As Passed by the Senate 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
SENATORS J. JOHNSON-HERINGTON-BLESSING-OELSLAGER-HOWARD- 15
WATTS-WHITE-B. JOHNSON-BLESSING-SHOEMAKER 16
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A B I L L
To amend section 3735.31 of the Revised Code to 20
authorize a metropolitan housing authority and a 21
political subdivision to enter into an agreement 22
that permits housing authority police officers to 23
exercise police powers in specified areas of the 24
political subdivision. 25
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 27
Section 1. That section 3735.31 of the Revised Code be 29
amended to read as follows: 30
Sec. 3735.31. A metropolitan housing authority created 39
under sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, 40
constitutes a body corporate and politic. To clear, plan, and 41
rebuild slum areas within the district in which the authority is 42
created, to provide safe and sanitary housing accommodations to 44
families of low income within that district, or to accomplish any 45
combination of the foregoing purposes, the authority may do any 46
of the following:
(A) Sue and be sued; have a seal; have corporate 48
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succession; receive grants from state, federal, or other 49
governments, or from private sources; conduct investigations into 50
housing and living conditions; enter any buildings or property in 51
order to conduct its investigations; conduct examinations, 52
subpoena, and require the attendance of witnesses and the 53
production of books and papers; issue commissions for the 54
examination of witnesses who are out of the state or unable to 55
attend before the authority or excused from attendance; and in 56
connection with these powers, any member of the authority may 57
administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue subpoenas; 58
(B) Determine what areas constitute slum areas, and 60
prepare plans for housing projects in those areas; purchase, 61
lease, sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or mortgage any 62
property, real or personal, or any interest in that property, or 64
acquire the same by gift, bequest, or eminent domain; own, hold,
clear, and improve property; provide and set aside housing 65
projects, or dwelling units comprising portions of housing 66
projects, designed especially for the use of families, the head 67
of which or the spouse of which is sixty-five years of age or 68
older; engage in, or contract for, the construction, 69
reconstruction, alteration, or repair, or both, of any housing 70
project or part of any housing project; include in any contract 72
let in connection with a project, stipulations requiring that the 73
contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to 74
minimum wages and maximum hours of labor, and comply with any 75
conditions that the federal government has attached to its 76
financial aid of the project; lease or operate, or both, any 77
project, and establish or revise schedules of rents for any 78
projects or part of any project; arrange with the county or
municipal corporations, or both, for the planning and replanning 79
of streets, alleys, and other public places or facilities in 80
connection with any area or project; borrow money upon its notes, 81
debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness, and secure the 82
same by mortgages upon property held or to be held by it, or by 83
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pledge of its revenues, or in any other manner; invest any funds 84
held in reserves or sinking funds or not required for immediate 85
disbursements; execute contracts and all other instruments 86
necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in 87
this section; make, amend, and repeal bylaws and rules to carry 88
into effect its powers and purposes; 89
(C) Borrow money or accept grants or other financial 91
assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any 92
housing project within its territorial limits; take over or lease 93
or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned 94
by the federal government; comply with any conditions and enter 95
into any mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements that 97
are necessary, convenient, or desirable;
(D) Subject to section 3735.311 of the Revised Code, 99
employ a police force to protect the lives and property of the 101
residents of housing projects within the district, to preserve 102
the peace in the housing projects, and to enforce the laws, 103
ordinances, and regulations of this state and its political 104
subdivisions in the housing projects and, when authorized by law, 105
outside the limits of the housing projects.
(E) ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A COUNTY, MUNICIPAL 107
CORPORATION, OR TOWNSHIP IN WHOSE JURISDICTION THE METROPOLITAN 108
HOUSING AUTHORITY IS LOCATED THAT PERMITS METROPOLITAN HOUSING 109
AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICERS EMPLOYED UNDER DIVISION (D) OF THIS 110
SECTION TO EXERCISE FULL ARREST POWERS AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 111
2935.03 OF THE REVISED CODE, PERFORM ANY POLICE FUNCTION, 112
EXERCISE ANY POLICE POWER, OR RENDER ANY POLICE SERVICE WITHIN 113
SPECIFIED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR TOWNSHIP 114
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE PEACE AND ENFORCING ALL LAWS OF 115
THE STATE, ORDINANCES OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR 116
REGULATIONS OF THE TOWNSHIP.
Section 2. That existing section 3735.31 of the Revised 118
Code is hereby repealed. 119