Effective: September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) In any counties in which there is a duly organized independent agricultural society, the respective boards of county commissioners may purchase or lease jointly, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under the management and control of the society, and may erect suitable buildings and otherwise improve the property, and pay the rental thereof, or contribute to or pay any other form of indebtedness of the society, if the director of agriculture has certified to the board that the independent agricultural society is complying with all laws and rules governing the operation of county agricultural societies. The boards may appropriate from their respective general funds such an amount as they consider necessary for any of those purposes.
(B) An independent agricultural society may purchase or lease, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under its management and control and may erect suitable buildings on the real estate and otherwise improve it.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships
Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Corporations; Amusement Rides
Section 1711.01 | County Agricultural Societies.
Section 1711.02 | Independent Agricultural Societies.
Section 1711.03 | Reimbursement to Agricultural Societies for Junior Club Work.
Section 1711.05 | Annual Financial Report and Report of Proceedings.
Section 1711.06 | Director's Annual Meeting With County Societies.
Section 1711.07 | Board of Directors of County or Independent Agricultural Society.
Section 1711.071 | Agricultural Society Treasurer's Duties.
Section 1711.08 | Election of Officers.
Section 1711.081 | Eligibility for Public Office.
Section 1711.09 | Forbidden Activities.
Section 1711.091 | Sale of Seasonal Tickets, Fundraisers.
Section 1711.10 | Aid of State Withheld.
Section 1711.11 | License Required to Operate Certain Concessions - Inspectors.
Section 1711.12 | Certain Activities Forbidden.
Section 1711.13 | Nature and Powers of County Society.
Section 1711.131 | Policies for Use of Credit Card Accounts.
Section 1711.14 | Appropriation of Land for Agricultural Fair Purposes - Procedure.
Section 1711.15 | County Aid to County Agricultural Society.
Section 1711.16 | Expenditure of County Aid by County Society.
Section 1711.17 | County Joint Ownership.
Section 1711.18 | Issuance of County Bonds to Pay Debts of County Society.
Section 1711.20 | Levy for Payment of Bonds.
Section 1711.21 | Use of Money Raised by County Taxation.
Section 1711.22 | County Aid to County and Independent Agricultural Societies.
Section 1711.23 | Title to Fairgrounds Vests in County on Dissolution of Society.
Section 1711.24 | Insurance on County Society's Buildings.
Section 1711.25 | Sale, Lease, Purchase, and Exchange of Sites by County Society.
Section 1711.26 | Authority to Sell or Exchange Site.
Section 1711.27 | Contracts for Purchase or Lease of New Site by County Society.
Section 1711.28 | Payment for New Site With County Funds or Bonds.
Section 1711.29 | Levy for Payment of Bonds.
Section 1711.30 | Election on Question of Issuing Bonds.
Section 1711.32 | Execution of Conveyance of Fairgrounds.
Section 1711.33 | Encumbering of Fairgrounds Partly Owned by County.
Section 1711.34 | Purchase of Additional Fairgrounds.