Ohio Rev. Code § 715.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.84
§ 715.84. Cost sharing agreements
Status: in_force

June 5, 2014 House Bill 289 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Contracting party" means a municipal corporation that has entered into a municipal utility district contract or any party succeeding to such a municipal corporation. (2) "Contract for utility services" means a contract under which a municipal corporation agrees to provide to another municipal corporation water, sewer, electric, or other utility services necessary to the public health, safety, and welfare. (3) "Municipal utility district contract" means a contract described in and entered into under division (B) of this section. (4) "District" means a municipal utility district designated under this section. (B) Two or more municipal corporations may enter into a contract whereby they agree to share in the costs of improvements for an area or areas located in one or more of the contracting parties that they designate as a municipal utility district for the purpose of facilitating new or expanded growth for commercial or economic development in the state. Except as otherwise provided in division (I) of this section, the contract and district shall meet the requirements of divisions (B) to (H) of this section. (C) The contract shall set forth each contracting party's contribution to the municipal utility district. The contributions may be in any form that the contracting parties agree to, subject to divisions (G) and (I) of this section, and may include, but are not limited to, the provision of services, money, or equipment. The contract may provide for the contracting parties to distribute among themselves, in the manner they agree to, any municipal income tax revenues derived from the income earned by persons employed by businesses that locate within the district after it is designated by the contracting parties and from the net profits of such businesses. Except as provided in divisions (G) and (I) of this section, the contract may be amended, renewed, or terminated with the consent of the contracting parties. (D) Before the legislative authority of any of the contracting parties enacts an ordinance approving a contract to designate a municipal utility district, the legislative authority of each of the contracting parties shall hold a public hearing concerning the contract and district. Each such legislative authority shall provide at least thirty days' public notice of the time and place of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation. During the thirty-day period prior to the public hearing, all of the following documents shall be available for public inspection in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of each of the contracting parties: (1) A copy of the contract designating the district; (2) A description of the area or areas to be included in the district, including a map in sufficient detail to denote the specific boundaries of the area or areas; (3) An economic development plan for the district that includes a schedule for the provision of any new, expanded, or additional services, facilities, or improvements. A public hearing held under division (D) of this section shall allow for public comment and recommendations on the contract and district. The contracting parties may include in the contract any of those recommendations prior to approval of the contract. (E) After the public hearings required under division (D) of this section have been held, each contracting party may enact an ordinance approving the contract to designate a municipal utility district. After each contracting party has enacted such an ordinance, the clerk of the legislative authority of each contracting party shall file with the board of elections of each county within which a contracting party is located a copy of the ordinance approving the contract and shall direct the board of elections to submit the ordinance to the electors of the contracting party on the day of the next general, primary, or special election occurring at least ninety days after the ordinance is filed with the board of elections. (F) The ballot shall be in the following form: "Shall the ordinance of the legislative authority of the (city or village) of (name of contracting party) approving the contract with (name of each other contracting party) for the designation of a municipal utility district be approved? FOR THE ORDINANCE AND CONTRACT AGAINST THE ORDINANCE AND CONTRACT " If a majority of the electors of each contracting party voting on the issue vote for the ordinance and contract, the ordinance shall become effective immediately and the contract shall go into effect immediately or in accordance with its terms. (G) If two or more contracting parties previously have entered into a separate contract for utility services, then amendment, renewal, or termination of the separate contract for utility services shall not constitute a part of the consideration for a municipal utility district contract unless the legislative authority of each contracting party determines all of the following: (1) That the creation of the municipal utility district will facilitate new or expanded growth for commercial or economic development in this state; (2) That substantial consideration exists to support the municipal utility district contract; (3) That the contracting parties are entering into the municipal utility district contract freely and without duress or coercion related to the amendment, renewal, or termination of the separate contract for utility services. (H) A municipal utility district contract that does not satisfy division (G) of this section is void and unenforceable. If the contract provides for the extension of utility service or the provision of utility service at a lower rate than is currently in effect, any action claiming duress or coercion relating to a municipal utility district contract may be brought only by a contracting party, and must be brought before the contracting parties enter into the municipal utility district contract. The signing of the municipal utility district contract as authorized by the contracting parties is conclusive evidence as to the determinations set forth under division (G) of this section. (I) If one of the contracting parties is an impacted city as defined in division (C) of section 1728.01 of the Revised Code, then divisions (D) to (F) of this section shall not apply to the municipal utility district contract or to the municipal utility district to which that contract relates unless the contracting parties agree that those divisions shall apply. (J) Joint economic development zones created under section 715.69 of the Revised Code as that section existed before its repeal by H.B. 289 of the 130th general assembly shall henceforth be known as municipal utility districts and shall be subject to this section without any action of the contracting parties to such a joint economic development zone contract. The contracting parties to a joint economic development zone contract that is pending a public hearing or approval of electors under section 715.69 of the Revised Code on the effective date of H.B. 289 of the 130th general assembly may continue the process of approving the contract as provided in this section with the same force and effect as if the proceedings were conducted pursuant to section 715.69 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.214 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.214
§ 742.214. Transferring contributions on deposit from non-uniform retirement system
Status: in_force

March 24, 2003 House Bill 373 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 145.295 , 145.2913 , 3307.761 , 3307.765 , 3309.73 , or 3309.731 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the Ohio police and fire pension fund for which the member is currently contributing to the fund. (B) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department, has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a non-uniform retirement system, and is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund is made under this section. At the request of a member, the non-uniform system shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund the sum of the following: (1) An amount equal to the amounts transferred to the non-uniform system under section 145.295 , 145.2913 , 3307.761 , 3307.765 , 3309.73 , or 3309.731 of the Revised Code; (2) Interest, determined as provided in division (E) of this section, on the amount specified in division (B)(1) of this section for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295 , 145.2913 , 3307.761 , 3307.765 , 3309.73 , or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section. (C) A member of the fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department, has received a refund of contributions to a non-uniform retirement system, and is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if, for each year of service, the Ohio police and fire pension fund receives the sum of the following: (1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the non-uniform system to the member for that year for transferred service credit, with interest on that amount from the date of the refund to the date a payment is made under this section; (2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the non-uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295 , 145.2913 , 3307.761 , 3307.765 , 3309.73 , or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date the refund was made; (3) If the non-uniform system retained any portion of the amount transferred under section 145.295 , 145.2913 , 3307.761 , 3307.765 , 3309.73 , or 3309.731 of the Revised Code, an amount, which shall be transferred by the non-uniform system, equal to the amount retained, with interest on that amount for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295 , 145.2913 , 3307.761 , 3307.765 , 3309.73 , or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section. On receipt of payment from the member, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall notify the non-uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (E) of this section. (D) Service credit purchased or obtained under this section shall be used in computing the pension and benefits payable under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code. A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section in any one payment, subject to rules adopted by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. A member is ineligible to purchase or obtain service credit under this section for service to be used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be purchased or obtained under section 742.21 of the Revised Code. (E) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or of the non-uniform retirement system to which the credit was transferred under section 145.295 , 145.2913 , 3307.761 , 3307.765 , 3309.73 , or 3309.731 of the Revised Code. The interest shall be compounded annually. (F) Any amounts transferred or paid under divisions (B) and (C) of this section that are attributable to contributions made by the member or to amounts paid to purchase service credit shall be credited to the police officers' contribution fund or firefighters' contribution fund created under section 742.59 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Any remaining amounts shall be credited to one or more of the funds created under that section as determined by the board. (G) At the request of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the non-uniform retirement system shall certify to the fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a member of the fund who seeks service credit under this section. The non-uniform retirement system shall specify the portions of the amounts transferred that are attributable to employee contributions, employer contributions, and interest. (H) If a member of the fund who is not a current contributor elects to receive service credit under section 145.2913 , 3307.765 , or 3309.731 of the Revised Code for transferred service credit, as defined in those sections, the fund shall transfer to the non-uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (B) or (C) of section 145.2913 , division (B) or (C) of section 3307.765 , or division (B) or (C) of section 3309.731 of the Revised Code. (I) The board may adopt rules to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.23
§ 727.23. Ordinance for public improvement
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation which has adopted a resolution under section 727.12 of the Revised Code declaring the necessity for a public improvement shall, after the expiration of the time for filing claims for damages under section 727.18 of the Revised Code, and, in the event objections to the estimated assessment have been filed under section 727.15 of the Revised Code, and the report of the assessment equalization board has been approved under section 727.17 of the Revised Code, determine whether or not it will proceed with proposed improvement. In the event the legislative authority determines to proceed with the improvement it shall pass an ordinance which shall: (A) State the intention of the legislative authority to proceed with the improvement in accordance with the provisions of the resolution of necessity adopted under section 727.12 of the Revised Code; (B) Adopt the estimated assessment prepared and filed in accordance with the resolution of necessity passed under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, or, in the event objections to such estimated assessment have been filed under section 727.15 of the Revised Code, adopt the estimated assessment approved by the legislative authority under section 727.17 of the Revised Code; (C) State whether or not claims for damages filed in accordance with section 727.18 of the Revised Code shall be judicially inquired into before commencing or after completing the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.76
§ 733.76. Removal of officer if found guilty
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If, on trial, the charges in the complaint mentioned in section 733.72 of the Revised Code are sustained by the verdict of the jury, or by the decision of the probate judge when there is no jury, such judge shall enter the charges and findings thereon upon the record of the court, make an order removing such officer from office, and forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, whereupon the vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 713.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 713 / § 713.16
§ 713.16. Claim preclusion and zoning appeals
Status: in_force

September 29, 2023 Senate Bill 21, House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A final judgment on the merits issued by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to its power of review under Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code, on claims brought under this chapter, does not preclude later claims for damages, including claims brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983, even if the common law doctrine of res judicata would otherwise bar the claim. The general assembly intends that this section be construed to override the federal sixth circuit court of appeals's decision in the case Lavon Moore v. Hiram Twp., 988 F.3d 353 (6th Cir. 2021). Last updated August 30, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.28
§ 759.28. Appropriation of land for cemetery purposes
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When an appropriation of land for cemetery purposes mentioned in section 759.27 of the Revised Code becomes necessary, it shall be made by the municipal corporation, or if there is more than one such municipal corporation, then by the one having the largest number of inhabitants at the last federal census. Such municipal corporation, in making the appropriation, shall act for itself and any other municipal corporation or township uniting with it, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as provided in section 719.01 to 719.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, where the appropriation is to be made for the use of the corporation alone.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.04
§ 711.04. Acknowledgment and recording
Status: in_force

October 6, 1955 House Bill 607 - 101st General Assembly After a plat of a subdivision is completed, it shall be certified by the surveyor and acknowledged by the owner before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, which officer shall certify his official act on the plat. If any owner is a nonresident of the state, his agent, authorized by writing, may make such acknowledgment. Such plat, and if the execution is by agent, his written authority, shall thereupon be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.17
§ 723.17. Petition for sprinkling streets
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, upon the petition of thirty-five per cent of the electors in such municipal corporation, certified by the mayor thereof to the legislative authority, may, by ordinance, provided for sprinkling with water any part of the streets, avenues, squares, and public places within the municipal corporation in the manner provided by sections 723.18 to 723.20 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.13
§ 721.13. Ordinance for deed or lease of land for passenger railroad station
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly An ordinance shall be passed authorizing the mayor of a municipal corporation to deed or lease land as provided by section 721.12 of the Revised Code. In the ordinance the legislative authority of such municipal corporation shall fix by metes and bounds the amount of land to be sold, leased, or exchanged, the quantity of interest to be sold, leased, or exchanged, and the consideration to be paid or exchanged therefor by the railroad, and in the ordinance shall call thereon a special election, to be held upon a day fixed by such ordinance, not less than thirty days from the passage thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 746.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 746 / § 746.02
§ 746.02. Sale of railway; submission to electors
Status: in_force

June 30, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) A railway board of trustees may solicit or receive offers for, and sell, all or any portion of a railway in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The board of trustees may approve and enter into a sale agreement by adopting a resolution that shall include the terms of the proposed sale, and the method that will be used to determine the minimum annual amount to be transmitted to the municipal corporation under section 746.05 of the Revised Code, which may only be amended upon consultation with the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation, and which shall result in an annual amount equal to or greater than the minimum approved by the electors under this section, except as provided in section 746.05 of the Revised Code. (2) After the railway board of trustees has adopted the resolution described in division (A)(1) of this section, the railway board of trustees may adopt a resolution setting the date of the election in which the question of approval of the sale is to be submitted to the electors of the municipal corporation, along with the applicable ballot language as described in division (D) of this section. The date of the election shall be either the date of the primary or the general election in 2023 or 2024. The board of trustees shall only sell a railway or portion of a railway upon approval by the electors of the municipal corporation, as described in divisions (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this section. (B)(1) The railway board of trustees, upon adopting a resolution under division (A)(2) of this section, shall certify the resolution to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and to the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority of the municipal corporation, upon receiving a copy of the resolution, shall certify the resolution to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the date of the election specified in the resolution. (2) The board of elections shall submit the proposed resolution for the approval or rejection of the electors of the municipal corporation at the election specified in the resolution. (C)(1) The legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall cause a notice of an election under this section to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipal corporation for the two consecutive weeks before the election, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. (2) If the board of elections maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post notice of the election on its web site not later than thirty days before the election. (3) A notice published under this section shall state the time and place of the election and shall include a description of the railway or portion of the railway to be sold, the name of the proposed purchaser, the purchase price to be paid, including the amount and due date of any installments of the purchase price, the purposes for which the proceeds of the sale may be used, and the initial minimum annual amount payable to the municipal corporation, as described in section 746.05 of the Revised Code. (D) The ballot for an election under this section shall include the following language, as applicable: "Shall the ________ (name of railway board of trustees) be authorized to sell _______ (name and description of railway or portion of railway being sold) to an entity, the ultimate parent company of which is ________ (name of ultimate parent company) for a purchase price of ______ (amount proposed for the sale), to be paid in ____ (number of installments) installments during the years _____ (years in which an installment will be paid), with the moneys received to be deposited into a trust fund operated by _______ (railway board of trustees), with _______ (municipal corporation) as the sole beneficiary, the moneys to be annually disbursed to the municipal corporation in an amount no less than _____ (dollar amount) per year, for the purpose of the rehabilitation, modernization, or replacement of existing streets, bridges, municipal buildings, parks and green spaces, site improvements, recreation facilities, improvements for parking purposes, and any other public facilities owned by _____ (municipal corporation), and to pay for the costs of administering the trust fund? YES ____ NO ____" (E) If the question is approved by a majority of electors voting on the question, the railway board of trustees may proceed and take all necessary actions to complete the sale on terms consistent with those described in the resolution adopted under division (A) of this section. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code, any net proceeds from a sale pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the trust fund established under section 746.03 of the Revised Code. (F) If the question is not approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question, the railway board of trustees shall not move forward with the sale and may not again submit to the electors a proposal to sell a railway or portion of a railway, unless otherwise authorized by the general assembly. Last updated May 11, 2023 at 5:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.02
§ 733.02. Mayor of city - election - term
Status: in_force

January 1, 1967 Senate Bill 162 - 106th General Assembly The mayor of a city shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the city.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.023
§ 709.023. Special annexation procedure where land is not excluded from township
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 5 - 130th General Assembly (A) A petition filed under section 709.021 of the Revised Code that requests to follow this section is for the special procedure of annexing land into a municipal corporation when, subject to division (H) of this section, the land also is not to be excluded from the township under section 503.07 of the Revised Code. The owners who sign this petition by their signature expressly waive their right to appeal in law or equity from the board of county commissioners' entry of any resolution under this section, waive any rights they may have to sue on any issue relating to a municipal corporation requiring a buffer as provided in this section, and waive any rights to seek a variance that would relieve or exempt them from that buffer requirement. The petition circulated to collect signatures for the special procedure in this section shall contain in boldface capital letters immediately above the heading of the place for signatures on each part of the petition the following: "WHOEVER SIGNS THIS PETITION EXPRESSLY WAIVES THEIR RIGHT TO APPEAL IN LAW OR EQUITY FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' ENTRY OF ANY RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO THIS SPECIAL ANNEXATION PROCEDURE, ALTHOUGH A WRIT OF MANDAMUS MAY BE SOUGHT TO COMPEL THE BOARD TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES REQUIRED BY LAW FOR THIS SPECIAL ANNEXATION PROCEDURE." (B) Upon the filing of the petition in the office of the clerk of the board of county commissioners, the clerk shall cause the petition to be entered upon the board's journal 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 agent for the petitioners shall notify in the manner and form specified in this division the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed, the fiscal officer of each township any portion of which is included within the territory proposed for annexation, 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, and the owners of property adjacent to the territory proposed for annexation or adjacent to a road that is adjacent to that territory and located directly across that road from that territory. The notice shall refer to the time and date 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. Notice to a property owner is sufficient if sent by regular United States mail to the tax mailing address listed on the county auditor's records. Notice to the appropriate government officer shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by causing the notice to be personally served on the officer, with proof of service by affidavit of the person who delivered the notice. Proof of service of the notice on each appropriate government officer shall be filed with the board of county commissioners with which the petition was filed. (C) Within twenty days after the date that the petition is filed, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed shall adopt an ordinance or resolution stating 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 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 that ordinance or resolution. If the territory proposed for annexation is subject to zoning regulations adopted under either Chapter 303. or 519. of the Revised Code at the time the petition is filed, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation also shall adopt an ordinance or resolution stating that, if the territory is annexed and becomes subject to zoning by the municipal corporation and that municipal zoning permits uses in the annexed territory that the municipal corporation determines are clearly incompatible with the uses permitted under current county or township zoning regulations in the adjacent land remaining within the township from which the territory was annexed, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation will require, in the zoning ordinance permitting the incompatible uses, the owner of the annexed territory to provide a buffer separating the use of the annexed territory and the adjacent land remaining within the township. For the purposes of this section, "buffer" includes open space, landscaping, fences, walls, and other structured elements; streets and street rights-of-way; and bicycle and pedestrian paths and sidewalks. The clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed shall file the ordinances or resolutions adopted under this division with the board of county commissioners within twenty days following the date that the petition is filed. The board shall make these ordinances or resolutions available for public inspection. (D) Within twenty-five days after the date that the petition is filed, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed and each township any portion of which is included within the territory proposed for annexation may adopt and file with the board of county commissioners an ordinance or resolution consenting or objecting to the proposed annexation. An objection to the proposed annexation shall be based solely upon the petition's failure to meet the conditions specified in division (E) of this section. If the municipal corporation and each of those townships timely files an ordinance or resolution consenting to the proposed annexation, the board at its next regular session shall enter upon its journal a resolution granting the proposed annexation. If, instead, the municipal corporation or any of those townships files an ordinance or resolution that objects to the proposed annexation, the board of county commissioners shall proceed as provided in division (E) of this section. Failure of the municipal corporation or any of those townships to timely file an ordinance or resolution consenting or objecting to the proposed annexation shall be deemed to constitute consent by that municipal corporation or township to the proposed annexation. (E) Unless the petition is granted under division (D) of this section, not less than thirty or more than forty-five days after the date that the petition is filed, the board of county commissioners shall review it to determine if each of the following conditions has been met: (1) The petition meets all the requirements set forth in, and was filed in the manner provided in, section 709.021 of the Revised Code. (2) The persons who signed the petition are owners of the real estate located in the territory proposed for annexation and constitute all of the owners of real estate in that territory. (3) The territory proposed for annexation does not exceed five hundred acres. (4) The territory proposed for annexation shares a contiguous boundary with the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed for a continuous length of at least five per cent of the perimeter of the territory proposed for annexation. (5) The annexation will not create an unincorporated area of the township that is completely surrounded by the territory proposed for annexation. (6) The municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed has agreed to provide to the territory proposed for annexation the services specified in the relevant ordinance or resolution adopted under division (C) of this section. (7) If a street or highway will be divided or segmented by the boundary line between the township and the municipal corporation as to create a road maintenance problem, the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed has agreed as a condition of the annexation to assume the maintenance of that street or highway or to otherwise correct the problem. As used in this section, "street" or "highway" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (F) Not less than thirty or more than forty-five days after the date that the petition is filed, if the petition is not granted under division (D) of this section, the board of county commissioners, if it finds that each of the conditions specified in division (E) of this section has been met, shall enter upon its journal a resolution granting the annexation. If the board of county commissioners finds that one or more of the conditions specified in division (E) of this section have not been met, it shall enter upon its journal a resolution that states which of those conditions the board finds have not been met and that denies the petition. (G) If a petition is granted under division (D) or (F) of this section, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall proceed as provided in division (C)(1) of section 709.033 of the Revised Code, except that no recording or hearing exhibits would be involved. There is no appeal in law or equity from the board's entry of any resolution under this section, but any party may seek a writ of mandamus to compel the board of county commissioners to perform its duties under this section. (H) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 503.07 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise provided in an annexation agreement entered into pursuant to section 709.192 of the Revised Code or in a cooperative economic development agreement entered into pursuant to section 701.07 of the Revised Code, territory annexed into a municipal corporation pursuant to this section shall not at any time be excluded from the township under section 503.07 of the Revised Code and, thus, remains subject to the township's real property taxes. (I) Any owner of land that remains within a township and that is adjacent to territory annexed pursuant to this section who is directly affected by the failure of the annexing municipal corporation to enforce compliance with any zoning ordinance it adopts under division (C) of this section requiring the owner of the annexed territory to provide a buffer zone, may commence in the court of common pleas a civil action against that owner to enforce compliance with that buffer requirement whenever the required buffer is not in place before any development of the annexed territory begins. (J) Division (C)(18) of section 718.01 of the Revised Code applies to the compensation paid to persons performing personal services for a political subdivision on property owned by the political subdivision after that property is annexed to a municipal corporation under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.36
§ 727.36. Adding collection costs to assessment
Status: in_force

November 1, 1991 House Bill 104 - 119th General Assembly In placing any assessment on the tax list, the county auditor shall add to each assessment such per cent as he deems necessary to defray the expense of collecting it. If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation provides that the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect an assessment, the legislative authority, in the assessing ordinance, shall add to the assessment an amount to cover the cost of its collection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 761.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 761 / § 761.11
§ 761.11. Purchase fund
Status: in_force

November 1, 1965 House Bill 933 - 106th General Assembly Municipal corporations issuing revenue bonds as provided in sections 761.01 to 761.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall establish a purchase fund to consist of all money appropriated by the municipal corporation for the purchase and improvement of property authorized to be purchased under section 761.02 of the Revised Code from the proceeds of the sale of any issue of its revenue bonds to the extent and subject to the conditions provided in the ordinance authorizing such bonds or in the trust agreements securing such bonds, all grants, gifts, and contributions made to the municipal corporation for such purpose, and all other moneys designated by it for the purpose of the acquisition and improvement of property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.26
§ 749.26. Procedure before entering into contracts
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly The board of hospital trustees, before entering into any contract for the erection of a hospital building, or for the rebuilding or repair of a hospital building, the cost of which exceeds fifty thousand dollars, shall have plans, specifications, detailed drawings, and forms of bids prepared, and when adopted by the board it shall have them printed for distribution among the bidders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.15
§ 755.15. Organization of boards
Status: in_force

August 31, 1976 House Bill 111 - 111th General Assembly The members of boards established pursuant to section 755.14 of the Revised Code shall elect their own chairman and secretary, select all other necessary officers to serve for a period of one year, and may employ such other persons as are needed. Such boards may adopt rules for the conduct of all business within its jurisdiction. A joint recreation district board of trustees formed pursuant to division (C) of section 755.14 of the Revised Code shall appoint one of its members or employ another as fiscal officer of the district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.52
§ 715.52. Houses of ill fame
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may: (A) Suppress and restrain disorderly houses and houses of ill fame; (B) Provide for the punishment of all lewd and lascivious behavior in the streets and other public places.
Ohio Rev. Code § 757.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 757 / § 757.03
§ 757.03. Payments to symphony associations, area arts councils, art museums or other similar organizations by board of education
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly As used in sections 757.03 to 757.08 of the Revised Code, "area arts council" means an arts council or other organization the purpose of which is to foster and encourage the development of the arts, including but not limited to, literature, theater, music, the dance, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and motion pictures. In any city or county in which there is a symphony association, area arts council, art museum, or other similar organization, which is incorporated under sections 1702.01 to 1702.58 of the Revised Code, without purpose of profit to any private member or individual, but organized for the purpose of the cultivation and performance of instrumental music, the promotion of the arts, or to maintain a symphony orchestra, the board of education of any school district in such city or the educational service center governing board serving such county, or both, may pay the symphony association, council, art museum, or other organization annually, in quarterly installments, in the case of a school district board of education, a sum of not to exceed one half of one cent on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of the district and, in the case of an educational service center governing board, a sum of not to exceed one half of one cent on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of the territory of the service center, as valued on the tax duplicate for the next year before the date of the payment. In order to qualify for such payments, the symphony association, arts council, art museum, or other organization shall, by proper resolution of its board of trustees or other governing body, accept all applicable provisions of sections 757.03 to 757.08 of the Revised Code, and file a certified copy of the resolution with the board of education of such district or with the governing board of such educational service center prior to the date of any payment. The first of such payments may be made in the year after the filing of such certified copy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.27
§ 733.27. Powers and duties of village clerk - training programs
Status: in_force

September 27, 1996 Senate Bill 81 - 121st General Assembly (A) The village clerk shall attend all meetings of the legislative authority of the village, and keep a record of its proceedings and of all rules, bylaws, resolutions, and ordinances passed or adopted, which shall be subject to the inspection of all persons interested. In case of the absence of the clerk, such legislative authority shall appoint one of its members to perform the clerk's duties. (B) The village clerk shall attend training programs for new village clerks and annual training programs of continuing education for village clerks that are provided by the auditor of state pursuant to section 117.44 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.39
§ 723.39. Notice required of application to establish street railway route
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Nothing mentioned in section 723.38 of the Revised Code shall be done, no ordinance or resolution to establish or define a street railway route shall be passed, no action inviting proposals to construct and operate such railway shall be taken by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, and no ordinance for the purpose specified in such section shall be passed, until public notice of the application therefor has been given by the clerk of such legislative authority, once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in one or more of the daily papers published in such municipal corporation, if there be such, and if not, then in one or more weekly papers published therein.
Ohio Rev. Code § 761.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 761 / § 761.06
§ 761.06. Use of bond proceeds
Status: in_force

November 1, 1965 House Bill 933 - 106th General Assembly The proceeds of each issue of revenue bonds issued pursuant to sections 761.01 to 761.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be used for the purchase or construction of a project and the necessary expense of preparing, printing, and selling said bonds, legal services, and transfer expense, or to advance the payment of interest on such bonds during the first three years following the date of the bonds, but subject to such conditions, limitations, and convenants with the purchasers and holders of the bonds as shall be provided in the ordinance authorizing the bonds and in the trust agreement securing the same.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.24
§ 742.24. Municipal fire department employee credit for service in police department
Status: in_force

March 24, 2003 House Bill 373 - 124th General Assembly A member of the fund who is an employee of the fire department of a municipal corporation, who has resigned or has been honorably discharged from membership in the police department of the same municipal corporation, and who is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of service in the fire department under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, be given full credit for the time served in such police department, provided the member has paid into the Ohio police and fire pension fund a sum equal to that which the member would have been required to pay, under former section 741.43 and section 742.31 of the Revised Code, as a member of such police department during the years for which service credit is claimed had the member been contributing a percentage of the member's salary to a police relief and pension fund or to the Ohio police and fire pension fund, as provided by such sections during such years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.25
§ 743.25. Jurisdiction of municipal corporations to prevent water pollution
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall pollute a running stream, the water of which is used for domestic purposes by a municipal corporation, by putting therein a putrid or offensive substance, injurious to health. The director of public service of a city or board of trustees of public affairs of a village shall enforce this section. The jurisdiction of a municipal corporation to prevent the pollution of its water supply and to provide a penalty therefor shall extend twenty miles beyond the municipal corporation limits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.17
§ 749.17. Enlarged board of hospital commissioners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If an agreement under section 749.16 of the Revised Code becomes operative, the municipal corporation may enlarge its board of hospital commissioners, established under sections 749.04 and 749.05 of the Revised Code, so as to admit to membership thereon such representatives of the participating joint township hospital district, or such representatives of the county, as provided for in such agreement, and the board shall thereupon proceed under and be governed by sections 749.06 to 749.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, subject to such additional restrictions upon its authority and procedure as are imposed by the agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.30
§ 731.30. Application of sections
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever the legislative authority of a municipal corporation is required to pass more than one ordinance or other measure to complete the legislation necessary to make and pay for any public improvement, sections 731.28 to 731.41 , inclusive, of the Revised Code shall apply only to the first ordinance or other measure required to be passed and not to any subsequent ordinances and other measures relating thereto. Ordinances or other measures providing for appropriations for the current expenses of any municipal corporation, or for street improvements petitioned for by the owners of a majority of the feet front of the property benefited and to be especially assessed for the cost thereof, and emergency ordinances or measures necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety in such municipal corporation, shall go into immediate effect. Such emergency ordinances or measures must, upon a yea and nay vote, receive a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the legislative authority, and the reasons for such necessity shall be set forth in one section of the ordinance or other measure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 707.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 707 / § 707.22
§ 707.22. Territory embracing parts of more than one county
Status: in_force

March 2, 1992 House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly When electors residing in two or more counties desire the organization of such territory into a municipal corporation, the petition shall be made to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the largest number of qualified voters of the proposed municipal corporation reside, and a statement to that effect shall be set forth in the petition. The transcript of the proceedings of the board, if required, and the other papers relating to the incorporation shall be recorded in the county in which the petition is filed in the manner provided by section 707.09 of the Revised Code. Within ten days after such recording the county recorder shall make a certified transcript of such record for each of the other counties in which any portion of the territory is situated, and shall forward such transcript to the recorders of such counties, who shall record them in the manner required for original papers. In all other respects, the proceedings to establish such municipal corporation, or review the action of the board, shall be as provided in sections 707.01 to 707.14 of the Revised Code for villages and sections 707.29 and 707.30 of the Revised Code for cities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 725.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 725 / § 725.06
§ 725.06. Form and selling of bonds
Status: in_force

September 26, 1988 House Bill 774 - 117th General Assembly Urban renewal bonds issued under section 725.05 of the Revised Code shall be in such form and shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms and price as determined by ordinance of the municipal corporation issuing such bonds to be in the best interest of such municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.11
§ 731.11. Vacancy when president pro tempore becomes mayor
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the president pro tempore of the legislative authority of a village becomes the mayor, the vacancy thus created shall be filled as provided in section 731.43 of the Revised Code, and the legislative authority shall elect another president pro tempore from its own number, who shall have the same rights, powers, and duties as his predecessor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.07
§ 715.07. Purchase of gas without advertisement or competitive bidding
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation owning a municipal gas plant or system of gas distribution may purchase gas and furnish it to such municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof for the purpose of light, power, and heat. Any municipal corporation may contract to purchase such gas through its appropriate boards or officers for any period, not exceeding ten years, upon the legislative authority of such municipal corporation authorizing and directing the contract to be made. The board or officer may enter into such contract after being so authorized, without advertisement or competitive bidding, irrespective of the amount of money to be expended. Any such municipal corporation may supply to its inhabitants any gas, natural or artificial, so purchased, on such terms and under such regulations as are determined by the proper officers and authorities of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.27
§ 742.27. Purchasing service credit for lay off period
Status: in_force

March 24, 2003 House Bill 373 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "lay off" means to cease to employ a person pursuant to sections 124.321 to 124.328 of the Revised Code or pursuant to any similar provisions that apply to the person under any of the following: (1) A collective bargaining agreement entered into under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code; (2) Any ordinance, resolution, contract, agreement, policy, or procedure governing employment. (B) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who, during employment as a member of a police or fire department, is removed from active pay status by being laid off by the member's employer, shall, in computing years of active service under division (C) of section 742.37 or section 742.39 of the Revised Code, be given full credit for time for which contributions were not made during the period the member was laid off, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) During the time the member was laid off, the member was not entitled to receive disability benefits from the fund. (2) During the time the member was laid off, the member did not render any service that is used in the calculation of any public or private retirement benefit, except any federal social security retirement benefit, currently being paid or payable in the future to the member. (3) The fund receives the amount determined under division (C) of this section from the member, the member's employer, or the member and the employer. (4) At the time the fund receives the amount described in division (B)(3) of this section, the member is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code. The total amount of service purchased by any member under this section shall not exceed two years. A member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. (C) The amount paid for the credit purchased under this section shall be an amount equal to the additional liability to the fund resulting from the purchase of the credit, as determined by an actuary employed by the board of trustees of the fund. (D) The board shall have final authority to determine and fix the amount of the payment for credit purchased under this section. The employer may pay all or part of the payment. (E) The board shall adopt rules for the implementation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.63
§ 742.63. Adoption of rules for management of fund and disbursement of benefits
Status: in_force

December 27, 2018 Senate Bill 296 - 132nd General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall adopt rules for the management of the Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund and for disbursements of benefits as set forth in this section. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Member" means all of the following: (a) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, including a member of the fund who has elected to participate in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code or a member of or contributor to a police or firemen's relief and pension fund established under former Chapter 521. or 741. of the Revised Code; (b) A member of the state highway patrol retirement system, including a member who is participating in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 5505.50 of the Revised Code; (c) A member of the public employees retirement system who at the time of the member's death was one of the following: (i) A county sheriff or deputy sheriff; (ii) A full-time regular police officer in a municipal corporation or township; (iii) A full-time regular firefighter employed by the state, an instrumentality of the state, a municipal corporation, a township, a joint fire district, or another political subdivision; (iv) A full-time park district ranger or patrol trooper; (v) A full-time law enforcement officer of the department of natural resources; (vi) A full-time department of public safety enforcement agent; (vii) A full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of a municipal corporation; (viii) A full-time law enforcement officer of a conservancy district; (ix) A correction officer at an institution under the control of a county, a group of counties, a municipal corporation, or the department of rehabilitation and correction; (x) A state university law enforcement officer; (xi) An investigator, as defined in section 109.541 of the Revised Code, or an investigator commissioned as a special agent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation; (xii) A drug agent, as defined in section 145.01 of the Revised Code; (xiii) A gaming agent, as defined in section 3772.01 of the Revised Code; (xiv) An employee of the department of taxation who has been delegated investigation powers pursuant to section 5743.45 of the Revised Code for the enforcement of Chapters 5728., 5735., 5739., 5741., 5743., and 5747. of the Revised Code. (d) A member of a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation who at the time of death was a full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of the municipal corporation. (2) Notwithstanding section 742.01 of the Revised Code, "fire or police department" includes a fire department of the state or an instrumentality of the state or of a municipal corporation, township, joint fire district, or other political subdivision, the state highway patrol, a county sheriff's office, the security force of an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, the security force of a jail or workhouse under the control of a county, group of counties, or municipal corporation, the security force of a metropolitan, county, or township park district, the security force of lands under the control of the department of natural resources, department of public safety enforcement agents, the security force of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of a municipal corporation, the security force of a conservancy district, the police department of a township or municipal corporation, and the police force of a state university. (3) "Firefighter or police officer" includes a state highway patrol trooper, a county sheriff or deputy sheriff, a correction officer at an institution under the control of a county, a group of counties, a municipal corporation, or the department of rehabilitation and correction, a police officer employed by a township or municipal corporation, a firefighter employed by the state, an instrumentality of the state, a municipal corporation, a township, a joint fire district, or another political subdivision, a full-time park district ranger or patrol trooper, a full-time law enforcement officer of the department of natural resources, a full-time department of public safety enforcement agent, a full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of a municipal corporation, a full-time law enforcement officer of a conservancy district, and a state university law enforcement officer. (4) "Correction officer" includes, in addition to any correction officer, any correction corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, or captain, and the equivalents of all such persons. (5) "A park district ranger or patrol trooper" means a peace officer commissioned to make arrests, execute warrants, and preserve the peace upon lands under the control of a board of park commissioners of a metropolitan, county, or township park district. (6) "Metropolitan, county, or township park district" means a park district created under the authority of Chapter 511. or 1545. of the Revised Code. (7) "Conservancy district" means a conservancy district created under the authority of Chapter 6101. of the Revised Code. (8) "Law enforcement officer" means an officer commissioned to make arrests, execute warrants, and preserve the peace upon lands under the control of the governmental entity granting the commission. (9) "Department of natural resources law enforcement officer" includes a forest-fire investigator appointed pursuant to section 1503.09 of the Revised Code, a wildlife officer designated pursuant to section 1531.13 of the Revised Code and a natural resources officer appointed pursuant to section 1501.24 of the Revised Code. (10) "Retirement eligibility date" means the last day of the month in which a deceased member would have first become eligible, had the member lived, for the retirement pension provided under section 145.332 , Chapter 145., 521., or 741., division (C)(1) of section 742.37 , or division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code or provided by a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation. (11) "Death benefit amount" means an amount equal to the full monthly salary received by a deceased member prior to death plus any increases in salary that would have been granted the deceased member. (12) "Killed in the line of duty" means either of the following: (a) Death in the line of duty; (b) Death from injury sustained in the line of duty, including heart attack or other fatal injury or illness caused while in the line of duty. (13) "Maximum pension eligibility date" means the date on which a deceased member would have become eligible for the maximum annual retirement allowance or pension that may be paid to a member from the member's retirement system, as specified in section 145.33 , 145.332 , 742.37 , or 5505.17 of the Revised Code or as provided by a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation, had the member continued to accrue service credit from that system. (B) A spouse of a deceased member shall receive a death benefit each month equal to the full death benefit amount, provided that the deceased member was a firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty and there are no surviving children eligible for a benefit under this section. The spouse shall receive this benefit during the spouse's natural life until the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date, on which date the benefit provided under this division shall terminate. (C)(1) If a member killed in the line of duty as a firefighter or police officer is survived only by a child or children, the child or children shall receive a benefit each month equal to the full death benefit amount. If there is more than one surviving child, the benefit shall be divided equally among these children. (2) If the death benefit paid under this division is divided among two or more surviving children and any of the children become ineligible to continue receiving a portion of the benefit as provided in division (H) of this section, the full death benefit amount shall be paid to the remaining eligible child or divided among the eligible children so that the benefit paid to the remaining eligible child or children equals the full death benefit amount. (3) Notwithstanding divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, all death benefits paid under this division shall terminate on the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date. (D) If a member killed in the line of duty as a firefighter or police officer is survived by both a spouse and a child or children, the monthly benefit provided shall be as follows: (1)(a) If there is a surviving spouse and one surviving child, the spouse shall receive an amount each month equal to one-half of the full death benefit amount and the child shall receive an amount equal to one-half of the full death benefit amount. (b) If the surviving spouse dies or the child becomes ineligible as provided in division (H) of this section, the surviving spouse or child remaining eligible shall receive the full death benefit amount. (2)(a) If there is a surviving spouse and more than one child, the spouse shall receive an amount each month equal to one-third of the full death benefit amount and the children shall receive an amount, equally divided among them, equal to two-thirds of the full death benefit amount. (b) If a spouse and more than one child each are receiving a death benefit under division (D)(2)(a) of this section and the spouse dies, the children shall receive an amount each month, equally divided among them, equal to the full death benefit amount. (c) If a spouse and more than one child each are receiving a benefit under division (D)(2)(a) of this section and any of the children becomes ineligible to receive a benefit as provided in division (H) of this section, the spouse and remaining eligible child or children shall receive a death benefit as follows: (i) If there are two or more remaining eligible children, the spouse shall receive an amount each month equal to one-third of the full death benefit amount and the children shall receive an amount each month, equally divided among them, equal to two-thirds of the full death benefit amount; (ii) If there is one remaining eligible child, the spouse shall receive an amount each month equal to one-half of the full death benefit amount, and the child shall receive an amount each month equal to one-half of the full death benefit amount. (d) If a spouse and more than one child each are receiving a benefit under division (D)(2)(a) of this section and all of the children become ineligible to receive a benefit as provided in division (H) of this section, the spouse shall receive the full death benefit amount. (3) Notwithstanding divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section, death benefits paid under this division to a surviving spouse shall terminate on the member's maximum pension eligibility date. Death benefits paid to a surviving child or children shall terminate on the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date unless earlier terminated pursuant to division (H) of this section. (E) If a member, on or after January 1, 1980, is killed in the line of duty as a firefighter or police officer and is survived by only a parent or parents dependent upon the member for support, the parent or parents shall receive an amount each month equal to the full death benefit amount. If there is more than one surviving parent dependent upon the deceased member for support, the death benefit amount shall be divided equally among the surviving parents. On the death of one of the surviving parents, the full death benefit amount shall be paid to the other parent. (F)(1) The following shall receive a monthly death benefit under this division: (a) A surviving spouse whose benefits are terminated in accordance with division (B) or (D)(3) of this section on the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date, or who would qualify for a benefit under division (B) or (D) of this section except that the deceased member reached the member's maximum pension eligibility date prior to the member's death; (b) A qualified surviving spouse of a deceased member of or contributor to a police or firemen's relief and pension fund established under former Chapter 521. or 741. of the Revised Code who was a firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty. (2) The monthly death benefit shall be seventy-five per cent of an amount equal to the monthly salary received by the deceased member prior to the member's death, plus any salary increases the deceased member would have received prior to the member's maximum pension eligibility date. The benefit shall terminate on the surviving spouse's death. (3) A benefit granted to a surviving spouse under division (F)(1)(b) of this section shall commence on the first day of the month immediately following receipt by the board of a completed application on a form provided by the board and any evidence the board may require to establish that the deceased spouse was killed in the line of duty. (G)(1) If there is not a surviving spouse eligible to receive a death benefit under division (F) of this section or the surviving spouse receiving a death benefit under that division dies, a surviving child or children whose benefits under division (C) or (D) of this section are or have been terminated pursuant to division (C)(3) or (D)(3) of this section or who would qualify for a benefit under division (C) or (D) of this section except that the deceased member reached the member's maximum pension eligibility date prior to the member's death shall receive a monthly death benefit under this division. The monthly death benefit shall be seventy-five per cent of an amount equal to the monthly salary received by the deceased member prior to the member's death, plus any salary increases the member would have received prior to the member's maximum pension eligibility date. If there is more than one surviving child, the benefit shall be divided equally among the surviving children. (2) If two or more surviving children each are receiving a benefit under this division and any of those children becomes ineligible to continue receiving a benefit as provided in division (H) of this section, the remaining eligible child or children shall receive an amount equal to seventy-five per cent of the monthly salary received by the deceased member prior to death, plus any salary increases the deceased member would have received prior to the member's maximum pension eligibility date. If there is more than one remaining eligible child, the benefit shall be divided equally among the eligible children. (H)(1) Except as provided in division (H)(3) of this section, before January 1, 2017, a death benefit paid to a surviving child under division (C), (D), or (G) of this section shall terminate on the earlier of the death of the child or the child attaining age eighteen, unless the child is unmarried, under age twenty-two, and is attending an institution of learning or training pursuant to a program designed to complete in each school year the equivalent of at least two-thirds of the full-time curriculum requirements of the institution, as determined by the trustees of the fund. (2) Except as provided in division (H)(3) of this section, effective January 1, 2017, a death benefit paid to a surviving child under division (C), (D), or (G) of this section shall terminate on the earlier of the death of the child, the child attaining twenty-two years of age, or marriage. Benefits to a surviving child who is at least eighteen years of age but under twenty-two years of age that under a former version of this section never commenced or were terminated due to a lack of attendance at an institution of learning or training and not commenced or resumed before January 1, 2017, shall commence or resume on the first day of the month immediately following receipt by the board of an application on a form provided by the board if the application is received on or before December 31, 2017. These benefits terminate on the child attaining twenty-two years of age. (3) If, regardless of age, a surviving child who at the time of the member's death because of physical or mental disability is totally dependent upon the deceased member for support at the time of death, the death benefit shall terminate on the child's death or when the child has recovered from the disability. (I) Acceptance of any death benefit under this section does not prohibit a spouse or child from receiving other benefits provided under the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state highway patrol retirement system, the public employees retirement system, or a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation. (J) No person shall receive a benefit under this section if any of the following occur: (1) The member's accumulated contributions under this chapter or Chapter 145. or 5505. of the Revised Code are refunded unless the member had been a member of the public employees retirement system and had fewer than eighteen months of total service credit at the time of death. (2) In the case of a full-time park district ranger or patrol trooper, a full-time law enforcement officer of the department of natural resources, a full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of a municipal corporation, a full-time law enforcement officer of a conservancy district, a correction officer at an institution under the control of a county, group of counties, or municipal corporation, or a member of a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation who at the time of the member's death was a full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of the municipal corporation, the member died prior to April 9, 1981, in the case of a benefit under division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, or prior to January 1, 1980, in the case of a benefit under division (E) of this section. (3) In the case of a full-time department of public safety enforcement agent who prior to June 30, 1999, was a liquor control investigator of the department of public safety, the member died prior to December 23, 1986; (4) In the case of a full-time department of public safety enforcement agent other than an enforcement agent who, prior to June 30, 1999, was a liquor control investigator, the member died prior to June 30, 1999. (K) A surviving spouse whose benefit was terminated prior to June 30, 1999, due to remarriage shall receive a benefit under division (B), (D), or (F) of this section beginning on the first day of the month following receipt by the board of an application on a form provided by the board. The benefit amount shall be determined as of that date. (1) If the benefit will begin prior to the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date, it shall be paid under division (B) or (D) of this section and shall terminate as provided in those divisions. A benefit paid to a surviving spouse under division (D) of this section shall be determined in accordance with that division, even if benefits paid to surviving children are reduced as a result. (2) If the benefit will begin on or after the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date, it shall be paid under division (F) of this section and shall terminate as provided in that division. A benefit paid to a surviving spouse under division (F) of this section shall be determined in accordance with that division, even if benefits paid to surviving children are terminated as a result. (L)(1) If both of the following apply, death benefit payments to a surviving spouse or surviving child under division (B) or (C) of this section that under a former version of this section terminated before the effective date of this amendment shall resume in accordance with division (L)(2) of this section: (a) Death benefit payments under the applicable division terminated on the deceased member's retirement eligibility date under division (B), (C), or (D)(3) of this section as it existed at the time of the benefit termination; (b) The deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date is after the effective date of this amendment. (2) A surviving spouse or surviving child's death benefit payment that resumes under division (L) of this section shall be paid as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, as applicable. The benefit shall continue until the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date, at which time the benefit shall terminate. A surviving spouse or surviving child is not entitled to any additional payment under this division for the time between the deceased member's retirement eligibility date under a former version of this section and the effective date of this amendment . (3) Any monthly death benefit a surviving spouse or surviving child receives under division (F) of this section ceases during the time that the spouse or child receives benefit payments under division (L)(2) of this section. The monthly death benefit payable under division (F) of this section shall resume following the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date in the manner specified in that division. Last updated March 9, 2022 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 738.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 738 / § 738.05
§ 738.05. Fines, penalties, and license fees belonging to fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly All fines imposed upon any member of the sanitary police force of a municipal corporation, by way of discipline or punishment, by the authority having charge or control thereof, and the proceeds of all suits for penalties for the violation of the laws of this state or the ordinances of the municipal corporation, with the execution of which the health department of the municipal corporation is charged, and the license fees or other fees payable thereunder, shall be credited to the sanitary police pension fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.376 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.376
§ 703.376. Community improvement corporation
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the dissolved village designated a community improvement corporation as its agency for the purposes described in division (A)(1) of section 1724.10 of the Revised Code, one of the following shall occur during the transition period: (1) If the dissolving village is the only subdivision that designated the community improvement corporation as its agency, the community improvement corporation shall be dissolved; (2) If more than one subdivision designated the community improvement corporation as its agency, the community improvement corporation shall either: (a) dissolve and apportion its remaining assets among each such subdivision in accordance with the articles of incorporation, or (b) apportion and liquidate the dissolving village's share of the community improvement corporation's assets and amend the articles of incorporation to reflect that the community improvement corporation is no longer the agency of the dissolving village. (B) Assets of a community improvement corporation apportioned to a dissolving village under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section shall be disposed of by the receiver-trustee under section 703.373 of the Revised Code. Assets apportioned to subdivisions other than the dissolving village shall either be retained by the community improvement corporation if the community improvement corporation continues to exist, or disposed of under section 1724.07 of the Revised Code if the community improvement corporation is dissolved. (C) The secretary of state shall cancel the articles of incorporation of a community improvement corporation dissolved under this section, and all rights, privileges, and franchises conferred upon that community improvement corporation by those articles of incorporation then shall cease. Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.94
§ 718.94. Credits
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A credit, granted by resolution or ordinance of a municipal corporation pursuant to section 718.15 or 718.151 of the Revised Code, shall be available to a taxpayer that has made the election allowed under section 718.80 of the Revised Code, against the municipal corporation's tax on income. A municipal corporation shall submit the following information to the tax commissioner on or before the later of January 31, 2018, or the thirty-first day of January of the first year in which the taxpayer is eligible to receive the credit: (1) A copy of the agreement entered into by the municipal corporation and taxpayer under section 718.15 or 718.151 of the Revised Code; (2) A copy of the municipal ordinance or resolution authorizing the agreement entered into between the municipal corporation and the taxpayer. (B)(1) Each taxpayer that claims a credit shall submit, with the taxpayer's tax return, documentation issued by the municipal corporation granting the credit that confirms the eligibility of the taxpayer for the credit, the amount of the credit for which the taxpayer is eligible, and the tax year to which the credit is to be applied. (2) Such documentation shall be provided in the form prescribed by the tax commissioner. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the tax commissioner to enter into an agreement with a taxpayer to grant a credit, to determine if a taxpayer meets the conditions of a tax credit agreement entered into by a municipal corporation and taxpayer under section 718.15 or 718.151 of the Revised Code, or to modify the terms or conditions of any such existing agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.07
§ 711.07. Fee shall vest in municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon recording, as required by section 711.06 of the Revised Code, the plat shall thereupon be a sufficient conveyance to vest in the municipal corporation the fee of the parcel of land designated or intended for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses, to be held in the corporate name in trust to and for the uses and purposes set forth in the instrument.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.19
§ 759.19. Transfer of village cemetery - powers and duties of township trustees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In all cases in which the legislative authority of a village which has title to a cemetery fails to take proper care thereof, and the township in which the village is located desires to control such cemetery, the village may, by ordinance, transfer any real property acquired for cemetery purpose to the board of township trustees, upon such terms as are agreed to between the village and the board. The board may receive and accept transfer, and receive and accept from any other source or acquire in any other manner, any real property for the purpose of such cemetery, and may use and apply it for such purpose and enter into any contract relating thereto. After such transfer has been completed the board shall regulate the cemetery as provided in sections 517.01 to 517.32 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.84
§ 718.84. Information provided to tax administrators; confidentiality
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) Any information gained as a result of returns, investigations, hearings, or verifications required or authorized by sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code is confidential and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and no person shall disclose such information, except for official purposes, in accordance with a proper judicial order, or as provided in section 4123.271 or 5703.21 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner may furnish the internal revenue service with copies of returns filed. This section does not prohibit the publication of statistics in a form which does not disclose information with respect to particular taxpayers. (B) In May and December of each year, the tax commissioner shall provide each tax administrator with the following information for every taxpayer that had municipal taxable income apportionable to the municipal corporation under this chapter on tax returns filed with the commissioner under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code in the preceding five or seven months, respectively: (1) The taxpayer's name, address, and federal employer identification number; (2) The taxpayer's apportionment ratio for, and amount of municipal taxable income apportionable to, the municipal corporation pursuant to section 718.82 of the Revised Code; (3) The amount of any pre-2017 net operating loss carryforward utilized by the taxpayer; (4) Whether the taxpayer requested that any overpayment be carried forward to a future taxable year; (5) The amount of any credit claimed under section 718.94 of the Revised Code. (C) Not later than thirty days after each distribution made to municipal corporations under section 718.83 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall provide to each municipal corporation a report stating the name and federal identification number of every taxpayer that made estimated payments that are attributable to the municipal corporation and the amount of each such taxpayer's estimated payment. (D) Not later than the thirty-first day of January of each year, every municipal corporation having taxpayers that have made the election allowed under section 718.80 of the Revised Code shall provide to the tax commissioner, in a format prescribed by the commissioner, the name and mailing address of up to two persons to whom the municipal corporation requests that the commissioner send the information described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. The commissioner shall not provide such information to any person other than a person who is designated to receive the information under this section and who is employed by the municipal corporation or by a tax administrator, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, that administers the municipal corporation's income tax, except as may otherwise be provided by law. (E)(1) The tax commissioner may adopt rules that further govern the terms and conditions under which tax returns filed with the commissioner under this chapter, and any other information gained in the performance of the commissioner's duties prescribed by this chapter, shall be available for inspection by properly authorized officers, employees, or agents of the municipal corporations to which the taxpayer's net profit is apportioned under section 718.82 of the Revised Code. (2) As used in this division, "properly authorized officer, employee, or agent" means an officer, employee, or agent of a municipal corporation who is authorized by charter or ordinance of the municipal corporation to view or possess information referred to in section 718.13 of the Revised Code. (F)(1) If, upon receiving the information described in division (B) of section 718.91 of the Revised Code or division (B) or (C) of this section, a municipal corporation discovers that it has additional information in its possession that could result in a change to a taxpayer's tax liability, the municipal corporation may refer the taxpayer to the tax commissioner for an audit. Such referral shall be made on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include any information that forms the basis for the referral. (2) Upon receipt of a referral under division (F)(1) of this section, the commissioner shall review the referral and may conduct an audit of the taxpayer that is the subject of the referral based on the information in the referral and any other relevant information available to the commissioner. (3) Nothing in division (F) of this section shall be construed as forming the sole basis upon which the commissioner may conduct an audit of a taxpayer. (4) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a municipal corporation from filing a writ of mandamus if the municipal corporation believes that the commissioner has violated the commissioner's fiduciary duty as the administrator of the tax levied by the municipal corporation. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 745.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 745 / § 745.09
§ 745.09. Rates, tolls, or charges
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In the absence of agreement between the municipal corporation and a public utility as to rates, fares, or charges, as provided in section 745.06 of the Revised Code, all rates, fares, tolls, and charges for services rendered and commodities furnished by such public utility shall be sufficient to yield a reasonable compensation to the public utility operating under an indeterminate permit, and in the ascertainment of what shall constitute such reasonable rates, fares, tolls, and charges, the municipal corporation shall have regard, among other things, to the value of all the property of the public utility actually used and useful for the convenience of the public, excluding therefrom the value of any franchise or right to own, operate, or enjoy such property in excess of the amount actually paid to the municipal corporation as the consideration for the grant of such indeterminate permit, exclusive of any value added thereto by reason of a monopoly or merger, and shall have regard to the necessity of making reservation out of the income for surplus, depreciation, and contingencies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.47
§ 731.47. General powers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority shall have the management and control of the finances and property of the municipal corporation, except as otherwise provided.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.33
§ 743.33. Exclusive monopoly shall not be allowed to gas companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall not agree by ordinance, contract, or otherwise with any person for the construction or extension of gasworks for manufacturing or supplying the municipal corporation or its inhabitants with gas, which gives or continues to such person the exclusive privilege of using the streets, lanes, commons, or alleys for the purpose of conveying gas to the municipal corporation or the citizens thereof, or which deprives the legislative authority of the right to designate, inspect, or regulate the kind of meter to be used for the correct measurement of the gas furnished under such agreement, or which does not specify the exact quality of the gas to be furnished, and reserve to the legislative authority the right to enforce an exact compliance with such specification under such rules as it prescribes. The legislative authority shall not make any such agreement which does not secure to it the right to purchase such works, and all the appurtenances belonging thereto, at any time within the existence of such contract or agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.44
§ 715.44. Power to abate nuisance and prevent injury
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A municipal corporation may: (A) Abate any nuisance and prosecute in any court of competent jurisdiction, any person who creates, continues, contributes to, or suffers such nuisance to exist; (B) Regulate and prevent the emission of dense smoke, prohibit the careless or negligent emission of dense smoke from locomotive engines, declare each of such acts a nuisance, and prescribe and enforce regulations for the prevention of such acts; (C) Prevent injury and annoyance from any nuisance; (D) Regulate and prohibit the use of steam whistles; (E) Provide for the regulation of the installation and inspection of steam boilers and steam boiler plants.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.841 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.841
§ 718.841. Web portal information sharing
Status: in_force

February 7, 2022 House Bill 228 - 134th General Assembly (A) The department of taxation shall create and maintain a world wide web portal capable of securely exchanging information between the department and municipal corporations. (B) The web portal created pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be used by both the department and municipal corporations to securely exchange information as required under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner shall establish the procedures by which municipal corporations may access the web portal and the format in which information must be submitted. (C) If the web portal is unavailable for any reason, the tax commissioner and municipal corporations shall provide the information as required under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code through another secure format. If the commissioner determines it reasonably necessary, the commissioner may extend the time within which information must be provided by not more than forty-five days. If the commissioner extends the time within which information must be provided, any event attaching a penalty for failure to provide such information shall be extended accordingly. (D) The tax commissioner may modify the web portal created pursuant to division (A) of this section to enable the exchange of information between the commissioner and municipal corporations under Chapter 5745. and division (D) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code and as otherwise required or permitted by law. (E) The tax commissioner may adopt rules governing the use of the web portal created pursuant to division (A) of this section. Last updated December 2, 2021 at 5:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.32
§ 723.32. Surface treatment and sprinkling of streets by board of education
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any board of education may provide by private contract for sprinkling with water, or treatment with any of the substances mentioned in section 723.23 of the Revised Code, of the surface of any street abutting on school property, and pay for such work the same as other contingent expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.10
§ 733.10. City auditor
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The auditor of a city shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the city.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.34
§ 711.34. Application to supply lost or destroyed records
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any ten persons, owning or interested in any lots of land in a municipal corporation, or the agents or attorneys of such persons, where the original plat of lands in such municipal corporation, or any addition thereto, has been recorded in the records of the county in which such municipal corporation is situated, and such records and original plat have been lost or destroyed, may make application in writing to the board of county commissioners to have such lost or destroyed records supplied, which application shall be filed with the county auditor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.07
§ 743.07. Director may make certain contracts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Subject to Title VII of the Revised Code, the director of public service may make contracts for the building of machinery, water-works buildings, reservoirs, and the enlargement and repair thereof, the manufacture and laying down of pipe, the furnishing and supplying with connections all necessary fire hydrants for fire department purposes, keeping them in repair, and for all other purposes necessary to the full and efficient management and construction of water works.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.24
§ 711.24. Changing of town lots
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any person owning, either jointly or severally, and either in his own right or in trust, and having the legal title to any land laid out in town lots, not within the limits or subject to the control of a municipal corporation, may change such lots and the streets and alleys bounding them by making, acknowledging, and having recorded, as provided in sections 711.01 to 711.38 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, a new plat of such land, and having the proper transfers made in the office of the county auditor. No such change shall be made if it injuriously affects any lots on the streets or alleys, or within the plat so changed, unless all the owners of the lots so affected are parties joining in making the change, or such owners give their consent in writing on the new plat, which is recorded therewith. Any change of a town plat made under this section shall have the same effect as if made by the judgment of a court having jurisdiction thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.351
§ 742.351. Notice of member's election to retire
Status: in_force

July 23, 2002 Senate Bill 134 - 124th General Assembly (A) On receipt of written notice of a member's election to retire under division (C) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code or to terminate active service as described in division (B) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall request from the employer verification of the member's termination date and any other information the fund determines necessary to calculate and pay a pension under division (C) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code. The request shall be on a form created by the fund and specify the date by which the information must be received by the fund, which shall be sixty days after the form is sent by the fund. (B)(1) On receipt of a request for information under division (A) of this section, the employer shall complete the form and return it to the fund not later than the date specified by the fund. (2) If the fund does not receive the completed form by the specified date, the fund shall send notice by certified mail to the employer that unless the completed form is received not later than thirty days after the specified date a penalty will be imposed. (C) The fund shall assess against an employer that fails to return the completed form by the end of the period described in division (B)(2) of this section a penalty determined under section 742.353 of the Revised Code. (D) The fund shall make one or more monthly payments to a member whose pension does not commence by the ninety-first day after the fund sends a request for information under division (A) of this section due to the employer's failure to return the completed form required under this section. Payment under this division shall commence on the first day of the second month following a month that includes a day for which an assessment against the employer is required under division (C) of this section. The payment shall be an amount equal to the penalty assessed under division (C) of this section less any administrative costs incurred by the fund in complying with this section. Payment shall continue on a monthly basis until the member receives the total amount attributable to the required penalty for an employer's failure to return the form that was requested for that member's information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.27
§ 743.27. Free use of municipally owned public utilities
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of any municipal corporation owning and operating municipal water, gas, or electric light plants, may provide by ordinance that the products of such plants, when used for municipal or public purposes, shall be furnished free of charge.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.09
§ 749.09. Plans and specifications
Status: in_force

August 1, 1980 Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly Before entering into any contract for the erection of a hospital building, the board of hospital commissioners shall have plans, specifications, detailed drawings, and forms of bids prepared, and when adopted by the board, it may have such plans and drawings lithographed, and the specifications, forms of bids, and a form of contract and bid guaranty prepared by the village solicitor or city director of law of the municipal corporation, and have them printed for distribution among the bidders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.031
§ 742.031. Orientation program required for new members - continuing education
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly Each newly elected member of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund and each individual appointed to fill a vacancy on the board, shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not less than twice each year, attend one or more programs that are part of the continuing education component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.19
§ 733.19. Deputy auditor in cities
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The city auditor may, when authorized by ordinance, appoint a deputy who, in the absence or disability of such auditor, shall perform his duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.35
§ 743.35. Sale of natural gas to village
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a municipal corporation is the owner of a natural gas plant by which the citizens thereof are supplied with natural gas, and such natural gas is so supplied through pipes, from a point beyond the limits of such municipal corporation, which pass through the limits of a village, the municipal corporation may sell natural gas to such village, or to a company, for the use of such village and the citizens thereof. Such gas shall be delivered at a reducing station located within one hundred feet of the main pipe line.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.21
§ 759.21. Vacancies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In case of vacancy in the board of cemetery trustees in any village appointed as provided in section 759.20 of the Revised Code by reason of death, disability, or removal from office of a member, the mayor shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made at the first meeting of the legislative authority of the village after such vacancy has been brought to the attention of the mayor and the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.05
§ 742.05. Vacancy on board of trustees
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a vacancy occurs in the term of an employee or retirant member of the board, all the remaining members of the board shall elect a successor employee or retirant member. On certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 742.045 of the Revised Code, the successor member shall hold office until the first day of the new term that follows the next board election that occurs not less than ninety days after the successor member's election, or until the end of the term for which the successor member was elected, whichever is sooner; except that, the successor employee member representing firefighters who was elected to the board under this section on March 6, 2014, shall hold office until June 1, 2020, notwithstanding sections 742.03 and 742.04 of the Revised Code. Elections under this section to fill a vacancy on the board shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under section 742.045 of the Revised Code. If an employee member of the board ceases to be a member of the fund, a vacancy shall exist. If as a result of changed circumstances a retirant member no longer qualifies for membership on the board as a retirant member, a vacancy shall exist. Any elected or appointed member of the board who fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the board, without valid excuse, shall be considered as having resigned from the board and the board shall declare the member's office vacated and as of the date of the adoption of a proper resolution a vacancy shall exist. (B) A successor member need not be elected under division (A) of this section to fill a vacancy if on the day the vacancy occurs less than ninety days remain in the vacated term.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.671 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.671
§ 733.671. Seeking injunction against violation of weights and measures laws
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly The municipal sealer may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of the weights and measures laws or regulations of the director of agriculture issued pursuant thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.31
§ 705.31. Preparation of ballots
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The ballots used in all elections provided for in sections 705.01 to 705.92 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be without party marks or designations. The names of candidates on such ballots shall be printed in rotation as follows: (A) The ballots shall be printed in as many series as there are candidates for the office for which there is the greatest number of candidates. (B) The whole number of ballots to be printed shall be divided by the number of series and the quotient so obtained shall be the number of ballots in each series. (C) In printing the first series of ballots the names of candidates for each office shall be arranged in alphabetical order under the title thereof. (D) After printing the first series the first name in each list of candidates for the various offices shall be placed last in such list and the next series printed, and the process shall be so repeated until each name in the largest list of candidates has been printed first an equal number of times. (E) Such ballots shall then be combined in tablets, so as to have the fewest possible ballots having the same order of names printed thereon together in the same tablet. (F) The ballots shall, in all other respects, conform as nearly as possible to the ballots prescribed by the general election laws.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.48
§ 733.48. Legal counsel for villages - petition to appoint legal counsel
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, when it considers it necessary, the legislative authority of a village may provide legal counsel for the village, or for any department or official of the village, for a period not to exceed two years and shall provide compensation for the legal counsel. (B) A petition may be filed with the village clerk, signed by registered electors residing in the village equal in number to not less than ten per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in the village at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected, requesting that the question be placed before the electors whether, instead of the legislative authority appointing legal counsel for the village or for any department or official of the village, the mayor shall appoint an attorney or law firm as the legal counsel with the advice and consent of the legislative authority. Within two weeks after receipt of the petition, the clerk shall certify it to the board of elections, which shall determine its sufficiency and validity. The petition shall be certified to the board not less than ninety days prior to the election at which the question is to be voted upon. At the election, if a majority of the electors of the village approves the question, then effective immediately when the mayor considers it necessary, the mayor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the legislative authority, an attorney or law firm as legal counsel for the village, or for any department or official of the village, for a period not to exceed two years. The appointment of legal counsel under this division shall be pursuant to a contract approved by the mayor and a majority vote of the legislative authority. The contract shall provide for the compensation and other terms of the engagement of the legal counsel, and the legislative authority shall provide that compensation for the legal counsel. (C) When acting under this section, the legislative authority acts in its administrative capacity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 707.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 707 / § 707.05
§ 707.05. Fixing time and place for hearing petition - notice
Status: in_force

October 7, 1977 House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly The board shall fix, and communicate to the agent of the petitioners, the time and place for hearing the petition, which time shall be not less than forty nor more than ninety days after the petition is presented to the board pursuant to section 707.03 of the Revised Code. Thereupon the agent for the petitioners shall cause a notice containing the substance of the petition, and the time and place where it will be heard, to be published in a newspaper published in, and of general circulation in the county, for a period of three consecutive weeks.
Ohio Rev. Code § 737.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 737 / § 737.33
§ 737.33. Expenses of storage and sale - notice
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon the sale of any unclaimed or impounded property as provided in section 737.32 of the Revised Code, if any such unclaimed or impounded property was ordered removed to a place of storage or stored, or both, by or under the direction of a chief of police of municipal corporation or marshal of the village, any expenses or charges for such removal or storage, or both, and costs of sale, provided the same are approved by such chief of police or marshal, shall first be paid from the proceeds of such sale. Notice shall be given by registered mail, thirty days before the date of such sale, to the owner and mortgagee, or other lien holder, at their last known address.
Ohio Rev. Code § 719.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 719 / § 719.031
§ 719.031. Appropriating cemetery property for water lines
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Whenever it is necessary in the construction and in the protection by any municipal corporation, of dams, reservoirs, and reservoir sites, for supplying water to itself and its inhabitants, to take or damage any cemetery, such municipal corporation, after such taking, shall have the same powers regarding the removal of a cemetery as are given to township trustees by section 517.21 of the Revised Code, and the cost of removal shall be paid by the municipal corporation. Such municipal corporation may purchase the necessary land and remove or contract for the removal of those buried, together with all monuments, or it may agree with the persons or authorities owning or controlling the said cemetery for such removal, or it may contract for an easement if removal is not desired nor necessary. If condemnation proceedings are necessary they shall be instituted and conducted according to sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, in the county where such cemeteries are located, and it shall be sufficient to make the persons or authorities owning or controlling the cemetery parties defendant, but the court may, upon proper showing of interest admit other parties defendant. The jury, in such case, shall make a separate finding and include in its verdict the cost of the removal of bodies and monuments as provided in section 517.21 of the Revised Code. If a new trial is not granted, such municipal corporation may pay into court the total amount of the compensation assessed, or secure its payment by a deposit of money under the order of the court, and thereupon the persons or authorities owning or controlling the cemetery shall remove the bodies and monuments from the cemetery appropriated. If the cemetery owners or authorities or the municipal corporation prosecute an appeal, as provided by law, then such municipal corporation may pay into court the amount of such assessments, less the amount of the special finding of the jury as to the cost of removal, and proceed to enter upon the property appropriated and make the removal at its own expense, as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.013
§ 709.013. Multiple annexation petitions concerning same territory
Status: in_force

March 27, 2002 Senate Bill 5 - 124th General Assembly (A) If, after a petition for annexation is filed with the board of county commissioners, one or more other petitions are filed containing all or a part of the territory contained in the first petition, the board shall hear and decide the petitions in the order in which they were filed. (B) The effect of granting any petition under division (A) of this section shall be to delete from any subsequently filed petition any territory contained in the petition that was granted. (C) If two or more petitions for annexation are filed seeking to annex part or all of the same territory and appeals are subsequently filed under section 709.07 of the Revised Code, each court shall decide the appeal on the first-filed petition before considering the appeal in any subsequently filed petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.084 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.084
§ 749.084. Construction, acquisition, or lease of property by board
Status: in_force

April 27, 2005 Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly The board of hospital commissioners may do any of the following if the board determines that the action is reasonably related to the operation of the hospital: (A) Construct an addition to the hospital under the powers vested the board under section 749.04 of the Revised Code; (B) Acquire an existing structure for the purpose of leasing office space to local physicians; (C) Lease real property to any person to construct facilities for providing medical services other than inpatient hospital services or otherwise lease or convey interests in real estate for providing medical services other than inpatient hospital services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.378 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.378
§ 703.378. Assumption of rights and responsibilities
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a township into which property subject to service payments in lieu of taxes required under section 725.04 , 5709.42 , or 5709.46 of the Revised Code, or services charges in lieu of taxes required under section 1728.11 or 1728.111 of the Revised Code, is dissolved in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code shall assume all rights and responsibilities under sections 725.04 , 1728.11 , 1728.111 , 5709.40 to 5709.43 , or 5709.45 to 5709.47 of the Revised Code of the dissolved village that granted exemption of the property. Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.014 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.014
§ 715.014. Tourism development districts
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Tourism development district" means a district designated by a municipal corporation under this section. (2) "Territory of a tourism development district" means all of the area included within the territorial boundaries of a tourism development district. (3) "Business" and "owner" have the same meanings as in section 503.56 of the Revised Code. (4) "Eligible municipal corporation" means a municipal corporation wholly or partly located in a county having a population greater than three hundred seventy-five thousand but less than four hundred thousand that levies taxes under section 5739.021 or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, the aggregate rate of which does not exceed one-half of one per cent on September 29, 2015. (5) "Fiscal officer" means the city auditor, village clerk, or other municipal officer having the duties and functions of a city auditor or village clerk. (B)(1) The legislative authority of an eligible municipal corporation, by resolution or ordinance, may declare an area of the municipal corporation to be a tourism development district for the purpose of fostering and developing tourism in the district if all of the following criteria are met: (a) The district's area does not exceed six hundred acres. (b) All territory in the district is contiguous. (c) Before adopting the resolution or ordinance, the legislative authority holds at least two public hearings concerning the creation of the tourism development district. (d) Before adopting the resolution or ordinance, the legislative authority receives a petition signed by every record owner of a parcel of real property located in the proposed district and the owner of every business that operates in the proposed district. (e) The legislative authority adopts the resolution or ordinance on or before December 31, 2020. A legislative authority may declare more than one area of the municipal corporation to be a tourism development district under this section. (2) The petition described in division (B)(1)(d) of this section shall include an explanation of the taxes and charges that may be levied or imposed in the proposed district. (3) The legislative authority shall certify the resolution or ordinance to the tax commissioner within five days after its adoption, along with a description of the boundaries of the district authorized in the resolution. That description shall include sufficient information for the commissioner to determine if the address of a vendor is within the boundaries of the district. (4) Subject to the limitations of divisions (B)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, the legislative authority of an eligible municipal corporation may enlarge the territory of an existing tourism development district in the manner prescribed for the creation of a district under divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section, except that the petition described in division (B)(1)(d) of this section must be signed by every record owner of a parcel of real property located in the area proposed to be added to the district and the owner of every business that operates in the area proposed to be added to the district. Division (B)(1)(e) of this section does not apply to a resolution or ordinance enlarging the territory of an existing tourism development district. (C) For the purpose of fostering and developing tourism in a tourism development district, a lessor leasing real property in a tourism development district may impose and collect a uniform fee on each parcel of real property leased by the lessor, to be paid by each of the person's lessees. A lessee is subject to such a fee only if the lease separately states the amount of the fee. Before a lessor may impose and collect such a fee, the lessor shall file a copy of such lease with the fiscal officer. A lessor that imposes such a fee shall remit all collections of the fee to the municipal corporation in which the real property is located. The legislative authority of that municipal corporation shall establish all regulations necessary to provide for the administration and remittance of such fees. The regulations may prescribe the time for payment of the fee, and may provide for the imposition of a penalty or interest, or both, for late remittances, provided that the penalty does not exceed ten per cent of the amount of fee due, and the rate at which interest accrues does not exceed the rate per annum prescribed pursuant to section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. The regulations shall provide, after deducting the real and actual costs of administering the fee, that the revenue be used exclusively for fostering and developing tourism within the tourism development district. (D) The legislative authority of an eligible municipal corporation that has designated a tourism development district may levy the tax authorized under section 5739.101 of the Revised Code or enter into and enforce agreements imposing a development charge under section 715.015 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section limits the power of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation to levy a tax on the basis of admissions in a tourism development district pursuant to its powers of local self-government conferred by Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (E) On or before the first day of each January and July, beginning after the designation of a tourism development district, the fiscal officer shall certify a list of vendors located within the tourism development district to the tax commissioner, which shall include the name, address, and vendor's license number for each vendor. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 4:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.18
§ 721.18. Exchange of lots for school purposes
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When any lot of land lying within the limits of a municipal corporation has been dedicated, given, or granted thereto, and set apart for the use and support of schools, the court of common pleas, on the application of the mayor or legislative authority thereof, may authorize an exchange of such lot for such other lot within the limits of the municipal corporation as the interest of the schools therein require. All lots so taken in exchange, shall be held for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as the original lots.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.06
§ 709.06. Proceedings when application allowed
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly If the resolution or ordinance required by section 709.04 of the Revised Code is an acceptance of the proposed annexation, the auditor or clerk of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed shall make three copies containing the petition, the map or plat accompanying the petition, a transcript of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners, and resolutions and ordinances in relation to the annexation, with a certificate to each copy that it is correct. Such certificate shall be signed by the auditor or clerk in the auditor's or clerk's official capacity, and shall be authenticated by the seal of the municipal corporation if there is any. The auditor or clerk shall forthwith deliver one such copy to the county auditor and one such copy to the county recorder, who shall record it in the official records. The other copy shall be forwarded by the auditor or clerk to the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 753.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 753 / § 753.22
§ 753.22. Commissary - fund
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) The director of public safety or the joint board established pursuant to section 753.15 of the Revised Code may establish a commissary for the workhouse. The commissary may be established either in-house or by another arrangement. If a commissary is established, all persons incarcerated in the workhouse shall receive commissary privileges. A person's purchases from the commissary shall be deducted from the person's account record in the workhouse's business office. The commissary shall provide for the distribution to indigent persons incarcerated in the workhouse necessary hygiene articles and writing materials. (B) If a commissary is established, the director of public safety or the joint board established pursuant to section 753.15 of the Revised Code shall establish a commissary fund for the workhouse. The management of funds in the commissary fund shall be strictly controlled in accordance with procedures adopted by the auditor of state. Commissary fund revenue over and above operating costs and reserve shall be considered profits. All profits from the commissary fund shall be used to purchase supplies and equipment for the benefit of persons incarcerated in the workhouse and to pay salary and benefits for employees of the workhouse, or for any other persons, who work in or are employed for the sole purpose of providing service to the commissary. The director of public safety or the joint board established pursuant to section 753.15 of the Revised Code shall adopt rules and regulations for the operation of any commissary fund the director or the joint board establishes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.452 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.452
§ 709.452. Submission of question of merger to voters
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The legislative authority of each municipal corporation or township proposed for merger as provided in section 709.44 of the Revised Code that adopts a merger agreement under section 709.451 of the Revised Code shall submit the question of merger to the electors of the municipal corporations and township proposed for merger. The legislative authorities shall certify the ordinances or resolution that adopted the merger agreement to the board or boards of elections, if the territory proposed for merger is located in more than one county, directing the submission of the question of merger to the electors of the municipal corporations and township proposed for merger at a special election to be held on the day of the next primary or general election in the county or counties that occurs not less than ninety days after the ordinances or resolution are certified to the board or boards of elections. The question shall be put on the ballot and voted upon, separately, in each municipal corporation or township proposed for merger. (B) The ordinances or resolution specifying the merger conditions agreed to by the municipal corporations and township proposed for merger shall be posted on the web sites of those municipal corporations and township, and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporations and township once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election. (C) If the merger is approved by a majority of those voting on it in each municipal corporation or township proposed to be merged, the merger and the merger agreement shall take immediate effect. (D) If an existing charter of a municipal corporation proposed for merger under this section conflicts with the processes and procedures specified in this section, the processes and procedures for merger addressed in the municipal corporation's charter apply.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.41
§ 718.41. Amended returns
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 5 - 130th General Assembly (A) A taxpayer shall file an amended return with the tax administrator in such form as the tax administrator requires if any of the facts, figures, computations, or attachments required in the taxpayer's annual return to determine the tax due levied by the municipal corporation in accordance with this chapter must be altered as the result of an adjustment to the taxpayer's federal income tax return, whether initiated by the taxpayer or the internal revenue service, and such alteration affects the taxpayer's tax liability under this chapter. If a taxpayer intends to file an amended consolidated municipal income tax return, or to amend its type of return from a separate return to a consolidated return, based on the taxpayer's consolidated federal income tax return, the taxpayer shall notify the tax administrator before filing the amended return. (B)(1) In the case of an underpayment, the amended return shall be accompanied by payment of any combined additional tax due together with any penalty and interest thereon. If the combined tax shown to be due is ten dollars or less, such amount need not accompany the amended return. Except as provided under division (B)(2) of this section, the amended return shall not reopen those facts, figures, computations, or attachments from a previously filed return that are not affected, either directly or indirectly, by the adjustment to the taxpayer's federal or state income tax return unless the applicable statute of limitations for civil actions or prosecutions under section 718.12 of the Revised Code has not expired for a previously filed return. (2) The additional tax to be paid shall not exceed the amount of tax that would be due if all facts, figures, computations, and attachments were reopened. (C)(1) In the case of an overpayment, a request for refund may be filed under this division within the period prescribed by division (E) of section 718.12 of the Revised Code for filing the amended return even if it is filed beyond the period prescribed in that division if it otherwise conforms to the requirements of that division. If the amount of the refund is ten dollars or less, no refund need be paid by the municipal corporation to the taxpayer. Except as set forth in division (C)(2) of this section, a request filed under this division shall claim refund of overpayments resulting from alterations to only those facts, figures, computations, or attachments required in the taxpayer's annual return that are affected, either directly or indirectly, by the adjustment to the taxpayer's federal or state income tax return unless it is also filed within the time prescribed in section 718.19 of the Revised Code. Except as set forth in division (C)(2) of this section, the request shall not reopen those facts, figures, computations, or attachments that are not affected, either directly or indirectly, by the adjustment to the taxpayer's federal or state income tax return. (2) The amount to be refunded shall not exceed the amount of refund that would be due if all facts, figures, computations, and attachments were reopened.
Ohio Rev. Code § 713.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 713 / § 713.21
§ 713.21. Regional planning commission
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 34 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The planning commission of any municipal corporation or group of municipal corporations, any board of township trustees, and the board of county commissioners of any county in which the municipal corporation or group of municipal corporations is located or of any adjoining county may cooperate in the creation of a regional planning commission, for any region defined as agreed upon by the planning commissions and boards, exclusive of any territory within the limits of a municipal corporation not having a planning commission. After creation of a regional planning commission, school districts, special districts, authorities, and any other units of local government may participate in the regional planning commission, upon terms agreed upon by the planning commissions and boards. The number of members of a regional planning commission, their method of appointment, and the proportion of the costs of regional planning to be borne respectively by the various municipal corporations, townships, and counties in the region and by other participating units of local government shall be determined by a majority of the planning commissions and boards. Costs may include, but are not limited to, compensation and actual and necessary expenses for appointive members of a regional planning commission who are not also holding another public office to which they were elected. Any member of a regional planning commission may hold any other public office and may serve as a member of a city, village, or county planning commission, except as otherwise provided in the charter of any city or village. Boards of township trustees, boards of county commissioners, and legislative authorities of municipal corporations, and the governing bodies of other participating units of local government, may appropriate their respective shares of the costs of regional planning. Those sums shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which the greater portion of the population of the region is located, and shall be paid out on the certificate of the regional planning commission and the warrant of the county auditor of that county for the purposes authorized by sections 713.21 to 713.27 of the Revised Code. (B) The regional planning commission may accept, receive, and expend funds, grants, and services from the federal government or its agencies; from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of this state or any adjoining state; from one or more counties of this state or any adjoining state; from any municipal corporation or political subdivision of this or any adjoining state, including county, regional, and municipal planning commissions of this or any adjoining state; or from civic sources. The regional planning commission may contract with respect to those funds, grants, and services, either separately, jointly, or cooperatively, and may provide the information and reports necessary to secure those funds, grants, and services. Within the amounts agreed upon and appropriated or otherwise received, the regional planning commission may employ necessary engineers, accountants, consultants, and employees and may rent or lease space, purchase, lease, and lease with option to purchase equipment, and make other purchases it considers necessary to its use. The regional planning commission may purchase, lease with option to purchase, or receive as a gift property and buildings within which it is housed and carries out its responsibilities, provided that the rules of the commission provide for the disposition of the property and buildings if the commission is dissolved or otherwise terminated. (C) The regional planning commission may establish committees with the powers it finds necessary to carry on its work, including an executive committee to make final determinations, decisions, findings, recommendations, and orders as provided in the commission's rules. All actions of these committees shall be reported in writing to the members of the regional planning commission no later than its next meeting or within thirty days from the date of the action, whichever is earlier. The regional planning commission may provide a procedure to ratify committee actions by a vote of the members. (D) The regional planning commission may make agreements with other public or private agencies for the temporary transfer or joint use of staff employees, and may contract for professional or consultant services for or from other governmental and private agencies and persons. (E) A regional planning commission may contract with the prosecuting attorney of a county, as provided in section 309.09 of the Revised Code, to obtain legal services from the prosecuting attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 737.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 737 / § 737.081
§ 737.081. Criminal records check
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 258 - 124th General Assembly (A) The fire chief of a city fire department may request the superintendent of BCII to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any person who is under consideration for appointment or employment as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or any person who is under consideration for appointment as a volunteer firefighter. (B)(1) The fire chief of the city fire department may request that the superintendent of BCII obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as a part of the criminal records check requested pursuant to division (A) of this section. (2) A fire chief authorized by division (A) of this section to request a criminal records check shall provide to each person for whom the fire chief intends to request a criminal records check a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.578 of the Revised Code and a standard impression sheet to obtain fingerprint impressions prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 109.578 of the Revised Code, obtain the completed form and impression sheet from the person, and forward the completed form and impression sheet to the superintendent of BCII at the time the criminal records check is requested. (3) Any person subject to a criminal records check who receives a copy of the form and a copy of the impression sheet pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section and who is requested to complete the form and provide a set of fingerprint impressions shall complete the form or provide all the information necessary to complete the form and shall provide the impression sheet with the impressions of the person's fingerprints. If a person fails to provide the information necessary to complete the form or fails to provide impressions of the person's fingerprints, the appointing authority shall not appoint or employ the person as a permanent full-time paid firefighter or a volunteer firefighter. (C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, an appointing authority shall not appoint or employ a person as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or a volunteer firefighter if the fire chief has requested a criminal records check pursuant to division (A) of this section and the criminal records check indicates that the person previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (a) A felony; (b) A violation of section 2909.03 of the Revised Code; (c) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses described in division (C)(1)(a) or (b) of this section. (2) Notwithstanding division (C)(1) of this section, an appointing authority may appoint or employ a person as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or a volunteer firefighter if all of the following apply: (a) The fire chief has requested a criminal records check pursuant to division (A) of this section. (b) The criminal records check indicates that the person previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses described in division (C)(1) of this section. (c) The person meets rehabilitation standards established in rules adopted under division (E) of this section. (3) If a fire chief requests a criminal records check pursuant to division (A) of this section, an appointing authority may appoint or employ a person as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or volunteer firefighter conditionally until the criminal records check is completed and the fire chief receives the results. If the results of the criminal records check indicate that, pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, the person subject to the criminal records check is disqualified from appointment or employment, the fire chief shall release the person from appointment or employment. (D) The fire chief shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.578 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check conducted in accordance with that section. The fire chief may charge the applicant who is subject to the criminal records check a fee for the costs the fire chief incurs in obtaining the criminal records check. A fee charged under this division shall not exceed the amount of fees the fire chief pays for the criminal records check. If a fee is charged under this division, the fire chief shall notify the applicant at the time of the applicant's initial application for appointment or employment of the amount of the fee and that, unless the fee is paid, the applicant will not be considered for appointment or employment. (E) The appointing authority shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section. The rules shall include rehabilitation standards a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed in division (C)(1) of this section must meet for the appointing authority to appoint or employ the person as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or a volunteer firefighter. (F) A fire chief who intends to request a criminal records check for an applicant shall inform each applicant, at the time of the person's initial application for appointment or employment, that the applicant is required to provide a set of impressions of the person's fingerprints and that the fire chief requires a criminal records check to be conducted and satisfactorily completed in accordance with section 109.578 of the Revised Code. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Appointing authority" means any person or body that has the authority to hire, appoint, or employ permanent, full-time paid firefighters and volunteer firefighters under section 737.08 of the Revised Code. (2) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.578 of the Revised Code. (3) "Superintendent of BCII" has the same meaning as in section 2151.86 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 739.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 739 / § 739.14
§ 739.14. Powers and duties of board of tax commissioners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon receipt of the levies made by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the board of tax commissioners shall consider them and within ten days after such receipt shall return them to the legislative authority with its approval or rejection. In case of rejection the board shall give its reasons therefor. The board may approve or reject any part thereof, and the parts so rejected shall not become valid levies unless the legislative authority thereafter, by three-fourths vote of all members elected thereto, adopts such levy or part thereof. If the board approves such levies, or if it neglects to return them with its approval or rejection within such ten day period, they shall be valid and legal. In no case shall the board have authority to increase such levy. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.09
§ 755.09. Employees of board of park commissioners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of park commissioners may employ a secretary, general superintendent, engineer, clerks, and other necessary employees for carrying into effect the purposes of its creation, and the board shall fix the compensation and term of service of such employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.01
§ 727.01. Power to levy and collect special assessments - methods
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each municipal corporation shall have special power to levy and collect special assessments. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may assess upon the abutting, adjacent, and contiguous, or other specially benefited, lots or lands in the municipal corporation, any part of the cost connected with the improvement of any street, alley, dock, wharf, pier, public road, place, boulevard, parkway, or park entrance or an easement of the municipal corporation available for the purpose of the improvement to be made in it by grading, draining, curbing, paving, repaving, repairing, treating the surface with substances designed to lay the dust on it or preserve it, constructing sidewalks, piers, wharves, docks, retaining walls, sewers, sewage disposal works and treatment plants, sewage pumping stations, water treatment plants, water pumping stations, reservoirs, and water storage tanks or standpipes, together with the facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor, drains, storm-water retention basins, watercourses, water mains, or laying of water pipe, or the lighting, sprinkling, sweeping, or cleaning thereof, or removing snow therefrom, any part of the cost and expense of planting, maintaining, and removing shade trees thereupon; any part of the cost of a voluntary action, as defined in section 3746.01 of the Revised Code, undertaken pursuant to Chapter 3746. of the Revised Code by a special improvement district created under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code, including the cost of acquiring property with respect to which the voluntary action is undertaken; any part of the cost and expense of constructing, maintaining, repairing, cleaning, and enclosing ditches; any part of the cost and expense of operating, maintaining, and replacing heating and cooling facilities for enclosed pedestrian canopies and malls; any part of the cost and expense of acquiring and improving parking facilities and structures for off-street parking of motor vehicles or of acquiring land and improving it by clearing, grading, draining, paving, lighting, erecting, constructing, and equipping it for parking facilities and structures for off-street parking of motor vehicles, to the extent authorized by section 717.05 of the Revised Code, but only if no special assessment made for the purpose of developing off-street parking facilities and structures is levied against any land being used solely for off-street parking or against any land used solely for single or two-family dwellings; any part of the cost and expense of operating and maintaining the off-street parking facilities and structures; and any part of the cost connected with changing the channel of, or narrowing, widening, dredging, deepening, or improving, any stream or watercourse, and for constructing or improving any levees or boulevards on any stream or watercourse, or along or about any stream or watercourse, together with any retaining wall, riprap protection, bulkhead, culverts, approaches, flood gates, waterways, or drains incidental to any stream or watercourse, or for making any other improvement of any river or lake front, whether it is privately or publicly owned, which the legislative authority declares conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare. If a program grant is awarded for an eligible project under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation may levy, against dwellings that are subject to the project, a special assessment for the purpose of providing a contribution from the municipal corporation towards the funding gap for the project. The assessment shall be at a rate that will produce a total assessment that is not more than the municipal corporation's contribution towards the funding gap for the eligible project as described in the application under section 122.4020 of the Revised Code. In addition, a municipal corporation may levy a special assessment for public improvement or public services plans of a district formed under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code, as provided in that chapter. In addition, a municipal corporation may levy a special assessment for an air quality facility pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 3706.051 of the Revised Code, provided that the owner of the property to be assessed files a written statement with the legislative authority of the municipal corporation requesting that the assessment be levied. Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code, special assessments may be levied by any of the following methods: (A) By a percentage of the tax value of the property assessed; (B) In proportion to the benefits that may result from the improvement; (C) By the front foot of the property bounding and abutting upon the improvement. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 738.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 738 / § 738.08
§ 738.08. Custodian of fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The treasurer of the municipal corporation shall be the custodian of the sanitary police pension fund and shall pay it out upon the proper order of the board of trustees thereof. The treasurer shall execute a bond in such sum and form as is satisfactory to the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties with respect to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.18
§ 718.18. Service of assessment
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 5 - 130th General Assembly (A)(1) Subject to division (B) of this section, a copy of each assessment shall be served upon the person affected thereby either by personal service, by certified mail, or by a delivery service authorized under section 5703.056 of the Revised Code. (2) With the permission of the person affected by an assessment, the tax administrator may deliver the assessment through alternative means as provided in this section, including, but not limited to, delivery by secure electronic mail. Delivery by such means satisfies the requirements for delivery under this section. (B)(1)(a) If certified mail is returned because of an undeliverable address, a tax administrator shall utilize reasonable means to ascertain a new last known address, including the use of a change of address service offered by the postal service or an authorized delivery service under section 5703.056 of the Revised Code. If, after using reasonable means, the tax administrator is unable to ascertain a new last known address, the assessment shall be sent by ordinary mail and considered served. If the ordinary mail is subsequently returned because of an undeliverable address, the assessment remains appealable within sixty days after the assessment's postmark. (b) Once the tax administrator or other municipal official, or the designee of either, serves an assessment on the person to whom the assessment is directed, the person may protest the ruling of that assessment by filing an appeal with the local board of tax review within sixty days after the receipt of service. The delivery of an assessment of the tax administrator under division (B)(1)(a) of this section is prima facie evidence that delivery is complete and that the assessment is served. (2) If mailing of an assessment by a tax administrator by certified mail is returned for some cause other than an undeliverable address, the tax administrator shall resend the assessment by ordinary mail. The assessment shall show the date the tax administrator sends the assessment and include the following statement: "This assessment is deemed to be served on the addressee under applicable law ten days from the date this assessment was mailed by the tax administrator as shown on the assessment, and all periods within which an appeal may be filed apply from and after that date." Unless the mailing is returned because of an undeliverable address, the mailing of that information is prima facie evidence that delivery of the assessment was completed ten days after the tax administrator sent the assessment by ordinary mail and that the assessment was served. If the ordinary mail is subsequently returned because of an undeliverable address, the tax administrator shall proceed under division (B)(1)(a) of this section. A person may challenge the presumption of delivery and service under this division in accordance with division (C) of this section. (C)(1) A person disputing the presumption of delivery and service under division (B) of this section bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the address to which the assessment was sent was not an address with which the person was associated at the time the tax administrator originally mailed the assessment by certified mail. For the purposes of this section, a person is associated with an address at the time the tax administrator originally mailed the assessment if, at that time, the person was residing, receiving legal documents, or conducting business at the address; or if, before that time, the person had conducted business at the address and, when the assessment was mailed, the person's agent or the person's affiliate was conducting business at the address. For the purposes of this section, a person's affiliate is any other person that, at the time the assessment was mailed, owned or controlled at least twenty per cent, as determined by voting rights, of the addressee's business. (2) If a person elects to appeal an assessment on the basis described in division (C)(1) of this section, and if that assessment is subject to collection and is not otherwise appealable, the person must do so within sixty days after the initial contact by the tax administrator or other municipal official, or the designee of either, with the person. Nothing in this division prevents the tax administrator or other official from entering into a compromise with the person if the person does not actually file such an appeal with the local board of tax review. (D) Nothing in this section prohibits the tax administrator or the tax administrator's designee from delivering an assessment by a tax administrator by personal service. (E) Collection actions taken upon any assessment being appealed under division (B)(1)(b) of this section shall be stayed upon the pendency of an appeal under this section. If an appeal is filed pursuant to this section on a claim that has been delivered for collection, the collection activities with respect to the assessment shall be stayed. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Last known address" means the address the tax administrator has at the time a document is originally sent by certified mail, or any address the tax administrator can ascertain using reasonable means such as the use of a change of address service offered by the postal service or an authorized delivery service under section 5703.056 of the Revised Code. (2) "Undeliverable address" means an address to which the postal service or an authorized delivery service under section 5703.056 of the Revised Code is not able to deliver an assessment of the tax administrator, except when the reason for nondelivery is because the addressee fails to acknowledge or accept the assessment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 753.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 753 / § 753.14
§ 753.14. Withdrawal from support and maintenance of joint workhouse
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In any county in which, prior to May 20, 1920, there has been constructed and maintained a joint municipal and county workhouse, either the municipal corporation or the county may withdraw therefrom, may decline to further participate in the expense of maintaining such institution, and may sell its interest in such institution. In the event of a sale thereof by such municipal corporation or county, the proceeds thereof shall be used in the payment of such indebtedness as was incurred in behalf of such municipal corporation or county in the management, control, and operation of such workhouse, and any balance remaining shall be placed in the general fund of such municipal corporation or county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.35
§ 723.35. Notice of lighting requirement shall be given
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Notice of the requirement that a bridge or railway be lighted shall be given at least twenty days before any forfeiture or charge is imposed for default, and such notice may be given by delivering a written or printed copy of the ordinance to an owner or part owner, or any person having possession, charge or management of such bridge or railway. When such ordinance requires the lighting of a railway, service of such written or printed copy of the ordinance upon a ticket or freight agent of the railway company in such municipal corporation, and, if there is no such ticket or freight agent, upon any ticket or freight agent of the company in the county in which the municipal corporation is located, shall be sufficient, and shall charge the person, company, corporation, or partnership owning or operating such railway with notice of the passage of the ordinance and the requirements thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.29
§ 715.29. Sanitation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may: (A) Regulate by ordinance the use, control, repair, and maintenance of buildings used for human occupancy or habitation, the number of occupants, and the mode and manner of occupancy, for the purpose of insuring the healthful, safe, and sanitary environment of the occupants thereof; (B) Compel the owners of such buildings to alter, reconstruct, or modify them, or any room, store, compartment, or part thereof, for the purpose of insuring the healthful, safe, and sanitary environment of the occupants thereof; (C) Prohibit the use and occupancy of such buildings until such rules, regulations, and provisions have been complied with.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.58
§ 731.58. Treasury investment account
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly The chief accounting officer of the municipal corporation shall maintain an account, to be known as the "treasury investment account," in which he shall enter all transactions relating to the investment of treasury funds under sections 731.56 and 731.57 of the Revised Code. He shall maintain a record and furnish to the treasurer of the municipal corporation a duplicate of all items entered thereon, showing all bonds or other securities purchased or sold for the treasury account, with the number, maturity, date, and interest rate of each. Such accounting officer shall keep a record of the number and maturity of interest coupons, and whenever any such securities or interest coupons are due he shall issue his order for their collection, in the same manner as other receipts are collected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.01
§ 755.01. Board of park commissioners - election
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly When five per cent of the qualified electors of a city petition the board of elections of the county for the privilege of determining by ballot whether there shall be a board of park commissioners, such board shall submit at the next general election held within such city at least ninety days after the petition is filed, or at a special election occurring at least ninety days after the petition is filed, if the petition requests a special election, the questions presented in the petition, to the electors of the city. Such special election shall be held at the usual place for holding municipal elections and shall be governed by the same rules, regulations, and laws as govern the holding of municipal elections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.101
§ 711.101. General rules setting standards and requiring and securing construction of improvements shown on the plats and plans
Status: in_force

July 24, 1990 House Bill 563 - 118th General Assembly As to land falling within its jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of its planning commission, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or the board of county commissioners, may adopt general rules setting standards and requiring and securing the construction of improvements shown on the plats and plans required by sections 711.05 , 711.09 , and 711.10 of the Revised Code. Such rules may establish standards and specifications for the construction of streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, water mains, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and other utility mains, piping, and other facilities, may require complete or partial installation of such improvements, and may make such installation a condition precedent to the sale or lease of lots in a subdivision or the issuance of a building permit for the improvement of a lot, and may require in lieu of actual construction a performance agreement and the furnishing of a performance bond or other guarantee or security for the purpose of assuring the installation of such improvements deemed necessary or appropriate in the public interest. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners may accept such performance bond or other guarantee or security, under such conditions and time limitations as it may determine. However, any actual construction or performance bond required by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or board of county commissioners shall be limited to improvements and facilities directly affecting the lots to be improved or sold. Such rules may require the submission of plans and specifications for the improvements set forth in this section for approval as a condition precedent to the approval of a plat required by sections 711.05 , 711.09 , and 711.10 of the Revised Code, and may require the actual construction or agreement or assurance of such construction as a condition precedent to the approval required under those sections. The rules shall not require the alteration of plans and specifications for improvements, as long as the plans and specifications are in accordance with the rules provided for in this section in effect at the time the plat was submitted. Such rules may provide for the administration thereof by the regulating body or by a city, county, or regional planning commission having platting jurisdiction over the land affected and may provide for the modification thereof in specific cases, where unusual or exceptional factors or conditions require such modifications, by such body or commission. The board of county commissioners may prepare such specifications and make such orders, inspections, examinations, and certificates as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The county engineer and the county sanitary engineer shall act in an advisory capacity to the board in preparing such specifications, orders, inspections, examinations, and certificates. Before the adoption or amendment of rules pursuant to this section, a public hearing shall be held thereon by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners, as the case may be.
Ohio Rev. Code § 707.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 707 / § 707.30
§ 707.30. Requirements for petition for special election on question of incorporation
Status: in_force

March 2, 1992 House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly (A) The petition required by section 707.29 of the Revised Code shall be signed by twenty per cent of the electors in the territory, 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, and filed with the board of county commissioners requesting that the question of incorporating territory as a city be placed on the ballot at a special election. The petition shall contain or have attached to it all of the following: (1) A full description and an accurate map of the territory within the proposed municipal corporation; (2) A statement signed by the county auditor as to the total assessed valuation of the area proposed for incorporation; (3) A statement showing that the territory meets all the criteria for incorporation of a city listed in division (A) of section 707.29 of the Revised Code; (4) A statement by the secretary of state that the name proposed in the petition is not being used by any other municipal corporation in the state; (5) The name of a person to act as agent for the petitioners. (B) Upon filing the petition, the agent for the petitioners shall cause notice of the filing for incorporation, containing the substance of the petition and the date of filing, to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, for a period of three consecutive weeks. Any interested person or any municipal corporation through a representative may appear in support of or against the information contained in the incorporation petition at any session of the board before the board makes its determination and informs the board of elections of its determination under division (D) of this section. (C) The petition required by section 707.29 of the Revised Code may be presented to the board of county commissioners at any session of the board, after which the board shall make it available for inspection by any interested person. Upon the filing of the petition with the board of county commissioners, the board shall inform the board of elections and transfer to it a copy of the petition and any other relevant information available so that the board of elections may determine the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition. The petition shall be in conformity with the requirements of section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. The board of elections shall make its determination and report its conclusions regarding the sufficiency of the signatures to the board of county commissioners within sixty days after the date the petition was filed with the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may refer the description and the map or plat of the territory sought to be incorporated to the county engineer for a report upon their accuracy. When these items are so referred to him, the engineer shall, during the ninety-day period following the filing of the petition, report in writing to the board upon his findings. His report is not conclusive upon the board. Failure of the engineer to make a report does not affect the jurisdiction or duty of the board to proceed. (D) The board of county commissioners shall, within ninety days after the petition is filed, determine whether the territory named in the petition fulfills all of the requirements listed in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section and whether notice has been published as required by division (B) of this section, and shall so inform the board of elections. If the board of county commissioners determines that the territory meets all of these requirements, and if the board of elections determines that the signatures on the petitions are sufficient, the board of elections shall schedule a special election. Every elector residing in the territory sought to be incorporated under the petition shall be permitted to vote on the following question, which shall be placed on the ballot: "Shall the area known as __________ (insert a brief description of the area sought to be incorporated) be incorporated into a new city to be known as __________ (insert the name of the proposed new city)? For incorporation Against incorporation " If a majority of the voters voting in the special election votes in favor of incorporation, the board of elections shall certify this result to the board of county commissioners. The incorporation of the territory as a city shall proceed as provided for municipal corporations in sections 707.08 , 707.09 , 707.21 to 707.24 , 707.27 , and 707.28 of the Revised Code. If a majority of the voters voting in the special election votes against incorporation, the board of elections shall certify this result to the board of county commissioners, incorporation proceedings shall cease, and no further petitions shall be filed proposing the same incorporation for at least three years after the date of that election. (E) The entire cost of a special election held pursuant to this section shall be charged, if the results of the election are in favor of incorporation, to the newly formed municipal corporation, and if the results of the election are against incorporation, to the township or townships from which territory was proposed for incorporation in the same proportion as the amount of territory in each township was to the total area proposed for incorporation. (F) If the territory sought to be incorporated does incorporate and if the territory includes any real property owned by an existing municipal corporation, such real property shall be exempt from zoning regulations of the new municipal corporation so long as it is used for public purposes by the municipal corporation that owns it. Public service contracts entered into by the township prior to the incorporation shall be renegotiated within six months after the effective date of incorporation. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.10
§ 718.10. Election on tax levy dividing revenue between group of municipal corporations and school district
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 5 - 130th General Assembly (A) This section applies to a group of two or more municipal corporations that, taken together, share the same territory as a single city, local, or exempted village school district, to the extent that not more than five per cent of the territory of the municipal corporations as a group is located outside the school district and not more than five per cent of the territory of the school district is located outside the municipal corporations as a group. (B) The legislative authorities of the municipal corporations in a group of municipal corporations to which this section applies each may propose to the electors an income tax, to be levied in concert with income taxes in the other municipal corporations of the group, except that a legislative authority may not propose to levy the income tax on the incomes of individuals who do not reside in the municipal corporation. One of the purposes of such a tax shall be to provide financial assistance to the school district through payment to the district of not less than twenty-five per cent of the revenue generated by the tax. Prior to proposing the taxes, the legislative authorities shall negotiate and enter into a written agreement with each other and with the board of education of the school district specifying the tax rate, the percentage of the tax revenue to be paid to the school district, the first year the tax will be levied, which shall be the first year after the year in which the levy is approved or any later year, and the date of the election on the question of the tax, all of which shall be the same for each municipal corporation. The agreement also shall state the purpose for which the school district will use the money, and specify the method and schedule by which each municipal corporation will make payments to the school district. The special election shall be held on a day specified in division (D) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, including a day on which all of the municipal corporations are to have a primary election. After the legislative authorities and board of education have entered into the agreement, each legislative authority shall provide for levying its tax by ordinance. Each ordinance shall include the provisions described in division (A) of section 718.04 of the Revised Code and shall state the rate of the tax, the percentage of tax revenue to be paid to the school district, the purpose for which the municipal corporation will use its share of the tax revenue, and the first year the tax will be levied. Each ordinance also shall state that the question of the income tax will be submitted to the electors of the municipal corporation on the same date as the submission of questions of an identical tax to the electors of each of the other municipal corporations in the group, and that unless the electors of all of the municipal corporations in the group approve the tax in their respective municipal corporations, none of the municipal corporations in the group shall levy the tax. Each legislative authority also shall adopt a resolution specifying the regular or special election date the election will be held and directing the board of elections to conduct the election. At least ninety days before the date of the election, each legislative authority shall file certified copies of the ordinance and resolution with the board of elections. (C) For each of the municipal corporations, the board of elections shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of the question to the electors, and shall conduct the election in the same manner as any other municipal income tax election. For each of the municipal corporations, notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation once a week for four consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the election. The notice shall include a statement of the rate and municipal corporation and school district purposes of the income tax, the percentage of tax revenue that will be paid to the school district, and the first year the tax will be levied, and an explanation that the tax will not be levied unless an identical tax is approved by the electors of each of the other municipal corporations in the group. The ballot shall be in the following form: "Shall the ordinance providing for a ___ per cent levy on income for (brief description of the municipal corporation and school district purposes of the levy, including a statement of the percentage of income tax revenue that will be paid to the school district) be passed? The income tax, if approved, will not be levied on the incomes of individuals who do not reside in (the name of the municipal corporation). In order for the income tax to be levied, the voters of (the other municipal corporations in the group), which are also in the (name of the school district) school district, must approve an identical income tax and agree to pay the same percentage of the tax revenue to the school district. For the income tax Against the income tax " (D) If the question is approved by a majority of the electors and identical taxes are approved by a majority of the electors in each of the other municipal corporations in the group, the municipal corporation shall impose the tax beginning on the first day of January of the year specified in the ordinance. The proceeds of the levy may be used only for the specified purposes, including payment of the specified percentage to the school district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.03
§ 735.03. Management and operation of municipally owned public utilities by board
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly Whenever the legislative authority of any city, by ordinance, declares it essential to the best interests of such city, the duties relating to the management and operation of municipally owned public utilities conferred upon the director of public service by sections 735.02 and 743.03 of the Revised Code shall be vested in a board composed of three members. The mayor, with the consent of the legislative authority, shall appoint one member for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years. At the expiration of each term of office an appointment shall be made for a term of six years. In case of vacancy by death, resignation, or removal from the city of a member of such board, the mayor, with the consent of the legislative authority, shall immediately appoint a successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The legislative authority shall designate the compensation to be paid to said members, their duties, authority, and powers. Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority shall determine whether such members shall be required to give bond, and, if so, in what amount. The cost of any required bond shall be borne by the city.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.23
§ 705.23. Municipal civil service commission - qualifications, term, and vacancies of members
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Within ten days after the first officers assume their duties, in any city adopting a plan of government as provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 inclusive, of the Revised Code, the commission in cities adopting the commission plan, the council in cities adopting the commission plan, the council in cities adopting the city manager plan, and the mayor in cities adopting the federal plan, shall appoint three persons who shall constitute the municipal civil service commission. Not more than two of such persons shall be of the same political party and they shall serve, one for two years, one for four years, and one for six years. Upon the expiration of the terms of office of such members of the municipal civil service commission, their successors shall be appointed to hold office for a term of six years, by the appointing authority. Any vacancy in the municipal civil service commission shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired term. The appointing authority may, at any time, remove any of the members of such municipal civil service commission from office for misconduct, neglect of duty, or for malfeasance in office. Any such member shall first be given an opportunity to be publicly heard, in person or by counsel, in his own defense. The legislative authority shall provide suitable rooms and all necessary supplies and equipment for the proper conduct of the duties of the municipal civil service commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.42
§ 727.42. Apportioning costs among municipal corporations for park boulevard
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly Whenever a park boulevard extends from a municipal corporation to which it belongs into or adjacent to one or more other municipal corporations, and it is desired by the several municipal corporations so situated to improve the boulevard by grading, draining, curbing, paving, repaving, surfacing, resurfacing, or otherwise improving such boulevard, such municipal corporations may apportion the cost of the improvement among themselves in such manner as the legislative authorities thereof agree. The amount agreed to be borne by each municipal corporation may be defrayed out of its general fund, or by the issue of bonds. Where such boulevard adjoins private property, abutting thereon and benefited thereby, such property may be assessed a portion of the cost of the improvement by the municipal corporation in which the property is situated, in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same limitations as are provided by Chapter 727. of the Revised Code for the levying and collection of special assessments. The amount agreed to be paid by the municipal corporations in which or adjacent to which such park boulevard is situated shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation owning such park boulevard. The contract for such improvement shall be let by and the work done under the supervision of the municipal corporation owning said park boulevard in the same manner provided for the letting and execution of contracts for the improvement of streets in such municipal corporation. In the event that a part of the cost of such improvement is to be specially assessed upon the abutting property, the municipal corporation in which such property is situated may issue bonds in anticipation of the collection of such assessments, in the same manner in which bonds are authorized to be issued and sold in anticipation of the collection of special assessments for the improvement of streets and highways.
Ohio Rev. Code § 747.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 747 / § 747.03
§ 747.03. Employment of clerks, engineers, and superintendents - duties
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of rapid transit commissioners may employ clerks, engineers, superintendents, real estate experts, attorneys, and such other employees as are necessary. The chief engineer of the subdepartment of engineering of the department of public service may be employed as the chief engineer of the board and receive compensation in addition to that paid him as chief engineer of the subdepartment. The duties performed by the chief engineer of the subdepartment of engineering as engineer of the board and the compensation paid him shall be separate and distinct from his duties and compensation as the chief engineer of the subdepartment of engineering, and his duties as engineer of the board shall not be construed as being in conflict with his duties as chief engineer of the subdepartment of engineering. The subdepartment of engineering shall perform such engineering services as are determined by the board. The board shall fix the compensation and term of service of all of its employees. The superintendents, clerks, engineers, real estate experts, and attorneys of the board shall be in the unclassified civil service and all other employees shall be in the classified civil service of the city.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.34
§ 743.34. Legislative authority may erect or purchase gas or electric works
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may erect gasworks or electric works at the expense of the municipal corporation, or purchase any such works already erected therein. If the legislative authority and the owner of such works are unable to agree upon the compensation to be paid therefor, the legislative authority may proceed in the manner provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. A contract existing between any village and such person, company, or corporation for the public or street lighting shall be considered as an element of value in fixing the compensation to be paid for such works.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.441 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.441
§ 742.441. Effect of electing to participate in deferred retirement option plan
Status: in_force

July 23, 2002 Senate Bill 134 - 124th General Assembly A member who makes an election under section 742.44 of the Revised Code shall continue in the active service of a police or fire department but shall not earn service credit under this chapter for employment after the election's effective date. While the member is in the active service of a police or fire department, the member shall contribute to the Ohio police and fire pension fund in accordance with section 742.31 of the Revised Code and the employer shall contribute and report in accordance with either section 742.33 or 742.34 of the Revised Code. Neither the member nor the member's spouse and dependents are eligible for benefits under section 742.45 of the Revised Code while the member is participating in the deferred retirement option plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.31
§ 718.31. Payment of persons hired to inspect books
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 5 - 130th General Assembly No person hired or retained by a tax administrator to examine or inspect a taxpayer's books shall be paid on a contingency basis.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.373 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.373
§ 703.373. Disposal of real and personal property
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly During the transition period, the dissolved village's real and personal property shall be disposed of by the receiver-trustee as follows: (A) The receiver-trustee shall dispose of the village's liquidable assets, as necessary, to use the proceeds to pay the outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village. (B) The receiver-trustee shall transfer real or personal property related to utility services as provided under section 703.374 of the Revised Code. (C) The receiver-trustee shall facilitate the transfer of the remaining real and personal property to the township or townships into which the village dissolved, as follows: (1)(a) If a village is dissolved into one township, the remaining real and personal property vests by operation of law in the township. (b) If a village is dissolved into two or more townships, the receiver-trustee shall direct the townships to enter into an agreement regarding the distribution of the real and personal property not later than sixty days after the date the dissolution is effective. During that timeframe, the receiver-trustee shall assist the townships in evaluating the dissolved village's real and personal property as necessary. If the townships are not able to enter into an agreement during that timeframe, the receiver-trustee shall decide the distribution of the property to the townships. (2) The receiver-trustee shall record one of the following with the county recorder of the county where an affected parcel of real property is located, along with one or more affidavits stating facts relating to the title as provided for in section 5301.252 of the Revised Code: (a) A list of real property that vests by operation of law under this division; (b) An agreement entered into under this division; (c) The receiver-trustee's distribution in lieu of an agreement under this division. (3) The county recorder shall make appropriate notations in the county records to reflect a transfer under this section. The notations shall include a reference to the county's recorded certificate of dissolution. The recording of a certificate of dissolution or a certified copy thereof, an item recorded under division (C)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, and supporting affidavits serve as sufficient evidence of a transfer of title from the dissolved village to a township or townships. The documents shall be recorded in the same manner as a deed of conveyance, except the receiver-trustee and the affected township or townships are exempt from any fees specified under section 317.32 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.211
§ 715.211. Assisting park districts
Status: in_force

September 12, 1967 Senate Bill 375 - 107th General Assembly The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may make contributions of moneys, supplies, equipment, office facilities, or other personal property or services to any board of park commissioners established pursuant to Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code for the expenses of park planning, acquisition, management, and improvement. The board of park commissioners may accept such contributions without the approval of the terms by the probate judge.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.27
§ 705.27. Bonds
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the treasurer, auditor, and such other officers or employees of the municipal corporation as the legislative authority directs, shall give a bond to the municipal corporation for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sum as the legislative authority fixes by ordinance or resolution. Premiums on official bonds may be paid by the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.022
§ 709.022. Petition where owners unanimously request annexation
Status: in_force

March 27, 2002 Senate Bill 5 - 124th General Assembly (A) A petition filed under section 709.021 of the Revised Code that requests to follow this section is for the special procedure of annexing land with the consent of all parties. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of an annexation agreement provided for in section 709.192 of the Revised Code or of a cooperative economic development agreement provided for in section 701.07 of the Revised Code, that is entered into by the municipal corporation and each township any portion of which is included within the territory proposed for annexation. Upon the receipt of the petition and the applicable agreement, the board of county commissioners, at the board's next regular session, shall enter upon its journal a resolution granting the annexation, without holding a hearing. (B) Owners who sign a petition requesting that the special procedure in this section be followed expressly waive their right to appeal any action taken by the board of county commissioners under this section. There is no appeal from the board's decision under this section in law or in equity. The petition circulated to collect signatures for the special procedure in this section shall contain in boldface capital letters immediately above the heading of the place for signatures on each part of the petition the following: "WHOEVER SIGNS THIS PETITION EXPRESSLY WAIVES THEIR RIGHT TO APPEAL ANY ACTION ON THE PETITION TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THERE ALSO IS NO APPEAL FROM THE BOARD'S DECISION IN THIS MATTER IN LAW OR IN EQUITY." (C) After the board of county commissioners grants the petition for annexation, the clerk of the board shall deliver a certified copy of the entire record of the annexation proceedings, including all resolutions of the board, signed by a majority of the members of the board, the petition, map, and all other papers on file, and the recording of the proceedings, if a copy is available, to the auditor or clerk of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.11
§ 749.11. Advertise for proposals
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of hospital commissioners shall not enter into any contract for work or materials for the erection of a hospital building, except as relates to procuring plans, drawings, specifications, and forms of bids, without first giving thirty days' notice in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the municipal corporation that sealed proposals will be received for doing the work or furnishing the materials.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.20
§ 731.20. Authentication and recording
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. A succinct summary of ordinances of a general nature or providing for improvements shall be published as provided by sections 731.21 and 731.22 of the Revised Code before going into operation. No ordinance shall take effect until the expiration of ten days after the first publication of such notice. As soon as a bylaw, resolution, or ordinance is passed and signed, it shall be recorded by the clerk in a book furnished by the legislative authority for that purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.02
§ 755.02. Board of park commissioners
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly If a majority of the electors voting at an election under section 755.01 of the Revised Code vote in favor of the appointment of a board of park commissioners, the mayor shall immediately appoint three electors of the city as members of such board, to be known as the "board of park commissioners." Such members shall be appointed for terms of one, two, and three years, respectively, and their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. In case of the death or resignation of a member of such board, the mayor shall immediately appoint a successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. The mayor may remove, with the consent of a majority of those elected to the legislative authority of the city, any member of such board for incompetency or official misconduct.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.132 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.132
§ 711.132. Effective date of planning commission rules
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 Senate Bill 115 - 125th General Assembly No rule or regulation of a planning commission adopted pursuant to this chapter, including any rule adopted under section 711.133 of the Revised Code, shall become effective until it has been approved, after public hearing, by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in the case of a municipal planning commission or by the board of county commissioners in the case of a regional or county planning commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.28
§ 735.28. Village board of trustees of public affairs - appointment - election - organization
Status: in_force

February 21, 1967 House Bill 1 - 107th General Assembly In each village in which a water works, electric light plant, artificial or natural gas plant, or other similar public utility is situated, or when the legislative authority thereof orders a water works, electric light plant, natural or artificial gas plant, or other similar public utility, to be constructed, or to be leased or purchased from any individual, company, or corporation, or when such legislative authority determines to establish a schedule of rates or charges of rents for use of the sewerage system and sewage pumping, treatment, and disposal works of the village, such legislative authority shall establish a board of trustees of public affairs, which shall consist of three members who are residents of the village. In the year 1967 one member shall be elected for a term of two years. In the year 1967 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the board of trustees of public affairs shall be elected for a term of four years; in the year 1969 and quadrennially thereafter, one member of the board of trustees of public affairs shall be elected for a term of four years; and thereafter all members shall have four year terms, except that members of boards of trustees of public affairs established after July 26, 1967 shall be elected as follows: at the next regular election of municipal officials occurring more than one hundred days after the appointment of the first members of such board as provided in this section, one member shall be elected for a term of two years and two members shall be elected for terms of four years each; and thereafter all such members shall be elected for terms of four years. When the legislative authority establishes such board, the mayor shall appoint the members thereof, subject to the confirmation of the legislative authority. The successors of such appointed members shall be elected at the next regular election of municipal officers held in the village which occurs more than one hundred days after the appointment. In case of a vacancy in such board from death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the legislative authority. The board shall organize by electing one of its members president. Unless the office of clerk of the board has been consolidated with the office of clerk of the village, as authorized by section 733.28 of the Revised Code, it may elect a clerk, who shall be known as the clerk of the board of trustees of public affairs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.33
§ 703.33. [Former R.C. 703.20, amended and renumbered as R.C. 703.33 by H.B. 101, 135th General Assembly, effective 4/30/2024] Surrender of corporate power by villages
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 331 - 135th General Assembly (A) Villages may voluntarily dissolve upon the petition to the legislative authority of the village, or, in the alternative, to the board of elections of the county in which the largest portion of the population of the village resides as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, of at least thirty per cent of the electors thereof, to be determined by the number voting at the last regular municipal election, and by an affirmative vote of a majority of the electors at the next general election held in an even-numbered year occurring after the period ending ninety days after the filing of the petition with the legislative authority. If the result of the election is in favor of the surrender, the village clerk or, in the alternative, the board of elections shall certify the result to the secretary of state, the auditor of state, and the county recorder, who shall record it in their respective offices. (B)(1) If the legislative authority of a village fails to act upon the petition within thirty days after receipt of the petition, the electors may present the petition to the board of elections to determine the validity and sufficiency of the signatures. The petition shall be governed by the rules of section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. The petition shall be filed with the board of elections of the county in which the largest portion of the population of the village resides. A petition filed under this division is only valid if filed during an even-numbered year on or after the first day of July, and at least ninety days before the next general election. If the petition is sufficient, the board of elections shall submit the question "Shall the village of __________ surrender its corporate powers?" for the approval or rejection of the electors of the village at the next general election held in an even-numbered year occurring after the period ending ninety days after the filing of the petition with the board. If the result of the election is in favor of the surrender, the board of elections shall certify the results to the secretary of state, the auditor of state, and the county recorder, who shall record it in their respective offices. (2) In addition to filing the petition with the board of elections as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, a copy of the petition shall be filed with the board of township trustees of each township affected by the surrender. Last updated January 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM