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 cooperative action and safeguarding of the respective interests of the parties to the agreements, which shall provide for such contributions by the parties to the agreements in such proportion as may be agreed upon and such other terms as may be mutually satisfactory to the parties including, without limitation, the authorization of the construction of the facility by one of the parties acting as agent for all of the parties and the ownership and control of the facility by the convention facilities authority to the extent necessary or appropriate for purposes of the issuance of convention facilities authority bonds and notes by the convention facilities authority. No moneys appropriated by the state shall be applied to the cost of construction or operation of any facility constructed under this chapter.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 351.10

  • Bonds and notes: means convention facilities authority revenue bonds and convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds. See Ohio Code 351.01
  • construction: includes providing fixtures, furnishings, and equipment. See Ohio Code 351.01
  • Convention facilities authority: means a body corporate and politic created pursuant to section 351. See Ohio Code 351.01
  • Cost: means the cost of acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property rights, easements, franchise rights, and interests required for such acquisition; the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved; the cost of acquiring or constructing and equipping a principal office of the convention facilities authority; the cost of diverting highways, interchange of highways, access roads to private property, including the cost of land or easements for such access roads; the cost of public utility and common carrier relocation or duplication; the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment; financing charges; interest prior to and during construction and for no more than eighteen months after completion of construction; expenses of research and development with respect to facilities; legal expenses; expenses of obtaining plans, specifications, engineering surveys, studies, and estimates of cost and revenues; working capital; expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of acquiring or constructing such facility; administrative expense; and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition or construction of the facility, the financing of such acquisition or construction, including the amount authorized in the resolution of the convention facilities authority providing for the issuance of convention facilities authority revenue bonds to be paid into any special funds from the proceeds of such bonds, the cost of issuing the bonds, and the financing of the placing of such facility in operation. See Ohio Code 351.01
  • facilities: means any convention, entertainment, or sports facility, or combination of them, located within the territory of the convention facilities authority, together with all hotels, parking facilities, walkways, and other auxiliary facilities, real and personal property, property rights, easements and interests that may be appropriate for, or used in connection with, the operation of the facility. See Ohio Code 351.01
  • Governmental agency: means a department, division, or other unit of the state government or of a municipal corporation, county, township, or other political subdivision of the state; any state university or college, as defined in section 3345. See Ohio Code 351.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

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