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...The Ohio arts council shall meet at least once during any calendar year and may meet more frequently if its workload demands. Council members, however, may not receive expenses for attendance at more than four meetings each year. The council may meet anywhere in the state.

...The Ohio arts council may receive and administer any funds granted to this state by the federal government for development of the arts, and shall administer any state funds appropriated for such purpose. The council may also accept and administer on behalf of the state any gifts, donations, or bequests made to it for the encouragement and development of any of the arts.

...In the administration of Chapter 3379. of the Revised Code, the Ohio arts council shall not exercise any direct supervision or control over the policy or program determination of any local group or agency involved in the arts. No general assembly appropriations to the council shall be used to eliminate or reduce any financial deficit of any local group or agency involved in the arts or of any other organization or p...

...The Ohio arts council may call upon any department or agency of the state government for information, advice, or assistance in its work. It shall coordinate its efforts with those of other agencies engaged in any similar activities.

...(A) Recognizing this state's responsibility to foster culture and the arts and to encourage the development of artists and craftspersons, the general assembly declares it a policy of this state that a portion of the money to be spent by state agencies on the construction or renovation of public buildings be spent on the acquisition of works of art to be placed in or on such buildings. In pursuit of this policy, there...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the gifts and donations fund. The fund shall consist of gifts and donations made to the Ohio arts council and fees paid for conferences the council sponsors. The fund shall be used to pay for the council's operating expenses, including, but not limited to, payroll, personal services, maintenance, equipment, and subsidy payments. All moneys deposited into the fund shall be...

...(A) The position of Ohio poet laureate is hereby created. The Ohio poet laureate shall be appointed by the governor from a list of not less than three candidates recommended by the Ohio arts council based on qualifications developed by the arts council under division (F) of section 3379.03 of the Revised Code. The arts council shall submit its list of candidates to the governor not less than ninety days prior to the ...

...As used in sections 3381.01 to 3381.22 of the Revised Code: (A) "Arts or cultural organization" means: (1) Any corporation, organization, association, or institution that: (a) Provides programs or activities in areas directly concerned with the arts or cultural heritage; and (b) Is not for profit and whose net earnings may not lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder, member, or individual. (2) A...

...A regional arts and cultural district may be created for any of the following purposes: making grants to support the operating or capital expenses of arts or cultural organizations located within its district, or acquiring, constructing, equipping, furnishing, repairing, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, or administering artistic or cultural facilities. A regional arts and cultural district is a political...

...Any county, or any two or more counties, municipal corporations, or townships, or any combination of these may create a regional arts and cultural district by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by the board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of each township that desires to create or to join in the creation of the ...

...(A) In lieu of the procedure set forth in section 3381.03 of the Revised Code, any county with a population of five hundred thousand or more, at any time before the creation of a regional arts and cultural district under that section, may create a regional arts and cultural district by adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners of that county. The resolution shall state all of the following...

...Within sixty days after a regional arts and cultural district has been created, the board of trustees of the district shall be appointed as provided in this section. Members of a board of trustees of a regional arts and cultural district created by the exclusive action of a county shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county. A board of trustees of a district created by two or more political...

...A majority of the board of trustees of the regional arts and cultural district constitutes a quorum, the affirmative vote of which is necessary for any action taken by the district. No vacancy in the board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all the duties of the district. Each member of the board, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath or aff...

...All the power and authority granted to a regional arts and cultural district shall be vested in and exercised by its board of trustees, which shall manage and conduct its affairs. The board, within the limitations of this chapter, shall provide, by rules, the procedure for its actions, the manner of selection of its president, vice-president, executive director, and other officers and employees, their titles, terms ...

...ion of employees, agents, accountants, attorneys, and consultants or advisors necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of its purposes; (M) May procure insurance against loss to it by reason of damages to its properties resulting from fire, theft, accident, or other casualties or by reason of its liability for any damages to persons or property; (N) May maintain funds as it determines necessary or desirable f...

...The regional arts and cultural district may submit to the electors within its territory the question of issuing bonds of such district and also the necessity of a tax outside the limitation of Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire such bonds. Such bonds when approved by the electors may be issued by the district to purchase, acquire, construct, replace, improve, extend, enl...

...Bonds issued under section 3381.08 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.

...The executive director of the regional arts and cultural district shall be the fiscal officer of the district and the custodian of its funds and records, and shall assist the board of trustees in such manner as it directs. Before receiving any moneys, the executive director shall furnish bond in an amount determined by the board with surety satisfactory to it. The executive director shall deposit all funds received ...

...The board of trustees of a regional arts and cultural district or any officer or employee designated by such board may make any contract for the purchase of supplies or material or for labor for any work, under the supervision of the board, the cost of which shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. When an expenditure, other than for the acquisition of real estate, the discharge of noncontractual claims, personal...

...y or convenient for the exercise of the powers granted by this chapter.

...All employees of a regional arts and cultural district shall be considered public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and its employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.

...A regional arts and cultural district 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 employees of the district and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.

...The board of county commissioners of any county, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of any township, included within a regional arts and cultural district may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county, the municipal corporation, or the township and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the district to ...

...(A) Upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the qualified electors within the territory of a regional arts and cultural district voting on the question at an election held for the purpose, the district may levy upon the property within its territory a tax outside the ten-mill limitation to provide funds for any one or more of the purposes set forth in this section as specified in such question, not in exc...

...From the funds available therefor from a tax levy authorized under section 3381.16 or, if applicable, sections 5743.021, 5743.321, 5743.511, 5743.621, and 5743.631 of the Revised Code, a regional arts and cultural district by action of its board of trustees shall make annual grants to support the operating or capital expenses of such of the arts or cultural organizations located within the territory of the district a...