Ohio Rev. Code § 3349.27
The board of directors of a municipal university, college, or other educational institution, each such institution being referred to as "municipal university" in sections 3349.27 to 3349.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the board of trustees of a state university of this state may enter into agreements providing for the transfer or grant of the use to the state university of all or any part of the estate, property, and funds under the control of the board of directors or otherwise held for the use or benefit or in connection with the conduct of the municipal university, whether held in trust or otherwise, for or in connection with the establishment or conduct by such board of trustees of the state university of an institution of higher education in or in close proximity to the municipal corporation with which such municipal university is identified in order to provide to such municipal corporation and the residents thereof those benefits determined, provided for, or contemplated in such agreement; and said boards may do all things necessary or appropriate to carry out such agreements. The Ohio board of regents may act on behalf of such state university in the making of such agreement in the event that the board of trustees of such state university has not yet been duly constituted, and such agreement shall be binding on such board of trustees when duly constituted.
R.C. § 3349.27