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As Passed by the House

128th General Assembly

Regular Session Am. Sub. H. B. No. 2

2009-2010

Representative Ujvagi

Cosponsors: Representatives Bolon, Boyd, Brown, Carney, Chandler,

DeBose, Domenick, Dyer, Fende, Foley, Garrison, Hagan, Harris, Heard,

Koziura, Letson, Luckie, Mallory, Otterman, Patten, Pillich, Pryor, Stewart,

Sykes, Szollosi, Weddington, Williams, B., Williams, S., Winburn, Yates,

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To amend sections 121.51, 125.11, 133.52, 151.01,

151.09, 151.40, 955.201, 1548.10, 1548.14,

2911.21, 2949.094, 3781.10, 3905.423, 4163.01,

4163.07, 4501.01, 4501.03, 4501.044, 4501.06,

4501.21, 4501.34, 4503.04, 4503.042, 4503.07,

4503.10, 4503.103, 4503.182, 4503.26, 4503.65,

4505.032, 4505.09, 4505.14, 4506.07, 4506.08,

4506.11, 4507.05, 4507.06, 4507.071, 4507.13,

4507.23, 4507.24, 4507.51, 4507.52, 4509.05,

4511.01, 4511.093, 4511.181, 4511.191, 4511.213,

4513.03, 4513.263, 4519.02, 4519.03, 4519.04,

4519.08, 4519.09, 4519.10, 4519.44, 4519.47,

4519.59, 4519.63, 4561.17, 4561.18, 4561.21,

4981.02, 4981.02, 5501.03, 5501.311, 5501.34,

5502.03, 5502.39, 5502.67, 5502.68, 5515.01,

5515.07, 5517.011, 5525.01, 5525.15, 5531.09,

5537.07, 5537.99, 5735.06, and 5735.141; to enact

sections 5.24, 121.53, 122.077, 123.153, 1519.20,

3905.425, 4163.08, 4163.09, 4501.026, 4511.108,

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4981.40, 5502.131, 5525.012, 5531.11, 5531.12,

5531.13, 5531.14, 5531.15, 5531.16, 5531.17,

5531.18, 5531.99, 5539.01, 5539.02, 5539.03,

5539.031, 5539.04, 5539.05, 5539.06, 5539.07,

5539.08, 5539.09, 5539.10, and 5539.11; and to

repeal sections 955.202 and 5902.09 of the Revised

Code and to amend Section 229.10 of Am. Sub. H.B.

67 of the 127th General Assembly, as subsequently

amended; and to amend Sections 217.10, 217.11,

239.10, 241.10, 243.10, 243.11, and 503.40 of Am.

Sub. H.B. 562 of the 127th General Assembly to

make appropriations for programs related to

transportation and public safety for the biennium

beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011,

to provide authorization and conditions for the

operation of those and other programs, to

appropriate federal stimulus moneys received under

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of

2009, and to repeal section 121.53 of the Revised

Code on September 30, 2013.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 101.01. That sections 121.51, 125.11, 133.52, 151.01,

151.09, 151.40, 955.201, 1548.10, 1548.14, 2911.21, 2949.094,

3781.10, 3905.423, 4163.01, 4163.07, 4501.01, 4501.03, 4501.044,

4501.06, 4501.21, 4501.34, 4503.04, 4503.042, 4503.07, 4503.10,

4503.103, 4503.182, 4503.26, 4503.65, 4505.032, 4505.09, 4505.14,

4506.07, 4506.08, 4506.11, 4507.05, 4507.06, 4507.071, 4507.13,

4507.23, 4507.24, 4507.51, 4507.52, 4509.05, 4511.01, 4511.093,

4511.181, 4511.191, 4511.213, 4513.03, 4513.263, 4519.02, 4519.03,

4519.04, 4519.08, 4519.09, 4519.10, 4519.44, 4519.47, 4519.59,

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4519.63, 4561.17, 4561.18, 4561.21, 4981.02, 5501.03, 5501.311,

5501.34, 5502.03, 5502.39, 5502.67, 5502.68, 5515.01, 5515.07,

5517.011, 5525.01, 5525.15, 5531.09, 5537.07, 5537.99, 5735.06,

and 5735.141 be amended and sections 5.24, 121.53, 122.077,

123.153, 1519.20, 3905.425, 4163.08, 4163.09, 4501.026, 4511.108,

4981.40, 5502.131, 5525.012, 5531.11, 5531.12, 5531.13, 5531.14,

5531.15, 5531.16, 5531.17, 5531.18, 5531.99, 5539.01, 5539.02,

5539.03, 5539.031, 5539.04, 5539.05, 5539.06, 5539.07, 5539.08,

5539.09, 5539.10, and 5539.11 of the Revised Code be enacted to

read as follows:

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Sec. 5.24. The city of Dayton and county of Montgomery are

hereby designated as an Ohio hub of innovation and opportunity for

aerospace and aviation.

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Sec. 121.51. There is hereby created in the office of the

inspector general the position of deputy inspector general for the

department of transportation. The inspector general shall appoint

the deputy inspector general, and the deputy inspector general

shall serve at the pleasure of the inspector general. A person

employed as the deputy inspector general shall have the same

qualifications as those specified in section 121.49 of the Revised

Code for the inspector general. The inspector general shall

provide technical, professional, and clerical assistance to the

deputy inspector general. The inspector general shall certify to

the director of budget and management the costs, including the

salaries of the deputy inspector general and the employees

assisting the deputy inspector general, that the inspector general

expects the deputy inspector general to incur during the fiscal

year or such lesser period for which the certification is made.

The director of budget and management shall transfer the amounts

certified to

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the deputy

inspector general for ODOT fund, which is hereby created in the

state treasury, from the appropriation made to the department of

transportation from which expenditures for general administrative

purposes, as distinguished from specific infrastructure projects,

are made. The transfers shall be made in accordance with a

schedule that the inspector general considers to be appropriate

but shall not be in amounts that would create a balance in the

fund in excess of need or that would exceed the amount

appropriated from the fund. The fund shall consist of money

credited to the fund for the payment of costs incurred by thedeputy inspector general in performing the duties of the deputy

inspector general as specified in this section. The inspector

general shall use the deputy inspector general for ODOT fund to

pay costs incurred by the deputy inspector general in performing

the duties of the deputy inspector general as required under this

section.

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The deputy inspector general shall investigate all wrongful

acts or omissions that have been committed or are being committed

by employees of the department. In addition, the deputy inspector

general shall conduct a program of random review of the processing

of contracts associated with building and maintaining the state's

infrastructure. The random review program shall be designed by the

inspector general. The program shall be confidential and may be

altered by the inspector general at any time. The deputy inspector

general has the same powers and duties regarding matters

concerning the department as those specified in sections 121.42,

121.43, and 121.45 of the Revised Code for the inspector general.

Complaints may be filed with the deputy inspector general in the

same manner as prescribed for complaints filed with the inspector

general under section 121.46 of the Revised Code. All

investigations conducted and reports issued by the deputy

inspector general are subject to section 121.44 of the Revised

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All officers and employees of the department shall cooperate

with and provide assistance to the deputy inspector general in the

performance of any investigation conducted by the deputy inspector

general. In particular, those persons shall make their premises,

equipment, personnel, books, records, and papers readily available

to the deputy inspector general. In the course of an

investigation, the deputy inspector general may question any

officers or employees of the department and any person transacting

business with the department and may inspect and copy any books,

records, or papers in the possession of the department, taking

care to preserve the confidentiality of information contained in

responses to questions or the books, records, or papers that are

made confidential by law. In performing any investigation, the

deputy inspector general shall avoid interfering with the ongoing

operations of the department, except insofar as is reasonably

necessary to complete the investigation successfully.

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At the conclusion of an investigation by the deputy inspector

general, the deputy inspector general shall deliver to the

director of transportation and the governor any case for which

remedial action is necessary. The deputy inspector general shall

maintain a public record of the activities of the deputy inspector

general to the extent permitted under this section, ensuring that

the rights of the parties involved in each case are protected. The

inspector general shall include in the annual report required by

section 121.48 of the Revised Code a summary of the deputy

inspector general's activities during the previous year.

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No person shall disclose any information that is designated

as confidential in accordance with section 121.44 of the Revised

Code or any confidential information that is acquired in the

course of an investigation conducted under this section to any

person who is not legally entitled to disclosure of that

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Sec. 121.53. There is hereby created in the office of the

inspector general the position of deputy inspector general for

funds received through the American recovery and reinvestment act

of 2009. The inspector general shall appoint the deputy inspector

general, and the deputy inspector general shall serve at the

pleasure of the inspector general. A person employed as the deputy

inspector general shall have the same qualifications as those

specified in section 121.49 of the Revised Code for the inspector

general. The inspector general shall provide technical,

professional, and clerical assistance to the deputy inspector

general.

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the deputy

inspector general for funds received through the American recovery

and reinvestment act of 2009 fund. The fund shall consist of money

credited to the fund for the payment of costs incurred by the

deputy inspector general for performing the duties of the deputy

inspector general as specified in this section. The inspector

general shall use the fund to pay costs incurred by the deputy

inspector general in performing the duties of the deputy inspector

general as required under this section.

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The deputy inspector general shall investigate all wrongful

acts or omissions that have been committed or are being committed

with respect to money received from the federal government under

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In addition,the deputy inspector general shall conduct a program of random

review of the processing of contracts associated with projects to

be paid for with such money. The random review program shall be

designed by the inspector general. The program shall be

confidential and may be altered by the inspector general at any

time. The deputy inspector general has the same powers and duties

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regarding matters concerning such money as those specified in

sections 121.42, 121.43, and 121.45 of the Revised Code for the

inspector general. Complaints may be filed with the deputy

inspector general in the same manner as prescribed for complaints

filed with the inspector general under section 121.46 of the

Revised Code. All investigations conducted and reports issued by

the deputy inspector general are subject to section 121.44 of the

Revised Code.

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All relevant state agencies shall cooperate with and provide

assistance to the deputy inspector general in the performance of

any investigation conducted by the deputy inspector general. In

particular, those persons shall make their premises, equipment,

personnel, books, records, and papers readily available to the

deputy inspector general. In the course of an investigation, the

deputy inspector general may question any officers or employees of

the relevant agency and any person transacting business with the

agency and may inspect and copy any books, records, or papers in

the possession of the agency, taking care to preserve the

confidentiality of information contained in responses to questions

or the books, records, or papers that are made confidential by

law. In performing any investigation, the deputy inspector general

shall avoid interfering with the ongoing operations of the agency,

except as is reasonably necessary to complete the investigation

successfully.

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At the conclusion of an investigation by the deputy

inspector, the deputy inspector general shall deliver to the

speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives,

president and minority leader of the senate, governor, and

relevant agency any case for which remedial action is necessary.

The deputy inspector general shall maintain a public record of the

activities of the deputy inspector general to the extent permitted

under this section, ensuring that the rights of the parties

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involved in each case are protected. The inspector general shall

include in the annual report required by section 121.48 of the

Revised Code a summary of the deputy inspector general's

activities during the previous year.

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No person shall disclose any information that is designated

as confidential in accordance with section 121.44 of the Revised

Code or any confidential information that is acquired in the

course of an investigation conducted under this section to any

person who is not legally entitled to disclosure of that

information.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section or

section 121.51 of the Revised Code, the inspector general shall

coordinate and monitor the work of the deputy inspector general

for the department of transportation and the deputy inspector

general for funds received through the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act of 2009. The objective of the inspector general

in this respect shall be to ensure that the work performed by each

deputy inspector general is most appropriate to that deputy

inspector general, that it does not duplicate work performed by

the other deputy inspector general, and that the result is an

overall effective and efficient operation within the office of the

inspector general.

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Sec. 122.077. For the purpose of promoting the use of energy

efficient products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this

state, the director of development shall establish an energy starrebate program under which the director may provide rebates to

consumers for household devices carrying the energy star label

indicating that the device meets the energy efficiency criteria of

the energy star program established by the United States

department of energy and the United States environmental

protection agency.

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Sec. 123.153. (A) As used in this section: 239

(1) "Minority business enterprise" has the same meaning as in

section 123.151 of the Revised Code.

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(B) Beginning October 1, 2009, and on the first day of

October in each year thereafter, the director of administrative

services shall submit a written report to the governor and to each

member of the general assembly describing the progress made by

state agencies in advancing the minority business enterprise

program and the encouraging diversity, growth, and equity program.

The report shall highlight the initiatives implemented to

encourage participation of minority-owned, as well as socially and

economically disadvantaged, businesses in programs funded by

federal money received by the state for fiscal stabilization and

recovery purposes. The report shall also include the total number

of procurement contracts each agency has entered into with

certified minority business enterprises and EDGE business

enterprises.

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Sec. 125.11. (A) Subject to division (B) of this section,

contracts awarded pursuant to a reverse auction under section

125.072 of the Revised Code or pursuant to competitive sealed

bidding, including contracts awarded under section 125.081 of the

Revised Code, shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and

responsible bidder on each item in accordance with section 9.312

of the Revised Code. When the contract is for meat products as

defined in section 918.01 of the Revised Code or poultry products

as defined in section 918.21 of the Revised Code, only those bids

received from vendors offering products from establishments on the

current list of meat and poultry vendors established and

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maintained by the director of administrative services under

section 125.17 of the Revised Code shall be eligible for

acceptance. The department of administrative services may accept

or reject any or all bids in whole or by items, except that when

the contract is for services or products available from a

qualified nonprofit agency pursuant to sections 125.60 to 125.6012

or 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code, the contract shall be

awarded to that agency.

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(B)(1) Prior to awarding a contract under division (A) of

this section, the department of administrative services or the

state agency responsible for evaluating a contract for the

purchase of products shall evaluate the bids received according to

the criteria and procedures established pursuant to divisions

(C)(1) and (2) of section 125.09 of the Revised Code for

determining if a product is produced or mined in the United States

and if a product is produced or mined in this state. The

department or other state agency shall first remove bids that

offer products that have not been or that will not be produced or

mined in the United States. From among the remaining bids, the

department or other state agency shall select the lowest

responsive and responsible bid, in accordance with section 9.312

of the Revised Code, from among the bids that offer products that

have been produced or mined in this state where sufficient

competition can be generated within this state to ensure that

compliance with these requirements will not result in an excessive

price for the product or acquiring a disproportionately inferior

product. If there are two or more qualified bids that offer

products that have been produced or mined in this state, it shall

be deemed that there is sufficient competition to prevent an

excessive price for the product or the acquiring of a

disproportionately inferior product.

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public improvement contracting procedures. The director shall

promulgate the model act by rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 119.

of the Revised Code and shall revise the act as necessary to

reflect changes in this chapter or section 153.012 of the Revised

Code.

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The director shall make available copies of the model act,

supporting information, and technical assistance to any township,

county, or municipal corporation wishing to incorporate the

provisions of the act into its purchasing or public improvement

contracting procedure.

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Sec. 133.52. A county, municipal corporation, or township may

issue or incur public obligations, including general obligations,

to provide, or assist in providing, grants, loans, loan

guarantees, or contributions for conservation and revitalization

purposes pursuant to Section Sections 2o and 2q of Article VIII,

Ohio Constitution.

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Sec. 151.01. (A) As used in sections 151.01 to 151.11 and

151.40 of the Revised Code and in the applicable bond proceedings

unless otherwise provided:

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(1) "Bond proceedings" means the resolutions, orders,

agreements, and credit enhancement facilities, and amendments and

supplements to them, or any one or more or combination of them,

authorizing, awarding, or providing for the terms and conditions

applicable to or providing for the security or liquidity of, the

particular obligations, and the provisions contained in those

obligations.

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(2) "Bond service fund" means the respective bond service

fund created by section 151.03, 151.04, 151.05, 151.06, 151.07,

151.08, 151.09, 151.10, 151.11, or 151.40 of the Revised Code, and

any accounts in that fund, including all moneys and investments,

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and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited to that

fund and accounts as and to the extent provided in the applicable

bond proceedings.

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(3) "Capital facilities" means capital facilities or projects

as referred to in section 151.03, 151.04, 151.05, 151.06, 151.07,

151.08, 151.09, 151.10, 151.11, or 151.40 of the Revised Code.

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(4) "Costs of capital facilities" means the costs of

acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating,

remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, equipping, or

furnishing capital facilities, and of the financing of those

costs. "Costs of capital facilities" includes, without limitation,

and in addition to costs referred to in section 151.03, 151.04,

151.05, 151.06, 151.07, 151.08, 151.09, 151.10, 151.11, or 151.40

of the Revised Code, the cost of clearance and preparation of the

site and of any land to be used in connection with capital

facilities, the cost of any indemnity and surety bonds and

premiums on insurance, all related direct administrative expenses

and allocable portions of direct costs of the issuing authority,

costs of engineering and architectural services, designs, plans,

specifications, surveys, and estimates of cost, financing costs,

interest on obligations from their date to the time when interest

is to be paid from sources other than proceeds of obligations,

amounts necessary to establish any reserves as required by the

bond proceedings, the reimbursement of all moneys advanced or

applied by or borrowed from any person or governmental agency or

entity for the payment of any item of costs of capital facilities,

and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or

determining feasibility or practicability with respect to capital

facilities, and such other expenses as may be necessary or

incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,

rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement,

equipment, and furnishing of capital facilities, the financing of

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those costs, and the placing of the capital facilities in use and

operation, including any one, part of, or combination of those

classes of costs and expenses. For purposes of sections 122.085 to

122.0820 of the Revised Code, "costs of capital facilities"

includes "allowable costs" as defined in section 122.085 of the

Revised Code.

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(5) "Credit enhancement facilities," "financing costs," and

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(6) "Debt service" means principal, including any mandatory

sinking fund or redemption requirements for retirement of

obligations, interest and other accreted amounts, interest

equivalent, and any redemption premium, payable on obligations. If

not prohibited by the applicable bond proceedings, debt service

may include costs relating to credit enhancement facilities that

are related to and represent, or are intended to provide a source

of payment of or limitation on, other debt service.

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(7) "Issuing authority" means the Ohio public facilities

commission created in section 151.02 of the Revised Code for

obligations issued under section 151.03, 151.04, 151.05, 151.07,

151.08, 151.09, 151.10, or 151.11 of the Revised Code, or the

treasurer of state, or the officer who by law performs the

functions of that office, for obligations issued under section

151.06 or 151.40 of the Revised Code.

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(8) "Net proceeds" means amounts received from the sale of

obligations, excluding amounts used to refund or retire

outstanding obligations, amounts required to be deposited into

special funds pursuant to the applicable bond proceedings, and

amounts to be used to pay financing costs.

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coupons, issued under Section 2k, 2l, 2m, 2n, 2o, 2p, 2q, or 15 of

Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and pursuant to sections 151.01

to 151.11 or 151.40 of the Revised Code or other general assembly

authorization.

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(10) "Principal amount" means the aggregate of the amount as

stated or provided for in the applicable bond proceedings as the

amount on which interest or interest equivalent on particular

obligations is initially calculated. Principal amount does not

include any premium paid to the state by the initial purchaser of

the obligations. "Principal amount" of a capital appreciation

bond, as defined in division (C) of section 3334.01 of the Revised

Code, means its face amount, and "principal amount" of a zero

coupon bond, as defined in division (J) of section 3334.01 of the

Revised Code, means the discounted offering price at which the

bond is initially sold to the public, disregarding any purchase

price discount to the original purchaser, if provided for pursuant

to the bond proceedings.

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(11) "Special funds" or "funds," unless the context indicates

otherwise, means the bond service fund, and any other funds,

including any reserve funds, created under the bond proceedings

and stated to be special funds in those proceedings, including

moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited

and to be credited to the particular fund. Special funds do not

include the school building program assistance fund created by

section 3318.25 of the Revised Code, the higher education

improvement fund created by division (F) of section 154.21 of the

Revised Code, the highway capital improvement bond fund created by

section 5528.53 of the Revised Code, the state parks and natural

resources fund created by section 1557.02 of the Revised Code, the

coal research and development fund created by section 1555.15 of

the Revised Code, the clean Ohio conservation fund created by

section 164.27 of the Revised Code, the clean Ohio revitalization

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fund created by section 122.658 of the Revised Code, the job ready

site development fund created by section 122.0820 of the Revised

Code, the third frontier research and development fund created by

section 184.19 of the Revised Code, the third frontier research

and development taxable bond fund created by section 184.191 of

the Revised Code, or other funds created by the bond proceedings

that are not stated by those proceedings to be special funds.

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(B) Subject to Section 2l, 2m, 2n, 2o, 2p, 2q, or 15, and

Section 17, of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the state, by the

issuing authority, is authorized to issue and sell, as provided in

sections 151.03 to 151.11 or 151.40 of the Revised Code, and in

respective aggregate principal amounts as from time to time

provided or authorized by the general assembly, general

obligations of this state for the purpose of paying costs of

capital facilities or projects identified by or pursuant to

general assembly action.

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(C) Each issue of obligations shall be authorized by

resolution or order of the issuing authority. The bond proceedings

shall provide for or authorize the manner for determining the

principal amount or maximum principal amount of obligations of an

issue, the principal maturity or maturities, the interest rate or

rates, the date of and the dates of payment of interest on the

obligations, their denominations, and the place or places of

payment of debt service which may be within or outside the state.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the latest principal maturity

may not be later than the earlier of the thirty-first day of

December of the twenty-fifth calendar year after the year of

issuance of the particular obligations or of the twenty-fifth

calendar year after the year in which the original obligation to

pay was issued or entered into. Sections 9.96, 9.98, 9.981, 9.982,

and 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to obligations. The purpose of

the obligations may be stated in the bond proceedings in general

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terms, such as, as applicable, "financing or assisting in the

financing of projects as provided in Section 2l of Article VIII,

Ohio Constitution," "financing or assisting in the financing of

highway capital improvement projects as provided in Section 2m of

Article VIII, Ohio Constitution," "paying costs of capital

facilities for a system of common schools throughout the state as

authorized by Section 2n of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution,"

"paying costs of capital facilities for state-supported and

state-assisted institutions of higher education as authorized by

Section 2n of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution," "paying costs of

coal research and development as authorized by Section 15 ofArticle VIII, Ohio Constitution," "financing or assisting in the

financing of local subdivision capital improvement projects as

authorized by Section 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution,"

"paying costs of conservation projects as authorized by Section

Sections 2o and 2q of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution," "paying

costs of revitalization projects as authorized by Section Sections

2o and 2q of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution," "paying costs of

preparing sites for industry, commerce, distribution, or research

and development as authorized by Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio

Constitution," or "paying costs of research and development as

authorized by Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution."

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(D) The issuing authority may appoint or provide for the

appointment of paying agents, bond registrars, securities

depositories, clearing corporations, and transfer agents, and may

without need for any other approval retain or contract for the

services of underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisers,

accounting experts, marketing, remarketing, indexing, and

administrative agents, other consultants, and independent

contractors, including printing services, as are necessary in the

judgment of the issuing authority to carry out the issuing

authority's functions under this chapter. When the issuing

authority is the Ohio public facilities commission, the issuing

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authority also may without need for any other approval retain or

contract for the services of attorneys and other professionals for

that purpose. Financing costs are payable, as may be provided in

the bond proceedings, from the proceeds of the obligations, from

special funds, or from other moneys available for the purpose.

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(E) The bond proceedings may contain additional provisions

customary or appropriate to the financing or to the obligations or

to particular obligations including, but not limited to,

provisions for:

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(1) The redemption of obligations prior to maturity at the

option of the state or of the holder or upon the occurrence of

certain conditions, and at particular price or prices and under

particular terms and conditions;

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(2) The form of and other terms of the obligations; 535

(3) The establishment, deposit, investment, and application

of special funds, and the safeguarding of moneys on hand or on

deposit, in lieu of the applicability of provisions of Chapter

131. or 135. of the Revised Code, but subject to any special

provisions of sections 151.01 to 151.11 or 151.40 of the Revised

Code with respect to the application of particular funds or

moneys. Any financial institution that acts as a depository of any

moneys in special funds or other funds under the bond proceedings

may furnish indemnifying bonds or pledge securities as required by

the issuing authority.

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(4) Any or every provision of the bond proceedings beingbinding upon the issuing authority and upon such governmental

agency or entity, officer, board, commission, authority, agency,

department, institution, district, or other person or body as may

from time to time be authorized to take actions as may be

necessary to perform all or any part of the duty required by the

provision;

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(5) The maintenance of each pledge or instrument comprising

part of the bond proceedings until the state has fully paid or

provided for the payment of the debt service on the obligations or

met other stated conditions;

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(6) In the event of default in any payments required to be

made by the bond proceedings, or by any other agreement of the

issuing authority made as part of a contract under which the

obligations were issued or secured, including a credit enhancement

facility, the enforcement of those payments by mandamus, a suit in

equity, an action at law, or any combination of those remedial

actions;

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(7) The rights and remedies of the holders or owners of

obligations or of book-entry interests in them, and of third

parties under any credit enhancement facility, and provisions for

protecting and enforcing those rights and remedies, including

limitations on rights of individual holders or owners;

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(8) The replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen

obligations;

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(9) The funding, refunding, or advance refunding, or other

provision for payment, of obligations that will then no longer be

outstanding for purposes of this section or of the applicable bond

proceedings;

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(10) Amendment of the bond proceedings; 575

(11) Any other or additional agreements with the owners of

obligations, and such other provisions as the issuing authority

determines, including limitations, conditions, or qualifications,

relating to any of the foregoing.

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(F) The great seal of the state or a facsimile of it may be

affixed to or printed on the obligations. The obligations

requiring execution by or for the issuing authority shall be

signed as provided in the bond proceedings. Any obligations may be

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signed by the individual who on the date of execution is the

authorized signer although on the date of these obligations that

individual is not an authorized signer. In case the individual

whose signature or facsimile signature appears on any obligation

ceases to be an authorized signer before delivery of the

obligation, that signature or facsimile is nevertheless valid and

sufficient for all purposes as if that individual had remained the

authorized signer until delivery.

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(G) Obligations are investment securities under Chapter 1308.

of the Revised Code. Obligations may be issued in bearer or in

registered form, registrable as to principal alone or as to both

principal and interest, or both, or in certificated or

uncertificated form, as the issuing authority determines.

Provision may be made for the exchange, conversion, or transfer of

obligations and for reasonable charges for registration, exchange,

conversion, and transfer. Pending preparation of final

obligations, the issuing authority may provide for the issuance of

interim instruments to be exchanged for the final obligations.

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(H) Obligations may be sold at public sale or at private

sale, in such manner, and at such price at, above or below par,

all as determined by and provided by the issuing authority in the

bond proceedings.

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(I) Except to the extent that rights are restricted by the

bond proceedings, any owner of obligations or provider of a credit

enhancement facility may by any suitable form of legal proceedings

protect and enforce any rights relating to obligations or that

facility under the laws of this state or granted by the bond

proceedings. Those rights include the right to compel the

performance of all applicable duties of the issuing authority and

the state. Each duty of the issuing authority and that authority's

officers, staff, and employees, and of each state entity or

agency, or using district or using institution, and its officers,

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members, staff, or employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond

proceedings, is hereby established as a duty of the entity or

individual having authority to perform that duty, specifically

enjoined by law and resulting from an office, trust, or station

within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The

individuals who are from time to time the issuing authority,

members or officers of the issuing authority, or those members'

designees acting pursuant to section 151.02 of the Revised Code,

or the issuing authority's officers, staff, or employees, are not

liable in their personal capacities on any obligations or

otherwise under the bond proceedings.

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(J)(1) Subject to Section 2k, 2l, 2m, 2n, 2o, 2p, 2q, or 15,

and Section 17, of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections

151.01 to 151.11 or 151.40 of the Revised Code, the issuing

authority may, in addition to the authority referred to in

division (B) of this section, authorize and provide for the

issuance of:

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(a) Obligations in the form of bond anticipation notes, and

may provide for the renewal of those notes from time to time by

the issuance of new notes. The holders of notes or appertaining

interest coupons have the right to have debt service on those

notes paid solely from the moneys and special funds that are or

may be pledged to that payment, including the proceeds of bonds or

renewal notes or both, as the issuing authority provides in the

bond proceedings authorizing the notes. Notes may be additionally

secured by covenants of the issuing authority to the effect that

the issuing authority and the state will do all things necessary

for the issuance of bonds or renewal notes in such principal

amount and upon such terms as may be necessary to provide moneys

to pay when due the debt service on the notes, and apply their

proceeds to the extent necessary, to make full and timely payment

of debt service on the notes as provided in the applicable bond

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proceedings. In the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of

bond anticipation notes the issuing authority shall set forth for

the bonds anticipated an estimated schedule of annual principal

payments the latest of which shall be no later than provided in

division (C) of this section. While the notes are outstanding

there shall be deposited, as shall be provided in the bond

proceedings for those notes, from the sources authorized for

payment of debt service on the bonds, amounts sufficient to pay

the principal of the bonds anticipated as set forth in that

estimated schedule during the time the notes are outstanding,

which amounts shall be used solely to pay the principal of thosenotes or of the bonds anticipated.

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(b) Obligations for the refunding, including funding and

retirement, and advance refunding with or without payment or

redemption prior to maturity, of any obligations previously

issued. Refunding obligations may be issued in amounts sufficient

to pay or to provide for repayment of the principal amount,

including principal amounts maturing prior to the redemption of

the remaining prior obligations, any redemption premium, and

interest accrued or to accrue to the maturity or redemption date

or dates, payable on the prior obligations, and related financing

costs and any expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection

with that issuance and refunding. Subject to the applicable bond

proceedings, the portion of the proceeds of the sale of refunding

obligations issued under division (J)(1)(b) of this section to be

applied to debt service on the prior obligations shall be credited

to an appropriate separate account in the bond service fund and

held in trust for the purpose by the issuing authority or by a

corporate trustee. Obligations authorized under this division

shall be considered to be issued for those purposes for which the

prior obligations were issued.

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or 151.40 of the Revised Code, bonds or notes authorized pursuant

to division (J) of this section are subject to the provisions of

those sections pertaining to obligations generally.

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(3) The principal amount of refunding or renewal obligations

issued pursuant to division (J) of this section shall be in

addition to the amount authorized by the general assembly as

referred to in division (B) of the following sections: section

151.03, 151.04, 151.05, 151.06, 151.07, 151.08, 151.09, 151.10,

151.11, or 151.40 of the Revised Code.

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(K) Obligations are lawful investments for banks, savings and

loan associations, credit union share guaranty corporations, trust

companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including

domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other

officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other

special funds of the state and political subdivisions and taxing

districts of this state, the sinking fund, the administrator of

workers' compensation subject to the approval of the workers'

compensation board, the state teachers retirement system, the

public employees retirement system, the school employees

retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund,

notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules

adopted pursuant to those provisions by any state agency with

respect to investments by them, and are also acceptable as

security for the repayment of the deposit of public moneys. The

exemptions from taxation in Ohio as provided for in particular

sections of the Ohio Constitution and section 5709.76 of the

Revised Code apply to the obligations.

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(L)(1) Unless otherwise provided or provided for in any

applicable bond proceedings, moneys to the credit of or in a

special fund shall be disbursed on the order of the issuing

authority. No such order is required for the payment, from the

bond service fund or other special fund, when due of debt service

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or required payments under credit enhancement facilities. 712

(2) Payments received by the state under interest rate hedges

entered into as credit enhancement facilities under this chapter

shall be deposited to the credit of the bond service fund for the

obligations to which those credit enhancement facilities relate.

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(M) The full faith and credit, revenue, and taxing power of

the state are and shall be pledged to the timely payment of debt

service on outstanding obligations as it comes due, all in

accordance with Section 2k, 2l, 2m, 2n, 2o, 2p, 2q, or 15 of

Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 151.03, 151.04,

151.05, 151.06, 151.07, 151.08, 151.09, 151.10, or 151.11 of the

Revised Code. Moneys referred to in Section 5a of Article XII,

Ohio Constitution, may not be pledged or used for the payment of

debt service except on obligations referred to in section 151.06

of the Revised Code. Net state lottery proceeds, as provided for

and referred to in section 3770.06 of the Revised Code, may not be

pledged or used for the payment of debt service except on

obligations referred to in section 151.03 of the Revised Code. The

state covenants, and that covenant shall be controlling

notwithstanding any other provision of law, that the state and the

applicable officers and agencies of the state, including the

general assembly, shall, so long as any obligations are

outstanding in accordance with their terms, maintain statutory

authority for and cause to be levied, collected and applied

sufficient pledged excises, taxes, and revenues of the state so

that the revenues shall be sufficient in amounts to pay debt

service when due, to establish and maintain any reserves and other

requirements, and to pay financing costs, including costs of or

relating to credit enhancement facilities, all as provided for in

the bond proceedings. Those excises, taxes, and revenues are and

shall be deemed to be levied and collected, in addition to the

purposes otherwise provided for by law, to provide for the payment

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of debt service and financing costs in accordance with sections

151.01 to 151.11 of the Revised Code and the bond proceedings.

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(N) The general assembly may from time to time repeal or

reduce any excise, tax, or other source of revenue pledged to the

payment of the debt service pursuant to Section 2k, 2l, 2m, 2n,

2o, 2p, 2q, or 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections

151.01 to 151.11 or 151.40 of the Revised Code, and may levy,

collect and apply any new or increased excise, tax, or revenue to

meet the pledge, to the payment of debt service on outstanding

obligations, of the state's full faith and credit, revenue and

taxing power, or of designated revenues and receipts, except fees,

excises or taxes referred to in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio

Constitution, for other than obligations referred to in section

151.06 of the Revised Code and except net state lottery proceeds

for other than obligations referred to in section 151.03 of the

Revised Code. Nothing in division (N) of this section authorizes

any impairment of the obligation of this state to levy and collect

sufficient excises, taxes, and revenues to pay debt service on

obligations outstanding in accordance with their terms.

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(O) Each bond service fund is a trust fund and is hereby

pledged to the payment of debt service on the applicable

obligations. Payment of that debt service shall be made or

provided for by the issuing authority in accordance with the bond

proceedings without necessity for any act of appropriation. The

bond proceedings may provide for the establishment of separate

accounts in the bond service fund and for the application of those

accounts only to debt service on specific obligations, and for

other accounts in the bond service fund within the general

purposes of that fund.

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(P) Subject to the bond proceedings pertaining to any

obligations then outstanding in accordance with their terms, the

issuing authority may in the bond proceedings pledge all, or such

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portion as the issuing authority determines, of the moneys in the

bond service fund to the payment of debt service on particular

obligations, and for the establishment and maintenance of any

reserves for payment of particular debt service.

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(Q) The issuing authority shall by the fifteenth day of July

of each fiscal year, certify or cause to be certified to the

office of budget and management the total amount of moneys

required during the current fiscal year to meet in full all debt

service on the respective obligations and any related financing

costs payable from the applicable bond service fund and not from

the proceeds of refunding or renewal obligations. The issuing

authority shall make or cause to be made supplemental

certifications to the office of budget and management for each

debt service payment date and at such other times during each

fiscal year as may be provided in the bond proceedings or

requested by that office. Debt service, costs of credit

enhancement facilities, and other financing costs shall be set

forth separately in each certification. If and so long as the

moneys to the credit of the bond service fund, together with any

other moneys available for the purpose, are insufficient to meet

in full all payments when due of the amount required as stated in

the certificate or otherwise, the office of budget and management

shall at the times as provided in the bond proceedings, and

consistent with any particular provisions in sections 151.03 to

151.11 and 151.40 of the Revised Code, transfer a sufficient

amount to the bond service fund from the pledged revenues in the

case of obligations issued pursuant to section 151.40 of the

Revised Code, and in the case of other obligations from the

revenues derived from excises, taxes, and other revenues,

including net state lottery proceeds in the case of obligations

referred to in section 151.03 of the Revised Code.

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proceedings, moneys to the credit of special funds may be invested

by or on behalf of the state only in one or more of the following:

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(1) Notes, bonds, or other direct obligations of the United

States or of any agency or instrumentality of the United States,

or in no-front-end-load money market mutual funds consisting

exclusively of those obligations, or in repurchase agreements,

including those issued by any fiduciary, secured by those

obligations, or in collective investment funds consisting

exclusively of those obligations;

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(2) Obligations of this state or any political subdivision of

this state;

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(3) Certificates of deposit of any national bank located in

this state and any bank, as defined in section 1101.01 of the

Revised Code, subject to inspection by the superintendent of

financial institutions;

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(4) The treasurer of state's pooled investment program under


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The income from investments referred to in division (R) of

this section shall, unless otherwise provided in sections 151.01

to 151.11 or 151.40 of the Revised Code, be credited to special

funds or otherwise as the issuing authority determines in the bond

proceedings. Those investments may be sold or exchanged at times

as the issuing authority determines, provides for, or authorizes.

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(S) The treasurer of state shall have responsibility for

keeping records, making reports, and making payments, relating to

any arbitrage rebate requirements under the applicable bond

proceedings.

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(1) "Costs of conservation projects" includes related direct

administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs

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of those projects of the department of agriculture, the department

of natural resources, or the Ohio public works commission.

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(2) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section

151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of projects for

conservation purposes as referred to in division (A)(1) of Section

2o of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and division (A)(1) of

Section 2q of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.

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(B)(1) The issuing authority shall issue general obligations

of the state to pay costs of conservation projects pursuant to

division (B)(1) of Section 2o of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution,

division (B)(1) of Section 2q of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution,

section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section. The issuing

authority, upon the certification to it by the Ohio public works

commission of amounts needed in and for the purposes of the clean

Ohio conservation fund created by section 164.27 of the Revised

Code, the clean Ohio agricultural easement fund created by section

901.21 of the Revised Code, and the clean Ohio trail fund created

by section 1519.05 of the Revised Code, shall issue obligations in

the amount determined by the issuing authority to be required for

those purposes. Not more than two four hundred million dollars

principal amount of obligations issued under this section for

conservation purposes may be outstanding at any one time. Not more

than fifty million dollars principal amount of obligations, plus

the principal amount of obligations that in any prior fiscal year

could have been, but were not issued within the

fifty-million-dollar fiscal year limit, may be issued in any

fiscal year.

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(2) In making the certification required under division

(B)(1) of this section, the Ohio public works commission shall

consult with the department of agriculture and the department of

natural resources. The commission shall certify amounts that

correspond to the distribution of the net proceeds of obligations

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provided in division (C) of this section. 870

(C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited as

follows:

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(1) Seventy-five per cent into the clean Ohio conservation

fund created by section 164.27 of the Revised Code;

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(2) Twelve and one-half per cent into the clean Ohio

agricultural easement fund created by section 901.21 of the

Revised Code;

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(3) Twelve and one-half per cent into the clean Ohio trail

fund created by section 1519.05 of the Revised Code.

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(D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the

conservation projects bond service fund. All moneys received by

the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with

section 151.01 of the Revised Code and this section, to be

deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund, and

all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the

purposes of that fund, shall be deposited and credited to the bond

service fund, subject to any applicable provisions of the bond

proceedings, but without necessity for any act of appropriation.

During the period beginning with the date of the first issuance of

obligations and continuing during the time that any obligations

are outstanding in accordance with their terms, so long as moneys

in the bond service fund are insufficient to pay debt service when

due on those obligations payable from that fund, except the

principal amounts of bond anticipation notes payable from theproceeds of renewal notes or bonds anticipated, and due in the

particular fiscal year, a sufficient amount of revenues of the

state is committed and, without necessity for further act of

appropriation, shall be paid to the bond service fund for the

purpose of paying that debt service when due.

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(1) "Bond proceedings" includes any trust agreements, and any

amendments or supplements to them, as authorized by this section.

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(2) "Costs of revitalization projects" includes related

direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the

direct costs of those projects of the department of development or

the environmental protection agency.

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(3) "Issuing authority" means the treasurer of state. 907

(4) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section

151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay the costs of projects for

revitalization purposes as referred to in division (A)(2) of

Section 2o of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and division (A)(2)

of Section 2q of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.

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(5) "Pledged liquor profits" means all receipts of the state

representing the gross profit on the sale of spirituous liquor, as

referred to in division (B)(4) of section 4301.10 of the Revised

Code, after paying all costs and expenses of the division of

liquor control and providing an adequate working capital reserve

for the division of liquor control as provided in that division,

but excluding the sum required by the second paragraph of section

4301.12 of the Revised Code, as it was in effect on May 2, 1980,

to be paid into the state treasury.

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(6) "Pledged receipts" means, as and to the extent provided

in bond proceedings:

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(a) Pledged liquor profits. The pledge of pledged liquor

profits to obligations is subject to the priority of the pledge of

those profits to obligations issued and to be issued pursuant to

Chapter 166. of the Revised Code.

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(b) Moneys accruing to the state from the lease, sale, or

other disposition or use of revitalization projects or from the

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repayment, including any interest, of loans or advances made from

net proceeds;

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931

(c) Accrued interest received from the sale of obligations; 932

(d) Income from the investment of the special funds; 933

(e) Any gifts, grants, donations, or pledges, and receipts

therefrom, available for the payment of debt service;

934

935

(f) Additional or any other specific revenues or receipts

lawfully available to be pledged, and pledged, pursuant to further

authorization by the general assembly, to the payment of debt

service.

936

937

938

939

(B)(1) The issuing authority shall issue obligations of the

state to pay costs of revitalization projects pursuant to division

(B)(2) of Section 2o of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, division

(B)(2) of Section 2q of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section

151.01 of the Revised Code as applicable to this section, and this

section. The issuing authority, upon the certification to it by

the clean Ohio council of the amount of moneys needed in and for

the purposes of the clean Ohio revitalization fund created by

section 122.658 of the Revised Code, shall issue obligations in

the amount determined by the issuing authority to be required for

those purposes. Not more than two four hundred million dollars

principal amount of obligations issued under this section for

revitalization purposes may be outstanding at any one time. Not

more than fifty million dollars principal amount of obligations,

plus the principal amount of obligations that in any prior fiscalyear could have been, but were not issued within the

fifty-million-dollar fiscal year limit, may be issued in any

fiscal year.

940

941

942

943

944

945

946

947

948

949

950

951

952

953

954955

956

957

(2) The provisions and authorizations in section 151.01 of

the Revised Code apply to the obligations and the bond proceedings

except as otherwise provided or provided for in those obligations

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and bond proceedings. 961

(C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited in the

clean Ohio revitalization fund created in section 122.658 of the

Revised Code.

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963

964

(D) There is hereby created the revitalization projects bond

service fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of

state, but shall be separate and apart from and not a part of the

state treasury. All money received by the state and required by

the bond proceedings, consistent with section 151.01 of the

Revised Code and this section, to be deposited, transferred, or

credited to the bond service fund, and all other money transferred

or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund, shall

be deposited and credited to the bond service fund, subject to any

applicable provisions of the bond proceedings, but without

necessity for any act of appropriation. During the period

beginning with the date of the first issuance of obligations and

continuing during the time that any obligations are outstanding in

accordance with their terms, so long as moneys in the bond service

fund are insufficient to pay debt service when due on those

obligations payable from that fund, except the principal amounts

of bond anticipation notes payable from the proceeds of renewal

notes or bonds anticipated, and due in the particular fiscal year,

a sufficient amount of pledged receipts is committed and, without

necessity for further act of appropriation, shall be paid to the

bond service fund for the purpose of paying that debt service when

due.

965

966

967

968

969

970

971

972

973

974

975

976

977

978

979

980

981

982

983

984

985

986

(E) The issuing authority may pledge all, or such portion as

the issuing authority determines, of the pledged receipts to the

payment of the debt service charges on obligations issued under

this section, and for the establishment and maintenance of any

reserves, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other

provisions in the bond proceedings with respect to pledged

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receipts as authorized by this section, which provisions are

controlling notwithstanding any other provisions of law pertaining

to them.

993

994

995

(F) The issuing authority may covenant in the bond

proceedings, and such covenants shall be controlling

notwithstanding any other provision of law, that the state and

applicable officers and state agencies, including the general

assembly, so long as any obligations issued under this section are

outstanding, shall maintain statutory authority for and cause to

be charged and collected wholesale or retail prices for spirituous

liquor sold by the state or its agents so that the available

pledged receipts are sufficient in time and amount to meet debt

service payable from pledged liquor profits and for the

establishment and maintenance of any reserves and other

requirements provided for in the bond proceedings.

996

997

998

999

1000

1001

1002

1003

1004

1005

1006

1007

(G) Obligations may be further secured, as determined by the

issuing authority, by a trust agreement between the state and a

corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having a

place of business within the state. Any trust agreement may

contain the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of the

obligations, any provisions that may be contained in any bond

proceedings, and other provisions that are customary or

appropriate in an agreement of that type, including, but not

limited to:

1008

1009

1010

1011

1012

1013

1014

1015

1016

(1) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, or other

instrument comprising part of the bond proceedings until the state

has fully paid or provided for the payment of debt service on the

obligations secured by it;

1017

1018

1019

1020

(2) In the event of default in any payments required to be

made by the bond proceedings, enforcement of those payments or

agreements by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver, suit in

equity, action at law, or any combination of them;

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(3) The rights and remedies of the holders or owners of

obligations and of the trustee and provisions for protecting and

enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual

holders and owners.

1025

1026

1027

1028

(H) The obligations shall not be general obligations of the

state and the full faith and credit, revenue, and taxing power of

the state shall not be pledged to the payment of debt service on

them. The holders or owners of the obligations shall have no right

to have any moneys obligated or pledged for the payment of debt

service except as provided in this section and in the applicable

bond proceedings. The rights of the holders and owners to payment

of debt service are limited to all or that portion of the pledged

receipts, and those special funds, pledged to the payment of debt

service pursuant to the bond proceedings in accordance with this

section, and each obligation shall bear on its face a statement to

that effect.

1029

1030

1031

1032

1033

1034

1035

1036

1037

1038

1039

1040

Sec. 955.201. (A) As used in this section and in section

955.202 of the Revised Code, "Ohio pet fund" means a nonprofit

corporation organized by that name under Chapter 1702. of the

Revised Code that consists of humane societies, veterinarians,

animal shelters, companion animal breeders, dog wardens, and

similar individuals and entities.

1041

1042

1043

1044

1045

1046

(B) The Ohio pet fund shall do all of the following: 1047

(1) Establish eligibility criteria for organizations that may

receive financial assistance from the pets program funding board

created in section 955.202 of the Revised Code Ohio pet fund.

Those organizations may include any of the following:

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1049

1050

1051

(a) An animal shelter as defined in section 4729.01 of the

Revised Code;

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1053

(b) A local nonprofit veterinary association that operates a 1054



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program for the sterilization of dogs and cats; 1055

(c) A charitable organization that is exempt from federal

income taxation under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue

Code and the primary purpose of which is to support programs for

the sterilization of dogs and cats and educational programs

concerning the proper veterinary care of those animals.

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1057

1058

1059

1060

(2) Establish procedures for applying for financial

assistance from the pets program funding board Ohio pet fund.

Application procedures shall require eligible organizations to

submit detailed proposals that outline the intended uses of the

moneys sought.

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1062

1063

1064

1065

(3) Establish eligibility criteria for sterilization and

educational programs for which moneys from the pets program

funding board Ohio pet fund may be used and, consistent with

division (C) of this section, establish eligibility criteria for

individuals who seek sterilization for their dogs and cats from

eligible organizations;

1066

1067

1068

1069

1070

1071

(4) Establish procedures for the disbursement of moneys the

pets program funding board Ohio pet fund receives from license

plate contributions pursuant to division (C) of section 4503.551

of the Revised Code;

1072

1073

1074

1075

(5) Advertise or otherwise provide notification of the

availability of financial assistance from the pets program funding

board Ohio pet fund for eligible organizations;

1076

1077

1078

(6) Design markings to be inscribed on "pets" license plates

under section 4503.551 of the Revised Code.

1079

1080

(C)(1) The owner of a dog or cat is eligible for dog or cat

sterilization services from an eligible organization when those

services are subsidized in whole or in part by money from the pets

program funding board Ohio pet fund if any of the following

applies:

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(a) The income of the owner's family does not exceed one

hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty guideline.

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1087

(b) The owner, or any member of the owner's family who

resides with the owner, is a recipient or beneficiary of one of

the following government assistance programs:

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1089

1090

(i) Low-income housing assistance under the "United States

Housing Act of 1937," 42 U.S.C.A. 1437f, as amended, known as the

federal section 8 housing program;

1091

1092

1093

(ii) The Ohio works first program established by Chapter

5107. of the Revised Code;

1094

1095

(iii) Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620

(1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, known as the medical

assistance program or medicaid, provided by the department of job

and family services under Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code;

1096

1097

1098

1099

(iv) A program or law administered by the United States

department of veterans' affairs or veterans' administration for

any service-connected disability;

1100

1101

1102

(v) The food stamp program established under the "Food Stamp

Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 958, 7 U.S.C.A. 2011, as amended,

administered by the department of job and family services under

section 5101.54 of the Revised Code;

1103

1104

1105

1106

(vi) The "special supplemental nutrition program for women,

infants, and children" established under the "Child Nutrition Act

of 1966," 80 Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1786, as amended, administered

by the department of health under section 3701.132 of the Revised

Code;

1107

1108

1109

1110

1111

(vii) Supplemental security income under Title XVI of the

"Social Security Act," 86 Stat. 1475 (1972), 42 U.S.C.A. 1383, as

amended;

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1113

1114

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under Title II of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935),

42 U.S.C.A. 401, as amended.

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1117

(c) The owner of the dog or cat submits to the eligible

organization operating the sterilization program either of the

following:

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1119

1120

(i) A certificate of adoption showing that the dog or cat was

adopted from a licensed animal shelter, a municipal, county, or

regional pound, or a holding and impoundment facility that

contracts with a municipal corporation;

1121

1122

1123

1124

(ii) A certificate of adoption showing that the dog or cat

was adopted through a nonprofit corporation operating an animal

adoption referral service whose holding facility, if any, is

licensed in accordance with state law or a municipal ordinance.

1125

1126

1127

1128

(2) The Ohio pet fund shall determine the type of documentary

evidence that must be presented by the owner of a dog or cat to

show that the income of the owner's family does not exceed one

hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty guideline or that

the owner is eligible under division (C)(1)(b) of this section.

1129

1130

1131

1132

1133

(D) As used in division (C) of this section, "federal poverty

guideline" means the official poverty guideline as revised

annually by the United States department of health and human

services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C.A. 9902, as

amended, for a family size equal to the size of the family of the

person whose income is being determined.

1134

1135

1136

1137

1138

1139

1140

Sec. 1519.20. The director of natural resources may create an

Ohio all-purpose vehicle advisory board for the purposes of

providing advice and receiving input regarding all-purpose vehicle

trails and trail maintenance.

1141

1142

1143

1144

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shall charge a fee of five and retain fees as follows: 1146

(1) Fifteen dollars for each memorandum certificate of title,

each non-negotiable evidence of ownership, and each duplicate copy

of a certificate of title. The fees shall be retained by the clerk

shall retain that entire fee.

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1148

1149

1150

In addition to those fees, the clerk shall charge a fee of

five

1151

1152

(2) Fifteen dollars for each certificate of title and for

each, which shall include any notation or indication of any lien

or security interest on a certificate of title and any memorandum

certificate of title or non-negotiable evidence of ownership

requested at the time the certificate of title is issued. The

clerk shall retain two ten dollars and fifty cents of the that fee

charged for each certificate of title, and three dollars and fifty

cents of the fee charged for each notation or indication of any

lien or security interest.

1153

1154

1155

1156

1157

1158

1159

1160

1161

(3) Five dollars for each certificate of title wi

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