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...er: (1) "Community improvement corporation" means an economic development corporation or a county land reutilization corporation. (2) "Economic development corporation" means a corporation organized for the purposes described in division (B)(1) of this section. (3) "County land reutilization corporation" means a corporation organized under section 1724.04 of the Revised Code for the purposes...

...ised Code, a community improvement corporation shall have the following powers: (1)(a) To borrow money for any of the purposes of the community improvement corporation by means of loans, lines of credit, or any other financial instruments or securities, including the issuance of its bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, whether secured or unsecured, and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge...

...(A) After the articles of incorporation have been filed, and at the first meeting of the board of directors of a county land reutilization corporation, the board shall adopt regulations for the government of the corporation, the conduct of its affairs, and the management of its property, consistent with law and the articles. The content of the regulations shall be governed by section 1702.11 of the Revised Code...

...ganize a county land reutilization corporation under this chapter and Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code for the purpose of exercising the powers granted to a county under Chapter 5722. of the Revised Code. The county treasurer of the county for the benefit of which the corporation is being organized shall be the incorporator of the county land reutilization corporation. The form of the articles of incorporation of th...

...Each community improvement corporation shall prepare an annual financial report that conforms to rules prescribed by the auditor of state pursuant to section 117.20 of the Revised Code, that is prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles, and that is certified by the board of directors of the corporation or its treasurer or other chief fiscal officer to the best knowledge and belief of those person...

...If any community improvement corporation fails to prepare an annual financial report as required by section 1724.05 of the Revised Code and to file that report with the auditor of state within ninety days of the time prescribed for that filing by that section, or if the auditor of state determines by applying the standards applicable to a public office under section 117.41 of the Revised Code that any community impro...

...ation of the community improvement corporation, any remaining assets shall be applied as follows: (A) In the case of an economic development corporation, to such civic projects or public charitable purposes in the community or area as may be determined by the directors with the approval of the court of common pleas of the county wherein the corporation has its principal place of business; (B) In the case of a co...

...the Revised Code are applicable to corporations organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code to the extent they are not inconsistent herewith.

...Any corporation organized prior to August 17, 1961 and having similar purposes may be brought under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code by the required vote of its members or shareholders adopting amended articles of incorporation. Said amended articles of incorporation shall provide for a change in the corporate title and powers in conformity with Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code and shall contain a statement that th...

...(A) A community improvement corporation may be designated: (1) By a county, one or more townships, one or more municipal corporations, two or more adjoining counties, or any combination of the foregoing as the agency of each such political subdivision for the industrial, commercial, distribution, and research development in such political subdivision when the legislative authority of such political subdivisio...

...(A) When a community improvement corporation is acting as an agent of a political subdivision designated pursuant to section 1724.10 of the Revised Code and at all times as a county land reutilization corporation, both of the following apply: (1) Any financial and proprietary information, including trade secrets, submitted by or on behalf of an entity to the community improvement corporation in connection with the...

...rectors of a community improvement corporation in which all or a part of a downtown redevelopment district is located may accept contributions from the municipal corporation that created the 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 reloca...

...at, or residents of, the municipal corporation in which it is established. They shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the association, and hold office for one year, unless, by its bylaws, the association provides a longer term for any of such officers, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The officers thus elected, together with such number of members of the association as is fixed by t...

...ppoint committees of reference and arbitration and committees of appeals, which committees shall be governed by such rules as are prescribed in the association's rules or bylaws for the settlement of such matters of reference as are submitted voluntarily for arbitration by members of the association or by other persons.

...An incorporated board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association may require from its officers, whether elected or appointed, sufficient bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties and trusts, which bonds shall be conditioned and made payable as prescribed by the association's bylaws and may be sued on, the money thereby collected to be held for the use of the party injured ...

...Every inspector, gauger, weigher, or measurer appointed by an incorporated board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association shall be recognized as a legally appointed officer, for the duties pertaining to his position, in the city and county in which the association is located, and shall be subject to all the laws relating thereto. The certificate of such appointee as to his off...

...An incorporated board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association may purchase or lease suitable grounds and erect thereon such buildings as its board of directors deems proper for its interest. It may lease any portion of such building which is not occupied by or needed for its immediate use. It may, by a two-thirds favorable vote of its board, sell and convey its real estate. It...

...Any board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association organized in this state may avail itself of the privileges and powers, in whole or in part, conferred by section 1725.01 to 1725.04 of the Revised Code, by making a certificate of its adoption of those sections, under its seal, attested by the signatures of any authorized officer, which certificate shall be filed in the office ...

...al institutions" means any banking corporation, trust company, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or corporation, partnership, foundation, or other institution engaged in lending or investing funds for industrial or business purposes. (B) "Member" means any financial institution authorized to do industrial and business lending in this state which undertakes to lend money to a corporation, i...

...this state, may form a development corporation under the provisions of Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code by subscribing and thereafter filing in the office of the secretary of state articles of incorporation which shall set forth: (A) The name of the corporation, which shall include the words "Ohio Development Corporation"; (B) The place in this state where the principal office of the corporation is to be located; ...

...When the articles of incorporation or any amendment or amendments thereof, are filed in the office of the secretary of state under section 1726.02 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall submit them to the attorney general for examination. If such articles, or any amendment or amendments thereof, are found by him to be in accordance with Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code, and not inconsistent with the const...

...apter 1701. of the Revised Code, a corporation incorporated under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code shall, subject to the restrictions contained in this chapter, have the following powers: (A) To elect, appoint, and employ officers, agents, and employees; to make contracts and incur liabilities for any purposes of the corporation; provided, that the corporation shall not incur any secondary liability by way of guara...

...ssociation, or trust, and domestic corporations organized for the purpose of carrying on business within this state, including without limitation, any public utility companies, banking companies, trust companies, and foreign corporations licensed to do business in the state, except as provided in division (C) of this section, are hereby authorized to acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, ...

...tution may request membership in a corporation incorporated under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code by making application to the board of directors of the corporation on a form and in such manner as said board of directors may require, and membership shall become effective upon acceptance of such application by said board. Upon written notice given to the corporation, one year in advance, a member may withdraw from m...

... to have outstanding on loans to a corporation incorporated under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code at any one time as determined under division (C) of section 1726.06 of the Revised Code.