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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(A) A new nonprofit corporation shall be organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of operating a veterans memorial and museum to be located within the city of Columbus at the site described in division (B) of this section.
(B) The site of the veterans memorial and museum, shall be constructed on the following parcel of real property owned in fee simple by the board of county commissioners of Franklin county:
That property located at 300 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, generally lying north of Broad Street, south of the right-of-way line of Norfolk and Southern Railway, west of the Scioto River and its floodwall, and east of the east line of Belle Street if the same extended north of Broad Street to the railroad right-of-way.
(C) The bylaws of the new nonprofit corporation shall provide for the board of directors to consist of a minimum of fifteen members. The appointments to the board of directors shall be made in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the nonprofit corporation. All appointments to the board of directors shall satisfy any qualifications set forth in the nonprofit corporation's bylaws. The appointments to the board of directors shall be made as follows:
(1) The board of county commissioners of Franklin county shall appoint five members.
(2) The articles of incorporation shall provide for the remaining appointments.
(D) The bylaws of the new nonprofit corporation shall provide for a national veterans advisory committee to consist of veterans and family members of veterans. Appointments to the national veterans advisory committee shall be made in accordance with the bylaws of the nonprofit corporation.
(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, meetings of the board of directors of the new nonprofit corporation are not subject to section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and records of the board and of the corporation are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(F) The board of county commissioners of Franklin county may lease the site described in division (B) of this section together with any adjacent property, without engaging in competitive bidding, to an Ohio nonprofit corporation for the construction, development, and operation of the veterans memorial and museum. A board of county commissioners may appropriate funds to either the nonprofit corporation established as provided in this section or the nonprofit corporation with which the county has leased the property for permanent improvements and operating expenses of the veterans memorial and museum.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Ohio Revised Code Title III. Counties § 307.6910 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/oh/title-iii-counties/oh-rev-code-sect-307-6910/
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