(D) "Game" means a national football league "super bowl," a | 27 |
national collegiate athletic association championship game or | 28 |
match, the national basketball association all-star game, the | 29 |
national hockey league all-star game, the major league baseball | 30 |
all-star game, a national collegiate athletic association bowl | 31 |
championship series game, a world cup soccer game, a national | 32 |
association for stock car auto racing race, the national senior | 33 |
games, the air New Zealand golden oldies world rugby festival, the | 34 |
golden gloves of America, inc., national golden gloves tournament, | 35 |
the USA boxing association national championships, the | 36 |
international boxing association world cup or world championships, | 37 |
or the olympicor international competition of football, auto | 38 |
racing, rugby, cricket, horse racing, mixed martial arts, or any | 39 |
sport that is governed by an international federation and included | 40 |
in at least one of the following: | 41 |
(H) "Site selection organization" means the national football | 70 |
league, the national collegiate athletic association, the national | 71 |
basketball association, the national hockey league, major league | 72 |
baseball, the federation internationale de football association, | 73 |
the international world games association, the United States | 74 |
olympic committee, the national association for stock car auto | 75 |
racing, the national senior games association, the air New Zealand | 76 |
golden oldies world rugby secretariat, golden gloves of America, | 77 |
inc., the USA boxing association, the international boxing | 78 |
association, or the national or international governing body of a | 79 |
sport that is recognized as such by the United States olympic | 80 |
committeeendorsing municipality, endorsing county, or local | 81 |
organizing committee. | 82 |
Sec. 122.121. (A) If ana local organizing committee, | 83 |
endorsing municipality, or endorsing county enters into a joinder | 84 |
undertaking with a site selection organization, the local | 85 |
organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county | 86 |
may apply to the director of development, on a form and in the | 87 |
manner prescribed by the director, for a grant based on the | 88 |
projected incremental increase in the receipts from the tax | 89 |
imposed under section 5739.02 of the Revised Code within the | 90 |
market area designated under division (C) of this section, for the | 91 |
two-week period that ends at the end of the day after the date on | 92 |
which a game will be held, that is directly attributable, as | 93 |
determined by the director, to the preparation for and | 94 |
presentation of the game. The director shall determine the | 95 |
projected incremental increase in the tax imposed under section | 96 |
5739.02 of the Revised Code from information certified to the | 97 |
director by the endorsing municipality or the endorsing county | 98 |
including, but not limited to, historical attendance and ticket | 99 |
sales for the game, income statements showing revenue and | 100 |
expenditures for the game in prior years, attendance capacity at | 101 |
the proposed venues, event budget at the proposed venues, and | 102 |
projected lodging room nights based on historical attendance, | 103 |
attendance capacity at the proposed venues, and duration of the | 104 |
game and related activitiesby using a formula approved by the | 105 |
destination marketing association international for event impact | 106 |
or another formula of similar purpose approved by the director. | 107 |
The local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or | 108 |
endorsing county is eligible to receive a grant under this section | 109 |
only if the projected incremental increase in receipts from the | 110 |
tax imposed under section 5739.02 of the Revised Code, as | 111 |
determined by the director, exceeds two hundred fifty thousand | 112 |
dollars. The amount of the grant shall be determined by the | 113 |
directornot less than fifty per cent of the projected incremental | 114 |
increase in receipts, as determined by the director, but shall not | 115 |
exceed five hundred thousand dollars. The director shall not issue | 116 |
grants with a total value of more than one million dollars in any | 117 |
fiscal year, and shall not issue any grant before July 1, 2013. | 118 |
(B) If the director of development approves an application | 119 |
for ana local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or | 120 |
endorsing county and that local organizing committee, endorsing | 121 |
municipality, or endorsing county enters into a joinder agreement | 122 |
with a site selection organization, the local organizing | 123 |
committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county shall file | 124 |
a copy of the joinder agreement with the director of development, | 125 |
who immediately shall notify the director of budget and management | 126 |
of the filing. Within thirty days after receiving the notice, the | 127 |
director of budget and management shall establish a schedule to | 128 |
disburse from the general revenue fund to such local organizing | 129 |
committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county payments | 130 |
that total the amount certified by the director of development | 131 |
under division (A) of this section, but in no event shall the | 132 |
total amount disbursed exceed five hundred thousand dollars, and | 133 |
no disbursement shall be made before July 1, 2013. The payments | 134 |
shall be used exclusively by the local organizing committee, | 135 |
endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to fulfill a portion | 136 |
of its obligations to a site selection organization under game | 137 |
support contracts, which obligations may include the payment of | 138 |
costs relating to the preparations necessary for the conduct of | 139 |
the game, including acquiring, renovating, or constructing | 140 |
facilities; to pay the costs of conducting the game; and to assist | 141 |
the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or | 142 |
endorsing county in providing assurances required by a site | 143 |
selection organization sponsoring one or more games. | 144 |
(C) For the purposes of division (A) of this section, the | 145 |
director of development, in consultation with the tax | 146 |
commissioner, shall designate as athe market area for a game each | 147 |
area in which they determine there is a reasonable likelihood of | 148 |
measurable economic impact directly attributable to the | 149 |
preparation for and presentation of the game and related events, | 150 |
including areas likely to provide venues, accommodations, and | 151 |
services in connection with the game based on the information and | 152 |
the copy of the joinder undertaking provided to the director under | 153 |
divisions (A) and (B) of this section. The director and | 154 |
commissioner shall determine the geographic boundaries of each. | 155 |
The market area shall consist of the combined statistical area, as | 156 |
defined by the United States office of management and budget, in | 157 |
which an endorsing municipality or endorsing county is located. An | 158 |
endorsing municipality or endorsing county that has been selected | 159 |
as the site for a game must be included in a market area for the | 160 |
game. | 161 |
(D) A local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or | 162 |
endorsing county shall provide information required by the | 163 |
director of development and tax commissioner to enable the | 164 |
director and commissioner to fulfill their duties under this | 165 |
section, including annual audited statements of any financial | 166 |
records required by a site selection organization and data | 167 |
obtained by the local organizing committee, endorsing | 168 |
municipality, or endorsing county relating to attendance at a game | 169 |
and to the economic impact of the game. A local organizing | 170 |
committee, an endorsing municipality, or an endorsing county shall | 171 |
provide an annual audited financial statement if so required by | 172 |
the director and commissioner, not later than the end of the | 173 |
fourth month after the date the period covered by the financial | 174 |
statement ends. | 175 |
(E) Within sixtythirty days after the game, the local | 176 |
organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or the endorsing | 177 |
county shall report to the director of development about the | 178 |
economic impact of the game. The report shall be in the form and | 179 |
substance required by the director, including, but not limited to, | 180 |
a final income statement for the event showing total revenue and | 181 |
expenditures and revenue and expenditures in the market area for | 182 |
the game, and ticket sales for the game and any related activities | 183 |
for which admission was charged. The director of development shall | 184 |
determine, based on the reported information and the exercise of | 185 |
reasonable judgment, the incremental increase in receipts from the | 186 |
tax imposed under section 5739.02 of the Revised Code directly | 187 |
attributable to the game. If the actual incremental increase in | 188 |
such receipts is less than the projected incremental increase in | 189 |
receipts, the director may require the local organizing committee, | 190 |
endorsing municipality, or the endorsing county to refund to the | 191 |
state all or a portion of the grant. | 192 |
Sec. 505.60. (A) As provided in this section and section | 202 |
505.601 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees of any | 203 |
township may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of | 204 |
insurance policies that may provide benefits for hospitalization, | 205 |
surgical care, major medical care, disability, dental care, eye | 206 |
care, medical care, hearing aids, prescription drugs, or sickness | 207 |
and accident insurance, or a combination of any of the foregoing | 208 |
types of insurance for township officers and employees. The board | 209 |
of township trustees of any township may negotiate and contract | 210 |
for the purchase of a policy of long-term care insurance for | 211 |
township officers and employees pursuant to section 124.841 of the | 212 |
Revised Code. | 213 |
If the board procures any insurance policies under this | 214 |
section, the board shall provide uniform coverage under these | 215 |
policies for township officers and full-time township employees | 216 |
and their immediate dependents, and may provide coverage under | 217 |
these policies for part-time township employees and their | 218 |
immediate dependents, from the funds or budgets from which the | 219 |
officers or employees are compensated for services, such policies | 220 |
to be issued by an insurance company duly authorized to do | 221 |
business in this state. | 222 |
(B) The board may also provide coverage for any or all of the | 223 |
benefits described in division (A) of this section by entering | 224 |
into a contract for group health care services with health | 225 |
insuring corporations holding certificates of authority under | 226 |
Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code for township officers and | 227 |
employees and their immediate dependents. If the board so | 228 |
contracts, it shall provide uniform coverage under any such | 229 |
contracts for township officers and full-time township employees | 230 |
and their immediate dependents, from the funds or budgets from | 231 |
which the officers or employees are compensated for services, and | 232 |
may provide coverage under such contracts for part-time township | 233 |
employees and their immediate dependents, from the funds or | 234 |
budgets from which the officers or employees are compensated for | 235 |
services, provided that each officer and employee so covered is | 236 |
permitted to: | 237 |
(D) If any township officer or employee is denied coverage | 257 |
under a health care plan procured under this section or if any | 258 |
township officer or employee elects not to participate in the | 259 |
township's health care plan, the township may reimburse the | 260 |
officer or employee for each out-of-pocket premium attributable to | 261 |
the coverage provided for the officer or employee and their | 262 |
immediate dependents for insurance benefits described in division | 263 |
(A) of this section that the officer or employee otherwise | 264 |
obtains, but not to exceed an amount equal to the average premium | 265 |
paid by the township for its officers and employees under any | 266 |
health care plan it procures under this section. | 267 |
(F) If a board of township trustees fails to pay one or more | 276 |
premiums for a policy, contract, or plan of insurance or health | 277 |
care services authorized under this section and the failure causes | 278 |
a lapse, cancellation, or other termination of coverage under the | 279 |
policy, contract, or plan, it may reimburse a township officer or | 280 |
employee for, or pay on behalf of the officer or employee, any | 281 |
expenses incurred that would have been covered under the policy, | 282 |
contract, or plan. | 283 |
Sec. 731.09. The(A) Except as otherwise provided in | 291 |
division (B) or (C) of this section, the legislative power of each | 292 |
village shall be vested in, and exercised by, a legislative | 293 |
authority, composed of six members, who shall be elected by the | 294 |
electors of the village at large, for terms of four years. At the | 295 |
municipal election held in the year 1961 two members shall be | 296 |
elected for terms of two years and four members shall be elected | 297 |
for terms of four years. Except in villages where a primary | 298 |
election was held in 1961 for the nomination of candidates for | 299 |
member of the legislative authority, the four candidates who | 300 |
receive the greatest number of votes cast shall be elected for | 301 |
terms of four years, and the two candidates who receive the next | 302 |
greatest number of the votes cast shall be elected for terms of | 303 |
two years. | 304 |
(D) If a majority of the votes cast on the question proposed | 328 |
under division (B) or (C) of this section is in the affirmative, | 329 |
the legislative authority shall be composed of five members, who | 330 |
shall be elected at large, for terms of four years. If members of | 331 |
the legislative authority have staggered terms of office as | 332 |
required by this section, the decrease in number of members shall | 333 |
be implemented as necessary over the next two municipal elections | 334 |
at which members of the legislative authority would be elected. If | 335 |
the legislative authority has adopted an ordinance or resolution | 336 |
to eliminate staggered terms of office under section 731.091 of | 337 |
the Revised Code, the five members shall be elected as set forth | 338 |
in division (B)(2) of that section.
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