Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a county agricultural society desires to sell its site in order to purchase another, or if for any reason such site is unfit or insufficient for the purposes for which it is used, and if at a regular meeting of such society's board of directors, by a vote, upon a call of the yeas and nays, of at least a majority of all the members of such board, it adopts a resolution for the purpose of securing the benefits of this section, and in such resolution declares that it desires to sell such site in order to buy another, or that the site has become unfit or insufficient, and that it is for the best interests of the society and the county that such site be sold or leased and a new one bought or leased, then the society may sell or lease such old site and buy or lease a new one for holding county fairs; but in cases where the county paid all or any portion of the purchase money for the site to be sold or leased, the written consent of the board of county commissioners shall first be given to such sale or lease. Within thirty days after the adoption of such resolution, such board of directors shall give notice in writing to the board of county commissioners of such county of the adoption of such resolution declaring the necessity of selling or leasing such site and of buying or leasing a new site, which notice shall contain or have annexed to it a certified copy of the resolution, signed by the president and the secretary of such board of directors.
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.