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...After the broadband expansion program authority awards a program grant under section 122.4043 of the Revised Code, the development services agency shall disburse the program grant as follows: (A) A portion of the program grant, not to exceed thirty per cent, shall be disbursed before construction of the project begins. (B) A portion of the program grant, not to exceed sixty per cent, shall be disbursed through pe...

...(A) If the development services agency determines that a broadband provider that has been awarded a program grant under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program has not complied with the requirements of the program, the agency shall notify the provider of the noncompliance. In accordance with rules adopted by the agency under section 122.4077 of the Revised Code, the agency shall give the provider an op...

...Upon adoption of a resolution, a board of county commissioners may request the development services agency to solicit applications from broadband providers for program grants under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program for eligible projects in the municipal corporations and townships of the county. A request made by a county shall identify, to the extent possible, the residential addresses in unser...

...Upon receipt of a request from a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 122.4050 of the Revised Code, the development services agency shall solicit, on behalf of the county, applications for program grants for eligible projects under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program. Not later than seven days after receipt of the request, the agency shall make the request, and any accompanying informa...

...The development services agency shall not be responsible for any failure by a broadband provider to respond to a request made by the agency pursuant to section 122.4051 of the Revised Code or to submit an application for a program grant under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program.

...(A) Nothing in sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code entitles the state of Ohio, the development services agency, the broadband expansion program authority, or any other governmental entity to any ownership or other rights to broadband infrastructure constructed by a broadband provider pursuant to a program grant awarded to an eligible project. (B) Nothing in sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Cod...

...(A) Each broadband provider that receives a program grant shall submit to the development services agency an annual progress report on the status of the deployment of the broadband network described in the eligible project for which the program grant award was made. (B) The broadband provider shall submit an operational report with the agency not later than sixty days after the completion of the project and annuall...

...The development services agency may set a due date for the reports required under section 122.4070 of the Revised Code and, for good cause shown, may grant extensions of the report due dates.

...Reports required under section 122.4070 of the Revised Code, and all information and documents in them, shall be maintained on a confidential basis by the development services agency and shall not be published on the agency's web site until the agency determines what information or documents are not confidential pursuant to section 122.4023 of the Revised Code.

...lenges, hearings, and opportunities for public comment. (C) The agency may adopt rules and procedures to implement sections 122.4051, 122.4053, and 122.4055 of the Revised Code. (D) Rules adopted under this section are not subject to section 121.95 of the Revised Code. (E) The agency and the authority are not subject to division (F) of section 121.95 of the Revised Code regarding the development and adoption o...

...The director of development services, with controlling board approval, may lend funds which are obtained from the sale of revenue bonds issued by the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, from revenues or other receipts or income of the director, or funds established in accordance with sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, and from grants, gifts, ...

...Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms, conditions, and provisions of the loans made by the director of development services pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the loans are made, but the mortgage lien securing any money loaned ...

...The director of development may purchase real property, and personal property in connection therewith, in the state from funds available to him for that purpose if he finds that: (A) Such property is owned by the United States, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, or by the state or an agency, instrumentality, or subdivision thereof; (B) Such property is, or after improvement will be, useful for industrial, com...

...Each issue of revenue bonds issued by the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, shall be dated, shall bear interest at a rate or rates or at a variable rate, as provided in or authorized by the proceedings authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions of the revenue bonds, shall mature at such time or times, not to exceed forty years from date, as determined ...

...The director of development services may provide for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the state by the treasurer of state, payable solely from the sinking funds established in accordance with section 122.51 of the Revised Code at the times and in the order and manner provided by the director and in any trust agreement securing such bonds and shall also be secured by moneys in the other funds established pur...

...The exercise of the powers granted by sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of conditions of employment, and will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions; therefore the director of development services shall not be required to pay any...

...All moneys received under sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code as proceeds from the sale of bonds are trust funds. All moneys received under those sections shall be held and applied solely as provided in such sections and section 166.03 of the Revised Code. All such moneys, except as otherwise provided in any proceedings authorizing revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing such bonds or ex...

...As used in sections 122.71 to 122.83 of the Revised Code: (A) "Financial institution" means any banking corporation, trust company, insurance company, savings and loan association, building and loan association, or corporation, partnership, federal lending agency, foundation, or other institution engaged in lending or investing funds for industrial or business purposes. (B) "Project" means any real or personal pro...

..., is to be performed, and in such other publications as the director determines, which notice shall state the general character of the work and the general character of the materials to be furnished, the place where plans and specifications therefor may be examined, and the time and place of receiving bids. (b) Each bid for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an imp...

...are made, from individuals, private and public corporations, the United States or any agency of the United States, the state or any agency of the state, and any political subdivision of the state. The director may agree to repay any contribution of money or to return any property contributed or its value at such times, in amounts, and on terms and conditions, excluding the payment of interest, as the director determi...

...Any person who intentionally misrepresents that person's self as owning, controlling, operating, or participating in a minority business enterprise for the purpose of obtaining funds, contracts, subcontracts, services, or any other benefits under sections 122.71 to 122.85 or 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code is guilty of theft by deception, pursuant to section 2913.02 of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Venture capital operating company" has the same meaning as in 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101. (2) "Ohio venture capital operating company" means a venture capital operating company certified by the director of development as having met the requirements prescribed by division (B) of this section. A venture capital operating company is an Ohio venture capital operating company only for so lo...

...There is hereby created in the department of development a minority business development division. The division shall do all of the following: (A) Provide technical, managerial, and counseling services and assistance to minority business enterprises; (B) Provide procurement and bid packaging assistance to minority business enterprises; (C) Provide bonding technical assistance to minority business enterprises; ...

...The director of development services shall: (A) Promulgate rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the conduct of the minority business development division's business and for carrying out the purposes of sections 122.92 to 122.94 of the Revised Code; (B) Prepare an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on or before the first day of August of its activities for the precedin...

...As used in this section and section 122.951 of the Revised Code: (A) "Commercial or industrial areas" means areas zoned either commercial or industrial by the local zoning authority or an area not zoned, but in which there is located one or more commercial or industrial activities. (B) "Eligible county" means any of the following: (1) A county designated as being in the "Appalachian region" under the "Appalachian ...