As Introduced 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 596 5
1997-1998 6
REPRESENTATIVES JAMES-MILLER-JONES-NETZLEY-TIBERI-OPFER- 8
PRENTISS-TAVARES-JERSE 8/1
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A B I L L
To amend section 3735.31 of the Revised Code to 13
authorize a metropolitan housing authority and a 14
political subdivision to enter into an agreement 15
that permits housing authority police officers to 16
exercise police powers in specified areas of the 17
political subdivision. 18
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 20
Section 1. That section 3735.31 of the Revised Code be 22
amended to read as follows: 23
Sec. 3735.31. A metropolitan housing authority created 32
under sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, 33
constitutes a body corporate and politic. To clear, plan, and 34
rebuild slum areas within the district in which the authority is 35
created, to provide safe and sanitary housing accommodations to 37
families of low income within that district, or to accomplish any 38
combination of the foregoing purposes, the authority may do any 39
of the following:
(A) Sue and be sued; have a seal; have corporate 41
succession; receive grants from state, federal, or other 42
governments, or from private sources; conduct investigations into 43
housing and living conditions; enter any buildings or property in 44
order to conduct its investigations; conduct examinations, 45
subpoena, and require the attendance of witnesses and the 46
production of books and papers; issue commissions for the 47
examination of witnesses who are out of the state or unable to 48
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attend before the authority or excused from attendance; and in 49
connection with these powers, any member of the authority may 50
administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue subpoenas; 51
(B) Determine what areas constitute slum areas, and 53
prepare plans for housing projects in those areas; purchase, 54
lease, sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or mortgage any 55
property, real or personal, or any interest in that property, or 57
acquire the same by gift, bequest, or eminent domain; own, hold,
clear, and improve property; provide and set aside housing 58
projects, or dwelling units comprising portions of housing 59
projects, designed especially for the use of families, the head 60
of which or the spouse of which is sixty-five years of age or 61
older; engage in, or contract for, the construction, 62
reconstruction, alteration, or repair, or both, of any housing 63
project or part of any housing project; include in any contract 65
let in connection with a project, stipulations requiring that the 66
contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to 67
minimum wages and maximum hours of labor, and comply with any 68
conditions that the federal government has attached to its 69
financial aid of the project; lease or operate, or both, any 70
project, and establish or revise schedules of rents for any 71
projects or part of any project; arrange with the county or
municipal corporations, or both, for the planning and replanning 72
of streets, alleys, and other public places or facilities in 73
connection with any area or project; borrow money upon its notes, 74
debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness, and secure the 75
same by mortgages upon property held or to be held by it, or by 76
pledge of its revenues, or in any other manner; invest any funds 77
held in reserves or sinking funds or not required for immediate 78
disbursements; execute contracts and all other instruments 79
necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in 80
this section; make, amend, and repeal bylaws and rules to carry 81
into effect its powers and purposes; 82
(C) Borrow money or accept grants or other financial 84
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assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any 85
housing project within its territorial limits; take over or lease 86
or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned 87
by the federal government; comply with any conditions and enter 88
into any mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements that 90
are necessary, convenient, or desirable;
(D) Subject to section 3735.311 of the Revised Code, 92
employ a police force to protect the lives and property of the 94
residents of housing projects within the district, to preserve 95
the peace in the housing projects, and to enforce the laws, 96
ordinances, and regulations of this state and its political 97
subdivisions in the housing projects and, when authorized by law, 98
outside the limits of the housing projects.
(E) ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A COUNTY, MUNICIPAL 100
CORPORATION, OR TOWNSHIP IN WHOSE JURISDICTION THE METROPOLITAN 101
HOUSING AUTHORITY IS LOCATED THAT PERMITS METROPOLITAN HOUSING 102
AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICERS EMPLOYED UNDER DIVISION (D) OF THIS 103
SECTION TO EXERCISE FULL ARREST POWERS AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 104
2935.03 OF THE REVISED CODE, PERFORM ANY POLICE FUNCTION, 105
EXERCISE ANY POLICE POWER, OR RENDER ANY POLICE SERVICE WITHIN 106
SPECIFIED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR TOWNSHIP 107
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE PEACE AND ENFORCING ALL LAWS OF 108
THE STATE, ORDINANCES OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR 109
REGULATIONS OF THE TOWNSHIP.
Section 2. That existing section 3735.31 of the Revised 111
Code is hereby repealed. 112