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...In the discretion of the Ohio water development authority any water development revenue bonds or notes or water development revenue refunding bonds issued under Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code, may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement ma...

...Any holder of water development revenue bonds issued under Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such sections may be restricted by the applicable resolution or such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state ...

...Water development revenue bonds and notes and water development revenue refunding bonds issued under sections 6121.01 to 6121.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, and the holders or owners thereof have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or taxing authority of any political subdivision...

...erties, and assets acquired by the Ohio water development authority under Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of water development revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in such sections, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except a...

...Moneys in the funds of the Ohio water development authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its water development revenue bonds, in any trust agreement securing its water development revenue bonds, or in any other resolution authorizing the investment of the funds of the authority, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the Unit...

...The Ohio water development authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any water development 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 thereof, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. Such ren...

...Each water development project, when constructed and placed in operation, shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the Ohio water development authority or the authority 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 authority employs or pursuant to a contract or lease with a governmental agency or ...

...All water development 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 an...

...se. As the operation and maintenance of water development projects will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Ohio water development authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any water development project, or upon any property acquired or used by the authority under Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code, or upon the income therefrom. The exemption from taxes and as...

...The Ohio water development authority may acquire by purchase, whenever it deems such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it deems are necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of any water development project, upon such terms and at such price as it considers reasonable and can be agreed upon between the authority and t...

...The Ohio water development authority may acquire by appropriation pursuant to division (J) of section 6121.04 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 water development project. In any proceedings for appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed shall be in accordance with ...

...When the Ohio water development authority 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 a water development 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 deems mo...

...All meetings of the Ohio water development authority shall be public and the records of the authority shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times, except as otherwise provided in this section. All final actions of the authority shall be journalized and such journal shall also be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times. Any records or information relating to secret processes or sec...

...Sections 6121.01 to 6121.22, 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.

...rately or in combination with any waste water facility as defined in section 6121.01 of the Revised Code acquired or to be acquired or constructed or to be constructed by the Ohio water development authority under this chapter, or acquired or to be acquired or constructed or to be constructed by a governmental agency or person with all or a part of the cost thereof being paid from a loan or grant from the authority u...

...e purposes and the exercise by the Ohio water development authority of the powers conferred on it by Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code shall be held to be, and are hereby determined to be, essential governmental functions and public purposes of the state, but the authority shall not be immune from liability by reason thereof. Each member shall be reimbursed for his actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performa...

...tate through the operations of the Ohio water development authority under this chapter to contribute toward one or more of the following: to provide for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees and other inhabitants of the state and for the conservation of the land, air and water resources of the state through efficient and proper methods of disposal, salvage and reuse of or recovery of resou...

...he people of the state, to control air, water, and thermal pollution, or to dispose of solid waste, and pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII, of the Ohio Constitution, the Ohio water development authority may exercise the powers set forth in this chapter, with the approval of a project by the director of development, for the purpose of constructing or providing financial assistance for the construction of any energy ...

...people of the state, or to control air, water, or thermal pollution, and pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the Ohio water development authority may exercise the powers set forth in this chapter for the purpose of providing financial assistance for the undertaking of any voluntary action and shall establish a fund for providing such assistance. Determinations by resolution of the authority that ...

... the purposes of this chapter, the Ohio water development authority may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business under this chapter; (B) Sue and plead in its own name; be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts or torts of its members, employees, or agents acting within the scope of their employment, or to enforce its obligations and covenants made...

... bonds issued for the project, the Ohio water development authority, in addition to other powers under this chapter, may do any or all of the following: (1) Make loans for the acquisition or construction of the project to the person upon such terms as the authority may determine or authorize, including secured or unsecured loans, and, for and in connection with, enter into loan agreements, accept notes and other for...

...loan made under this chapter, the Ohio water development authority shall not charge any fees or fines that, in the aggregate, exceed an amount equal to the principal amount of the loan.

...Upon application by the Ohio water development authority, the controlling board may, from appropriations available to the authority, provide funds for surveys or studies by the authority of any proposed development project subject to repayment by the authority from funds available to it, within the time fixed by the board. Funds to be repaid shall be charged by the authority to the appropriate development project and...

...The Ohio water development authority may issue revenue bonds and notes of the state at such times and in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of one or more development projects or parts thereof. The authority may likewise issue renewal notes and bonds to pay such notes and, whenever it deems refunding, including funding and retirement...

...The issuance of development revenue bonds and notes or development revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.