Ohio Code 154.10 – Protecting and enforcing rights of holders of obligations
Any holder of obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 154 of the Revised Code or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by such bond proceedings. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the commission and issuing authority required by Chapter 154 of the Revised Code or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any bond service charges on any obligations or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the commission or authority in the bond proceedings, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the revenues, receipts, and special funds, other than those in the custody of the treasurer of state, which are pledged to the payment of the bond service charges on such obligations or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of bond service charges on, such obligations, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional revenues or receipts or other income or moneys of the commission or authority or the state or state agencies to the payment of such principal and interest and excluding the power to take possession of, mortgage, or cause the sale or otherwise dispose of any capital facilities.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 154.10
- Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Bond proceedings: means the order or orders, resolution or resolutions, trust agreement, indenture, lease, and other agreements, amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any combination thereof, authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to, or providing for the security of, obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 154 of the Revised Code, and the provisions contained in such obligations. See Ohio Code 154.01
- Bond service charges: means principal, including mandatory sinking fund requirements for retirement of obligations, and interest, and redemption premium, if any, required to be paid by the state on obligations. See Ohio Code 154.01
- Capital facilities: means buildings, structures, and other improvements, and equipment, real estate, and interests in real estate therefor, within the state, and any one, part of, or combination of the foregoing, to serve the general purposes for which the issuing authority is authorized to issue obligations pursuant to Chapter 154 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, drives, roadways, parking facilities, walks, lighting, machinery, furnishings, utilities, landscaping, wharves, docks, piers, reservoirs, dams, tunnels, bridges, retaining walls, riprap, culverts, ditches, channels, watercourses, retention basins, standpipes and water storage facilities, waste treatment and disposal facilities, heating, air conditioning and communications facilities, inns, lodges, cabins, camping sites, golf courses, boat and bathing facilities, athletic and recreational facilities, and site improvements. See Ohio Code 154.01
- Commission: means the Ohio public facilities commission created in section 151. See Ohio Code 154.01
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- funds: means , except where the context does not permit, the bond service funds, the improvements funds, and any other funds for similar or different purposes created under bond proceedings, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited thereto. See Ohio Code 154.01
- Governmental agency: means state agencies, state supported and assisted institutions of higher education, municipal corporations, counties, townships, school districts, and any other political subdivision or special district in this state established pursuant to law, and, except where otherwise indicated, also means the United States or any department, division, or agency thereof, and any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement. See Ohio Code 154.01
- Issuing authority: means the treasurer of state or the officer or employee who by law performs the functions of that office. See Ohio Code 154.01
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Obligations: means bonds, notes, or other evidences of obligation, including interest coupons pertaining thereto, issued pursuant to Chapter 154 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 154.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- State agencies: means the state of Ohio and officers, boards, commissions, departments, divisions, or other units or agencies of the state. See Ohio Code 154.01
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Each duty of the commission and issuing authority and their members, officers, and employees, and of each governmental agency and its officers, members, or employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings or any agreement or lease made under authority of Chapter 154 of the Revised Code, and in every agreement by or with the commission or authority, is hereby established as a duty of the commission or authority, and of each such member, officer, or employee having authority to perform such duty, specifically enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code.
The persons who are at the time the issuing authority or that authority’s employees, and the members or officers of the commission are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations, or any related lease, contract, or other agreement of or with the commission or authority.