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...The board of directors of a special improvement district shall adopt written rules prescribing competitive bidding procedures for contracts awarded under this chapter. The procedures may differ from competitive bidding procedures applicable to the participating political subdivisions of the district or those provided in Chapter 735. of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for advertising for bids and specify the...

...Any participating political subdivision of a special improvement district may issue bonds and notes in anticipation of collection of any special assessments authorized by this chapter. All proceeds of any assessments, bonds, or notes issued to fund any public improvements or public services plan under this chapter shall first be applied by the political subdivision to payment of those bonds or notes and any interest ...

...by an existing qualified nonprofit corporation. The process for dissolving a special improvement district or repealing an improvements or services plan may be initiated by a petition signed by members of the district who own at least twenty per cent of the appraised value of the real property located in the district, excluding church property or real property owned by the federal government, the state, or a county...

...t contributions from the municipal corporation that created the downtown redevelopment district pursuant to division (E)(2) of section 5709.45 of the Revised Code. The board shall use all such contributions to promote the downtown redevelopment district to potential business patrons, to recruit businesses to relocate or expand to the downtown redevelopment district, and to attract and promote events and activities th...

...(A) A county agricultural society is created when both of the following occur: (1) Thirty or more persons who are residents of the same county adopt a constitution and bylaws governing the society. (2) The residents described in division (A) of this section elect a board of directors in accordance with section 1711.08 of the Revised Code. (B) A county agricultural society created under this section shall operat...

...(A) An independent agricultural society is created if both of the following occur: (1) Thirty or more persons of the same county, or of not more than three contiguous counties, adopt a constitution and bylaws governing the society. (2) The persons described in division (A)(1) of this section elect a board of directors in accordance with section 1711.08 of the Revised Code. (B) An independent agricultural societ...

...(A)(1) The board of county commissioners of a county, in which a county or independent agricultural society is located that receives state or county aid, annually shall appropriate an amount determined by the board for the society's junior club. The board shall ensure that the amount appropriated is at least one hundred dollars. The board shall certify the amount appropriated to the county auditor. (2) The county ...

...Every society formed under sections 1711.01 and 1711.02 of the Revised Code shall annually offer and award premiums for the improvement of grains, fruits, vegetables, livestock, articles of domestic industry, public school displays, and such other articles, productions, and improvements as it deems proper, and may perform any acts best calculated to promote the agricultural interests and household manufacturing inter...

...Every county agricultural society annually shall do all of the following: (A) Make a report of its proceedings during the year; (B) File a financial report, in accordance with section 117.38 of the Revised Code and forward it to the director of agriculture at or before the annual meeting of the directors of the society with the director of agriculture, as provided for in section 1711.06 of the Revised Code. No pa...

...(A) Prior to the first day of December of each year, the director of agriculture shall set a date in January of the following year, on which the director shall meet with the presidents or other authorized delegates of agricultural societies which conduct fairs in compliance with this chapter and regulations of the department of agriculture. At such meeting the director shall consult with such presidents and delegates...

...(A) The board of directors of a county or independent agricultural society shall consist of at least eight members. An employee of the OSU extension shall serve with the board as a nonvoting member. The director of agriculture shall determine the terms of office for members of the board in accordance with rules adopted by the director of agriculture. (B) The board may fill any vacancy on the board caused by death,...

...The treasurer of a county or independent agricultural society, or a person under the supervision of the treasurer, shall collect, account for, record, deposit, and disburse all funds of the society.

...(A) The board of directors of a county or independent agricultural society shall annually meet not later than the thirtieth day of November. At such meeting, the board shall elect a president, a vice-president, a treasurer, a secretary, and such other officers as it may deem proper. (B) The president, the vice-president, and the treasurer shall serve one year, and the secretary not more than three years as the boa...

...The positions of members of the board of directors, officers, and employees of a county or independent agricultural society are not public offices, and persons holding those positions are eligible to hold any public office except for the office of county commissioner.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, county agricultural societies, independent agricultural societies, and the Ohio expositions commission shall not permit during any fair, or for one week before or three days after any fair, any dealing in spirituous liquors, or at any time allow or tolerate immoral shows, lottery devices, games of chance, or gambling of any kind, including pool selling and paddle whee...

...(A) Any member of a county or independent agricultural society may sell seasonal tickets or passes for the society's annual exhibition. The sale of such tickets or passes need not be conducted on the premises of the fairgrounds. (B) Any person may sell tickets for fundraisers held by a county or independent agricultural society, or for the benefit of the society, during the society's annual exhibition. (C) The t...

...If it is shown from the report of any county agricultural society, from witnesses, or otherwise that the annual exhibition held by such society was not conducted along moral or agricultural lines or was not of sufficient educational value to justify the expenditure of funds as provided by section 1711.01 of the Revised Code, the certificate for such financial aid may be withheld by the director of agriculture.

...Revised Code, game, or novelty stand operation at a fair or exposition, but does not include food or drink operations. (B) The director shall issue a license only upon a written application containing a detailed description of the concession. The director shall prepare and furnish blank applications for licenses. (C) The director shall not issue a license until the applicant has paid a fee of seventy dollars to t...

...During an Ohio state fair or county or independent agricultural society fair, no person shall cry, hawk, sell, or expose for sale any merchandise except the official fair or race program upon any public road at any point within one thousand feet of any entrance or exit of the fairground or, within the fairground, engage in any solicitation more than four feet from a concession or booth assigned to such person, except...

...County agricultural societies are hereby declared bodies corporate and politic, and as such they are capable of suing and being sued and of holding in fee simple any real estate purchased by them as sites for their fairs. In addition, they may do either or both of the following: (A) Mortgage their grounds for the purpose of renewing or extending pre-existing debts, and for the purpose of furnishing money to purchas...

...ts issued, the cards' and accounts' expiration dates, and the cards' and accounts' credit limits. (E) If the treasurer retains general possession and control of the credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks, and the board authorizes an officer or employee to use a credit card, the treasurer may use a system to sign out credit cards to the authorized users. The...

...When it is necessary in the opinion of any county agricultural society to procure or enlarge any site for the purpose of holding an agricultural fair, proceedings to appropriate may be had as provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...ith all laws and rules governing the operation of county agricultural societies. The board may appropriate from the county's general fund or permanent improvement fund, and may appropriate revenue from a tax levied under division (T) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code, any amount that it considers necessary for any of those purposes, provided that an appropriation of revenue from that tax may be expended only for...

...When the control and management of a fairground is in a county agricultural society, and the board of county commissioners has appropriated an amount for the aid of the society as provided in section 1711.15 of the Revised Code, the society, with the consent of the board, may contract for the erection or repair of buildings or otherwise improve the fairground, to the extent that the payment for the improvement is pro...

...ith all laws and rules governing the operation of county agricultural societies. The boards may appropriate from their respective general funds such an amount as they consider necessary for any of those purposes. (B) An independent agricultural society may purchase or lease, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under its management and control and may erect suitable buildings ...