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Section 351.01 | Convention Facilities Authority Definitions.

Effective: March 27, 2020 Latest Legislation: House Bill 197 – 133rd General Assembly 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 […]

Section 351.02 | Creating Convention Facilities Authority.

Effective: February 20, 1986 Latest Legislation: House Bill 583 – 116th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 351.021 | Levying Excise Taxes on Lodging Transactions.

Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (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 […]

Section 351.03 | No County Financing or Subsidizing Operation of Authority.

Effective: March 27, 2020 Latest Legislation: House Bill 197 – 133rd General Assembly (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 […]

Section 351.04 | Organization of Board of Directors.

Effective: June 29, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 772 – 117th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 351.05 | Immunity.

Effective: February 20, 1986 Latest Legislation: House Bill 583 – 116th General Assembly (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 […]

Section 351.06 | Applicability of Prevailing Wage Law.

Effective: June 30, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 66 – 126th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 351.07 | Employees of Authority.

Effective: March 17, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 118 – 123rd General Assembly (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 […]

Section 351.08 | Group Insurance for Employees.

Effective: June 4, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 67 – 122nd General Assembly (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 […]

Section 351.09 | Rentals or Other Charges for Use or Services of Any Facility.

Effective: June 29, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 772 – 117th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 351.10 | Cooperating With Governmental Agencies.

Effective: June 29, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 772 – 117th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 351.11 | Lawful Investments.

Effective: November 2, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 222 – 123rd General Assembly 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 […]

Section 351.12 | Exemption From Tax.

Effective: February 20, 1986 Latest Legislation: House Bill 583 – 116th General Assembly As used in this section, “private enterprise” means a person whose ownership and use of the property leased to it or used exclusively by it would not qualify such property for exemption from taxation. The exercise of the powers granted by this […]

Section 351.13 | Power to Lease, Sell or Encumber Facility.

Effective: February 20, 1986 Latest Legislation: House Bill 583 – 116th General Assembly (A) With respect to facilities and the financing thereof, and under agreements whereby the party to whom the facility is to be leased, subleased, or sold is to make payments sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium, if any, and […]

Section 351.14 | Issuing Bonds.

Effective: February 20, 1986 Latest Legislation: House Bill 583 – 116th General Assembly A convention facilities authority may at any time issue revenue bonds and notes in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying the cost of one or more facilities or parts thereof. An […]

Section 351.141 | Issuing Anticipation Bonds.

Effective: March 27, 2020 Latest Legislation: House Bill 197 – 133rd General Assembly A convention facilities authority that levies any of the excise taxes authorized by division (B) or (C) of section 351.021 of the Revised Code or that receives contributions pursuant to division (C) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code, by resolution may […]

Section 351.16 | Bonds Secured by Trust Agreement.

Effective: June 30, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 66 – 126th General Assembly In the discretion of the convention facilities authority, any convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank […]

Section 351.17 | Protection and Enforcement of Rights of Bondholder and Trustees.

Effective: June 29, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 772 – 117th General Assembly Any holder of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds issued under this chapter, or any of the coupons appertaining to the bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given […]

Section 351.18 | Bonds Not a Debt of State.

Effective: June 29, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 772 – 117th General Assembly Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state, and the holders or owners of the bonds and […]