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To amend section 122.12 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
include certain Olympic-style boxing competitions | 2 |
as sporting events for which state grants may be | 3 |
awarded to a county or municipal corporation. | 4 |
Section 1. That section 122.12 of the Revised Code be amended | 5 |
to read as follows: | 6 |
Sec. 122.12. As used in this section and in section 122.121 | 7 |
of the Revised Code: | 8 |
(A) "Endorsing county" means a county that contains a site | 9 |
selected by a site selection organization for one or more games. | 10 |
(B) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipal corporation | 11 |
that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for | 12 |
one or more games. | 13 |
(C) "Game support contract" means a joinder undertaking, | 14 |
joinder agreement, or similar contract executed by an endorsing | 15 |
municipality or endorsing county and a site selection | 16 |
organization. | 17 |
(D) "Game" means a national football league "super bowl," a | 18 |
national collegiate athletic association championship game, the | 19 |
national basketball association all-star game, the national | 20 |
hockey league all-star game, the major league baseball all-star | 21 |
game, a national collegiate athletic association bowl | 22 |
championship series game, a world cup soccer
game, the | 23 |
national senior games, the golden gloves of America, inc., | 24 |
national golden gloves tournament, the USA boxing association | 25 |
national championships, the international boxing association world | 26 |
cup or world championships, or the olympic games. | 27 |
(E) "Joinder agreement" means an agreement entered into by an | 28 |
endorsing municipality or endorsing county, or more than one | 29 |
endorsing municipality or county acting collectively and a site | 30 |
selection organization setting out representations and assurances | 31 |
by each endorsing municipality or endorsing county in connection | 32 |
with the selection of a site in this state for the location of a | 33 |
game. | 34 |
(F) "Joinder undertaking" means an agreement entered into by | 35 |
an endorsing municipality or endorsing county, or more than one | 36 |
endorsing municipality or county acting collectively and a site | 37 |
selection organization that each endorsing municipality or | 38 |
endorsing county will execute a joinder agreement in the event | 39 |
that the site selection organization selects a site in this state | 40 |
for a game. | 41 |
(G) "Local organizing committee" means a nonprofit | 42 |
corporation or its successor in interest that: | 43 |
(1) Has been authorized by an endorsing municipality, | 44 |
endorsing county, or more than one endorsing municipality or | 45 |
county acting collectively to pursue an application and bid on the | 46 |
applicant's behalf to a site selection organization for selection | 47 |
as the site of one or more games; or | 48 |
(2) With the authorization of an endorsing municipality, | 49 |
endorsing county, or more than one endorsing municipality or | 50 |
county acting collectively, has executed an agreement with a site | 51 |
selection organization regarding a bid to host one or more games. | 52 |
(H) "Site selection organization" means the national football | 53 |
league, the national collegiate athletic association, the national | 54 |
basketball association, the national hockey league, major league | 55 |
baseball, the federation internationale de football association, | 56 |
the international world games association, the United States | 57 |
olympic committee, the national senior games association, golden | 58 |
gloves of America, inc., the USA boxing association, the | 59 |
international boxing association, or the national governing body | 60 |
of a sport that is recognized as such by the United States | 61 |
olympic committee. | 62 |
Section 2. That existing section 122.12 of the Revised Code | 63 |
is hereby repealed. | 64 |