Ohio § 1551.33

§ 1551.33.

(A) The director of development shall appoint and fix the compensation of the director

of the Ohio coal development office.  The director shall serve at the pleasure of the director of development. (B) The director of the office shall do all of the following: (1) Biennially prepare and maintain the Ohio coal development agenda required under section 1551.34 of the Revised Code ; (2) Propose and support policies for the office consistent with the Ohio coal development

agenda and develop means to implement the agenda; (3) Initiate, undertake, and support projects to carry out the office's purposes and

ensure that the projects are consistent with and meet the selection criteria established

by the Ohio coal development agenda; (4) Actively encourage joint participation in and, when feasible, joint funding of the

office's projects with governmental agencies, electric utilities, universities and

colleges, other public or private interests, or any other person; (5) Establish a table of organization for and employ such employees and agents as are

necessary for the administration and operation of the office.  Any such employees shall be in the unclassified service and shall serve at the pleasure

of the director of development. (6) Convene the technical advisory committee established under section 1551.35 of the Revised Code ; (7) Review, with the assistance of the technical advisory committee, proposed coal research

and development projects as defined in section 1555.01 of the Revised Code , and coal development projects, submitted to the office by public utilities for the

purpose of section 4905.304 of the Revised Code .  If the director and the advisory committee determine that any such facility or project

has as its purpose the enhanced use of Ohio coal in an environmentally acceptable,

cost effective manner, promotes energy conservation, is cost effective, and is environmentally

sound, the director shall submit to the public utilities commission a report recommending

that the commission allow the recovery of costs associated with the facility or project

under section 4905.304 of the Revised Code and including the reasons for the recommendation. (8) Establish such policies, procedures, and guidelines as are necessary to achieve the

office's purposes. (C) With the approval of the director of development, the director of the office may

exercise any of the powers and duties that the director of development considers appropriate

or desirable to achieve the office's purposes, including, but not limited to, the

powers and duties enumerated in sections 1551.11 , 1551.12 , and 1551.15 of the Revised Code . Additionally, the director of the office may make loans to governmental agencies or

persons for projects to carry out the office's purposes.  Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and

other terms, conditions, and provisions of the loans shall be such as the director

of the office determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purposes for

which the loans are made.  The mortgage lien securing any moneys lent by the director of the office may be

subordinate to the mortgage lien securing any moneys lent or invested by a financial

institution, but shall be superior to that securing any moneys lent or expended by

any other person.  The moneys used in making the loans shall be disbursed upon order of the director

of the office.