Ohio Rev. Code § 731.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.36
§ 731.36. Prohibited practices relative to petitions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall, directly or indirectly: (A) Willfully misrepresent the contents of any initiative or referendum petition; (B) Pay or offer to pay any elector anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition; (C) Promise to help another person to obtain appointment to any office provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or by the ordinances of any municipal corporation, or to any position or employment in the service of the state or any political subdivision thereof as a consideration for obtaining signatures to an initiative or referendum petition; (D) Obtain signatures to any initiative or referendum petition as a consideration for the assistance or promise of assistance of another person in securing an appointment to any office or position provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or by the ordinance of any municipal corporation therein, or employment in the service of the state or any subdivision thereof; (E) Alter, add to, or erase any signatures or names on the parts of a petition after such parts have been filed with the city auditor or village clerk; (F) Fail to file the sworn itemized statement required in section 731.35 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.362 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.362
§ 742.362. Annual payment in lieu of employer contribution
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly In lieu of an employer contribution to pay part of the cost of the benefits provided under section 742.52 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall make a payment to the Ohio police and fire pension fund in August 1981 and each August thereafter from appropriations made for the purpose by the general assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.514 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.514
§ 742.514. Transfer of former Cincinnati park police officers to fund
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "park police officer" means a park police officer appointed or employed pursuant to the Cincinnati municipal code. (B) With approval of the Cincinnati retirement system, a member of the retirement system who is a full-time regular member of the Cincinnati police department and, prior to being reclassified as a member of the police department, served as a full-time park police officer may elect to transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund by giving notice to the Cincinnati retirement system not later than December 31, 1990. The notice shall be on a form provided by the Cincinnati retirement system and shall include a statement signed by the member authorizing the retirement system, if it approves the transfer, to transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund the total employee contributions to the credit of the member as a full-time regular member of the Cincinnati police department and as a park police officer. If the retirement system approves the transfer, it shall certify to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the records of service and contributions to the credit of the member as a member of the Cincinnati police department and as a park police officer. On receipt of the records, the fund shall obtain from its actuary a certification of the accrued liability to the fund resulting from the transfer. (C) The Ohio police and fire pension fund shall accept the transfer of a member under this section if both of the following occur: (1) The Cincinnati retirement system transfers to the fund all of the following: (a) The total employee contributions to the credit of the member as a full-time regular member of the Cincinnati police department and as a park police officer; (b) The total employer contributions paid on the member's service as a full-time regular member of the Cincinnati police department and as a park police officer, plus compound interest; (c) Any amount paid by the member or the employer to the retirement system for the purchase of service credit, including credit for military service and any other credit the member or employer was eligible to purchase for the benefit of the member. (2) The city of Cincinnati agrees to pay to the fund the difference, if any, between the amounts transferred under division (C)(1) of this section and the amount certified as the accrued liability to the fund resulting from the transfer of the member. The city may pay the amount it agrees to pay under division (C)(2) of this section in full at the time the member is transferred or at the rate of at least five per cent of the balance per year, plus interest on unpaid balances with payments and interest paid in semiannual payments on dates to be fixed by the trustees of the fund. (D) If the total of the amounts transferred from the Cincinnati retirement system and paid by the city of Cincinnati under division (C) of this section exceeds the amount certified as the accrued liability to the Ohio police and fire pension fund resulting from the transfer of the member, the amount of the excess shall be paid to the retirement system. (E) A member transferred pursuant to this section shall be given full credit by the Ohio police and fire pension fund of the member's service as a full-time regular police officer of the city of Cincinnati and as a park police officer and for any service credit purchased by the member, or by the member's employer on the member's behalf, from the Cincinnati retirement system. (F) Interest charged under this section shall be charged at the rate that is the Ohio police and fire pension fund's actuarial interest assumption rate on July 13, 1990.
Ohio Rev. Code § 738.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 738 / § 738.01
§ 738.01. Sanitary police pension fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly In any municipal corporation having a sanitary police force supported in whole or in part at public expense, the legislative authority thereof, by ordinance, may declare it necessary to establish and maintain a sanitary police pension fund. Thereupon a board of trustees, who shall be known as "trustees of the sanitary police pension fund," shall be created, consisting of the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation and five members of the sanitary police force; provided, that upon petition of a majority of the members of the sanitary police force, such board or officer, may designate a lesser number than five to be elected as trustees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.21
§ 731.21. Publication of ordinances and resolutions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A succinct summary of each municipal ordinance or resolution and all statements, orders, proclamations, notices, and reports required by law or ordinance to be published shall be published using at least one of the following methods: (1) In a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the municipal corporation. Proof of the publication shall be made by affidavit of the proprietor of the newspaper or operator of the official public notice web site, as applicable, and shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative authority. (B) The publication shall contain notice that the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution may be obtained or viewed at the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and may be viewed at any other location designated by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. The city director of law, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of the municipal corporation shall review the summary of an ordinance or resolution published under this section before forwarding it to the clerk for publication, to ensure that the summary is legally accurate and sufficient. (C) Upon publication of a summary of an ordinance or resolution in accordance with this section, the clerk of the legislative authority shall supply a copy of the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution to any person, upon request, and may charge a reasonable fee, set by the legislative authority, for each copy supplied. The clerk shall post a copy of the text at the clerk's office and at every other location designated by the legislative authority. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.71
§ 705.71. Federal plan - elective officers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The form of government provided in sections 705.71 to 705.86 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as the "federal plan." In municipal corporations adopting such plan the only elective officers shall be the mayor and members of council.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.37
§ 718.37. Actions against tax administrator or municipal corporation
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) A taxpayer aggrieved by an action or omission of a tax administrator, a tax administrator's employee, or an employee of the municipal corporation may bring an action against the municipal corporation for damages in the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipal corporation is located, if all of the following apply: (1) In the action or omission the tax administrator, the tax administrator's employee, or the employee of the municipal corporation frivolously disregards a provision of this chapter or a rule or instruction of the tax administrator; (2) The action or omission occurred with respect to an audit or an assessment and the review and collection proceedings connected with the audit or assessment; (3) The tax administrator, the tax administrator's employee, or the employee of the municipal corporation did not act manifestly outside the scope of employment and did not act with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. (B) In any action brought under division (A) of this section, upon a finding of liability on the part of the municipal corporation, the municipal corporation shall be liable to the taxpayer in an amount equal to the sum of the following: (1) Compensatory damages sustained by the taxpayer as a result of the action or omission by the tax administrator, the tax administrator's employee, or the employee of the municipal corporation; (2) Reasonable costs of litigation and attorneys' fees sustained by the taxpayer. (C) In the awarding of damages under division (B) of this section, the court shall take into account the negligent actions or omissions, if any, on the part of the taxpayer that contributed to the damages, but shall not be bound by the provisions of sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code. (D) Whenever it appears to the court that a taxpayer's conduct in the proceedings brought under division (A) of this section is frivolous, the court may impose a penalty against the taxpayer in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars which shall be paid to the general fund of the municipal corporation. (E) Division (A) of this section does not apply to opinions of the tax administrator or other information functions of the tax administrator. (F) As used in this section, "frivolous" means that the conduct of the tax administrator, an employee of the municipal corporation or the tax administrator, the taxpayer, or the taxpayer's counsel of record satisfies either of the following: (1) It obviously serves merely to harass or maliciously injure the tax administrator, the municipal corporation, or employees thereof if referring to the conduct of a taxpayer or the taxpayer's counsel of record, or to harass or maliciously injure the taxpayer if referring to the conduct of the tax administrator, the municipal corporation, or employees thereof; (2) It is not warranted under existing law and cannot be supported by a good faith argument for an extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.12
§ 705.12. Qualifications of members of legislative authority
Status: in_force

August 21, 1973 Senate Bill 188 - 110th General Assembly Members of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be electors of the municipal corporation. They shall not hold any other public office or employment, except that of notary public or member of the state militia, or state or county central committeeman of a political party, or state or county executive committeeman of a political party, or state or county officer of a political party, and shall not be interested in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work, or service for the municipal corporation. Any member who ceases to possess any of the qualifications required by this section shall forthwith forfeit his office. Any contract in which any such member is or becomes interested may be declared void by the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.32
§ 727.32. Court to determine amount of recovery
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly If in any action for the recovery of a special assessment, it appears that by reason of any technical irregularity or defect, whether in the proceedings of the legislative authority or of any officer of the municipal corporation, or in the plans or estimates, the assessment has not been properly made upon any lot or parcel of land sought to be charged, the court may nevertheless, on satisfactory proof that expense has been incurred which is a proper charge against such lot or parcel of land in question, render judgment for the amount properly charged against it. The court shall make such order for the payment of the costs as is equitable and proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 737.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 737 / § 737.41
§ 737.41. Municipal probation services fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which is established a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, that has a department of probation shall establish in the municipal treasury a municipal probation services fund. The fund shall contain all moneys paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation under section 2951.021 of the Revised Code for deposit into the fund. The treasurer of the municipal corporation shall disburse the money contained in the fund at the request of the municipal court department of probation, for use only by that department for specialized staff, purchase of equipment, purchase of services, reconciliation programs for offenders and victims, other treatment programs, including community addiction services providers, determined to be appropriate by the chief probation officer, and other similar expenses related to placing offenders under a community control sanction. (B) Any money in a municipal probation services fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the treasury of the municipal corporation but shall be retained in the fund. (C) As used in this section: (1) "County-operated municipal court" has the same meaning as in section 1901.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Community addiction services provider" has the same meaning as in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 713.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 713 / § 713.04
§ 713.04. Control as to buildings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may authorize the planning commission to control the height, design, and location of buildings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.09
§ 742.09. Attorney general is legal counsel for board
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly The attorney general shall be the legal counsel of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.30
§ 735.30. Special tax for municipal plant
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When water works and electric light plants, or either of them, are owned and operated by a village which receives its street lighting and fire protection therefrom, and the proceeds from the operation of such plants are insufficient to pay the expenses of their operation, the legislative authority thereof may levy a tax not to exceed five mills on each dollar valuation of the taxable property, real and personal, listed for taxation in such village, to pay the running expenses and extensions made thereto after applying the proceeds therefrom. Such tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.58
§ 705.58. Appointment and term of city manager - vacancy
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The council shall appoint a city manager who shall be the administrative head of the municipal government under the direction and supervision of the council and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the council. In the event that the city manager is absent from his office by reason of illness, death, vacation, resignation, or removal, the member of council serving as chairman shall act as city manager and perform all the duties of such office, until such time as the city manager returns to his duties or the council appoints a new city manager to fill the vacancy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 707.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 707 / § 707.23
§ 707.23. Jurisdiction of officers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the jurisdiction of municipal officers is coextensive with the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, their jurisdiction in a municipal corporation embracing territory of more than one county shall be coextensive with each of the counties in which any part of such territory is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.15
§ 759.15. Funds of cemeteries to be deposited - investment - payments
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of public service shall turn over to the legislative authority of the city property on hand under his control or held by him as a permanent fund, for cemetery purposes, or such money as may thereafter come to him for such purposes, and shall render a full statement thereof, by whom, when, and for what purpose paid. The legislative authority shall acknowledge receipt thereof to the director in writing signed by its clerk. By resolution duly passed and entered on the minutes of its proceedings, the legislative authority shall pledge the faith and credit of the city to forever hold such money as a permanent fund, and pay to the director in semiannual payments as interest on the funds, a sum sufficient to provide perpetual care of the lots as agreed by the director. The legislative authority shall invest such funds and keep them invested in interest-bearing debts of the city, and if no such debts are owed by the city, then in safe interest-bearing bonds, or in interest-bearing certificates of deposit in financial institutions within this state authorized by law to accept deposits and subject to inspection by either the United States or this state. All such money and the income thereof shall be exempt from taxation, the same as other cemetery property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.56
§ 733.56. Application for injunction
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly The village solicitor or city director of law shall apply, in the name of the municipal corporation, to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order of injunction to restrain the misapplication of funds of the municipal corporation, the abuse of its corporate powers, or the execution or performance of any contract made in behalf of the municipal corporation in contravention of the laws or ordinance governing it, or which was procured by fraud or corruption.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.29
§ 709.29. Submission of question of annexation to a vote - procedure
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly Within thirty days after filing the conditions of annexation as provided by section 709.28 of the Revised Code with the legislative authorities of the municipal corporations, the legislative authorities of both such municipal corporations shall order the question of annexation, upon the conditions contained in the report of such commissioners, to be submitted to a vote at the next regular election or primary election, occurring not less than ninety days after the filing of such conditions with the board of elections. Each ordinance shall prescribe the manner in which the submission shall be made and shall be published in its respective municipal corporation by posters or otherwise, for a period of at least twenty days, prior to the time fixed for the election, in such manner as the legislative authority deems most expedient, and a printed copy of such conditions shall be mailed to each voter of such municipal corporations, as shown by the registration books.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.16
§ 759.16. Appointment of clerk
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of public service shall appoint a clerk, and shall keep accurate minutes of all proceedings concerning cemeteries.
Ohio Rev. Code § 717.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 717 / § 717.15
§ 717.15. Resolution authorizing alternative method of issuing bonds or notes during fiscal emergency
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly (A) Subject to the provisions of Chapter 118. of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation that has legal authority to and desires to issue with or without vote of the people bonds or notes may, during a fiscal emergency period of such municipality as defined in section 118.01 of the Revised Code, utilize the authority of section 717.16 of the Revised Code, as it supplements Chapters 118. and 133. of the Revised Code, if it determines and declares in a preliminary resolution adopted prior to the resolution of necessity adopted pursuant to section 133.22 of the Revised Code or the ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to section 133.10 or 133.23 of the Revised Code, all of the following: (1) That the credit standing of the municipal corporation as may be reflected by credit ratings assigned to outstanding issues of the municipal corporation by rating services generally relied upon by underwriters, investors, and other potential purchasers for value, is such or has deteriorated to the extent that an attempt to borrow funds solely under Chapters 118. and 133. of the Revised Code will probably result in terms unfavorable to the municipal corporation and may further impair the credit standing or damage the credit rating of the municipal corporation; (2) Financing that may be reasonably available through use of all or some of the supplemental powers granted by section 717.16 of the Revised Code will be in the best interests of the municipal corporation; (3) Whether all or only part of the supplemental powers granted by section 717.16 of the Revised Code are authorized, and if only part are authorized, what portion or portions of those supplemental powers the legislative authority approves to be utilized; (4) That final authority for issuance of such bonds or notes is conditioned upon approval of any terms and conditions recommended by the fiscal officer, by the adoption of the resolution of necessity pursuant to section 133.22 of the Revised Code or the ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to section 133.10 or 133.23 of the Revised Code. (B) All authority granted by this section and section 717.16 of the Revised Code supplements Chapters 118. and 133. of the Revised Code, which are applicable to the issuance of all bonds or notes qualified pursuant to division (A) of this section, as supplemented by the provisions of this section and section 717.16 of the Revised Code. All terms used in this section and section 717.16 of the Revised Code have the same meaning as those terms when used in Chapters 118. and 133. of the Revised Code. (C) Whenever the preliminary resolution adopted pursuant to this section authorizes the sale of an issue of bonds or notes that is to be or may be negotiated pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 717.16 of the Revised Code, the preliminary resolution shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation other than a newspaper that consists primarily of legal notices, legal news, municipal proceedings, or similar matters. If publishing in such a municipal reporter, city bulletin, or similar publication is authorized by the law governing the municipality, the preliminary resolution shall also be published in the same manner as other legislation. An error, defect, or irregularity in the publication does not invalidate the proceedings for the sale of the issue of bonds or notes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.31
§ 749.31. Contract to lowest and best bidder - exception
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Except where the contract is for equipment, services, materials, or supplies available from a qualified nonprofit agency pursuant to section 125.601 of the Revised Code, the board of hospital trustees shall enter into a contract for work or supplies where the estimated cost exceeds fifty thousand dollars with the lowest and best bidder. Where the contract is for other than the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement, the board shall enter into the contract when the bidder gives bond to the board, with such security as the board approves, that the bidder will perform the work and furnish materials or supplies in accordance with the contract. On the failure of such bidder within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the board, to enter into bond with such security, a contract may be made with the next lowest and best bidder, and so on until a contract is effected by a contractor giving such bond. The board may reject any bid. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 701.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 701 / § 701.01
§ 701.01. General provisions definitions
Status: in_force

August 7, 2007 House Bill 53 - 127th General Assembly In the interpretation of Title VII of the Revised Code, unless the context shows that another meaning was intended: (A) "Person" includes a private corporation. (B) "Writing" includes printing. (C) "Oath" includes affirmation. (D) "Property" includes real, personal, and mixed estates and interests. (E) "Land" and "real estate" include rights and easements of an incorporeal nature. (F) "Plan of sewerage," "system of sewerage," "sewer," and "sewers" include sewers, sewage disposal works and treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor. This enumeration does not require a strict construction of any other words in such title.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.18
§ 727.18. Filing damage claims
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly An owner of a lot or parcel of land, claiming that he will sustain damages by reason of a proposed public improvement, to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments, shall, within two weeks from the date of completion of the notice required under section 727.13 of the Revised Code, file a claim in writing with the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, setting forth the amount of the damages claimed and a general description of the property with respect to which it is claimed such damages will accrue. An owner who fails to file such claim, shall be deemed to have waived damages and shall be barred from filing a claim or receiving damages. This section applies to all damages which will obviously result from the improvement, but shall not deprive the owner of his right to recover damages arising, without his fault, from the acts of the municipal corporation or its agents. If, subsequent to the filing of such claim, the owner sells the property, or any part thereof, the assignee has the same right to damages which the owner would have had without the transfer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.17
§ 703.17. Effect of surrender of corporate rights
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The surrender of corporate rights by a city, as provided by sections 703.08 to 703.16 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, does not affect rights accrued or liabilities incurred by such city or the power to settle claims, dispose of property, or levy and collect taxes to discharge liabilities incurred. Such rights, liabilities, and powers, and the corporate character of such municipal corporation in respect thereto, shall remain in effect as though no surrender had been made. After the presentation of a petition requesting such surrender, the city or legislative authority thereof shall not incur or create any new debt or liability, enter into any new contract, or increase the debts and liabilities of such city in any manner during the pendency of such petition until the result of the census is declared, except that current expenses may be paid or provided for.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.07
§ 705.07. Sections applicable to each plan
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 705.07 to 705.32 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, apply to and are a part of each plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The powers conferred upon municipal corporations by Title VII of the Revised Code so far as applicable, shall govern unless otherwise provided by law. Each such plan may be proposed by the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, or by the electors of such municipal corporation by petition in the manner prescribed by law for the submission of initiative petitions. Such plan shall take effect and be in force when approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.19
§ 723.19. Procurement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon the certification of the petition and the passage of the ordinance as provided in sections 723.17 and 723.18 of the Revised Code, the board or officer having charge of the repair of streets in the municipal corporation may purchase the appliances and materials and employ the labor necessary to provide for sprinkling, or make contracts for all or any part thereof for periods not exceeding five years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.20
§ 755.20. Board of park trustees for donated property
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a deed of gift, devise, or bequest of property or funds to a municipal corporation for park purposes requires the investment or change of investment of the principal of such property or funds, or any part thereof, to be made upon the approval of an advisory committee appointed by a court or judge, or by an advisory committee appointed by a civic organization of the municipal corporation, or by the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, then such property or funds, and any park for the improvement of which in whole or in part such fund is to be used, or any property for the care or management of which, in whole or in part such fund is used, shall be managed, controlled, and administered by a board of park trustees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.021
§ 709.021. Special procedure where owners unanimously request annexation
Status: in_force

March 27, 2002 Senate Bill 5 - 124th General Assembly (A) When a petition signed by all of the owners of real estate in the unincorporated territory of a township proposed for annexation requests the annexation of that territory to a municipal corporation contiguous to that territory under one of the special procedures provided for annexation in sections 709.022 , 709.023 , and 709.024 of the Revised Code, the annexation proceedings shall be conducted under those sections to the exclusion of any other provisions of this chapter unless otherwise provided in this section or the special procedure section chosen. (B) Application for annexation shall be made by a petition filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the territory is located, and the procedures contained in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of section 709.02 of the Revised Code shall be followed, except that all owners, not just a majority of owners, shall sign the petition. To be valid, each petition circulated for the special procedure in section 709.022 or 709.023 of the Revised Code shall contain the notice provided for in division (B) of section 709.022 or division (A) of section 709.023 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this section, only this section and sections 709.014 , 709.015 , 709.04 , 709.10 , 709.11 , 709.12 , 709.192 , 709.20 , and 709.21 of the Revised Code apply to the granting of an annexation described in this section. (D) As used in sections 709.022 and 709.024 of the Revised Code, "party" or "parties" means the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed, each township any portion of which is included within the territory proposed for annexation, and the agent for the petitioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.07
§ 755.07. Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of park commissioners may adopt and enforce regulations as to the proper use and protection of all property mentioned in section 755.05 of the Revised Code and the improvements thereon, and may impose penalties for the violation of such regulations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.59
§ 715.59. Hospitals for diseased prisoners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide suitable hospitals for the reception and care of such prisoners as are diseased or disabled, under such regulations and the charge of such persons as the legislative authority directs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.51
§ 715.51. Billiards, pool, and gambling
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may: (A) Regulate billiard and pool tables, nine or ten pin alleys or tables, and shooting and ball alleys; (B) Authorize the destruction of instruments or devices used for the purpose of gambling.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.68
§ 715.68. Municipal corporation may not adopt plans for public improvement under certain circumstances
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No municipal corporation shall adopt plans or specifications for a public improvement, required by law to be made by contract let after competitive bidding, which requires the exclusive use of a patented article or process, protected by a trademark or an article or process wholly controlled by any person, firm, corporation, or combination thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 761.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 761 / § 761.03
§ 761.03. Powers in purchasing or constructing a project
Status: in_force

November 1, 1965 House Bill 933 - 106th General Assembly A municipal corporation purchasing or constructing a project pursuant to section 761.02 of the Revised Code, may; (A) Issue revenue bonds payable solely from revenues as provided in sections 761.01 to 761.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code; (B) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the exercise of its powers under sections 761.01 to 761.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code; (C) Maintain, protect, repair, improve, and insure any property which it has acquired and dispose of the same by sale, exchange, or lease as provided in section 761.01 to 761.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.28
§ 721.28. Contracts for urban redevelopment or urban renewal
Status: in_force

September 11, 1961 Senate Bill 490 - 104th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may authorize the transfer, lease, or conveyance of any real property in accordance with and for the purposes of a plan adopted by the legislative authority for urban redevelopment or urban renewal upon such lawful terms and conditions and in such manner as are prescribed by the legislative authority, without competitive bidding as required by section 721.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.38
§ 733.38. Power of legislative authority as to process
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly For the purpose of investigating charges filed pursuant to section 733.35 of the Revised Code against the head of any department or officer, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may issue subpoenas or compulsory process to compel the attendance of persons and the production of books and papers before it, and such legislative authority may provide by ordinance for exercising and enforcing this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 713.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 713 / § 713.06
§ 713.06. Division of municipal corporation into zones
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The planning commission of any municipal corporation may frame and adopt a plan for dividing the municipal corporation or any portion thereof into zones or districts, representing the recommendations of the commission, in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity, or general welfare, for the limitations and regulation of the height, bulk, and location, including percentage of lot occupancy, set back building lines, and area and dimensions of yards, courts, and other open spaces, and the uses of buildings and other structures and of premises in such zones or districts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.42
§ 742.42. Maintenance of individual account
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall provide for the maintenance of an individual account with each member of the fund and other system retirant showing the amount of the member's or retirant's contributions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.03
§ 721.03. Lease or sale of real estate - advertisement for bids
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly No contract, except as provided in section 721.28 of the Revised Code, for the sale or lease of real estate belonging to a municipal corporation shall be made unless authorized by an ordinance, approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, and by the board or officer having supervision or management of such real estate. When the contract is so authorized, it shall be made in writing by such board or officer, and, except as provided in section 721.27 or 721.29 of the Revised Code, only with the highest bidder, after advertisement once a week for five consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipal corporation or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. Such board or officer may reject any bids and readvertise until all such real estate is sold or leased.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.88
§ 718.88. Declaration of estimated taxes
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Combined tax liability" means the total amount of a taxpayer's income tax liabilities to all municipal corporations in this state for a taxable year. (2) "Estimated taxes" means the amount that the taxpayer reasonably estimates to be the taxpayer's combined tax liability for the current taxable year. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, every taxpayer shall make a declaration of estimated taxes for the current taxable year, on the form prescribed by the tax commissioner, if the amount payable as estimated taxes is at least two hundred dollars. (2) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, a taxpayer having a taxable year of less than twelve months shall make a declaration under rules prescribed by the commissioner. (3) The declaration of estimated taxes shall be filed on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the beginning of the taxable year or on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the taxpayer becomes subject to tax for the first time. (4) The tax commissioner may waive the requirement for filing a declaration of estimated taxes for any class of taxpayers after finding that the waiver is reasonable and proper in view of administrative costs and other factors. (C) Each taxpayer shall file the declaration of estimated taxes with, and remit estimated taxes to, the tax commissioner at the times and in the amounts prescribed in division (C)(1) of this section. Remitted taxes shall be made payable to the treasurer of state. (1) The required portion of the combined tax liability for the taxable year that shall be paid through estimated taxes shall be as follows: (a) On or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the beginning of the taxable year, twenty-two and one-half per cent of the combined tax liability for the taxable year; (b) On or before the fifteenth day of the sixth month after the beginning of the taxable year, forty-five per cent of the combined tax liability for the taxable year; (c) On or before the fifteenth day of the ninth month after the beginning of the taxable year, sixty-seven and one-half per cent of the combined tax liability for the taxable year; (d) On or before the fifteenth day of the twelfth month of the taxable year, ninety per cent of the combined tax liability for the taxable year. (2) If the taxpayer determines that its declaration of estimated taxes will not accurately reflect the taxpayer's tax liability for the taxable year, the taxpayer shall increase or decrease, as appropriate, its subsequent payments in equal installments to result in a more accurate payment of estimated taxes. (3)(a) Each taxpayer shall report on the declaration of estimated taxes the portion of the remittance that the taxpayer estimates that it owes to each municipal corporation for the taxable year. (b) Upon receiving a payment of estimated taxes under this section, the commissioner shall immediately forward the payment to the treasurer of state. The treasurer shall credit the payment in the same manner as in division (B) of section 718.85 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) In the case of any underpayment of estimated taxes, the tax commissioner may add to the taxes an amount determined at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code upon the amount of underpayment for the period of underpayment, unless the underpayment is due to reasonable cause as described in division (E) of this section. The amount of the underpayment shall be determined as follows: (a) For the first payment of estimated taxes each year, twenty-two and one-half per cent of the combined tax liability, less the amount of taxes paid by the date prescribed for that payment; (b) For the second payment of estimated taxes each year, forty-five per cent of the combined tax liability, less the amount of taxes paid by the date prescribed for that payment; (c) For the third payment of estimated taxes each year, sixty-seven and one-half per cent of the combined tax liability, less the amount of taxes paid by the date prescribed for that payment; (d) For the fourth payment of estimated taxes each year, ninety per cent of the combined tax liability, less the amount of taxes paid by the date prescribed for that payment. (2) The period of the underpayment shall run from the day the estimated payment was required to be made to the date on which the payment is made. For purposes of this section, a payment of estimated taxes on or before any payment date shall be considered a payment of any previous underpayment only to the extent the payment of estimated taxes exceeds the amount of the payment presently due. (3) All amounts collected under this section shall be considered as taxes collected under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code and shall be credited and distributed to municipal corporations in accordance with section 718.83 of the Revised Code. (E) An underpayment of any portion of a combined tax liability shall be due to reasonable cause and the penalty imposed by this section shall not be added to the taxes for the taxable year if any of the following apply: (1) The amount of estimated taxes that were paid equals at least ninety per cent of the combined tax liability for the current taxable year, determined by annualizing the income received during the year up to the end of the month immediately preceding the month in which the payment is due. (2) The amount of estimated taxes that were paid equals at least one hundred per cent of the tax liability shown on the return of the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year, provided that the immediately preceding taxable year reflected a period of twelve months and the taxpayer filed a municipal income tax return for that year. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 738.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 738 / § 738.11
§ 738.11. Annual report
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make a report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation of the condition of such fund on the first day of January of each year. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.07
§ 759.07. Conveyance of lands abandoned for cemetery purposes
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a municipal corporation holds land within its limits which has been used as a cemetery or burial ground, in which land interments have been prohibited by the municipal corporation, and it has been decided to remove the bodies interred therein, the legislative authority thereof may sell or otherwise dispose of such land, but the sale or transfer does not give the purchaser possession until the bodies therein interred have been removed, and all monuments and tombstones are removed and re-erected at the place of reinterment of the remains of each person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.35
§ 733.35. Mayor shall file charges against delinquent officers
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly The mayor of a municipal corporation shall have general supervision over each department and the officers provided for in Title VII of the Revised Code. When the mayor has reason to believe that the head of a department or such officer has been guilty, in the performance of his official duty, of bribery, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, misconduct in office, gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, or habitual drunkenness, he shall immediately file with the legislative authority, except when the removal of such head of department or officer is otherwise provided for, written charges against such person, setting forth in detail a statement of such alleged guilt, and, at the same time, or as soon thereafter as possible, serve a true copy of such charges upon the person against whom they are made. Such service may be made on the person or by leaving a copy of the charges at the office of such person. Return thereof shall be made to the legislative authority, as is provided for the return of the service of summons in a civil action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.013
§ 727.013. Relocation of overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment
Status: in_force

September 4, 1970 House Bill 1017 - 108th General Assembly A municipal corporation may contract with any corporation, company, partnership, association, or person maintaining overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment on a street of the municipal corporation for the relocation of such overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment underground within the limits of the street. Such contract shall provide for the payment of the contract price by the municipal corporation in not less than five nor more than ten annual installments. Any part of the cost of relocating such overhead wires, cables, and appurtenant equipment to be paid by the municipal corporation pursuant to such contract, or the cost incurred by the municipal corporation in the relocation of its own overhead wires, cables, and appurtenant equipment within street limits, may be assessed upon the abutting, adjacent and contiguous or other specially benefited lots or lands in the municipal corporation in the manner provided in sections 727.01 to 727.49 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. A proceeding for the relocation of overhead wires, cables, and appurtenant equipment underground may be combined with a proceeding for the furnishing of new street lighting facilities or other street improvement. A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, adopt and enforce regulations requiring owners of property abutting upon a street in which overhead wires, cables, and appurtenant equipment supplying a utility service have been relocated underground and service connections have been provided to the property line, to install underground wires, cables, or conduits from the property line to the buildings or other structures on such property to which such utility service is supplied.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.59
§ 733.59. Taxpayer's suit
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly If the village solicitor or city director of law fails, upon the written request of any taxpayer of the municipal corporation, to make any application provided for in sections 733.56 to 733.58 of the Revised Code, the taxpayer may institute suit in his own name, on behalf of the municipal corporation. Any taxpayer of any municipal corporation in which there is no village solicitor or city director of law may bring such suit on behalf of the municipal corporation. No such suit or proceeding shall be entertained by any court until the taxpayer gives security for the cost of the proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.53
§ 715.53. Taverns
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may regulate taverns and other houses for public entertainment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.12
§ 755.12. Municipal corporations, townships, and counties may maintain and operate recreation facilities
Status: in_force

March 14, 1980 House Bill 356 - 113th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of township trustees, or the board of county commissioners of any county may designate and set apart for use as parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, or indoor recreation centers, any lands or buildings owned by any such municipal corporation, township, or county and not dedicated or devoted to other public use. Such municipal corporation, township, or county may, in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of land or buildings for public purposes in such municipal corporations, township, or county, acquire lands or buildings therein for such use.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.16
§ 742.16. Amortizing unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall establish a period of not more than thirty years to amortize the Ohio police and fire pension fund's unfunded actuarial accrued pension liabilities. The board shall adopt a plan that specifies how it proposes to meet the thirty-year amortization period not later than December 31, 2006. If the period necessary to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability exceeds thirty years, as determined by the actuarial valuation required by section 742.14 of the Revised Code, the board, not later than ninety days after receipt of the valuation, shall prepare and submit to the Ohio retirement study council and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation a report that includes the following information: (A) The number of years needed to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability as determined by the actuarial valuation; (B) A plan approved by the board that indicates how the board will reduce the amortization period of unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability to not more than thirty years; (C) Whether the board has made any progress in meeting the thirty-year amortization period.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.08
§ 743.08. Investigation by legislative authority
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which water works are situated or are in the process of construction may appoint a committee for the investigation of all books and papers, and all matters pertaining to the management of the water works, at least once a year, and more often, if necessary by reason of the neglect of duty or malfeasance on the part of any officer of such water works. Any such officer found by the committee to be so offending shall be liable to removal from office by the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.35
§ 711.35. Publication of notice
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Upon the filing of the application provided for in section 711.34 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall give notice of the filing, by publication, for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The county auditor shall also notify the board of county commissioners of such filing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.23
§ 703.23. Judicial notice of classification
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly All courts shall take judicial notice of the classification of municipal corporations, and of their advancement, reduction, and dissolution. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.05
§ 735.05. Contracts, material, and labor
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of public service may make any contract, purchase supplies or material, or provide labor for any work under the supervision of the department of public service involving not more than the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code. When an expenditure within the department, other than the compensation of persons employed in the department, exceeds the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, the expenditure shall first be authorized and directed by ordinance of the city legislative authority. When so authorized and directed, except where the contract is for equipment, services, materials, or supplies to be purchased under division (D) of section 713.23 or section 125.04 or 5513.01 of the Revised Code or available from a qualified nonprofit agency pursuant to section 125.601 of the Revised Code, the director shall make a written contract with the lowest and best bidder after advertisement for not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. No expenditure subject to this section shall be divided into component parts, separate projects, or separate items of work in order to avoid the requirements of this section. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.34
§ 759.34. Joint meeting
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In case of a union for cemetery purposes between a municipal corporation and a township as provided by section 759.27 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the board of township trustees shall have a joint meeting at the council-chamber of the municipal corporation, on the day of the first regular meeting of the legislative authority in the month of May each year, for the purpose of determining the rate of tax to be levied upon the taxable property of the municipal corporation and the township for such purposes. Upon the passage of a joint resolution by a majority of the members of the legislative authority and the board of township trustees, fixing the rate of taxation, the clerk of the municipal corporation shall certify such rate to the county auditor for assessment and collection. If there is more than one municipal corporation or township united for such purposes, the legislative authorities and boards shall become such joint body with the same powers as if there has been one municipal corporation and one township, and the clerk of the municipal corporation containing the greatest number of inhabitants shall certify to the auditor as provided by this section, the rate of taxation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.74
§ 733.74. Challenge of jurors
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly On the day fixed for trial under section 733.73 of the Revised Code, if a jury is impaneled, either party, in addition to the peremptory challenges allowed by law in other cases, may object for good cause to any juror summoned, and vacancies occurring for any cause may be filled by the probate judge from the bystanders until the panel is full, unless the party charged, or the party's counsel, demands that additional jurors be summoned to fill such vacancy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.30
§ 727.30. Duties of officers in implementing special assessments
Status: in_force

November 1, 1991 House Bill 104 - 119th General Assembly When any special assessment is levied under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, and securities of the municipal corporation are issued in anticipation of the collection thereof, the clerk of the legislative authority, on or before the second Monday in September of each year, shall certify the special assessment to the county auditor, stating the amounts and the time of payment. The auditor shall place the special assessments upon the tax list. If section 727.301 of the Revised Code applies, the county auditor shall certify the special assessment, and the time it is payable, to the treasurer of the municipal corporation. Except as provided in section 727.301 of the Revised Code, the county treasurer shall collect the special assessments in the same manner and at the time as other taxes are collected, and shall pay the amounts collected, together with any interest and penalty, to the treasurer of the municipal corporation, to be applied by him to the payment of securities issued in anticipation of the collection of the special assessments and interest thereon, and for no other purpose. For the purpose of enforcing the collection, the county treasurer has the same power and authority as allowed by law for the collection of state and county taxes. Each installment of the special assessments remaining unpaid after becoming due and collectible is delinquent and shall bear the same penalty as delinquent real property taxes. The city director of law or the authorized legal representative of the municipal corporation may act as attorney for the county treasurer in actions brought for the enforcement of the lien of the delinquent special assessments. No interest or penalty shall be added to a special assessment unless at least thirty days have intervened between the date of passage of the assessing ordinance and the time the special assessment is certified to the county auditor for collection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.37
§ 703.37. Transition period
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly During the transition period, all of the following apply: (A) The dissolved village's real and personal property shall be disposed of or transferred as provided under section 703.373 of the Revised Code. (B) The dissolved village's utility services shall be managed and transferred as provided under section 703.374 of the Revised Code. (C) The dissolved village's records shall be handled as provided under section 703.375 of the Revised Code. (D) Any funds resulting from a legal settlement that should be provided to the dissolved village shall be provided to the receiver-trustee. Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.41
§ 723.41. Grant not valid for more than twenty-five years
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No grant or renewal of a grant for the construction or operation of a street railway shall be valid for a greater period than twenty-five years from the date of such grant or renewal, and after such grant or renewal is made, whether by special or general ordinance, the municipal corporation shall not, during the term of the grant or renewal, release the grantee from any obligation or liability imposed by the terms of such grant or renewal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.273 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.273
§ 735.273. Village administrator powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 28, 1965 House Bill 397 - 106th General Assembly The village administrator appointed under section 735.271 of the Revised Code shall manage, conduct, and control the water works, electric light plants, artificial or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, and collect all water, electric, and gas rents. The village administrator may make such bylaws and regulations as it deems necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of such works, plants, and public utilities. Such bylaws and regulations, when not repugnant to municipal ordinances and resolutions or to the constitution of this state, shall have the same validity as ordinances. The rates for service and charges for municipally owned utilities shall be determined by the legislative authority of the village. The village administrator shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as are provided in sections 743.05 to 743.07 , inclusive, 743.10 , 743.11 , 743.18 , and 743.24 of the Revised Code, and all powers and duties relating to water works in any of such sections shall extend to and include electric light, power, and gas plants, and other similar public utilities. The village administrator shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, landings, market houses, bridges, viaducts, sidewalks, sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, ship channels, streams, and water courses as well as the lighting, sprinkling, and cleaning of all streets, alleys, and public buildings and places. The village administrator shall appoint officers, employees, agents, clerks, and assistants, provided such positions are first authorized by the legislative authority of the village; but such appointments shall be subject to approval by the mayor. Such appointments and the mayor's approval thereof shall be in writing, and shall be filed with the village clerk. The village administrator shall be under the general supervision and control of the mayor, and shall have such other powers and duties as are prescribed by ordinance or by law and which are not inconsistent herewith. The village administrator shall perform all duties and shall have all powers of boards of public affairs and street commissioners as prescribed by law, except as otherwise provided by this section and in sections 735.271 and 735.272 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.36
§ 718.36. Audits
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 5 - 130th General Assembly (A) At or before the commencement of an audit, the tax administrator shall provide to the taxpayer a written description of the roles of the tax administrator and of the taxpayer during an audit and a statement of the taxpayer's rights, including any right to obtain a refund of an overpayment of a tax. At or before the commencement of an audit, the tax administrator shall inform the taxpayer when the audit is considered to have commenced. (B) Except in cases involving suspected criminal activity, the tax administrator shall conduct an audit of a taxpayer during regular business hours and after providing reasonable notice to the taxpayer. A taxpayer who is unable to comply with a proposed time for an audit on the grounds that the proposed time would cause inconvenience or hardship must offer reasonable alternative dates for the audit. (C) At all stages of an audit by the tax administrator, a taxpayer is entitled to be assisted or represented by an attorney, accountant, bookkeeper, or other tax practitioner. The tax administrator shall prescribe a form by which a taxpayer may designate such a person to assist or represent the taxpayer in the conduct of any proceedings resulting from actions by the tax administrator. If a taxpayer has not submitted such a form, the tax administrator may accept other evidence, as the tax administrator considers appropriate, that a person is the authorized representative of a taxpayer. A taxpayer may refuse to answer any questions asked by the person conducting an audit until the taxpayer has an opportunity to consult with the taxpayer's attorney, accountant, bookkeeper, or other tax practitioner. This division does not authorize the practice of law by a person who is not an attorney. (D) A taxpayer may record, electronically or otherwise, the audit examination. (E) The failure of the tax administrator to comply with a provision of this section shall neither excuse a taxpayer from payment of any taxes owed by the taxpayer nor cure any procedural defect in a taxpayer's case. (F) If the tax administrator fails to substantially comply with the provisions of this section, the tax administrator, upon application by the taxpayer, shall excuse the taxpayer from penalties and interest arising from the audit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.516 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.516
§ 742.516. Firefighter's election to transfer to public employees retirement system
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Not later than ninety days after September 16, 1998, a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who became a member of the fund as a result of the member's employer changing from a fire department consisting primarily of part-time employees to a fire department consisting primarily of full-time employees or who elected to transfer to the fund from the public employees retirement system under section 742.515 of the Revised Code may elect to transfer to the public employees retirement system in accordance with this section. An election shall be made by giving notice to the fund on a form provided by the board of trustees of the fund and shall be irrevocable. (B) When a member makes the election described in this section, the fund shall notify the system. The fund shall transfer all of the member's service credit to the system and shall certify to the system a copy of the member's records of service and contributions. The fund shall transfer to the system all of the following: (1) Any amount transferred from the system to the fund pursuant to the election made under section 742.515 of the Revised Code; (2) An amount equal to the member's contributions to the fund; (3) An amount equal to the total employer contributions paid on behalf of the member; (4) Any amount paid by the member or employer to the fund for the purchase of service credit. At the request of the system, the employer of a member who makes an election under this section shall certify to the system the member's salary. (C) The system shall give the member full credit for all service as a member of the fund. If the system has on deposit contributions made by, or on behalf of, a member of the fund who makes an election in accordance with this section, the system shall credit the contributions in accordance with Chapter 145. of the Revised Code. (D) A member of the fund who fails to make an election in accordance with this section shall remain a member of the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 757.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 757 / § 757.05
§ 757.05. Payments to symphony association, area arts council or organization by city or county
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly In any city or county in which there is a symphony association, an area arts council, an art museum, or other similar organization which is incorporated, organized, and operated in the manner and for the purposes stated in section 757.03 of the Revised Code, such city or county, or both, may pay the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization annually, in quarterly installments, in the case of a city, a sum not to exceed one half of one cent on each one hundred dollars of taxable property of the city as valued on the tax duplicate of the city or, in the case of a county, a sum not to exceed one half of one cent on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of the county for the year next before the date of each payment. In order to qualify for such payments, the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization shall, by a 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 controller of the city or the board of county commissioners 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 § 733.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.37
§ 733.37. Suspension of accused pending hearing
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Pending any proceedings under sections 733.35 and 733.36 of the Revised Code, an accused person may be suspended by a majority vote of all members elected to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, but such suspension shall not be for a longer period than fifteen days, unless the hearing of such charges is extended upon the application of the accused, in which event the suspension shall not exceed thirty days.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.041
§ 711.041. Approval of plats outside municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 6, 1955 House Bill 607 - 101st General Assembly No plat certifying lands outside a municipal corporation may be recorded without the approval thereon of the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such lands are situated. The approval of a plat by the board of county commissioners shall not be deemed to be an acceptance of the dedication of any public street, road, or highway dedicated on such plat. This section does not apply to such plats as are required by section 711.09 or 711.10 of the Revised Code to be approved by a planning commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.47
§ 759.47. Sale of old approach
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Land belonging to a public cemetery and used for an approach thereto, and which is, in the judgment of a majority of the officers having control or management thereof, unnecessary for cemetery purposes, may be sold by them at public sale to the highest bidder after advertisement as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or once a week for five consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the cemetery is situated. The board of township trustees or board of cemetery trustees of a municipal corporation making such sale shall execute in the name of the township or municipal corporation owning such cemetery proper conveyances for the land so sold.
Ohio Rev. Code § 745.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 745 / § 745.04
§ 745.04. Determination of compensation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a municipal corporation determines to acquire the property of a public utility by condemnation, the compensation therefor shall be determined in the manner provided by sections 719.01 to 719.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.73
§ 705.73. Division into wards on basis of population
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly For the first election of members of the council of a municipal corporation after the adoption of the federal plan under sections 705.71 to 705.86 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, in any municipal corporation having ten thousand inhabitants or more, the municipal corporation shall be divided into wards by the legislative authority existing under the plan of government to be superseded. Immediately after the proclamation by the secretary of state as to the population of the municipal corporations, as determined by the federal census, the council may redivide the municipal corporation into wards upon the basis of its population, which shall be as nearly equal in population as possible and composed of contiguous and compact territory, bounded by natural boundaries or street lines. Any member of the council, elected from wards, who, at the time of his election was a resident of the ward which he represents, shall forfeit his office if he removes from such ward, and the council shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.171
§ 755.171. Sales and use tax levy to retire bonds and notes for joint recreation district
Status: in_force

November 19, 1996 Senate Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly For the purpose of paying debt charges on bonds issued pursuant to section 755.17 of the Revised Code or notes issued in anticipation of such bonds, the board of county commissioners of a county that is joined in a joint recreation district under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may pledge and contribute revenue from a tax levied under division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code or the portion of the revenue from a tax levied under those sections that is allocated to the purpose described in that division. Any bonds or notes to the payment of which the board pledges and contributes revenue under this section shall be secured by a trust agreement between the issuer, whether the issuer is the board of county commissioners or the joint recreation district board, and a corporate trustee that is a trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside this state. The trust agreement shall pledge or assign to the retirement of the bonds or notes all money paid by the county under this section. The tax, the revenue from which is pledged to the retirement of bonds or notes under this section, shall not be subject to diminution by initiative, referendum, or statute, unless provision is made by the initiative, referendum, or statute for an adequate substitute for that revenue reasonably satisfactory to the trustee under the trust agreement securing the bonds or notes. If the board of county commissioners pledges and contributes revenue from a tax levied under division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code to the payment of bonds or notes issued under section 755.17 of the Revised Code, the bonds or notes do not constitute general obligations of the county or of the joint recreation district, and the bonds or notes shall not pledge the faith and credit or revenue of the county or of the joint recreation district other than revenue from the tax levied under division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code. No other tax shall be levied or pledged for the payment of debt charges on such bonds or notes. The legislation authorizing the bonds or notes shall include a covenant to appropriate the revenue from that tax first to the payment of the debt charges on such bonds or notes. The portion of the revenue from such a tax determined by the board of county commissioners to be necessary to pay the actual costs of administering the tax shall not be so pledged and contributed. Any other appropriations from the revenue from that tax shall be limited to the balance, if any, of the revenue remaining after the annual debt charges on such bonds or notes have been paid or deposited into a fund for the payment of those charges. A pledge of revenue by a board of county commissioners under this section is not net indebtedness of the county under section 133.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 763.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 763 / § 763.07
§ 763.07. Regional plan of cooperation
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly To enhance the administration, delivery, and effectiveness of family services duties and workforce development activities, the chief elected official of a municipal corporation that is a local area for the purpose of Chapter 6301. of the Revised Code may enter into a regional plan of cooperation with one or more boards of county commissioners pursuant to section 307.984 of the Revised Code. A regional plan of cooperation must specify how the private and government entities subject to the plan will coordinate and enhance the administration, delivery, and effectiveness of family services duties and workforce development activities. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 721.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 721 / § 721.20
§ 721.20. Notice of petition to be published
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Notice of the filing, pendency, and prayer of the petition provided for by section 721.19 of the Revised Code shall be published for four consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the day of hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in such municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.70
§ 733.70. Approval of bonds
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly The official bonds of all officers of a municipal corporation shall be prepared by its village solicitor or city director of law. Except as otherwise provided in Title VII of the Revised Code, the bonds shall be in such sum as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation prescribes by general or special ordinance and shall be subject to the approval of the mayor. The mayor's bond shall be approved by the legislative authority, or, if it is not legally organized, by the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipal corporation or the large part thereof is situated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.30
§ 759.30. Apportionment of expense
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The expense of the purchase, or of the proceedings in case of appropriation and the damages awarded, or both, for land for cemetery purposes under section 759.27 of the Revised Code, shall be borne by the municipal corporations and townships in proportion to the property of each on the duplicate for taxation. The amount of bonds issued by each for such cemetery purposes shall be in the same proportion, and the percentage of taxation for all such cemetery purposes shall be the same in the municipal corporations and townships, but moneys in the hands of the board of cemetery trustees, derived from any source, not needed to keep in order or embellish the grounds, by resolution of the legislative authorities of the municipal corporations and the boards of township trustees, may be applied to the expenses of purchase, or of appropriation and damages awarded, or both, in securing additional lands for the cemetery.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.01
§ 743.01. General powers of legislative authority
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may take possession of any land obtained for the construction or extension of water works, reservoirs, or the laying down of pipe, and also any water rights or easements connected with the use of water. Any land, water right, or easement so taken possession of for water-works purposes shall not be used for any other purpose, except by authority of the director of public service and with consent of such legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.011
§ 723.011. Control of sidewalks, curbs, and gutters
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in addition to the powers conferred by sections 729.01 to 729.10 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, may require, by ordinance, by the imposition of suitable penalties or otherwise, that the owners and occupants of abutting lots and lands shall keep the sidewalks, curbs, and gutters in repair and free from snow or any nuisance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.50
§ 718.50. Members and employees of general assembly and certain judges excluded from tax
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 5 - 130th General Assembly (A) No municipal corporation other than the municipal corporation of residence shall levy a tax on the income of any member or employee of the Ohio general assembly including the lieutenant governor which income is received as a result of services rendered as such member or employee and is paid from appropriated funds of this state. (B) No municipal corporation other than the municipal corporation of residence and the city of Columbus shall levy a tax on the income of the chief justice or a justice of the supreme court received as a result of services rendered as the chief justice or justice. No municipal corporation other than the municipal corporation of residence shall levy a tax on the income of a judge sitting by assignment of the chief justice or on the income of a district court of appeals judge sitting in multiple locations within the district, received as a result of services rendered as a judge. Last updated May 7, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.21
§ 733.21. Board of control
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The mayor, director of public service, and the director of public safety constitute the board of control of a city. The mayor shall be ex officio president. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings. All votes shall be yeas and nays and entered on the record, and the vote of a majority of all the members of the board shall be necessary to adopt any question, motion, or order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.23
§ 731.23. Publication and certification of ordinances in book form
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly When ordinances are revised, codified, rearranged, published in book form, and certified as correct by the clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and the mayor, such publication shall be a sufficient publication, and the ordinances so published, under appropriate titles, chapters, and sections, shall be held the same in law as though they had been published in accordance with section 731.21 of the Revised Code. A new ordinance so published in book form, a summary of which has not been published as required by sections 731.21 and 731.22 of the Revised Code, and which contains entirely new matter, shall be published as required by such sections. If such revision or codification is made by a municipal corporation and contains new matter, it shall be a sufficient publication of such codification, including the new matter, to publish, in the manner required by such sections, a notice of the enactment of such codifying ordinance, containing the title of the ordinance and a summary of the new matters covered by it. Such revision and codification may be made under appropriate titles, chapters, and sections and in one ordinance containing one or more subjects. Except as provided by this section, a succinct summary of all ordinances, including emergency ordinances, shall be published in accordance with section 731.21 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.32
§ 731.32. Copy of proposed ordinance or measure filed with auditor or clerk
Status: in_force

October 10, 1991 House Bill 192 - 119th General Assembly Whoever seeks to propose an ordinance or measure in a municipal corporation by initiative petition or files a referendum petition against any ordinance or measure shall, before circulating such petition, file a certified copy of the proposed ordinance or measure with the city auditor or the village clerk. As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or measure or of the original ordinance or measure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.05
§ 749.05. Terms of office; vacancies; quorum
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The term of office of the appointed members of the board of hospital commissioners shall be four years, but the members first appointed shall hold their offices, respectively, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board, for the periods of one, two, three, and four years, and thereafter one member shall be appointed each year for the full term of four years. The mayor with the consent of the legislative authority shall fill any vacancy on the board of hospital commissioners not later than sixty days after the vacancy occurs. If the vacancy remains unfilled on that date, the legislative authority shall have thirty additional days to fill the vacancy. If the vacancy remains unfilled for ninety days after the vacancy occurs, the remaining members of the board, by majority vote, shall appoint an individual to fill the vacancy. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum.
Ohio Rev. Code § 729.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 729 / § 729.05
§ 729.05. Assessment proceedings may include different owners on different streets
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly In all proceedings pertaining to the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters under sections 729.01 to 729.08 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, sidewalks, curbs, or gutters upon different streets abutting upon lots or lands owned by different owners may be included in the same resolution, notice, contract, ordinance, or other proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.24
§ 709.24. Petition for annexation - appointment of commission
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If there is presented to the legislative authority of a municipal corporation proposed to be annexed to an adjoining or contiguous municipal corporation, a petition signed by resident electors, who voted at the last regular municipal election, numbering not less than twenty-five per cent of the number of electors who voted in such election in the territory proposed to be annexed, representing their desire that such legislative authority take the necessary steps to select and appoint three commissioners to represent such municipal corporation in annexation proceedings, and if such petition is accompanied by a certificate verified on belief by oath, from the clerk of the board of elections of the county in which the municipal corporation is located, to the effect that the petition does contain the names of resident electors who voted at the last regular municipal election, of a number not less than twenty-five per cent of those who voted at such election, the legislative authority shall, within thirty days after the presentation of such petition, pass an ordinance declaring its intention to enter into negotiations with the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed and shall appoint the three commissioners to represent it in such negotiations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 711.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 711 / § 711.30
§ 711.30. New numbers shall be legal designation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the revision and renumbering of lots has been made, and the schedule thereof recorded as required by sections 711.28 and 711.29 of the Revised Code, such lots shall be assessed and entered upon the tax list for taxation according to their new numbers. In the assessment and collection of taxes the lots shall be known and designated by the new numbers given them, and conveyances of them made by the new numbers shall be sufficient to pass the title.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.01
§ 715.01. General powers of municipal corporations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each municipal corporation is a body politic and corporate, which shall have perpetual succession, may use a common seal, sue and be sued, and acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, appropriation, lease, or lease with the privilege of purchase, for any authorized municipal purpose, and may hold, manage, and control such property and make any rules and regulations, by ordinance or resolution, required to fully carry out the provisions of any conveyance, deed, or will, in relation to any gift or bequest, or the provisions of any lease by which property may be acquired.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.49
§ 715.49. Preservation of peace and protection of property - noise ordinance
Status: in_force

September 29, 1994 Senate Bill 264 - 120th General Assembly (A) Any municipal corporation may prevent riot, gambling, noise and disturbance, and indecent and disorderly conduct or assemblages, preserve the peace and good order, and protect the property of the municipal corporation and its inhabitants. (B) Anytime a noise ordinance of a municipal corporation is violated, but the source of the noise is located outside the borders of that municipal corporation in an adjoining municipal corporation, the municipal corporation with the ordinance may enforce the ordinance against that source as long as there is a written agreement between the two municipal corporations permitting such enforcement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 743.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 743 / § 743.14
§ 743.14. Supervision of territory having water service outside municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All ordinances, except those relative to taxation or assessment, resolutions, rules, and regulations relative to the construction, maintenance, and operation of water works, mains, hydrants, and service pipes and connections, and the protection thereof, shall operate in a similar manner in the territory outside the municipal corporation when the extensions mentioned in sections 743.12 and 743.13 of the Revised Code have been made, and for the enforcement thereof the jurisdiction of the mayor and police shall extend into and over such territory.
Ohio Rev. Code § 717.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 717 / § 717.06
§ 717.06. Moneys, bonds, and fees for off-street parking facilities
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, equipping, and operating off-street parking facilities, structures, or lands required therefor: (A) Use any moneys in the general fund, not otherwise obligated or encumbered; (B) Issue and sell bonds, pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, or issue and sell bonds under the authority of Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, except that such bonds shall not be authorized to pay operating expenses; (C) Impose reasonable fees or charges upon the users of any such off-street parking facilities or structures for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, operating, and regulating them, and for the recovery of such portion, if any, of the cost of acquiring and improving them, expended from funds other than those collected by special assessments. Subject to the provisions of an indenture given to secure payment of notes and bonds issued for the purpose, all moneys derived from the operation of off-street parking facilities or structures, except such parts thereof as are necessary in each case to pay the taxes levied against the real estate used in such operation, and to pay all costs of maintenance, repairs, operation, and regulation of such off-street parking facilities or structures, may, irrespective of the provisions of section 5705.10 of the Revised Code, until such bonds are fully paid and retired, be paid into the bond retirement funds or sinking funds, as the case may be, of the respective municipal corporations. In the event the lands used for such off-street parking facilities or structures are sold, leased, or subleased as provided by section 717.05 of the Revised Code, the moneys accruing from such sale, lease, or sublease may, if the bonds have not previously been retired, be paid into such bond retirement funds or sinking funds, or be used to acquire, construct, maintain, equip, repair, operate, and regulate additional off-street parking facilities and structures.
Ohio Rev. Code § 717.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 717 / § 717.01
§ 717.01. Powers of municipal corporations
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Each municipal corporation may do any of the following: (A) Acquire by purchase or condemnation real estate with or without buildings on it, and easements or interests in real estate; (B) Extend, enlarge, reconstruct, repair, equip, furnish, or improve a building or improvement that it is authorized to acquire or construct; (C) Erect a crematory or provide other means for disposing of garbage or refuse, and erect public comfort stations; (D) Purchase turnpike roads and make them free; (E) Construct wharves and landings on navigable waters; (F) Construct infirmaries, workhouses, prisons, police stations, houses of refuge and correction, market houses, public halls, public offices, municipal garages, repair shops, storage houses, and warehouses; (G) Construct or acquire waterworks for supplying water to the municipal corporation and its inhabitants and extend the waterworks system outside of the municipal corporation limits; (H) Construct or purchase gas works or works for the generation and transmission of electricity, for the supplying of gas or electricity to the municipal corporation and its inhabitants; (I) Provide grounds for cemeteries or crematories, enclose and embellish them, and construct vaults or crematories; (J) Construct sewers, sewage disposal works, flushing tunnels, drains, and ditches; (K) Construct free public libraries and reading rooms, and free recreation centers; (L) Establish free public baths and municipal lodging houses; (M) Construct monuments or memorial buildings to commemorate the services of soldiers, sailors, and marines of the state and nation; (N) Provide land for and improve parks, boulevards, and public playgrounds; (O) Construct hospitals and pesthouses; (P) Open, construct, widen, extend, improve, resurface, or change the line of any street or public highway; (Q) Construct and improve levees, dams, waterways, waterfronts, and embankments and improve any watercourse passing through the municipal corporation; (R) Construct or improve viaducts, bridges, and culverts; (S)(1) Construct any building necessary for the police or fire department; (2) Purchase fire engines or fire boats; (3) Construct water towers or fire cisterns; (4) Place underground the wires or signal apparatus of any police or fire department. (T) Construct any municipal ice plant for the purpose of manufacturing ice for the citizens of a municipal corporation; (U) Construct subways under any street or boulevard or elsewhere; (V) Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, lease, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, real or personal property, and thereon and thereof to establish, construct, enlarge, improve, equip, maintain, and operate airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities, either within or outside the limits of a municipal corporation, and acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation proceedings rights-of-way for connections with highways, waterways, and electric, steam, and interurban railroads, and improve and equip such facilities with structures necessary or appropriate for such purposes. No municipal corporation may take or disturb property or facilities belonging to any public utility or to a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, which property or facilities are required for the proper and convenient operation of the utility or carrier, unless provision is made for the restoration, relocation, or duplication of the property or facilities elsewhere at the sole cost of the municipal corporation. (W) Provide by agreement with any regional airport authority, created under section 308.03 of the Revised Code, for the making of necessary surveys, appraisals, and examinations preliminary to the acquisition or construction of any airport or airport facility and pay the portion of the expense of the surveys, appraisals, and examinations as set forth in the agreement; (X) Provide by agreement with any regional airport authority, created under section 308.03 of the Revised Code, for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of any airport or airport facility owned or to be owned and operated by the regional airport authority or owned or to be owned and operated by the municipal corporation and pay the portion of the expense of it as set forth in the agreement; (Y) Acquire by gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation, land, forest, and water rights necessary for conservation of forest reserves, water parks, or reservoirs, either within or without the limits of the municipal corporation, and improve and equip the forest and water parks with structures, equipment, and reforestation necessary or appropriate for any purpose for the utilization of any of the forest and water benefits that may properly accrue therefrom to the municipal corporation; (Z) Acquire real property by purchase, gift, or devise and construct and maintain on it public swimming pools, either within or outside the limits of the municipal corporation; (AA) Construct or rehabilitate, equip, maintain, operate, and lease facilities for housing of elderly persons and for persons of low and moderate income, and appurtenant facilities. No municipal corporation shall deny housing accommodations to or withhold housing accommodations from elderly persons or persons of low and moderate income because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, ancestry, or national origin. Any elderly person or person of low or moderate income who is denied housing accommodations or has them withheld by a municipal corporation because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, ancestry, or national origin may file a charge with the Ohio civil rights commission as provided in Chapter 4112. of the Revised Code. (BB) Acquire, rehabilitate, and develop rail property or rail service, and enter into agreements with the Ohio rail development commission, boards of county commissioners, boards of township trustees, legislative authorities of other municipal corporations, with other governmental agencies or organizations, and with private agencies or organizations in order to achieve those purposes; (CC) Appropriate and contribute money to a soil and water conservation district for use under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code; (DD) Authorize the board of county commissioners, pursuant to a contract authorizing the action, to contract on the municipal corporation's behalf for the administration and enforcement within its jurisdiction of the state building code by another county or another municipal corporation located within or outside the county. The contract for administration and enforcement shall provide for obtaining certification pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code for the exercise of administration and enforcement authority within the municipal corporation seeking those services and shall specify which political subdivision is responsible for securing that certification. (EE) Expend money for providing and maintaining services and facilities for senior citizens. "Airport," "landing field," and "air navigation facility," as defined in section 4561.01 of the Revised Code, apply to division (V) of this section. As used in divisions (W) and (X) of this section, "airport" and "airport facility" have the same meanings as in section 308.01 of the Revised Code. As used in division (BB) of this section, "rail property" and "rail service" have the same meanings as in section 4981.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 718.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 718 / § 718.80
§ 718.80. Filing net profit taxes; election to be subject to provisions of chapter
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A taxpayer may elect to be subject to sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code in lieu of the provisions set forth in the remainder of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, upon the taxpayer's election, both of the following shall apply: (1) The tax commissioner shall serve as the sole administrator of each municipal income tax for which the taxpayer is liable for the term of the election; (2) The commissioner shall administer the tax pursuant to sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code and any applicable provision of Chapter 5703. of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A taxpayer shall make the initial election on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the beginning of the taxpayer's taxable year by providing to the tax commissioner a list of all municipal corporations in which the taxpayer conducted business during the previous taxable year, on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner. (2) At least quarterly, the tax commissioner shall notify each municipal corporation that a taxpayer lists in its election under division (B)(1) of this section that the taxpayer has made the election. (3)(a) The election, once made by the taxpayer, applies to the taxable year in which the election is made and to each subsequent taxable year until the taxpayer notifies the tax commissioner of its termination of the election. (b) A notification of termination shall be made, on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner, on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month of any taxable year. (c) Upon a timely and valid termination of the election, the taxpayer is no longer subject to sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code, and is instead subject to the provisions set forth in the remainder of this chapter. (d) At least quarterly, the tax commissioner shall notify each municipal corporation reported on a taxpayer's most recent return or declaration filed with the commissioner of the taxpayer's termination of its election. (4) The tax commissioner shall provide to all municipal corporations imposing a tax on income on or after January 1, 2018, a list of taxpayers that are subject to sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code, including the taxpayers' names, addresses, and federal employee identification numbers. The list shall be made available via the portal created under section 718.841 of the Revised Code. (C)(1)(a) On or before the thirty-first day of January each year, each municipal corporation imposing a tax on income shall certify to the tax commissioner the rate of the tax in effect on the first day of January of that year. (b) If, after the thirty-first day of January of any year, a municipal corporation changes the rate of the municipal corporation's tax on income such that a new rate takes effect within that year, the municipal corporation shall certify to the tax commissioner the new rate of tax not less than sixty days before the effective date of the new rate, after which effective date the commissioner shall apply the new rate. (2) A municipal corporation that receives a notification under division (B)(2) of this section shall submit to the tax commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner and within the time prescribed by division (C)(3) of this section, the following information regarding the taxpayer and any member of an affiliated group of corporations included on the taxpayer's consolidated tax return, when applicable: (a) The amount of any net operating loss that the taxpayer is entitled to carry forward to a future tax year; (b) The amount of any net operating loss carryforward utilized by the taxpayer in prior years; (c) Any credits granted by the municipal corporation to which the taxpayer is entitled, the amount of such credits, whether the credits may be carried forward to future tax years, and, if the credits may be carried forward, the duration of any such carryforward; (d) Any overpayments of tax that the taxpayer has elected to carry forward to a subsequent tax year; (e) Any other information the municipal corporation deems relevant in order to effectuate the tax commissioner's efficient administration of the tax on the municipal corporation's behalf. (3) A municipal corporation shall submit the information required under division (C)(2) of this section to the tax commissioner within ninety days after the taxpayer files its final return or within fifteen days after the end of the taxable year for which the taxpayer made the initial election under division (B)(1) of this section, whichever occurs first. For the purposes of this section, "final return" means the return filed with the municipal corporation for the taxable year immediately preceding the taxable year for which the taxpayer made the election under division (B)(1) of this section. (4) If any municipal corporation fails to timely comply with division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the tax commissioner may notify the director of budget and management, who, upon receiving such notification, shall withhold a portion of each payment made to the municipal corporation under section 718.83 of the Revised Code. The commissioner shall specify the percentage of the payment to be withheld, not to exceed fifty per cent of the amount of the payment otherwise due to the municipal corporation under that section. The director shall compute the withholding on the basis of the tax rate most recently certified to the tax commissioner until the municipal corporation complies with divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. If, after any such withholding, the municipal corporation complies with divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, the tax commissioner shall notify the director of budget and management, who shall provide payment to the municipal corporation under section 718.83 of the Revised Code of such amounts withheld under this division. (D) The tax commissioner shall enforce and administer sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code. In addition to any other powers conferred upon the tax commissioner by law, the tax commissioner may: (1) Prescribe all forms necessary to administer those sections; (2) Adopt such rules as the tax commissioner finds necessary to carry out those sections; (3) Appoint and employ such personnel as are necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon the tax commissioner by those sections. (E) No tax administrator shall utilize sections 718.81 to 718.95 of the Revised Code in the administrator's administration of a municipal income tax, and those sections shall not be applied to any taxpayer that has not made the election under this section. (F) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to make any section of this chapter, other than sections 718.01 and 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code, applicable to the tax commissioner's administration of a municipal income tax or to any taxpayer that has made the election under this section. (G) The tax commissioner shall not be considered a tax administrator, as that term is defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 25, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.26
§ 727.26. Notice of passage of ordinance
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly Upon the passage of an ordinance under section 727.25 of the Revised Code levying a special assessment, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall publish notice of the passage of such ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation, stating that such assessment has been made and is on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority for the inspection and examination of persons interested therein.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.05
§ 703.05. Time for completion - oath of enumerators
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Within ten days from the date of their appointment as provided in section 703.04 of the Revised Code, the enumerators shall complete the enumeration and return their books to the city auditor. With the return of the enumeration to the auditor, each enumerator shall certify with his affidavit that he has taken the census accurately and truly to the best of his knowledge and belief and such lists contain only the names of persons who were residents of such city at the time the said names were placed on the lists. Any officer authorized to administer oaths may administer such oath or affirmation, and take and certify such affidavit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.33
§ 733.33. Protest against excess of expenditures
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If, in the opinion of the mayor, an expenditure, authorized by the legislative authority, exceeds the revenues of the municipal corporation for the current year, he shall protest against such expenditure, and enter such protest, and the reason therefor, on the journal of the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.28
§ 731.28. Ordinances and measures proposed by initiative petition
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly Ordinances and other measures providing for the exercise of any powers of government granted by the constitution or delegated to any municipal corporation by the general assembly may be proposed by initiative petition. Such initiative petition must contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor in the municipal corporation. When a petition is filed with the city auditor or village clerk, signed by the required number of electors proposing an ordinance or other measure, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days, transmit a certified copy of the text of the proposed ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the certified copy of the proposed ordinance or other measure. The board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors who signed the petition. The board shall submit such proposed ordinance or measure for the approval or rejection of the electors of the municipal corporation at the next general election occurring subsequent to ninety days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and validity of the initiative petition to the board of elections. No ordinance or other measure proposed by initiative petition and approved by a majority of the electors voting upon the measure in such municipal corporation shall be subject to the veto of the mayor. As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting it is a true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or other measure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.03
§ 705.03. Form of ballot in submitting question of organizing under plan
Status: in_force

August 22, 1995 House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly In submitting to the electors of any municipal corporation the question of organizing under any one of the plans of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall have printed on the ballots the following question: "Shall the (name the plan) plan of government, as provided in chapter ________ section ________ of the Revised Code be adopted?" Immediately following such question there shall be printed on the ballots the following propositions in the order here set forth: "For the adoption of the (_______________) plan." "Against the adoption of the (________________) plan." When the question is on the adoption of the federal plan of government there shall also be submitted the question: "For councilmen-at-large," and "For councilmen-by-wards." There shall also be printed on the ballots at any such election the following supplementary proposition: "For the adoption of the recall;" "Against the adoption of the recall." Immediately to the left of each of the propositions shall be placed a square in which the electors may vote for or against any such propositions. At least thirty days prior to any such election, the board shall mail a copy of the proposed plan of government and the supplementary propositions to each elector of the municipal corporation whose name appears on the pollbooks or registration books of the last general election, and each such copy shall contain, on the front cover thereof, a facsimile ballot and the date and hours of the election. Any elector may, at least forty days prior to such election, file with such board a written argument of not more than three hundred words, for or against any proposed plan of government or for or against any other proposition submitted, and, upon payment of the cost of printing, the board shall have such written argument printed and a copy thereof mailed with the copy of the proposed plan to each elector, or otherwise distributed to every voter as far as practicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 753.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 753 / § 753.19
§ 753.19. Chief law enforcement officer to give notice of escape and of apprehension of escapee
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) If a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of an offense escapes from a jail or workhouse of a municipal corporation or otherwise escapes from the custody of a municipal corporation, the chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer of that municipal corporation immediately after the escape shall report the escape, by telephone and in writing, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the place where the person escaped from custody, to the state highway patrol, to the department of rehabilitation and correction if the escaped person is a prisoner under the custody of the department who is in the jail or workhouse, to the prosecuting attorney of the county, and to a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which part of the municipal corporation is located. The written notice may be by either facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or mail. A failure to comply with this requirement is a violation of section 2921.22 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon the apprehension of the escaped person, the chief law enforcement officer shall give notice of the apprehension of the escaped person by telephone and in writing to the persons notified under division (A) of this section. Last updated August 9, 2023 at 11:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.38
§ 709.38. Petition for detachment of lands and attachment to contiguous township - may form new township
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly Upon petition of a majority of the freehold electors owning lands in any portion of the territory of a municipal corporation, or, if no freehold electors own land therein, upon petition of a majority of the owners of lands therein, accurately described in such petition with an accurate map or plat thereof, praying to have such portion of territory detached therefrom, the board of county commissioners, with the assent of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation given in an ordinance passed for the purpose, shall detach such portion of the territory therefrom and attach it to any township contiguous thereto, or, if the petition so requests, such board shall erect the territory into a new township, the boundaries of which need not include twenty-two square miles of territory. Before any such territory is attached or detached, under this section, the following requirements shall be met: (A) The board shall: (1) Ascertain and apportion the amount of existing indebtedness of the municipal corporation from which the detachment is made, which indebtedness shall be assumed and paid by the township contiguous thereto and to which the territory is attached, or by the new township, if a new township is erected, or by the corporate successors of such township, and such apportionment shall be made in proportion to the tax duplicate for the detached territory transferred to a contiguous township erected into a new township to the total tax duplicate for the remaining portion of the municipal corporation from which the detachment is made; (2) Ascertain, adjust, and divide between the contiguous township or the new township, if a new township is erected, and the remaining portion of the municipal corporation all moneys and other credits belonging to such municipal corporation in the same proportion as is provided in this section for division and apportionment of any indebtedness; (3) Order the amount so adjusted and divided to be paid or delivered by the parties in possession thereof to the proper officers of the contiguous township or new township and to the remaining portion of the municipal corporation. (B) After such apportionment is made each section of the original territory by which the indebtedness was incurred shall be primarily liable for the portion of the indebtedness so apportioned. (C) In the issuing of bonds under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, and in arriving at the limitations imposed in such sections, only the portion of the indebtedness apportioned to each section of territory shall be counted as the net indebtedness. (D) The petition, map, ordinance, and the order of the board, certified by the county auditor, shall be recorded in the official records in the office of the county recorder, and as soon as such record is made the proceedings shall be complete, both as to the detaching of such territory from the municipal corporation and the annexation thereof to the township or the erection of the territory into the new township, and as to the apportionment of the indebtedness. (E) Wherever territory has been detached from a municipal corporation and attached to a township or created into a new township, the board of township trustees of such township, or, if such township has become a municipal corporation or been annexed to any municipal corporation, the legislative authority of the corporate successor of the township may, by ordinance, duly passed, contract, through its proper officers, with the municipal corporation from which the detachment was originally made, to apportion the indebtedness of the original territory in the manner provided in this section. Such a contract shall be made by ordinance or resolution, duly passed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of township trustees, and the effect of the contract shall be the same as if such apportionment was originally made by the board of county commissioners, as provided by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 717.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 717 / § 717.02
§ 717.02. Installment payment contracts for energy conservation measures
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Energy conservation measure" means the construction of, installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, a new or existing building or infrastructure, to reduce energy consumption. It includes: (a) Insulation of the building structure and of systems within the building; (b) Storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, and other window and door system modifications that reduce energy consumption; (c) Automatic energy control systems; (d) Heating, ventilating, or air conditioning system modifications or replacements; (e) Caulking and weatherstripping; (f) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the system without increasing the overall illumination of a facility, unless such an increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable state or local building code for the proposed lighting system; (g) Energy recovery systems; (h) Cogeneration systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings; (i) Acquiring, constructing, furnishing, equipping, improving the site of, or otherwise improving a central utility plant to provide heating and cooling services to a building or building infrastructure together with distribution piping and ancillary distribution controls, equipment, and related facilities from the central utility plant to the building or building infrastructure; (j) Meter replacement, installation of an automatic meter reading system, or any other construction, modification, installation, or remodeling of water, electric, gas, or any other municipally supplied utility system; (k) Any other construction, modification, installation, or remodeling approved by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation as an energy conservation measure. (2) "Infrastructure" includes, but is not limited to, a water, gas, or electric utility, renewable energy system or technology, highway traffic signal, or any other asset owned, operated, or maintained by a municipal corporation. (B) For the purpose of evaluating buildings owned by a municipal corporation for energy conservation measures, a legislative authority of a municipal corporation may contract with an architect, professional engineer, energy services company, contractor, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of energy conservation measures for an energy conservation report. The report shall include all of the following: (1) Analyses of the energy needs of the buildings owned by that municipal corporation and recommendations for building installations, modifications of existing installations, or building remodeling that would significantly reduce energy consumption in the buildings; (2) Estimates of all costs of the recommended installations, modifications, or remodeling, including costs of design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and repair; (3) Estimates of the amounts by which energy consumption could be reduced; (4) The interest rate used to estimate the costs of any energy conservation measures that are to be financed by the municipal corporation; (5) The average system life of the energy conservation measures; (6) Estimates of the likely savings that will result from the reduction in energy consumption over the average system life of the energy conservation measures, including the methods used to estimate the savings; (7) A certification under the seal of a registered professional engineer that the energy conservation report uses reasonable methods of analysis and estimation. (C)(1) A municipal corporation desiring to implement energy conservation measures may proceed under any of the following methods: (a) Procure the energy conservation measures in any manner authorized by the municipal corporation's charter, ordinances, or any other existing authority; (b) Advertise for bids using a report or any part of an energy conservation report prepared under division (B) of this section, and, except as otherwise provided in this section, comply with competitive bidding requirements; (c) Notwithstanding any requirement in the Revised Code that requires competitive bidding or specifies bidding procedures, request proposals from at least three vendors for the implementation of energy conservation measures. A request for proposals shall require the vendor that is awarded a contract under division (C)(2)(b) of this section to prepare an energy conservation report in accordance with division (B) of this section. Prior to sending any vendor a copy of any request for proposals, the legislative authority shall advertise its intent to request proposals for the installation of energy conservation measures in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation once a week for two consecutive weeks. The notice shall state that the legislative authority intends to request proposals for the installation of energy conservation measures, indicate the date on which the request for proposals will be mailed to vendors, which shall be at least ten days after the second publication in the newspaper, and state that any vendor interested in receiving the request for proposals shall submit written notice to the legislative authority not later than noon of the day on which the request for proposals is to be mailed. (2)(a) Upon receiving bids under division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the legislative authority shall analyze them and select the lowest and best bid or bids most likely to result in the greatest energy savings considering the cost of the project and the legislative authority's ability to pay for the improvements with current revenues or by financing the improvements. (b) Upon receiving proposals under division (C)(1)(c) of this section, the legislative authority shall analyze the proposals and the vendors' qualifications and select the most qualified vendor to prepare an energy conservation report in accordance with division (B) of this section. After receipt and review of the energy conservation report, the legislative authority may award a contract to the selected vendor to install the energy conservation measures that are most likely to result in the greatest energy savings considering the cost of the project and the legislative authority's ability to pay for the improvements with current revenues or by financing the improvements. (c) The awarding of a contract to install energy conservation measures under division (C)(2)(a) or (b) of this section shall be conditioned upon a finding by the contracting authority that the amount of money spent on energy conservation measures is not likely to exceed the amount of money the municipal corporation would save in energy, operating, maintenance, and avoided capital costs over the average system life of the energy conservation measures as specified in the energy conservation report. In making such a finding, the contracting authority may take into account the increased costs due to inflation as shown in the energy conservation report. Nothing in this division prohibits a municipal corporation from rejecting all bids or proposals under division (C)(1)(b) or (c) of this section or from selecting more than one bid or proposal. (D) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may enter into an installment payment contract for the purchase and installation of energy conservation measures. Provisions of installment payment contracts that deal with interest charges and financing terms shall not be subject to competitive bidding requirements and shall be on the following terms: (1) Not less than a specified percentage of the costs of the contract shall be paid within two years from the date of purchase, as determined and approved by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation. (2) The remaining balance of the costs of the contract shall be paid within the lesser of the average system life of the energy conservation measures as specified in the energy conservation report or thirty years. (E) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may issue the notes of the municipal corporation specifying the terms of a purchase of energy conservation measures under this section and securing any deferred payments provided for in division (D) of this section. The notes shall be payable at the times provided and bear interest at a rate not exceeding the rate determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code. The notes may contain an option for prepayment and shall not be subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Revenues derived from local taxes or otherwise, for the purpose of conserving energy or for defraying the current operating expenses of the municipal corporation, may be pledged and applied to the payment of interest and the retirement of the notes. The notes may be sold at private sale or given to the contractor under an installment payment contract authorized by division (D) of this section. (F) Debt incurred under this section shall not be included in the calculation of the net indebtedness of a municipal corporation under section 133.05 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.19
§ 749.19. Hospital membership in public health and welfare associations
Status: in_force

November 4, 1965 Senate Bill 340 - 106th General Assembly The governing body of any publicly owned hospital may authorize such hospital to be a member of and maintain membership in any local, state, or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public health and welfare or advancement of the efficiency of hospital administration and in connection therewith to use tax funds for the payment of dues and fees not to exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of five thousand dollars in any one year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.43
§ 733.43. Accounts of treasurer
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall keep an accurate account of: (A) All moneys received by him, showing the amount thereof, the time received, from whom, and on what account received; (B) All disbursements made by him, showing the amount thereof, the time made, to whom, and on what account paid. He shall so arrange his books that the amount received and paid on account of separate funds, or specified appropriations, shall be exhibited in separate accounts. In addition to the ordinary duties of such treasurer, he shall have such powers and perform such duties as are required by any ordinance of the municipal corporation, not inconsistent with Title VII of the Revised Code, and not incompatible with the nature of his office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.02
§ 759.02. Cemeteries outside corporate limits
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide a place for the interment of the dead outside of the corporate limits, and the police powers of the municipal corporation shall extend to those places.
Ohio Rev. Code § 749.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 749 / § 749.27
§ 749.27. Making of contracts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All contracts mentioned in section 749.26 of the Revised Code shall be made in the name of the board of hospital trustees, and it shall be stipulated therein that the contractors will not execute any extra work or make any modifications or alterations in the specifications and plans, unless ordered in writing by the board, that they will not claim pay therefor unless such written order is given, and the additional compensation fixed and agreed upon. Copies of the plans and drawings, attested by the contractor, and the original bids, specifications, and contracts shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.181
§ 755.181. Petition for membership in joint recreation district; withdrawals
Status: in_force

January 1, 2026 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, township, township park district, county, or school district desiring to join a joint recreation district created under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, petition the joint recreation district board of trustees for membership. If the joint recreation district does not impose a tax, the petitioning subdivision becomes a member upon approval by the joint recreation district's board of trustees. If the joint recreation district imposes a tax, the petitioning subdivision becomes a member after approval by the joint recreation district's board of trustees and after approval of the tax by the electors of the petitioning subdivision. In such a case, the joint recreation district's board of trustees and the county auditor shall proceed as required for a tax levy under section 5705.03 of the Revised Code, except that the levy's annual collections shall be estimated assuming that the subdivision's territory has been added to the joint recreation district. Upon certification by the board of trustees of the joint recreation district to the appropriate boards of election, the boards of election shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of the question to the electors of the petitioning subdivision qualified to vote thereon. The election shall be held, canvassed, and certified in the manner provided for the submission of tax levies under section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, except that the question appearing on the ballot shall read: "Shall the territory within _______________ (Name of the subdivision to be added) be added to ____________________ (Name) joint recreation district, and a property tax, that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, at a rate not exceeding _________________ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $_______________ (effective rate) for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, be in effect for _________________ (here insert the number of years the tax is to be in effect)?" If the question is approved by at least a majority of the electors voting on it, the joinder shall be effective as of the first day of January of the year following approval, and on that date, the joint recreation district tax shall be extended to the taxable property within the territory that has been added. The legislative authority of any subdivision that is a member of a joint recreation district may withdraw from it upon certification of a resolution proclaiming a withdrawal to the joint recreation district's board of trustees. Any subdivision withdrawing from a joint recreation district shall continue to have levied against its tax duplicate any tax levied by the district on the effective date of the withdrawal until it expires or is renewed. Members of a joint recreation district's board of trustees who represent the withdrawing subdivision are deemed to have resigned their position upon certification of a withdrawal resolution. Upon the withdrawal of any subdivision from a joint recreation district, the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand, moneys and taxes in the process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment of indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either in money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective tax duplicates of the withdrawing subdivision and the remaining territory of the joint recreation district. When the number of subdivisions comprising a joint recreation district is reduced to one, the joint recreation district ceases to exist, and the funds, credits, and property remaining after apportionments to withdrawing subdivisions shall be assumed by the one remaining subdivision. When a joint recreation district ceases to exist and indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of that indebtedness within the territory of the joint recreation district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred. As used in this section, "the county auditor's market value" and "effective rate" have the same meanings as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.21
§ 715.21. Power to acquire, hold, lease, sell, or donate lands
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may hold, improve, protect, and preserve public grounds, parks, park entrances, free recreation centers, and boulevards. Such municipal corporation may acquire by purchase, lease, with privilege of purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or otherwise, and hold, real estate or any interest therein and other property for the use of the municipal corporation and may sell, lease, or donate by deed, in fee simple to the state, such property as a site for the erection of an armory.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.12
§ 709.12. Apportioning of indebtedness of annexed territory - division of funds
Status: in_force

December 1, 1967 Senate Bill 220 - 107th General Assembly When proceedings have been commenced to annex a portion of a township, or portions of more than one township, to a municipal corporation upon which the tax levies made by the board of township trustees for the payment of the township debt do not apply, the county auditor shall ascertain and apportion the amount of existing net indebtedness of the township which shall be assumed and paid by the municipal corportion. The apportionment shall be made in the proportion of the total duplicate for the annexed territory transferred to the municipal corporation to the total tax duplicate remaining in and for the unannexed portion of the township. The auditor shall ascertain, adjust, and divide between the municipal corporation and the unannexed portion of the township any unencumbered balance on hand to the credit of any fund of such township, in the same proportion as is provided in this section for the division and apportionment of indebtedness. No division shall be made of a balance in any fund of a township that is required for the retirement of its indebtedness. In case any net indebtedness is assumed by the municipal corporation as provided in this section, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation shall provide for the payment of such indebtedness by the levy of taxes therefor, or by the appropriation from an appropriate fund. The proceeds of such levy or appropriation shall be transferred to the proper authorities of the township for the final redemption of its indebtedness.
Ohio Rev. Code § 751.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 751 / § 751.06
§ 751.06. Location of infirmary or pesthouse
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The infirmary or the pesthouse of a city may be located either inside or outside of the city limits, and the legislative authority may purchase and hold the necessary real estate on which to build it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 753.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 753 / § 753.06
§ 753.06. Qualified immunity for injuries to work detail prisoners
Status: in_force

March 31, 2005 House Bill 316 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Municipal correctional facility" has the same meaning as in section 753.32 of the Revised Code. (2) "Municipal correctional officer" has the same meaning as in section 753.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If all the prisoners working on a work detail administered by a municipal correctional facility and outside the facility have volunteered for the work detail and are imprisoned in that facility for an offense other than a felony of the first or second degree and if the applicable municipal correctional officer complies with division (C) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) No member of the organized police department of the municipal corporation and no municipal correctional officer is liable for civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused or suffered by a prisoner working on the work detail unless the injury, death, or loss results from malice or wanton or reckless misconduct of the member of the organized police department of the municipal corporation or the municipal correctional officer. (2) A municipal corporation in which the prisoners work on the work detail and that employs the member of the organized police department or the municipal correctional officer or a township in which the prisoners work on the work detail is not liable for civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused or suffered by a prisoner working on the work detail unless the injury, death, or loss results from malice or wanton or reckless misconduct of the member of the organized police department of the municipal corporation or a municipal correctional officer. (C) To qualify for the immunity described in division (B)(1) of this section regarding a work detail, a municipal correctional officer, prior to having the prisoners of the municipal correctional facility work outside the facility on the work detail, shall inform each prisoner on the work detail of the provisions of this section, including notifying the prisoner that, by volunteering for the work detail, the prisoner cannot hold any member of the organized police department of the municipal corporation or any municipal correctional officer or the municipal corporation or township liable for civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property unless the injury, death, or loss results from malice or wanton or reckless misconduct of the member of the organized police department of the municipal corporation or the municipal correctional officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.70
§ 715.70. Contract creating joint economic development district
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section and section 715.71 of the Revised Code apply only to: (1) Municipal corporations and townships within a county that has adopted a charter under Sections 3 and 4 of Article X, Ohio Constitution; (2) Municipal corporations and townships that have created a joint economic development district comprised entirely of real property owned by a municipal corporation at the time the district was created under this section. The real property owned by the municipal corporation shall include an airport owned by the municipal corporation and located entirely beyond the municipal corporation's corporate boundary. (3) Municipal corporations or townships that are part of or contiguous to a transportation improvement district created under Chapter 5540. of the Revised Code and that have created a joint economic development district under this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code prior to November 15, 1995; (4) Municipal corporations that have previously entered into a contract creating a joint economic development district pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section, even if the territory to be included in the district does not meet the requirements of that division. (B)(1) One or more municipal corporations and one or more townships may enter into a contract approved by the legislative authority of each contracting party pursuant to which they create as a joint economic development district an area or areas for the purpose of facilitating economic development to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities and to improve the economic welfare of the people in the state and in the area of the contracting parties. A municipal corporation described in division (A)(4) of this section may enter into a contract with other municipal corporations and townships to create a new joint economic development district. In a district that includes a municipal corporation described in division (A)(4) of this section, the territory of each of the contracting parties shall be contiguous to the territory of at least one other contracting party, or contiguous to the territory of a township or municipal corporation that is contiguous to another contracting party, even if the intervening township or municipal corporation is not a contracting party. The area or areas of land to be included in the district shall not include any parcel of land owned in fee by a municipal corporation or a township or parcel of land that is leased to a municipal corporation or a township, unless the municipal corporation or township is a party to the contract or unless the municipal corporation or township has given its consent to have its parcel of land included in the district by the adoption of a resolution. As used in this division, "parcel of land" means any parcel of land owned by a municipal corporation or a township for at least a six-month period within a five-year period prior to the creation of a district, but "parcel of land" does not include streets or public ways and sewer, water, and other utility lines whether owned in fee or otherwise. The district created shall be located within the territory of one or more of the participating parties and may consist of all or a portion of such territory. The boundaries of the district shall be described in the contract or in an addendum to the contract. (2) Prior to the public hearing to be held pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section, the participating parties shall give a copy of the proposed contract to each municipal corporation located within one-quarter mile of the proposed joint economic development district and not otherwise a party to the contract, and afford the municipal corporation the reasonable opportunity, for a period of thirty days following receipt of the proposed contract, to make comments and suggestions to the participating parties regarding elements contained in the proposed contract. (3) The district shall not exceed two thousand acres in area. The territory of the district shall not completely surround territory that is not included within the boundaries of the district. (4) Sections 503.07 to 503.12 of the Revised Code do not apply to territory included within a district created pursuant to this section as long as the contract creating the district is in effect, unless the legislative authority of each municipal corporation and the board of township trustees of each township included in the district consent, by ordinance or resolution, to the application of those sections of the Revised Code. (5) Upon the execution of the contract creating the district by the parties to the contract, a participating municipal corporation or township included within the district shall file a copy of the fully executed contract with the county recorder of each county within which a party to the contract is located, in the miscellaneous records of the county. No annexation proceeding pursuant to Chapter 709. of the Revised Code that proposes the annexation to, merger, or consolidation with a municipal corporation of any unincorporated territory within the district shall be commenced for a period of three years after the contract is filed with the county recorder of each county within which a party to the contract is located unless each board of township trustees whose territory is included, in whole or part, within the district and the territory proposed to be annexed, merged, or consolidated adopts a resolution consenting to the commencement of the proceeding and a copy of the resolution is filed with the legislative authority of each county within which a party to the contract is located or unless the contract is terminated during this period. The contract entered into between the municipal corporations and townships pursuant to this section may provide for the prohibition of any annexation by the participating municipal corporations of any unincorporated territory within the district beyond the three-year mandatory prohibition of any annexation provided for in division (B)(5) of this section. (C)(1) After the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and the board of township trustees have adopted an ordinance and resolution approving a contract to create a joint economic development district pursuant to this section, and after a contract has been signed, the municipal corporations and townships shall jointly file a petition with the legislative authority of each county within which a party to the contract is located. (a) The petition shall contain all of the following: (i) A statement that the area or areas of the district are not greater than two thousand acres and are located within the territory of one or more of the contracting parties; (ii) A brief summary of the services to be provided by each party to the contract or a reference to the portion of the contract describing those services; (iii) A description of the area or areas to be designated as the district; (iv) The signature of a representative of each of the contracting parties. (b) The following documents shall be filed with the petition: (i) A signed copy of the contract, together with copies of district maps and plans related to or part of the contract; (ii) A certified copy of the ordinances and resolutions of the contracting parties approving the contract; (iii) A certificate from each of the contracting parties indicating that the public hearings required by division (D)(2) of this section have been held, the date of the hearings, and evidence of publication of the notice of the hearings; (iv) One or more signed statements of persons who are owners of property located in whole or in part within the area to be designated as the district, requesting that the property be included within the district, provided that those statements shall represent a majority of the persons owning property located in whole or in part within the district and persons owning a majority of the acreage located within the district. A signature may be withdrawn by the signer up to but not after the time of the public hearing required by division (D)(2) of this section. (2) The legislative authority of each county within which a party to the contract is located shall adopt a resolution approving the petition for the creation of the district if the petition and other documents have been filed in accordance with the requirements of division (C)(1) of this section. If the petition and other documents do not substantially meet the requirements of that division, the legislative authority of any county within which a party to the contract is located may adopt a resolution disapproving the petition for the creation of the district. The legislative authority of each county within which a party to the contract is located shall adopt a resolution approving or disapproving the petition within thirty days after the petition was filed. If the legislative authority of each such county does not adopt the resolution within the thirty-day period, the petition shall be deemed approved and the contract shall go into effect immediately after that approval or at such other time as the contract specifies. (D)(1) The contract creating the district shall set forth or provide for the amount or nature of the contribution of each municipal corporation and township to the development and operation of the district and may provide for the sharing of the costs of the operation of and improvements for the district. The contributions may be in any form to which the contracting municipal corporations and townships agree and may include but are not limited to the provision of services, money, real or personal property, facilities, or equipment. The contract may provide for the contracting parties to share revenue from taxes levied on property by one or more of the contracting parties if those revenues may lawfully be applied to that purpose under the legislation by which those taxes are levied. The contract shall provide for new, expanded, or additional services, facilities, or improvements, including expanded or additional capacity for or other enhancement of existing services, facilities, or improvements, provided that those services, facilities, or improvements, or expanded or additional capacity for or enhancement of existing services, facilities, or improvements, required herein have been provided within the two-year period prior to the execution of the contract. (2) Before the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of township trustees passes any ordinance or resolution approving a contract to create a joint economic development district pursuant to this section, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the board of township trustees shall each hold a public hearing concerning the joint economic development district contract and shall provide thirty days' public notice of the time and place of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation and the township. The board of township trustees may provide additional notice to township residents in accordance with section 9.03 of the Revised Code, and any additional notice shall include the public hearing announcement; a summary of the terms of the contract; a statement that the entire text of the contract and district maps and plans are on file for public examination in the office of the township fiscal officer; and information pertaining to any tax changes that will or may occur as a result of the contract. During the thirty-day period prior to the public hearing, a copy of the text of the contract together with copies of district maps and plans related to or part of the contract shall be on file, for public examination, in the offices of the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and of the township fiscal officer. The public hearing provided for in division (D)(2) of this section shall allow for public comment and recommendations from the public on the proposed contract. The contracting parties may include in the contract any of those recommendations prior to the approval of the contract. (3) Any resolution of the board of township trustees that approves a contract that creates a joint economic development district pursuant to this section shall be subject to a referendum of the electors of the township. When a referendum petition, signed by ten per cent of the number of electors in the township who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor, is presented to the board of township trustees within thirty days after the board of township trustees adopted the resolution, ordering that the resolution be submitted to the electors of the township for their approval or rejection, the board of township trustees shall, after ten days and not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the election, certify the text of the resolution to the board of elections. The board of elections shall submit the resolution to the electors of the township for their approval or rejection at the next general, primary, or special election occurring subsequent to ninety days after the certifying of the petition to the board of elections. (4) Upon the creation of a district under this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code, one of the contracting parties shall file a copy of the following with the director of development: (a) The petition and other documents described in division (C)(1) of this section, if the district is created under this section; (b) The documents described in division (D) of section 715.71 of the Revised Code, if the district is created under this section. (E) The district created by the contract shall be governed by a board of directors that shall be established by or pursuant to the contract. The board is a public body for the purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code. The provisions of Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code apply to the board and the district. The members of the board shall be appointed as provided in the contract from among the elected members of the legislative authorities and the elected chief executive officers of the contracting parties, provided that there shall be at least two members appointed from each of the contracting parties. (F) The contract shall enumerate the specific powers, duties, and functions of the board of directors of a district, and the contract shall provide for the determination of procedures that are to govern the board of directors. The contract may grant to the board the power to adopt a resolution to levy an income tax within the district. The income tax shall be used for the purposes of the district and for the purposes of the contracting municipal corporations and townships pursuant to the contract. The income tax may be levied in the district based on income earned by persons working or residing within the district and based on the net profits of businesses located in the district. The income tax shall follow the provisions of Chapter 718. of the Revised Code, except that a vote shall be required by the electors residing in the district to approve the rate of income tax. If no electors reside within the district, then division (F)(4) of this section applies. The rate of the income tax shall be no higher than the highest rate being levied by a municipal corporation that is a party to the contract. (1) Within one hundred eighty days after the first meeting of the board of directors, the board may levy an income tax, provided that the rate of the income tax is first submitted to and approved by the electors of the district at the succeeding regular or primary election, or a special election called by the board, occurring subsequent to ninety days after a certified copy of the resolution levying the income tax and calling for the election is filed with the board of elections. If the voters approve the levy of the income tax, the income tax shall be in force for the full period of the contract establishing the district. Any increase in the rate of an income tax that was first levied within one hundred eighty days after the first meeting of the board of directors shall be approved by a vote of the electors of the district, shall be in force for the remaining period of the contract establishing the district, and shall not be subject to division (F)(2) of this section. (2) Any resolution of the board of directors levying an income tax that is adopted subsequent to one hundred eighty days after the first meeting of the board of directors shall be subject to a referendum as provided in division (F)(2) of this section. Any resolution of the board of directors levying an income tax that is adopted subsequent to one hundred eighty days after the first meeting of the board of directors shall be subject to an initiative proceeding to amend or repeal the resolution levying the income tax as provided in division (F)(2) of this section. When a referendum petition, signed by ten per cent of the number of electors in the district who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor, is filed with the county auditor of each county within which a party to the contract is located within thirty days after the resolution is adopted by the board or when an initiative petition, signed by ten per cent of the number of electors in the district who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor, is filed with the county auditor of each such county ordering that a resolution to amend or repeal a prior resolution levying an income tax be submitted to the electors within the district for their approval or rejection, the county auditor of each such county, after ten days and not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the election, shall certify the text of the resolution to the board of elections of that county. The county auditor of each such county shall retain the petition. The board of elections shall submit the resolution to such electors, for their approval or rejection, at the next general, primary, or special election occurring subsequent to ninety days after the certifying of such petition to the board of elections. (3) Whenever a district is located in the territory of more than one contracting party, a majority vote of the electors, if any, in each of the several portions of the territory of the contracting parties constituting the district approving the levy of the tax is required before it may be imposed pursuant to this division. (4) If there are no electors residing in the district, no election for the approval or rejection of an income tax shall be held pursuant to this section, provided that where no electors reside in the district, the maximum rate of the income tax that may be levied shall not exceed one per cent. (5) The board of directors of a district levying an income tax shall enter into an agreement with one of the municipal corporations that is a party to the contract to administer, collect, and enforce the income tax on behalf of the district. The resolution levying the income tax shall provide the same credits, if any, to residents of the district for income taxes paid to other such districts or municipal corporations where the residents work, as credits provided to residents of the municipal corporation administering the income tax. (6)(a) The board shall publish or post public notice of any resolution adopted levying an income tax in a newspaper of general circulation within the district once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, before the resolution takes effect. In districts in which no newspaper is generally circulated, notice shall be accomplished by posting copies in not less than five of the most public places in the district, as determined by the board, for a period of not less than fifteen days before the effective date of the resolution. (b) Except as otherwise specified by this division, any referendum or initiative proceeding within a district shall be conducted in the same manner as is required for such proceedings within a municipal corporation pursuant to sections 731.28 to 731.40 of the Revised Code. (G) Membership on the board of directors does not constitute the holding of a public office or employment within the meaning of any section of the Revised Code or any charter provision prohibiting the holding of other public office or employment, and shall not constitute an interest, either direct or indirect, in a contract or expenditure of money by any municipal corporation, township, county, or other political subdivision with which the member may be connected. No member of a board of directors shall be disqualified from holding any public office or employment, nor shall such member forfeit or be disqualified from holding any such office or employment, by reason of the member's membership on the board of directors, notwithstanding any law or charter provision to the contrary. (H) The powers and authorizations granted pursuant to this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code are in addition to and not in derogation of all other powers granted to municipal corporations and townships pursuant to law. When exercising a power or performing a function or duty under a contract authorized pursuant to this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation may exercise all of the powers of a municipal corporation, and may perform all the functions and duties of a municipal corporation, within the district, pursuant to and to the extent consistent with the contract. When exercising a power or performing a function or duty under a contract authorized pursuant to this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code, a township may exercise all of the powers of a township, and may perform all the functions and duties of a township, within the district, pursuant to and to the extent consistent with the contract. The district board of directors has no powers except those specifically set forth in the contract as agreed to by the participating parties. No political subdivision shall authorize or grant any tax exemption pursuant to Chapter 1728. or section 3735.67 , 5709.62 , 5709.63 , or 5709.632 of the Revised Code on any property located within the district without the consent of the contracting parties. The prohibition for any tax exemption pursuant to this division shall not apply to any exemption filed, pending, or approved, or for which an agreement has been entered into, before the effective date of the contract entered into by the parties. (I) Municipal corporations and townships may enter into binding agreements pursuant to a contract authorized under this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code with respect to the substance and administration of zoning and other land use regulations, building codes, public permanent improvements, and other regulatory and proprietary matters that are determined, pursuant to the contract, to be for a public purpose and to be desirable with respect to the operation of the district or to facilitate new or expanded economic development in the state or the district, provided that no contract shall exempt the territory within the district from the procedures and processes of land use regulation applicable pursuant to municipal corporation, township, and county regulations, including but not limited to procedures and processes concerning zoning. (J) A contract creating a joint economic development district under this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code may designate property as a community entertainment district or may be amended to designate property as a community entertainment district as prescribed in division (D) of section 4301.80 of the Revised Code. A joint economic development district contract or amendment designating a community entertainment district shall include all information and documentation described in divisions (B)(1) through (6) of section 4301.80 of the Revised Code. The public notice required under division (D)(2) of this section and division (C) of section 715.71 of the Revised Code shall specify that the contract designates a community entertainment district and describe the location of that district. Except as provided in division (F) of section 4301.80 of the Revised Code, an area designated as a community entertainment district under a joint economic development district contract shall not lose its designation even if the contract is canceled or terminated. (K) A contract entered into pursuant to this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code may be amended and it may be renewed, canceled, or terminated as provided in or pursuant to the contract. The contract may be amended to add property owned by one of the contracting parties to the district, or may be amended to delete property from the district whether or not one of the contracting parties owns the deleted property. The contract shall continue in existence throughout its term and shall be binding on the contracting parties and on any entities succeeding to such parties, whether by annexation, merger, or otherwise. The income tax levied by the board pursuant to this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code shall apply in the entire district throughout the term of the contract, notwithstanding that all or a portion of the district becomes subject to annexation, merger, or incorporation. No township or municipal corporation is divested of its rights or obligations under the contract because of annexation, merger, or succession of interests. (L) After the creation of a joint economic development district described in division (A)(2) of this section, a municipal corporation that is a contracting party may cease to own property included in the district, but such property shall continue to be included in the district and subject to the terms of the contract. Last updated August 25, 2023 at 9:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 755.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 755 / § 755.25
§ 755.25. Contracts - rules and regulations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of park trustees may make contracts for the improvements of the grounds, the erection of the necessary bridges and structures therein, and adopt rules for the protection, care, and government of the parks under its charge, and such rules, when approved by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall have the same effect and may be enforced by the same penalties as ordinances.
Ohio Rev. Code § 733.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 733 / § 733.12
§ 733.12. Auditing accounts
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly At the end of each fiscal year, or more often if required by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the city auditor or village clerk shall audit the accounts of all officers and departments. The auditor or clerk shall prescribe the form of accounts and reports to be rendered to his department and the form and method of keeping accounts by all other departments and, subject to the powers and duties of the auditor of state, shall have the inspection and revision thereof. Upon the death, resignation, removal, or expiration of the term of any officer, the auditor or clerk shall audit the accounts of the officer and, if he is found indebted to the municipal corporation, the auditor or clerk shall immediately give notice thereof to the legislative authority and to the village solicitor or city director of law, and the latter shall proceed forthwith to collect the indebtedness.
Ohio Rev. Code § 739.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 739 / § 739.03
§ 739.03. Organization of board of trustees of sinking fund
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The members of the board of trustees of the sinking fund of a municipal corporation, immediately after their appointment and qualification, shall elect one of their number as president and another as vice-president, who, in the absence or disability of the president, shall perform his duties and exercise his powers, and such secretary, clerks, or employees as the legislative authority thereof provides by an ordinance which shall fix their duties, bonds, and compensation. Where no secretary or clerks are authorized, the city auditor of the city or clerk of the village shall act as secretary of the board. The board shall make its own rules, its meetings shall be open to the public, and all questions relating to the purchase or sale of securities, payment of bonds, interest, or judgments, or involving the payment or appropriation of money, shall be decided by a yea and nay vote with the name of each member voting recorded on the journal. No question shall be decided unless approved by a majority of the whole board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.262 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.262
§ 715.262. Preference of appeals on municipal building code violations
Status: in_force

November 19, 1969 House Bill 451 - 108th General Assembly In an appeal from an order made under authority of division (A) or (B) of section 715.26 of the Revised Code, a provision of a municipal charter which has the same or a similar purpose as such divisions, or an ordinance or regulation adopted under such authorities, and in any appeal relating to violation of an ordinance or regulation adopted under authority of such divisions or provision of a municipal charter, the court shall give preference to all proceedings in connection with such appeal over all civil cases, irrespective of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 742.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 742 / § 742.45
§ 742.45. Deduction from benefit payment for group health insurance
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly (A) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund may enter into an agreement with insurance companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, or surgical benefits, or any combination thereof, for those individuals receiving service or disability pensions or survivor benefits subscribing to the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the policy or contract may also include coverage for any eligible individual's spouse and dependent children and for any of the eligible individual's sponsored dependents as the board considers appropriate. If all or any portion of the policy or contract premium is to be paid by any individual receiving a service, disability, or survivor pension or benefit, the individual shall, by written authorization, instruct the board to deduct from the individual's benefit the premium agreed to be paid by the individual to the company, corporation, or agency. The board may contract for coverage on the basis of part or all of the cost of the coverage to be paid from appropriate funds of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. The cost paid from the funds of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be included in the employer's contribution rates provided by sections 742.33 and 742.34 of the Revised Code. The board may provide for self-insurance of risk or level of risk as set forth in the contract with the companies, corporations, or agencies, and may provide through the self-insurance method specific benefits as authorized by the rules of the board. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the board shall, beginning the month following receipt of satisfactory evidence of the payment for coverage, pay monthly to each recipient of service, disability, or survivor benefits under the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is eligible for coverage under part B of the medicare program established under Title XVIII of "The Social Security Amendments of 1965," 79 Stat. 301 (1965), 42 U.S.C.A. 1395j, as amended, an amount specified by the board or determined pursuant to a formula established by the board that is not less than ninety-six dollars and forty cents, for such coverage, except that the board shall not pay an amount that exceeds the amount paid by the recipient for the coverage. The board shall pay not more than one monthly premium under this division to an eligible benefit recipient even if the recipient is receiving more than one monthly benefit from the fund. The board shall not pay a monthly premium under this division to an eligible benefit recipient who is receiving reimbursement for the premium from any other source. (C) The board shall establish by rule requirements for the coordination of any coverage, payment, or benefit provided under this section with any similar coverage, payment, or benefit made available to the same individual by the public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system. (D) The board shall make all other necessary rules pursuant to the purpose and intent of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 709.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 709 / § 709.012
§ 709.012. Reduction in firefighting force resulting from annexation of township territory
Status: in_force

March 31, 2003 Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly When a municipal corporation annexes township territory which results in a reduction of the firefighting force of the township or joint township fire district, the reduction shall be made by dismissal of firefighters in the inverse order of seniority, with the employee with least time of service being dismissed first. The annexing municipal corporation shall offer employment in the inverse order of dismissal by the township to such firefighters if a vacancy exists in the municipal fire department and if they: (A) Were full-time paid active members of the township or joint township firefighting force for at least six months prior to dismissal and have made application to the municipal corporation within sixty days after the effective date of dismissal; (B) Have passed a physical examination as prescribed by the physician of the annexing municipal corporation and meet the requirements necessary to perform firefighting duties; (C) Meet minimum standards of the municipal corporation with respect to moral character, literacy, and ability to understand oral and written instructions as determined by an interview conducted by the fire department of the municipal corporation. The applicant shall be at least twenty-one years of age on the date of application. (D) Are able to qualify for membership in the Ohio police and fire pension fund. A physical examination required by division (B) of this section may be conducted by any individual authorized by the Revised Code to conduct physical examinations, including a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Any written documentation of the physical examination shall be completed by the individual who administered the examination. If no vacancy exists in the municipal fire department at the time of the application referred to in division (A) of this section, the application shall be held until a vacancy occurs. When such a vacancy occurs, the applicant shall be entitled to employment in accordance with the requirements of divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of this section. So long as any application for employment has been made and is being held under this section, the municipal corporation shall not fill any vacancy in its fire department by original appointment. If there are individuals who are entitled to reinstatement in the municipal fire department and the vacancies therein are insufficient to permit both such reinstatements and employment of all those applying for employment under division (A) of this section, the persons having the greatest length of service, whether with the municipal or township fire department, shall be entitled to fill the vacancies as they occur. A person employed under this section, upon acceptance into the municipal fire department, shall be given the rank of "firefighter" and entitled to full seniority credit for prior service in the township or joint township fire district. The person shall be entitled to the same salary, future benefits, vacations, earned time, sick leave, and other rights and privileges as the municipal fire department extends to other employees with the same amount of prior service. The person may take promotional examinations only after completion of one year of service with the municipal fire department and after meeting any applicable civil service requirements for such examination. Compliance with this section is in lieu of compliance with section 124.42 of the Revised Code or any other requirements for original appointment to a municipal fire district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 727.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 727 / § 727.35
§ 727.35. Statute of limitations for action for recovery
Status: in_force

January 1, 1962 House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly If an action for the recovery of an assessment is commenced within due time, and a judgment therein for the plaintiff is reversed, or if the plaintiff fails in such action otherwise than upon the merits and the time limited for the action has expired, a new action may be commenced within one year after such reversal or failure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 705.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 705 / § 705.74
§ 705.74. Meetings of council - special sessions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The council shall meet at ten a.m. on the first day of January following a regular municipal election at the usual place for holding such meetings, at which time the newly elected councilmen shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the council shall meet, at least twice each month, at such times as are prescribed by ordinance or resolution. Special sessions of the council shall be called by the clerk upon the written request of the mayor, the chairman, or any two members of council. Any such report shall state the subjects to be considered at the meeting, and no other subjects shall be considered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 723.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 723 / § 723.12
§ 723.12. Street not to be closed until damages paid
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A street or alley declared vacated under section 723.09 of the Revised Code, shall not be closed or obstructed until the damages assessed under section 723.11 of the Revised Code have been fully paid to the persons entitled to them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.17
§ 715.17. Census
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may take and authenticate a census of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 735.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 735 / § 735.13
§ 735.13. Powers and duties of commission to build market house
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Subject to the approval of the director of public service, the commission appointed under section 735.12 of the Revised Code may contract in the name of the city for and supervise the building and furnishing of a market house or public hall in connection therewith, and acquire the necessary lands for such purpose, by purchase or appropriation, in the name of the city. The commission shall adopt plans and specifications for erecting, building, and furnishing such market house or public hall.
Ohio Rev. Code § 731.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 731 / § 731.42
§ 731.42. Bylaws and ordinances as evidence
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The printed copies of the bylaws or ordinances of a municipal corporation, published under its authority, and transcripts of any bylaws, resolutions, or ordinances, or of any act or proceeding of a municipal corporation, recorded in any book or entered on any minutes or journal kept under the direction of such municipal corporation, and certified by its clerk, shall be received in evidence throughout the state for any purpose for which the original books, ordinances, minutes, or journals would be received.
Ohio Rev. Code § 715.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 715 / § 715.65
§ 715.65. Licensing of advertising mediums and matters
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may license bill-posters, advertising sign painters, bill distributors, card tackers, and advertising matter of any article or compound which has not been manufactured or compounded within such municipal corporation. In granting such license the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may fix such license fees as are expedient, and may delegate to the mayor thereof the authority to grant, issue, and revoke such license. This section does not authorize such legislative authority to charge merchants doing business therein a license fee for advertising their own business.
Ohio Rev. Code § 703.377 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 703 / § 703.377
§ 703.377. Winding up affairs during transition period
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Participating political subdivision" and "special improvement district" have the same meanings as in section 1710.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Appraised value" has the same meaning as in section 1710.13 of the Revised Code. (3) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or board of trustees of a township. (B) During the period when a dissolution is in question, the board of directors of any special improvement district with respect to which the village is a participating political subdivision shall not create any new debts, obligations, or liabilities except to the extent the debt, obligation, or liability is necessary in connection with the continued provision of the utilities of a participating political subdivision consistent with prudent utility practice. (C) During the transition period, the receiver-trustee shall call a meeting to consider winding down the affairs of the district or transitioning the affairs of the district that concern the dissolved village to the township or townships that assumed or will assume district territory as a result of the dissolution. Notice of the meeting shall be given as provided in section 1710.05 of the Revised Code to the members of the district, all participating political subdivisions other than the dissolved village, and the township or townships that assumed or will assume district territory as a result of the dissolution. (D) Upon the affirmative vote of the transition supervisory board, the legislative authority of each township that assumed or will assume district territory as a result of the dissolution, the legislative authorities of all participating political subdivisions other than the dissolved village, and members of the district who collectively own more than fifty per cent of the appraised value of the real property in the district that may be subject to assessment under division (C) of section 1710.06 of the Revised Code, the improvement or services plan for the special improvement district may be amended to replace the dissolving village with the township or townships that assumed or will assume district territory as a result of the dissolution. Upon such a vote, the township or townships assume all rights and responsibilities of the dissolved village related to the special improvement district. (E) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the special improvement district shall be dissolved. Once dissolved, all bonds, notes, and other obligations of the district associated with the improvement or services plan shall be paid. Thereafter, the plan shall be repealed. All special assessments imposed to pay for the costs of the plan shall continue until all bonds, notes, and other obligations of the district are paid. During the transition period, the receiver-trustee shall assume the rights and obligations of the dissolved village with respect to such assessments. After the transition period, the township or townships that assumed territory of the special improvement district as a result of the dissolution shall assume such rights and obligations. Upon fully paying off all bonds, notes, and other obligations, the board of directors of the special improvement district shall notify the legislative authority of each participating subdivision and either the receiver-trustee or, if the transition period is over, legislative authority of the township or townships that assumed district territory as a result of the dissolution. Upon receiving such notice, the participating political subdivisions and either the receiver-trustee or the township or townships that assumed district territory shall discontinue the levy of any special assessments imposed to pay for costs of the plan. (F) No rights or obligations of any person under any contract, or in relation to any bonds, notes, or assessments made under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code, shall be affected by the dissolution of the district, except with the consent of that person or by order of a court with jurisdiction over the matter. Upon dissolution of a district, any assets or rights of the district, after payment of all bonds, notes, or other obligations of the district, shall be deposited in a special account in the treasury of each participating political subdivision, prorated based on the total appraised value of the real property located within the subdivision and the former district as compared to the total appraised value of all real property located within the former district. All funds deposited to such a special account shall be used for the benefit of the territory that made up the district. Assets or rights apportioned to the dissolved village shall be disposed of by the receiver-trustee under section 703.373 of the Revised Code or, if the transition period is over, dispensed to the township or townships that assumed district property as a result of the dissolution, prorated based on the total appraised value of former district property assumed by each such township. Such assets and rights shall be used for the benefit of the territory that made up the district. Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 759.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 7 / Chapter 759 / § 759.01
§ 759.01. Cemeteries and crematories
Status: in_force

October 20, 1999 House Bill 18 - 123rd General Assembly Any municipal corporation may provide public cemeteries and crematories for burial or incineration of the dead and regulate public and private cemeteries and crematories. Any cemetery established by a municipal corporation shall register with the division of real estate in the department of commerce pursuant to section 4767.03 of the Revised Code. Any cemetery of that nature is subject to Chapter 4767. and to sections 517.23 to 517.25 and 1721.211 of the Revised Code in addition to being subject to this chapter.