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...A new community authority established pursuant to this chapter is a body corporate and politic, and shall have the powers specifically granted by this chapter. This chapter does not limit or restrict the power and authority of cities, counties, and townships. The new community authority shall have no power or authority over zoning or subdivision regulation, provision of fire or police protection, or, unless such serv...

...In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, a new community authority may: (A) Acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or otherwise, on such terms and in such manner as it considers proper, real and personal property or any estate, interest, or right therein, within or without the new community district; (B) Improve, maintain, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of real and personal property and community facilities, on...

...Notwithstanding any other rule of law, any covenant or agreement in deeds, land contracts, leases and any other instruments or conveyance by which real estate or any interest in real estate is conveyed by or to the developer or by the new community authority to any person or entity, including the developer, or any declaration of covenants executed by the owner of real estate, whereby such person or entity agrees, by ...

...(A) In any action brought to enforce, modify, terminate, declare rights under, or otherwise affect an encumbrance relating to real property within a new community district, or in any action in which the requested relief would affect an encumbrance, one or more of the owners or residents of the real property within the new community district who are the beneficiaries of or are burdened by the encumbrance, may sue or b...

...A new community authority may, from time to time, issue community authority bonds and notes of the authority in such principal amounts as, in the opinion of the board of trustees of the authority, are necessary for the purposes of paying all or any part of the cost of land acquisition, land development, or the acquisition or construction of community facilities or parts thereof. The authority may, from time to time, ...

...The issuance of new community authority bonds and notes or new community authority refunding bonds under this chapter need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes; however, sections 9.98 and 9.981 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to such bonds and notes.

...In the discretion of the board of trustees, any community authority bonds or notes or new community authority refunding bonds or notes issued under Chapter 349. of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage 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 ag...

...Any holder or guarantor of new community authority bonds or notes issued under Chapter 349. of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement or indenture of mortgage except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by the applicable resolution, trust agreement or indenture of mortgage or related agreement, may, by suit, action, mandamus ...

...Moneys in the funds of the new community authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its community authority bonds or in any trust agreement or indenture of mortgage securing the same, or related agreement, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States, or of any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of t...

...Any governmental entity or agency may, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, lease, lend, grant, or convey to the new community authority at the authority's request, or lease, borrow, accept, or receive from the authority upon such terms as the proper authorities of such governmental entity or agency deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for and advertisement, auction, order of court, or other a...

... Except as provided in section 349.03 of the Revised Code, or as otherwise provided in a resolution adopted by the organizational board of commissioners of a new community authority, a new community authority organized under this chapter may be dissolved only on the vote of a majority of the voters of the new community district at a special election called by the board of trustees on the question of dissolution. Such...

...If all or any portion of a new community district is annexed to a municipal corporation, the new community authority shall nevertheless continue in existence to carry out the new community development program for such district, and shall remain responsible for any bonds or notes issued pursuant to section 349.08 of the Revised Code.

...Chapter 349. of the Revised Code shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.

... As used in this chapter: (A) "Convention facilities authority" means a body corporate and politic created pursuant to section 351.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Governmental agency" means a department, division, or other unit of the state government or of a municipal corporation, county, township, or other political subdivision of the state; any state university or college, as defined in section 3345.12 of the Rev...

...A county may create a convention facilities authority by resolution of the county commissioners, provided that in no case shall the same county create more than one convention facilities authority. A convention facilities authority created pursuant to this section is a body corporate and politic which may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and has the powers and jurisdiction enumerated in this chapter. The exer...

...(A) The resolution of the county commissioners creating a convention facilities authority, or any amendment or supplement to that resolution, may authorize the authority to levy one or both of the excise taxes authorized by division (B) of this section to pay the cost of one or more facilities; to pay principal, interest, and premium on convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds issued to pay those costs;...

... (A) Except as provided in division (C) of section 5739.09 or in section 5739.026 of the Revised Code, no county creating a convention facilities authority may appropriate and expend public funds to finance or subsidize the operation of the authority. (B) Subject to making due provisions for payment and performance of its obligations, a convention facilities authority may be dissolved by the county creating it. In ...

...A convention facilities authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of the following members: (A) Six directors appointed by the county commissioners. One shall be a representative of the townships in the county, one shall be a representative of a major business trade association located in the county, and one shall be a representative of the convention and visitors' bureau operating within the co...

...(A) Except for civil actions that arise out of the operation of a motor vehicle and civil actions in which the convention facilities authority is the plaintiff, no director, officer, or employee of a convention facilities authority shall be liable in any civil action that arises under the law of this state for damage or injury caused in the performance of his duties, unless his actions were manifestly outside the sco...

...A facility to be constructed pursuant to this chapter is a public improvement and a convention facilities authority is a public authority for purposes of section 4115.03 of the Revised Code. All contractors and subcontractors working on such facilities are subject to and shall comply with sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code. A convention facilities authority is a contracting authority for purposes of sect...

...(A)(1) A convention facilities authority shall employ and fix the qualifications, duties, and compensation of employees and enter into contracts for professional services as it may require to conduct the business of the authority, provided that no full-time employees shall be employed until the authority adopts and implements a policy regarding hiring preferences for veterans. The authority at any time may suspend or...

...(A) A convention facilities authority may procure and pay any or all of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, sickness and accident insurance, or group life insurance, or a combination of any of the foregoing types of insurance or coverage for full-time employees and their dependents, issued by an insurance company duly authorized to do business in this state. (B) A convention facilities author...

...A convention facilities authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any facility and contract in the manner provided by this section from persons or governmental agencies desiring the use or services of such facility, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. Such rentals or other charges shall not be subject to supervision or r...

...Except as otherwise provided in this section, a governmental agency may cooperate with the convention facilities authority in the acquisition or construction of facilities and shall enter into such agreements with the authority as may be appropriate, with a view to effective cooperative action and safeguarding of the respective interests of the parties to the agreements, which shall provide for such contributions by ...

...Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinking funds of municipal corporations, boards of education, port authorities, and counties and political subdivisions and taxing districts of th...