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...The legislative authority of a county may appropriate moneys from its general fund to be expended by the county or by joint agreement with one or more other political subdivisions or by private, nonprofit organizations for the public purpose of encouraging economic development of the county or area through promotion of tourism. Semiannual reports on the use of the expenditures shall be made to the legislative author...

...A board of county commissioners may appropriate moneys from the general fund to make contributions to convention and visitors' bureaus operating within the county.

...The board of county commissioners may spend moneys for the support of senior citizens services or facilities.

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Arena" means any structure designed and constructed for the purpose of providing a venue for public entertainment and recreation by the presentation of concerts, sporting and athletic events, and other events and exhibitions, including facilities intended to house or provide a site for one or more athletic or sports teams or activities, spectator facilities, parking facilities, wa...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "County taxes" means taxes levied by the county pursuant to sections 307.697, 4301.421, 5743.024, and 5743.323 of the Revised Code. (2) "Corporation" means a nonprofit corporation that is organized under the laws of this state for the purposes of operating or constructing and operating a sports facility in the county and that may also be organized under the laws of this state ...

... (A) For the purpose of section 307.696 of the Revised Code and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes against the county to hold the election on the question of levying the tax, or for those purposes and to provide revenues to the county for permanent improvements, the board of county commissioners of a county may levy a tax not to exceed three dollars on each gallon of spirituous liquor sold t...

...The board of county commissioners may spend moneys from the general fund for housing purposes, including the housing purposes of a county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Sports facility" has the same meaning as in section 307.696 of the Revised Code. (2) "Residual cash" has the same meaning as in division (B)(5) of section 5709.081 of the Revised Code. (B) Any political subdivision or subdivisions or any corporation that owns a sports facility that is both constructed under section 307.696 of the Revised Code and includes property exempt from taxa...

... (A) A new nonprofit corporation shall be organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of operating a veterans memorial and museum to be located within the city of Columbus at the site described in division (B) of this section. (B) The site of the veterans memorial and museum, shall be constructed on the following parcel of real property owned in fee simple by the board of county commissioners of Franklin...

... In any county electing a county charter commission, the board of county commissioners shall appropriate money for the expenses of such commission in the preparation of a county charter, or charter amendment, and the study of problems involved. No appropriation shall be made for the compensation of members of the commission for their services. The board shall appropriate money for the printing and mailing or otherwis...

...(A) Whenever the adoption of a curfew for persons under eighteen years of age is deemed necessary by the board of county commissioners for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety in any of the unincorporated areas of such county, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution setting forth the provisions of such curfew and the necessity for such curfew together with a statement of ...

...The board of county commissioners may appropriate funds to pay the reasonable expenses of the sheriff or deputy sheriffs while going to, attending, and returning from any police training school, whether within or without the state.

...The board of county commissioners for any unincorporated portion of the county, upon application by any individual, organization, or agency of private enterprise, may grant permission by resolution to such individual, organization, or agency to construct water or sewer lines, or both, under the supervision of the board. Such resolution, and any contract entered into pursuant to such resolution, shall authorize the co...

...The board of county commissioners, with the consent of a municipal corporation, may purchase water from said municipal corporation, and may construct and maintain aqueduct or water lines required for the transmission of such water to a county owned or operated property whenever, upon resolution of the board, it is determined necessary for the protection or general use of said county property. The board, with the aut...

...The board of county commissioners may operate or may contract with an accredited university or college to operate a police training school, a law enforcement training and research school, a police science laboratory for criminal investigation, or a crime prevention activity program, for the use of police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, and deputy marshals within such county and such county may contract...

...The board of county commissioners may maintain and operate a zoological park, or it may contract with or contribute to any nonprofit corporation organized to encourage the study and promote the sciences of natural history, to maintain and operate a zoological park, to develop such park, and to provide for the acquisition, disposition, and care of the animals to be exhibited therein.

...A board of county commissioners may maintain and operate a facility to encourage the study of and promote the sciences and natural history, or it may contract with or contribute to a nonprofit corporation to develop, maintain, and operate such a facility if the nonprofit corporation is organized, in whole or in part, for the purpose of encouraging the study of and to promote the sciences and natural history.

...The board of county commissioners of any county may give aid to any of the units of government set forth in division (A) of this section by the appropriation of money or by the issuance of bonds and payment of proceeds as provided by section 307.771 of the Revised Code for a public improvement whenever: (A) The public improvement is authorized to be constructed, acquired, maintained, or operated by or under the mana...

...The board of county commissioners of any county, pursuant to a favorable vote of the electors, may, subject to the conditions prescribed in section 307.77 of the Revised Code, issue bonds for the purpose of assisting the construction, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of a public improvement of a kind set forth in division (B)(1) or (2) of section 307.77 of the Revised Code. The proceedings for the authorization...

...For the purposes of facilitating any project set forth in section 307.77 of the Revised Code and safeguarding the respective interests of the contributing counties, the respective boards of county commissioners may enter into such agreements with any public authority empowered to act with respect to any public improvement set forth in division (B)(1) and (2) of section 307.77 of the Revised Code under any act of cong...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of any county may make contributions of moneys, supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other personal property or services to any community improvement corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code to defray the expenses of the corporation. The community improvement corporation may use the board's contributions for any of its functions under Chapter 172...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Current year unpaid taxes" and "current year delinquent taxes" have the same meanings as in section 321.341 of the Revised Code. (2) "Collection year" means the year in which current taxes are payable under section 323.12 of the Revised Code, including any extension under section 323.17 of the Revised Code. (3) "Current unpaid or delinquent tax line of credit...

... (A) The board of county commissioners may adopt, amend, and rescind rules establishing technically feasible and economically reasonable standards to achieve a level of management and conservation practices that will abate wind or water erosion of the soil or abate the degradation of the waters of the state by soil sediment in conjunction with land grading, excavating, filling, or other soil disturbing activities on ...

... The question of repeal of a county sediment control rule adopted under section 307.79 of the Revised Code may be initiated by filing with the board of elections of the county not less than ninety days before the general or primary election in any year a petition requesting that an election be held on such question. Such petition shall be signed by qualified electors residing in the county equal in number to ten per ...

...The board of county commissioners of any county may, by resolution, establish a county microfilming board. The county microfilming board shall consist of the county treasurer or the treasurer's representative, the county auditor or the auditor's representative, the clerk of the court of common pleas or the clerk's representative, a member or representative of the board of county commissioners chosen by the boar...