As Passed by the House 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-BATCHELDER-MOTTLEY-LUCAS-PRINGLE- 9
BOYD-SUTTON-BUCHY-ALLEN-BOGGS-OGG-HOUSEHOLDER-WHALEN- 10
ROBERTS-TERWILLEGER-MYERS-MEAD-MALLORY-WESTON-CATES- 11
GRENDELL-BRITTON-PATTON-LOGAN-JOLIVETTE-WACHTMANN-MOTTL- 12
BENDER-SULZER-HEALY-FORD-VERICH-WILSON-KRUPINSKI-SYKES- 13
GERBERRY-BEATTY-BRADY-METELSKY-HARTLEY-ROMAN-CORBIN-SALERNO 14
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A B I L L
To amend section 3735.31 of the Revised Code to 18
authorize a metropolitan housing authority and a 19
political subdivision to enter into an agreement 20
that permits housing authority police officers to 21
exercise police powers in specified areas of the 22
political subdivision. 23
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 25
Section 1. That section 3735.31 of the Revised Code be 27
amended to read as follows: 28
Sec. 3735.31. A metropolitan housing authority created 37
under sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, 38
constitutes a body corporate and politic. To clear, plan, and 39
rebuild slum areas within the district in which the authority is 40
created, to provide safe and sanitary housing accommodations to 42
families of low income within that district, or to accomplish any 43
combination of the foregoing purposes, the authority may do any 44
of the following:
(A) Sue and be sued; have a seal; have corporate 46
succession; receive grants from state, federal, or other 47
governments, or from private sources; conduct investigations into 48
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housing and living conditions; enter any buildings or property in 49
order to conduct its investigations; conduct examinations, 50
subpoena, and require the attendance of witnesses and the 51
production of books and papers; issue commissions for the 52
examination of witnesses who are out of the state or unable to 53
attend before the authority or excused from attendance; and in 54
connection with these powers, any member of the authority may 55
administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue subpoenas; 56
(B) Determine what areas constitute slum areas, and 58
prepare plans for housing projects in those areas; purchase, 59
lease, sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or mortgage any 60
property, real or personal, or any interest in that property, or 62
acquire the same by gift, bequest, or eminent domain; own, hold,
clear, and improve property; provide and set aside housing 63
projects, or dwelling units comprising portions of housing 64
projects, designed especially for the use of families, the head 65
of which or the spouse of which is sixty-five years of age or 66
older; engage in, or contract for, the construction, 67
reconstruction, alteration, or repair, or both, of any housing 68
project or part of any housing project; include in any contract 70
let in connection with a project, stipulations requiring that the 71
contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to 72
minimum wages and maximum hours of labor, and comply with any 73
conditions that the federal government has attached to its 74
financial aid of the project; lease or operate, or both, any 75
project, and establish or revise schedules of rents for any 76
projects or part of any project; arrange with the county or
municipal corporations, or both, for the planning and replanning 77
of streets, alleys, and other public places or facilities in 78
connection with any area or project; borrow money upon its notes, 79
debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness, and secure the 80
same by mortgages upon property held or to be held by it, or by 81
pledge of its revenues, or in any other manner; invest any funds 82
held in reserves or sinking funds or not required for immediate 83
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disbursements; execute contracts and all other instruments 84
necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in 85
this section; make, amend, and repeal bylaws and rules to carry 86
into effect its powers and purposes; 87
(C) Borrow money or accept grants or other financial 89
assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any 90
housing project within its territorial limits; take over or lease 91
or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned 92
by the federal government; comply with any conditions and enter 93
into any mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements that 95
are necessary, convenient, or desirable;
(D) Subject to section 3735.311 of the Revised Code, 97
employ a police force to protect the lives and property of the 99
residents of housing projects within the district, to preserve 100
the peace in the housing projects, and to enforce the laws, 101
ordinances, and regulations of this state and its political 102
subdivisions in the housing projects and, when authorized by law, 103
outside the limits of the housing projects.
(E) ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A COUNTY, MUNICIPAL 105
CORPORATION, OR TOWNSHIP IN WHOSE JURISDICTION THE METROPOLITAN 106
HOUSING AUTHORITY IS LOCATED THAT PERMITS METROPOLITAN HOUSING 107
AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICERS EMPLOYED UNDER DIVISION (D) OF THIS 108
SECTION TO EXERCISE FULL ARREST POWERS AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 109
2935.03 OF THE REVISED CODE, PERFORM ANY POLICE FUNCTION, 110
EXERCISE ANY POLICE POWER, OR RENDER ANY POLICE SERVICE WITHIN 111
SPECIFIED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR TOWNSHIP 112
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE PEACE AND ENFORCING ALL LAWS OF 113
THE STATE, ORDINANCES OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR 114
REGULATIONS OF THE TOWNSHIP.
Section 2. That existing section 3735.31 of the Revised 116
Code is hereby repealed. 117