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...The county commissioners may advance funds from any available fund of the county for purchase or acquisition of a transit system, surveys, planning, and mass transportation studies. The amount advanced may be reimbursed from any funds of the county transit board including the proceeds of the sale of bonds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, or equipment of the county transit system.

...(A) As used in this section, "social services" includes all of the following: (1) Services for senior citizens; (2) Services for persons with developmental disabilities; (3) Services funded in whole or in part with federal funds provided for social services programs, including the community development block grant program established under Title I of the "Housing and Community Development Act of 1974," 42 U.S.C. 5...

...The county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation, township, or other county, whereby the board undertakes to provide transportation service for the movement of persons within, from, or to that municipal corporation, township, or county, to make payments or transfer real estate or interests therein or a combination thereof, ...

...The operations, revenues, and property of the county transit system and all obligations secured by the real estate or interests therein or revenues of the system, or the income derived therefrom, are exempt from the levy of any excise or other tax by the county or any political subdivision of the state, unless and to the extent such exemption is prohibited by the constitution or other laws of this state.

...as lessee, or receives a right to use a publicly or privately owned transit system may enter into an agreement with the operator thereof transferring that transit system, and that operator may enter into an agreement with the county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system providing for the transfer or grant of the use to the county transit board or board of county commissioners of al...

...irement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.

...The county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system may issue refunding bonds of the county to refund any bonds previously issued under division (B) of section 306.09 of the Revised Code for any of the following purposes: (A) Refunding bonds which have matured or are about to mature when the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys pledged for the payment of such bo...

...In counties that have a county transit board, that transit board shall have exclusive control over the county transit system's budgets, appropriations, collections, custody, and application of its revenues or other funds received by it and shall have jurisdiction of all purchases and contracts entered into in connection with the county transit system pursuant to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. In those...

...ty, in addition to participation in the public employees retirement system as required in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code; (B) The continuation of collective bargaining rights; (C) The protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment; (D) Assurances of employment to employees of such transit systems and priority of re-employment of employees terminated or ...

...oard, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to the board while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing tenancy for longer than one year.

...g as they relate to the operation of a public transit system by the franchisee in that county: (1) Cost savings to the county; (2) Efficiency; (3) Safety and security of the traveling public and franchise employees; (4) Service to the traveling public; (5) Return on investment by the county; (6) Any other aspects the board of county commissioners determines should be included in the report. (B) A franchis...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and as used in sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code, "transit facility" means any: (1) Street railway, motor bus, tramline, subway, monorail, rapid transit vehicle, aeroplane, helicopter, ferry, or other ground or water transportation system having as its primary purpose the regularly scheduled mass movement of passengers between locations within the ...

...(A) As used in sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, "township" means either of the following: (1) An entire township; (2) Township territory that is designated as a township under division (B) of this section for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority. (B) A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution designating as a township, for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority, t...

...ties; controlling and administering the public utilities franchise of such transit facilities; entering into and supervising franchise agreements; accepting assignment of and then supervising an existing franchise agreement; and accepting assignment of and exercising a right to purchase a transit system in accordance with the acquisition terms of an existing franchise agreement. A regional transit authority so create...

...Any county, or any two or more counties, municipal corporations, or townships, or any combination of these, may create a regional transit authority 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 which is to create or to join in the creation of the regional tra...

...The resolution or ordinance creating a regional transit authority may be amended to include additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships by the adoption of an amendment 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 which has created or, prior to the adoption of the amendment, joined o...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Political subdivision" means a county, a municipal corporation, or a township. (2) "Governing body" means a board of county commissioners of a county, a legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or a board of trustees of a township. (B) For any regional transit authority that levies a property tax and that includes in its membership political subdivisions that are lo...

...ions and who shall be appointed by such public officers as shall be provided in the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority or any amendments thereto. If the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority, or any amendments thereto, so provide, then the governor shall appoint such members of the board of a regional transit authority as provided in such resolutions and ordinances. The appointing authority...

... that all meetings shall be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in section 122.22 of the Revised Code. The board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary-treasurer, who shall be the fiscal officer. The secretary-treasurer shall not be a member of the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each member of the board of trustees is entitled to receive from the regional tra...

...All the power and authority granted to a regional transit authority shall be vested in and exercised by its board of trustees which shall manage and conduct its affairs. The board shall, within the limitations of sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by its rules and regulations provide the procedure for its actions, the manner of selection of its president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, a...

...amages to its properties resulting from fire, theft, accident, or other casualties or by reason of its liability for any damages to persons or property occurring in the construction or operation of transit facilities under its jurisdiction or the conduct of its activities; (U) May maintain funds that it considers necessary for the efficient performance of its duties; (V) May direct its agents or employees, when p...

...A regional transit authority may purchase an articulated bus only if the regional transit authority establishes and follows a preference system for buses that are manufactured or assembled within this state, or, if none, within the United States.

...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) In the exercise of its authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, a regional transit authority shall not employ a person as a regional transit authority police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person...

...reement for approval to the appropriate public works integrating committee designated under section 164.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The integrating committee shall, on at least an annual basis, review and approve or deny agreements submitted to it under division (B)(1) of this section, except for an agreement that is in effect for more than one year and that was reviewed and approved in a prior meeting of the commi...

...(A) As used in this section, "metropolitan planning organization" has the same meaning as in section 5552.01 of the Revised Code. (B) This section applies to a regional transit authority the territory of which includes a county having a population of more than one million three hundred thousand. (C) A regional transit authority to which this section applies may do any of the following: (1) In addition to the pu...