Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 1710 - Special Improvement Districts

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Church: means a fellowship of believers, congregation, society, corporation, convention, or association that is formed primarily or exclusively for religious purposes and that is not formed for the private profit of any person. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Church property: means property that is described as being exempt from taxation under division (A)(2) of section 5709. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Customer-generated energy project: means a wind, biomass, or gasification facility for the production of electricity that meets either of the following requirements:

  (1) The facility is designed to have a generating capacity of two hundred fifty kilowatts of electricity or less. See Ohio Code 1710.01

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Energy efficiency improvement: means energy efficiency technologies, products, and activities that reduce or support the reduction of energy consumption, allow for the reduction in demand, or support the production of clean, renewable energy and that are or will be permanently fixed to real property. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Legislative authority of a participating political subdivision: means , with reference to a township, the board of township trustees. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Municipal executive: means the mayor, city manager, or other chief executive officer of the municipal corporation in which a special improvement district is located. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Participating political subdivision: means the municipal corporation or township, or each of the municipal corporations or townships, that has territory within the boundaries of a special improvement district created under this chapter. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Public improvement: means the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, or alteration of any facility or improvement, including the acquisition of land, for which a special assessment may be levied under Chapter 727 of the Revised Code, and includes any special energy improvement project or shoreline improvement project. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Public service: means any service that can be provided by a municipal corporation or any service for which a special assessment may be levied under Chapter 727 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• qualified nonprofit corporation: means a nonprofit corporation that existed before the creation of the corresponding district under this chapter, that is composed of members located within or adjacent to the district, that has established a police department under section 1702. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Reduction in demand: means a change in customer behavior or a change in customer-owned or operated assets that reduces or has the capability to reduce the demand for electricity as a result of price signals or other incentives. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Shoreline improvement project: means acquiring, constructing, installing, equipping, improving, maintaining, or repairing real or tangible personal property necessary or useful for making improvements to abate erosion along either the Lake Erie shoreline or any water resource. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Special energy improvement project: means any property, device, structure, or equipment necessary for the acquisition, installation, equipping, and improvement of any real or personal property used for the purpose of creating a solar photovoltaic project, a solar thermal energy project, a geothermal energy project, a customer-generated energy project, or an energy efficiency improvement, whether such real or personal property is publicly or privately owned. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• Special improvement district: means a special improvement district organized under this chapter. See Ohio Code 1710.01
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59