1523.02 Chief may issue bonds to finance construction.
1523.02 Chief may issue bonds to finance construction.
If the governor approves the plans, specifications, and estimates authorized by section 1523.01 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of soil and water resources shall thereupon proceed, as provided in sections 1523.02 to 1523.13 of the Revised Code, to construct the improvements or to make alterations in or to enlarge those already existing, in such manner and form as is shown by such plans and specifications. In order to provide the funds for such construction, alteration, or enlargement, the chief shall issue and sell bonds of the state, not in excess of the estimated cost of such improvements. The bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars payable as a whole or in series on or before fifty years from the date thereof, with interest not to exceed the rate provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, payable either annually or semiannually.
The bonds shall show on their face the purpose for which issued and shall create no liability upon or be considered an indebtedness of the state, but both the principal and interest shall be paid solely out of the proceeds arising from the improvements constructed, altered, or enlarged by the chief, or from the proceeds of the sale or foreclosure of the lien securing the bonds on such improvement or such part thereof as is constructed from the money realized from the sale of the bonds.
The form of the bonds shall be approved by the attorney general, and they shall be signed by the governor and attested by the director of natural resources and the chief. The bonds may be issued as coupon bonds, payable to bearer only, or upon demand of the owner or holder thereof as registered bonds.
Such bonds shall be sold by the chief to the highest bidder therefor, but for not less than the par value thereof, with accrued interest thereon, after thirty days’ notice in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the county where such improvements are to be constructed, altered, or enlarged, setting forth the nature, amount, rate of interest, and length of time the bonds have to run, with the time and place of sale.
The treasurer of state shall be the treasurer of the fund realized from the sale of such bonds, and the auditor of state shall be the auditor of such fund. The proceeds of such sale shall be turned over to the treasurer of state and shall be deposited by the treasurer of state in a solvent bank, located either in Columbus or in the county in which such improvements are located. Such proceeds shall be kept by such bank in a fund to be known as the water conservation improvement fund. Such fund shall be used to acquire the necessary real estate and to construct such new improvements and for no other purpose, except that the treasurer of state may pay the interest on the bonds during the period of condemnation and the construction, alteration, or enlargement of such improvements out of the proceeds arising from the sale of the bonds for a term not exceeding three years from the date on which the bonds are issued. The bank shall give bond to the state in such amount as the treasurer of state considers advisable, and with surety to the satisfaction of the treasurer of state, for the benefit of the holders of the bonds, and for the benefit of any contractors performing labor or furnishing material for such improvements, as provided by law, conditioned that it will safely keep the money and will make no payments or disbursements therefrom except as provided in sections 1523.01 to 1523.13 of the Revised Code.
The treasurer of state shall hold such fund as trustee for the holders of the bonds and for all persons performing labor or furnishing material for the construction, alteration, or enlargement of any improvement made under such sections. Such funds shall not be turned into the state treasury, but shall be deposited and disbursed by the treasurer of state as provided in such sections. The interest coupons attached to such bonds shall bear the signature of the treasurer of state, executed by the treasurer of state or printed or lithographed thereon.
Both the interest and principal of such bonds shall be made payable at the office of the treasurer of state in Columbus, and shall be paid by the treasurer of state, without warrant or authority of the director of budget and management, to the owner or holder of such bonds upon presentation by the owner or holder of matured interest coupons or bonds.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
Effective Date: 07-01-1985; 12-01-2006