Ohio Rev. Code § 511.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 511 / § 511.08
§ 511.08. Petition to build memorial
Status: in_force

August 22, 1995 House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly Whenever a petition is presented to the board of township trustees, signed by not less than fifteen per cent of the electors of the township as shown at the most recent general election held therein, requesting the submission to such electors of the question of issuing bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, for purchasing a site, if necessary, and erecting and furnishing a memorial building, or erecting and maintaining a suitable and appropriate monument, statue, or memorial to commemorate the services of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of such township, the board shall provide by resolution for the submission of such question to the electors as provided by section 133.18 of the Revised Code. In case the petitions requesting the submission of such question are filed in two or more townships the total amount of bonds estimated for such purpose shall be divided among such townships in proportion to the tax valuation of each, as shown by its tax duplicate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 511.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 511 / § 511.31
§ 511.31. Obligations of park board
Status: in_force

June 29, 1974 House Bill 1100 - 110th General Assembly Every township board of park commissioners regardless of the manner in which it was created shall function under and be governed by sections 511.18 to 511.31 , 511.34 to 511.37 , 755.14 , 755.16 , 755.17 , and 755.18 of the Revised Code. All obligations incurred by any such board under any former law, whether constitutional or otherwise, shall become the lawful obligations of the board provided for by such sections, and the title to all property acquired by any such former board shall pass to and be vested in the board provided for by such sections, in trust, for park purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 519.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 519 / § 519.14
§ 519.14. Powers of township board of zoning appeals
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 34 - 132nd General Assembly The township board of zoning appeals may: (A) Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code, or of any resolution adopted pursuant thereto; (B) Authorize, upon appeal, in specific cases, such variance from the terms of the zoning resolution as will not be contrary to the public interest, where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the resolution will result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of the resolution shall be observed and substantial justice done; (C) Grant conditional zoning certificates for the use of land, buildings, or other structures if such certificates for specific uses are provided for in the zoning resolution. If the board considers conditional zoning certificates for activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code or activities that are related to making finished aggregate products, the board shall proceed in accordance with section 519.141 of the Revised Code. (D) Revoke an authorized variance or conditional zoning certificate granted for the extraction of minerals, if any condition of the variance or certificate is violated. The board shall notify the holder of the variance or certificate either by certified mail or, if the board has record of an internet identifier of record associated with the holder, by ordinary mail and by that internet identifier of record of its intent to revoke the variance or certificate under division (D) of this section and of the holder's right to a hearing before the board, within thirty days of the mailing of the notice, if the holder so requests. If the holder requests a hearing, the board shall set a time and place for the hearing and notify the holder. At the hearing, the holder may appear in person, by the holder's attorney, or by other representative, or the holder may present the holder's position in writing. The holder may present evidence and examine witnesses appearing for or against the holder. If no hearing is requested, the board may revoke the variance or certificate without a hearing. The authority to revoke a variance or certificate is in addition to any other means of zoning enforcement provided by law. In exercising the above-mentioned powers, the board may, in conformity with such sections, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from, and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to that end has all powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. As used in this section, "internet identifier of record" has the same meaning as in section 9.312 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 504.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 504 / § 504.02
§ 504.02. Election for adopting limited home rule government
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) After certification of a resolution as provided in division (A) of section 504.01 of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall submit the question of whether to adopt a limited home rule government to the electors of the unincorporated area of the township, and the ballot language shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the township of ___________ (name) adopt a limited home rule government, under which government the board of township trustees, by resolution, may exercise limited powers of local self-government and limited police powers? ______ For adoption of a limited home rule government ______ Against adoption of a limited home rule government" (B)(1) At least forty-five days before the election on this question, the board of township trustees shall have notice of the election and a description of the proposed limited home rule government published once a week for two consecutive weeks using at least one of the following methods: (a) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the township; (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 township. The board shall have the notice and description posted in five conspicuous places in the unincorporated area of the township. (2) If a board of elections operates and maintains a web site, notice of the election and a description of the proposed limited home rule government shall be posted on that web site for at least thirty days before the election on this question. (C) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition of adopting a limited home rule government is in the affirmative, that government is adopted and becomes the government of the township on the first day of January immediately following the election. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 511.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 511 / § 511.37
§ 511.37. Contributions of property or funds to park districts with overlapping territory
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 417 - 123rd General Assembly The board of township trustees of any township may make contributions of moneys, lands, supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other personal property or services to any board of park commissioners of a park district that is established pursuant to section 511.18 or Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code and whose territory overlaps the territory of the township in whole or in part, for the purposes of park planning, acquisition, management, and improvement. The board of park commissioners may accept the contributions without the approval of the terms by the appointing authority, if applicable. Any moneys contributed by the board of township trustees for those purposes shall be drawn from the general fund in the township treasury not otherwise appropriated. The board of township trustees may anticipate the contributions of moneys for those purposes and enter the amount of the contributions in its annual statement to the county budget commission for inclusion in the budget upon which rates of taxation are based.
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.541
§ 505.541. Parking enforcement unit
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The board of township trustees or a joint police district board, respectively, may establish, by resolution, a parking enforcement unit within a township police district or within a joint police district, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The chief of police of the district shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the board of township trustees by resolution or joint police district board, as appropriate, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking enforcement unit. The chief of police may appoint parking enforcement officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking enforcement officers. (B) The authority of the parking enforcement officers shall be limited to the enforcement of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code and any other parking laws specified in the resolution creating the parking enforcement unit. Parking enforcement officers shall have no other powers. (C) The training the parking enforcement officers shall receive shall include instruction in general administrative rules and procedures governing the parking enforcement unit, the role of the judicial system as it relates to parking regulation and enforcement, proper techniques and methods relating to the enforcement of parking laws, human interaction skills, and first aid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 503.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 503 / § 503.57
§ 503.57. Taxes related to tourism development
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Admission" means the right or privilege to enter into a place. (2) "Tourism development district" means a district designated by a township under section 503.56 of the Revised Code. (3) "Territory of a tourism development district" means all of the area included within the territorial boundaries of a tourism development district. (B) For the purpose of fostering and developing tourism within a tourism development district and paying the costs of administering the tax, the legislative authority of a township may, by resolution, levy a tax upon all of the following: (1) Amounts paid for admission to any place, including parking lots and facilities, located in the territory of a tourism development district; (2) Amounts paid for tickets or cards of admission to theaters, operas, and other places of amusement located in the territory of a tourism development district, sold at places other than the ticket offices of such places, over and above the amounts representing the established price therefor at such ticket offices; (3) Amounts paid for admission to any public performance at any roof garden, cabaret, or other similar entertainment venue located in the territory of a tourism development district, in which the charge for admission is a service or cover charge; (4) Amounts paid as annual membership dues by every club or organization maintaining a golf course located in the territory of a tourism development district; (5) Green fees paid to a golf course located in the territory of a tourism development district either under club or private ownership. (C) The rate of a tax levied under this section shall not exceed five per cent of the admission charge, membership dues, or green fees. Every person receiving any payment on which a tax is levied under this section shall collect the amount of the tax from the person making the admission payment. (D) The legislative authority of a township levying a tax pursuant to this section shall establish all regulations necessary to provide for the administration of the tax. The regulations may prescribe the time for payment of the tax, and may provide for the imposition of a penalty or interest, or both, for late payments, provided that the penalty does not exceed ten per cent of the amount of tax due, and the rate at which interest accrues does not exceed the rate per annum prescribed pursuant to section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. The regulations shall provide, after deducting the real and actual costs of administering the tax, that the revenue be used exclusively for fostering and developing tourism within the tourism development district in which the tax is levied.
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.44
§ 505.44. Contracts for ambulance service
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly As used in this section: (A) "Emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "State agency" means all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, colleges, universities, institutions, and other instrumentalities of this or another state. In order to obtain the services of ambulance service organizations, to obtain additional services from ambulance service organizations in times of emergency, to obtain the services of emergency medical service organizations, or, if the township is located in a county with a population of forty thousand or less, to obtain the services of nonemergency patient transport service organizations, a township may enter into a contract with one or more state agencies, townships, municipal corporations, counties, nonprofit corporations, joint emergency medical services districts, fire and ambulance districts, or private ambulance owners, regardless of whether such state agencies, townships, municipal corporations, counties, nonprofit corporations, joint emergency medical services districts, fire and ambulance districts, or private ambulance owners are located within or outside the state, upon such terms as are agreed to by them, to furnish or receive services from ambulance or emergency medical service organizations or, if the township is located in a county with a population of forty thousand or less, to furnish or receive services from nonemergency patient transport service organizations, or may enter into a contract for the interchange of services from ambulance or emergency medical service organizations or, if the township is located in a county with a population of forty thousand or less, the interchange of services from nonemergency patient transport service organizations, within the several territories of the contracting parties, if the contract is first authorized by the respective boards of township trustees, the other legislative bodies, or the officer or body authorized to contract on behalf of the state agency. Such contracts shall not be entered into with a state agency or nonprofit corporation that receives more than half of its operating funds from governmental entities with the intention of directly competing with the operation of other ambulance, emergency medical, or nonemergency patient transport service organizations in the township unless the state agency or nonprofit corporation is awarded the contract after submitting the lowest and best bid to the board of township trustees. The contract may provide for compensation upon such terms as the parties may agree. Any township wishing to commence providing or wishing to enter into a contract for the first time to furnish or obtain services from nonemergency patient transport service organizations on or after March 1, 1993, including a township in which a private provider has been providing the service, shall demonstrate the need for public funding for the service to, and obtain approval from, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services or its immediate successor board prior to the establishment of a township-operated or township-funded service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 504.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 504 / § 504.19
§ 504.19. Adopting general plan of water supply or sewer services
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly (A) The board of township trustees may prepare and adopt a general plan of water supply or sewer services. After the general plan has been approved by the board, the board immediately shall notify the board of county commissioners if territory served by a county water supply facility or a county sewer district includes territory to be covered by the plan, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation that operates a water supply or sewer system in any of the territory to be covered by the plan, and the board of trustees of any existing regional water and sewer district that includes any territory to be covered by the plan, of the township's intention to provide water supply or sewer services and shall describe the area where the township proposes to provide water supply or sewer services. The notified board of county commissioners, legislative authority of a municipal corporation, and board of trustees of the regional water and sewer district then have thirty days from the date of notification to comment and object in writing to the township's provision of water supply or sewer services. An objection may be based on one or more of the following: (1) The county, municipal corporation, or special district already provides the proposed water supply or sewer services to the area to be served. (2) The county, municipal corporation, or special district has in its service plan provisions to provide the proposed water supply or sewer services in the future to the proposed area within a reasonable period of time. Within fifteen days after receiving objections, the board of township trustees may request in writing submitted to the objecting party that the issue of the township's provision of the proposed water supply or sewer services be mediated. The mediation shall be performed either by the Ohio commission on dispute resolution and conflict management or by having each party select a mediator and having those two mediators select a third mediator who, together with the other two mediators, shall conduct the mediation. Within forty-five days after the request for mediation is submitted, any mediation shall be completed, and any agreements reached between the parties shall be filed in writing with the parties. Thereafter, the respective governing boards may adopt the agreements, making those agreements binding on the parties, or, if one or more of the agreed-upon points is rejected, that rejection shall be considered a final decision of a governing board for purposes of Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code, and the board of township trustees may file an appeal under that chapter regarding its provision of the proposed water supply or sewer services. In addition to any findings of the court provided in section 2506.04 of the Revised Code, the court may determine that the county, municipal corporation, or special district has not met the criteria specified in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section and, therefore, the township may provide its proposed water supply or sewer services or, in the alternative, may determine that the township could provide the proposed water supply or sewer services more expediently than the county, municipal corporation, or special district with no substantial increase in cost to the users of the water supply or sewer services and, therefore, order that the township may provide its proposed water supply or sewer services. (B) Once the board has approved a general plan of water supply or sewer services under division (A) of this section, the board shall hire an engineer to prepare detailed plans, specifications, and estimates of the cost of the improvements, together with a tentative assessment of the cost based on the estimates. The tentative assessment shall be for the information of property owners and shall not be certified to the county auditor for collection. The detailed plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and tentative assessment, as prepared by the engineer and approved by the board, shall be preserved in the office of the board and shall be open to inspection of all persons interested in the improvements. (C) Once it has been determined under division (A) of this section that a township may provide its proposed water supply or sewer services, the board may appropriate for the use of the township any public or private land, easement, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, or other property within or outside the township required by it for the accomplishment of its purposes. Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the appropriation shall be according to the procedure set forth in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. The engineer hired by the board may enter upon any public or private property for the purpose of making surveys and examinations necessary for the design or examination of water supply or sewer facilities. No person shall forbid or interfere with the engineer or the engineer's authorized assistants entering upon property for these purposes. If actual damage is done to property by the making of a survey and examination, the board shall pay the reasonable value of the damage to the owner of the property damaged, and the cost shall be included in the assessment upon the property benefited by the improvement. (D)(1) For purposes of this division, either of the following constitutes a public exigency: (a) A finding by the director of environmental protection that a public health nuisance caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency and suddenness due to unsanitary conditions compels the immediate construction of sewers for the protection of the public health and welfare; (b) The issuance of an order by the board of health of a health district to mitigate or abate a public health nuisance that is caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency and suddenness due to unsanitary conditions and compels the immediate construction of sewers for the protection of the public health and welfare. (2) If a board of township trustees of a township that has adopted a limited home rule government is unable to purchase property for the purpose of the construction of sewers to mitigate or abate the public health nuisance that is the subject of a finding of the director or an order of the board of health, the board of township trustees may adopt a resolution finding that it is necessary for the protection of the public health and welfare to appropriate property that the board considers needed for that purpose. The resolution shall contain a definite, accurate, and detailed description of the property and the name and place of residence, if known or with reasonable diligence ascertainable, of the owners of the property to be appropriated. The board of township trustees shall fix in its resolution what it considers to be the value of the property to be appropriated, which shall be the board's determination of the compensation for the property and shall be supported by an independent appraisal, together with any damages to the residue. The board shall deposit the compensation so determined, together with an amount for the damages to the residue, with the probate court or the court of common pleas of the county in which the property, or a part of it, is situated. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the power to appropriate property for the purposes of this division shall be exercised in the manner provided in sections 163.01 and 163.22 of the Revised Code for an appropriation in time of public exigency. The board's resolution and a written copy of the independent appraisal shall accompany the petition filed under section 163.05 of the Revised Code. (E) As soon as all questions of compensation and damages have been determined for any water supply facilities or sewer services improvement project, the board shall cause to be made an estimated assessment, upon the lots and lands to be assessed, of such part of the compensation, damages, and costs of the improvement as is to be specially assessed according to the method specified by resolution of the board. The schedule of the assessments shall be filed with the township fiscal officer for the inspection of interested persons. Before adopting the estimated assessment, the board shall cause written notice to be sent to the owners of all lots and lands to be assessed that the assessment has been made and is on file with the township fiscal officer, and the date when objections to the assessment will be heard. Objections shall be filed in writing with the board before the date of the hearing. If any objections are filed, the board shall hear them and act as an equalizing board, and may change the assessments if, in its opinion, any change is necessary to make the assessments just and equitable. The board shall adopt a resolution approving and confirming the assessments as reported to or modified by the board. (F) The resolution levying the assessments shall apportion the cost among the benefited lots and lands in the manner provided by the board by resolution. The board shall certify the amounts to be levied upon each lot or parcel of land to the county auditor, who shall enter the amounts on the tax duplicate, to be collected as other taxes. The principal shall be payable in not more than forty semiannual installments, as determined by the board. Any assessment in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less, or of which the unpaid balance is twenty-five dollars or less, shall be paid in full and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment otherwise would become due and payable. Assessments are a lien upon the respective lots or parcels of land assessed from the date of adoption of the resolution under division (E) of this section. If bonds are issued to pay the compensation, damages, and the costs of an improvement, the principal amount of the assessment shall be payable in such number of semiannual installments and in such amounts as the board determines to be necessary to provide a fund for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and shall bear interest from the date of the issuance of the bonds and at the same rate as the bonds. (G) Any owner of property to be assessed for any water supply facilities or sewer services improvement project, or other person aggrieved by the action of the board in regard to any water supply facilities or sewer services improvement project, may appeal to the court of common pleas, in the manner prescribed by Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code. (H) When collected, the assessments shall be paid by the county auditor by warrant of the county treasurer into a special fund in the township treasury created for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating water supply facilities or sewer improvements. The board may expend moneys from the fund only for the purposes for which the assessments were levied.
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.871 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.871
§ 505.871. Removal of junk motor vehicle
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) A board of township trustees may provide, by resolution, for the removal of any vehicle in the unincorporated territory of the township that the board determines is a junk motor vehicle, as defined in section 505.173 of the Revised Code. (B) If a junk motor vehicle is located on public property, the board of township trustees may provide in the resolution for the immediate removal of the vehicle. (C)(1) If a junk motor vehicle is located on private property, the board of township trustees may provide in the resolution for the removal of the vehicle not sooner than fourteen days after the board serves written notice of its intention to remove or cause the removal of the vehicle on the owner of the land and any holders of liens of record on the land. (2) The notice provided under this division shall generally describe the vehicle to be removed and indicate all of the following: (a) The board has determined that the vehicle is a junk motor vehicle. (b) If the owner of the land fails to remove the vehicle within fourteen days after service of the notice, the board may remove or cause the removal of the vehicle. (c) Any costs the board incurs in removing or causing the removal of the vehicle may be entered upon the tax duplicate and become a lien upon the land from the date of entry. (3) The board shall serve the notice under this division by sending it by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the land, if the owner resides in the unincorporated territory of the township or if the owner resides outside the unincorporated territory of the township and the owner's address is known or ascertainable through an exercise of reasonable diligence. The board also shall send notice in such manner to any holders of liens of record on the land. If a notice sent by certified mail is refused or unclaimed, or if an owner's address is unknown and cannot reasonably be ascertained by an exercise of reasonable diligence, the board shall publish the notice once before the removal of the vehicle using at least one of the following methods: (a) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the township; (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 township. If the land contains any structures, the board also shall post the notice on the principal structure on the land. A notice sent by certified mail shall be deemed to be served for purposes of this section on the date it was received as indicated by the date on a signed return receipt. A notice given by publication shall be deemed to be served for purposes of this section on the date of the newspaper publication, date of the notice first being published on the official public notice web site, or date of the notice first being posted on the township's web site and social media account. (D) The board of township trustees may cause the removal or may employ the labor, materials, and equipment necessary to remove a junk motor vehicle under this section. All costs incurred in removing or causing the removal of a junk motor vehicle, when approved by the board, shall be paid out of the township general fund from moneys not otherwise appropriated, except that if the costs exceed five hundred dollars, the board may borrow moneys from a financial institution to pay the costs in whole or in part. (E) The board of township trustees may utilize any lawful means to collect the costs incurred in removing or causing the removal of a junk motor vehicle under this section, including any fees or interest paid to borrow moneys under division (D) of this section. The board may direct the township fiscal officer to certify the costs and a description of the land to the county auditor. The county auditor shall place the costs upon the tax duplicate. The costs are a lien upon the land from and after the date of entry. The costs shall be returned to the township and placed in the township's general fund. (F)(1) As used in this division: (a) "Motor vehicle salvage dealer" has the same meaning as in section 4738.01 of the Revised Code. (b) "Scrap metal processing facility" has the same meaning as in section 4737.05 of the Revised Code. (2) Notwithstanding section 4513.63 of the Revised Code, if a junk motor vehicle is removed and disposed of in accordance with this section, the clerk of courts of the county shall issue a salvage certificate of title for that junk motor vehicle to a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed pursuant to Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code or a scrap metal processing facility licensed pursuant to sections 4737.05 to 4737.12 of the Revised Code if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The board of township trustees has entered into a contract with the motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility for the disposal or removal of the junk motor vehicle in accordance with section 505.85 of the Revised Code. (b) The fiscal officer for the board of township trustees executes in triplicate an affidavit prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles describing the junk motor vehicle and the manner of removal or disposal and certifying that all requirements of this section and the notice and records search requirements of section 4505.101 of the Revised Code have been satisfied. (c) The board of township trustees retains the original affidavit for the board's records and furnishes the remaining two copies of the affidavit to the motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility. (d) The motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility presents one copy of the affidavit to the clerk. (3) The clerk shall issue the salvage certificate of title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, not later than thirty days after the motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility presents the affidavit pursuant to division (F)(2) of this section. (G) Notwithstanding section 4513.65 of the Revised Code, but subject to division (H)(2) of this section, any collector's vehicle that meets the definition of a junk motor vehicle is subject to removal under this section. (H)(1) Nothing in this section affects the authority of a board of township trustees to adopt and enforce resolutions under section 505.173 of the Revised Code to regulate the storage of junk motor vehicles on private or public property in the unincorporated territory of the township. (2) A resolution adopted under this section is subject to the same restrictions specified in division (A) of section 505.173 of the Revised Code for resolutions adopted under that section. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.34
§ 505.34. Compounding or release of claims due from banks
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of township trustees may compound or release, in whole or in part, a debt, obligation, judgment, or claim due the township, from a bank in process of liquidation or operating under a conservatorship, or due the board, except where any member of such board is personally interested as a stockholder of the bank. The board shall enter upon its records a statement of the facts and the reasons for such compounding or release.
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.85
§ 505.85. Disposal, storage or impoundment of motor vehicles
Status: in_force

March 5, 2008 House Bill 50 - 127th General Assembly A board of township trustees may contract with a motor vehicle salvage dealer, as defined in section 4738.01 of the Revised Code, or a scrap metal processing facility, as defined in section 4737.05 of the Revised Code, for the removal or disposal of motor vehicles pursuant to section 505.173 or 505.871 or sections 4513.60 to 4513.64 of the Revised Code, and a board may contract with a storage facility or other similar facility for the storage or impoundment of motor vehicles pursuant to section 505.173 or sections 4513.60 to 4513.64 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 511.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 511 / § 511.30
§ 511.30. Issuance of revenue securities
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 417 - 123rd General Assembly (A) In addition to any power granted to township park districts to issue securities under other provisions of the Revised Code, a township park district may issue revenue securities as authorized in this section. For purposes of this section, "securities" has the same meaning as in division (KK) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A township park district may issue revenue securities to fund or refund revenue securities previously issued, or to raise money to pay for and improve parks or recreational facilities. (C) A township park district shall establish rates, charges, or rents for the use, availability, or rental of the facilities to which the financing relates, which rates, charges, or rents shall be designed to provide revenues to the park district sufficient to pay the costs of all current expenses of the facilities payable by the park district, to pay the debt charges on the securities, and to establish and maintain any contractually required special funds relating to the securities or the facilities. (D) Revenue securities issued under this section shall not be general obligations of the township park district. The revenue securities shall be secured only by a pledge of and lien upon the revenues of the park district derived from its ownership or operation of the facilities, including the rates, charges, or rents referred to in division (C) of this section and any interest subsidies or debt charges, grants, or other payments by federal or state agencies available for this purpose, and the covenants of the park district to maintain sufficient rates, charges, and rents to produce revenues sufficient to pay all current expenses of the facilities payable by the park district, to pay the debt charges on the securities, and to establish and maintain any contractually required special funds relating to the securities or the facilities, and, if the securities are anticipatory securities, to issue the revenue securities in anticipation of the issuance of which the securities are issued. Revenue securities also may be secured by a pledge of and lien on the proceeds of any securities issued to fund or refund those revenue securities. (E) The township park district officers authorized by the board of park commissioners shall execute the necessary documents, including, but not limited to, trust agreements and leases, to provide for the pledge, protection, and disposition of the pledged revenues from which debt charges and any special fund deposits are to be paid. (F) As long as any of these revenue securities, in either original or refunded form, remain outstanding, except as otherwise provided in the documents referred to in division (E) of this section, all parts of the facilities the revenues from which are pledged shall remain under the control of the board of park commissioners, whether any parts of the facilities are leased to or operated by others or are in or thereafter come within the boundaries of any municipal corporation, and the facilities shall remain subject to the power and duty of the board of park commissioners to fix and collect rates, charges, or rents for the use of facilities. (G) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to revenue securities issued under this section. (H) Revenue securities issued under this section, their transfer, and any income from them, including any profit made on their sale, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. (I) The appointing authority of the board of park commissioners of any township park district that proposes to issue revenue securities under this section shall approve that proposal by resolution before the park district issues the revenue securities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 509.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 509 / § 509.12
§ 509.12. Payment of moneys
Status: in_force

November 6, 1959 House Bill 571 - 103rd General Assembly A constable shall pay over to the party entitled thereto, all moneys received by such constable in his official capacity, if demand is made by such party, his agent, or attorney, at any time before the constable returns the writ upon which he has received such moneys. If the money is not paid over by that time, the constable shall pay it to the judge of the county court when he returns the writ.
Ohio Rev. Code § 509.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 509 / § 509.07
§ 509.07. Return of process
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each constable shall, at the proper office and on the proper return day, make due return of all process directed and delivered to him. If the judgment upon which such constable has an execution is docketed in the court of common pleas, appealed, or stayed, on notice to return the execution, he shall state such fact on the execution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.41
§ 505.41. Members of volunteer fire companies are township employees
Status: in_force

January 17, 1977 Senate Bill 545 - 111th General Assembly Members of volunteer fire companies, or persons employed by a township on a part-time basis to operate or maintain fire-fighting equipment, or persons employed in any manner incidental to the operation or maintenance of such equipment, are township employees for the purpose of workers' compensation insurance, the same as though regularly employed as designated in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 513.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 513 / § 513.07
§ 513.07. Joint township district hospital board
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly The boards of township trustees of any two or more contiguous townships, whether or not within the same county, may, by a two-thirds favorable vote of each such board, form themselves into a joint township district hospital board for the purpose of establishing, constructing, and maintaining a joint township district general hospital or other hospital facilities as defined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code, and such townships shall be a part of a joint township hospital district. Such joint township district hospital board shall organize within thirty days after the favorable vote by the last board of trustees joining itself into the joint township district hospital board. The chairperson of the board of township trustees of the most populous township participating shall give notice of the time and place of organization to each member of the board of township trustees of each township comprising the district. Such notice shall be signed by the chairperson of the board of township trustees of the most populous township comprising the district, and shall be sent by registered mail to each member of the board of township trustees of the townships affected, at least five days prior to such organization meeting, which meeting shall be held in one of the participating townships. All members of the board of township trustees of the townships so participating shall comprise the joint township district hospital board. Two-thirds of all the township trustees of the townships constituting such district constitutes a quorum. Such members of the boards of township trustees shall, at the organization meeting of such joint township district hospital board, proceed with the election of a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, and such other officers as they deem proper and necessary, and shall transact such other business as properly comes before such board. In the formation of such a hospital district, such action may be taken by or on behalf of part of a township, by excluding that portion of the township lying within a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 503.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 503 / § 503.53
§ 503.53. Initiative petition on resolution regulating or restricting adult-oriented businesses
Status: in_force

August 17, 2006 House Bill 23 - 126th General Assembly (A) Resolutions of the type described in division (A) of section 503.52 of the Revised Code may be proposed by initiative petition by the electors of a township and adopted by election by these electors, under the same circumstances, in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as provided in sections 731.28 to 731.40 and 731.99 of the Revised Code for ordinances and other measures of municipal corporations, insofar as those sections are applicable to townships, except as follows: (1) The board of township trustees shall perform the duties imposed on the legislative authority of the municipal corporation under those sections. (2) Initiative petitions shall be filed with the township fiscal officer, who shall perform the duties imposed under those sections upon the city auditor or village clerk. (3) Initiative petitions shall contain the signatures of electors of the township equal in number to at least ten per cent of the total vote cast in the township for the office of governor at the most recent general election for that office. (4) Each signer of an initiative petition shall be an elector of the township in which the election on the proposed resolution is to be held. (B) A resolution proposed under division (A) of this section may provide for the following: (1) Modification of the administrative procedures, including administrative zoning procedures, of the township as those procedures apply to adult entertainment establishments to ensure that constitutional requirements are met; (2) Criminal and civil sanctions for adult entertainment establishments that violate regulations established by the resolution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 504.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 504 / § 504.14
§ 504.14. Filing initiative and referendum petitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly In a township that adopts a limited home rule government, resolutions may be proposed by initiative petition by the electors in the unincorporated area of the township and adopted by election by these electors, and resolutions adopted by the board of township trustees may be submitted to these electors for their approval or rejection by referendum, under the same circumstances and in the same manner as provided by sections 731.28 to 731.40 of the Revised Code for municipal corporations, except that both of the following apply: (A) Initiative and referendum petitions shall be filed with the township fiscal officer, who shall perform the duties imposed under those sections upon the city auditor or village clerk. (B) Initiative and referendum petitions shall contain the signatures of not less than thirty-five per cent of the total number of electors in the unincorporated area of the township who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general election for that office in that area of the township. Last updated August 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.601 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.601
§ 505.601. Reimbursement of officers and employees for health care premiums
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly If a board of township trustees does not procure an insurance policy or group health care services as provided in section 505.60 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may reimburse any township officer or employee for each out-of-pocket premium attributable to the coverage provided for that officer or employee for insurance benefits described in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code that the officer or employee otherwise obtains, if all of the following conditions are met: (A) The board of township trustees adopts a resolution that states that the township has chosen not to procure a health care plan under section 505.60 of the Revised Code and has chosen instead to reimburse its officers and employees for each out-of-pocket premium attributable to the coverage provided for them for insurance benefits described in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code that they otherwise obtain. (B) That resolution provides for a uniform maximum monthly or yearly payment amount for each officer or employee to cover themselves and their immediate dependents, beyond which the township will not reimburse the officer or employee. (C) That resolution states the specific benefits listed in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code for which the township will reimburse all officers and employees of the township. The township may not reimburse officers and employees for benefits other than those listed in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 504.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 504 / § 504.07
§ 504.07. Answer to citation
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly (A)(1) A person who is served with a citation pursuant to division (B) of section 504.06 of the Revised Code shall answer the charge by personal appearance before, or by mail addressed to, the township fiscal officer, who shall immediately notify the township law director. An answer shall be made within fourteen days after the citation is served upon the person and shall be in one of the following forms: (a) An admission that the person committed the violation, by payment of any fine arising from the violation. Payment of a fine pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall be payable to the fiscal officer of the township and deposited by the fiscal officer into the township general fund. (b) A denial that the person committed the violation. (2) Whenever a person pays a fine pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of this section or whenever a person answers by denying the violation or does not submit payment of the fine within the time required by division (A)(1) of this section, the township fiscal officer shall notify the court having jurisdiction over the violation. (B) If a person answers by denying the violation or does not submit payment of the fine within the time required by division (A)(1) of this section, the court having jurisdiction over the violation shall, upon receiving the notification required by division (A)(2) of this section, schedule a hearing on the violation and send notice of the date and time of the hearing to the person charged with the violation and to the township law director. If the person charged with the violation fails to appear for the scheduled hearing, the court may hold the person in contempt, or issue a summons or a warrant for the person's arrest pursuant to Criminal Rule 4. If the court issues a summons and the person charged with the violation fails to appear, the court may enter a default judgment against the person and require the person to pay the fine arising from the violation. (C) The court shall hold the scheduled hearing in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure and the rules of the court, and shall determine whether the township has established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person committed the violation. If the court determines that the person committed the violation, it shall enter a judgment against the person requiring the person to pay the fine arising from the violation. If the court determines that the township has not established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person committed the violation, the court shall enter judgment against the township whose resolution allegedly was violated, shall dismiss the charge of the violation against the person, and shall assess costs against the township. (D) Payment of any judgment or default judgment entered against a person pursuant to this section shall be made to the clerk of the court that entered the judgment, within ten days after the date of entry. All money paid in satisfaction of a judgment or default judgment shall be disbursed by the clerk as required by law, and the clerk shall enter the fact of payment of the money and its disbursement in the records of the court. If payment of a judgment or default judgment is not made within this time period, execution may be levied, and such other measures may be taken for its collection as are authorized for the collection of an unpaid money judgment in a civil action rendered in that court. The municipal or county court shall assess costs against the judgment debtor, to be paid upon satisfaction of the judgment. (E) Any person against whom a judgment or default judgment is entered pursuant to this section and any township against which a judgment is entered pursuant to this section may appeal the judgment or default judgment to the court of appeals within whose territorial jurisdiction the resolution allegedly was violated. An appeal shall be made by filing a notice of appeal with the trial court and with the court of appeals within thirty days after the entry of judgment by the trial court and by the payment of reasonable costs as the court requires. Upon the filing of an appeal, the court shall schedule a hearing date and notify the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing. The hearing shall be held by the court in accordance with the rules of the court. Service of a notice of appeal under this division does not stay enforcement and collection of the judgment or default judgment from which appeal is taken by the person unless the person who files the appeal posts bond with the trial court, in the amount of the judgment, plus court costs, at or before service of the notice of appeal. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the judgment on appeal of the court of appeals is final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 521.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 521 / § 521.06
§ 521.06. Special assessments for maintenance and repair private sewage collection tiles
Status: in_force

November 9, 1994 House Bill 115 - 120th General Assembly The cost and expenses of making the improvement made pursuant to a determination by the board under section 521.04 of the Revised Code shall be paid from a fund raised by special assessments against the lots and lands in the township that are benefited by the improvement, except that if the board of township trustees finds, by resolution, that the improvement will result in general as well as special benefits, there may be paid from the general fund of the township treasury such portion of the cost and expenses as is found to represent the value of the general benefit. If moneys are to be paid from the general fund of the township treasury, no improvement shall be made until the adoption of the resolution required under this division. The assessments shall not exceed the special benefits resulting from the improvement, they shall be paid and collected in equal semiannual installments, equal in number to twice the number of years for which the contract is made, and they shall be paid and collected in the same manner as and at the same times that taxes are paid and collected. Any such assessment in the amount of five dollars or less, or with an unpaid balance of five dollars or less, shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise become due and payable. The assessments may be made and levied by any one or more of the following methods: (A) By a percentage of the tax value of the property assessed; (B) In proportion to the benefits that may result from the improvement; (C) By the front footage of the property abutting the right-of-way; (D) In an equal amount against each benefited lot, this amount to be determined by dividing the total cost per semiannual installment by the number of benefited lots in the township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 519.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 519 / § 519.26
§ 519.26. Claim preclusion and zoning appeals
Status: in_force

September 29, 2023 Senate Bill 21, House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A final judgment on the merits issued by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to its power of review under Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code, on claims brought under this chapter, does not preclude later claims for damages, including claims brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983, even if the common law doctrine of res judicata would otherwise bar the claim. The general assembly intends that this section be construed to override the federal sixth circuit court of appeals's decision in the case Lavon Moore v. Hiram Twp., 988 F.3d 353 (6th Cir. 2021). Last updated August 30, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.101
§ 505.101. Contracts with state or other public agency
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The board of township trustees of any township may, by resolution, enter into a contract, without advertising or bidding, for the purchase or sale of motor vehicles, materials, equipment, or supplies from or to any department, agency, or political subdivision of the state, for the purchase of services with a soil and water conservation district established under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code, for the purchase of supplies, services, materials, and equipment with a regional planning commission pursuant to division (D) of section 713.23 of the Revised Code, or for the purchase of services from an educational service center under section 3313.846 of the Revised Code. The resolution shall: (A) Set forth the maximum amount to be paid as the purchase price for the motor vehicles, materials, equipment, supplies, or services; (B) Describe the type of motor vehicles, materials, equipment, supplies, or services that are to be purchased; (C) Appropriate sufficient funds to pay the purchase price for the motor vehicles, materials, equipment, supplies, or services, except that no such appropriation is necessary if funds have been previously appropriated for the purpose and remain unencumbered at the time the resolution is adopted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.76
§ 505.76. Availability of township residential building code
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly Local residential building regulations a board of township trustees adopts under section 505.75 of the Revised Code and an existing structures code the board adopts pursuant to section 505.73 of the Revised Code shall be made available to the public at the office of the board, and the section headings and numbers and a notice of the availability of the regulations shall be published within ten days after their adoption or amendment using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the township; (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 township. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.01
§ 505.01. Board of township trustees - election and term
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly In each township there shall be a board of township trustees consisting of three members. Two of such trustees shall be elected at the general election in nineteen forty-nine and quadrennially thereafter, in each township, who shall hold office for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after their election. The third trustee shall be elected at the general election in nineteen fifty-one and quadrennially thereafter, in each township, who shall hold office for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after the person's election. At the first meeting of the board each calender year, the board shall select one of its members to serve as chairperson for a term of one year. If the position of chairperson becomes vacant, the board shall select one of its members to preside.
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.12
§ 505.12. Solid waste facilities
Status: in_force

April 16, 1993 House Bill 723 - 119th General Assembly The board of township trustees may secure, maintain, and provide for solid waste facilities as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code if in its opinion the facilities are necessary, and for that purpose the board may purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise acquire land suitable for those facilities. The boards of township trustees of any two or more townships or the legislative authorities of any two or more political subdivisions, or any combination thereof, may through joint action unite in the joint purchase, rental, maintenance, use, and operation of solid waste facilities and prorate the expense on any terms that may be mutually agreed upon. The selection of any site shall have the approval of the board of health of the health district in which the facility will be located. When so required by rules adopted under division (G)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees, before constructing, enlarging, or modifying a solid waste facility, shall obtain approval for the facility from the board of county commissioners of the county or board of directors of the joint solid waste management district, or board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority if such has been formed under section 343.011 of the Revised Code, having jurisdiction for compliance with the initial or amended solid waste management plan of the district approved under section 3734.521 , 3734.55 , or 3734.56 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 511.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 511 / § 511.28
§ 511.28. Submission of tax levy - form of ballot
Status: in_force

January 1, 2026 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly A copy of any resolution for a tax levy adopted by the township board of park commissioners as provided in section 511.27 of the Revised Code shall be certified by the clerk of the board of park commissioners to the board of elections of the proper county, together with a certified copy of the resolution approving the levy, passed by the board of township trustees if such a resolution is required by division (C) of section 511.27 of the Revised Code, and the county auditor's certification, not less than ninety days before a general or primary election in any year. The board of elections shall submit the proposal to the electors as provided in section 511.27 of the Revised Code at the succeeding general or primary election. A resolution to renew an existing levy may not be placed on the ballot unless the question is submitted at the general election held during the last year the tax to be renewed may be extended on the real and public utility property tax list and duplicate, or at any election held in the ensuing year. The board of park commissioners shall cause notice that the vote will be taken to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election in a newspaper of general circulation, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, in the county within which the park district is located. Additionally, if the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post that notice on its web site for thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state the purpose of the proposed levy, the levy's estimated annual collections, the levy's annual rate or, if applicable, the levy's effective rate, expressed in dollars for each one hundred thousand dollars of the county auditor's market value as well as the annual rate expressed in mills for each one dollar of taxable value, the number of consecutive years during which the levy shall be in effect, and the time and place of the election. The form of the ballots cast at the election shall be: "An additional tax for the benefit of (name of township park district) __________ for the purpose of (purpose stated in the order of the board) __________, that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, at a rate not exceeding __________ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $__________ for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, for (number of years the levy is to run) __________ FOR THE TAX LEVY AGAINST THE TAX LEVY " If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew, increase, or decrease an existing levy, the form of the ballot specified in this section shall be changed by substituting for the words "An additional" at the beginning of the form, the words "A renewal of a" in the case of a proposal to renew an existing levy in the same amount; the words "A renewal of __________ mills and an increase of __________ mills for each $1 of taxable value to constitute a" in the case of an increase; or the words "A renewal of part of an existing levy, being a reduction of __________ mills for each $1 of taxable value, to constitute a" in the case of a decrease in the rate of the existing levy. Additionally, the effective rate, in lieu of the rate, shall be expressed for each one hundred thousand dollars of the county auditor's market value. If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form of the ballot shall be modified by adding, after the statement of the number of years the levy is to run, the phrase ", commencing in __________ (first year the tax is to be levied), first due in calendar year __________ (first calendar year in which the tax shall be due)." The question covered by the order shall be submitted as a separate proposition, but may be printed on the same ballot with any other proposition submitted at the same election, other than the election of officers. More than one such question may be submitted at the same election. As used in this section, "the county auditor's market value" and "effective rate" have the same meanings as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.495 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.495
§ 505.495. Oaths - compelling testimony
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly In all cases in which the attendance of witnesses may be compelled for an investigation, under section 505.494 of the Revised Code, any member of the board of township trustees or of the joint police district board may administer the requisite oaths. The board has the same power to compel the giving of testimony by attending witnesses as is conferred upon courts. In all such cases, witnesses shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as are allowed witnesses in civil cases. Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section 1901.26 of the Revised Code, and the costs of all such proceedings shall be payable from the general fund of the township or joint police district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 503.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 503 / § 503.11
§ 503.11. Division of funds on hand, credits, and properties
Status: in_force

July 26, 1982 House Bill 77 - 114th General Assembly The board of county commissioners, upon entering an order erecting a new township under section 503.09 of the Revised Code, shall include in such order a proper division of the funds on hand, credits, and properties of the original township, between the new township and the municipal corporation eliminated from the township, on the basis of the respective tax duplicates subject to levy for the creation of such funds or credits, or subject to taxation for the creation of the fund from which the property was acquired. Last updated March 24, 2022 at 8:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 505.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 505 / § 505.05
§ 505.05. Program recognizing outstanding employee performance
Status: in_force

April 16, 1998 Senate Bill 110 - 122nd General Assembly Upon notifying the board of township trustees, any appointing authority of a township office or department 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, so long as the costs of the program do not exceed the total amount of compensation fixed by the board of township trustees for the office or department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 515.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 515 / § 515.16
§ 515.16. Petition to relocate overhead wires, cables, and equipment
Status: in_force

August 14, 2008 House Bill 244 - 127th General Assembly Any person may file a petition with the township fiscal officer requesting the board of township trustees to relocate underground any overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment on streets or rights-of-way and designated private streets in an unincorporated area of the township. The petition shall specify the metes and bounds of the area to be included in the underground relocation project and any designated properties served by private streets as designated in the petition and shall be signed by at least seventy-five per cent of the landowners in the specified area whose land either abuts the streets or rights-of-way, including any designated properties served by private streets, or otherwise would be specially benefited by the project. The township fiscal officer shall give notice of the petition and a copy of it to the board of township trustees, schedule a hearing on the petition, and provide notice in the manner set forth in section 515.04 of the Revised Code. The board shall hear the petition in the manner set forth in section 515.05 of the Revised Code. If the board of township trustees decides in favor of the petition, it shall contract only with the corporation, company, partnership, association, municipal corporation, or person that owns the overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment that are to be relocated. Nothing in this section requires the owner of the overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment to agree to a contract that contains terms or conditions that are not acceptable to the owner. Unless a pre-existing arrangement provides otherwise or the parties to the contract agree otherwise, the township shall pay the cost of the relocation project as provided in the contract. Any part of the costs of the relocation project to be paid by the township pursuant to the contract shall be assessed upon abutting or specially benefited property. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the costs and expenses of the underground relocation project and related proceedings ultimately shall be paid by special assessments against the properties located in the project area that abut the streets or rights-of-way in question, including any designated properties served by private streets, or that otherwise are specially benefited by the project. The assessments shall be made and levied in one of the following methods: (A) As a percentage of the tax value of the property. (B) In proportion to the special benefit resulting from the relocation project. (C) By the foot frontage of the property abutting the streets or rights-of-way. (D) In an equal amount against each property. The board of township trustees, by resolution, shall assess all lands abutting the streets or rights-of-way in the project area, including any designated properties served by private streets, and lands otherwise specially benefited by the project. The resolution may allow the assessments to be paid over a number of years, but not more than ten years. The board of township trustees, by resolution, may provide for the payment of interest on unpaid assessments, which shall be treated as part of the costs and expenses of the underground relocation project. The resolution shall specify the rate of interest, which shall be based on the current prime rate. If the board of township trustees finds that the underground relocation project will result in general as well as special benefits, the board may pay from the township general fund a portion of the costs and expenses of the project, except for any accrued interest on unpaid assessments, that represents the value of the general benefits. In no case shall the total assessments exceed the special benefits to the entire project area resulting from the project. The board of township trustees shall certify the assessments and interest on unpaid assessments, when applicable, to the county auditor. The auditor shall place the assessments and interest on unpaid assessments, when applicable, upon the tax duplicate and collect the assessments and interest in the same manner and at the same time that taxes are paid and collected. The collected assessments and collected interest shall be deposited into the township general fund. During any year in which installment payments of the assessments are due, the board of township trustees, by resolution, may waive the payments for all the assessed lands and pay the aggregate amount of the assessments for that year minus any accrued interest on unpaid assessments out of the township general fund. The township is not liable for any service outages or other damage caused by the underground relocation project. The owner of the overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment is not liable for any service outages or other damage caused by the underground relocation project, unless the outage or other damage was caused by the owner's negligence. Nothing in this section otherwise alters township liability under Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code. The provisions of section 515.15 of the Revised Code govern relocation projects requested by petition under this section. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 503.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 5 / Chapter 503 / § 503.03
§ 503.03. Area of townships
Status: in_force

November 3, 1999 House Bill 91 - 123rd General Assembly Except as provided in section 503.09 of the Revised Code, no new township shall be laid off containing less than twenty-two square miles, but the boundaries of a township may be changed so as to reduce its territory below that quantity.