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... (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 l...

...Within sixty days after a regional transit authority has been created under section 306.32 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees for such regional transit authority shall be appointed as provided in this section. Members of a board of trustees of an authority created by the exclusive action of a county shall be appointed by the county commissioners of such county. A board of trustees of an authority created by ...

...Notwithstanding section 306.33 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of any regional transit authority created by one county and two municipal corporations, with the county having a population of at least five hundred thousand according to the most recent federal census, shall be appointed and governed as provided in this section. The board of trustees of such a regional transit authority shall consist of nine ...

...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...

...Upon the creation of a regional transit authority as provided by section 306.32 of the Revised Code, and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a vice-president, the authority shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in and conferred upon it by sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code. Subject to any reservations, limitations, and qualific...

... 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...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Qualifying regional transit authority" means a regional transit authority whose territory includes a county having a population of more than seven hundred fifty thousand but less than nine hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census. (2) "Qualifying project" means the general construction or maintenance of roads or bridges related to the provision of service ...

... (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 p...

...(A) The board of trustees of a regional transit authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to appropriate any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchise, power lines, easements, or other property, within or without the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority, necessary or proper for the construction or efficient operation of any transit facility or access thereto under its jurisdiction purs...

... A regional transit authority which proposes to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or proposes to construct, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, maintain, or operate any transit facility, and desires to raise money for any one or more of such purposes or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds of the regional transit authority or pay any obligation assumed by it or of repaying or refundi...

...At the discretion of the board of trustees of a regional transit authority, the revenue bonds of the regional transit authority may be secured by a trust agreement between the board of trustees on behalf of the regional transit authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company, within or without the state. Such trust agreement may provide for the pledg...

...Revenue bonds issued by a regional transit authority shall bear interest at the rate or rates approved by the board of trustees, shall mature within forty years following the date of issuance, and in such amount, at such times, and in such number of installments as may be provided in the resolution authorizing their issuance. Such resolution shall also provide for the execution and sealing of the bonds and the use of...

...The regional transit authority may submit to the electors within its territorial boundaries the question of issuing bonds of such authority and also the necessity of a tax outside the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire the bonds. Such bonds when so approved by the electors may be issued by the regional transit authority to purchase, acquire, constru...

...Bonds issued under sections 306.37 to 306.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.

...(A) The secretary-treasurer of the regional transit authority shall be the fiscal officer of the regional transit authority and the custodian of its funds and records and shall assist the board of directors in such particulars as it directs in the performance of its duties. (B) Before receiving any moneys, the secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in such amount as is determined by the board of trustees of the regi...

...(A) The board of trustees of a regional transit authority or any officer or employee designated by such board may make any contract for the purchase of goods or services, the cost of which does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. When an expenditure, other than for the acquisition of real estate, the discharge of claims, or the acquisition of goods or services under the circumstances described in division ...

...The board of trustees of a regional transit authority may enter into such contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with the state government of this or other states, with counties, municipalities, townships, or other governmental agencies created by or under the authority of the laws of the state or other states, with persons, with public corporations and private co...

...All officers and employees of a regional transit authority shall be considered as public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and a regional transit authority, its officers, and employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.

...Nothing in sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall limit the exercise of the power or authority granted to counties or municipal corporations by sections 307.20, 717.01, and 719.01 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners of any county included within a regional transit authority may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the regional transit authority to be paid by such county as provided in the resolution creating or enlarging the regional transit authority adopted under section 306.32 or 306.32...

...A regional transit authority may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or sickness and accident insurance or a combination of any of the foregoing for the officers and employees of the regional transit authority and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.

...(A) Upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the qualified electors within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority voting on the question at an election held for the purpose of authorizing it, the regional transit authority may levy upon the property within its territorial boundaries a tax, for all purposes other than bond debt charges, not in excess of five mills annually on the total...

...On or before the thirty-first day of August of each year, all counties and all regional transit authorities shall provide a report to the director of transportation and the tax commissioner that specifies the total amount of local spending during the previous state fiscal year for capital costs, operating costs, and any costs for activities related to each of the following: (A) Local airports; (B) Local airport sys...

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any regional transit authority or any such authority may convey or lease to, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, without competitive bidding an...