To amend sections 154.23, 307.673, 351.14, 351.26, and 3383.07 and to enact section 9.75 of the Revised Code to prohibit a professional sports team for whom a sports facility was constructed using public funds from entering into a contract that prohibits the broadcast of the sports team's games based upon the number of tickets sold.

Section 1. That sections 154.23, 307.673, 351.14, 351.26, and 3383.07 be amended and section 9.75 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 9.75.  (A) As used in this section:

(1) "Owner" means any person that owns or operates a professional sports team.

(2) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 9.23 of the Revised Code.

(3) "Sports team" means a major or minor league professional athletic or sports team.

(B) No sports team for whom a sports facility is or was constructed in whole or in part using funds from a political subdivision and that plays games in that sports facility on a regular basis shall agree, either directly or pursuant to a league or conference contract, to a provision in a contract that prohibits the local television or radio broadcast of a game the sports team plays in the sports facility based upon the number of tickets sold for the game.

(C) The political subdivision that provides funding as described in division (B) of this section and that believes that a sports team has violated that division may bring an action against the owner or institution affiliated with that sports team, as applicable, in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the court determines that the sports team has violated that division, the owner or institution, as applicable, shall pay to the political subdivision an amount equal to the amount of the public funding described in that division expended for the construction of the sports facility. If the sports facility was constructed on behalf of more than one sports team, the owner or institution shall pay an amount proportionate to the amount the sports team uses the sports facility in comparison to any other sports team that uses the sports facility on a regular basis.

Sec. 154.23.  (A) Subject to authorization by the general assembly under section 154.02 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority may issue obligations pursuant to this chapter to pay costs of capital facilities for Ohio cultural facilities and Ohio sports facilities.

(B) The Ohio public facilities commission may lease any capital facilities for Ohio cultural facilities or Ohio sports facilities to, and make or provide for other agreements with respect to the use or purchase of such capital facilities with, the Ohio cultural facilities commission and, with the Ohio cultural facilities commission's approval, any governmental agency having authority under law to operate such capital facilities. Any lease or agreement shall be subject to Chapter 3383. of the Revised Code.

(C) For purposes of this section, "available receipts" means any revenues or receipts derived by the Ohio public facilities commission from the operation, leasing, or other disposition of capital facilities financed under this section, the proceeds of obligations issued under this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code, and also means any gifts, grants, donations, and pledges, and receipts thereon, available for the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued under this section. The issuing authority may pledge all, or such portion as it determines, of the available receipts to the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued under this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect to such available receipts as authorized by this chapter, which provisions shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law pertaining thereto.

(D) There is hereby created one or more funds, as determined by the issuing authority in the bond proceedings, designated as the "Ohio cultural facilities commission bond service fund" with, if more than one such fund, such further identifying name as the issuing authority determines, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall be separate and apart from and not a part of the state treasury. All money received by or on account of the issuing authority or the Ohio cultural facilities commission and required by the applicable bond proceedings to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the Ohio cultural facilities commission bond service fund, and all other money transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund shall be deposited with the treasurer of state and credited to the applicable fund, subject to applicable provisions of the bond proceedings, but without necessity of any act or appropriation. The Ohio cultural facilities commission bond service funds are trust funds and are hereby pledged to the payment of bond service charges on the applicable obligations issued pursuant to this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code to the extent provided in the applicable bond proceedings, and payment thereof from such funds shall be made or provided for by the treasurer of state in accordance with the applicable bond proceedings without necessity for any act or appropriation.

(E) This section is to be applied with other applicable provisions of this chapter.

(F)(1) As used in this division, "owner" and "sports team" have the same meanings as in section 9.75 of the Revised Code.

(2) No sports team for whom an Ohio sports facility is or was constructed in whole or in part using financing under this section and that plays games in that Ohio sports facility on a regular basis shall agree, either directly or pursuant to a league or conference contract, to a provision in a contract that prohibits the local television or radio broadcast of a game the sports team plays in the Ohio sports facility based upon the number of tickets sold for the game.

(3) If the issuing authority or commission believes that a sports team has violated division (F)(2) of this section, the issuing authority or commission may bring an action against the owner of that sports team in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the court determines that the sports team has violated that division, the owner shall pay to the issuing authority or commission an amount equal to the amount of public financing expended under this section for the construction of the Ohio sports facility. If the Ohio sports facility was constructed on behalf of more than one sports team, the owner shall pay an amount proportionate to the amount the sports team uses the Ohio sports facility in comparison to any other sports team that uses the Ohio sports facility on a regular basis.

Sec. 307.673.  This section applies only in a county in which a tax is levied under section 307.697, 4301.421, 5743.024, or 5743.323 of the Revised Code on the effective date of this amendment July 19, 1995.

(A) As used in this section:

(1) "County taxes" means taxes levied by a board of county commissioners under division (D) of section 307.697, division (B) of section 4301.421, division (C) of section 5743.024, and section 5743.323 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Corporation" means a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this state and that includes among the purposes for which it is incorporated the authority to acquire, construct, renovate, equip, lease, manage, or operate a sports facility.

(3) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement entered into pursuant to this section.

(4) "Cost of a sports facility" means the cost of acquiring, constructing, renovating, equipping, or improving one or more sports facilities, including reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, and enlarging; the cost of equipping and furnishing such a facility; and all financing costs pertaining thereto, including the cost of engineering, architectural, and other professional services, designs, plans, specifications and surveys, and estimates of costs; the costs of refinancing obligations issued by, or reimbursement of money advanced by, the parties to the cooperative agreement or other persons, the proceeds of which obligations were used to pay the costs of the sports facility; the cost of tests and inspections; the cost of any indemnity or surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct and administrative costs pertaining thereto, fees and expenses of trustees, depositories, and paying agents for the obligations, capitalized interest on the obligations, amounts necessary to establish reserves as required by the obligation proceedings, the reimbursement of money advanced or applied by the parties to the cooperative agreement or other persons for the payment of any item of costs of the sports facility, and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining the feasibility or practicability with respect to the sports facility; and any other such expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement, equipping, and furnishing of the sports facility, the financing of the sports facility, placing the sports facility in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses.

(5) "Financing costs" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code.

(6) "Obligations" means obligations issued or incurred to pay the cost of a sports facility, including bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, commercial paper, and other instruments in writing, anticipatory securities as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, issued or incurred by an issuer pursuant to Chapter 133. or 4582. of the Revised Code or this section, or otherwise, to evidence the issuer's obligation to repay borrowed money, or to pay interest, by, or to pay at any future time other money obligations of, the issuer of the obligations, including obligations of an issuer or lessee to make payments under an installment sale, lease, lease-purchase, or similar agreement.

(7) "Owner" means any person that owns or operates a professional athletic or sports team, that is party to a cooperative agreement, or that has a lease or other agreement with a party to a cooperative agreement, and that commits to use the sports facility that is the subject of the cooperative agreement for all of the team's home games for the period specified in that agreement.

(8) "Payments," when used with reference to obligations, means payments of the principal, including any mandatory sinking fund deposits and mandatory redemption payments, interest and any redemption premium, and lease rentals, lease-purchase payments and other amounts payable under obligations in the form of installment sale, lease, lease-purchase, or similar agreements.

(9) "Person" has the same meaning as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code.

(10) "Port authority" means a port authority created under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code.

(11) "Sports facility" means a facility, including a stadium, that is intended to house or provide a site for one or more major league professional athletic or sports teams or activities, together with all spectator facilities, parking facilities, walkways, and auxiliary facilities, real and personal property, property rights, easements, leasehold estates, and interests that may be appropriate for, or used in connection with, the operation of the sports facility.

(B) The board of county commissioners of a county, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, a port authority, a corporation, and an owner, or any combination thereof, may enter into one or more cooperative agreements under which the parties enter into one or more of the agreements described in divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section.

(1) The board of county commissioners agrees to do one or more of the following:

(a) Levy a tax under division (D) of section 307.697, division (B) of section 4301.421, division (C) of section 5743.024, and section 5743.323 of the Revised Code and make available all or a portion of the revenue from those taxes for the payment of the cost of the sports facility or to make payments on obligations;

(b) Issue or incur obligations of the county pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or this section;

(c) Make available all or a portion of the revenue from those taxes or of the proceeds from the issuance of those obligations to the municipal corporation, port authority, corporation, or otherwise for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or the payment of obligations;

(d) Acquire, construct, renovate, equip, lease to or from another person, and operate, directly or by a lease or management contract with another person, one or more sports facilities;

(e) To the extent provided in the cooperative agreement or a lease with respect to a sports facility, authorize the municipal corporation, port authority, corporation, or owner to administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, or equipping a sports facility.

(2) The port authority agrees to do one or more of the following:

(a) Issue or incur obligations of the port authority pursuant to Chapter 133. or 4582. of the Revised Code or this section;

(b) Make available all or a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of those obligations to the municipal corporation, county, or corporation for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or the payment of obligations;

(c) Acquire, construct, renovate, equip, lease to or from another person, and operate, directly or by a lease or management contract with another person, one or more sports facilities;

(d) To the extent provided in the cooperative agreement or a lease with respect to a sports facility, authorize the municipal corporation, county, corporation, or owner to administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, or equipping a sports facility.

(3) The legislative authority of the municipal corporation agrees to do one or more of the following:

(a) Make available the revenue from taxes levied by the legislative authority for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or to make payments on obligations;

(b) Issue or incur obligations of the municipal corporation pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or otherwise;

(c) Make available all or a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of those obligations to the county, port authority, corporation, or otherwise for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or the payment of obligations;

(d) Acquire, construct, renovate, equip, lease to or from another person, and operate, directly or by a lease or management contract with another person, one or more sports facilities;

(e) To the extent provided in the cooperative agreement or a lease with respect to a sports facility, authorize the county, port authority, corporation, or owner to administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, or equipping a sports facility.

(4) The corporation agrees to do one or more of the following:

(a) Issue or incur obligations;

(b) Make available all or a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of those obligations to the county, port authority, municipal corporation, or otherwise for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or the payment of obligations;

(c) Acquire, construct, renovate, equip, lease to or from another person, and operate, directly or by a lease or management contract with another person, one or more sports facilities;

(d) To the extent provided in the cooperative agreement or a lease with respect to a sports facility, agree that the corporation will administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, or equipping a sports facility.

(5) The owner agrees to do one or more of the following:

(a) Use the sports facility that is the subject of the cooperative agreement for all of the home games of the owner's professional athletic or sports team for a specified period;

(b) Administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, or equipping a sports facility.

(C) Any obligations may be secured by a trust agreement between the issuer of obligations and a corporate trustee that is a trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company in or outside this state and authorized to exercise corporate trust powers in this state. Proceeds from the issuance of any obligations or the taxes levied and collected by any party to the cooperative agreement may be deposited with and administered by a trustee pursuant to the trust agreement.

(D) Any contract for the acquisition, construction, renovation, or equipping of a sports facility entered into, assigned, or assumed under this section shall provide that all laborers and mechanics employed in the acquisition, construction, renovation, or equipping of the sports facility shall be paid at the prevailing rates of wages of laborers and mechanics for the class of work called for, as those wages are determined in accordance with Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code.

(E)(1) No sports team for whom a sports facility was constructed in whole or in part using financing through a cooperative agreement entered into under this section shall agree, either directly or pursuant to a league or conference contract, to a provision in a contract that prohibits the local television or radio broadcast of a game the sports team plays in the sports facility based upon the number of tickets sold for the game.

(2) A county, port authority, or municipal corporation that entered into a cooperative agreement with an owner under division (B) of this section and that believes that a sports team has violated division (E)(1) of this section may bring an action against the owner in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the court determines that the sports team has violated that division, the owner shall pay to the county, port authority, or municipal corporation an amount equal to the amount of financing expended pursuant to the cooperative agreement for the construction of the sports facility. If the sports facility was constructed on behalf of more than one sports team, the owner shall pay an amount proportionate to the amount the sports team uses the sports facility in comparison to any other sports team that uses the sports facility on a regular basis. The county, port authority, or municipal corporation shall divide the amount the county, port authority, or municipal corporation receives from the owner under division (E)(2) of this section among themselves based upon the amount of financing the county, port authority, or municipal corporation provided.

Sec. 351.14. (A) A convention facilities authority may at any time issue revenue bonds and notes in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying the cost of one or more facilities or parts thereof. An authority may at any time issue renewal notes, issue bonds to pay such notes and, whenever it deems refunding expedient, refund any bonds by the issuance of convention facilities authority revenue refunding bonds whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding, and partly for any other authorized purpose. The refunding bonds shall be sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase, redemption, or payment of the bonds to be refunded. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its bonds or notes shall be general obligations of the authority payable out of the authority's revenues that are pledged for such payment, without preference or priority of the first bonds issued, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging any particular revenues. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the revenues so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the authority's records.

(B) Whether or not the bonds or notes are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments, the bonds or notes shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments, subject only to the provisions of the bonds or notes for registration.

(C) The bonds and notes shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such time or times, in the case of any such note or any renewals thereof not exceeding twenty years from the date of issue of such original note and in the case of any such bond or any refunding bonds not exceeding forty years from the date of issue, and shall be executed in such manner as such resolution may provide. The bonds and notes shall bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption as the authority may authorize. Bonds and notes of the authority may be sold by the authority, at public or private sale, at or at not less than such price or prices as the authority determines. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds, notes, or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds or notes, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes as if he the officer had remained in office until such delivery, and in case the seal of the authority has been changed after a facsimile has been imprinted on such bonds or notes, such facsimile seal will continue to be sufficient for all purposes.

(D) Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or notes or any issue thereof may contain provisions, subject to such agreements with bondholders or noteholders as may then exist, which provisions shall be a part of the contract with the holders thereof, as to: the pledging of any or all of the authority's revenues to secure the payment of the bonds or notes or of any issue thereof; the use and disposition of revenues of the convention facilities authority; a covenant to fix, alter, and collect rentals and other charges so that pledged revenues will be sufficient to pay costs of operation, maintenance, and repairs, pay principal of and interest on bonds or notes secured by the pledge of such revenues, and provide such reserves as may be required by the applicable resolution or trust agreement; the setting aside of reserve funds, sinking funds, or replacement and improvement funds and the regulation and disposition thereof; the crediting of the proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes to and among the funds referred to or provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes; the use, lease, sale, or other disposition of any recreational facility or any other assets of the authority; limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of bonds or notes may be applied and the pledging of such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or notes or of any issue thereof; as to notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, the agreement of the authority to do all things necessary for the authorization, issuance, and sale of such bonds in such amounts as may be necessary for the timely retirement of such notes; limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or notes; the terms upon which additional bonds or notes may be issued and secured; the refunding of outstanding bonds or notes; the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders or noteholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds or notes the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; limitations on the amount of moneys to be expended by the authority for operating, administrative, or other expenses of the authority; securing any bonds or notes by a trust agreement in accordance with section 351.16 of the Revised Code; any other matters, of like or different character, that in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds or notes.

(E) Neither the members of the authority's board of directors nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

(F)(1) As used in this division, "owner" and "sports team" have the same meanings as in section 9.75 of the Revised Code.

(2) No sports team for whom a sports facility is or was constructed in whole or in part using financing provided under this section and that plays games in that sports facility on a regular basis shall agree, either directly or pursuant to a league or conference contract, to a provision in a contract that prohibits the local television or radio broadcast of a game the sports team plays in the sports facility based upon the number of tickets sold for the game.

(3) The authority that provided financing under this section for a sports facility and that believes that a sports team has violated division (F)(2) of this section may bring an action against the owner of that sports team in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the court determines that the sports team has violated that division, the owner shall pay to the authority an amount equal to the amount of financing expended under this section for the construction of the sports facility. If the sports facility was constructed on behalf of more than one sports team, the owner shall pay an amount proportionate to the amount the sports team uses the sports facility in comparison to any other sports team that uses the sports facility on a regular basis.

Sec. 351.26.  (A) The board of directors of a convention facilities authority may adopt a resolution requesting the board of county commissioners of the county in which the convention facilities authority has its territory to propose the question of a tax to be levied pursuant to this section and section 4301.424 or sections 5743.026 and 5743.324 of the Revised Code for the purpose of construction or renovation of a sports facility. The board of directors shall certify a copy of the resolution to the board of county commissioners not later than one hundred five days prior to the day of the election at which the board of directors requests the board of county commissioners to submit the question of the tax. The resolution shall state the rate at which the tax would be levied, the purpose for which the tax would be levied, the number of years the tax would be levied, the section of the Revised Code under which the tax would be levied, and the date of the election at which the board of directors requests the board of county commissioners to submit the question of the tax, all of which are subject to the limitations of this section and section 4301.424 or sections 5743.026 and 5743.324 of the Revised Code.

Upon receiving a copy of such a resolution from the board of directors, the board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution either approving or rejecting the proposal, and certify a copy of its resolution to the board of directors. If the board of county commissioners approves the proposal, the board of county commissioners shall propose the question of levying a tax pursuant to section 4301.424 of the Revised Code or pursuant to sections 5743.026 and 5743.324 of the Revised Code, as specified in the board of directors' resolution, for the purpose of construction or renovation of a sports facility.

(B) The form of the ballot in an election held on the question of levying a tax proposed pursuant to section 4301.424 or 5743.026 of the Revised Code shall be as follows or in any other form acceptable to the secretary of state:

"For the purpose of paying the costs of .......... (constructing or renovating) a sports facility, shall (an) excise tax(es) be levied by the .......... county for the convention facilities authority of .......... county at the rate of ...... (dollars on each gallon of spirituous liquor sold in the county by the Ohio division of liquor control, cents per gallon on the sale of beer at wholesale in the county, cents per gallon on the sale of wine and mixed beverages at wholesale in the county, or mills per cigarette on the sale of cigarettes at wholesale in the county), for ...... years?

For an election in which questions under section 4301.424 or 5743.026 of the Revised Code are joined as a single question, the form of the ballot shall be as above, except each of the proposed taxes shall be listed.

(C) No tax shall be levied under this section on or after September 23, 2008. This division does not prevent the collection of any tax levied under this section before that date so long as that tax remains effective.

(D)(1) As used in this division, "owner" and "sports team" have the same meanings as in section 9.75 of the Revised Code.

(2) No sports team for whom a sports facility was constructed in whole or in part using financing provided under this section and that plays games in that sports facility on a regular basis shall agree, either directly or pursuant to a league or conference contract, to a provision in a contract that prohibits the local television or radio broadcast of a game the sports team plays in the sports facility based upon the number of tickets sold for the game.

(3) The authority that provided financing under this section for a sports facility and that believes that a sports team has violated division (D)(2) of this section may bring an action against the owner of that sports team in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the court determines that the sports team has violated that division, the owner shall pay to the authority an amount equal to the amount of financing expended under this section for the construction of the sports facility. If the sports facility was constructed on behalf of more than one sports team, the owner shall pay an amount proportionate to the amount the sports team uses the sports facility in comparison to any other sports team that uses the sports facility on a regular basis.

Sec. 3383.07.  (A) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall provide for the construction of a cultural project in conformity with Chapter 153. of the Revised Code, except as follows:

(1) For a cultural project other than a state historical facility, construction services may be provided on behalf of the state by the Ohio cultural facilities commission, or by a governmental agency or a cultural organization that occupies, will occupy, or is responsible for the Ohio cultural facility, as determined by the Ohio cultural facilities commission. For a project receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to approve the provision of construction services by such an agency or organization, but not the authority to disapprove that provision. Construction services to be provided by a governmental agency or a cultural organization shall be specified in an agreement between the Ohio cultural facilities commission and the governmental agency or cultural organization. The agreement, or any actions taken under it, are not subject to Chapter 123. or 153. of the Revised Code, except for sections 123.081 and 153.011 of the Revised Code, and shall be subject to Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code.

(2) For a cultural project that is a state historical facility, construction services may be provided by the Ohio cultural facilities commission or by a cultural organization that occupies, will occupy, or is responsible for the facility, as determined by the Ohio cultural facilities commission. For a facility receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to approve the provision of construction services by such an organization, but not the authority to disapprove that provision. The construction services to be provided by the cultural organization shall be specified in an agreement between the Ohio cultural facilities commission and the cultural organization. That agreement, and any actions taken under it, are not subject to Chapter 123., 153., or 4115. of the Revised Code.

(B) For an Ohio sports facility that is financed in part by obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, construction services shall be provided on behalf of the state by or at the direction of the governmental agency or nonprofit corporation that will own or be responsible for the management of the facility, all as determined by the Ohio cultural facilities commission. For a facility receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to approve the provision of construction services by or at the direction of the agency or corporation, but not the authority to disapprove that provision. Any construction services to be provided by a governmental agency or nonprofit corporation shall be specified in an agreement between the Ohio cultural facilities commission and the governmental agency or nonprofit corporation. That agreement, and any actions taken under it, are not subject to Chapter 123. or 153. of the Revised Code, except for sections 123.081 and 153.011 of the Revised Code, and shall be subject to Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code.

(C) General building services for an Ohio cultural facility shall be provided by the Ohio cultural facilities commission or by a cultural organization that occupies, will occupy, or is responsible for the facility, as determined by the Ohio cultural facilities commission. For a facility receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to approve the provision of general building services by such an organization, but not the authority to disapprove that provision. Alternatively, the Ohio building authority may elect to provide those services for Ohio cultural facilities financed with proceeds of state bonds issued by the authority. The costs of management and general building services shall be paid by the cultural organization that occupies, will occupy, or is responsible for the facility as provided in an agreement between the Ohio cultural facilities commission and the cultural organization, except that the state may pay for general building services for state-owned cultural facilities constructed on state-owned land.

General building services for an Ohio sports facility shall be provided by or at the direction of the governmental agency or nonprofit corporation that will be responsible for the management of the facility, all as determined by the Ohio cultural facilities commission. For a facility receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to approve the provision of general building services by or at the direction of the agency or corporation, but not the authority to disapprove that provision. Any general building services to be provided by a governmental agency or nonprofit corporation for an Ohio sports facility shall be specified in an agreement between the Ohio cultural facilities commission and the governmental agency or nonprofit corporation. That agreement, and any actions taken under it, are not subject to Chapter 123. or 153. of the Revised Code, except for sections 123.081 and 153.011 of the Revised Code, and shall be subject to Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code.

(D) This division does not apply to a state historical facility. No state funds, including any state bond proceeds, shall be spent on the construction of any cultural project under this chapter unless, with respect to the cultural project and to the Ohio cultural facility related to the project, all of the following apply:

(1) The Ohio cultural facilities commission has determined that there is a need for the cultural project and the Ohio cultural facility related to the project in the region of the state in which the Ohio cultural facility is located or for which the facility is proposed. For a project receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to determine need but only in the affirmative.

(2) The Ohio cultural facilities commission has determined that, as an indication of substantial regional support for the cultural project, the cultural organization has made provision satisfactory to the Ohio cultural facilities commission, in its sole discretion, for local contributions amounting to not less than fifty per cent of the total state funding for the cultural project. For a project receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to determine the adequacy of the regional support but only in the affirmative.

(3) The general assembly has specifically authorized the spending of money on, or made an appropriation for, the construction of the cultural project, or for rental payments relating to the financing of the construction of the cultural project. Authorization to spend money, or an appropriation, for planning the cultural project does not constitute authorization to spend money on, or an appropriation for, construction of the cultural project.

(E) No state funds, including any state bond proceeds, shall be spent on the construction of any state historical facility under this chapter unless the general assembly has specifically authorized the spending of money on, or made an appropriation for, the construction of the state historical project related to the facility, or for rental payments relating to the financing of the construction of the state historical project. Authorization to spend money, or an appropriation, for planning the state historical project does not constitute authorization to spend money on, or an appropriation for, the construction of the state historical project.

(F) State funds shall not be used to pay or reimburse more than fifteen per cent of the initial estimated construction cost of an Ohio sports facility, excluding any site acquisition cost, and no state funds, including any state bond proceeds, shall be spent on any Ohio sports facility under this chapter unless, with respect to that facility, all of the following apply:

(1) The Ohio cultural facilities commission has determined that there is a need for the facility in the region of the state for which the facility is proposed to provide the function of an Ohio sports facility as provided for in this chapter. For a facility receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to determine need but only in the affirmative.

(2) As an indication of substantial local support for the facility, the Ohio cultural facilities commission has received a financial and development plan satisfactory to it, and provision has been made, by agreement or otherwise, satisfactory to the Ohio cultural facilities commission, for a contribution amounting to not less than eighty-five per cent of the total estimated construction cost of the facility, excluding any site acquisition cost, from sources other than the state. For a facility receiving a state appropriation of fifty thousand dollars or less, the Ohio cultural facilities commission may delegate to its executive director the authority to evaluate the financial and development plan and the contribution and to determine their adequacy but only in the affirmative.

(3) The general assembly has specifically authorized the spending of money on, or made an appropriation for, the construction of the facility, or for rental payments relating to state financing of all or a portion of the costs of constructing the facility. Authorization to spend money, or an appropriation, for planning or determining the feasibility of or need for the facility does not constitute authorization to spend money on, or an appropriation for, costs of constructing the facility.

(4) If state bond proceeds are being used for the Ohio sports facility, the state or a governmental agency owns or has sufficient property interests in the facility or in the site of the facility or in the portion or portions of the facility financed from proceeds of state bonds, which may include, but is not limited to, the right to use or to require the use of the facility for the presentation of sport and athletic events to the public at the facility.

(G) In addition to the requirements of division (F) of this section, no state funds, including any state bond proceeds, shall be spent on any Ohio sports facility that is a motorsports complex, unless, with respect to that facility, both of the following apply:

(1) Motorsports events shall be presented at the facility pursuant to a lease entered into with the owner of the facility. The term of the lease shall be for a period of not less than the greater of the useful life of the portion of the facility financed from proceeds of state bonds as determined using the guidelines for maximum maturities as provided under divisions (B) and (C) of section 133.20 of the Revised Code, or the period of time remaining to the date of payment or provision for payment of outstanding state bonds allocable to costs of the facility, all as determined by the director of budget and management and certified by the director to the Ohio cultural facilities commission and to the treasurer of state.

(2) Any motorsports organization that commits to using the facility for an established period of time shall give the political subdivision in which the facility is located not less than six months' advance notice if the organization intends to cease utilizing the facility prior to the expiration of that established period. Such a motorsports organization shall be liable to the state for any state funds used on the construction costs of the facility.

(H) In addition to the requirements of division (F) of this section, no state bond proceeds shall be spent on any Ohio sports facility that is a tennis facility, unless the owner or manager of the facility provides contractual commitments from a national or international professional tennis organization in a form acceptable to the cultural facilities commission that assures that one or more sanctioned professional tennis events will be presented at the facility during each year that the bonds remain outstanding.

(I)(1) As used in this division, "owner" and "sports team" have the same meanings as in section 9.75 of the Revised Code.

(2) No sports team for whom an Ohio sports facility is or was constructed in whole or in part using state funds and that plays games in that Ohio sports facility on a regular basis shall agree, either directly or pursuant to a league or conference contract, to a provision in a contract that prohibits the local television or radio broadcast of a game the sports team plays in the Ohio sports facility based upon the number of tickets sold for the game.

(3) If the state agency that provides the state funds described in division (I)(2) of this section believes that a sports team has violated that division, the state agency may bring an action against the owner in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the court determines that the sports team has violated that division, the owner shall pay to the state agency an amount equal to the amount of state funds expended for the construction of the Ohio sports facility. If the Ohio sports facility was constructed on behalf of more than one sports team, the owner or institution shall pay an amount proportionate to the amount the sports team uses the Ohio sports facility in comparison to any other sports team that uses the sports facility on a regular basis.

Section 2. That existing sections 154.23, 307.673, 351.14, 351.26, and 3383.07 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.

Section 3. This act shall apply only to television or radio broadcast contracts that are entered into on or after the effective date of this act.