Ohio Rev. Code § 715.692 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.692
§ 715.692. Creation of joint economic development review council
Status: in_force

June 5, 2014 House Bill 289 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Assessed value" means the assessed value of a parcel listed on the most recent tax list and duplicate or, if the parcel is exempted from taxation, the list of exempt property, compiled by the county auditor under section 319.28 or 5713.08 of the Revised Code. (2) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, a corporation for profit, a pass-through entity as defined in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code, the federal government, the state, the state's political subdivisions, a nonprofit organization, or a school district. (3) "Contracting party" means a municipal corporation, county, or township that is a party to a joint economic development zone contract under section 715.691 of the Revised Code or, if the contract has not yet taken effect, will be a party to such a contract. (4) A business "operates within" a zone if the net profits of the business or the income of employees of the business would be subject to an income tax levied within the zone. (5) "Economic development plan" means the economic development plan required to be included in a joint economic development zone contract under division (C) of section 715.691 of the Revised Code. (6) "Owner" means a partner of a partnership, a member of a limited liability company, a majority shareholder of an S corporation, a person with a majority ownership interest in a pass-through entity, or any officer, employee, or agent with authority to make decisions legally binding upon a business. (7) "Record owner" means the person or persons in whose name a parcel is listed on the tax list or exempt list compiled by the county auditor under section 319.28 or 5713.08 of the Revised Code. (8) "Substantial amendment" has the same meaning as in section 715.691 of the Revised Code. (B) Before enacting ordinances or resolutions to approve a joint economic development zone contract under section 715.691 of the Revised Code or adopting a substantial amendment to such a contract, the contracting parties shall create a joint economic development review council. The purpose of the council is to review the economic development plan included in the joint economic development zone contract or amendment to the contract, and either approve the plan or disapprove the plan and provide recommendations to the contracting parties for ways in which the plan may be modified to meet the approval of the council. The council is a public body for the purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and it is a public office for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Members of the council shall not be considered to be holding a direct or indirect interest in a contract or expenditure of money by a contracting party because of their affiliation with the council. (C)(1) The county auditor of the county in which the largest portion of the territory of the zone is located shall serve as chairperson of the joint economic development council. The auditor shall continue in the office of chairperson until the council is dissolved under division (G) of this section or the boundaries of the joint economic development zone are reconfigured by the contracting parties in such a way that a different county contains the largest portion of the territory of the zone. (2) The contracting parties shall appoint the other members of the council as follows: (a) One appointed member shall be a person affiliated with an economic development organization that provides services for, or advocates on behalf of, businesses operating within the zone or, if there are no businesses currently operating within the zone, businesses operating in the area surrounding the zone. (b) One appointed member shall be a member of the public appointed by joint agreement of the contracting parties. (c) Except as provided by division (C)(2)(d) of this section, four appointed members shall be owners of businesses operating within the zone or an individual designated by such an owner. The contracting parties shall first appoint the owners of the four businesses that employ the most persons within the zone. If one or more of these owners is unwilling or unable to serve as a member of the council or to designate an individual to serve in the owner's place, the contracting parties shall appoint the owner of the business that employs the next most number of persons within the zone until each position to be appointed under this division is filled. No business may have more than one owner or a designee thereof serving as a member of the council at any time. (d) If there are not four owners of businesses operating within the zone who will accept an appointment or designate an individual to serve on the council as prescribed by division (C)(2)(c) of this section, the contracting parties shall appoint record owners of real property located within the zone to the remaining positions on the council. The contracting parties shall first appoint the record owner of the parcel or parcels with the greatest aggregate assessed value within the zone or an individual designated by that record owner. If the record owner is unwilling or unable to serve or designate an individual to serve as a member of the council, the contracting parties shall appoint the record owner of the parcel or parcels with the next greatest aggregate assessed value within the zone or an individual designated by that record owner until each position on the council is filled. If there are not enough record owners of real property located within the zone who will accept an appointment or designate an individual to serve on the council as prescribed by this division, the number of members of the council shall be reduced accordingly. (D)(1) The joint economic development review council shall hold at least one public meeting before ordinances or resolutions are enacted by the contracting parties to approve the contract or a substantial amendment to the contract. The chairperson shall provide public notice of the time and place of each meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the area or areas to be included in the zone. Attendance by the chairperson and at least one-half of the appointed members of the council constitutes a quorum to conduct the business of the council. (2) At the meeting, the council shall review the economic development plan for the zone and consider the question of whether the plan is in the best interests of the zone. The council shall allow each contracting party, or a representative thereof, the opportunity to present testimony on the economic development plan and on any other relevant provisions of the joint economic development zone contract. The council shall also allow time, during the meeting or meetings, for public comment and recommendations on the economic development plan and the joint economic development zone. The council may hold an executive session in the manner provided in section 122.22 of the Revised Code. (3) If the council, by majority vote of the membership of the council, determines that the plan is in the best interests of the zone, the plan is thereby approved and the ordinances or resolutions approving the contract may be enacted as provided in section 715.691 of the Revised Code; otherwise, the plan is not approved and such ordinances or resolutions may not be enacted. If the plan is not approved, the council shall provide recommendations to the contracting parties for ways in which the economic development plan may be modified to meet the approval of the council. Such recommendations shall be in writing and shall be sent to each contracting party within fourteen days after the vote of the council on the economic development plan. (E) The joint economic development review council shall dissolve by operation of law upon approving the economic development plan. (F) The contracting parties shall make appropriations as are necessary to pay the costs incurred by the council in the exercise of its functions under this section. The costs incurred by a council in any year shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. (G) If, on the effective date of H.B. 289 of the 130th general assembly, the contracting parties to a joint economic development zone contract have enacted ordinances or resolutions approving the contract but the contract has not yet been submitted to the electors under division (F) of section 715.691 of the Revised Code, the contracting parties shall recall the contract from the county board of elections and comply with this section as if the contracting parties had not yet enacted ordinances or resolutions approving the contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.04
§ 709.04. Accepting or rejecting annexation by ordinance or resolution
Status: in_force

March 27, 2002 Senate Bill 5 - 124th General Assembly At the next regular session of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed, after the expiration of sixty days from the date of the delivery required by division (C) of section 709.022 or division (C)(1) of section 709.033 of the Revised Code, the auditor or clerk of that municipal corporation shall lay the resolution of the board granting the petition and the accompanying map or plat and petition before the legislative authority. The legislative authority, by resolution or ordinance, then shall accept or reject the petition for annexation. If the legislative authority fails to pass an ordinance or resolution accepting the petition for annexation within a period of one hundred twenty days after those documents are laid before it by the auditor or clerk, the petition for annexation shall be considered rejected by the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.02
§ 742.02. Creation and purpose of fund
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly There is hereby created an Ohio police and fire pension fund for the purpose of providing disability benefits and pensions to members of the fund and their surviving spouses, children, and dependent parents.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.03
§ 709.03. Petition presented to board of county commissioners - proceedings
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 5 (GA 124), Senate Bill 107 (GA 126) (A) Once a petition described in section 709.02 of the Revised Code is filed, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall cause the petition to be entered upon the journal of the board at its next regular session. This entry shall be the first official act of the board on the petition. Within five days after the filing of the petition, the board shall set the date, time, and place for the hearing on the petition and shall notify the agent for the petitioners. The date for the hearing shall be not less than sixty or more than ninety days after the petition is filed with the clerk of the board. (B) Upon being notified of the date of the hearing, the agent for the petitioners shall do all of the following: (1) Within five days cause written notice of the filing of the petition with the board of county commissioners, the date and time of the filing, and the date, time, and place of the hearing, to be delivered to the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed, to the clerk of each township any portion of which is included within the territory proposed for annexation, and to the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county in which the territory proposed for annexation is located other than the county in which the petition is filed. The notice shall state the date and time when the petition was filed and the county in which it was filed and shall have attached or shall be accompanied by a copy of the petition and any attachments or documents accompanying the petition as filed. The notice shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by causing the notice to be personally served on the appropriate governmental officer, with proof of service being by affidavit of the person who delivered the notice. Within ten days after the date of completion of service, the agent for the petitioners shall file proof of service of the notice with the board of county commissioners with which the petition was filed. (2) Within ten days send by regular mail a copy of the notice of the board of county commissioners of the hearing to all owners of property within the territory proposed to be annexed, and to all owners of property adjacent to the territory proposed to be annexed or adjacent to a road that is adjacent to that territory and located directly across that road from that territory, whose names were provided by the agent for the petitioners under division (D) of section 709.02 of the Revised Code, along with a map of the territory proposed to be annexed and a statement indicating where the full petition for annexation can be reviewed. The notice also shall include a statement that any owner who signed the petition may remove the owner's signature by filing with the clerk of the board of county commissioners a written notice of withdrawal of the owner's signature within twenty-one days after the date the agent mails the notice; the agent shall include with each mailed notice a certification of the date of its mailing for this purpose. Within ten days after the mailing of the notices, the agent shall file with the board of county commissioners with which the petition was filed, a notarized affidavit that a notice was sent by regular mail to these property owners. (3) Cause a notice containing the substance of the petition, and the date, time, and place of the hearing, to be published at least once and at least seven days prior to the date fixed for the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which territory proposed for annexation is situated. Within ten days after the date of completion of the publication or at the hearing, whichever comes first, the agent for the petitioners shall file proof of publication of the notice with the board of county commissioners with which the petition was filed. (C) Any owner who signed the annexation petition may remove that signature by filing with the clerk of the board of county commissioners a written notice of withdrawal of the owner's signature within twenty-one days after the date the agent for the petitioners mailed the notice of the hearing to the owner as provided in division (B)(2) of this section. Thereafter, signatures may be withdrawn or removed only in the manner authorized by section 709.032 of the Revised Code. (D) Upon receiving the notice described in division (B)(1) of this section, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall adopt, by ordinance or resolution, a statement indicating what services the municipal corporation will provide, and an approximate date by which it will provide them, to the territory proposed for annexation, upon annexation. The statement shall be filed with the board of county commissioners at least twenty days before the date of the hearing. The municipal corporation is entitled in its sole discretion to provide to the territory proposed for annexation, upon annexation, services in addition to the services described in the ordinance or resolution it adopts under this division. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.20
§ 705.20. Payment of claims - procedure
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No warrant for the payment of any claim shall be issued by the auditor until such claim is approved by the head of the department for which the indebtedness was incurred. Each head of a department and his surety shall be liable to the municipal corporation for all loss or damage sustained by such municipal corporation by reason of the negligence or corrupt approval of any claim against the municipal corporation in his department. Whenever any claim is presented to the auditor he may require evidence that the amount claimed is justly due and is in conformity to law and ordinance, and, for that purpose, he may summon before him any officer, agent, employee of any department of the municipal corporation, or any other person, and examine him upon oath or affirmation relative thereto. Such oath or affirmation may be administered by the auditor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 729.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 729 / § 729.42
§ 729.42. Two or more municipal corporations may construct joint sewers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authorities of two or more municipal corporations may provide for the construction of a main sewer and branches jointly by such municipal corporations for the sewering and draining of such municipal corporations or any part thereof, and agree upon the plan and location of such main sewer, the terms on which it shall be constructed and maintained for common use, and the portion of the cost thereof to be paid by each municipal corporation. For this purpose such municipal corporations may jointly appropriate land either within or without their respective limits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.23
§ 721.23. Use of public buildings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may permit the use of public buildings under its control, upon such terms as it provides by ordinance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.40
§ 759.40. Public burial ground may be appropriated
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In the establishment of a union cemetery, a municipal corporation and a township may make use of a public burial ground or cemetery held by the municipal corporation or township, and may make use of any land acquired by dedication, gift, or devise for burial purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 713.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 713 / § 713.33
§ 713.33. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

December 13, 1967 House Bill 460 - 107th General Assembly (A) An interstate regional planning commission may make studies, maps, plans, and other reports relative to the region and shall recommend procedures and policies to the appropriate authorities, based on physical, social, economic, and governmental conditions and trends, to promote the coordinated development of the region and the general health, welfare, convenience, and prosperity of the people of the region. Such planning and coordination may reflect the following planning criteria: (1) Goals, objectives, standards, and principles for the development of the region; (2) The distribution and intensity of general land use and open space; (3) The general circulation pattern for the region, including land, water and air transportation, and communication facilities, and continuing comprehensive transportation planning; (4) The general location, character, and extent of public and private works and facilities which are of area-wide or regional, as distinguished from purely local, concern; (5) Long-range programming and financing of capital projects and facilities. (B) The commission shall: (1) Review plans and proposals for projects and programs of interstate or regional significance which may be proposed by others; (2) Review and make recommendations concerning administrative and regulatory measures to implement area-wide or regional plans; (3) Review and make recommendations concerning effective utilization of such federal and state assistance as may be available on a regional basis or as may have a regional impact; (4) Collect, analyze, and report on statistics and other information concerning traffic, housing, population, and social, economic, and physical conditions of the region; (5) Exercise such other powers as are necessary and proper to further the coordinated development of the region; (6) Conduct necessary investigations and research and cooperate with other public and private agencies or persons to conduct such investigations or research on planning problems affecting the region.
Ohio Rev. Code § 729.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 729 / § 729.47
§ 729.47. Construction and maintenance of sewer pumping stations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in accordance with Title VII of the Revised Code, may provide for the construction and maintenance of sewer pumping stations, equip them with necessary machinery and apparatus and provide the necessary buildings therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.34
§ 727.34. Lien of assessment or installment
Status: in_force

November 1, 1991 House Bill 104 - 119th General Assembly The lien of an assessment or any installment thereof shall continue for two years from date of passage of the ordinance under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, and no longer, unless the municipal corporation, before the expiration of such time, causes it to be certified to the county auditor for entry upon the tax lists for collection under section 727.30 or 727.33 of the Revised Code, or causes the proper action to be commenced, in a court having jurisdiction thereof, to enforce the lien against such lots or lands, in which case the lien shall continue in force so long as the assessment or any installment thereof remains on the tax list uncollected, or so long as the action is pending, and any judgment obtained under and by virtue thereof remains in force and unsatisfied.
Ohio Rev. Code § 719.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 719 / § 719.19
§ 719.19. Interested parties may give bond
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before or after the passage of an ordinance for opening a street or other public highway, any person may execute his bond, payable to the municipal corporation to the acceptance of its legislative authority, conditioned for the payment of all damage which may be assessed by a jury. Such bond shall be good in law, and if such person pays or deposits according to the order of court, then such street or other highway shall be opened; or, the municipal corporation may make such payment or deposit, and collect the amount of the damages of such person or his sureties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.15
§ 742.15. Collecting and retaining data
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall collect and keep in convenient form such data as are necessary for the preparation of the required mortality and service tables and for the compilation of such other information as is required for the actuarial evaluations provided for by section 742.14 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.11
§ 703.11. Census enumerators
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The city auditor shall, within five days from the time he is authorized to take a census as provided by section 703.10 of the Revised Code, appoint five persons to take the enumeration, who shall each be allowed by the auditor, out of his contingent fund, three dollars per day as compensation for services. Each such person shall take an oath or affirmation to make such enumeration accurately to the best of his ability. For the purpose of taking such census, each enumerator shall be provided with a book in which he shall record correctly the name of each resident of the city, with the name of the street and the number of the house in which such resident lives.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.18
§ 711.18. Application for vacating or altering plat - notice
Status: in_force

October 7, 1977 House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly Applications for vacating or altering a plat, addition, or part thereof, shall be by petition in writing, filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas. The applicant shall give thirty days' notice thereof, by publication in a newspaper published in and of general circulation in the county. Such notice shall set forth briefly the part of the plat or addition to be vacated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.02
§ 705.02. Effect of petition for submission of question of choosing commission to frame charter on petition to adopt optional plan
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The proposition to adopt a plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not be submitted to the electors of any municipal corporation less than ninety days before a regular municipal election. If, in any municipal corporation, a sufficient petition is filed, requiring that the question of choosing a commission to frame a charter be submitted to the electors thereof, the proposition to adopt a plan of government provided in such sections shall not be submitted in that municipal corporation as long as the question of choosing such commission or of adopting a charter framed by such commission is pending therein. While the proposition of adopting any plan of government provided by such sections is pending in any municipal corporation, no other proposition provided for in such sections shall be submitted until the pending proposition is adopted or rejected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.02
§ 727.02. Fixing value of lands not assessed for taxation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In making a special assessment by percentage of the tax value or by the foot front on lots or lands not subdivided into lots, when such lots or lands are not assessed for taxation, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall fix, for the purpose of such assessment, the value of such lots as they stand and of such lands at what the legislative authority considers a fair average depth for lots in the neighborhood, so that it will be a fair average of the assessed value of other lots in the neighborhood. In making assessments either way on land not subdivided into lots but which is assessed for taxation, the legislative authority shall fix the value and depth in the same manner, but such rule shall not apply in making aa special assessment according to benefits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.81
§ 705.81. Acting mayor - order of succession
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly If the mayor is temporarily absent from the municipal corporation, or becomes temporarily disabled by sickness, accident, or for any other cause, the heads of the departments shall, during the absence or disability, perform the duties of the mayor under the designation of acting mayor, in the following order: village solicitor or city director of law, director of public service, director of public safety, auditor, and treasurer. If the mayor dies or removes his residence from the municipal corporation during the term of his office, the succession to the office of mayor shall be from the heads of the departments in the order provided in this section, and the successor shall become the mayor of the municipal corporation for the unexpired term. In the event of any temporary disability or absence on the part of any director or department head, the mayor may, in writing, designate some suitable person to perform his duties until he resumes his office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.14
§ 759.14. Sale of lots - laying off and embellishing of grounds - donations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of public service shall have entire charge and control of receipts from the sale of cemetery lots, and of laying off and embellishing the grounds. He may receive donations by bequest, devise, deed of gift, or otherwise, or money or other property, the principal or interest of which is to be used for the enlargement, improvement, embellishment, or care of the cemetery grounds generally, or for any particular parts or lots therein, as the donor directs, or as the director determines if no such direction is given. The director shall sell lots, receive payment therefor, direct the improvements, and make the expenditures under such rules and orders as he prescribes, and shall invest, manage, and control property received by donations and surplus funds in his hands from any source.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.29
§ 735.29. General powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 25, 1986 House Bill 754 - 116th General Assembly The board of trustees of public affairs appointed under section 735.28 of the Revised Code shall manage, conduct, and control the waterworks, electric light plants, artificial or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, collect all water, electric, and gas rents or charges, and appoint necessary officers, employees, and agents. The board may make such bylaws and rules as it determines to be necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of such works, plants, and public utilities. These bylaws and rules, when not repugnant to municipal ordinances or to the constitution or laws of this state, shall have the same validity as ordinances. For the purpose of paying the expenses of conducting and managing such waterworks, plants, and public utilities or of making necessary additions thereto and extensions and repairs thereon, the board may assess a water rent or charge, or a light, power, gas, or utility rent, of sufficient amount, and in such manner as it determines to be most equitable, upon all tenements and premises supplied therewith. When such rents, except water rents and charges, are not paid when due, the board may certify them to the county auditor to be placed on the duplicate and collected as other village taxes, or it may collect them by actions at law in the name of the village. When water rents or charges are not paid when due, the board may do either or both of the following: (A) Certify them, together with any penalties, to the county auditor. The county auditor shall place the certified amount on the real property tax list and duplicate against the property served by the connection if he also receives from the board additional certification that the unpaid rents or charges have arisen pursuant to a service contract made directly with an owner who occupies the property served. The amount placed on the tax list and duplicate shall be a lien on the property served from the date placed on the list and duplicate and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes, except that, notwithstanding section 323.15 of the Revised Code, a county treasurer shall accept a payment in such amount when separately tendered as payment for the full amount of such unpaid water rents or charges and associated penalties. The lien shall be released immediately upon payment in full of the certified amount. Any amounts collected by the county treasurer under this division shall be placed for immediate distribution to the village, in the appropriate distinct fund established for water rents and charges. (B) Collect them by actions at law in the name of the village from an owner, tenant, or other person who is liable to pay the rents or charges. The board shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as are provided in sections 743.01 , 743.05 to 743.07 , 743.10 , 743.11 , 743.18 , 743.24 , and 735.05 to 735.09 of the Revised Code, and all powers and duties relating to waterworks in any of such sections shall extend to and include electric light, power, and gas plants, and such other similar public utilities, and such board shall have such other duties as are prescribed by law or ordinance not inconsistent herewith. Each board that assesses water rents or charges shall determine the actual amount of rents due based upon an actual reading of each customer's meter at least once in each three-month period, and at least quarterly the board shall render a bill for the actual amount shown by the meter reading to be due, except estimated bills may be rendered if access to a customer's meter was unobtainable for a timely reading. Each board that assesses water rents or charges shall establish procedures providing fair and reasonable opportunity for resolution of billing disputes. When property to which water service is provided is about to be sold, any party to the sale or his agent may request the board to read the meter at that property and to render within ten days following the date on which the request is made, a final bill for all outstanding rents and charges for water service. Such a request shall be made at least fourteen days prior to the transfer of the title of such property. At any time prior to a certification under division (A) of this section, the board shall accept any partial payment of unpaid water rents or charges, in the amount of ten dollars or more. Last updated October 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.01
§ 721.01. Lease or sale of municipal property
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Municipal corporations have special power to sell or lease real estate or to sell personal property belonging to the municipal corporation, when such real estate or personal property is not needed for any municipal purpose. Such power shall be exercised in the manner provided by this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.442 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.442
§ 742.442. Determining pension amount if electing to participate in deferred retirement option plan
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly For each member who elects to participate in the deferred retirement option plan, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall determine under division (C)(1) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code the monthly pension amount that would be payable to the member had the member elected to receive a pension under that division. In determining the pension amount, the fund shall use the member's total service credit and average annual salary as of the last day of the employer's payroll period immediately prior to the effective date of the member's election to participate in the plan. The pension amount shall be calculated as a retirement allowance payable for the member's life, except that, if at the time of electing to participate in the plan the member selected the plan of payment in option 2 of division (A) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code, the pension shall be calculated using that plan of payment. A member who participates in the plan is not eligible to make an election under division (D) of section 742.3716 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.082 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.082
§ 749.082. Director of public safety to control hospital - employee benefits and recruitment
Status: in_force

April 27, 2005 Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly (A) The following apply to the board of hospital commissioners in relation to its employees and the employees of a hospital erected under sections 749.02 to 749.14 of the Revised Code, subject to the ordinances of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation: (1) The board may adopt the wage and salary schedule for employees. (2) The board may employ the hospital's administrator pursuant to section 749.083 of the Revised Code, and the administrator may employ individuals for the hospital in accordance with that section. (3) The board may employ assistants as necessary to perform its clerical work, superintend properly the construction of the hospital, and pay the hospital's expenses. The employees may be paid from funds provided for the hospital. (4) The board may enter into a contract with an employer or other entity whereby the services of any employee of the board or hospital are rendered to or on behalf of the employer or other entity for a fee paid to the board or hospital. (5) The board may grant to employees any fringe benefits the board determines to be customary and usual in the nonprofit hospital field in the community, including the following: (a) Additional vacation leave with full pay for full-time employees, including hourly rate employees, after service of one year; (b) Vacation leave and holiday pay for part-time employees on a pro rata basis; (c) Leave with full pay, which shall not be deducted from the employee's accumulated sick leave, due to death in the employee's immediate family; (d) Moving expenses for new employees; (e) Premium pay for working on holidays observed by other municipal agencies; (f) Discounts on purchases from the hospital pharmacy. (6) The board may provide holiday leave by observing Martin Luther King day, Washington-Lincoln day, Columbus day, and Veterans' day on days other than those specified in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (7) The board may grant to employees the insurance benefits authorized by division (B) of this section. (8) The board may provide employee recognition awards and may hold employee recognition dinners. (9) The board may provide scholarships for education in the health care professions, tuition reimbursement, and other staff development programs for the purpose of recruiting or retaining qualified employees. (10) The board may pay reasonable expenses for recruiting physicians into the city or for retaining them if all or part of the city has been designated as an area with a shortage of personal health services under the "Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 914, 42 U.S.C. 300e, as amended. (B)(1) The board of hospital commissioners may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure on behalf of any or all of its employees, the employees of the hospital, or such employees and their immediate dependents the following types of fringe benefits: (a) Group or individual insurance contracts which may include life, sickness, accident, disability, annuities, endowment, health, medical expense, hospital, dental, surgical and related coverage or any combination thereof; (b) Group or individual contracts with health insuring corporations or other providers of professional services, care, or benefits duly authorized to do business in this state. (2) The board of hospital commissioners may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure insurance contracts which provide protection for the commissioners, the board's employees, and the employees of the hospital against liability, including professional liability, provided that this section or any insurance contract issued pursuant to this section shall not be construed as a waiver of or in any manner affect the immunity of the hospital or municipal corporation. (3) All or any portion of the cost, premium, fees, or charges for the insurance benefits specified in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section may be paid in such manner or combination of manners as the board may determine, including direct payment by an employee, and, if authorized in writing by an employee, by the board with moneys made available by deduction from or reduction in salary or wages or by the foregoing of a salary or wage increase. Notwithstanding sections 3917.01 and 3917.06 of the Revised Code, the board may purchase group life insurance authorized by this section by reason of payment of premiums therefor by the board from its funds, and such group life insurance may be issued and purchased if otherwise consistent with sections 3917.01 to 3917.06 of the Revised Code. (C) The board with the approval of the legislative authority may retain counsel to bring actions for the collection of delinquent accounts. Last updated March 9, 2022 at 3:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.47
§ 727.47. Adopting plan for sanitary sewerage, storm sewerage, and water supply districts
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly The legislative authority shall consider any objections filed under section 727.46 of the Revised Code, and after such consideration may adopt the general plan with any amendments or corrections thereto which it believes proper. The general plan with any amendments or corrections and certified by the clerk of the legislative authority as the plan adopted, shall then be filed in the office of such clerk.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.32
§ 733.32. Communications to legislative authority of finances and general conditions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The mayor shall communicate to the legislative authority from time to time a statement of the finances of the municipal corporation, and such other information relating thereto and to the general condition of the affairs of such municipal corporation as he deems proper or as is required by the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.14
§ 755.14. Recreation board - joint recreation district
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 270 - 128th General Assembly (A) If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation determines that the power to equip, operate, and maintain parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, or recreation centers shall be exercised by a recreation board, it may establish such a board, which shall possess all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities of the respective local authorities under sections 755.12 to 755.18 of the Revised Code. The board shall consist of five persons, two of whom shall be members of the board of education of the city or village school district or shall be appointed by that board of education. The other members of the recreation board shall be appointed by the mayor or manager as executive of such municipal corporation with the consent of its council. The members who are board of education members and members appointed by a board of education shall be residents of the school district making the appointment but need not be residents of the municipal corporation. All other members of the board shall be residents of the municipal corporation. All members of the board shall serve for terms of five years, except that the members first appointed shall be appointed for such terms that the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter. Members of the board shall serve without pay. Vacancies in the board, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be for the unexpired term and shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. (B) The legislative authorities of the municipal corporations, boards of township trustees of the townships, boards of township park commissioners, boards of county commissioners of the counties, and boards of education of the school districts joined in the operation and maintenance of parks or recreation facilities under section 755.16 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, establish a joint recreation board which may possess all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities of the respective local authorities under sections 755.12 to 755.18 of the Revised Code. The resolutions shall specify the number of members of the joint recreation board and the method of appointing members and filling vacancies. Members of the board shall serve without pay. (C) The legislative authorities of the several subdivisions joined in the operation and maintenance of recreation facilities under section 755.16 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, establish a joint recreation district, consisting of all the territory of the subdivisions so joined. The joint recreation district board of trustees shall be the governing body of a district and shall possess all the powers of a legislative authority of an individual subdivision under sections 755.12 to 755.18 of the Revised Code. Subject to section 755.141 of the Revised Code, the number of trustees shall be fixed by the resolutions creating the district and may be any number so long as there is representation of all participating subdivisions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.22
§ 731.22. Times of publication required
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The publication required in section 731.21 of the Revised Code shall be for the following times: (A) Summaries of ordinances or resolutions, and proclamations of elections, once a week for two consecutive weeks; (B) Notices, not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks; (C) All other matters shall be published once. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.06
§ 723.06. Notice not required
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Notice of the intention of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation to vacate any street, alley, avenue, or part thereof shall be given as provided in section 723.07 of the Revised Code, except when written consent to such vacation is filed with the legislative authority by the owners of the property abutting the part of the street or alley proposed to be vacated, in which case such notice shall not be required.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.29
§ 705.29. Transfer of powers and duties of abolished office or department
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The powers which are conferred and the duties which are imposed upon any office or department of a municipal corporation under the laws of the state, or any ordinance which is in force on August 9, 1913, shall, if such office or department is abolished in pursuance of sections 705.01 to 705.92 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officer, board, or department upon which corresponding functions, powers, and duties are imposed under such sections. This section does not impair or affect the validity of any contract or bond executed or authorized prior to the adoption by any municipal corporation of one of the plans provided for in sections 705.41 to 705.86 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. When any such contract or bond contains provisions that it shall be enforced by some officer, board, or department therein named, and where, by the adoption of any plan provided for in sections 705.41 to 705.86 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, such office, board, or department is abolished, the powers conferred and the duties imposed with reference to the officer, board, or department shall thereafter be exercised and discharged by the officer, board, or department upon which like powers, functions, or duties are conferred or imposed under sections 705.01 to 705.92 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 737.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 737 / § 737.11
§ 737.11. General duties of police and fire departments
Status: in_force

July 29, 1998 House Bill 302 - 122nd General Assembly The police force of a municipal corporation shall preserve the peace, protect persons and property, and obey and enforce all ordinances of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, all criminal laws of the state and the United States, all court orders issued and consent agreements approved pursuant to sections 2919.26 and 3113.31 of the Revised Code, all protection orders issued pursuant to section 2903.213 or 2903.214 of the Revised Code, and protection orders issued by courts of another state, as defined in section 2919.27 of the Revised Code. The fire department shall protect the lives and property of the people in case of fire. Both the police and fire departments shall perform any other duties that are provided by ordinance. The police and fire departments in every city shall be maintained under the civil service system. A chief or officer of a police force of a municipal corporation may participate, as the director of an organized crime task force established under section 177.02 of the Revised Code or as a member of the investigatory staff of such a task force, in an investigation of organized criminal activity in any county or counties in this state under sections 177.01 to 177.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 737.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 737 / § 737.16
§ 737.16. Appointment of deputy marshals, police officers, night guards and special police officers
Status: in_force

March 31, 2003 Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly The mayor shall, when provided for by the legislative authority of a village, and subject to its confirmation, appoint all deputy marshals, police officers, night guards, and special police officers. All such officers shall continue in office until removed therefrom for the cause and in the manner provided by section 737.19 of the Revised Code. No person shall receive an appointment under this section after January 1, 1970, unless the person has, not more than sixty days prior to receiving such appointment, passed a physical examination, given by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, showing that the person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of the position to which the person is to be appointed as established by the legislative authority of the village. The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of said licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife. The professional fee for such physical examination shall be paid for by the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.374 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.374
§ 742.374. Additional pension payments for retirees on and after 12-31-71
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly On and after December 31, 1971, all persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was payable prior to July 1, 1968, pursuant to division (B) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, and all persons who qualified for a payment under division (C)(1) of such section or division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code prior to such date shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the member's effective date of retirement or disability and December 31, 1971, or an additional fifty dollars, whichever is less. This section does not apply to persons included under division (H)(2) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code. On or before the first day of August in each year, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall certify to the treasurer of state the amount required to be paid in the preceding fiscal year under this section. Upon receipt of such certification, the treasurer of state shall pay to the fund the amount certified.
Ohio Rev. Code § 757.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 757 / § 757.07
§ 757.07. Annual filing of resolutions unnecessary
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly After any symphony association, area arts council, art museum, or other similar organization has once filed with the board of education, the city controller, or the board of county commissioners the resolutions provided for in sections 757.03 to 757.06 of the Revised Code, it need not renew the same from year to year, but each original resolution continues in force for the purposes named until, by like resolution, likewise certified and filed, any original resolution is revoked or rescinded.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.23
§ 709.23. Arrangement of conditions of annexation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may propose annexation of its territory to that of any contiguous municipal corporation, and it shall thereupon pass an ordinance declaring its desire to be annexed and shall appoint three commissioners to represent it in such negotiations and to arrange the conditions of annexation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.11
§ 735.11. Powers and duties of city hall commission
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Subject to the approval of the director of public service, the commission appointed under section 735.10 of the Revised Code may acquire in the name of the city, by purchase or appropriation, land for city hall purposes, and may employ architects and approve plans and specifications. It shall make, in the name of the city, all contracts necessary for the construction and furnishing of such city hall, which shall be made after advertisement and bidding as provided by sections 735.05 to 735.09 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall be subject to the approval of the director. The commission shall keep a full record of its proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.012
§ 742.012. Refund of contributions to Ohio police and fire pension fund exceeding salary benchmarks
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly Contributions made to the Ohio police and fire pension fund for salary that exceeds the salary benchmark calculated under division (G) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code shall be refunded in accordance with rules adopted by the trustees of the board under section 742.10 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.272 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.272
§ 735.272. Board of trustees of public affairs abolished upon establishment of village administrator position
Status: in_force

September 28, 1965 House Bill 397 - 106th General Assembly Upon the establishment of the position of village administrator, his appointment by the mayor and confirmation by the legislative authority of the village, as provided by section 735.271 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of public affairs, if such a board has been created in accordance with section 735.28 of the Revised Code, shall be abolished and the term of office of members of such board shall terminate. All contracts entered into by said board of trustees of public affairs and rules and regulations and other action taken by such board shall continue in effect until they have terminated of their own accord or until they shall have been modified, changed, revised, amended, or repealed in the manner provided by law. In the event the legislative authority abolishes the position of village administrator, as provided by section 735.271 of the Revised Code, a board of trustees of public affairs shall be established by operation of law and the mayor shall appoint three members of such board, subject to the confirmation of the legislative authority, who shall serve until the successors of such appointed members have been elected at the next regular election of municipal officers held in the village occurring more than one hundred days after the appointment of such members by the mayor, as provided by section 735.28 of the Revised Code. Such board of trustees of public affairs shall have those powers and duties as provided by sections 735.28 and 735.29 of the Revised Code and as otherwise provided by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.03
§ 749.03. Health facility in another municipal corporation
Status: in_force

April 27, 2005 Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "health facility" means both of the following: (1) A hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code; (2) A facility other than a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, where medical care and preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services are provided to outpatients by or under the direction of a physician or dentist. (B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of hospital commissioners established under section 749.04 of the Revised Code may purchase, acquire, lease, appropriate, or construct a health facility in another municipal corporation to serve as a branch of a hospital erected under sections 749.02 to 749.14 of the Revised Code. The health facility may include office space for physicians. The facility shall be operated pursuant to the law that regulates the operation of the hospital. (C) When a proposal to establish a health facility in another municipal corporation is made by a board of hospital commissioners, all of the following apply: (1) The board shall give written notice to the legislative authority of its municipal corporation and to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation where the facility is to be located. The legislative authority of the municipal corporation where the facility is to be located, by resolution adopted within forty days after receipt of the notice, may object to the proposed facility. The resolution shall include an explanation of the objection and may make any recommendations the legislative authority considers necessary. The legislative authority shall send a copy of the resolution to the board of hospital commissioners and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation that proposes to locate the facility in the other municipal corporation. (2) Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, the board of hospital commissioners may establish and operate the facility, unless the legislative authority of the municipal corporation proposing to locate the facility in the other municipal corporation, not later than twenty days after receiving a resolution of objection from the other legislative authority pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, adopts a resolution denying the board the right to establish the facility. (3) If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation provides a subsidy for uncompensated care to a board of hospital commissioners, the board may establish and operate the health facility only if that legislative authority approves the establishment of the facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.22
§ 721.22. Transfer and lease of property by municipal corporation for library purposes
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, transfer, lease, or permit the use of any property, real or personal, suitable for library purposes, to the board of trustees of any free public library or any library association rendering free library service to the inhabitants of the municipal corporation, upon such lawful terms as are agreed upon between the municipal corporation and the trustees of such library or library association.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.102
§ 742.102. Travel expense policies - bonus policy - budget
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly The board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund shall do all of the following: (A) In consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, review any existing policy regarding the travel and payment of travel expenses of members of the board of trustees and employees of the fund and adopt rules in accordance with section 742.10 of the Revised Code establishing a new or revised policy regarding travel and payment of travel expenses. Not less than sixty days before adopting a new or revised policy, the board shall submit the policy to the Ohio retirement study council for review. (B) If the board intends to award a bonus to any employee of the board, adopt rules in accordance with section 742.10 of the Revised Code establishing a policy regarding employee bonuses; (C) Provide copies of the rules adopted under divisions (A) and (B) of this section to each member of the Ohio retirement study council; (D) Submit to the Ohio retirement study council a proposed operating budget, including an administrative budget for the board, for the next immediate fiscal year and adopt that budget not earlier than sixty days after it is submitted to the council; (E) Submit to the council a plan describing how the board will improve the dissemination of public information pertaining to the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.99
§ 743.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 743.25 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.43
§ 727.43. Damage claim limits
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly No person who claims damages, arising without his fault from the acts of a municipal corporation or its agents in the construction of a public improvement, shall commence a suit therefor against a municipal corporation until he files a claim for such damages with the clerk of such municipal corporation, and sixty days elapse thereafter, to enable the municipal corporation to take such steps as it deems proper to settle or adjust the claim. This section does not apply to an application for an injunction or other proceeding to which it may be necessary for such applicant to resort in case of urgent necessity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.40
§ 743.40. Manner of appropriation - restrictions thereon
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Appropriation of lands under section 743.39 of the Revised Code shall be made in accordance with sections 719.01 to 719.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. As far as the rights of the public therein are concerned, the board of county commissioners as to county and state roads, the board of township trustees as to township roads, and the legislative authority of a municipal corporation as to streets and alleys, in their respective jurisdictions, may grant a municipal corporation the right to lay tubing, pipes, conduits, poles, and wires therein, subject to such regulations and restrictions as they prescribe. The right to appropriate for any such purpose shall not extend to the erection of any tank, station, reservoir, building, or lands therefor, or to more than one continuous pipe, conduit, or tubing, or land therefor, in or through a municipal corporation unless the legislative authority first consents thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 701.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 701 / § 701.03
§ 701.03. Right of visitation
Status: in_force

July 6, 1982 Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly The general assembly, by a committee; the governor; the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by a committee; the mayor or the board of health of a municipal corporation; the judge of any court of this state; the grand jury of the county; or a duly authorized representative of the governor may at any time visit and inspect any of the benevolent or correctional institutions established by a municipal corporation, and examine the books and accounts thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.40
§ 731.40. Prohibition against threats in securing signatures
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall, directly or indirectly, by intimidation or threats, influence or seek to influence any person to sign or abstain from signing, or to solicit signatures to or abstain from soliciting signatures to an initiative or referendum petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.521
§ 742.521. Credit for military service
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 154 - 135th General Assembly (A) A member of the fund who is an employee of a police or fire department and who enlisted or enlists, was inducted or is inducted, was or is called into active duty, or accepted or accepts a commission in the armed forces, in computing years of service in such police or fire department, shall be given full credit for such time served in the armed forces, provided the person has been honorably discharged from the armed forces or from active duty therein, has made application for reinstatement in the active service of the police or fire department within ninety days from the date of discharge, and employer contributions have been paid pursuant to this section. Service credit given under this section for time served in the armed forces shall not exceed five years. (B) A member of the fund is ineligible to receive service credit under this section for any time served in the armed forces that is used to obtain service credit under former section 742.18 , 742.19 , 742.20 , or 742.21 or section 742.52 of the Revised Code. At the time such credit is requested, the member shall certify on a form supplied by the retirement board that the member does and will conform to this requirement. Any benefit paid under this section to which the member is not entitled shall be recovered by any recovery procedures available under this chapter. This section does not cancel any military service credit earned under this chapter prior to October 29, 1996. (C) An employer of a member entitled to service credit under this section shall pay the Ohio police and fire pension fund an amount equal to that which would have been paid under section 742.33 or 742.34 of the Revised Code had the member continued police or fire employment during the period of military service. The board of trustees may adopt rules setting the manner in which the employer contribution is calculated and paid. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.39
§ 759.39. Municipal corporation or township may withdraw
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A municipal corporation or township united with other municipal corporations or townships in the establishment or control of a union cemetery, or both, may, by a resolution of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or of the board of township trustees and with the consent of the legislative authorities of the remaining municipal corporations and the boards of the remaining townships, withdraw from the management and control of such cemetery and relinquish interest therein. Thereupon the cemetery shall be under the management and control of the remaining municipal corporations and townships.
Ohio Rev. Code § 761.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 761 / § 761.08
§ 761.08. Bonds are lawful investments
Status: in_force

November 1, 1965 House Bill 933 - 106th General Assembly Revenue bonds issued under sections 761.01 to 761.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, are lawful investments of banks, savings banks, building and loan and savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking or bond retirement funds of municipal corporations and other subdivisions of the state, and of domestic insurance companies notwithstanding sections 3907.14 and 3925.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.32
§ 735.32. General duties
Status: in_force

September 10, 1987 House Bill 9 - 117th General Assembly Under the direction of the mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipal corporation, the street commissioner, or an engineer, when one is provided by the legislative authority, shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, wards, landings, market houses, bridges, viaducts, sidewalks, sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, ship channels, streams, and watercourses. Such commissioner or engineer shall also supervise the lighting, sprinkling, and cleaning of all public places, and shall perform such other duties, consistent with the nature of his office, as the mayor or other chief executive officer requires. Last updated March 9, 2022 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.18
§ 703.18. Collection and disbursement of taxes
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Taxes which remain due and unpaid at the time of the surrender of corporate rights pursuant to sections 703.08 to 703.16 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be collected, and shall, with all moneys in the city treasury, be applied to the objects for which they were raised. Moneys which remain on hand after the debts and liabilities of the city are discharged shall be paid into the village treasury, and all property owned by the city at the time of the surrender shall become the property of, and the title thereto shall vest in, the village.
Ohio Rev. Code § 707.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 707 / § 707.07
§ 707.07. Order of incorporation
Status: in_force

March 2, 1992 House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly After the hearing on a petition to incorporate, the board of county commissioners shall enter an order on its journal allowing the incorporation if it finds that: (A) The petition contains all the matters required in section 707.02 of the Revised Code and the statements in the petition are true. (B) Notice has been published as is required by section 707.05 of the Revised Code. (C) The number of valid signatures on the petition constituted fifty-one per cent of the electors within the territory proposed to be incorporated, as determined by the total number of votes cast within that territory for the office of governor at the preceding general election for that office. (D) The territory included in the proposed municipal corporation is compact and is not unreasonably large; municipal services, such as police and fire protection, street construction and maintenance, sanitary and storm sewers, planning, zoning, and subdivision control, and parks and recreational facilities are capable of being financed by the proposed municipal corporation with a reasonable local tax, using the current assessed valuation of properties as a basis of calculation; and the general good of the community, including both the proposed municipal corporation and the surrounding area, will be served if the incorporation petition is granted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.39
§ 718.39. Municipal corporations with larger population; correspondence from tax administrator
Status: in_force

December 22, 2021 Senate Bill 217 - 134th General Assembly If the municipal corporation imposing a tax in accordance with this chapter has a population greater than thirty thousand according to the most recent decennial census or if the tax administrator charged with the administration of the tax is described in either division (U)(1)(b) or (c) of section 718.01 of the Revised Code, all of the tax administrator's written correspondence to a taxpayer or other person shall include the name and contact information of an individual designated to receive inquiries regarding the correspondence. The individual may be the tax administrator or an employee of the tax administrator. Last updated January 18, 2022 at 12:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.86
§ 705.86. Powers under federal plan
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In municipal corporations adopting the federal plan of government under sections 705.71 to 705.86 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the Ohio Constitution, and any additional powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the general assembly shall be exercised by the officers and authorities provided for in such sections, unless such powers have been expressly conferred upon some other authority of the municipal corporation or reserved to the people thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.34
§ 733.34. Supervision of conduct of officers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The mayor shall supervise the conduct of all the officers of the municipal corporation, inquire into and examine the grounds of all reasonable complaints against any of such officers, and cause their violations or neglect of duty to be promptly punished or reported to the proper authority for correction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.103 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.103
§ 711.103. Tentative approval of plat by planning commission
Status: in_force

October 19, 1953 House Bill 629 - 100th General Assembly When, prior to June 1, 1953, a subdivision plat has been tentatively approved by a planning commission, and lots have been transferred from the subdivision by metes and bounds descriptions prior to June 1, 1953, and a registered surveyor certifies on such plat, or copy thereof, that all such transfers are in conformity with the plat as tentatively approved, such plat, or a copy thereof, may be recorded by the county recorder, notwithstanding that it has not been subscribed and acknowledged by the proprietor thereof, nor finally approved by the planning commission. The certificate of the planning commission as to the date of tentative approval shall be issued on demand.
Ohio Rev. Code § 713.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 713 / § 713.07
§ 713.07. Restriction in location of buildings and structures
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever the planning commission of any municipal corporation or any board or officer with city planning powers, whether such commission, board, or officer is created by statute or municipal charter, certifies to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation any plan for the districting or zoning thereof according to the uses of buildings and other structures and of premises, such legislative authority, in the interest of the promotion of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity, or general welfare, may regulate and restrict the location of buildings and other structures and of premises to be used for trade, industry, residence, or other specified uses, and for such purposes may divide the municipal corporation into districts of such number, shape, and area as are best suited to carry out the purposes of this section. Regulations may be imposed for each of such districts, designating the kinds or classes of trades, industries, residences, or other purposes for which buildings or other structures or premises may be permitted to be erected, altered, or used subject to special regulations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.3715 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.3715
§ 742.3715. Election of retiree to change to optional plan
Status: in_force

March 17, 2000 House Bill 275 - 123rd General Assembly (A) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who retired under section 742.37 of the Revised Code before February 28, 1980, may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance in a lesser amount payable for the remainder of the member's life and continuing after death to the member's spouse under one of the optional plans described under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code, provided the amount payable under the optional plan elected is certified by the actuary engaged by the Ohio police and fire pension fund to be the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance and is approved by the fund. The election shall be made as follows: (1) Not later than ninety days after September 26, 1984, the member shall file with the fund a notice that the member wishes to be eligible to make the election authorized by this section. The fund shall advise the member with respect to the choices available under the optional plans and have a determination made of the monthly benefits payable under the optional plan elected by the member for inclusion in the statement to be filed under division (A)(2) of this section. (2) Not later than one year after September 26, 1984, the member shall file a statement, on a form provided by the fund, that the member elects to receive benefits under the optional benefit plan specified in the statement. A request or form that is mailed to the board shall be considered to have been filed on its postmark date. (B) A member of the fund who retired under section 742.37 of the Revised Code prior to September 16, 1998, was married at the time of retirement and is currently married to the same spouse, and did not elect one of the optional plans under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance in a lesser amount payable for the remainder of the member's life and continuing after death to the member's spouse under one of the optional plans described in division (A)(1) or (2) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code, provided the amount payable under the optional plan elected is certified by the actuary engaged by the fund to be the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance and is approved by the fund. Not later than thirty days after December 21, 1998, the fund shall provide to all members described in this division written notice of the election available under this division. The notice shall state that a member's failure to elect an optional plan under this division will result in the member's spouse, at the time of the member's death, being eligible only for a benefit under division (D) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code. The election shall be made as follows: (1) Not later than one hundred twenty days after December 21, 1998, the member shall file with the fund a notice that the member wishes to make the election authorized by this section. The fund shall advise the member with respect to the choices available under the optional plans and have a determination made of the monthly benefits payable under the optional plan elected by the member for inclusion in the statement to be filed under division (B)(2) of this section. (2) Not later than one year after December 21, 1998, the member shall file a statement, on a form provided by the fund, that the member elects to receive benefits under the optional plan specified in the statement. A request or form that is mailed to the fund's principal place of business shall be considered to have been filed on its postmark date. Benefits under the optional plan shall begin on the first day of the first month following the date the statement is filed with the fund. (C)(1) The death of the member's spouse shall cancel any plan elected pursuant to this section and return the member to the member's single lifetime benefit equivalent, as determined by the fund, to be effective the month following receipt by the fund of notice of the death. (2) On divorce, annulment, or marriage dissolution, a member receiving a retirement allowance under a plan that provides for continuation of all or part of the allowance after death for the lifetime of the member's surviving spouse may, with the written consent of the spouse or pursuant to an order of the court with jurisdiction over the termination of the marriage, elect to cancel the plan and receive the member's single lifetime benefit equivalent as determined by the fund. The election shall be made on a form provided by the fund and shall be effective the month following its receipt by the fund. (D) If the member remarries after cancellation under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section of an optional plan, the member may elect not later than one year after the date of remarriage a new optional plan based on the actuarial equivalent of the member's single lifetime benefit as determined by the fund. The plan and the member's lesser retirement allowance shall become effective on the date the election is made on a form approved by the fund. (E) Any option elected and payments made under this section shall be in addition to any benefit payable under division (D) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 753.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 753 / § 753.21
§ 753.21. Minimum security jails
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "building or structure" includes, but is not limited to, a modular unit, building, or structure and a movable unit, building, or structure. (B)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance, may dedicate and permit the use, as a minimum security jail, of any vacant or abandoned public building or structure owned by the municipal corporation that has not been dedicated to or is not then in use for any municipal or other public purpose, or any building or structure rented or leased by the municipal corporation. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance, also may dedicate and permit the use, as a minimum security jail, of any building or structure purchased by or constructed by or for the municipal corporation. Subject to divisions (B)(3) and (C) of this section, upon the effective date of such an ordinance, the specified building or structure shall be used, in accordance with this section, for the confinement of persons who meet one of the following conditions: (a) The person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a traffic violation, a misdemeanor, or a violation of a municipal ordinance and is under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation or is sentenced to a residential sanction in the jail for a felony of the fourth or fifth degree pursuant to sections 2929.11 to 2929.19 of the Revised Code, and the jail administrator or the jail administrator's designee has classified the person as a minimal security risk. In determining the person's classification under this division, the administrator or designee shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the person's escape risk and propensity for assaultive or violent behavior, based upon the person's prior and current behavior. (b) The person is an inmate transferred by order of a judge of the sentencing court upon the request of the sheriff, administrator, jailer, or other person responsible for operating the jail other than a contractor as defined in section 9.06 of the Revised Code, who is named in the request as being suitable for confinement in a minimum security facility. (2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance, may affiliate with the county in which it is located, with one or more counties adjacent to the county in which it is located, or with one or more municipal corporations located within the county in which it is located or within an adjacent county, and dedicate and permit the use, as a minimum security jail, of any vacant or abandoned public building or structure owned by any of the affiliating counties or municipal corporations that has not been dedicated to or is not then in use for any public purpose, or any building or structure rented or leased by any of the affiliating counties or municipal corporations. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance, also may affiliate with one or more counties adjacent to the county in which it is located or with one or more municipal corporations located within the county in which it is located or within an adjacent county and dedicate and permit the use, as a minimum security jail, of any building or structure purchased by or constructed by or for any of the affiliating counties or municipal corporations. Any counties and municipal corporations that affiliate for purposes of this division shall enter into an agreement that establishes the responsibilities for the operation and for the cost of operation of the minimum security jail. Subject to divisions (B)(3) and (C) of this section, upon the effective date of an ordinance adopted under this division, the specified building or structure shall be used, in accordance with this section, for the confinement of persons who meet one of the following conditions: (a) The person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a traffic violation, a misdemeanor, or a violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation and is under the jurisdiction of any of the affiliating counties or municipal corporations or is sentenced to a residential sanction in the jail for a felony of the fourth or fifth degree pursuant to sections 2929.11 to 2929.19 of the Revised Code, and the jail administrator or the jail administrator's designee has classified the person as a minimal security risk. In determining the person's classification under this division, the administrator or designee shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the person's escape risk and propensity for assaultive or violent behavior, based upon the person's prior and current behavior. (b) The person is an inmate transferred by order of a judge of the sentencing court upon the request of the sheriff, administrator, jailer, or other person responsible for operating the jail other than a contractor as defined in section 9.06 of the Revised Code, who is named in the request as being suitable for confinement in a minimum security facility. (3) No person shall be confined in a building or structure dedicated as a minimum security jail under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section unless the judge who sentenced the person to the term of imprisonment for the traffic violation or the misdemeanor specifies that the term of imprisonment is to be served in that jail, and division (B)(1) or (2) of this section permits the confinement of the person in that jail or unless the judge who sentenced the person to the residential sanction for the felony specifies that the residential sanction is to be served in a jail, and division (B)(1) or (2) of this section permits the confinement of the person in that jail. If a rented or leased building or structure is so dedicated, the building or structure may be used as a minimum security jail only during the period that it is rented or leased by the municipal corporation or by an affiliated county or municipal corporation. If a person convicted of a misdemeanor is confined to a building or structure dedicated as a minimum security jail under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section and the sheriff, administrator, jailer, or other person responsible for operating the jail other than a contractor as defined in division (H) of section 9.06 of the Revised Code determines that it would be more appropriate for the person so confined to be confined in another jail or workhouse facility, the sheriff, administrator, jailer, or other person may transfer the person so confined to a more appropriate jail or workhouse facility. (C) All of the following apply in relation to a building or structure that is dedicated pursuant to division (B)(1) or (2) of this section for use as a minimum security jail: (1) To the extent that the use of the building or structure as a minimum security jail requires a variance from any municipal corporation, county, or township zoning ordinances or regulations, the variance shall be granted. (2) Except as provided in this section, the building or structure shall not be used to confine any person unless it is in substantial compliance with any applicable housing, fire prevention, sanitation, health, and safety codes, regulations, or standards. (3) Unless such satisfaction or compliance is required under the standards described in division (C)(4) of this section, and notwithstanding any other provision of state or local law to the contrary, the building or structure need not satisfy or comply with any state or local building standard or code in order to be used to confine a person for the purposes specified in division (B) of this section. (4) The building or structure shall not be used to confine any person unless it is in compliance with all minimum standards and minimum renovation, modification, and construction criteria for jails that have been proposed by the department of rehabilitation and correction, through its bureau of adult detention, under section 5120.10 of the Revised Code. (5) The building or structure need not be renovated or modified into a secure detention facility in order to be used solely to confine a person for the purposes specified in divisions (B)(1)(a) and (B)(2)(a) of this section. (6) The building or structure shall be used, equipped, furnished, and staffed to provide adequate and suitable living, sleeping, food service or preparation, drinking, bathing and toilet, sanitation, and other necessary facilities, furnishings, and equipment. (D) Except as provided in this section, a minimum security jail dedicated and used under this section shall be considered to be part of the jail, workhouse, or other correctional facilities of the municipal corporation or the affiliated counties and municipal corporations for all purposes under the law. All persons confined in such a minimum security jail shall be and shall remain, in all respects, under the control of the authority of the municipal corporation that has responsibility for the management and operation of the jail, workhouse, or other correctional facilities of the municipal corporation or, if it is operated by any affiliation of counties or municipal corporations, under the control of the specified county or municipal corporation with that authority, provided that, if the person was convicted of a felony and is serving a residential sanction in the facility, all provisions of law that pertain to persons convicted of a felony that would not by their nature clearly be inapplicable apply regarding the person. A minimum security jail dedicated and used under this section shall be managed and maintained in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or the affiliated counties and municipal corporations governing the safe and healthful operation of the jail, the confinement and supervision of the persons sentenced to it, and their participation in work release or similar rehabilitation programs. In addition to other rules of conduct and discipline, the rights of ingress and egress of persons confined in a minimum security jail dedicated and used under this section shall be subject to reasonable restrictions. Every person confined in a minimum security jail dedicated and used under this section shall be given verbal and written notification, at the time of the person's admission to the jail, that purposely leaving, or purposely failing to return to, the jail without proper authority or permission constitutes the felony offense of escape. (E) If a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense is sentenced to a term of imprisonment or a residential sanction in a minimum security jail as described in division (B)(1)(a) or (B)(2)(a) of this section, or if a person is an inmate transferred to a minimum security jail by order of a judge of the sentencing court as described in division (B)(1)(b) or (2)(b) of this section, at the time of reception and at other times the person in charge of the operation of the jail determines to be appropriate, the person in charge of the operation of the jail may cause the convicted 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 person in charge of the operation of the jail may cause a convicted 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 § 723.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.45
§ 723.45. Franchises to interurban railways for the purpose of securing terminals
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may grant a franchise upon such terms as it prescribes for the building of any interurban railway having, constructing, or building ten miles or more of track outside of such municipal corporation, to any company using electric or other motive power, except steam, for the purpose of securing to such company access to or terminals within the municipal corporation. The legislative authority may authorize such company to build and construct tracks and to operate cars thereon, on any street, or parts of streets, of such municipal corporation, upon which tracks have not already been laid and where the consent of the owners of a majority foot frontage has already been obtained by such company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.23
§ 715.23. Impounding and sale of fowl or animals
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 955.10 of the Revised Code regarding dogs, a municipal corporation may regulate, restrain, or prohibit the running at large, within the municipal corporation, of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, geese, chickens, or other fowl or animals, impound and hold the fowl or animals, and, on notice to the owners, authorize the sale of the fowl or animals for the penalty imposed by any ordinance, and the cost and expenses of the proceedings. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.26
§ 735.26. Amendment of plans
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Plans made under sections 735.19 to 735.24 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be amended after adoption, by like proceedings by which they were originally adopted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.37
§ 749.37. Contracts not subject to competitive bidding
Status: in_force

October 13, 2020 Senate Bill 4 - 133rd General Assembly Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of sections 749.09 to 749.14 and 749.26 to 749.31 of the Revised Code, Chapter 153. of the Revised Code, or any other competitive bidding requirement specified in the Revised Code that requires a public authority to enter into separate contracts for the design and construction of a public improvement. (A) A board of hospital commissioners or a board of hospital trustees may enter into a single contract under which the entity awarded the contract is responsible for providing both design and construction services related to the erection of a hospital, any addition to the hospital, or any other improvement to the hospital or its properties involving alteration, repair, replacement, renovation, installation, or demolition. (B) During the period of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020, a board of hospital commissioners or a board of hospital trustees may purchase personal protective equipment necessary to respond to the emergency without following competitive bidding procedures. As used in this section, "personal protective equipment" means equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause workplace injuries and illnesses. This section does not otherwise alter the competitive bidding requirements that apply to the board when entering into a contract for a public improvement. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 761.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 761 / § 761.01
§ 761.01. Industrial and economic development definitions
Status: in_force

November 1, 1965 House Bill 933 - 106th General Assembly As used in sections 761.01 to 761.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Municipal corporation" means any municipal corporation, including those which have adopted a charter under Section 7 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (B) "Project" means any site, structure, or facility connected with or being a part of a manufacturing, industrial, distribution, commercial, or research facility and the necessary operating machinery and equipment excluding motor vehicles, power driven vehicles, office equipment, raw materials, small tools, supplies and accounts receivable located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.011
§ 703.011. Village with more than 5,000 electors becomes city
Status: in_force

August 22, 1995 House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly In addition to the method of determining classifications of municipal corporations set out in section 703.01 of the Revised Code, villages, which at the most recent general election had more than five thousand resident electors registered with the board of elections of the county in which the village is situated or, when more than five thousand resident electors have voted at the most recent general election, in such village, shall become cities. In such case, the board of elections of the said county shall immediately certify to the secretary of state the number of resident electors registered or voting within said village, and the secretary of state, upon receiving said certification from the board of elections, certifying that there are five thousand or more resident electors registered or voting within said village, shall issue a proclamation to that effect. A copy of the proclamation shall forthwith be sent to the mayor of the village, which copy shall forthwith be transmitted to the legislative authority of the village, read therein, and made a part of the records thereof. Thirty days after the issuance of the proclamation the village shall be a city.
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.17
§ 721.17. Disposition of money arising from sale
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Money arising from a sale under section 721.16 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the treasury of the municipal corporation, in the street cleaning fund, and shall be immediately available, in addition to the appropriations by the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, for the current expenses of the street cleaning department, and may be withdrawn from the treasury upon the warrant of the auditor or clerk of the municipal corporation for such purpose. Such money shall not be considered a source of revenue subject to appropriation by the legislative authority, and may be expended as provided by this section without having been appropriated by such legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.35
§ 703.35. Pending village dissolution
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly During the period when a dissolution is in question, both of the following apply: (A) The legislative authority of the village shall not create any new debts, obligations, or liabilities except to the extent the debt, obligation, or liability is necessary in connection with the continued provision of the village's utilities consistent with prudent utility practice. (B) The legislative authority of the village shall select an official or employee of the village who is knowledgeable on village matters to serve as a representative during a dissolution, should one occur, as specified under section 703.361 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.38
§ 731.38. Prohibition against accepting premium for signing
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall accept anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.26
§ 742.26. Employment of OPFPF or other state retirement system retirant
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 House Bill 449 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Actuarial present value" means the calculation under which the probability of occurrence, based on a specified mortality table, and the discount for future monetary growth at a specified interest rate are considered by an actuary to determine the value of an annuity. (2) "Other system retirant" means a former member of the public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, or Cincinnati retirement system who is receiving a disability benefit or an age and service or commuted age and service retirement benefit or allowance from a system of which the person is a former member. (3) "OPFPF retirant" means any person who is receiving a retirement allowance, other than a disability benefit, from the Ohio police and fire pension fund. (B) The mortality table and interest rate used in determining actuarial present value shall be determined by the board of trustees of the fund based on the recommendations of an actuary employed by the board. (C)(1) An OPFPF retirant or other system retirant may be employed as a member of a police or fire department. If so employed, the retirant shall make contributions to the fund in accordance with section 742.31 of the Revised Code, and the employer shall make contributions in accordance with sections 742.33 and 742.34 of the Revised Code. (2) An employer that employs an OPFPF retirant or other system retirant shall notify the board of trustees of the fund of the employment not later than the end of the month in which the employment commences. On receipt of notice from an employer that a person who is an other system retirant has been employed, the fund shall notify the retirement system of which the other system retirant was a member of such employment. (D) An OPFPF retirant or other system retirant who has received a retirement allowance or benefit for less than two months when employment subject to this section commences shall forfeit the retirement allowance or benefit for the period that begins on the date the employment commences and ends on the earlier of the date the employment terminates or the date that is two months after the date on which the retirement allowance or benefit commenced. Service and contributions for that period shall not be included in the calculation of any benefits payable under this section, and those contributions shall be refunded on the retirant's death or termination of the employment. (E) On receipt of notice from the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement system of the re-employment of an OPFPF retirant, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall not pay, or if paid shall recover, the amount to be forfeited by the OPFPF retirant in accordance with section 145.38 , 3307.35 , or 3309.341 of the Revised Code. (F)(1) On termination of employment under this section, an OPFPF retirant or other system retirant may file an application with the board of trustees of the fund to receive either a benefit, as provided in division (F)(2) of this section, or payment of the retirant's contributions made under this section, as provided in division (H) of this section. (2) A benefit under this section shall consist of an annuity the actuarial present value of which is equal to two times the sum of all amounts deducted from the salary of the OPFPF retirant or other system retirant and credited to the retirant's individual account in the fund, other than contributions excluded pursuant to division (D) of this section, together with interest credited thereon at the rate determined by the board. (a) Unless, as described in division (I) of this section, the application is accompanied by a statement of the spouse's consent to another form of payment or the board of trustees waives the requirement of spousal consent, a retirant who is married at the time of application under this division shall receive a monthly annuity under which the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single life annuity is paid in a lesser amount for life and one-half of the lesser amount continues after the retirant's death to the surviving spouse. (b) A retirant who is not subject to division (F)(2)(a) of this section shall elect to receive either a monthly annuity or a lump-sum payment. If the retirant fails to elect a plan of payment, the annuity shall be paid as a monthly annuity under the plan of payment specified in rules adopted by the board of trustees of the fund. A retirant who elects to receive a monthly annuity shall select one of the following as the plan of payment: (i) The retirant's single life annuity; (ii) The actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single life annuity in an equal or lesser amount for life and continuing after death to a surviving beneficiary designated at the time the plan of payment is selected. (c) Notwithstanding divisions (F)(2)(a) and (b) of this section, if a monthly annuity would be less than twenty-five dollars per month, the retirant shall receive a lump sum payment. (3) Interest shall be credited to accounts only at the time of calculation of a benefit payable under division (F)(2) of this section. (4) A benefit payable under this division shall commence on the first day of the month immediately after the latest of the following: (a) The last day for which compensation for employment subject to this section was paid; (b) Attainment by the OPFPF retirant or other system retirant of age sixty; (c) If the OPFPF retirant or other system retirant was previously employed under this section and is receiving or previously received a benefit under this division, completion of a period of twelve months since the last benefit paid under this section commenced. (5) No amount received under this division shall be included in determining an additional benefit under section 742.3711 , 742.3716 , or 742.3717 of the Revised Code or any other post-retirement benefit increase. (G)(1) If an OPFPF retirant or other system retirant dies while employed in employment subject to this section, a lump-sum payment calculated in accordance with division (F)(2) of this section shall be paid to the retirant's surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, to the retirant's estate. (2) If at the time of death an OPFPF retirant or other system retirant receiving a monthly annuity under division (F)(2) of this section has received less than would have been received as a lump-sum payment under division (F)(2) of this section, the difference between the amount received and the amount that would have been received as a lump-sum payment shall be paid to the retirant's surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, to the retirant's estate. (3) If a beneficiary receiving a monthly annuity under division (F)(2) of this section dies and, at the time of the beneficiary's death, the total of the amounts paid to the retirant and beneficiary are less than the amount the retirant would have received as a lump sum payment, the difference between the total of the amounts received by the retirant and beneficiary and the amount that the retirant would have received as a lump sum payment shall be paid to the beneficiary's estate. (H)(1) An OPFPF retirant or other system retirant who applies under division (F)(1) of this section for payment of the retirant's contributions and is unmarried or is married and, unless the board of trustees has waived the requirement of spousal consent, includes with the application a statement of the spouse's consent to the payment shall be paid the contributions made under division (C) of this section, plus interest, if the following conditions are met: (a) The retirant has not attained sixty years of age and has terminated employment subject to this section for any cause other than death or the receipt of a benefit under division (F) of this section. (b) Three months have elapsed since the termination of employment subject to this section. (c) The retirant has not returned to service subject to this chapter or Chapter 145., 3307., or 3309. of the Revised Code, other than service exempted from contribution to the public employees retirement system pursuant to section 145.03 of the Revised Code, during the three-month period. (2) Payment of a retirant's contributions cancels the retirant's right to a benefit under division (F) of this section. (I) A statement of a spouse's consent under division (F) of this section to the form of a benefit or under division (H) of this section to a payment of contributions is valid only if signed by the spouse and witnessed by a notary public. The board of trustees may waive the requirement of spousal consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located, or for any other reason specified by the board. Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver. (J) An other system retirant subject to this section is not a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, does not have any of the rights, privileges, or obligations of membership, except as specified in this section, and is not eligible to receive health, medical, hospital, or surgical benefits under section 742.45 of the Revised Code for employment subject to this section. (K) If any payment is made by the Ohio police and fire pension fund to an OPFPF retirant or other system retirant to which the retirant is not entitled, the retirant shall repay it to the fund. If the retirant fails to make the repayment, the fund shall withhold the amount due from any allowances or other amounts due the OPFPF retirant or other system retirant. (L) An OPFPF retirant who is employed under this section is not eligible to receive any benefits under section 742.37 of the Revised Code for the employment under this section. (M) This section does not affect the receipt of benefits by or eligibility for benefits of any person who on August 20, 1976, was receiving a disability benefit or service retirement pension or allowance from a state or municipal retirement system in Ohio and was a member of any other state or municipal retirement system of this state. (N) The board of trustees of the fund may adopt rules to carry out this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.112
§ 742.112. Restrictions on fiduciaries
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a fiduciary shall not cause the Ohio police and fire pension fund to engage in a transaction, if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the fund and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the fund and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the fund and a party in interest; (4) Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of a party in interest, of any assets of the fund; or (5) Acquisition, on behalf of the fund, of any employer security or employer real property. (B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any transaction between the Ohio police and fire pension fund and any fiduciary or party in interest if: (1) All the terms and conditions of the transaction are comparable to the terms and conditions which might reasonably be expected in a similar transaction between similar parties who are not parties in interest; and (2) The transaction is consistent with the fiduciary duties described in Chapter 742. of the Revised Code. (C) A fiduciary shall not: (1) Deal with the assets of the fund in the fiduciary's own interest or for the fiduciary's own account; (2) In the fiduciary's individual or in any other capacity, act in any transaction involving the fund on behalf of a party (or represent a party) whose interests are adverse to the interests of the fund or the interests of its participants or beneficiaries; or (3) Receive any consideration for the fiduciary's own personal account from any party dealing with such fund in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the fund. (D) In addition to any liability which the fiduciary may have under any other provision, a fiduciary with respect to the fund shall be liable for a breach of fiduciary responsibility of any fiduciary with respect to the fund in the following circumstances: (1) If the fiduciary participates knowingly in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of such other fiduciary, knowing such act or omission is a breach; (2) If, by the fiduciary's failure to comply with Chapter 742. of the Revised Code, the fiduciary has enabled such other fiduciary to commit a breach; or (3) If the fiduciary has knowledge of a breach by such other fiduciary, unless the fiduciary makes reasonable efforts under the circumstances to remedy the breach. (E) Every fiduciary of the fund shall be bonded or insured to an amount of not less than one million dollars for loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.23
§ 711.23. Application for vacation and assessment of damages
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly As used in this section, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to provide. If the court of common pleas is of the opinion that any person owning a lot in a plat, addition, or part thereof proposed to be vacated or altered, and not assenting to such vacation or alteration, will sustain damage thereby, it may proceed to hear proof in reference thereto, and may render judgment against the petitioners for such damages as it thinks proper and just, to be assessed ratably against the petitioners by the court, according to the value of the property owned by the petitioners as it stands taxed on the tax list of the county. When necessary, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for all minors or incompetent persons interested in the premises. The judgment of the court vacating such plat, addition, or parts thereof, shall be conditioned upon the payment of the damages thus assessed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.052
§ 735.052. Purchasing used equipment without bidding
Status: in_force

October 30, 1969 House Bill 380 - 108th General Assembly The legislative authority of any city or village may authorize, by ordinance, the director of public service, director of public safety, mayor, city manager, board of trustees of public affairs, village administrator, or other duly authorized contracting officer, commission, board, or authority to enter into a contract, without advertising and bidding, for the purchase of used equipment or supplies at an auction open to the public, or at a sale at which such used equipment or supplies are to be sold upon submission of written bids to the vendor thereof where the vendor has invited the public to submit written bids or when more than one bid is submitted. The ordinance authorizing such contracts shall: (A) Designate the officer, commission, board, or other contracting authority authorized to make such contract; (B) Set forth the maximum amount that may be bid as the purchase price for such used equipment or supplies; (C) Describe the type of used equipment or supplies that may be purchased; (D) Appropriate sufficient funds to meet the maximum amount that may be bid as the purchase price for such used equipment or supplies, unless funds have previously been appropriated and remain unencumbered for such purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.14
§ 711.14. Planting of cornerstone - forfeiture
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any person who lays out a village or an addition to a municipal corporation, and neglects to plant the cornerstones therein, or causes such village or addition to be surveyed or platted in any manner other than that prescribed in sections 711.01 to 711.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars and costs of suit, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the county treasurer, for the use of the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.08
§ 733.08. Vacancy in office of mayor of city
Status: in_force

September 13, 2016 Senate Bill 63 - 131st General Assembly (A) In case of the death, resignation, or removal of the mayor, the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of that city who are members of the city central committee if there is one, or if not then of the county central committee, of the political party that nominated the last occupant of the office as a candidate for that office for the current term. If the vacancy occurs because of the death, resignation, or inability to take office of a mayor-elect, an appointment to take the office at the beginning of the term shall be made by the members of the central committee who reside in the city where the vacancy occurs. Not less than five nor more than forty-five days after the vacancy occurs, the specified members of the city or county committee shall meet to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. Not less than four days before the date of the meeting the committee chairperson or secretary shall send, by mail to every member eligible to vote on filling the vacancy, a written notice stating the date, time, and place of the meeting and its purpose. A majority of the eligible members present at the meeting may make the appointment. If the last occupant of the office of mayor or the mayor-elect was elected to serve the current term as an independent candidate, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by election by the legislative authority. (B) If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs more than forty days before the next regular municipal election, a successor shall be elected at that election for the unexpired term unless the unexpired term ends within one year immediately following the date of that election, in which case an election to fill the unexpired term shall not be held and the person appointed or elected under division (A) of this section shall hold the office for the unexpired term. If an election is held under this division, the person appointed or elected by the legislative authority under division (A) of this section shall hold the office until a successor is elected and qualified under this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.21
§ 711.21. Commons may be changed into streets
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly On application made and notice given according to sections 711.17 and 711.18 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas may change any commons included in the plat of a municipal corporation into streets, and cause such change to be recorded as provided by section 711.20 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 747.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 747 / § 747.11
§ 747.11. Power to lease depots and terminals - submission of question to electors
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The board of rapid transit commissioners may grant to any corporation organized for street or interurban railway purposes the right to operate, by lease or otherwise, the depots, terminals, and railways mentioned in section 747.08 of the Revised Code upon such terms as the board is authorized by ordinance to agree upon with such corporation, subject to the approval of a majority of the electors of the city voting on the question. The board of rapid transit commissioners shall certify such lease or agreement to the board of elections, which shall then submit the question of the approval of such lease or agreement to the qualified electors of the city at either a special or general election as the ordinance specifies. Thirty days' notice of the election shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post notice of the election for thirty days prior to the election on its web site. The notice shall set forth the terms of the lease or agreement and the time of holding the election. On the approval by a majority of the voters voting at the election, the corporation may operate such depots, terminals, and railways as provided in the lease or agreement, and corporations organized under the laws of this state for street or interurban railway purposes may lease and operate such depots, terminals, and railways.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.10
§ 749.10. Terms of contracts
Status: in_force

April 27, 2005 Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly All contracts for the erection of a hospital building shall be made in the name of the municipal corporation or the board of hospital commissioners, and it shall be stipulated therein that the contractor will not execute any extra work, or make any modifications or alterations mentioned in the specifications and plans, unless ordered in writing by the board of hospital commissioners, that the contractor will not claim any pay therefor unless such written order is given, and the additional compensation fixed and agreed upon. Copies of the plans and drawings, attested by the contractor, and the original bids, specifications, and contracts shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.11
§ 742.11. Investment powers of board
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 6 - 135th General Assembly (A) The members of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be the trustees of the funds created by section 742.59 of the Revised Code. The board shall have full power to invest the funds. The board and other fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with respect to the funds solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries; for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the Ohio police and fire pension fund; with care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with these matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and by diversifying the investments of the disability and pension fund so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. The board, in accordance with its fiduciary duties described under this section, shall make investment decisions with the sole purpose of maximizing the return on its investments. The board shall not make an investment decision with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation. To facilitate investment of the funds, the board may establish a partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, including a corporation exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended, or any other legal entity authorized to transact business in this state. (B) In exercising its fiduciary responsibility with respect to the investment of the funds, it shall be the intent of the board to give consideration to investments that enhance the general welfare of the state and its citizens where the investments offer quality, return, and safety comparable to other investments currently available to the board. In fulfilling this intent, equal consideration shall be given to investments otherwise qualifying under this section that involve minority owned and controlled firms and firms owned and controlled by women, either alone or in joint venture with other firms. The board shall adopt, in regular meeting, policies, objectives, or criteria for the operation of the investment program that include asset allocation targets and ranges, risk factors, asset class benchmarks, time horizons, total return objectives, and performance evaluation guidelines. In adopting policies and criteria for the selection of agents with whom the board may contract for the administration of the funds, the board shall comply with sections 742.114 and 742.116 of the Revised Code and shall also give equal consideration to minority owned and controlled firms, firms owned and controlled by women, and joint ventures involving minority owned and controlled firms and firms owned and controlled by women that otherwise meet the policies and criteria established by the board. Amendments and additions to the policies and criteria shall be adopted in regular meeting. The board shall publish its policies, objectives, and criteria under this provision no less often than annually and shall make copies available to interested parties. The board shall not adopt a policy, or take any action to promote a policy, under which the board makes investment decisions with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation. When reporting on the performance of investments, the board shall comply with the performance presentation standards established by the association for investment management and research. (C) All bonds, notes, certificates, stocks, or other evidences of investments purchased by the board shall be delivered to the treasurer of state, who is hereby designated as custodian thereof, or to the treasurer of state's authorized agent, and the treasurer of state or the agent shall collect the principal, interest, dividends, and distributions that become due and payable and place them when so collected into the custodial funds. Evidences of title of the investments may be deposited by the treasurer of state for safekeeping with an authorized agent, selected by the treasurer of state, who is a qualified trustee under section 135.18 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall pay for the investments purchased by the board on receipt of written or electronic instructions from the board or the board's designated agent authorizing the purchase and pending receipt of the evidence of title of the investment by the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's authorized agent. The board may sell investments held by the board, and the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's authorized agent shall accept payment from the purchaser and deliver evidence of title of the investment to the purchaser on receipt of written or electronic instructions from the board or the board's designated agent authorizing the sale, and pending receipt of the moneys for the investments. The amount received shall be placed into the custodial funds. The board and the treasurer of state may enter into agreements to establish procedures for the purchase and sale of investments under this division and the custody of the investments. (D) All of the board's business shall be transacted, all its funds shall be invested, all warrants for money drawn and payments shall be made, and all of its cash, securities, and other property shall be held, in the name of the board or its nominee, provided that nominees are authorized by board resolution for the purpose of facilitating the ownership and transfer of investments. (E) No purchase or sale of any investment shall be made under this section except as authorized by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. (F) Any statement of financial position distributed by the board shall include the fair value, as of the statement date, of all investments held by the board under this section. 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Ohio Rev. Code § 737.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 737 / § 737.37
§ 737.37. Power of legislative authority to regulate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may make such regulations pertaining to public buildings as it considers necessary for the public safety.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.81
§ 733.81. Education programs for fiscal officers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means the city auditor, city treasurer, village fiscal officer, village clerk-treasurer, village clerk, and, in the case of a municipal corporation having a charter that designates an officer who, by virtue of the charter, has duties and functions similar to those of the city or village officers referred to in this section, the officer so designated by the charter. (B) To enhance the background and working knowledge of fiscal officers in government accounting, budgeting and financing, financial report preparation, cybersecurity, the rules adopted by the auditor of state, bulletins or other information published by the auditor of state, and any other subject deemed appropriate by the auditor of state, the auditor of state shall conduct education programs and continuing education courses for individuals elected or appointed for the first time to the office of fiscal officer, and shall conduct continuing education courses for individuals who continue to hold the office in a subsequent term. The Ohio municipal league also may conduct such initial education programs and continuing education courses if approved by the auditor of state. The auditor of state, in conjunction with the Ohio municipal league, shall determine the manner and content of the initial education programs and continuing education courses. (C) A newly elected or appointed fiscal officer shall complete at least six hours of initial education programs before commencing, or during the first year of, office. A fiscal officer who participates in a training program held under section 117.44 of the Revised Code may apply those hours taken before commencing office to the six hours of initial education programs required under this division. (D)(1) In addition to the six hours of initial education required under division (B) of this section, a newly elected or appointed fiscal officer shall complete at least a total of eighteen continuing education hours during the fiscal officer's first term of office. (2) An elected or appointed fiscal officer who retains office for a subsequent term shall complete twelve hours of continuing education courses in each subsequent term of office. (3) The auditor of state shall adopt rules consistent with division (B) of this section specifying the initial education and continuing education requirements for a fiscal officer who has been appointed. The requirements shall be proportionally equivalent, based on the time remaining in the vacated office, to the requirements for a newly elected or appointed fiscal officer. (4) At least two hours of ethics instruction shall be included in the continuing education hours required by divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section. (5) A fiscal officer who participates in a training program or seminar established under section 109.43 of the Revised Code may apply the three hours of training to the continuing education hours required by divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section. (E)(1) A certified public accountant who serves as a fiscal officer may apply to the continuing education hours required by division (D) of this section any hours of continuing education completed under section 4701.11 of the Revised Code after being elected or appointed as a fiscal officer. (2) A fiscal officer may apply to the continuing education hours required by division (D) of this section any hours of continuing education completed under section 135.22 of the Revised Code after being elected or appointed as a fiscal officer. (3) A fiscal officer who teaches an approved continuing education course under division (D) of this section is entitled to credit for the course in the same manner as if the fiscal officer had attended the course. (F) The fiscal officer shall retain the documentation of any initial or continuing education courses completed. The auditor of state shall audit for compliance with this section. (G) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall approve a reasonable amount requested by the fiscal officer to cover the costs the fiscal officer is required to incur to meet the requirements of this section, including registration fees, lodging and meal expenses, and travel expenses. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.82
§ 733.82. Liability for loss of public funds
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 15 - 134th General Assembly The treasurer of a municipal corporation or city auditor, or other officer of a municipal corporation having the duties of a municipal treasurer or of a city auditor, shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the officer has performed all official duties required of the officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the officer's negligence or other wrongful act. Last updated June 30, 2022 at 5:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.44
§ 759.44. Clerk shall record plat of ground
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The clerk of the municipal corporation shall record in a book provided for that purpose, a plat of all grounds for cemetery purposes laid out into avenues, walks, paths, and lots, and he shall execute to the purchasers of lots such conveyances as are necessary to carry into effect the contracts of sale. The conveyance shall, at the expense of the person receiving it, be recorded by the clerk in a book kept for that purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.08
§ 715.08. Water supply
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may provide for a supply of water, by the construction of wells, pumps, cisterns, aqueducts, water pipes, reservoirs, and water works for the protection of such water supply and to prevent the unnecessary waste of water and the pollution thereof. Such municipal corporation may apply moneys received as charges for water to the maintenance, construction, enlargement, and extension of the water system and to the extinguishment of any indebtedness created therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 739.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 739 / § 739.12
§ 739.12. Board of tax commissioners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In each city, the trustees of the sinking fund shall be a board of tax commissioners, but as members of such board they shall receive no compensation for their services. The members of such board, as such, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and of this state and to faithfully and honestly perform their duties as such tax commissioners. The board shall organize by appointing one of its members president and another vice-president. A majority of the members thereof, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.02
§ 723.02. Opening streets
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may open, straighten, alter, divert, narrow, or widen any street, alley, or public highway within the limits of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority shall provide for such improvement by ordinance, which shall briefly and in general terms describe the part of the street, alley, or public highway to be abandoned by reason of such change, and the property to be appropriated for such purposes. The proceeding for such appropriation shall be as provided by sections 719.01 to 719.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 717.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 717 / § 717.03
§ 717.03. Publicly owned utility may contract with labor union
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The operating officers, board, or commission of a publicly owned public utility, which, when privately owned, had a contract with a labor union, may contract with such union on the same or similar terms.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.35
§ 742.35. Payment of employer's contribution
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly Each employer shall pay its police officer employers' contribution and firefighter employers' contribution in monthly payments as provided in sections 742.33 and 742.34 of the Revised Code. The employer shall make each payment not later than the last day of the month after the month for which the police officer or firefighter employee contributions were withheld. If an employer fails to make the payment installment by the date it is due, a penalty determined under section 742.352 of the Revised Code shall be assessed against the employer. In addition, interest on past due accounts and penalties may be charged at a rate determined by the board from the date the payment is due to the date of payment. Upon certification by the board to the county auditor of an amount due from any employer within the county who is subject to this chapter, by reason of such employer's delinquency in making employer contribution payments to the fund, such amount shall be withheld from such employer from any funds in the hands of the county treasurer for distribution to such employer. Upon receipt of such certification, the county auditor shall draw a warrant against such funds in favor of the fund for the amount.
Ohio Rev. Code § 729.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 729 / § 729.52
§ 729.52. Funds from sewer rentals deposited into sewer fund
Status: in_force

March 18, 1969 House Bill 1 - 108th General Assembly The funds received from the collection of sewer rentals under section 729.49 of the Revised Code shall be deposited weekly with the treasurer of the municipal corporation. Money so deposited shall be kept as a separate and distinct fund and shall be known as the sewer fund. When appropriated by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the fund shall be subject to the order of the director of public service of a city or of the board of trustees of public affairs of a village. The director or board shall sign all orders drawn on the treasurer of the municipal corporation against such fund, which fund shall be used for the payment of the cost of the management, maintenance, operation, and repair of the sewerage system and sewage pumping, treatment, and disposal works. Any surplus in such fund may be used for the enlargement or replacement of the system and works, for construction and reconstruction of main and interceptor storm sewers, for the payment of the interest on any debt incurred for the construction thereof, and for the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of such debt, but shall not be used for the extension of a sewerage system to serve unsewered areas or for any other purpose; provided, where such municipal corporation does not operate or maintain a sewage pumping, treatment, and disposal works, any or all of such surplus may be transferred to the general fund of the municipal corporation in the manner provided in sections 5705.15 and 5705.16 of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.17
§ 731.17. Passage of ordinances and resolutions
Status: in_force

November 19, 1975 House Bill 350 - 111th General Assembly (A) The following procedures shall apply to the passage of ordinances and resolutions of a municipal corporation: (1) Each ordinance and resolution shall be read by title only, provided the legislative authority may require any reading to be in full by a majority vote of its members. (2) Each ordinance or resolution shall be read on three different days, provided the legislative authority may dispense with this rule by a vote of at least three-fourths of its members. (3) The vote on the passage of each ordinance or resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journal. (4) Each ordinance or resolution shall be passed, except as otherwise provided by law, by a vote of at least a majority of all the members of the legislative authority. (B) Action by the legislative authority, not required by law to be by ordinance or resolution, may be taken by motion approved by at least a majority vote of the members present at the meeting when the action is taken.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.513 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.513
§ 742.513. Township officer assuming municipal status may transfer to fund
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly A member of the public employees retirement system who is a full-time regular police officer may elect to transfer from the public employees retirement system to the Ohio police and fire pension fund if the member has become a member of a municipal police department as a result of the merger under sections 709.43 to 709.48 of the Revised Code of the municipal corporation with a township that employed the police officer or has, on or after December 1, 1983, been appointed pursuant to section 124.41 or 124.411 of the Revised Code to a police department of a newly incorporated municipal corporation directly from a police department of the township from which the municipal corporation was incorporated. The election shall be made by the police officer by giving notice to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. Any such election shall occur not later than sixty days after the effective date of the merger or of the member's initial appointment following the incorporation or not later than sixty days after June 14, 1988, whichever occurs later. When such an election is made, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall notify the public employees retirement system, which shall certify to the fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of the police officer and shall transfer to the fund all contributions to the credit of the police officer that are based on full-time service, excluding any contributions made by the member's employer. A member transferred to the Ohio police and fire pension fund under this section shall be given service credit by the fund equal to the period of full-time service on which the contributions transferred under this section were based.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.78
§ 705.78. Election of mayor - appointment of department heads
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly The mayor of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86 of the Revised Code, shall be elected at a regular municipal election for a term of four years, and shall assume office on the first day of January next following his election. He shall appoint a director of public service, a director of public safety, and a treasurer. If the mayor is the mayor of a village, he shall also appoint a solicitor. If the mayor is the mayor of a city, he shall also appoint a director of law. The council may provide, by ordinance, for combining the offices and duties of the directors of public service and public safety. The mayor and the heads of the departments of the municipal corporation shall not hold any other federal, state, county, or municipal office, except that of notary public or member of the state militia, nor shall they be employees in any such office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.21
§ 749.21. Board of hospital trustees for donated property
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the deed of gift, devise, or bequest mentioned in section 749.20 of the Revised Code requires the investment, or the change of investment, of the principal of such property or funds, or any part thereof, to be made upon the approval of an advisory committee appointed by the court, such property or funds, and any hospital property for the care or management of which, in whole or in part, such fund is used, shall be managed, controlled, and administered by a board of hospital trustees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 729.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 729 / § 729.02
§ 729.02. Resolutions of necessity for construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation to require the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters within the municipal corporation by the owners of the lots or lands abutting thereon, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall cause plans, specifications, and an estimate of the cost of such construction or repair to be prepared, showing the location and dimensions of such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters and the specifications for the construction or repair thereof, and filed in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority. After such plans, specifications, and estimate of cost have been filed, as provided in this section, the legislative authority may declare the necessity for the construction or repair of such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters by the adoption of a resolution which shall: (A) Approve the plans, specifications, and estimate of cost of the proposed construction or repair on file as provided by this section; (B) Describe the lots and lands abutting upon the sidewalks, curbs, or gutters to be constructed or repaired by the termini of the improvement or by street address; (C) Set forth that such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters shall be constructed or repaired by the owners of the lots or lands abutting thereon in accordance with the specifications on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation; (D) Set forth the time within which such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters shall be constructed or repaired by the owners of the lots and lands abutting thereon, which shall not be less than thirty days from the date of service of notice under section 729.03 of the Revised Code, on the owner of the lots or lands; (E) State that in the event such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters are not constructed or repaired by the owners of the lots and lands abutting thereon in accordance with such plans and specifications and within the time prescribed in this resolution, the municipal corporation will so construct or repair such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters and assess the cost thereof against the lots and lands abutting thereon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.104
§ 711.104. Entry of lots shown on plat upon tax list
Status: in_force

October 19, 1953 House Bill 629 - 100th General Assembly When a plat has been recorded under the provisions of section 711.103 of the Revised Code, the lots shown thereon shall be entered upon the tax list for taxation according to their lot numbers and subdivision, and conveyances made by lot number and subdivision shall be legally sufficient to pass title.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.042
§ 742.042. Candidate campaign finance statements - donor statement of independent expenditures
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Campaign committee" means a candidate or a combination of two or more persons authorized by a candidate to receive contributions and in-kind contributions and make expenditures on behalf of the candidate. (2) "Candidate" means an individual who has been nominated pursuant to section 742.04 of the Revised Code for election to the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or who is seeking to be elected to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 742.05 of the Revised Code. (3) "Contribution" means a loan, gift, deposit, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, payment, transfer of funds or transfer of anything of value including a transfer of funds from an inter vivos or testamentary trust or decedent's estate, and the payment by any person other than the person to whom the services are rendered for the personal services of another person, which contribution is made, received, or used for the purpose of influencing the results of an election to the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund under section 742.04 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 742.05 of the Revised Code. "Contribution" does not include: (a) Services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering a portion or all of their time on behalf of a person; (b) Ordinary home hospitality; (c) The personal expenses of a volunteer paid for by that volunteer campaign worker. (4) "Election day" means the following, as appropriate to the situation: (a) The third Tuesday in May of a year for which section 742.04 of the Revised Code specifies that an election for a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund be held; (b) If, pursuant to section 742.041 of the Revised Code, no election is held, the third Tuesday in May of a year that the election would have been held if not for section 742.041 of the Revised Code. (5) "Expenditure" means the disbursement or use of a contribution for the purpose of influencing the results of an election to the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund under section 742.04 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 742.05 of the Revised Code. (6) "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure by an individual, partnership, or other entity advocating the election or defeat of an identified candidate or candidates, that is not made with the consent of, in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of any candidate or candidates or of the campaign committee or agent of the candidate or candidates. An independent expenditure shall not be construed as being a contribution. As used in division (A)(6) of this section: (a) "Advocating" means any communication containing a message advocating election or defeat. (b) "Identified candidate" means that the name of the candidate appears, a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears, or the identity of the candidate is otherwise apparent by unambiguous reference. (c) "Made in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate or the campaign committee or agent of the candidate" means made pursuant to any arrangement, coordination, or direction by the candidate, the candidate's campaign committee, or the candidate's agent prior to the publication, distribution, display, or broadcast of the communication. An expenditure is presumed to be so made when it is any of the following: (i) Based on information about the candidate's plans, projects, or needs provided to the person making the expenditure by the candidate, or by the candidate's campaign committee or agent, with a view toward having an expenditure made; (ii) Made by or through any person who is, or has been, authorized to raise or expend funds, who is, or has been, an officer of the candidate's campaign committee, or who is, or has been, receiving any form of compensation or reimbursement from the candidate or the candidate's campaign committee or agent; (iii) Made by a political party in support of a candidate, unless the expenditure is made by a political party to conduct voter registration or voter education efforts. (d) "Agent" means any person who has actual oral or written authority, either express or implied, to make or to authorize the making of expenditures on behalf of a candidate, or means any person who has been placed in a position with the candidate's campaign committee or organization such that it would reasonably appear that in the ordinary course of campaign-related activities the person may authorize expenditures. (7) "In-kind contribution" means anything of value other than money that is used to influence the results of an election to the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund under section 742.04 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 742.05 of the Revised Code or is transferred to or used in support of or in opposition to a candidate and that is made with the consent of, in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of the benefited candidate. The financing of the dissemination, distribution, or republication, in whole or part, of any broadcast or of any written, graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared by the candidate, the candidate's campaign committee, or their authorized agents is an in-kind contribution to the candidate and an expenditure by the candidate. (8) "Personal expenses" includes ordinary expenses for accommodations, clothing, food, personal motor vehicle or airplane, and home telephone. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, each candidate who, or whose campaign committee, receives contributions or in-kind contributions totaling one thousand dollars or more or has expenditures totaling one thousand dollars or more in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall file with the secretary of state two complete, accurate, and itemized statements setting forth in detail the contributions, in-kind contributions, and expenditures. The statements shall be filed regardless of whether, pursuant to section 742.041 of the Revised Code, no election is held. The statements shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. Every expenditure shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement; a canceled check with a notation of the purpose of the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of this division. The first statement shall be filed not later than four p.m. on the day that is twelve days before election day. The second statement shall be filed not sooner than the day that is eight days after election day and not later than thirty-eight days after election day. The first statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made to the close of business on the twentieth day before election day. The second statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made during the period beginning on the nineteenth day before election day and ending on the close of business on the seventh day after election day. (C) Each individual, partnership, or other entity who makes an independent expenditure in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to the board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund shall file with the secretary of state two complete, accurate, and itemized statements setting forth in detail the independent expenditures. The statements shall be filed regardless of whether, pursuant to section 742.041 of the Revised Code, no election is held. The statements shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. The first statement shall be filed not later than four p.m. on the day that is twelve days before election day. The second statement shall be filed not sooner than the day that is eight days after election day and not later than thirty-eight days after election day. The first statement shall reflect independent expenditures made to the close of business on the twentieth day before election day. The second statement shall reflect independent expenditures made during the period beginning on the nineteenth day before election day and ending on the close of business on the seventh day after election day. (D) Each candidate who, or whose campaign committee, receives a contribution or in-kind contribution or makes an expenditure in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to fill a vacancy in the board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund pursuant to section 742.05 of the Revised Code shall file with the secretary of state a complete, accurate, and itemized statement setting forth in detail the contributions, in-kind contributions, and expenditures. The statement shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. Every expenditure shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement; a canceled check with a notation of the purpose of the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of this division. The statement shall be filed within thirty-eight days after the day the candidate takes office. The statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made to the close of business on the seventh day after the day the candidate takes office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.04
§ 743.04. Assessment and collection of water rents
Status: in_force

September 4, 2014 Senate Bill 172 - 130th General Assembly (A) For the purpose of paying the expenses of conducting and managing the waterworks of a municipal corporation, including operating expenses and the costs of permanent improvements, the director of public service or any other city official or body authorized by charter may assess and collect a water rent or charge of sufficient amount and in such manner as the director, other official, or body determines to be most equitable from all tenements and premises supplied with water. (1) When water rents or charges are not paid when due, the director or other official or body may do either or both of the following: (a) Certify them, together with any penalties, to the county auditor. The county auditor shall place the certified amount on the real property tax list and duplicate against the property served by the connection if the auditor also receives from the director or other official or body additional certification that the unpaid rents or charges have arisen pursuant to a service contract made directly with an owner who occupies the property served. The amount placed on the tax list and duplicate shall be a lien on the property served from the date placed on the list and duplicate and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes, except that, notwithstanding section 323.15 of the Revised Code, a county treasurer shall accept a payment in such amount when separately tendered as payment for the full amount of such unpaid water rents or charges and associated penalties. The lien shall be released immediately upon payment in full of the certified amount. Any amounts collected by the county treasurer under this division shall be immediately placed in the distinct fund established by section 743.06 of the Revised Code. (b) Collect them by actions at law, in the name of the city from an owner, tenant, or other person who is liable to pay the rents or charges. (2) The director or other official body shall not certify to the county auditor for placement upon the tax list and duplicate and the county auditor shall not place upon the tax list and duplicate as a charge against the property the amount of any unpaid water rents or charges together with any penalties as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section if any of the following apply: (a) The property served by the connection has been transferred or sold to an electing subdivision as defined in section 5722.01 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the electing subdivision is still the owner of the property, and the unpaid water rents or charges together with any penalties have arisen from a period of time prior to the transfer or confirmation of sale to the electing subdivision; (b) The property served by the connection has been sold to a purchaser at sheriff's sale or auditor's sale, the unpaid water rents or charges together with any penalties have arisen from a period of time prior to the confirmation of sale, and the purchaser is not the owner of record of the property immediately prior to the judgment of foreclosure nor any of the following: (i) A member of that owner's immediate family; (ii) A person with a power of attorney appointed by that owner who subsequently transfers the land to the owner; (iii) A sole proprietorship owned by that owner or a member of that owner's immediate family; (iv) A partnership, trust, business trust, corporation, or association of which the owner or a member of the owner's immediate family owns or controls directly or indirectly more than fifty per cent. (c) The property served by the connection has been forfeited to this state for delinquent taxes, unless the owner of record redeems the property. (3) Upon valid written notice to the county auditor by any owner possessing an ownership interest of record of the property or by an electing subdivision previously in the chain of title of the property that the unpaid water rents or charges together with any penalties have been certified for placement or placed upon the tax list and duplicate as a charge against the property in violation of division (A)(2) of this section, the county auditor shall promptly remove such charge from the tax duplicate. This written notice to the county auditor shall include all of the following: (a) The parcel number of the property; (b) The common address of the property; (c) The date of the recording of the transfer of the property to the owner or electing subdivision; (d) The charge allegedly placed in violation of division (A)(2) of this section. (4) Each director or other official or body that assesses water rents or charges shall determine the actual amount of rents due based upon an actual reading of each customer's meter at least once in each three-month period, and at least quarterly the director or other official or body shall render a bill for the actual amount shown by the meter reading to be due, except estimated bills may be rendered if access to a customer's meter was unobtainable for a timely reading. Each director or other official or body that assesses water rents or charges shall establish procedures providing fair and reasonable opportunity for resolution of billing disputes. (5) When property to which water service is provided is about to be sold, any party to the sale or the agent of any such party may request the director or other official or body to read the meter at that property and to render within ten days following the date on which the request is made, a final bill for all outstanding rents and charges for water service. Such a request shall be made at least fourteen days prior to the transfer of the title of such property. (6) At any time prior to a certification under division (A)(1)(a) of this section, the director or other official or body shall accept any partial payment of unpaid water rents or charges, in the amount of ten dollars or more. (B)(1) When title to a parcel of land that is subject to any of the actions described in division (A)(1) of this section is transferred to a county land reutilization corporation, any lien placed on the parcel under division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall be extinguished, and the corporation shall not be held liable for unpaid rents or charges in any collection action brought under division (A)(1)(b) of this section, if the rents or charges certified under division (A)(1)(a) of this section or subject to collection under division (A)(1)(b) of this section were incurred before the date of the transfer to the corporation and if the corporation did not incur the rents or charges, regardless of whether the rents or charges were certified, the lien was attached, or the action was brought before the date of transfer. In such a case, the corporation and its successors in title shall take title to the property free and clear of any such lien and shall be immune from liability in any such collection action. If a county land reutilization corporation takes title to property before any rents or charges have been certified or any lien has been placed with respect to the property under division (A)(1) of this section, the corporation shall be deemed a bona fide purchaser for value without knowledge of such rents, charges, or lien, regardless of whether the corporation had actual or constructive knowledge of the rents, charges, or lien, and any such lien shall be void and unenforceable against the corporation and its successors in title. (2) If a lien placed on a parcel is extinguished as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, the municipal corporation may pursue the remedy available under division (A)(1)(b) of this section to recoup the rents and charges incurred with respect to the parcel from any owner, tenant, or other person liable to pay such rents and charges.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.12
§ 759.12. City may accept and maintain permanent fund for care of lots in cemeteries
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In the bylaws and regulations provided for by section 759.11 of the Revised Code, the director of public service shall declare the amount of money he will accept by agreement, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise and hold as a permanent fund of the cemetery. He shall pledge the faith and credit of the city for the perpetual care of the lots designated, using only the interest or income of the money. On receipt of the sum of money so designated, the director shall issue therefor a written receipt and acknowledgment thereof, signed by him, binding the faith and credit of the city to forever hold such money as a permanent fund and to provide perpetual care of the lots therein named, for the use, income, or interest of such money. He shall enter on the minutes of his proceedings full detail of the obligation, and shall enter the receipt and income of the money and the expenditure thereof in detail on his books of accounts, keeping each case separately.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.09
§ 727.09. Special assessment proceedings may include more than one improvement
Status: in_force

September 4, 1970 House Bill 1017 - 108th General Assembly When it is determined by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and is recited in the resolution of necessity adopted under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, that the streets, alleys, easements, or other public places, or parts thereof, to be improved by construction of sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewers, drains, or water lines or by paving, lighting, relocating overhead wires, cables, and appurtenant equipment underground, or treating the surface with dust-laying or preservative substances, sprinkling, sweeping, or cleaning are so situated in relation to each other that in order to complete the improvement thereof in the most practical and economical manner they should be improved at the same time, with the same kind of materials, and in the same manner, then such streets, alleys, easements, or other public places, or parts thereof, may be treated as a single improvement, and one resolution, ordinance, or contract providing for such improvement may include one or more of such streets, alleys, easements, or other public places, or parts thereof, at the discretion of the legislative authority, whose determination in respect thereto shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 737.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 737 / § 737.13
§ 737.13. Classification of service - rules and regulations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of public safety of a city shall classify the service in the police and fire departments in conformity with the ordinance of the legislative authority thereof determining the number of persons to be employed in the departments, and shall make all rules for the regulation and discipline of such departments, except as otherwise provided by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.051
§ 735.051. Emergency conditions obviate formal bidding and advertising for contracts
Status: in_force

November 5, 1965 House Bill 360 - 106th General Assembly In the case of a real and present emergency arising in connection with the operation and maintenance of the department of public service, including all municipally owned utilities, the department of public safety, or any other department, division, commission, bureau, or board of the municipality, the legislative authority of the municipality may by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected thereto, authorize the director of public service, director of public safety, city manager, board of public affairs, or other duly authorized contracting officer, commission, board, or authority, to enter into a contract for work to be done or for the purchase of supplies or materials without formal bidding and advertising.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.105 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.105
§ 742.105. Selection of internal auditor
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly The Ohio police and fire pension fund board of trustees shall appoint a committee to oversee the selection of an internal auditor. The committee shall select one or more persons for employment as an internal auditor. The board shall employ the person or persons selected by the committee. The committee shall consist of the following board members: one retirant member, one employee member, and one other member. The committee shall annually prepare and submit to the Ohio retirement study council a report of its actions during the preceding year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.08
§ 731.08. Power of legislative authority as to salaries and bonds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in Title VII of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a city, by ordinance or resolution, shall determine the number of officers, clerks, and employees in each department of the city government, and shall fix, by ordinance or resolution, their respective salaries and compensation, and the amount of bond to be given for each officer, clerk, or employee in each department of the government, if any is required. Such bond shall be made by such officer, clerk, or employee, with surety subject to the approval of the mayor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.02
§ 709.02. Petition for annexation by owners of contiguous real estate
Status: in_force

March 27, 2002 Senate Bill 5 - 124th General Assembly (A) The owners of real estate contiguous to a municipal corporation may petition for annexation to a municipal corporation in the manner provided by sections 709.02 to 709.11 of the Revised Code. (B) Application for annexation shall be made by a petition filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the territory is located. (C) The petition required by this section shall contain the following: (1) The signatures of a majority of the owners of real estate in the territory proposed for annexation. The person who signs or the circulator of the petition also shall write the date the signature was made next to the owner's name. No signature obtained more than one hundred eighty days before the date on which the petition is filed shall be counted in determining the number of signers of the petition. Any owner who signed the petition may have the signature removed before the document is filed by delivering a signed statement to the agent for the petitioners expressing the owner's wish to have the signature removed. Upon receiving a signed statement, the agent for the petitioners shall strike through the signature, causing the signature to be deleted from the petition. (2) An accurate legal description of the perimeter and an accurate map or plat of the territory proposed for annexation; (3) The name of a person or persons to act as agent for the petitioners. The agent for the petitioners may be an official, employee, or agent of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed. (D) At the time of filing the petition for annexation, the agent for the petitioners also shall file with the clerk of the board a list of all tracts, lots, or parcels in the territory proposed for annexation, and all tracts, lots, or parcels located adjacent to that territory or directly across the road from it when the road is adjacent to it, including the name and mailing address of the owner of each tract, lot, or parcel, and the permanent parcel number from the county auditor's permanent parcel numbering system established under section 319.28 of the Revised Code for each tract, lot, or parcel. This list shall not be considered to be a part of the petition for annexation, and any error on the list shall not affect the validity of the petition. (E) As used in sections 709.02 to 709.21 , 709.38 , and 709.39 of the Revised Code, "owner" or "owners" means any adult individual who is legally competent, the state or any political subdivision as defined in section 5713.081 of the Revised Code, and any firm, trustee, or private corporation, any of which is seized of a freehold estate in land; except that easements and any railroad, utility, street, and highway rights-of-way held in fee, by easement, or by dedication and acceptance are not included within those meanings; and no person, firm, trustee, or private corporation, the state, or any political subdivision, that has become an owner of real estate by a conveyance, the primary purpose of which is to affect the number of owners required to sign a petition for annexation, is included within those meanings. For purposes of sections 709.02 to 709.21 , 709.38 , and 709.39 of the Revised Code, the state or any political subdivision shall not be considered an owner and shall not be included in determining the number of owners needed to sign a petition unless an authorized agent of the state or the political subdivision signs the petition. The authorized agent for the state shall be the director of administrative services. An owner is determined as of the date the petition is filed with the board of county commissioners. If the owner is a corporation, partnership, business trust, estate, trust, organization, association, group, institution, society, state, or political subdivision, the petition shall be signed by a person who is authorized to sign for that entity. A person who owns more than one parcel of real estate, either individually or as a tenant in common or by survivorship tenancy, shall be counted as one owner for purposes of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 765.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 765 / § 765.02
§ 765.02. Noncriminal land use infractions ordinance
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 83 - 122nd General Assembly (A) A municipal corporation within the jurisdiction of the environmental division of a municipal court may enact an ordinance stating that specified land use infractions shall not be considered a criminal offense for any purpose if a ticket is issued for the specific land use infraction under Chapter 765. of the Revised Code, that a person who commits any infraction specified on the ticket shall not be arrested as a result of the commission of the infraction, and that ticketed infractions shall be handled pursuant to this chapter. Adoption of an ordinance under this section does not preclude the enforcement of any land use infraction code, ordinance, resolution, or regulation in any manner otherwise provided by law as long as no ticket is issued under this chapter, but instead provides an additional method of enforcing such laws. (B) Each municipal corporation that enacts an ordinance under this section shall adopt a ticket to be used by its law enforcement officers in all cases in which a person is issued a ticket for committing a land use infraction in its jurisdiction. This ticket shall consist of two parts. The first part shall be notice of the land use infraction charged, and shall include the information specified in division (A) of section 765.03 of the Revised Code. The notice shall specify a reasonable time period within which the infraction must be corrected or a summons and complaint will be served. The first part of the ticket shall also state that if the person corrects the infraction within the specified time period, the ticket will be voided. The second part of the ticket shall be the summons and complaint for purposes of this chapter, to be issued if the infraction is not corrected within the time period specified in the first part of the ticket. The second part of each ticket shall contain provisions that advise the person upon whom it is served that the person must answer in relation to the infraction charged in the ticket and that certain civil penalties may result from a failure to timely answer, indicate that the person will be afforded a hearing if the person denies in the answer that the person committed the infraction, specify the entity to which, the time within which, and the allowable manners in which the answer must be made, indicate the penalties that may result from failure to timely answer and the fine that arises from the land use infraction, warn that failure to timely answer or to appear at a requested hearing will be considered an admission of the land use infraction, and warn that a default civil judgment potentially may be entered against the person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 719.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 719 / § 719.012
§ 719.012. Appropriation of property and rehabilitation of building or structure
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly In order to rehabilitate a building or structure that a municipal corporation determines to be a blighted property as defined in section 1.08 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation may appropriate, in the manner provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code, any such building or structure and the real property of which it is a part. The municipal corporation shall rehabilitate the building or structure or cause it to be rehabilitated within two years after the appropriation, so that the building or structure is no longer a public nuisance, insecure, unsafe, structurally defective, unhealthful, or unsanitary, or a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare, or in violation of a building code or ordinance adopted under section 731.231 of the Revised Code. Any building or structure appropriated pursuant to this section which is not rehabilitated within two years shall be demolished. If during the rehabilitation process the municipal corporation retains title to the building or structure and the real property of which it is a part, then within one hundred eighty days after the rehabilitation is complete, the municipal corporation shall appraise the rehabilitated building or structure and the real property of which it is a part, and shall sell the building or structure and property at public auction. The municipal corporation shall advertise the public auction in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation once a week for three consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the date of sale. The municipal corporation shall sell the building or structure and real property to the highest and best bidder. No property that a municipal corporation acquires pursuant to this section shall be leased.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.01
§ 749.01. Legislative authority may levy tax to compensate free public hospital
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of each municipal corporation, annually, may levy and collect a tax not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the municipal corporation and pay the amount to a private corporation or association which maintains and furnishes a free public hospital for the benefit of the inhabitants of the municipal corporation, or not free except to such inhabitants as, in the opinion of a majority of the trustees of such hospital, are unable to pay. Such payment shall be compensation for the use and maintenance of such hospital. Without change or interference in the organization of such corporation or association, the legislative authority shall require the treasurer of such hospital, annually, to make a financial report setting forth all of the money and property which has come into its hands during the preceding year and the disposition thereof, together with any recommendations as to the future necessities of such hospital.
Ohio Rev. Code § 761.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 761 / § 761.02
§ 761.02. Acquiring real and personal property to promote economic and industrial development
Status: in_force

November 1, 1965 House Bill 933 - 106th General Assembly For the purpose of promoting the industrial and economic development of this state, any municipal corporation may acquire real property and personal property in connection therewith by purchase, purchase at foreclosure, construction, or exchange on such terms and in such manner as it deems proper for sale or lease to a community improvement corporation designated by the municipal corporation as its agent pursuant to section 1724.10 of the Revised Code if the legislative authority of such municipal corporation finds that: (A) Such property is, or after improvement will be, useful for a project; and (B) Utilization of such property in the creation, location, or expansion of such facilities is economically sound and will benefit the people of the municipal corporation by increasing opportunities for employment and strengthening the economic welfare of such municipal corporation. If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation finds the industrial and economic welfare of such municipal corporation would be benefited by the acquisition, sale, or lease as hereinafter provided of a project, it may enter into negotiations with the community improvement corporation designated by the municipal corporation pursuant to section 1724.10 of the Revised Code concerning the terms of a proposed sale or lease. A project, or parts thereof, may be leased or sold, without competitive bidding, by the municipal corporation at such times and in such manner as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation determines and on such rentals or sale price as such legislative authority determines. Such lease may provide for improvements to be made by the lessee at its expense, all of which shall immediately become the property of such municipal corporation and may provide for an option to purchase by the lessee. Movable personal property of the lessee shall remain its property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.051
§ 718.051. Filings by business or profession; estimated return; extension
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A) Any taxpayer subject to municipal income taxation with respect to the taxpayer's net profit from a business or profession may file any municipal income tax return, estimated municipal income tax return, or extension for filing a municipal income tax return, and may make payment of amounts shown to be due on such returns, by using the Ohio business gateway. (B) Any employer, agent of an employer, or other payer may report the amount of municipal income tax withheld from qualifying wages, and may make remittance of such amounts, by using the Ohio business gateway. (C) Nothing in this section affects the due dates for filing employer withholding tax returns. (D) No municipal corporation shall be required to pay any fee or charge for the operation or maintenance of the Ohio business gateway. (E) The use of the Ohio business gateway by municipal corporations, taxpayers, or other persons pursuant to this section does not affect the legal rights of municipalities or taxpayers as otherwise permitted by law. This state shall not be a party to the administration of municipal income taxes or to an appeal of a municipal income tax matter, except as otherwise specifically provided by law. (F) The tax commissioner shall adopt rules establishing: (1) The format of documents to be used by taxpayers to file returns and make payments through the Ohio business gateway; and (2) The information taxpayers must submit when filing municipal income tax returns through the Ohio business gateway. The commissioner shall not adopt rules under this division that conflict with the requirements of section 718.05 of the Revised Code. (G) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or removing the authority of any municipal corporation to administer, audit, and enforce the provisions of its municipal income tax. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.17
§ 743.17. Water works in contiguous municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A municipal corporation owning water works whose territory is contiguous to that of another municipal corporation may, with the assent of such other municipal corporation, establish and maintain such portion of its water works as is advisable within the limits of such other municipal corporation, and may make such use of the streets, alleys, and public grounds thereof as is necessary to construct, lay down, and maintain all such aqueducts and water pipes as are required in connection with such water works for the conveyance of water along and across such streets, alleys, and public grounds. Such aqueducts and pipes shall be so constructed and laid as not to interfere unnecessarily with the use of such streets, alleys, and public grounds as public highways and public grounds. A municipal corporation so establishing a part of its water works within the limits of another municipal corporation shall have jurisdiction to prevent or punish the pollution of or injury to water so conveyed, or of the stream or source from which it is obtained, or an injury to any portion of the water works so located within the limits of such other municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 746.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 746 / § 746.05
§ 746.05. Fund disbursement to municipal corporation
Status: in_force

June 30, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly (A) Not later than the thirtieth day of September of each year, the railway board of trustees shall certify to the municipal corporation the principal amount remaining in the trust fund, and the amount of funds that the railway board of trustees will disburse to the municipal corporation over the course of the municipal corporation's immediately following fiscal year. During the municipal corporation's immediately following fiscal year, and with such frequency and in such installments as may be determined by the railway board of trustees after consultation with the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation, the railway board of trustees shall transmit to the municipal corporation the certified amount. (B) The railway board of trustees shall determine the amount transferred pursuant to this section, which, except as provided in division (C) of this section, shall be not less than the amount approved by the electors as provided in section 746.02 of the Revised Code, increased each year in the manner set forth in the methodology approved pursuant to that section. Amounts transferred pursuant to this section shall be paid from investment earnings of the trust fund after payments of expenses incurred under section 746.04 of the Revised Code. If there are not sufficient investment earnings in a year to pay the amount certified pursuant to this section, the railway board of trustees shall remit the remainder of the certified amount to the municipal corporation from the principal amount of the trust fund, except as provided in division (C) of this section. (C) If the principal amount in the trust fund, as certified by the railway board of trustees under division (A) of this section, is at an amount seventy-five per cent or less than the principal amount in the trust fund certified by the railway board of trustees in the previous fiscal year under division (A) of this section, the railway board of trustees shall cease making disbursements from the trust fund to the municipal corporation. The railway board of trustees shall resume making disbursements under this section when the railway board of trustees has certified to the municipal corporation, under division (A) of this section, that the principal amount in the trust fund is equal to or greater than the principal amount in the trust fund as certified by the railway board of trustees in the fiscal year before the fiscal year in which disbursements ceased. Last updated May 11, 2023 at 5:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 737.162 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 737 / § 737.162
§ 737.162. Felony conviction precludes or terminates employment
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The mayor shall not appoint a person as a marshal, a deputy marshal, a police officer, a night watchperson, a special police officer, or an auxiliary police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2)(a) The mayor shall terminate the employment of a marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer who does either of the following: (i) Pleads guilty to a felony; (ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to that person under section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (b) The mayor shall suspend from employment a marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer who is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if that person does not file a timely appeal, the mayor shall terminate that person's employment. If the marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer files an appeal that results in that person's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that person, the mayor shall reinstate that person. A marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer who is reinstated under division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that person's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict that person of the felony. (3) Division (B) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997. (4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of a marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer under division (B)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 729.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 729 / § 729.45
§ 729.45. Joint management of sewerage system
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon completion, the main sewer or drain, branches, and appurtenances constructed under section 729.42 of the Revised Code shall be the property of the municipal corporations jointly, and they may take all necessary steps to keep them in proper repair and condition and to protect them from damage and improper use. Such municipal corporations may, by ordinance jointly passed, prescribe the terms, including the price to be paid therefor, upon which other municipal corporations, public institutions, or individuals may connect with and use such main sewer or drain, and the disposition of the fund arising therefrom.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.02
§ 749.02. Legislative authority may agree with a corporation for hospital service
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may agree with a corporation organized for charitable purposes and not for profit, for the erection and management of a hospital suitably located for the treatment of persons of such municipal corporation who are sick or have disabilities, or for an addition to such hospital, and for a permanent interest therein to such extent and upon such terms as are agreed upon between them, and the legislative authority shall provide for the payment of the amount agreed upon for such interest, either in one payment or in annual installments, as is agreed upon. Such agreement shall not become operative until approved by a vote of the electors of the municipal corporation as provided in section 749.021 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:02 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.28
§ 718.28. Administration of claims
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 5 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "claim" means a claim for an amount payable to a municipal corporation that arises pursuant to the municipal income tax imposed in accordance with this chapter. (B) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a tax administrator from doing either of the following if such action is in the best interests of the municipal corporation: (1) Compromise a claim; (2) Extend for a reasonable period the time for payment of a claim by agreeing to accept monthly or other periodic payments. (C) The tax administrator may consider the following standards when ascertaining with respect to a claim whether a compromise or payment-over-time agreement is in the best interests of the municipal corporation: (1) There exists a doubt as to whether the claim can be collected. (2) There exists a substantial probability that, upon payment of the claim and submission of a timely request for refund with respect to that payment, the tax administrator would refund an amount that was illegally or erroneously paid. (3) There exists an economic hardship such that a compromise or agreement would facilitate effective tax administration. (4) There exists a joint liability among spouses, one of whom is an innocent spouse, provided that any relief under this standard shall only affect the claim as to the innocent spouse. A spouse granted relief under section 6015 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to any income item is rebuttably presumed to be an innocent spouse with regard to that income item to the extent that income item is included in or otherwise affects the computation of a municipal income tax or any penalty or interest on that tax. (5) Any other reasonable standard that the tax administrator establishes. (D) The tax administrator's rejection of a compromise or payment-over-time agreement proposed by a person with respect to a claim shall not be appealable. (E) A compromise or payment-over-time agreement with respect to a claim shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of only the parties to the compromise or agreement, and shall not extinguish or otherwise affect the liability of any other person. (F) A compromise or payment-over-time agreement with respect to a claim shall be void if the taxpayer defaults under the compromise or agreement or if the compromise or agreement was obtained by fraud or by misrepresentation of a material fact. Any amount that was due before the compromise or agreement and that is unpaid shall remain due, and any penalties or interest that would have accrued in the absence of the compromise or agreement shall continue to accrue and be due.