Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly (A) Whenever the county commissioners of any county declare, by resolution, that it is essential to the best interests of the county that a county transit system be established, the commissioners shall either appoint a county transit board, with powers and duties […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly A county transit board authorized by section 306.01 of the Revised Code shall consist of seven members. All members shall be electors of the county, shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners, and shall have such qualifications as the board […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members, a county transit board shall organize for the transaction of business, elect a vice-chairman and secretary and prescribe their duties, designate a fiscal officer who need not be a member of […]
Effective: September 15, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 – 130th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, employees of a county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system are employees of the county. If the system is operated by the board of county […]
Effective: August 31, 1970 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 476 – 108th General Assembly The county commissioners may advance funds from any available fund of the county for purchase or acquisition of a transit system, surveys, planning, and mass transportation studies. The amount advanced may be reimbursed from any funds of the county transit board including […]
Effective: July 3, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 62 – 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “social services” includes all of the following: (1) Services for senior citizens; (2) Services for persons with developmental disabilities; (3) Services funded in whole or in part with federal funds provided for social services programs, including […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly The county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation, township, or other county, whereby the board undertakes to provide transportation service for the movement of persons within, from, or […]
Effective: August 31, 1970 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 476 – 108th General Assembly The operations, revenues, and property of the county transit system and all obligations secured by the real estate or interests therein or revenues of the system, or the income derived therefrom, are exempt from the levy of any excise or other tax […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly Any county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system, that acquires, leases as lessee, or receives a right to use a publicly or privately owned transit system may enter into an agreement with the operator thereof transferring that […]
Effective: November 2, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 222 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners, on its own initiative if it operates a county transit system or at the request of the county transit board if one is appointed, may issue bonds of the county pursuant to Chapter 133. of the […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly The county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system may issue refunding bonds of the county to refund any bonds previously issued under division (B) of section 306.09 of the Revised Code for any of the following […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly In counties that have a county transit board, that transit board shall have exclusive control over the county transit system’s budgets, appropriations, collections, custody, and application of its revenues or other funds received by it and shall have jurisdiction of all purchases […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly Any board of county commissioners operating a transit system or any county transit board shall, if it acquires any existing transit system, assume all the employer’s obligations under any existing labor contract between the employees and management of the system. The board […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 61 – 121st General Assembly A board of county commissioners operating a transit system or a county transit board created under sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and […]
Effective: September 15, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 – 130th General Assembly (A) If a board of county commissioners awards a franchise to a franchisee on behalf of a county transit board, the county transit board shall submit an annual written report to the board of county commissioners not later than a date designated […]
Effective: August 25, 1970 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 125 – 108th General Assembly As used in sections 306.30 to 306.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, “transit facility” means any: (A) Street railway, motor bus, tramline, subway, monorail, rapid transit, aeroplane, helicopter, ferry, or other ground or water transportation system having as its primary purpose the […]
Effective: January 3, 1985 Latest Legislation: House Bill 729 – 115th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, “township” means either of the following: (1) An entire township; (2) Township territory that is designated as a township under division (B) of this section for the purpose of joining […]
Effective: August 25, 1970 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 125 – 108th General Assembly A regional transit authority may be created in the manner provided in section 306.32 of the Revised Code, for any one or more of the following purposes: acquiring, constructing, operating, maintaining, replacing, improving, and extending transit facilities; controlling and administering the public […]
Effective: September 13, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 140 – 134th General Assembly Any county, or any two or more counties, municipal corporations, or townships, or any combination of these, may create a regional transit authority by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by the board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative […]
Effective: July 2, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 – 128th General Assembly The resolution or ordinance creating a regional transit authority may be amended to include additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships by the adoption of an amendment by the board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, […]
