribution in the maximum amounts consistent with obtaining federal assistance under the "United States Housing Act of 1937" as now or hereafter amended, and general regulations or or...

...When a metropolitan housing pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> has acquired the property necessary for any project, it shall proceed to make plans and specifications for carrying out such project, and shall advertise for bids for all work that it desires to have done by contract, such advertisements to be published as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circula...