Ohio Revised Code Title III. Counties § 351.03

(A) Except as provided in division (C) of section 5739.09 or in section 5739.026 of the Revised Code, no county creating a convention facilities authority may appropriate and expend public funds to finance or subsidize the operation of the authority.

(B) Subject to making due provisions for payment and performance of its obligations, a convention facilities authority may be dissolved by the county creating it.  In such event the properties of the authority shall be transferred to the county creating it, and the county may thereupon appropriate and expend public funds to finance or subsidize the operation of such facilities.