Section 6123.03. Public policy

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state through the operations of the Ohio water development authority under this chapter to contribute toward one or more of the following: to provide for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees and other inhabitants of the state and for the conservation of the land, air and water resources of the state through efficient and proper methods of disposal, salvage and reuse of or recovery of resources from solid wastes thereby eliminating or decreasing accident and health hazards including rodent and insect vectors of disease, public nuisance and the adverse effect on land values caused thereby and the scenic blight marring the landscape, to assist in the financing of solid waste facilities for industry, commerce, distribution and research, including public utility companies, to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or improve the economic welfare of the people of the state, or to assist and cooperate with governmental agencies in achieving such purposes. In furtherance of such public policy, the Ohio water development authority may initiate, acquire, construct, maintain, repair and operate solid waste facilities or cause the same to be operated pursuant to a lease, sub-lease, or agreement with any person or governmental agency; may make loans and grants to governmental agencies for the acquisition or construction of solid waste facilities by such governmental agencies; may make loans to persons for the acquisition or construction of solid waste facilities by such persons; and may issue development revenue bonds of this state payable solely from revenues, to pay the cost of such projects. Any solid waste facilities shall be determined by the authority to be in compliance with Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code and with the regulations adopted by the director of environmental protection under section 3734.02 of the Revised Code. Any resolution of the authority providing for acquiring or constructing such facilities or for making a loan or grant for such facilities shall include a finding by the authority that such determination has been made. Determinations by resolution of the authority that a facility is a solid waste facility under this chapter and is consistent with the purposes of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and this chapter shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the development revenue bonds issued to finance such facility and of the resolutions, trust agreements or indentures, leases, sub-leases, sale agreements, loan agreements and other agreements made in connection therewith, all in accordance with their terms.

Effective Date: 09-28-1979