3383.02 Ohio cultural facilities commission - administration fund.
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio cultural facilities commission. The commission shall engage in and provide for the development, performance, and presentation or making available of culture and professional sports and athletics to the public in this state, and the provision of training or education in culture, by the exercise of its powers under this chapter, including the provision, operation, management, and cooperative use of Ohio cultural facilities and Ohio sports facilities. The commission is a body corporate and politic, an agency of state government and an instrumentality of the state, performing essential governmental functions of this state. The carrying out of the purposes and the exercise by the commission of its powers conferred by this chapter are essential public functions and public purposes of the state and of state government. The commission may, in its own name, sue and be sued, enter into contracts, and perform all the powers and duties given to it by this chapter; however, it does not have and shall not exercise the power of eminent domain.
(B) The commission shall consist of twelve members, nine of whom shall be voting members and three of whom shall be nonvoting members. The nine voting members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from different geographical regions of the state. In addition, one of the voting members shall represent the state architect. Not more than five of the members appointed by the governor shall be affiliated with the same political party. The nonvoting members shall be the staff director of the Ohio arts council, a member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, and a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house.
(C) Of the five initial appointments made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 1989, two shall be for terms expiring December 31, 1990, and two shall be for terms expiring December 31, 1991. Of the initial appointments of the sixth and seventh voting members made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2003, and one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2004. Of the initial appointments of the eighth and ninth voting members made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2007, and one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2008. These voting members shall be appointed within sixty days after the effective date of this amendment. Thereafter, each such term shall be for three years, commencing on the first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December. Each appointment by the president of the senate and by the speaker of the house of representatives shall be for the balance of the then legislative biennium. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member’s appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member’s term until the member’s successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
(D) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation.
(E) Organizational meetings of the commission shall be held at the first meeting of each calendar year. At each organizational meeting, the commission shall elect from among its voting members a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary-treasurer, who shall serve until the next annual meeting. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code for the conduct of its internal business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings.
(F) Five voting members of the commission constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of five members is necessary for approval of any action taken by the commission. A vacancy in the membership of the commission does not impair a quorum from exercising all the rights and performing all the duties of the commission. Meetings of the commission may be held anywhere in the state, and shall be held in compliance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
(G) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from money accrued under this chapter or appropriated for these purposes by the general assembly, and the commission shall incur no liability or obligation beyond such money.
(H) The commission shall file an annual report of its activities and finances with the governor, director of budget and management, speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, and chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees.
(I) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Ohio cultural facilities commission administration fund. All revenues of the commission shall be credited to that fund and to any accounts created in that fund with the commission’s approval. All expenses of the commission, including reimbursement of, or payment to, any other fund or any governmental agency for advances made or services rendered to or on behalf of the commission, shall be paid from that fund as determined by or pursuant to directions of the commission. All investment earnings of that fund shall be credited to it and shall be allocated among any accounts created in the fund in the manner determined by the commission.
(J) Title to all real property and lesser interests in real property acquired by the commission, including leasehold and other interests, pursuant to this chapter shall be taken in the name of the state and shall be held for the use and benefit of the commission. The commission shall not mortgage such real property and interests in real property. Title to other property and interests in it acquired by the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be taken in its name.
3383.02 Ohio cultural facilities commission - administration fund.
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio cultural facilities commission. The commission shall engage in and provide for the development, performance, and presentation or making available of culture and professional sports and athletics to the public in this state, and the provision of training or education in culture, by the exercise of its powers under this chapter, including the provision, operation, management, and cooperative use of Ohio cultural facilities and Ohio sports facilities. The commission is a body corporate and politic, an agency of state government and an instrumentality of the state, performing essential governmental functions of this state. The carrying out of the purposes and the exercise by the commission of its powers conferred by this chapter are essential public functions and public purposes of the state and of state government. The commission may, in its own name, sue and be sued, enter into contracts, and perform all the powers and duties given to it by this chapter; however, it does not have and shall not exercise the power of eminent domain.
(B) The commission shall consist of twelve members, nine of whom shall be voting members and three of whom shall be nonvoting members. The nine voting members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from different geographical regions of the state. In addition, one of the voting members shall represent the state architect. Not more than five of the members appointed by the governor shall be affiliated with the same political party. The nonvoting members shall be the staff director of the Ohio arts council, a member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, and a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house.
(C) Of the five initial appointments made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 1989, two shall be for terms expiring December 31, 1990, and two shall be for terms expiring December 31, 1991. Of the initial appointments of the sixth and seventh voting members made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2003, and one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2004. Of the initial appointments of the eighth and ninth voting members made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2007, and one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2008. These voting members shall be appointed within sixty days after the effective date of this amendment. Thereafter, each such term shall be for three years, commencing on the first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December. Each appointment by the president of the senate and by the speaker of the house of representatives shall be for the balance of the then legislative biennium. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member’s appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member’s term until the member’s successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
(D) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation.
(E) Organizational meetings of the commission shall be held at the first meeting of each calendar year. At each organizational meeting, the commission shall elect from among its voting members a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary-treasurer, who shall serve until the next annual meeting. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code for the conduct of its internal business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings.
(F) Five voting members of the commission constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of five members is necessary for approval of any action taken by the commission. A vacancy in the membership of the commission does not impair a quorum from exercising all the rights and performing all the duties of the commission. Meetings of the commission may be held anywhere in the state, and shall be held in compliance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
(G) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from money accrued under this chapter or appropriated for these purposes by the general assembly, and the commission shall incur no liability or obligation beyond such money.
(H) The commission shall file an annual report of its activities and finances with the governor, director of budget and management, speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, and chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees.
(I) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Ohio cultural facilities commission administration fund. All revenues of the commission shall be credited to that fund and to any accounts created in that fund with the commission’s approval. All expenses of the commission, including reimbursement of, or payment to, any other fund or any governmental agency for advances made or services rendered to or on behalf of the commission, shall be paid from that fund as determined by or pursuant to directions of the commission. All investment earnings of that fund shall be credited to it and shall be allocated among any accounts created in the fund in the manner determined by the commission.
(J) Title to all real property and lesser interests in real property acquired by the commission, including leasehold and other interests, pursuant to this chapter shall be taken in the name of the state and shall be held for the use and benefit of the commission. The commission shall not mortgage such real property and interests in real property. Title to other property and interests in it acquired by the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be taken in its name.
3383.02 Ohio cultural facilities commission - administration fund.
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio cultural facilities commission. The commission shall engage in and provide for the development, performance, and presentation or making available of culture and professional sports and athletics to the public in this state, and the provision of training or education in culture, by the exercise of its powers under this chapter, including the provision, operation, management, and cooperative use of Ohio cultural facilities and Ohio sports facilities. The commission is a body corporate and politic, an agency of state government and an instrumentality of the state, performing essential governmental functions of this state. The carrying out of the purposes and the exercise by the commission of its powers conferred by this chapter are essential public functions and public purposes of the state and of state government. The commission may, in its own name, sue and be sued, enter into contracts, and perform all the powers and duties given to it by this chapter; however, it does not have and shall not exercise the power of eminent domain.
(B) The commission shall consist of twelve members, nine of whom shall be voting members and three of whom shall be nonvoting members. The nine voting members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from different geographical regions of the state. In addition, one of the voting members shall represent the state architect. Not more than five of the members appointed by the governor shall be affiliated with the same political party. The nonvoting members shall be the staff director of the Ohio arts council, a member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, and a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house.
(C) Of the five initial appointments made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 1989, two shall be for terms expiring December 31, 1990, and two shall be for terms expiring December 31, 1991. Of the initial appointments of the sixth and seventh voting members made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2003, and one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2004. Of the initial appointments of the eighth and ninth voting members made by the governor, one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2007, and one shall be for a term expiring December 31, 2008. These voting members shall be appointed within sixty days after the effective date of this amendment. Thereafter, each such term shall be for three years, commencing on the first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December. Each appointment by the president of the senate and by the speaker of the house of representatives shall be for the balance of the then legislative biennium. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member’s appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member’s term until the member’s successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
(D) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation.
(E) Organizational meetings of the commission shall be held at the first meeting of each calendar year. At each organizational meeting, the commission shall elect from among its voting members a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary-treasurer, who shall serve until the next annual meeting. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code for the conduct of its internal business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings.
(F) Five voting members of the commission constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of five members is necessary for approval of any action taken by the commission. A vacancy in the membership of the commission does not impair a quorum from exercising all the rights and performing all the duties of the commission. Meetings of the commission may be held anywhere in the state, and shall be held in compliance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
(G) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from money accrued under this chapter or appropriated for these purposes by the general assembly, and the commission shall incur no liability or obligation beyond such money.
(H) The commission shall file an annual report of its activities and finances with the governor, director of budget and management, speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, and chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees.
(I) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Ohio cultural facilities commission administration fund. All revenues of the commission shall be credited to that fund and to any accounts created in that fund with the commission’s approval. All expenses of the commission, including reimbursement of, or payment to, any other fund or any governmental agency for advances made or services rendered to or on behalf of the commission, shall be paid from that fund as determined by or pursuant to directions of the commission. All investment earnings of that fund shall be credited to it and shall be allocated among any accounts created in the fund in the manner determined by the commission.
(J) Title to all real property and lesser interests in real property acquired by the commission, including leasehold and other interests, pursuant to this chapter shall be taken in the name of the state and shall be held for the use and benefit of the commission. The commission shall not mortgage such real property and interests in real property. Title to other property and interests in it acquired by the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be taken in its name.
