Ohio Rev. Code § 340.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 340 / § 340.16
§ 340.16. Rules for children referred by public children services agency to board
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health and the department of medicaid shall adopt rules that establish requirements and procedures for prior notification and service coordination between public children services agencies and boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services when a public children services agency refers a child in its custody to a board for services funded by the board. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.41
§ 321.41. Examination of county treasury on application of taxpayers - fees and costs
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly On the written application of at least twenty taxpayers of a county, the court of common pleas shall appoint a committee of three persons to examine the books and papers belonging to the offices of the county auditor or county treasurer, and make report of their proceedings and the result of their examination. Before such committee is appointed, one or more of such taxpayers shall enter into bond to the state, in a sum and with sureties to the satisfaction of the court, conditioned that the obligors will pay all the costs and expenses of such examination if the court does not, on such report, certify that there was reasonable ground for the application. Before entering upon his duties, each member of such committee shall take an oath to perform his duties faithfully, and in the discharge thereof shall have all the powers given in section 321.40 of the Revised Code to examiners of the county treasury. Each member of such committee shall be entitled to receive three dollars for each day occupied in the discharge of his duties, which, with all other costs and expenses of such examination, upon approval by the court, shall be paid from the county treasury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 302.082 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 302 / § 302.082
§ 302.082. Electing of county commissioners by districts in alternative form
Status: in_force

December 13, 1967 Senate Bill 346 - 107th General Assembly (A) Under all alternative forms of county government whereby any members of the board of county commissioners are elected by districts there shall be a board of county commissioners who shall have the qualifications and shall be nominated and elected as provided by general law, except as otherwise provided for in this section. (B) The board shall consist of such odd number of members, not less than three nor more than twenty-one members, as is provided in the proposition for the alternative form that has been adopted. If the proposition provides for seven or more members, no more than half shall be elected at large. Any or all districts for county commissioners may be multi-member districts, but the division of the county into districts for county commissioners shall conform to the constitutional standards for division of the state into districts for election of members of the general assembly. If the proposition for the alternative form adopted provides that any county commissioners shall be elected by districts, the board of county commissioners shall, every ten years, commencing in 1971 and every ten years thereafter, divide the county into county commissioner districts, using the most recent decennial federal census. (C) The term of office of county commissioners shall be four years, except as provided in division (C) of this section. If the proposition for the alternative form adopted changes the number of county commissioners, or changes the number of commissioners who are elected by districts, the total number of commissioners shall be elected at the first regular state election following the adoption of the alternative form. The board of elections shall assign a number to each county commissioner position established by the provisions of the alternative form. Candidates shall file for and be elected to a specifically numbered position. The odd-numbered positions shall be filled for a term of four years, and the even-numbered positions shall be filled for a term of two years at the first election and for four years thereafter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 308.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 308 / § 308.17
§ 308.17. County appropriation for expenses
Status: in_force

October 2, 1961 House Bill 307 - 104th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of any county included within a regional airport authority may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the regional airport authority to be paid by such county as provided in the resolution creating the regional airport authority adopted under section 308.03 of the Revised Code, or by any amendment thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.57
§ 307.57. May execute bonds of indemnity
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the county owns any securities of the United States, or any other securities, and they have been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the board of county commissioners, if necessary for the procuring of duplicates or for the recovery of the amount of such certificates, may execute and deliver on behalf of the county bonds of indemnity to the United States, or other person, corporation, or municipal corporation bound to pay such securities, against all loss or liability for or on account of the securities so lost, destroyed, or stolen.
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.172 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.172
§ 311.172. Fees for sexual offender registration
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The sheriff shall charge a one-time fee of one hundred dollars when a person who, on or after the effective date of this section, is convicted of an offense for which registration is required under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code registers for the first time. The fee shall be in addition to any fee that may be charged under section 311.171 of the Revised Code. (B) The sheriff shall not refuse to register a person who does not pay the fee required by this section. At the end of each calendar year, the sheriff shall report to the attorney general all fees that have been due and unpaid for more than one year and that the sheriff has not previously reported. The attorney general may recover those fees in a civil action. (C) The sheriff shall transmit on or before the twentieth day of the following month all money collected during a month under this section to the county treasurer. Within sixty days after receipt, the county treasurer shall transmit the money to the treasurer of state to be credited to the rape crisis program trust fund created by section 109.921 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.847 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.847
§ 307.847. Coordination of information by county automatic data processing board
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) In lieu of having a county records commission and a county microfilming board, a board of county commissioners may, by resolution, require the county automatic data processing board established under section 307.84 of the Revised Code to coordinate the management of information resources of the county, the records and information management operations of all county offices, and the various records and information technologies acquired and operated by county offices. The resolution requiring the board to assume these duties shall specify the date on which the county records commission and the county microfilming board no longer exist. If the duties of the county automatic data processing board are expanded under this section, the prosecuting attorney, county engineer, county coroner, sheriff, and a judge of the court of common pleas selected by a majority vote of all judges of the court shall be added to the membership of the board. Any of these additional members may designate a representative to serve on that member's behalf. After a resolution is adopted under this section, no county office shall purchase, lease, operate, or contract for the use of any automatic data processing equipment, software, or services; microfilming equipment or services; records center or archives facilities; or any other image processing or electronic data processing or record-keeping equipment, software, or services without prior approval of the board. The board may adopt such rules as it considers necessary for its operation, but no rule shall derogate the authority or responsibility of any county elected official. The board's rules may include any regulations or standards the board wishes to impose. For purposes of this section, "county office" means any officer, department, board, commission, agency, court, or other office of the county and the court of common pleas, except that in the case of microfilming equipment, "county office" does not include the county hospital when the county hospital uses microfilming to record and store for future access physical and psychiatric examinations or treatment records of its patients. The county hospital shall participate, at the request of the county automatic data processing board, in purchasing film and equipment and in entering into contracts for services for microfilming. (B) In the resolution expanding the duties of the county automatic data processing board adopted under this section, the board of county commissioners shall designate the date on which all equipment, records, files, effects, and other personal property; contractual obligations; and assets and liabilities of the county records commission and the county microfilming board shall be transferred to the county automatic data processing board. For purposes of succession of the functions, powers, duties, and obligations of the county records commission and the county microfilming board transferred and assigned to, devolved upon, and assumed by the county automatic data processing board under this section, the county automatic data processing board shall be deemed to constitute the continuation of the county records commission and the county microfilming board, as applicable. Any business, proceeding, or other matter undertaken or commenced by the county records commission or the county microfilming board pertaining to or connected with the functions, powers, duties, and obligations transferred or assigned and pending on the date of the transfer of duties to the county automatic data processing board shall be conducted, prosecuted or defended, and completed by the county automatic data processing board in the same manner and with the same effect as if conducted by the county records commission or the county microfilming board. In all such actions and proceedings, the county automatic data processing board shall be substituted as a party. All rules, acts, determinations, approvals, and decisions of the county records commission or the county microfilming board pertaining to the functions transferred and assigned under this section to the county automatic data processing board in force at the time of the transfer, assignment, assumption, or devolution shall continue in force as rules, acts, determinations, approvals, and decisions of the county automatic data processing board until duly modified or repealed by the board. Wherever the functions, powers, duties, and obligations of the county records commission or the county microfilming board are referred to or designated in any law, contract, or other document pertaining to those functions, powers, duties, and obligations, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the county automatic data processing board, as appropriate. No existing right or remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired, or affected by reason of the transfer of duties to the county automatic data processing board, except insofar as those rights and remedies are administered by the county automatic data processing board. (C) Except for provisions regarding the microfilming, the county automatic data processing board shall have the powers, duties, and functions of the county records commission as provided in section 149.38 of the Revised Code and the county microfilming board as provided in section 307.802 of the Revised Code. (D) The county automatic data processing board may establish an automatic data processing center, microfilming center, records center, archives, and any other centralized or decentralized facilities it considers necessary to fulfill its duties. Any such centralized facilities shall be used by all county offices. The establishment of either centralized or decentralized facilities shall be contingent on the appropriation of funds by the board of county commissioners. The county auditor shall be the chief administrator of either centralized or decentralized facilities, as provided under section 307.844 of the Revised Code. The county auditor shall prepare an annual estimate of the revenues and expenditures of the county automatic data processing board for the ensuing fiscal year and submit it to the board of county commissioners as provided in section 5705.28 of the Revised Code. The estimate shall be sufficient to take care of all the needs of the county automatic data processing board, including, but not limited to, salaries, rental, and purchase of equipment. The board's funds shall be disbursed by the county auditor's warrant drawn on the county treasury five days after receipt of a voucher approved by a majority of that board and by a majority of the board of county commissioners. On the first Monday in April of each year the county auditor shall file with the county automatic data processing board and the board of county commissioners a report of the operations of each center and a statement of each center's receipts and expenditures during the preceding calendar year. (E) With the approval of the board of county commissioners, the county automatic data processing board may enter into a contract with the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, township, port authority, water or sewer district, school district, library district, county law library association, health district, park district, soil and water conservation district, conservancy district, other taxing district, or regional council established under Chapter 167. of the Revised Code, or with the board of county commissioners or the automatic data processing board or microfilming board of any other county, or with any other federal or state governmental agency, and such authorities may enter into contracts with the county automatic data processing board to provide microfilming, automatic data processing, or other image processing or electronic data processing or record-keeping services to any of them. The board shall establish a schedule of charges upon which the cost of providing such services shall be based. All moneys collected by the board for services rendered pursuant to contracts entered into under this section shall be deposited in the county general fund, although these moneys may be segregated into a special fund in the county treasury until the end of the calendar year. County offices also may be charged for such services and the appropriations of those offices so charged and the appropriation of the county automatic data processing board so credited.
Ohio Rev. Code § 302.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 302 / § 302.17
§ 302.17. County executive responsibilities
Status: in_force

October 16, 1961 House Bill 855 - 104th General Assembly The county executive shall be responsible for the proper administration of the affairs of the county placed in his charge, and, by resolution of the board of county commissioners, may serve as the head of any county department created by the board pursuant to sections 302.01 to 302.24 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, provided he has the qualifications required by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.41
§ 319.41. Liability for loss of public funds
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 15 - 134th General Assembly A county auditor shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the county auditor has performed all official duties required of the county auditor with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the county auditor's negligence or other wrongful act. Last updated June 30, 2022 at 5:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 333.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 333 / § 333.02
§ 333.02. Agreement with proposed builder for tax revenue sharing
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Before June 1, 2015, a board of county commissioners of a county that levies a county sales and use tax may enter into an agreement with any person that proposes to construct an impact facility in the county to provide payments to that person of up to seventy-five per cent of the county sales and use tax collected on each retail sale made by that person at the facility, for a term of up to ten years, or until the person's qualifying investment in the impact facility has been realized through the payments, whichever occurs first.
Ohio Rev. Code § 325.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 325 / § 325.25
§ 325.25. Program to recognize outstanding employee performance
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, upon notifying the board of county commissioners, any appointing authority of a county office, department, commission, board, or body, or of a common pleas court, county court, or county-operated municipal court as defined in section 1901.03 of the Revised Code, may establish a program to recognize outstanding employee performance. The program may include, but is not limited to, cash awards, additional paid leave, or other additional benefits as the appointing authority considers appropriate. (B)(1) The costs of the program shall not exceed the total amount of compensation fixed by the board of county commissioners for the office, department, commission, board, or body or for the common pleas court, county court, or county-operated municipal court. (2) Unless authorized in writing by the board of county commissioners, the total amount of cash awards shall not exceed, per employee in any calendar year, ten per cent of the compensation the employee receives that calendar year. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.27
§ 321.27. Fees on estate tax duplicates and cigarette license moneys
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) On settlement annually with the county auditor, the county treasurer shall be allowed as fees on all moneys collected by the treasurer on estate tax duplicates two per cent of the amount collected and reported that year in excess of refunds distributed, for the use of the general fund of the county. (B) On settlement semiannually with the county auditor, the county treasurer shall be allowed as fees on all cigarette license moneys collected by the treasurer one-half per cent on the amount received, to be paid upon the warrant of the auditor and apportioned ratably and deducted from the shares of revenue payable to the county and subdivisions of the county under section 5743.15 of the Revised Code, for the use of the general fund of the county. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 10:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.47
§ 319.47. Duplicate of certificates and abstracts to tax commissioner
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly Within ten days after he has made each semiannual settlement with the county treasurer, the county auditor shall transmit to the tax commissioner a duplicate of each of the several certificates and abstracts required to be made in the settlements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.16
§ 307.16. Agreement to provide method of payment
Status: in_force

December 11, 1967 House Bill 487 - 107th General Assembly Every agreement entered into under sections 307.14 to 307.19 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall provide, either in specific terms or by prescribing a method for determining the amounts, for any payments to be made by the contracting subdivision into the county treasury, or by the county to the municipal corporation, in consideration of the performance of the agreement. In cases where it is deemed practicable, the agreement may provide that payment shall be made by the retention in the treasury of the amounts due from taxes collected for the contracting subdivision and the county auditor and county treasurer shall be governed by any such provision in settling the accounts for such taxes. Any agreement entered into by and between two or more boards of county commissioners shall specify the method of payment for the joint exercise of any power, the joint performing of any function, or the joint rendering of any service which method of payment shall be authorized and binding on the counties so long as the agreement is in effect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 301.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 301 / § 301.28
§ 301.28. Resolution authorizing acceptance of payments by financial transaction devices for county expenses
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial transaction device" includes a credit card, debit card, charge card, or prepaid or stored value card, or automated clearinghouse network credit, debit, or e-check entry that includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and internet-initiated, point of purchase, and telephone-initiated applications or any other device or method for making an electronic payment or transfer of funds. (2) "County expenses" includes fees, costs, taxes, assessments, fines, penalties, payments, or any other expense a person owes or otherwise pays to a county office under the authority of a county official, other than dog registration and kennel fees required to be paid under Chapter 955. of the Revised Code. "County expenses" includes payment to a county office of money confiscated during the commitment of an individual to a county jail, of bail, of money for a prisoner's inmate account, and of money for goods and services obtained by or for the use of an individual incarcerated by a county sheriff. "County expenses" includes online financial transaction device payments made through the official public sheriff sale web site pursuant to section 2329.153 of the Revised Code. (3) "County official" includes the county auditor, county treasurer, county engineer, county recorder, county prosecuting attorney, county sheriff, county coroner, county park district and board of county commissioners, the clerk of the probate court, the clerk of the juvenile court, the clerks of court for all divisions of the courts of common pleas, and the clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk of a county-operated municipal court, and the clerk of a county court. The term "county expenses" includes county expenses owed to the board of health of the general health district or a combined health district in the county. If the board of county commissioners authorizes county expenses to be paid by financial transaction devices under this section, then the board of health and the general health district and the combined health district may accept payments by financial transaction devices under this section as if the board were a "county official" and the district were a county office. However, in the case of a general health district formed by unification of general health districts under section 3709.10 of the Revised Code, this entitlement applies only if all the boards of county commissioners of all counties in the district have authorized payments to be accepted by financial transaction devices. The term "county expenses" also includes fees for services and the receipt of gifts to the county law library resources fund authorized by rules adopted by the county law library resources board under division (D) of section 307.51 of the Revised Code. If the board of county commissioners authorizes county expenses to be paid by financial transaction devices under this section, then the county law library resources board may accept payments by financial transaction devices under this section as if the board were a "county official." The term "county expenses" also includes fees, costs, assessments, fines, penalties, payments, or any other expense issued by a court of common pleas that a person owes or otherwise pays to a county department of probation established under section 2301.27 of the Revised Code. If the board of county commissioners authorizes county expenses to be paid by financial transaction devices under this section, then the county department of probation may accept payments by financial transaction devices under this section as if the chief probation officer or chief probation officer's designee was a "county official" and the department was a "county office." However, in the case of a multicounty department of probation, this entitlement applies only if all the boards of county commissioners of all counties in the multicounty department have authorized payments to be accepted by financial transaction devices. A clerk of the court of common pleas may continue accepting payments by financial transaction devices for a county department of probation as authorized under this section. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (D) of this section, a board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution authorizing the acceptance of payments by financial transaction devices for county expenses. The resolution shall include the following: (1) A specification of those county officials who, and of the county offices under those county officials that, are authorized to accept payments by financial transaction devices; (2) A list of county expenses that may be paid for through the use of a financial transaction device; (3) Specific identification of financial transaction devices that the board authorizes as acceptable means of payment for county expenses. Uniform acceptance of financial transaction devices among different types of county expenses is not required. (4) The amount, if any, authorized as a surcharge or convenience fee under division (E) of this section for persons using a financial transaction device. Uniform application of surcharges or convenience fees among different types of county expenses is not required. (5) A specific provision as provided in division (G) of this section requiring the payment of a penalty if a payment made by means of a financial transaction device is returned or dishonored for any reason. The board's resolution shall also designate the county treasurer as an administrative agent to solicit proposals, within guidelines established by the board in the resolution and in compliance with the procedures provided in division (C) of this section, from financial institutions, issuers of financial transaction devices, and processors of financial transaction devices, to make recommendations about those proposals to the board, and to assist county offices in implementing the county's financial transaction devices program. The county treasurer may decline this responsibility within thirty days after receiving a copy of the board's resolution by notifying the board in writing within that period. If the treasurer so notifies the board, the board shall perform the duties of the administrative agent. If the county treasurer is the administrative agent and fails to administer the county financial transaction devices program in accordance with the guidelines in the board's resolution, the board shall notify the treasurer in writing of the board's findings, explain the failures, and give the treasurer six months to correct the failures. If the treasurer fails to make the appropriate corrections within that six-month period, the board may pass a resolution declaring the board to be the administrative agent. The board may later rescind that resolution at its discretion. (C) The county shall follow the procedures provided in this division whenever it plans to contract with financial institutions, issuers of financial transaction devices, or processors of financial transaction devices for the purposes of this section. The administrative agent shall request proposals from at least three financial institutions, issuers of financial transaction devices, or processors of financial transaction devices, as appropriate in accordance with the resolution adopted under division (B) of this section. Prior to sending any financial institution, issuer, or processor a copy of any such request, the county shall advertise its intent to request proposals once a week for two consecutive weeks using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the county; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the county. The notice shall state that the county intends to request proposals; specify the purpose of the request; indicate the date, which shall be at least ten days after the second publication, on which the request for proposals will be mailed to financial institutions, issuers, or processors; and require that any financial institution, issuer, or processor, whichever is appropriate, interested in receiving the request for proposals submit written notice of this interest to the county not later than noon of the day on which the request for proposals will be mailed. Upon receiving the proposals, the administrative agent shall review them and make a recommendation to the board of county commissioners on which proposals to accept. The board of county commissioners shall consider the agent's recommendation and review all proposals submitted, and then may choose to contract with any or all of the entities submitting proposals, as appropriate. The board shall provide any financial institution, issuer, or processor that submitted a proposal, but with which the board does not enter into a contract, notice that its proposal is rejected. The notice shall state the reasons for the rejection, indicate whose proposals were accepted, and provide a copy of the terms and conditions of the successful bids. (D) A board of county commissioners adopting a resolution under this section shall send a copy of the resolution to each county official in the county who is authorized by the resolution to accept payments by financial transaction devices. After receiving the resolution and before accepting payments by financial transaction devices, a county official shall provide written notification to the board of county commissioners of the official's intent to implement the resolution within the official's office. Each county office subject to the board's resolution adopted under division (B) of this section may use only the financial institutions, issuers of financial transaction devices, and processors of financial transaction devices with which the board of county commissioners contracts, and each such office is subject to the terms of those contracts. If a county office under the authority of a county official is directly responsible for collecting one or more county expenses and the county official determines not to accept payments by financial transaction devices for one or more of those expenses, the office shall not be required to accept payments by financial transaction devices, notwithstanding the adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners under this section. Any office of a clerk of the court of common pleas that accepts financial transaction devices on or before July 1, 1999, and any other county office that accepted such devices before January 1, 1998, may continue to accept such devices without being subject to any resolution passed by the board of county commissioners under division (B) of this section, or any other oversight by the board of the office's financial transaction devices program. Any such office may use surcharges or convenience fees in any manner the county official in charge of the office determines to be appropriate, and, if the county treasurer consents, may appoint the county treasurer to be the office's administrative agent for purposes of accepting financial transaction devices. In order not to be subject to the resolution of the board of county commissioners adopted under division (B) of this section, a county office shall notify the board in writing within thirty days after March 30, 1999, that it accepted financial transaction devices prior to January 1, 1998, or, in the case of the office of a clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk has accepted or will accept such devices on or before July 1, 1999. Each such notification shall explain how processing costs associated with financial transaction devices are being paid and shall indicate whether surcharge or convenience fees are being passed on to consumers. (E) A board of county commissioners may establish a surcharge or convenience fee that may be imposed upon a person making payment by a financial transaction device. The surcharge or convenience fee shall not be imposed unless authorized or otherwise permitted by the rules prescribed by an agreement governing the use and acceptance of the financial transaction device. If a surcharge or convenience fee is imposed, every county office accepting payment by a financial transaction device, regardless of whether that office is subject to a resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners, shall clearly post a notice in that office and shall notify each person making a payment by such a device about the surcharge or fee. Notice to each person making a payment shall be provided regardless of the medium used to make the payment and in a manner appropriate to that medium. Each notice shall include all of the following: (1) A statement that there is a surcharge or convenience fee for using a financial transaction device; (2) The total amount of the charge or fee expressed in dollars and cents for each transaction, or the rate of the charge or fee expressed as a percentage of the total amount of the transaction, whichever is applicable; (3) A clear statement that the surcharge or convenience fee is nonrefundable. (F) If a person elects to make a payment to the county by a financial transaction device and a surcharge or convenience fee is imposed, the payment of the surcharge or fee shall be considered voluntary and the surcharge or fee is not refundable. (G) If a person makes payment by financial transaction device and the payment is returned or dishonored for any reason, the person is liable to the county for payment of a penalty over and above the amount of the expense due. The board of county commissioners shall determine the amount of the penalty, which may be either a fee not to exceed twenty dollars or payment of the amount necessary to reimburse the county for banking charges, legal fees, or other expenses incurred by the county in collecting the returned or dishonored payment. The remedies and procedures provided in this section are in addition to any other available civil or criminal remedies provided by law. (H) No person making any payment by financial transaction device to a county office shall be relieved from liability for the underlying obligation except to the extent that the county realizes final payment of the underlying obligation in cash or its equivalent. If final payment is not made by the financial transaction device issuer or other guarantor of payment in the transaction, the underlying obligation shall survive and the county shall retain all remedies for enforcement that would have applied if the transaction had not occurred. (I) A county official or employee who accepts a financial transaction device payment in accordance with this section and any applicable state or local policies or rules is immune from personal liability for the final collection of such payments. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.89
§ 339.89. Spiritual treatment in lieu of medical treatment for tuberculosis
Status: in_force

February 12, 2004 House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly Sections 339.71 to 339.88 of the Revised Code, and the rules for tuberculosis adopted under section 3701.146 of the Revised Code, do not require a person to undergo testing, medical treatment, or detention in a hospital or other place for treatment if the person, or, in the case of a child, the child's parents, rely exclusively on spiritual treatment through prayer, in lieu of medical treatment, in accordance with a recognized, religious method of healing. The person may be quarantined or otherwise safely isolated in the home or another place that is suitable to the health of the person and has been approved by the tuberculosis control unit as a place that provides appropriate protection to other persons and the community. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.121
§ 323.121. Penalty and interest for failure to pay real estate taxes and installments when due
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, if one-half of the current taxes charged against an entry of real estate together with the full amount of any delinquent taxes are not paid on or before the thirty-first day of December in that year or on or before the last day for payment as extended pursuant to section 323.17 of the Revised Code, a penalty of ten per cent shall be charged against the unpaid balance of such half of the current taxes on the duplicate. If the total amount of all the taxes is not paid on or before the twentieth day of June, next thereafter, or on or before the last day for payment as extended pursuant to section 323.17 of the Revised Code, a like penalty shall be charged on the balance of the total amount of such unpaid current taxes. (2) After a valid delinquent or omitted tax contract that includes unpaid current taxes from a first-half collection period described in section 323.12 of the Revised Code has been entered into under section 323.31 or 5713.20 of the Revised Code, no ten per cent penalty shall be charged against such taxes after the second-half collection period while the delinquent or omitted tax contract remains in effect. On the day a delinquent or omitted tax contract becomes void, the ten per cent penalty shall be charged against such taxes and shall equal the amount of penalty that would have been charged against unpaid current taxes outstanding on the date on which the second-half penalty would have been charged thereon under division (A)(1) of this section if the contract had not been in effect. (B)(1) On the first day of the month following the last day the second installment of taxes may be paid without penalty, interest shall be charged against and computed on all delinquent taxes other than the current taxes that became delinquent taxes at the close of the last day such second installment could be paid without penalty. The charge shall be for interest that accrued during the period that began on the preceding first day of December and ended on the last day of the month that included the last date such second installment could be paid without penalty. The interest shall be computed at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code and shall be entered as a separate item on the tax list and duplicate compiled under section 319.28 or 5721.011 of the Revised Code, whichever list and duplicate are first compiled after the date on which the interest is computed and charged. However, for tracts and lots on the real property tax suspension list under section 319.48 of the Revised Code, the interest shall not be entered on the tax list and duplicate compiled under section 319.28 of the Revised Code, but shall be entered on the first tax list and duplicate compiled under section 5721.011 of the Revised Code after the date on which the interest is computed and charged. (2) In a county on behalf of which a county land reutilization corporation has been organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code, upon the written order of the county treasurer, interest shall be charged against and computed on delinquent taxes as provided in division (B)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, as prescribed in the order: (a) In the manner provided under divisions (B)(1) and (B)(3) of this section, except that the interest shall be computed at the rate of twelve per cent per annum; or (b) On the first day of the month following the month in which interest otherwise would be charged in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section as specified in the order, and each subsequent month, interest shall be charged against and computed on all delinquent taxes remaining delinquent on the last day of the preceding month at a rate of one per cent per month. The county treasurer shall file a copy of the order directing the rate and manner of charging interest under this division with the county treasurer and the tax commissioner. If interest is charged under division (B)(2) of this section, interest shall not be charged under division (B)(1) or (3) of this section. (3) On the first day of December, the interest shall be charged against and computed on all delinquent taxes. The charge shall be for interest that accrued during the period that began on the first day of the month following the last date prescribed for the payment of the second installment of taxes in the current year and ended on the immediately preceding last day of November. The interest shall be computed at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code and shall be entered as a separate item on the tax list and duplicate compiled under section 319.28 or 5721.011 of the Revised Code, whichever list and duplicate are first compiled after the date on which the interest is computed and charged. However, for tracts and lots on the real property tax suspension list under section 319.48 of the Revised Code, the interest shall not be entered on the tax list and duplicate compiled under section 319.28 of the Revised Code, but shall be entered on the first tax list and duplicate compiled under section 5721.011 of the Revised Code after the date on which the interest is computed and charged. (4) After a valid delinquent tax contract has been entered into for the payment of any delinquent taxes, no interest shall be charged against such delinquent taxes while the delinquent tax contract remains in effect in compliance with section 323.31 of the Revised Code. If a valid delinquent tax contract becomes void, interest shall be charged against the delinquent taxes for the periods that interest was not permitted to be charged while the delinquent tax contract was in effect. The interest shall be charged on the day the delinquent tax contract becomes void and shall equal the amount of interest that would have been charged against the unpaid delinquent taxes outstanding on the dates on which interest would have been charged thereon under divisions (B)(1), (2), and (3) of this section had the delinquent tax contract not been in effect. (C) If the full amount of the taxes due at either of the times prescribed by division (A) of this section is paid within ten days after such time, the county treasurer shall waive the collection of and the county auditor shall remit one-half of the penalty provided for in that division for failure to make that payment by the prescribed time. (D) The county treasurer shall compile and deliver to the county auditor a list of all tax payments the treasurer has received as provided in division (C) of this section. The list shall include any information required by the auditor for the remission of the penalties waived by the treasurer. The taxes so collected shall be included in the settlement next succeeding the settlement then in process.
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.241 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.241
§ 317.241. Issuance of Ohio veterans identification cards
Status: in_force

September 8, 2016 House Bill 173 - 131st General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners may by resolution allow the county recorder or county veterans service office to issue Ohio veterans identification cards to individuals who have met the following requirements: (1) Presented the individual's armed forces discharge record for recording in the record of discharges in the office of the county recorder; (2) Provided, while appearing in person at a county recorder's office or county veterans service office, two forms of current and valid identification, at least one of which bears a photograph of the individual; (3) Paid a fee, if a fee has been established by the county. A board of county commissioners may, by resolution, authorize a county recorder or county veterans service office to collect a fee from individuals requesting a veterans identification card. The fee may not exceed two dollars. If a county veterans service office maintains access to the state and federal military service verification system, the county veterans service office or county recorder, by consulting the county veterans service office, shall confirm before issuing a veterans identification card that the individual's armed forces discharge record exists in the system's database and does not indicate the individual was dishonorably discharged. (B) A county recorder or county veterans service office who has in operation, before the effective date of this section, a program to issue veterans identification cards may continue to issue veterans identification cards without a resolution of the board of county commissioners, if the county recorder or county veterans service office conforms the program, as necessary, so that it otherwise is in compliance with this section. (C) An Ohio veterans identification card expires ten years after the date of issuance. A veteran whose identification card has expired may apply to a county recorder or county veterans service office for the issuance of a new identification card, and a veteran whose current card has been lost or damaged may apply to a county recorder or county veterans service office for a replacement identification card, by meeting the requirements described in this section. (D) The following documents are valid forms of identification for the purposes of this section: (1) An original or a certified birth certificate; (2) An identification card issued by the United States department of veterans affairs; (3) A United States military identification card; (4) A social security card; (5) A license or permit to carry a concealed weapon issued by this state or any other state; (6) A motor vehicle operator's license issued by this state or any other state that bears a photograph of the licensee; (7) An identification card issued by this state or any other state that bears a photograph of the individual identified; (8) A valid passport that bears a photograph of the individual to whom the passport was issued; (9) A United States armed forces discharge record. (E) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the county treasury to the credit of the county general fund. (F)(1) An Ohio veterans identification card shall conform to the material and design standards established by the Ohio recorders association in consultation with the county commissioners' association of Ohio and Ohio state association of county veterans service officers. All issuing entities shall follow the design standards established pursuant to Sec. 317.242. (2) An applicant for an Ohio veterans identification card shall be photographed in color at the time the application for the card is made. A county recorder or county veterans service office that issues identification cards shall provide the necessary equipment to take a color photograph of an applicant for an Ohio veterans identification card. Photographic records of a county recorder's office or county veterans service office that are obtained under this section are the property of the county recorder's office or county veterans service office. (G) All application materials, including applications, photographs, documents, or other information submitted with an application or obtained by a county recorder or county veterans service office are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The county recorder or county veterans service office may only release application materials as follows: (1) To a state, local, or federal governmental agency for criminal justice purposes or to a court for any purpose arising in the court; (2) To the department of veterans services, but only if the veteran gives prior signed written approval; (3) To a county veterans service commission, but only if the veteran gives prior signed written approval. A governmental agency, a court, the department of veterans services, or a county veterans service commission to which application materials have been released shall maintain the confidentiality of those materials. (H) A county recorder or county veterans service office may contract with any other political subdivision of the state for Ohio veterans identification card production services. (I) A county recorder or county veterans service office may accept donations, in the form of supplies and equipment, to be used in the production of Ohio veterans identification cards.
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.12
§ 311.12. Inspection of books - certified copy of entry - fee
Status: in_force

October 27, 1981 Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly The books required to be kept by sections 311.01 to 311.23 of the Revised Code, shall be open to the search and inspection of all persons. The sheriff shall furnish a certified copy of any entry in such books upon request and shall charge and collect a fee of twenty-five cents for each such certification or copy thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.16
§ 321.16. Redemption of county warrants
Status: in_force

June 15, 2000 House Bill 473 - 123rd General Assembly (A) When a warrant drawn on the county treasurer by the county auditor is presented for payment, if there is money in the county treasury or depository to the credit of the fund on which it is drawn, and the warrant is endorsed by the payee thereof, the treasurer shall redeem it by payment of cash or by check on the depository. (B) The warrant, and all information related to the presentment of the warrant, may be provided electronically to the county treasurer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.057 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.057
§ 307.057. Levying taxes - issuing bonds
Status: in_force

November 11, 1994 House Bill 384 - 120th General Assembly Upon notification by the board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district to the board of county commissioners of each county located in whole or in part within the district that taxes need to be levied pursuant to Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code or that bonds or other evidences of indebtedness need to be issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code in order to provide the services and equipment necessary for the operation of the district, the boards of county commissioners of those counties may form themselves into a joint board for the purposes of levying taxes under Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code as the taxing authority of the district or issuing bonds or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code as the bond issuing authority for the district, for those taxes or indebtedness the joint board finds to be necessary for those district purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.89
§ 307.89. Accepting bids
Status: in_force

August 1, 1980 Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly When a bid is accepted for a contract other than for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement, the contracting authority shall, as a condition to entering a contract with the successful bidder, require faithful performance of all things to be done under the contract and may require, as a condition to entering a purchase contract, lease, or lease with option or agreement to purchase, the bond provided for by section 153.57 of the Revised Code, with good and sufficient surety in an amount not to exceed the amount of the bid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.21
§ 303.21. Limitations on powers - agricultural purposes
Status: in_force

August 16, 2016 Senate Bill 75 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code do not confer any power on any county rural zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or board of zoning appeals to prohibit the use of any land for agricultural purposes or the construction or use of buildings or structures incident to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which such buildings or structures are located, including buildings or structures that are used primarily for vinting and selling wine and that are located on land any part of which is used for viticulture, and no zoning certificate shall be required for any such building or structure. (B) A county zoning resolution, or an amendment to such resolution, may in any platted subdivision approved under section 711.05 , 711.09 , or 711.10 of the Revised Code, or in any area consisting of fifteen or more lots approved under section 711.131 of the Revised Code that are contiguous to one another, or some of which are contiguous to one another and adjacent to one side of a dedicated public road, and the balance of which are contiguous to one another and adjacent to the opposite side of the same dedicated public road regulate: (1) Agriculture on lots of one acre or less; (2) Buildings or structures incident to the use of land for agricultural purposes on lots greater than one acre but not greater than five acres by: set back building lines; height; and size; (3) Dairying and animal and poultry husbandry on lots greater than one acre but not greater than five acres when at least thirty-five per cent of the lots in the subdivision are developed with at least one building, structure, or improvement that is subject to real property taxation or that is subject to the tax on manufactured and mobile homes under section 4503.06 of the Revised Code. After thirty-five per cent of the lots are so developed, dairying and animal and poultry husbandry shall be considered nonconforming use of land and buildings or structures pursuant to section 303.19 of the Revised Code. Division (B) of this section confers no power on any county rural zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or board of zoning appeals to regulate agriculture, buildings or structures, and dairying and animal and poultry husbandry on lots greater than five acres. (C) Such sections confer no power on any board of county commissioners, county rural zoning commission, or board of zoning appeals to prohibit in a district zoned for agricultural, industrial, residential, or commercial uses, the use of any land for: (1) A farm market where fifty per cent or more of the gross income received from the market is derived from produce raised on farms owned or operated by the market operator in a normal crop year. However, a board of county commissioners, as provided in section 303.02 of the Revised Code, may regulate such factors pertaining to farm markets as size of the structure, size of parking areas that may be required, set back building lines, and egress or ingress, where such regulation is necessary to protect the public health and safety. (2) Biodiesel production, biomass energy production, or electric or heat energy production if the land on which the production facility is located qualifies as land devoted exclusively to agricultural use under sections 5713.30 to 5713.37 of the Revised Code for real property tax purposes. As used in division (C)(2) of this section, "biodiesel," "biomass energy," and "electric or heat energy" have the same meanings as in section 5713.30 of the Revised Code. (3) Biologically derived methane gas production if the land on which the production facility is located qualifies as land devoted exclusively to agricultural use under sections 5713.30 to 5713.37 of the Revised Code for real property tax purposes and if the facility that produces the biologically derived methane gas does not produce more than seventeen million sixty thousand seven hundred ten British thermal units, five megawatts, or both. (4) Agritourism. However, a board of county commissioners, as provided in section 303.02 of the Revised Code, may regulate such factors pertaining to agritourism, except farm markets as described in division (C)(1) of this section, as size of a structure used primarily for agritourism, size of parking areas that may be required, setback building lines for structures used primarily for agritourism, and egress or ingress where such regulation is necessary to protect public health and safety. Nothing in division (C)(4) of this section confers power on a county zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or board of zoning appeals to require any parking area to be improved in any manner, including requirements governing drainage, parking area base, parking area paving, or any other improvement. Nothing in division (C)(4) of this section confers power on a county zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or board of zoning appeals to prohibit the use of any land or the construction or use of buildings or structures that are used primarily for vinting and selling wine that are located on land any part of which is used for viticulture as provided in division (A) of this section. (D)(1) As used in division (C)(3) of this section, "biologically derived methane gas" has the same meaning as in section 5713.30 of the Revised Code. (2) As used in division (C)(4) of this section, "agritourism" has the same meaning as in section 901.80 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.19
§ 307.19. Application of sections
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 307.14 to 307.19 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not repeal or abrogate other sections of the Revised Code authorizing contracts or agreements among particular classes of subdivisions, or modify or impair the force of such sections in respect of contracts or agreements entered into under such sections. Nor shall such other sections control or limit the making of agreements under sections 307.14 to 307.19 , inclusive, of the Revised Code; it being intended that such sections shall be applied as fully as though such other sections did not exist.
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.21
§ 321.21. County treasurer shall not purchase county warrants
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No county treasurer shall contract for or purchase, directly or indirectly, any warrant issued by the county of which he is treasurer, at a discount upon the sum due on such warrant. If he contracts for or purchases any such warrant, he shall not be allowed, the amount of the warrant, or any part of it, on settlement, and shall forfeit the whole amount due, to be recovered in an action in the name of the state, for the use of the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 347.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 347 / § 347.02
§ 347.02. Board of managers
Status: in_force

October 27, 1981 Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may appoint a board of managers for the county centennial, sesquicentennial, bicentennial, or other celebration for which the board of county commissioners may appropriate funds under section 347.01 of the Revised Code. Such managers shall serve in all capacities connected with such board and without compensation or salary. The money appropriated by the board of county commissioners shall be paid only to the order of the board of managers, upon vouchers authenticated by the president and secretary or by the executive committee of such board, and such vouchers shall show the date and purpose of the expenditure and the name of the person to whom payable. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.13
§ 306.13. Exempting real and personal property from taxation
Status: in_force

October 25, 1995 House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly A board of county commissioners operating a transit system or a county transit board created under sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to the board, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to the board while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing tenancy for longer than one year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.50
§ 321.50. Liability for loss of public funds
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 15 - 134th General Assembly A county treasurer shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the county treasurer has performed all official duties required of the county treasurer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the county treasurer's negligence or other wrongful act. Last updated June 30, 2022 at 5:13 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.023
§ 307.023. Contract for acquisition or use of sports facilities
Status: in_force

September 19, 1996 Senate Bill 310 - 121st General Assembly A board of county commissioners may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, operate, lease, or otherwise contract for the acquisition or use of sports facilities, as defined in section 307.696 of the Revised Code. The authority granted by this section is not subject to the limitations imposed under sections 307.02 and 307.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.70
§ 323.70. Final hearing on complaint - dismissal on petition
Status: in_force

September 4, 2014 Senate Bill 172 - 130th General Assembly (A) Subject to this section and to sections 323.71 and 323.72 of the Revised Code, a county board of revision shall conduct a final hearing on the merits of a complaint filed under section 323.69 of the Revised Code, including the validity or amount of any impositions alleged in the complaint, not sooner than thirty days after the service of notice of summons and complaint has been perfected. If, after a hearing, the board finds that the validity or amount of all or a portion of the impositions is not supported by a preponderance of the evidence, the board may order the county auditor to remove from the tax list and duplicate amounts the board finds invalid or not supported by a preponderance of the evidence. The auditor shall remove all such amounts from the tax list and duplicate as ordered by the board of revision, including any impositions asserted under sections 715.26 and 715.261 of the Revised Code. (B) If, on or before the fourteenth day after service of process is perfected under division (B) of section 323.69 of the Revised Code, a record owner files with the clerk of court a motion requesting that the county board of revision order the case to be transferred to a court pursuant to section 323.691 of the Revised Code, the board shall, without conducting a hearing on the matter, promptly transfer the case for foreclosure of that land to a court pursuant to section 323.691 of the Revised Code to be conducted in accordance with the applicable laws. (C) A county board of revision, in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, may issue subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, and testimony as necessary to conduct a hearing under this section or to otherwise adjudicate a case under sections 323.65 to 323.79 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 340.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 340 / § 340.30
§ 340.30. County hub program to combat opioid addiction
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the county hub program to combat opioid addiction. The purposes of the program are as follows: (1) To strengthen county and community efforts to prevent and treat opioid addiction; (2) To educate youth and adults about the dangers of opioid addiction and the negative effects it has on society; (3) To promote family building and workforce development as ways of combating opioid addiction in communities; (4) To encourage community engagement in efforts to address the purposes specified in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section. (B) The program shall be administered by each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. If the service district a board represents consists of more than one county, the board shall administer the program in each county. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 1:11 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.26
§ 307.26. Organization and maintenance of civic and social centers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may, provide for the organization and maintenance of civic and social centers throughout the county, employ an expert director who shall superintend and administer the centers, and levy a tax and create a fund for the payment of all expenses involved in the social and educational work contemplated in this section. Any municipal corporations carrying on similar work shall, at the option of the city council or other governing body, be exempt from the operation of this section. The board may, or, upon petition of ten per cent of the qualified school electors of the county shall, refer the question of providing for this social, educational, and recreational work to a vote of the electors of the county or such portions of the county as are affected by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.131
§ 313.131. Autopsy contrary to deceased person's religious beliefs
Status: in_force

July 25, 1990 Senate Bill 131 - 118th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Friend" means any person who maintained regular contact with the deceased person, and who was familiar with the deceased person's activities, health, and religious beliefs at the time of the deceased person's death, any person who assumes custody of the body for burial, and any person authorized by written instrument, executed by the deceased person to make burial arrangements. (2) "Relative" means any of the following persons: the deceased person's surviving spouse, children, parents, or siblings. (B) The coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist shall perform an autopsy if, in the opinion of the coroner, or, in his absence, in the opinion of the deputy coroner, an autopsy is necessary, except for certain circumstances provided for in this section where a relative or friend of the deceased person informs the coroner that an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, or the coroner otherwise has reason to believe that an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs. The coroner has such reason to believe an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs if a document signed by the deceased and stating an objection to an autopsy is found on the deceased's person or in his effects. For the purposes of this division, a person is a relative or friend of the deceased person if the person presents an affidavit stating that he is a relative or friend as defined in division (A) of this section. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, if a relative or friend of the deceased person informs the coroner that an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, or the coroner otherwise has reason to believe that an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, and the coroner concludes the autopsy is a compelling public necessity, no autopsy shall be performed for forty-eight hours after the coroner takes charge of the deceased person. An autopsy is a compelling public necessity if it is necessary to the conduct of an investigation by law enforcement officials of a homicide or suspected homicide, or any other criminal investigation, or is necessary to establish the cause of the deceased person's death for the purpose of protecting against an immediate and substantial threat to the public health. During the forty-eighthour period, the objecting relative or friend may file suit to enjoin the autopsy, and shall give notice of any such filing to the coroner. The coroner may seek an order waiving the forty-eighthour waiting period. If the coroner seeks such an order, the court shall give notice of the coroner's motion, by telephone if necessary, to the objecting relative or friend, or, if none objected, to all of the deceased person's relatives whose addresses or telephone numbers can be obtained through the exercise of reasonable diligence. The court may grant the coroner's motion if the court determines that no friend or relative of the deceased person objects to the autopsy or if the court is satisfied that any objections of a friend or relative have been heard, and if it also determines that the delay may prejudice the accuracy of the autopsy, or if law enforcement officials are investigating the deceased person's death as a homicide and suspect the objecting party committed the homicide or aided or abetted in the homicide. If no friend or relative files suit within the forty-eighthour period, the coroner may proceed with the autopsy. (2) The court shall hear a petition to enjoin an autopsy within forty-eight hours after the filing of the petition. The Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern all aspects of the proceedings, except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section. The court is not bound by the rules of evidence in the conduct of the hearing. The court shall order the autopsy if the court finds that under the circumstances the coroner has demonstrated a need for the autopsy. If the court enjoins the autopsy, the coroner shall immediately proceed under section 313.14 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) If a relative or friend of the decedent informs the coroner that an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, or the coroner otherwise has reason to believe that an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, and the coroner concludes the autopsy is necessary, but not a compelling public necessity, the coroner may file a petition in a court of common pleas seeking a declaratory judgment authorizing the autopsy. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall schedule a hearing on the petition, and shall issue a summons to the objecting relative or friend, or, if none objected, to all of the deceased person's relatives whose addresses can be obtained through the exercise of reasonable diligence. The court shall hold the hearing no later than forty-eight hours after the filing of the petition. The court shall conduct the hearing in the manner provided in division (C)(2) of this section. (2) Each person claiming to be a relative or friend of the deceased person shall immediately upon receipt of the summons file an affidavit with the court stating the facts upon which the claim is based. If the court finds that any person is falsely representing himself as a relative or friend of the deceased person, the court shall dismiss the person from the action. If after dismissal no objecting party remains, and the coroner does not have reason to believe that an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, the court shall dismiss the action and the coroner may proceed with the autopsy. The court shall order the autopsy after hearing the petition if the court finds that under the circumstances the coroner has demonstrated a need for the autopsy. The court shall waive the payment of all court costs in the action. If the petition is denied, the coroner shall immediately proceed under section 313.14 of the Revised Code. Any autopsy performed pursuant to a court order granting an autopsy shall be performed using the least intrusive procedure. (E) For purposes of divisions (B), (C)(1), and (D)(1) of this section, any time the friends or relatives of a deceased person disagree about whether an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, the coroner shall consider only the information provided to him by the person of highest priority, as determined by which is listed first among the following: (1) The deceased person's surviving spouse; (2) An adult son or daughter of the deceased person; (3) Either parent of the deceased person; (4) An adult brother or sister of the deceased person; (5) The guardian of the person of the deceased person at the time of death; (6) A person other than those listed in divisions (E)(1) to (5) of this section who is a friend as defined in division (A) of this section. If two or more persons of equal priority disagree about whether an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, and those persons are also of the highest priority among those who provide the coroner with information the coroner has reason to believe that an autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs. (F)(1) Divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply in any case involving aggravated murder, suspected aggravated murder, murder, suspected murder, manslaughter offenses, or suspected manslaughter offenses. (2) This section does not prohibit the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist from administering a chemical test to the blood of a deceased person to determine the alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug content of the blood, when required by division (B) of section 313.13 of the Revised Code, and does not limit the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist in the performance of his duties in administering a chemical test under that division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.861 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.861
§ 307.861. Renewing leases for electronic data processing equipment, services, or systems, or radio communications system
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The county or contracting authority, as defined in section 307.92 of the Revised Code, may renew a lease which has been entered into for electronic data processing equipment, services, or systems, or a radio communications system at a cost in excess of the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code as follows: (A) The lessor shall submit a written bid to the county or contracting authority that is the lessee under the lease, stating the terms under which the lease would be renewed, including the length of the renewal lease, and the cost of the renewal lease to the county or contracting authority. The county or contracting authority may require the lessor to submit a bond with the bid. (B) The county or contracting authority shall advertise for and receive competitive bids, as provided in sections 307.87 to 307.90 of the Revised Code, for a lease under the same terms and for the same period as provided in the bid of the lessor submitted under division (A) of this section. (C) The county or contracting authority may renew the lease with the lessor only if the bid submitted by the lessor under division (A) of this section is an amount less than the lowest and best bid submitted pursuant to competitive bidding under division (B) of this section. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 10:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.056 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.056
§ 307.056. Powers of board of trustees
Status: in_force

November 11, 1994 House Bill 384 - 120th General Assembly In addition to exercising its powers granted by section 307.055 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district may do any of the following: (A) Maintain an office and such other facilities as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of emergency medical services; (B) Pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, and sickness and accident insurance and group life insurance for its employees; (C) Procure insurance against loss to the district from damage to its properties resulting from fire, theft, accident, or other casualty, or its liability for injury to persons or property occurring in the construction or operation of facilities under its jurisdiction or resulting from the conduct of its activities; (D) Procure policies insuring members of the board of trustees against liability on account of damages or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission of a member in his official capacity as a member of the board or resulting solely from his membership on the board; (E) Sue or be sued; (F) Make contracts in the exercise of the district's rights, powers, and duties; (G) Accept gifts, devises, and bequests for the district; (H) Employ an attorney to serve as the district's legal advisor; (I) Do all acts necessary or proper to carry out the duties and responsibilities imposed on or powers granted to the board to provide emergency medical services, and to control and manage the district under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.50
§ 307.50. Expenses of pursuit and return of felon
Status: in_force

February 5, 1968 Senate Bill 447 - 107th General Assembly When any person charged with a felony has fled to any other state, territory, or country, and the governor has issued a requisition for such person or requested the president of the United States to issue extradition papers, or the prosecuting attorney of any county in the state seeking the return of a felon has received notice of waiver of extradition, the board of county commissioners may pay, from the county treasury to the agent designated in such requisition, request to the president, or order by the prosecuting attorney seeking return, all necessary expenses of pursuing and returning the person so charged, or so much of such expenses as seem just.
Ohio Rev. Code § 341.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 341 / § 341.19
§ 341.19. Reimbursing county for its expenses incurred by reason of person's confinement
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly (A) Pursuant to section 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may require a person who was convicted of an offense and who is confined in the county jail to reimburse the county for its expenses incurred by reason of the person's confinement. (B) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this section or section 2929.18 , 2929.28 , or 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may establish a policy that complies with section 2929.38 of the Revised Code and that requires any prisoner who is not indigent and who is confined in the county's jail under this section to pay a reception fee, a fee for any medical treatment or service requested by and provided to that prisoner, or the fee for a random drug test assessed under division (E) of section 341.26 of the Revised Code. (C) If a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense is sentenced to a term in a jail, or if a person who has been arrested for an offense, and who has been denied bail or has had bail set and has not been released on bail is confined in jail pending trial, at the time of reception and at other times the sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail determines to be appropriate, the sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail may cause the convicted or accused offender to be examined and tested for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, and other contagious diseases. The sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail may cause a convicted or accused offender in the jail who refuses to be tested or treated for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, or another contagious disease to be tested and treated involuntarily.
Ohio Rev. Code § 302.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 302 / § 302.041
§ 302.041. Ballot language commissioners elected by district
Status: in_force

December 13, 1967 Senate Bill 346 - 107th General Assembly In submitting to the electors of any county the question of adopting an alternative form of county government whereby any members of the board of county commissioners are elected by district, the board of elections shall submit the question in language substantially as follows: "Shall the county of ____________________ adopt the form of county government known as the county (name of plan) plan with a board of (number) county commissioners, of which (number) shall be elected at large and (number) shall be elected by districts, as provided for in sections 302.01 to 302.24 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, under which form each county commissioner shall receive annual compensation equal to (number) per cent of that provided in section 325.10 of the Revised Code? ( ) For adoption of the county (name of plan) plan. ( ) Against adoption of the county (name of plan) plan." The proposition for such alternative form shall establish the percentage of the annual compensation provided in section 325.10 of the Revised Code which each county commissioner shall receive as annual compensation in lieu of the amount provided in section 325.10 of the Revised Code. If the proposition for the alternative form fails to divide the county into county commissioner districts, the board of elections shall divide the county into such districts in the manner provided in section 302.082 of the Revised Code, within forty-five days prior to the election on the question of adopting an alternative form. At least forty-five days prior to the election thereon the board of county commissioners shall cause a copy of the alternative form to be distributed to each elector of the county so far as may be reasonably possible. The board of elections shall display a map indicating the boundaries of each county commissioner district, in a conspicuous place at each polling place at such election. Immediately following such election the board of elections shall file a certificate of the results thereof with the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.12
§ 319.12. Annual report expenses
Status: in_force

May 8, 1996 Senate Bill 158 - 121st General Assembly The proper and necessary expenses of publishing the notice of completion of the annual report, as required by section 319.11 of the Revised Code, shall be paid from the county treasury as county expenses are paid, and the board of county commissioners shall make the necessary appropriation for that expense. If the board fails to make the appropriation, or if the appropriation is insufficient to meet that expense, any person interested may apply to the court of common pleas within the county for an allowance to cover the expense, and the court shall issue an order instructing the county auditor to issue a warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount deemed necessary, and the order by the court shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.35
§ 307.35. Decree as to taxes collected
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The court of common pleas of the county in which an action is brought, as provided in section 307.34 of the Revised Code, may make such decree, as to taxes previously collected by either county within the true boundary of the territory actually in the other, as is just.
Ohio Rev. Code § 341.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 341 / § 341.191
§ 341.191. Health insurance claims for jail inmates
Status: in_force

October 16, 1996 Senate Bill 163 - 121st General Assembly (A) For each person who is confined in a county jail, the county may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan and, if the person has such coverage, what terms and conditions are imposed by it for the filing and payment of claims. (B) If, pursuant to division (A) of this section, it is determined that the person is covered under a policy, contract, or plan and, while that coverage is in force, the county jail renders or arranges for the rendering of health care services to the person in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, then the person, county, or provider of the health care services, as appropriate under the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, shall promptly submit a claim for payment for the health care services to the appropriate third-party payer and shall designate, or make any other arrangement necessary to ensure, that payment of any amount due on the claim be made to the county or the provider, as the case may be. (C) Any payment made to the county pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be paid into the county treasury. (D) This section also applies to any person who is under the custody of a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the person's confinement in the county jail.
Ohio Rev. Code § 353.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 353 / § 353.10
§ 353.10. Additional powers with respect to facilities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) With respect to facilities, and their financing, for an authorized purpose, under agreements whereby the person to whom the facility is to be leased, subleased, or sold, or to whom a loan is to be made for the facility, is to make payments sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued for the facility, the lake facilities authority, in addition to other powers under this chapter, may do any of the following: (1) Make loans for the acquisition or construction of the facility to such person upon such terms as the lake facilities authority may determine or authorize including secured or unsecured loans, and, in connection therewith, enter into loan agreements and other agreements, accept notes and other forms of obligation to evidence such indebtedness and mortgages, liens, pledges, assignments, or other security interests to secure such indebtedness, which may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with other indebtedness, obligations, mortgages, pledges, assignments, other security interests, or liens or encumbrances, and take actions it considers appropriate to protect such security and safeguard against losses, including, without limitation, foreclosure and the bidding upon and purchase of property upon foreclosure or other sale; (2) Sell the facility under such terms as it may determine, including, without limitation, sale by conditional sale or installment sale, under which title may pass prior to or after completion of the facility or payment or provisions for payment of all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, or at any other time provided in the agreement pertaining to the sale, and including sale under an option to purchase at a price which may be a nominal amount or less than true value at the time of purchase; (3) Grant a mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance on, or pledge or assignment of, or other security interest with respect to, all or any part of the facility, revenues, reserve funds, or other funds established in connection with the bonds, or on, of, or with respect to any lease, sublease, sale, conditional sale or installment sale agreement, loan agreement, or other agreement pertaining to the lease, sublease, sale, or other disposition of a facility or pertaining to a loan made for a facility, or any guaranty or insurance agreement made with respect thereto, or any interest of the lake facilities authority therein, or any other interest granted, assigned, or released to secure payments of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the bonds or to secure any other payments to be made by the lake facilities authority, which mortgage, lien, encumbrance, pledge, assignment, or other security interest may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with any other mortgage, assignment, or other security interest, or lien or encumbrance; (4) Provide that the interest on the bonds may be at a variable rate or rates changing from time to time in accordance with a base or formula as authorized by the lake facilities authority; (5) Contract for the acquisition or construction of the facility or any part thereof and for the leasing, subleasing, sale, or other disposition of the facility in a manner determined by the lake facilities authority in its sole discretion, without necessity for competitive bidding or performance bonds; (6) Make appropriate provision for adequate maintenance of the facility. (B) With respect to the facilities referred to in this section, the authority granted by this section is cumulative and supplementary to all other authority granted in this chapter. The authority granted by this section does not alter or impair any similar authority granted elsewhere in this chapter for or with respect to other facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 341.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 341 / § 341.26
§ 341.26. Performance of random drug testing of prisoners
Status: in_force

September 6, 2002 House Bill 170 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Random drug testing" has the same meaning as in section 5120.63 of the Revised Code. (2) "Prisoner" means a person confined in a jail or multicounty correctional center following a conviction of or plea of guilty to a criminal offense. (B) The board of county commissioners of the county, with the consent of the sheriff of the county, or the boards of county commissioners of two or more adjacent counties that have jointly established a multicounty correctional center pursuant to section 307.93 of the Revised Code, with the consent of the sheriffs of those adjacent counties, may enter into a contract with a laboratory or entity to perform blood or urine specimen collection, documentation, maintenance, transportation, preservation, storage, and analyses and other duties required in the performance of random drug testing of prisoners. The terms of any contract entered into under this division shall include a requirement that the laboratory or entity and its employees, the sheriff, deputy sheriffs, the corrections commission or the administrator of the multicounty correctional center specified in division (D) of this section, the employees of the jail and multicounty correctional center, and all other persons comply with the standards for the performance of random drug testing as specified in rules adopted under division (C) of this section. (C) Prior to entering into a contract with a laboratory or entity under division (B) of this section, a board of county commissioners or, in the case of a multicounty correctional center, the boards of county commissioners of the counties that have established the center shall adopt rules for the random drug testing of prisoners. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, provisions that do the following: (1) Require the laboratory or entity to seek, obtain, and maintain accreditation from the national institute on drug abuse; (2) Establish standards for the performance of random drug testing that include, but are not limited to, standards governing the following: (a) The collection by the laboratory or entity of blood or urine specimens of individuals in a scientifically or medically approved manner and under reasonable and sanitary conditions; (b) The collection and testing by the laboratory or entity of blood or urine specimens with due regard for the privacy of the individual being tested and in a manner reasonably calculated to prevent substitutions or interference with the collection and testing of the specimens; (c) The documentation of blood or urine specimens collected by the laboratory or entity and documentation procedures that reasonably preclude the possibility of erroneous identification of test results and that provide the individual being tested an opportunity to furnish information identifying any prescription or nonprescription drugs used by the individual in connection with a medical condition; (d) The collection, maintenance, storage, and transportation by the laboratory or entity of blood or urine specimens in a manner that reasonably precludes the possibility of contamination or adulteration of the specimens; (e) The testing by the laboratory or entity of a blood or urine specimen of an individual to determine whether the individual ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse, in a manner that conforms to scientifically accepted analytical methods and procedures and that may include verification or confirmation of any positive test result by a reliable analytical method; (f) The analysis of an individual's blood or urine specimen by an employee of the laboratory or entity who is qualified by education, training, and experience to perform that analysis and whose regular duties include the analysis of blood or urine specimens to determine the presence of a drug of abuse and whether the individual who is the subject of the test ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse. (3) Specify the frequency of performing random drug testing on prisoners in the jail or multicounty correctional center; (4) Prescribe procedures for the automatic, random selection of prisoners in the jail or multicounty correctional center to submit to random drug testing under this section; (5) Provide for reasonable safeguards for transmitting the results of the random drug testing of prisoners in the jail or multicounty correctional center from the contracting laboratory or entity to the sheriff, the corrections commission, or the administrator of the multicounty correctional center pursuant to division (E) of this section; (6) Establish a reasonable fee to cover the costs associated with random drug testing and analysis performed by a contracting laboratory or entity under this section and establish procedures pursuant to division (E) of this section for the collection of those fees from the prisoners subjected to the drug tests. (D) If a board of county commissioners enters into a contract pursuant to division (B) of this section, the sheriff of that county, pursuant to the terms of the contract and the rules adopted under division (C) of this section, shall facilitate the collection, documentation, maintenance, and transportation by the contracting laboratory or entity of the blood or urine specimens of the prisoners who are confined in the jail and who are subject to random drug testing. If the boards of county commissioners that have jointly established a multicounty correctional center enter into a contract pursuant to division (B) of this section, the corrections commission or the administrator of the multicounty correctional center, pursuant to the terms of the contract and the rules adopted under division (C) of this section, shall facilitate the collection, documentation, maintenance, and transportation by the contracting laboratory or entity of the blood or urine specimens of the prisoners who are confined in the multicounty correctional center and who are subject to random drug testing. (E) If a county or two or more adjacent counties enter into a contract pursuant to division (B) of this section and the contracting laboratory or entity performs the random drug testing as provided in the contract, the laboratory or entity shall transmit the results of the drug tests to the sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator who facilitated the collection, documentation, maintenance, and transportation of blood or urine specimens under division (D) of this section. The sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator shall file for record the results of the random drug tests that indicate whether or not each prisoner who is confined in the jail or multicounty correctional center and who was subjected to the drug test ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse. The sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator shall give appropriate notice of the drug test results to each prisoner who was subjected to the drug test and whose drug test results indicate that the prisoner ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse. The sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator shall afford that prisoner an opportunity to be heard regarding the results of the drug test and to present contrary evidence at a hearing held before the sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator within thirty days after notification of the prisoner under this division. After the hearing, if a hearing is held, the sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator shall make a determination regarding any evidence presented by the prisoner. If the sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator rejects the evidence presented by the prisoner at the hearing or if no hearing is held under this division, the sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator may assess a reasonable fee, determined pursuant to division (C) of this section, for the costs associated with the random drug test to be paid by the prisoner whose drug test results indicate that the prisoner ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse. The sheriff, corrections commission, or administrator may collect the fee pursuant to section 307.93 , 341.14 , 341.19 , 341.21 , or 341.23 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.451
§ 319.451. Auditor shall ascertain net amount of taxes collected
Status: in_force

September 21, 1982 House Bill 379 - 114th General Assembly The county auditor shall ascertain the net amount of taxes collected for each particular purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.51
§ 319.51. Account with new township
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly On the erection of a new township in the county, the county auditor shall open an account with it and, at the auditor's next semiannual settlement, credit it with all moneys for taxes collected in or distributable to the territory included in the new township, making corresponding deductions from the townships from which it was taken. The moneys so credited shall be drawn by warrants in favor of the fiscal officer of the new township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.673 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.673
§ 307.673. Cooperative agreement for sales tax levy and bond issuance for construction or renovation of professional sports facilities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly This section applies only in a county in which a tax is levied under section 307.697 , 4301.421 , 5743.024 , or 5743.323 of the Revised Code on July 19, 1995. (A) As used in this section: (1) "County taxes" means taxes levied by a board of county commissioners under divisions (D) and (E) of section 307.697 , divisions (B) and (C) of section 4301.421 , divisions (C) and (D) of section 5743.024 , and sections 5743.323 , 5743.511 , 5743.521 , 5743.621 , and 5743.631 of the Revised Code. (2) "Corporation" means a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this state and that includes among the purposes for which it is incorporated the authority to acquire, construct, renovate, repair, equip, lease, manage, or operate a sports facility. (3) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement entered into pursuant to this section. (4) "Cost of a sports facility" means the cost of acquiring, constructing, renovating, repairing, equipping, or improving one or more sports facilities, including reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, and enlarging; the cost of equipping and furnishing such a facility; and all financing costs pertaining thereto, including the cost of engineering, architectural, and other professional services, designs, plans, specifications and surveys, and estimates of costs; the costs of refinancing obligations issued by, or reimbursement of money advanced by, the parties to the cooperative agreement or other persons, the proceeds of which obligations were used to pay the costs of the sports facility; the cost of tests and inspections; the cost of any indemnity or surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct and administrative costs pertaining thereto, fees and expenses of trustees, depositories, and paying agents for the obligations, capitalized interest on the obligations, amounts necessary to establish reserves as required by the obligation proceedings, the reimbursement of money advanced or applied by the parties to the cooperative agreement or other persons for the payment of any item of costs of the sports facility, and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining the feasibility or practicability with respect to the sports facility; and any other such expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, repair, enlargement, improvement, equipping, and furnishing of the sports facility, the financing of the sports facility, placing the sports facility in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses. (5) "Financing costs" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Obligations" means obligations issued or incurred to pay the cost of a sports facility, including bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, commercial paper, and other instruments in writing, anticipatory securities as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, issued or incurred by an issuer pursuant to Chapter 133. or 4582. of the Revised Code or this section, or otherwise, to evidence the issuer's obligation to repay borrowed money, or to pay interest, by, or to pay at any future time other money obligations of, the issuer of the obligations, including obligations of an issuer or lessee to make payments under an installment sale, lease, lease-purchase, or similar agreement. (7) "Owner" means any person that owns or operates a professional athletic or sports team, that is party to a cooperative agreement, or that has a lease or other agreement with a party to a cooperative agreement, and that commits to use the sports facility that is the subject of the cooperative agreement for all of the team's home games for the period specified in that agreement. (8) "Payments," when used with reference to obligations, means payments of the principal, including any mandatory sinking fund deposits and mandatory redemption payments, interest and any redemption premium, and lease rentals, lease-purchase payments and other amounts payable under obligations in the form of installment sale, lease, lease-purchase, or similar agreements. (9) "Person" has the same meaning as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (10) "Port authority" means a port authority created under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code. (11) "Sports facility" means a facility, including a stadium, that is intended to house or provide a site for one or more major league professional athletic or sports teams or activities, together with all spectator facilities, parking facilities, walkways, and auxiliary facilities, real and personal property, property rights, easements, leasehold estates, and interests that may be appropriate for, or used in connection with, the operation of the sports facility. (B) The board of county commissioners of a county, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, a port authority, a corporation, and an owner, or any combination thereof, may enter into one or more cooperative agreements under which the parties enter into one or more of the agreements described in divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section. (1) The board of county commissioners agrees to do one or more of the following: (a) Levy a tax under division (D) or (E) of section 307.697 , division (B) or (C) of section 4301.421 , division (C) or (D) of section 5743.024 , or section 5743.323 , 5743.511 , 5743.521 , 5743.621 , and 5743.631 of the Revised Code and make available all or a portion of the revenue from those taxes for the payment of the cost of the sports facility or to make payments on obligations; (b) Issue or incur obligations of the county pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or this section; (c) Make available all or a portion of the revenue from those taxes or of the proceeds from the issuance of those obligations to the municipal corporation, port authority, corporation, or otherwise for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or the payment of obligations; (d) Acquire, construct, renovate, repair, equip, lease to or from another person, and operate, directly or by a lease or management contract with another person, one or more sports facilities; (e) To the extent provided in the cooperative agreement or a lease with respect to a sports facility, authorize the municipal corporation, port authority, corporation, or owner to administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, repairing, or equipping a sports facility. (2) The port authority agrees to do one or more of the following: (a) Issue or incur obligations of the port authority pursuant to Chapter 133. or 4582. of the Revised Code or this section; (b) Make available all or a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of those obligations to the municipal corporation, county, or corporation for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or the payment of obligations; (c) Acquire, construct, renovate, repair, equip, lease to or from another person, and operate, directly or by a lease or management contract with another person, one or more sports facilities; (d) To the extent provided in the cooperative agreement or a lease with respect to a sports facility, authorize the municipal corporation, county, corporation, or owner to administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, repairing, or equipping a sports facility. (3) The legislative authority of the municipal corporation agrees to do one or more of the following: (a) Make available the revenue from taxes levied by the legislative authority for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or to make payments on obligations; (b) Issue or incur obligations of the municipal corporation pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or otherwise; (c) Make available all or a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of those obligations to the county, port authority, corporation, or otherwise for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or the payment of obligations; (d) Acquire, construct, renovate, repair, equip, lease to or from another person, and operate, directly or by a lease or management contract with another person, one or more sports facilities; (e) To the extent provided in the cooperative agreement or a lease with respect to a sports facility, authorize the county, port authority, corporation, or owner to administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, repairing, or equipping a sports facility. (4) The corporation agrees to do one or more of the following: (a) Issue or incur obligations; (b) Make available all or a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of those obligations to the county, port authority, municipal corporation, or otherwise for the payment of the cost of a sports facility or the payment of obligations; (c) Acquire, construct, renovate, repair, equip, lease to or from another person, and operate, directly or by a lease or management contract with another person, one or more sports facilities; (d) To the extent provided in the cooperative agreement or a lease with respect to a sports facility, agree that the corporation will administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, repairing, or equipping a sports facility. (5) The owner agrees to do one or more of the following: (a) Use the sports facility that is the subject of the cooperative agreement for all of the home games of the owner's professional athletic or sports team for a specified period; (b) Administer contracts for designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, renovating, repairing, or equipping a sports facility. (C) Any obligations may be secured by a trust agreement between the issuer of obligations and a corporate trustee that is a trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company in or outside this state and authorized to exercise corporate trust powers in this state. Proceeds from the issuance of any obligations or the taxes levied and collected by any party to the cooperative agreement may be deposited with and administered by a trustee pursuant to the trust agreement. (D) Any contract for the acquisition, construction, renovation, repair, or equipping of a sports facility entered into, assigned, or assumed under this section shall provide that all laborers and mechanics employed in the acquisition, construction, renovation, repair, or equipping of the sports facility shall be paid at the prevailing rates of wages of laborers and mechanics for the class of work called for, as those wages are determined in accordance with Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.53
§ 303.53. Transfer of property to county
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly Any public body, for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project located within an area in which such public body is authorized to act, may, upon such terms, with or without consideration as it may determine: dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of such public body's interest in any property or grant easements, licenses, or other rights or privileges therein to a county; incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such public body in exercising the powers granted in this section; do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or carrying out of a county renewal plan; lend, grant, or contribute funds to a county; enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with a board of county commissioners respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with a county renewal project; and cause public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works, which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished, furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the public body or make exceptions from building regulations; and cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the county. Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding. For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project of a county, any affected municipality or any affected county or other public entity may, in addition to its other powers and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, perform any or all of the actions or things which, by the foregoing provisions of this section, a public body is authorized to perform, including the furnishing of financial or other assistance. For the purpose of this section, or for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project of a county, any affected county, municipality, or other public entity may issue and sell its general obligation bonds. Any such bonds issued by such affected county, municipality, or other public entity shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall limit, restrict, or otherwise affect adversely any of the other powers authorized by sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.933 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.933
§ 307.933. Issuance of securities
Status: in_force

July 10, 2014 Senate Bill 82 - 130th General Assembly (A) A corrections commission formed under section 307.93 of the Revised Code may issue securities of the commission, in an amount determined by the commission, to pay for all or part of the cost of the acquisition, construction, enlargement, modification, or repair of any improvements for a multicounty, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal correctional center that is provided for in section 307.93 of the Revised Code and for which a county may issue securities under section 133.15 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission may issue securities of the commission to fund or refund the securities issued under division (A) of this section. The commission may also issue securities of the commission in anticipation of the proceeds of the securities issued pursuant to this section. (C) Securities issued under this section, including securities issued to fund or refund securities issued under this section and securities issued in anticipation of the proceeds of the securities to be issued under this section, shall be subject to the maximum maturity requirements provided in division (B) or (C) of section 133.20 of the Revised Code. The fiscal agent of the commission shall serve as its fiscal officer for purposes of division (C) of section 133.20 of the Revised Code. (D) The securities issued under this section shall not constitute general obligations of the commission or a county or municipal corporation that has contracted for the creation of a center, and the general credit or taxing power of a contracting county or municipal corporation shall not be pledged for payment of any part of the principal of or interest on these securities. The holder or owner of securities issued under this section shall have no right to have money raised by taxation by a county or municipal corporation that has contracted for the creation of a center obligated or pledged, and money so raised shall not be obligated or pledged, for the payment of principal or interest on such securities. The securities under this section shall not constitute debt of the commission or a county or municipal corporation that has contracted for the creation of a center. Money received by the commission from a county or municipal corporation pursuant to section 307.93 of the Revised Code shall not be considered money raised by taxation. (E) The securities issued under this section shall be secured by the revenues the commission receives: (1) From the counties or municipal corporations that have contracted to create the center, as provided in section 307.93 of the Revised Code; and (2) For the services the center provides. (F) The commission shall authorize the issuance of securities under this section by adopting a resolution that includes all of the following: (1) A statement that the securities issued under this section are not general obligations of either the commission or a county or municipal corporation that has contracted to create a center. (2) A statement that the commission pledges to fix rates or charges for the services of the center and payments under the contract between or among participating counties or municipal corporations sufficient to provide adequate funds and reserves to pay the debt incurred by the issuance of the securities, after payment of the cost of management, maintenance, and operation of the center or other correctional facilities under the commission's control. (3) A description of the fund or funds to which the proceeds of the sale of securities under this section shall be credited and a description of the fund or funds to which any pledged revenue for the retirement of the debt from the securities shall be credited. (G) The resolution authorizing the issuance of securities may contain provisions governing the following subjects, which provisions shall be a part of the contract with the holders of such securities: (1) The sale and execution of the securities, pledging all or any part of the revenues and contract payments to secure the payment of the securities; (2) The use and disposition of revenues and contract payments; (3) The crediting of the proceeds of the sale of the securities to and among the funds referred to or provided for in the resolution; (4) The use, lease, sale, or other disposition of the center or any correctional facilities under the commission's control; (5) Limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of the sale of securities may be applied to refund previously issued securities; (6) As to securities issued in anticipation of the issuance of securities, the agreement of the commission to do all things necessary for the authorization, issuance, and sale of securities in such amounts as may be necessary for the timely retirement of such anticipation securities; (7) Limitations on the issuance of additional securities; (8) The terms on which additional securities may be issued and secured; (9) The refunding of outstanding securities; (10) The procedure by which the terms of any contract with holders of securities may be amended or abrogated, the amount of securities the holders of which are required to consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (11) Limitations on the amount of moneys to be expended by the commission for operation, administration, or other expenses of the center; (12) Any other provisions related to the security or protection of the securities, as determined by the commission. (H) Any surplus of pledged revenues received by a commission in any year, in excess of the amount of principal and interest payable in that year, and any additional amount as is provided in the resolution authorizing the securities to be held as a reserve for debt service, may be used for the enlargement and replacement of the center or other correctional facilities under a commission's control. (I) A corrections commission who issues securities under this section may appoint or provide for the appointment of agents, consultants, independent contractors, or any other type of administrative, investment, financial, or accounting experts as are necessary, in the judgment of the commission, to carry out the commission's duties under this section. (J) The issuance of securities under this section need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of securities. (K) A pledge under this section shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The revenues so pledged, and thereafter received by the commission, shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the commission or a contracting county or municipal corporation, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. The resolution by which a pledge is created need not be filed or recorded except in the records of the commission. Neither the members of the commission nor any person executing the securities shall be liable personally on the securities or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 325.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 325 / § 325.14
§ 325.14. Salary of county engineer
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each county engineer shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All county engineers shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedule and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code: CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 FOR COUNTY ENGINEERS Class Population Range Compensation 1 1 - 55,000 $103,749 2 55,001 - 95,000 109,607 3 95,001 - 200,000 115,707 4 200,001 - 400,000 120,589 5 400,001 - 1,000,000 126,693 6 1,000,001 or more 130,493 Such salary may be paid monthly out of the general county fund or out of the county's share of the fund derived from the receipts from motor vehicle licenses, as distributed by section 4501.04 of the Revised Code, and the county's share of the fund derived from the motor vehicle fuel tax, as distributed by section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, as the board of county commissioners directs, upon the warrant of the county auditor and shall be in lieu of all fees, costs, per diem or other allowances, and other perquisites, of whatever kind, which any engineer collects and receives. The engineer shall be the county tax map draftperson, but shall receive no additional compensation for performing the duties of that position. When the engineer performs service in connection with ditches or drainage works, the engineer shall charge and collect the per diem allowances or other fees provided by law and shall pay all of those allowances and fees, monthly, into the county treasury to the credit of the general county fund. The engineer shall pay into the county treasury all allowances and fees collected when the engineer performs services under sections 315.28 to 315.34 of the Revised Code. (B) A county engineer may elect to engage or not to engage in the private practice of engineering or surveying. A county engineer, including an acting county engineer described in section 305.021 of the Revised Code, shall not perform any private engineering or surveying work that would go before the office of the county engineer of any county in which the person serves as the county engineer or acting county engineer. Last updated March 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.12
§ 339.12. Agreement for acquiring general hospital from municipality
Status: in_force

November 15, 1991 Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may, upon such terms as are agreed upon between such board and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, lease, acquire, operate, and maintain, as and for a county hospital, the lands, buildings, and equipment of a general hospital owned by any such municipal corporation in the county. The terms of such agreement may provide that operation and maintenance of said hospital shall be under the direction and control of a public university having a college of medicine and located within the county. For such purposes the board may expend any available funds belonging to the county, except the proceeds of a special tax, loan, or bond issue.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.023
§ 303.023. Prior planned-unit developments continue to be governed by regulations in effect at time of approval or modification
Status: in_force

July 26, 1989 Senate Bill 164 - 118th General Assembly Any planned-unit development regulations adopted in accordance with section 303.12 of the Revised Code, or any planned-unit developments constructed or approved in a preliminary or final form, under the provisions of a zoning resolution adopted prior to the effective date of this section, if otherwise lawful had they originated on that date, shall be deemed to have been lawful from their origin and the developments shall continue to be governed by regulations in effect at the time of approval, or as modified.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.04
§ 339.04. County hospital building fund
Status: in_force

October 4, 1984 House Bill 224 - 115th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 135.351 of the Revised Code, all funds, including any and all interest income, arising from a special tax levy or general obligation bond issue for the purchase, appropriation, or construction of a county hospital, and contributions thereto, shall be placed in the county treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the "county hospital building fund." Such fund shall be paid out on the order of the board of county hospital trustees, certified by the chairman of the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 327.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 327 / § 327.02
§ 327.02. Duties of board of trustees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall provide for the payment of all bonds issued by the county and the interest maturing thereon. All taxes, assessments, and other moneys collected for such purposes, or held in the county treasury to the credit of the sinking fund, shall be subject to investment and disbursement by such board. For the satisfaction of any obligation under its supervision, the board may sell or use any of the securities in its possession or disburse any of the money under its control.
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.12
§ 321.12. Payments into county treasury
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly Except for payments of taxes charged on any current or delinquent tax duplicate and advance payments of taxes pursuant to section 5719.02 of the Revised Code, all payments of money into the county treasury shall be on the draft of the county auditor, in favor of the county treasurer. The county auditor shall preserve a duplicate copy of each such draft, and he and the county treasurer shall each keep an accurate record of each draft and of the fund in favor of which it is drawn.
Ohio Rev. Code § 341.192 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 341 / § 341.192
§ 341.192. Payment of outside medical provider for necessary care
Status: in_force

April 5, 2019 Senate Bill 265 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Jail" means a county jail, or a multicounty, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal correctional center. (2) "Medical provider" means a physician, hospital, laboratory, pharmacist, pharmacy, or other health care provider that is not employed by or under contract to a county, municipal corporation, township, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction to provide medical services to persons confined in a jail or state correctional institution, or is in the custody of a law enforcement officer. (3) "Necessary care" means medical care of a nonelective nature that cannot be postponed until after the period of confinement of a person who is confined in a jail or state correctional institution, or is in the custody of a law enforcement officer without endangering the life or health of the person. (B) If a physician employed by or under contract to a county, municipal corporation, township, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction to provide medical services to persons confined in a jail or state correctional institution determines that a person who is confined in the jail or state correctional institution or who is in the custody of a law enforcement officer prior to the person's confinement in a jail or state correctional institution requires necessary care that the physician cannot provide, the necessary care shall be provided by a medical provider. The county, municipal corporation, township, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction shall pay a medical provider for necessary care an amount not exceeding the authorized reimbursement rate for the same service established by the department of medicaid under the medicaid program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.675 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.675
§ 307.675. Using long life expectancy material in the construction or repair of bridge deck
Status: in_force

March 14, 2003 House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "long life expectancy material" means any material, including a composite, that, when used for a bridge deck in lieu of steel, concrete, or reinforced concrete, will result in an expected useful life of the bridge deck before replacement of at least thirty years. (B) A county engineer may make a recommendation to the board of county commissioners for the issuance of indebtedness of the county as provided under division (C) of this section if the county engineer determines that the projected savings from the use of long life expectancy material in the construction or repair of the bridge deck of a bridge for which the county has construction or maintenance responsibility are sufficient to pay any additional debt service costs of that indebtedness. In making this determination, the county engineer shall do all of the following: (1) Determine the expected useful life of the bridge deck if constructed or repaired using long life expectancy material. In making the determination, the county engineer shall use credible data and shall thoroughly review any data used that is not generated by the engineer. (2) Determine the additional debt service costs the county would incur issuing indebtedness under division (C) of this section compared to issuing indebtedness to construct or repair the bridge deck using steel, concrete, or reinforced steel; (3) Compare the additional debt service costs to the projected savings in operating, repair, and future capital improvement costs of the bridge deck over the lesser of fifty years or its expected useful life. The county engineer also may include in a recommendation under division (B) of this section a recommendation to purchase and install performance monitoring equipment to monitor the physical condition of the bridge so constructed or repaired. (C) Upon a recommendation of the county engineer pursuant to division (B) of this section, and pursuant to division (C)(7) of section 133.07 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners may issue indebtedness of the county subject to, and having a maximum maturity specified in, division (B)(1)(c) of section 133.20 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of constructing or repairing with long life expectancy material the bridge deck of a bridge for which the county has construction or maintenance responsibility and, if also so recommended, for the purpose of purchasing, installing, and maintaining in conjunction with the bridge improvement performance monitoring equipment to monitor the physical condition of the bridge. The authority conferred by this division is in addition to any other statutory authority of a board to issue indebtedness for a bridge improvement, including an improvement using long life expectancy material.
Ohio Rev. Code § 333.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 333 / § 333.01
§ 333.01. Impact facilities definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "County sales and use tax" means the tax levied by a county under division (A) of section 5739.021 or division (A) of section 5741.021 of the Revised Code that is returned or distributed to the county under section 5739.21 or 5741.03 of the Revised Code. (B) "Impact facility" means a permanent structure, including all interior or exterior square footage used for educational or exhibition activities, that meets all of the following criteria: (1) It is used for the sale of tangible personal property or services; (2) At least ten per cent of the facility's total square footage is dedicated to educational or exhibition activities; (3) At least thirty million dollars is invested in land, buildings, infrastructure, and equipment for the facility at the site of the facility over a period of not more than two years; (4) An annualized average of at least one hundred fifty new full-time equivalent positions will be created and maintained at the facility; (5) More than fifty per cent of the visitors to the facility are reasonably anticipated to live at least fifty miles from the facility. (C) "Qualifying investment" means a person's investment in land, buildings, infrastructure, and equipment for creating an impact facility. (D) "Full-time equivalent positions" means the total number of hours worked at a facility in a work week, divided by forty hours per week.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.79
§ 307.79. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners may adopt, amend, and rescind rules establishing technically feasible and economically reasonable standards to achieve a level of management and conservation practices that will abate wind or water erosion of the soil or abate the degradation of the waters of the state by soil sediment in conjunction with land grading, excavating, filling, or other soil disturbing activities on land used or being developed for nonfarm commercial, industrial, residential, or other nonfarm purposes, and establish criteria for determination of the acceptability of those management and conservation practices. The rules shall be designed to implement the applicable areawide waste treatment management plan prepared under section 208 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," 86 Stat. 816 (1972), 33 U.S.C.A. 1228, as amended, and to implement phase II of the storm water program of the national pollutant discharge elimination system established in 40 C.F.R. Part 122. The rules to implement phase II of the storm water program of the national pollutant discharge elimination system shall not be inconsistent with, more stringent than, or broader in scope than the rules or regulations adopted by the environmental protection agency under 40 C.F.R. Part 122. The rules adopted under this section shall not apply inside the limits of municipal corporations or the limits of townships with a limited home rule government that have adopted rules under section 504.21 of the Revised Code, to lands being used in a strip mine operation as defined in section 1513.01 of the Revised Code, or to land being used in a surface mine operation as defined in section 1514.01 of the Revised Code. The rules adopted under this section may require persons to file plans governing erosion control, sediment control, and water management before clearing, grading, excavating, filling, or otherwise wholly or partially disturbing one or more contiguous acres of land owned by one person or operated as one development unit for the construction of nonfarm buildings, structures, utilities, recreational areas, or other similar nonfarm uses. If the rules require plans to be filed, the rules shall do all of the following: (1) Designate the board itself, its employees, or another agency or official to review and approve or disapprove the plans; (2) Establish procedures and criteria for the review and approval or disapproval of the plans; (3) Require the designated entity to issue a permit to a person for the clearing, grading, excavating, filling, or other project for which plans are approved and to deny a permit to a person whose plans have been disapproved; (4) Establish procedures for the issuance of the permits; (5) Establish procedures under which a person may appeal the denial of a permit. Areas of less than one contiguous acre shall not be exempt from compliance with other provisions of this section or rules adopted under this section. The rules adopted under this section may impose reasonable filing fees for plan review, permit processing, and field inspections. No permit or plan shall be required for a public highway, transportation, or drainage improvement or maintenance project undertaken by a government agency or political subdivision in accordance with a statement of its standard sediment control policies that is approved by the board or the chief of the division of soil and water resources in the department of natural resources. (B) Rules or amendments may be adopted under this section only after public hearings at not fewer than two regular sessions of the board. The board of county commissioners shall cause, notice of the public hearings, including time, date, and place, to be published once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the hearings using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the county; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the county. The proposed rules or amendments shall be made available by the board to the public at the board office or other location indicated in the notice. The rules or amendments shall take effect on the thirty-first day following the date of their adoption. (C) The board of county commissioners may employ personnel to assist in the administration of this section and the rules adopted under it. The board also, if the action does not conflict with the rules, may delegate duties to review sediment control and water management plans to its employees, and may enter into agreements with one or more political subdivisions, other county officials, or other government agencies, in any combination, in order to obtain reviews and comments on plans governing erosion control, sediment control, and water management or to obtain other services for the administration of the rules adopted under this section. (D) The board of county commissioners or any duly authorized representative of the board may, upon identification to the owner or person in charge, enter any land upon obtaining agreement with the owner, tenant, or manager of the land in order to determine whether there is compliance with the rules adopted under this section. If the board or its duly authorized representative is unable to obtain such an agreement, the board or representative may apply for, and a judge of the court of common pleas for the county where the land is located may issue, an appropriate inspection warrant as necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter. (E)(1) If the board of county commissioners or its duly authorized representative determines that a violation of the rules adopted under this section exists, the board or representative may issue an immediate stop work order if the violator failed to obtain any federal, state, or local permit necessary for sediment and erosion control, earth movement, clearing, or cut and fill activity. In addition, if the board or representative determines such a rule violation exists, regardless of whether or not the violator has obtained the proper permits, the board or representative may authorize the issuance of a notice of violation. If, after a period of not less than thirty days has elapsed following the issuance of the notice of violation, the violation continues, the board or its duly authorized representative shall issue a second notice of violation. Except as provided in division (E)(3) of this section, if, after a period of not less than fifteen days has elapsed following the issuance of the second notice of violation, the violation continues, the board or its duly authorized representative may issue a stop work order after first obtaining the written approval of the prosecuting attorney of the county if, in the opinion of the prosecuting attorney, the violation is egregious. Once a stop work order is issued, the board or its duly authorized representative shall request, in writing, the prosecuting attorney of the county to seek an injunction or other appropriate relief in the court of common pleas to abate excessive erosion or sedimentation and secure compliance with the rules adopted under this section. If the prosecuting attorney seeks an injunction or other appropriate relief, then, in granting relief, the court of common pleas may order the construction of sediment control improvements or implementation of other control measures and may assess a civil fine of not less than one hundred or more than five hundred dollars. Each day of violation of a rule or stop work order issued under this section shall be considered a separate violation subject to a civil fine. (2) The person to whom a stop work order is issued under this section may appeal the order to the court of common pleas of the county in which it was issued, seeking any equitable or other appropriate relief from that order. (3) No stop work order shall be issued under this section against any public highway, transportation, or drainage improvement or maintenance project undertaken by a government agency or political subdivision in accordance with a statement of its standard sediment control policies that is approved by the board or the chief of the division of soil and water resources in the department of natural resources. (F) No person shall violate any rule adopted or order issued under this section. Notwithstanding division (E) of this section, if the board of county commissioners determines that a violation of any rule adopted or administrative order issued under this section exists, the board may request, in writing, the prosecuting attorney of the county to seek an injunction or other appropriate relief in the court of common pleas to abate excessive erosion or sedimentation and secure compliance with the rules or order. In granting relief, the court of common pleas may order the construction of sediment control improvements or implementation of other control measures and may assess a civil fine of not less than one hundred or more than five hundred dollars. Each day of violation of a rule adopted or administrative order issued under this section shall be considered a separate violation subject to a civil fine. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 302.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 302 / § 302.07
§ 302.07. Adoption or discontinuance of alternative form of county government not to affect present acts
Status: in_force

October 16, 1961 House Bill 855 - 104th General Assembly The adoption or discontinuance of an alternative form of county government in any county as provided in sections 302.01 to 302.24 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not affect any act done, ratified, or affirmed, or any contract or other right or obligation other than contracts for personal services, accrued or established, or any action, prosecution, or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time such change in form of government takes effect; nor shall the adoption or discontinuance of such form of government affect causes of such action, prosecutions, or proceedings existing at the time it takes effect; but such rights shall attach to, and actions, prosecutions, or proceedings may be prosecuted and continued, or instituted and prosecuted against, by, or before the department having jurisdiction or power of the subject matter to which such action, prosecution, or proceedings pertains. All rules, regulations, and orders lawfully promulgated prior to such adoption shall continue in force and effect until amended or rescinded in accordance with sections 302.01 to 302.24 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. On the effective date of the adoption or discontinuance of an alternative form of county government causing a transfer of rights, duties, and powers from one department or office to another, all books, records, papers, documents, property, real and personal, funds, appropriations and balances of appropriations, and pending business in any way pertaining to such rights, powers, and duties shall be similarly transferred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 349.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 349 / § 349.12
§ 349.12. Investing funds
Status: in_force

January 1, 1997 House Bill 538 - 121st General Assembly Moneys in the funds of the new community authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its community authority bonds or in any trust agreement or indenture of mortgage securing the same, or related agreement, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States, or of any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision thereof. If the law or the instrument creating a trust pursuant to section 349.10 of the Revised Code expressly permits investment in direct obligations of the United States or an agency thereof, unless expressly prohibited by the instrument, such moneys also may be invested in no front end load money market mutual funds consisting exclusively of obligations of the United States or an agency thereof and in repurchase agreements, including those issued by the fiduciary itself, secured by obligations of the United States or an agency thereof; and in collective investment funds established in accordance with section 1111.14 of the Revised Code and consisting exclusively of any such securities, notwithstanding division (A)(1)(c) of that section. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited to such funds as the authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement or indenture of mortgage, or related agreement, and such investments may be sold at such times as the authority determines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.49
§ 323.49. Power of county treasurer to become receiver of land - procedure - exception
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly (A) In addition to all other means provided by law for collecting taxes and assessments charged upon real estate specifically as such and penalties and interest charged on any tax list and duplicate or delinquent land list in any county against any entry of real estate, the county treasurer at any time after any installment of such taxes and assessments has been delinquent for more than six months and remains due and unpaid shall apply by petition to the court of common pleas to be appointed receiver ex officio of the rents, issues, and income of the real property against which such taxes and assessments are charged, for the purpose of satisfying out of such rents, issues, and income the taxes and assessments upon such real property, together with the penalties, interest, and costs charged or thereafter becoming chargeable on any tax list and duplicate, or otherwise collectible in respect thereof, and such costs and expenses of the receivership as are allowed by the court. (B) If the proper parties are before the court, it shall be sufficient for the treasurer to allege in such petition the description of such real property that appears on the tax list and duplicate, that the money appearing to be due and unpaid by the tax list and duplicate or by the delinquent land list has been due and unpaid for more than six months, and that the treasurer believes that collection thereof can be made by applying the rents, issues, and income of such real property thereto, without setting forth in the petition any other or special matter relating thereto. The prayer of the petition shall be that the court make an order that the rents, issues, and income of such real property be applied to the payment of the amount set forth in the petition, and if a penalty is otherwise chargeable by law on all or any part of such amount, to the payment of such penalty to the date of final entry in such action, and that the plaintiff be appointed receiver ex officio of such rents, issues, and income for that purpose. (C) In such proceedings the treasurer may join in one action any number of lots or lands, but the decree and any orders shall be rendered separately, and any proceedings may be severed in the decision of the court for the purpose of trial or appeal, where an appeal is allowed, and the court shall make such order for payment of costs as it deems equitable. (D) The tax duplicate or the delinquent land tax certificate or master list of delinquent tracts filed by the auditor with the prosecuting attorney shall be prima-facie evidence on the trial of such action of the amount and validity of the taxes, assessments, and charges appearing due and unpaid thereon and of the nonpayment thereof. The petition of the treasurer shall be verified and shall be prima-facie evidence of all other facts therein stated. (E) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Real property entirely used and occupied in good faith by the owner thereof as a private residence; (2) The collection of delinquent taxes and assessments charged against real property, the payment of which is subject to a delinquent tax contract entered into pursuant to section 323.31 of the Revised Code, so long as the delinquent tax contract remains in effect; (3) The collection of delinquent taxes charged against real property that is the subject of an application for exemption from taxation pursuant to section 5715.27 of the Revised Code. (F) A county treasurer appointed under this section as receiver ex officio of the rents, issues, and income of the real property against which the delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, and charges are charged, with the consent of the court, may enter into a written agreement with a county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code for the corporation, acting as the treasurer's agent, to exercise all powers granted to the treasurer under this section and the order of appointment as receiver ex officio.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.984 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.984
§ 307.984. Regional plans of cooperation to enhance the administration, delivery, and effectiveness of family services duties and workforce development activities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) To enhance the administration, delivery, and effectiveness of family services duties and workforce development activities, a board of county commissioners may enter into one or more regional plans of cooperation with the following: (1) One or more other boards of county commissioners; (2) The chief elected official or officials of one or more municipal corporations that are local areas as defined in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code; (3) Both boards of county commissioners and such chief elected officials. (B) A regional plan of cooperation must specify how the private and government entities included in the plan will coordinate and enhance the administration, delivery, and effectiveness of family services duties and workforce development activities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.02
§ 306.02. Members of board, qualifications, terms
Status: in_force

October 25, 1995 House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly A county transit board authorized by section 306.01 of the Revised Code shall consist of seven members. All members shall be electors of the county, shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners, and shall have such qualifications as the board of county commissioners may establish in its resolution under section 306.01 of the Revised Code. The appointments shall be for overlapping three-year terms, provided that of the initial terms, two shall be for one year, two for two years, and three for three years. Appointments thereafter shall be for the full term of three years except that any vacancy which occurs during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. The county commissioners shall fill any vacancy which occurs in the board within ninety days after the occurrence of the vacancy. The members of the board shall not be interested financially in any contract, work, or service for the county. The county commissioners shall designate a chairman for the term of his office or for the term of three years, whichever is shorter and shall fill any vacancy in such position. The compensation of the members of the board shall be determined by the county commissioners. The county commissioners may fix the chairman's salary above those of the other board members. No more than four members of the board shall belong to the same political party. A member of the board may be removed for cause by the county commissioners, but only after opportunity has been afforded for a public hearing before the county commissioners within ten days after written charges have been given such member. Such member shall be heard in person or by counsel and action by the county commissioners shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 309.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 309 / § 309.11
§ 309.11. Official bonds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The prosecuting attorney shall prepare, in legal form, the official bonds for all county officers, and shall see that the acceptance of such bonds by the proper authorities, the signing thereof, and all the indorsements thereon, are in conformity to law, and that they are deposited with the proper officer. No bond shall be accepted or approved for any county officer by the person or tribunal authorized to approve it, until the prosecuting attorney has inspected it, and certified thereon that such bond is sufficient. In case of a vacancy in the office of prosecuting attorney or of the absence or disability of the prosecuting attorney, such duties shall be discharged by the probate judge.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.021
§ 303.021. Designating street names and assigning numbers to buildings
Status: in_force

September 29, 1955 Senate Bill 277 - 101st General Assembly The board of county commissioners may designate street names and assign numbers to buildings along streets in unincorporated areas. The owners of such buildings shall number or renumber such buildings in accordance with the numbers assigned by the county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 305.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 305 / § 305.99
§ 305.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly Whoever violates section 305.38 , 305.39 , or 305.41 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.12
§ 307.12. Resolution for disposal of unneeded, obsolete or unfit personal property
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (D), (E), and (G) of this section, when the board of county commissioners finds, by resolution, that the county has personal property, including motor vehicles acquired for the use of county officers and departments, and road machinery, equipment, tools, or supplies, that is not needed for public use, is obsolete, or is unfit for the use for which it was acquired, and when the fair market value of the property to be sold or donated under this division is, in the opinion of the board, in excess of five thousand dollars, the board may do either of the following: (1) Sell the property at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder. Notice of the time, place, and manner of the sale shall be published at least ten days prior to the sale, using at least one of the following methods: (a) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the county; (b) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (c) On the web site and social media account of the county. If a board conducts a sale of property by sealed bid, the form of the bid shall be as prescribed by the board, and each bid shall contain the name of the person submitting it. Bids received shall be opened and tabulated at the time stated in the notice. The property shall be sold to the highest bidder, except that the board may reject all bids and hold another sale, by public auction or sealed bid, in the manner prescribed by this section. (2) Donate any motor vehicle that does not exceed four thousand five hundred dollars in value to a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and (c)(3) for the purpose of meeting the transportation needs of participants in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code and participants in the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code. (B) When the board of county commissioners finds, by resolution, that the county has personal property, including motor vehicles acquired for the use of county officers and departments, and road machinery, equipment, tools, or supplies, that is not needed for public use, is obsolete, or is unfit for the use for which it was acquired, and when the fair market value of the property to be sold or donated under this division is, in the opinion of the board, five thousand dollars or less, the board may do either of the following: (1) Sell the property by private sale, without advertisement or public notification; (2) Donate the property to an eligible nonprofit organization that is located in this state and is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and (c)(3). Before donating property, the nonprofit organization shall provide the board evidence that the organization is located in this state and is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and (c)(3). (C) Members of the board of county commissioners shall consult with the Ohio ethics commission, and comply with the provisions of Chapters 102. and 2921. of the Revised Code, with respect to any sale or donation under division (A) or (B) of this section to a nonprofit organization of which a county commissioner, any member of the county commissioner's family, or any business associate of the county commissioner is a trustee, officer, board member, or employee. (D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (A), (B), or (E) of this section and regardless of the property's value, the board of county commissioners may sell or donate county personal property, including motor vehicles, to the federal government, the state, any political subdivision of the state, or a county land reutilization corporation without advertisement or public notification. (E) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (A), (B), or (G) of this section and regardless of the property's value, the board of county commissioners may sell personal property, including motor vehicles acquired for the use of county officers and departments, and road machinery, equipment, tools, or supplies, that is not needed for public use, is obsolete, or is unfit for the use for which it was acquired, by internet auction. The board shall adopt a resolution expressing its intent to sell property by internet auction. The resolution shall include a description of how the internet auctions will be conducted and shall specify the number of days for bidding on the property, which shall be no less than ten days, including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. The resolution shall indicate whether the county will conduct the internet auctions or the board will contract with a representative to conduct the internet auctions and shall establish the general terms and conditions of sale. If a representative is known when the resolution is adopted, the resolution shall provide contact information such as the representative's name, address, and telephone number. After adoption of the resolution, the board shall publish, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, notice of its intent to sell unneeded, obsolete, or unfit-for-use county personal property by internet auction. The notice shall include a summary of the information provided in the resolution and shall be published twice or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The second and any subsequent notice shall be published not less than ten nor more than twenty days after the previous notice. A similar notice also shall be posted continually in a conspicuous place in the offices of the county auditor and the board of county commissioners. If the county maintains a web site on the internet, the notice shall be posted continually at that web site. When property is to be sold by internet auction, the board or its representative may establish a minimum price that will be accepted for specific items and may establish any other terms and conditions for a particular sale, including requirements for pick-up or delivery, method of payment, and sales tax. This type of information shall be provided on the internet at the time of the auction and may be provided before that time upon request after the terms and conditions have been determined by the board or its representative. (F) When a county officer or department head determines that county-owned personal property under the jurisdiction of the officer or department head, including motor vehicles, road machinery, equipment, tools, or supplies, is not of immediate need, the county officer or department head may notify the board of county commissioners, and the board may lease that personal property to any municipal corporation, township, other political subdivision of the state, or to a county land reutilization corporation. The lease shall require the county to be reimbursed under terms, conditions, and fees established by the board, or under contracts executed by the board. (G) If the board of county commissioners finds, by resolution, that the county has vehicles, equipment, or machinery that is not needed, or is unfit for public use, and the board desires to sell the vehicles, equipment, or machinery to the person or firm from which it proposes to purchase other vehicles, equipment, or machinery, the board may offer to sell the vehicles, equipment, or machinery to that person or firm, and to have the selling price credited to the person or firm against the purchase price of other vehicles, equipment, or machinery. (H) If the board of county commissioners advertises for bids for the sale of new vehicles, equipment, or machinery to the county, it may include in the same advertisement a notice of the willingness of the board to accept bids for the purchase of county-owned vehicles, equipment, or machinery that is obsolete or not needed for public use, and to have the amount of those bids subtracted from the selling price of the other vehicles, equipment, or machinery as a means of determining the lowest responsible bidder. (I) If a board of county commissioners determines that county personal property is not needed for public use, or is obsolete or unfit for the use for which it was acquired, and that the property has no value, the board may discard or salvage that property. (J) A county engineer, in the engineer's discretion, may dispose of scrap construction materials on such terms as the engineer determines reasonable, including disposal without recovery of costs, if the total value of the materials does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. The engineer shall maintain records of all dispositions made under this division, including identification of the origin of the materials, the final disposition, and copies of all receipts resulting from the dispositions. As used in division (J) of this section, "scrap construction materials" means construction materials that result from a road or bridge improvement, remain after the improvement is completed, and are not reusable. Construction material that is metal and that results from a road or bridge improvement and remains after the improvement is completed is scrap construction material only if it cannot be used in any other road or bridge improvement or other project in its current state. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.084 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.084
§ 307.084. Purchase or appropriation of real property for state or federal correctional facility
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly When the board of county commissioners determines that it serves the interests of the county, the board may procure real estate within the county by purchase or by appropriation under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code and donate it to the state, the department of rehabilitation and correction, or the United States bureau of prisons for the construction of a state correctional institution or a federal correctional facility or complex. The board shall attempt to obtain the best possible terms and conditions in relation to the donation, such as priority over courts or law enforcement agencies of other jurisdictions in placement in the institution, facility, or complex of nonstate or nonfederal prisoners, or an option for the county to repurchase the property on reasonable terms should it no longer be used as a state correctional institution or federal correctional facility or complex.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.081
§ 307.081. Purchase or appropriation of real property for redevelopment
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 213 - 118th General Assembly A board of county commissioners may purchase or appropriate real property in the unincorporated territory of the county in order to do all of the following: (A) Sell or lease the property; (B) After the property is leased or purchased from the county, exempt from real property taxes under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code part or all of an improvement to the property; (C) Once an improvement to the property is exempted from taxation under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, charge the owner of the improvement a service payment under section 5709.79 of the Revised Code; (D) Use the money collected from the service payments to finance the construction or repair of public infrastructure improvements that benefit the property and that are designated in the resolution adopted under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 333.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 333 / § 333.06
§ 333.06. Application of builder for payment
Status: in_force

June 30, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly (A) A person who has entered into an agreement with a board of county commissioners under section 333.02 of the Revised Code shall apply for payment with the county auditor on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner within sixty days after the end of each calendar quarter during which the agreement is in effect. Upon request of the county auditor, the tax commissioner shall provide to the county auditor the applicant's sales or use tax return information or any sales or use tax audit information, including information regarding state refunds of sales or use taxes, that the county auditor needs to determine the amount of the payment that should be made to the applicant. (B) On receipt of an application for payment under this section and review of the applicant's agreement with the board of county commissioners, the county auditor shall determine the amount of the payment the applicant shall receive as follows: (1) If the amount of the payment is not less than that claimed on the application, the county auditor shall certify the amount to the county treasurer, who shall make a payment to the applicant from the county sales and use tax revenues returned or distributed to the county under sections 5739.21 and 5741.03 of the Revised Code. Upon request of the board of county commissioners or the tax commissioner, the county auditor shall notify the board or the commissioner, or both, of the amount certified and the date the payment will be made. (2) If the amount of the payment is less than that claimed on the application, the county auditor shall notify the applicant and provide to the applicant the reasons why the payment is less than that claimed. If the applicant disagrees with the amount of the payment, the applicant may file an appeal with the tax commissioner pursuant to, and within the time prescribed by, section 333.07 of the Revised Code. To assist in reviewing the amount under appeal, the county auditor shall provide to the tax commissioner any information the commissioner requests. (C) A payment made under this section or under section 333.07 of the Revised Code shall not include interest. The amount of the payment shall be subject to adjustment by the county auditor, based on any refunds of the county sales and use tax that were made to the person arising from retail sales at the impact facility, including for calendar quarters in which such sales were made before the calendar quarter for which the person is requesting a payment under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 301.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 301 / § 301.21
§ 301.21. Compensation of commissioner
Status: in_force

October 27, 1981 Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly Each commissioner, appointed as provided by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, shall receive three dollars for each day he is employed in discharging the duties required of him by sections 301.14 , 301.15 , 301.16 , 301.19 , 301.20 , and 301.22 of the Revised Code, and his actual expenses while engaged in such duties, to be paid from the county treasury of the county where such proceedings are returned, and to which the new county is attached, the amount of which, with the interest thereon, shall be refunded by the new county as soon as it is organized.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.15
§ 303.15. Organization and rules of county board of zoning appeals
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly The county board of zoning appeals shall organize and adopt rules in accordance with the zoning resolution. Meetings of the board of zoning appeals shall be held at the call of the chairperson, and at such other times as the board determines. The chairperson, or in the chairperson's absence the acting chairperson, may administer oaths, and the board of zoning appeals may compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board of zoning appeals shall be open to the public. The board of zoning appeals shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each regular or alternate member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the board of county commissioners and be a public record. Appeals to the board of zoning appeals may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer of the county affected by any decision of the administrative officer. Such appeal shall be taken within twenty days after the decision by filing, with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the board of zoning appeals, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall transmit to the board of zoning appeals all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. The board of zoning appeals shall fix a reasonable time for the public hearing of the appeal, give at least ten days' notice in writing to the parties in interest, and give notice of such public hearing by one publication at least ten days before the date of such hearing, using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the county; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (C) On the web site and social media account of the county. Upon the hearing, any person may appear in person or by attorney. The boards of zoning appeals shall decide the appeal within a reasonable time after it is submitted. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.47
§ 321.47. Notice of continuing education of county treasurer
Status: in_force

June 15, 2004 House Bill 168 - 125th General Assembly (A) By the fifteenth day of January following completion of each biennial cycle described in division (B)(3)(a) of section 321.46 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall notify the treasurer of state of the continuing education hours completed under the auditor of state's supervision by each county treasurer for that biennial cycle pursuant to section 321.46 of the Revised Code. (B) By the thirty-first day of January following completion of each biennial cycle described in division (B)(3)(a) of section 321.46 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall determine whether any county treasurer has failed to comply with the county treasurer's continuing education requirements pursuant to section 321.46 of the Revised Code and, by certified mail, shall notify any county treasurer who has not complied with the requirements. The notice shall contain all of the following: (1) Notification that the county treasurer is deficient in continuing education hours; (2) Notification that if the county treasurer believes the treasurer of state's records are in error, the county treasurer has one month to submit proof to the treasurer of state that the county treasurer is in compliance with the continuing education requirements; (3) Notification that completion of the continuing education requirements also may be obtained by attending courses approved by the auditor of state or the treasurer of state, but that the county treasurer must comply fully with the continuing education requirements and that the treasurer of state must have proof of full compliance by the last day of April following completion of each biennial cycle; (4) Notification that if the county treasurer has failed to comply fully with the continuing education requirements by the last day of April following completion of each biennial cycle, the treasurer of state will notify the prosecuting attorney of that treasurer's county of that fact immediately. (C)(1) Upon receipt of the notice described in division (B)(4) of this section, the prosecuting attorney shall petition the court of common pleas of that county for an order suspending the county treasurer's authority to invest county funds and to manage the county investment portfolio. The petition shall contain a brief statement of the facts and shall show that the county treasurer has failed to comply with the continuing education requirements of section 321.46 of the Revised Code. Before or simultaneously with the filing of the petition, the prosecuting attorney shall serve a copy of the petition upon the county treasurer personally or by certified mail, together with a copy of this section. Upon the filing of the petition, the court, on the motion of the prosecuting attorney, shall enter an order fixing a date for hearing not later than two weeks after the date of filing and shall require that a copy of the order be given to the county treasurer in the manner in which a summons is required to be served or substituted service is required to be made in other cases. (2) On the date fixed for the hearing described in division (C)(1) of this section, or any adjournment of it, the court shall determine from the petition and evidence submitted by either party whether the county treasurer has met the continuing education requirements of section 321.46 of the Revised Code for the preceding biennial cycle described in division (B)(3)(a) of section 321.46 of the Revised Code. If the court finds that the county treasurer has failed to meet these continuing education requirements, it shall enter an order transferring the county treasurer's authority to invest county funds and to manage the county portfolio to the county's investment advisory committee until such time as the county treasurer complies fully with the continuing education requirements. (3) The costs of the proceeding shall be assessed or apportioned as the court considers equitable. (D) Upon receiving proof of completion of continuing education requirements for the preceding biennial cycle described in division (B)(3)(a) of section 321.46 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall notify the prosecuting attorney that the county treasurer has complied fully with the continuing education requirements. The prosecuting attorney shall submit this information to the court, and the court shall enter an order terminating the authority of the county's investment advisory committee to invest county funds and to manage the county portfolio and restoring such authority to the county treasurer. (E) The proceedings described in divisions (C) and (D) of this section are special proceedings, and final orders in the proceedings may be reviewed and affirmed, modified, or reversed on appeal pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, pursuant to Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.691 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.691
§ 323.691. Transfer of complaint to court of common pleas or municipal court
Status: in_force

September 4, 2014 Senate Bill 172 - 130th General Assembly (A)(1) A county board of revision may order that a proceeding arising from a complaint filed under section 323.69 of the Revised Code be transferred to the court of common pleas or to a municipal court with jurisdiction. The board may order such a transfer upon the motion of the record owner of the parcel or the county prosecuting attorney, representing the county treasurer, or upon its own motion. (2) A court of common pleas or municipal court may order that a proceeding arising from a complaint filed under sections 323.25 to 323.28 or Chapter 5721. of the Revised Code be transferred to a county board of revision if the court determines that the real property that is the subject of the complaint is abandoned land, provided that the appropriate board of revision has adopted a resolution under section 323.66 of the Revised Code to adjudicate cases as provided under sections 323.65 to 323.79 of the Revised Code. There is a rebuttable presumption that a parcel of land is unoccupied if any of the factors described in division (F)(2) of section 323.65 of the Revised Code apply to the parcel. The court may order a transfer under this division upon the motion of the record owner of the parcel or the county prosecuting attorney, representing the county treasurer, or upon its own motion. (B) On or before the twenty-eighth day after the journalization of an order of transfer issued pursuant to division (A) of this section, the county prosecuting attorney shall file a copy of the journalized order of transfer and a notice of transfer and dismissal with the clerk of court and with the court or board to which the case was transferred. In any action transferred to a county board of revision, the prosecuting attorney shall serve the notice of transfer upon all parties to the action except any party that previously failed to answer, plea, or appear in the proceeding as required in Civil Rule 12. In any action transferred to a court, the prosecuting attorney shall serve the notice of transfer upon all parties to the action except those parties deemed to be in default under division (D) of section 323.69 of the Revised Code. (C) Upon journalization of the order of transfer, the clerk of court shall proceed as if the transferred complaint had been filed with the court or board to which the proceeding was transferred, except that the clerk is not required to perfect a notice of summons and complaint to any party that had already been served such notice. When the prosecuting attorney files the notice of transfer as prescribed in division (B) of this section, the clerk shall stamp or otherwise indicate on the notice a new case number for the proceeding. The clerk shall assign the entire case file to the court or board to which the proceeding was transferred, including any preliminary or final reports, documents, or other evidence made available to the transferring court or board. All such reports, documents, and other evidence shall be received by the court or board to which the proceeding was transferred as competent evidence for the purposes of adjudicating the proceeding. That court or board shall accept all such reports, documents, and evidence in the case file unless otherwise required by law or unless the court or board determines that doing so would not be in the interests of justice. The court or board to which the proceeding is transferred shall serve notice of the summons and the complaint as required in Civil Rule 4 or section 323.69 of the Revised Code, as applicable, upon any parties not yet served such notice in the proceeding. (D) If a county prosecuting attorney does not file a notice of transfer as required under division (B) of this section on or before the twenty-eighth day after the journalization of an order of transfer issued under division (A) of this section, or upon the motion of the prosecuting attorney, court, or board before that date, the complaint that is the subject of the order of transfer shall be deemed to have been dismissed without prejudice by both the court and the board of revision. (E) Upon the journalization of an order of transfer issued under division (A) of this section, the case shall be deemed to have been dismissed without prejudice by the transferring court or board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.99
§ 303.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 544 - 123rd General Assembly Whoever violates sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 302.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 302 / § 302.04
§ 302.04. Ballot language commissioners elected at large
Status: in_force

December 13, 1967 Senate Bill 346 - 107th General Assembly In submitting to the electors of any county the question of adopting an alternative form of county government whereby the entire board of county commissioners are elected at large, the board of elections shall submit the question in language substantially as follows: "Shall the county of ___________________ adopt the form of county government known as the county (name of plan) plan with a board of (number) county commissioners elected as provided for in sections 302.01 to 302.24 , inclusive, of the Revised Code? ( ) For adoption of the county (name of plan) plan. ( ) Against adoption of the county (name of plan) plan." At least forty-five days prior to the election thereon the board of county commissioners shall cause a copy of the alternative form to be distributed to each elector of the county so far as may be reasonably possible. Immediately following said election the board of elections shall file a certificate of the results thereof with the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.13
§ 313.13. Autopsy - blood test of operator of motor vehicle killed in accident
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly (A) The coroner, any deputy coroner, an investigator appointed pursuant to section 313.05 of the Revised Code, or any other person the coroner designates as having the authority to act under this section may go to the dead body and take charge of it. Whether and when an autopsy is performed shall be determined under sections 313.121 and 313.131 of the Revised Code. If an autopsy is performed by the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologists, a detailed description of the observations written during the progress of such autopsy, or as soon after such autopsy as reasonably possible, and the conclusions drawn from the observations shall be filed in the office of the coroner. (B) If the office of the coroner is notified that a person who was the operator of a motor vehicle that was involved in an accident or crash was killed in the accident or crash or died as a result of injuries suffered in it, the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist shall go to the dead body and take charge of it and administer a chemical test to the blood of the deceased person to determine the alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug content of the blood. This division does not authorize the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist to perform an autopsy, and does not affect and shall not be construed as affecting the provisions of section 313.131 of the Revised Code that govern the determination of whether and when an autopsy is to be performed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.08
§ 339.08. Hospital trust fund
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly The board of county hospital trustees may receive any gift, bequest, or devise of real or personal property in trust for the erection, improvement, or support of the county hospital, and administer the said property and the proceeds thereof in the manner required by law or the instrument creating such trust. Before receiving such trust property, the board shall give additional bond in such amount as the board of county commissioners or a court requires. Any corporation or association holding property in trust for the erection, improvement, or support of a county hospital may make application to the court of common pleas of such county for permission to resign from and relinquish the obligations of such trust. The court shall set a time for a hearing, and give notice of the hearing to the donors, if living, and to the next of kin of deceased donors, residing within the state, and notice shall also be given by publication for three consecutive weeks using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper published in and of general circulation within the county; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (C) On the web site and social media account of the county. Upon hearing, with consent of the board of county hospital trustees and upon its giving such additional bond as is ordered, the court may authorize said trust property to be delivered over to said board of county hospital trustees as successor trustees. Upon delivering said trust property and making a full accounting of the administration of it to the satisfaction of the court, the former board may be discharged and any bonds or obligations for performance of its duties as such board shall be canceled. All money held in trust by the board shall be kept in a separate fund to be known as "the hospital trust fund." The board of county hospital trustees shall make a complete report of its administration of all property and funds held in trust to the board of county commissioners with its annual report of operation of the hospital. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM