Ohio Code 3353.05 – Payments to noncommercial educational broadcasting stations or radio reading service
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Any taxing authority as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code located in a county may pay to any noncommercial educational television or radio broadcasting station or radio reading service located in the county or serving any part of the county an amount not to exceed five cents annually on each one thousand dollars of the total value of all property within the county as listed and assessed for taxation at the close of the fiscal year immediately preceding the year in which the payment is made.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3353.05
- Broadcasting station: means a properly licensed noncommercial educational television or radio station, appropriately staffed and equipped to produce programs or lessons and to broadcast programs. See Ohio Code 3353.01
- Educational television or radio: means television or radio programs which serve the educational needs of the community and which meet the requirements of the federal communications commission for noncommercial educational television or radio. See Ohio Code 3353.01
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Radio reading service: means a nonprofit organization that disseminates news and other information to persons who are blind and persons with other print disabilities. See Ohio Code 3353.01