Ohio Rev. Code § 323.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.74
§ 323.74. Disposition of abandoned land not sold at auction
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 496 - 135th General Assembly (A) If a public auction is held for abandoned land pursuant to section 323.73 of the Revised Code, but the land is not sold at the public auction, the county board of revision may order the disposition of the abandoned land in accordance with division (B) or (C) of this section. (B) The abandoned land offered for sale at a public auction as described in section 323.73 of the Revised Code, but not sold at the auction, may be offered for sale in any usual and customary manner by the sheriff as otherwise provided by law. The subsequent public auction may be held in the same manner as the public auction was held under section 323.73 of the Revised Code, but the minimum bid at an auction held under this division shall be the lesser of fifty per cent of fair market value of the abandoned land as currently shown by the county auditor's latest valuation, or the sum of the impositions against the abandoned land plus the costs apportioned to the land under section 323.75 of the Revised Code. Notice of any subsequent sale pursuant to this section may be given in the original notice of sale listing the time, date, and place of the subsequent sale. (C) Upon certification from the sheriff that abandoned land was offered for sale at a public auction as described in section 323.73 of the Revised Code but was not purchased, a community development organization or any school district, municipal corporation, county, or township in which the land is located may request that title to the land be transferred to the community development organization, school district, municipal corporation, county, or township at the time described in this division. The request shall be delivered to the board of revision at any time from the date the complaint for foreclosure is filed under section 323.69 of the Revised Code, but not later than sixty days after the date on which the land was first offered for sale. The request shall include a representation that the organization, district, or political subdivision, not later than thirty days after receiving legal title to the abandoned land, will begin basic exterior improvements that will protect the land from further unreasonable deterioration. The improvements shall include, but are not limited to, the removal of trash and refuse from the exterior of the premises and the securing of open, vacant, or vandalized areas on the exterior of the premises. The representation shall be deemed to have been given if the notice is supplied by an electing subdivision as defined in section 5722.01 of the Revised Code. (D) The county board of revision, upon any adjudication of foreclosure and forfeiture against the abandoned land, may order the sheriff to dispose of the abandoned land as prescribed in sections 323.65 to 323.79 of the Revised Code. The order by the board shall include instructions to the sheriff to transfer the land to the specified community development organization, school district, municipal corporation, county, or township after payment of the costs of disposing of the abandoned land pursuant to section 323.75 of the Revised Code or, if any negotiated price has been agreed to between the county treasurer and the community development organization, school district, municipal corporation, county, or township, after payment of that negotiated price as certified by the board to the sheriff. (E) Subject to division (H) of this section, upon receipt of payment under this section, the sheriff shall convey by sheriff's deed the fee simple interest in, and to, the abandoned land. If the abandoned land is transferred pursuant to division (D) of this section and the county treasurer reasonably determines that the transfer will result in the property being occupied, the county treasurer may waive, but is not required to waive, some or all of the impositions against the abandoned land or costs apportioned to the land under section 323.75 of the Revised Code. (F) Upon a transfer under this section, all liens for taxes due at the time the deed of the property is conveyed to a purchaser or transferred to a community development organization, school district, municipal corporation, county, or township, and liens subordinate to liens for taxes, shall be deemed satisfied and discharged. (G) Any parcel that has been advertised and offered for sale pursuant to foreclosure proceedings and has not sold for want of bidders or been otherwise transferred under sections 323.65 to 323.79 of the Revised Code shall be forfeited or otherwise disposed of in the same manner as lands under section 323.25 or 5721.18 or Chapter 5723. of the Revised Code. (H) The sheriff may not convey a sheriff's deed under division (E) of this section unless and until the purchaser furnishes the sheriff with an affidavit and, if applicable, supporting documentation as described in division (J) of section 5721.19 of the Revised Code. Any person who knowingly makes a false statement in that affidavit is guilty of falsification under division (A)(11) of section 2921.13 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.14
§ 313.14. Notice to relatives - disposition of property
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The coroner shall make a reasonable effort to notify any known relatives of a deceased person who meets death in the manner described by section 313.12 of the Revised Code by letter or otherwise. The coroner shall also make a reasonable effort to determine the identity of the person who has been assigned the rights of disposition for the deceased person under sections 2108.70 to 2108.90 of the Revised Code and shall notify that person. After the coroner has completed the performance of the coroner's legal duties with respect to the body of the deceased person, the coroner shall return the body to that person. (2) The coroner shall take charge and possession of all moneys, clothing, and other valuable personal effects of the deceased person, found in connection with or pertaining to the body, and shall store the possessions in the county coroner's office or such other suitable place as is provided for that storage by the board of county commissioners. If the coroner considers it advisable, the coroner may, after taking adequate precautions for the security of those possessions, store the possessions where the coroner finds them until other storage space becomes available. The person who has been assigned the rights of disposition for the deceased person under sections 2108.70 to 2108.90 of the Revised Code may request the coroner to give those possessions to that person. After the person who has been assigned the rights of disposition for the deceased person under sections 2108.70 to 2108.90 of the Revised Code, upon the person's request under this division, receives the possessions of the deceased person from the coroner, that person shall deliver the possessions to the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased person or to any other person who is legally entitled to any of those possessions. (B) In cases in which the cost of the burial is paid by the county, after using such of the clothing as is necessary in the burial of the body, the coroner shall sell at public auction the valuable personal effects of the deceased persons, found in connection with or pertaining to the unclaimed dead body, except firearms, which shall be disposed of as provided in division (C) of this section. The coroner shall make a verified inventory of the effects and they shall be sold within eighteen months after burial, or after delivery of the body in accordance with section 1713.34 of the Revised Code. All moneys derived from the sale shall be deposited in the county treasury. A notice of the sale shall be given for five days in succession, and the sale shall be held immediately thereafter. The notice shall be made using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the county; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the county. The cost of such advertisement and notices shall be paid by the board upon the submission of a verified statement for that cost, certified to the coroner. (C) If a firearm is included in the personal effects of a deceased person who meets death in the manner described by section 313.12 of the Revised Code, the coroner shall deliver the firearm to the chief of police of the municipal corporation within which the body is found, or to the sheriff of the county if the body is not found within a municipal corporation. Upon delivery of the firearm to the chief of police or the sheriff, the chief of police or sheriff shall give the coroner a receipt for the firearm that states the date of delivery and an accurate description of the firearm. The firearm shall be used for evidentiary purposes only. The person who has been assigned the rights of disposition for the deceased person under sections 2108.70 to 2108.90 of the Revised Code may request that the firearm be given to that person once the firearm is no longer needed for evidentiary purposes. The chief of police or the sheriff shall give the firearm to that person who requested the firearm only if the person may lawfully possess the firearm under applicable law of this state or the United States. The chief of police or the sheriff shall keep a record identifying the person to whom the firearm is given, the date the firearm was given to that person, and an accurate description of the firearm. The person to whom the firearm is given upon the person's request under this division shall deliver the firearm to the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased person or to any other person who is legally entitled to the firearm. If the person who has been assigned the rights of disposition for the deceased person under sections 2108.70 to 2108.90 of the Revised Code does not request the firearm or is not entitled to possess the firearm, the firearm shall be used at the discretion of the chief of police or the sheriff. (D) This section does not invalidate section 1713.34 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.05
§ 319.05. Deputies
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 496 - 135th General Assembly The county auditor may appoint one or more deputies to aid the auditor in the performance of official duties. The auditor and the auditor's sureties shall be liable for the acts and conduct of such deputies. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.51
§ 303.51. Property exempt from levy and sale by virtue of execution
Status: in_force

October 21, 1959 House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly All property of a county, including funds owned or held by it for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall judgment against a county be a charge or lien upon such property. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to sections 303.26 to 303.56 , inclusive, of the Revised Code by a county on rents, fees, grants, or revenues from any county renewal project.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.863 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.863
§ 307.863. Bidding process for franchises
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 307.86 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners that awards a franchise to a franchisee on behalf of a county transit board pursuant to section 306.04 of the Revised Code to operate a public transit system shall award the franchise through competitive bidding as prescribed in this section. The board shall solicit bids that are not sealed, and shall ensure that all bids the board receives are open for public inspection. The board shall consider all bids that are timely received. (B) The fact that a bid proposes to be the most beneficial to the county monetarily in and of itself does not confer best bid status on that bid. (C) In awarding a franchise to a bidder to operate a public transit system, the board may consider all of the following: (1) The proposed monetary benefit to the county; (2) The bidder's ownership of, or access to, transportation facilities or transportation equipment such as vehicles, automated transit systems, or any other applicable equipment; (3) The bidder's experience in operating public transit systems; (4) If the bidder has experience in operating public transit systems, the record of the bidder in relation to all aspects of operating a public transit system, including cost savings to a political subdivision, gains in efficiency, the safety and security of the traveling public and employees, service to the traveling public, return on any investments made by a political subdivision, and any other aspects the board includes for consideration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.694 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.694
§ 307.694. Expending funds for senior citizens services or facilities
Status: in_force

November 15, 1981 House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may spend moneys for the support of senior citizens services or facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 325.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 325 / § 325.23
§ 325.23. No reduction of compensation due to decline of population in 1993
Status: in_force

December 31, 1992 House Bill 356 - 119th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "county office" means the office of county auditor, county treasurer, county sheriff, clerk of the court of common pleas, county recorder, county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county engineer, or county coroner. (B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, the annual compensation of a person holding any county office on December 31, 1992, who commences a new term of office in that same county office during calendar year 1993 shall not be reduced during that new term of office, because of a decline in the population of the county, from the amount of annual compensation he was receiving on December 31, 1992.
Ohio Rev. Code § 301.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 301 / § 301.30
§ 301.30. Tax, fee, assessment on auxiliary containers by charter counties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly No county that has adopted a charter under Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, may impose a fee, tax, assessment, or other charge on auxiliary containers, on the sales, use, or consumption of such containers, except as authorized in Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code, or on the basis of receipts received from the sale of such containers. As used in this section, "auxiliary container" has the same meaning as in section 3767.32 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 5, 2021 at 1:58 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.38
§ 306.38. Trust agreement may secure revenue bonds
Status: in_force

August 25, 1970 Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly At the discretion of the board of trustees of a regional transit authority, the revenue bonds of the regional transit authority may be secured by a trust agreement between the board of trustees on behalf of the regional transit authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company, within or without the state. Such trust agreement may provide for the pledge or assignment of the revenues to be received, shall not pledge the general credit of the regional transit authority, but may include a mortgage on any real property or interests therein acquired from the proceeds of such revenue bonds. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds may set forth the rights and remedies of the bond holders and trustees, including, in the event of a default, appointment of a receiver to administer and operate transit facilities, and may contain such other provisions for protecting and enforcing their rights and remedies as are, in the discretion of the board of trustees, reasonable and proper. Such agreement or resolution may provide for the custody, investment, and disbursement of all moneys derived from the sale of such bonds or from the revenues of the regional transit authority pledged to pay the interest and principal on such bonds and may provide for the deposit of such funds without regard to section 306.42 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 322.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 322 / § 322.03
§ 322.03. Allocating and disbursing tax proceeds
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 Senate Bill 41 - 123rd General Assembly The funds collected by a county levying a real property transfer tax or a manufactured home transfer tax pursuant to sections 322.01 to 322.07 of the Revised Code shall be allocated and disbursed as follows: (A) First, for payment of the costs incurred by the county in the administration and enforcement of the tax; (B) The balance remaining after payment of the expenses referred to in division (A) of this section shall be deposited in the county general fund to be expended for any purpose for which general fund moneys of the county may be used, including the acquisition or construction of permanent improvements, or in the bond retirement fund for the payment of debt service charges on notes or bonds of the county issued for the acquisition or construction of permanent improvements. The amounts to be deposited in each of the funds shall be determined by the board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.14
§ 317.14. Copy of record in one county may be recorded in another county
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a deed, mortgage, power of attorney, or other instrument of writing, for the sale, conveyance, or encumbrance of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, situated in two or more counties in this state, has been recorded in one of such counties, or when a new county is organized and such lands, tenements, or hereditaments are situated within the new county, and the instrument has been recorded in the county from which the new county was taken, or when, by change of county lines, lands are transferred from one county to another and such instrument has been recorded in the county from which the lands were transferred, any person interested in such lands may procure from the county recorder a certified copy of the record and cause it to be recorded in any other county containing such lands, tenements, or hereditaments, in the same manner as the original instrument is required to be recorded. In making the record, such certificate shall be recorded with the copy, and the record of the copy and certificate shall have the same validity and legal effect as the record of the original instrument.
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.01
§ 313.01. Elected - term
Status: in_force

August 31, 2016 House Bill 240 - 131st General Assembly (A) A coroner shall be elected quadrennially in each county, who shall hold office for a term of four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after election. (B) As used in the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires : (1) "Coroner" means the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which death occurs or the dead human body is found. (2) "Deputy coroner" means the deputy coroner or deputy medical examiner of the county in which death occurs or the dead human body is found.
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.11
§ 329.11. Individual development account definitions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1997 House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly As used in sections 329.11 to 329.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Eligible education institution" means an institution described in 20 U.S.C. 1088(a)(1) or 1141(a), as amended, or an area vocational education school as defined in 20 U.S.C. 2471(4), as amended. (B) "Federal poverty line" has the same meaning as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Fiduciary organization" means a nonprofit fundraising organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501 (a) and (c)(3). (D) "Financial institution" includes a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union authorized to do business under federal law or the laws of this state. (E) "Funds available" means the amount available to a fiduciary organization for the purpose of matching funds deposited by program participants. (F) "Individual development account" means a trust created or organized in the United States pursuant to an individual development account program established under section 329.12 of the Revised Code to enable an individual eligible to participate in the program to accumulate funds for the purposes specified in section 329.14 of the Revised Code. (G) "Nonprofit microenterprise program" means a program under which loans and assistance are provided to low-income persons for the purpose of starting or operating a small business. (H) "Postsecondary educational expenses" means both of the following: (1) Tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at an eligible education institution; (2) Fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction at an eligible education institution. (I) "Qualified acquisition costs" means the costs associated with acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing a residence, including any ordinary or reasonable settlement, financing, or other closing costs. (J) "Qualified business" means any business formed for a purpose for which persons lawfully may associate themselves. (K) "Qualified business plan" means a plan that includes a description of services or goods to be sold, a marketing plan, and projected financial statements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.84
§ 306.84. No property to be included in more than one regional commission
Status: in_force

August 25, 1970 Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly No property within this state shall be included within the territorial boundaries of more than one regional transit commission, nor shall any regional transit authority be created pursuant to sections 306.30 to 306.53 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, which includes any territory within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit commission. No regional transit commission shall be created which includes territory theretofore included within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit authority unless all of the territory within the territorial boundaries of such regional transit authority is included within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit commission, in which event, to the extent lawful, the regional transit authority shall be merged into the regional transit commission, and the regional transit commission shall assume and perform all of the obligations of such regional transit authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.64
§ 307.64. Appropriating moneys from tax levies for economic development
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of any county may appropriate moneys derived from a tax levied pursuant to division (EE) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code to be expended by the county for the creation and operation of an office or joint office of economic development pursuant to section 307.07 of the Revised Code, for any economic development purpose of the office or joint office, and to otherwise provide for the establishment and operation of a program of economic development. A board of county commissioners may appropriate funds under this section to pay expenses of a county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code if the board finds that the purposes of the expenses promote economic development in the county. As used in this section, "economic development" means promoting the economic welfare and improving the economic opportunities of the people in the county or in the counties participating in a joint office of economic development by assisting in the establishment or expansion within the county or counties of industrial, commercial, or research facilities and by creating and preserving job and employment opportunities for the people of the county or counties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.81
§ 339.81. Confidential information
Status: in_force

October 10, 2000 Senate Bill 173 - 123rd General Assembly Any information, data, and reports with respect to a case of tuberculosis that are furnished to, or procured by, a county or district tuberculosis control unit or the department of health shall be confidential and used only for statistical, scientific, and medical research for the purpose of controlling tuberculosis in this state. No physician, hospital, or other entity furnishing information, data, or reports pursuant to this chapter shall by reason of such furnishing be deemed to have violated any confidential relationship, be held to answer for willful betrayal of a professional confidence, or be held liable in damages to any person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 322.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 322 / § 322.99
§ 322.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 142 - 122nd General Assembly Whoever violates section 322.02 or 322.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 341.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 341 / § 341.33
§ 341.33. Use of work camp services by municipal corporations
Status: in_force

November 5, 1959 House Bill 784 - 103rd General Assembly Imprisonment under the ordinances of a municipal corporation, in addition to the manner provided for in section 1905.35 of the Revised Code, may be in a county rehabilitation work camp, provided an agreement for the use of such camp has been entered into between the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such camp is located and the legislative authority of such municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.14
§ 311.14. Moneys, books, and papers to be delivered to successor
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Upon retiring from office, the sheriff shall pay over to the sheriff's successor in office all moneys received by such sheriff and remaining in the sheriff's hands. The sheriff shall deliver to the sheriff's successor all evidences of indebtedness and all books, blanks, and stationery belonging to the sheriff's office. Each sheriff shall demand and receive such books and papers from the sheriff's predecessor. Before leaving office, the sheriff shall prepare a certificate of transition for the successor sheriff in the form and substance prescribed by the auditor of state. The certificate shall contain an inventory of items delivered in accordance with this section, sections 311.13 and 311.15 of the Revised Code, and other information prescribed by the auditor of state. Before prescribing the inventory of items, accounts, and other information to be contained in the certificate of transition, the auditor of state shall solicit input from county sheriffs. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.26
§ 303.26. Removal of slum or blighted area definitions
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly As used in sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context: (A) "Municipality" means any incorporated city or village of the state. (B) "Public body" means the state, any county, municipality, township, board, commission, authority, district, or other subdivision. (C) "Federal government" means the United States or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise thereof. (D) "Slum" has the meaning defined in section 1.08 of the Revised Code. (E) "Blighted area" has the meaning defined in section 1.08 of the Revised Code. If such blighted area consists of open land, the provisions of section 303.34 of the Revised Code shall apply. Any disaster area referred to in section 303.36 of the Revised Code shall constitute a "blighted area". (F) "County renewal project" may include undertakings and activities of a county in a county renewal area for the elimination and for the prevention of the development or spread of slums and blight, and may involve slum clearance and redevelopment in a county renewal area, or rehabilitation or conservation in a county renewal area, or any combination or part thereof, in accordance with a county renewal plan, and such aforesaid undertakings and activities may include acquisition of a slum area or a blighted area, or portion thereof; demolition and removal of buildings and improvements; installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out in the county renewal area the county renewal objectives of sections 303.26 to 303.56 , inclusive, of the Revised Code in accordance with the county renewal plan; disposition of any property acquired in the county renewal area, including sale, initial leasing, or retention by the county itself, at its fair value for uses in accordance with the county renewal plan; carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements in accordance with the county renewal plan; and acquisition of any other real property in the county renewal area where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, insanitary, or unsafe conditions; lessen density, eliminate obsolete, or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities. (G) "County renewal area" means a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof which the board of county commissioners designates as appropriate for a county renewal project. (H) "County renewal plan" means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for a county renewal project, which plan shall conform to the general plan for the county, except as provided in section 303.36 of the Revised Code, and shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition, and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the county renewal area, zoning, and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. (I) "Redevelopment" and derivatives thereof, when used with respect to a county renewal area, mean development as well as redevelopment. (J) "Real property" includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, right, and use, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise. (K) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other person acting in a similar representative capacity. (L) "Obligee" includes any bondholder, agents, or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the county property used in connection with a county renewal project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the county. (M) "Bond," as used in section 303.46 of the Revised Code, means bonds, including refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates of special indebtedness, debentures, or other obligations of a county, payable and secured as authorized by section 303.46 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.15
§ 319.15. Monthly statement of county finances
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly On the first business day of each month, the county auditor shall prepare in duplicate a statement of the finances of the county for the preceding month, showing the amount of money received to the credit of each fund and account, the amount disbursed from each, the balance remaining to the credit of each, and the balance of money in the treasury and depository. After careful comparison with the county treasurer's balances, he shall submit such statement to the board of county commissioners, which shall place it on file and post one copy in the auditor's office, such copy to remain posted for at least thirty days for the inspection of the public.
Ohio Rev. Code § 340.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 340 / § 340.032
§ 340.032. Establishment of community-based continuum of care
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 (GA 136), Senate Bill 138 (GA 136) Subject to rules adopted by the director of behavioral health after consultation with relevant constituencies as required by division (A)(10) of section 5119.21 of the Revised Code, each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services shall do all of the following: (A) Establish, to the extent resources are available, a community-based continuum of care that includes all of the following as essential elements: (1) Prevention and wellness management services; (2) At least both of the following outreach and engagement activities: (a) Locating persons in need of addiction services and persons in need of mental health services to inform them of available addiction services, mental health services, and recovery supports; (b) Helping persons who receive addiction services and persons who receive mental health services obtain services necessary to meet basic human needs for food, clothing, shelter, medical care, personal safety, and income. (3) Assessment services; (4) Care coordination; (5) Residential services; (6) At least the following outpatient services: (a) Nonintensive; (b) Intensive, such as partial hospitalization and assertive community treatment; (c) Withdrawal management; (d) Emergency and crisis. (7) Where appropriate, at least the following inpatient services: (a) Psychiatric care; (b) Medically managed alcohol or drug treatment. (8) At least all of the following recovery supports: (a) Peer support; (b) A wide range of housing and support services, including recovery housing residences; (c) Employment, vocational, and educational opportunities; (d) Assistance with social, personal, and living skills; (e) Multiple paths to recovery such as twelve-step approaches and parent advocacy connection; (f) Support, assistance, consultation, and education for families, friends, and persons receiving addiction services, mental health services, and recovery supports. (9) In accordance with section 340.033 of the Revised Code, an array of addiction services and recovery supports for all levels of opioid and co-occurring drug addiction; (10) Any additional elements the department of behavioral health, pursuant to section 5119.21 of the Revised Code, determines are necessary to establish the community-based continuum of care. (B) Ensure that the rights of persons receiving any elements of the community-based continuum of care are protected; (C) Ensure that persons receiving any elements of the community-based continuum of care are able to utilize grievance procedures applicable to the elements; (D) Inform persons seeking or receiving addiction services, mental health services, or recovery supports and family members and caregivers of such persons, as well as the community in general, about available elements of the community-based continuum of care and facilitate the referral of persons to appropriate services and supports. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 340.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 340 / § 340.15
§ 340.15. Referral of parent, guardian, or custodian of child at imminent risk of being abused or neglected
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) A public children services agency that identifies a child by a risk assessment conducted pursuant to section 5153.16 of the Revised Code as being at imminent risk of being abused or neglected because of an addiction of a parent, guardian, or custodian of the child to a drug of abuse or alcohol shall refer the child's parent, guardian, or custodian and, if the agency determines that the child needs alcohol and drug addiction services, the child to a community addiction services provider. A public children services agency that is sent a court order issued pursuant to division (B) of section 2151.3514 of the Revised Code shall refer the addicted parent or other caregiver of the child identified in the court order to a community addiction services provider. On receipt of a referral under this division and to the extent funding identified under division (A)(2) of section 340.08 of the Revised Code is available, the provider shall provide the following services to the parent, guardian, custodian, or caregiver and child in need of addiction services: (1) If it is determined pursuant to an initial screening to be needed, assessment and appropriate treatment; (2) Documentation of progress in accordance with a treatment plan developed for the parent, guardian, custodian, caregiver, or child; (3) If the referral is based on a court order issued pursuant to division (B) of section 2151.3514 of the Revised Code and the order requires the specified parent or other caregiver of the child to submit to alcohol or other drug testing during, after, or both during and after, treatment, testing in accordance with the court order. (B) The services described in division (A) of this section shall have a priority as provided in the community addiction and mental health plan and budget established pursuant to sections 340.03 and 340.08 of the Revised Code. Once a referral has been received pursuant to this section, the public children services agency and the community addiction services provider shall, in accordance with 42 C.F.R. Part 2, share with each other any information concerning the persons and services described in that division that the agency and provider determine are necessary to share. If the referral is based on a court order issued pursuant to division (B) of section 2151.3514 of the Revised Code, the results and recommendations of the community addiction services provider also shall be provided and used as described in division (D) of that section. Information obtained or maintained by the agency or provider pursuant to this section that could enable the identification of any person described in division (A) of this section is not a public record subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.32
§ 319.32. Rounding off fractions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1987 House Bill 96 - 117th General Assembly (A) In determining the amount of taxes to be levied upon the real and personal property subject to such taxes, if the amount chargeable against a piece of real property or upon the personal property of any person contains a fractional part of a cent, and such fraction exceeds five mills, it shall be entered as a whole cent, but if such fraction is five mills or less, it shall be dropped. In all cases where the whole amount of taxes upon the personal property of a person does not amount to two dollars, the county auditor shall not enter it upon the tax list if such person has no other taxable property. In all cases where the whole amount of taxes, penalties, and assessments for the current tax year charged and payable against a parcel of real property is less than two dollars, the auditor may reduce such amount to zero on the tax list and duplicate in which case such parcel shall not be charged with taxes, penalties, and assessments for the current tax year. (B) If the whole amount of taxes, penalties, interest, and assessments chargeable against a parcel of real property or upon the personal property of any person contains a fractional part of a dollar, and that fractional part of a dollar exceeds fifty cents, the county auditor may increase it to the next whole dollar. If the fractional part is fifty cents or less, it may be dropped.
Ohio Rev. Code § 345.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 345 / § 345.18
§ 345.18. Limitation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 345.01 to 345.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code apply exclusively to memorials erected, equipped, furnished, and maintained or established by any political subdivisions of the state. All sections of the Revised Code, inconsistent with or prohibiting the exercise of the authority conferred by sections 345.01 to 345.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be deemed to be inoperative for the purpose of such sections. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.115 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.115
§ 317.115. Lot and sublot number after village dissolution
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly After a village dissolution under sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code, an instrument related to a tract, parcel, or lot of land located within what was previously the territory of the dissolved village may utilize the lot and sublot number previously assigned to the tract, parcel, or lot of land. Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.44
§ 329.44. Rights and powers of board
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The board of directors of a joint county department of job and family services formed under section 329.40 of the Revised Code may acquire, by purchase or lease, real property, equipment, and systems to improve, maintain, or operate family service programs within the territory served by the joint county department. A board of county commissioners may acquire, within its county, real property or any estate, interest, or right therein, by appropriation or any other method, for use by the joint county department in connection with its provision of services. Appropriation proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code. (B) A board of county commissioners that formed a joint county department may contribute lands or rights or interests therein, money, other personal property or rights or interests therein, or services to the joint county department. The board of county commissioners may issue bonds or bond anticipation notes of the county to pay the cost of acquiring real property and of constructing, modifying, or upgrading a facility to house employees of the joint county department. The board of directors of a joint county department may reimburse the county for the use of such a facility if it is required to do so under the agreement entered into under section 329.40 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.05
§ 339.05. Adopting bidding procedures and purchasing policies for services, supplies and equipment
Status: in_force

October 13, 2020 Senate Bill 4 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A board of county hospital trustees may adopt, annually, bidding procedures and purchasing or leasing policies provided through a joint purchasing arrangement sponsored by a nonprofit organization, for services, supplies, and equipment, that are routinely used in the operation of the hospital and that cost in excess of the amount specified in section 307.86 of the Revised Code as the amount above which purchases must be competitively bid. If a board of county hospital trustees adopts those policies and procedures, and if the board of county commissioners approves them, the board of county hospital trustees may follow those policies and procedures in lieu of following the competitive bidding procedures of sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 307.86 of the Revised Code, the board of county hospital trustees is exempt from competitive bidding as required under that section if the board, by a unanimous vote of its members, makes a determination that a real and present emergency exists, and any of the following applies: (1) The estimated cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars. (2) There is actual physical damage to structures or equipment. (3) The product to be purchased is personal protective equipment and the purchase is completed during the period of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020. The board shall enter the determination of emergency and the reasons for it in the minutes of its proceedings. (C) For purposes of this section, a vote is unanimous if all members of a board of county hospital trustees are present, or a lesser number of members of the board if not all members are present, provided that the number of members present constitutes a quorum. Board members participating in a vote by means of authorized communications equipment in accordance with section 339.02 of the Revised Code are considered to be present in person and may vote on matters under this section. (D) Whenever a contract of purchase, lease, or construction is exempted from competitive bidding because the estimated cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars, but the estimated cost is fifty thousand dollars or more, the board shall solicit informal estimates from not fewer than three persons who could perform the contract, before awarding the contract. With regard to each such contract, the board shall maintain a record of the informal estimates, including the name of each person from whom an informal estimate was solicited. The board shall maintain the record for the longer of at least one year after the contract is awarded or an amount of time required by the federal government. (E) "Personal protective equipment" means equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause workplace injuries and illnesses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 331.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 331 / § 331.03
§ 331.03. Expenses of board
Status: in_force

September 4, 1985 House Bill 68 - 116th General Assembly The county facilities review board shall serve without compensation, but actual expenses incurred in the discharge of its duties, including the costs of printing its annual report required by division (A) of section 331.06 of the Revised Code, and actual necessary expense incurred by any member, to be selected by such board, in visiting any other charitable or correctional institution for the purpose of information, and in attendance upon any convention or meeting held within this state in the interest of and to deliberate upon charitable or correctional methods and work, to an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars in any year, shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners. The county auditor shall issue a warrant for such expense which shall be paid by the county treasurer, provided the judge of the probate court has issued a certificate that the members of the county facilities review board have satisfactorily performed their duties, as provided in sections 331.04 to 331.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 351.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 351 / § 351.18
§ 351.18. Bonds not a debt of state
Status: in_force

June 29, 1988 House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state, and the holders or owners of the bonds and notes have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly, or, except as provided in SECTIONS 351.021 and 5739.026 of the Revised Code, by the taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the bonds and notes but such bonds and notes are payable solely from the revenues and excise taxes pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, unless the notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds or the bonds are refunded by refunding bonds issued under this chapter, which bonds or refunding bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and excise taxes pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter. All such bonds and notes shall contain on their face a statement to the effect that the bonds or notes, as to both principal and interest, are not debts of the state or any political subdivision of the state, but are payable solely from revenues and excise taxes pledged for their payment. All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from revenues, bonds and notes, and excise taxes, as provided under this chapter. This chapter does not authorize an authority to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any other political subdivision of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.343 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.343
§ 321.343. Authority for certain counties to authorize a county land reutilization corporation
Status: in_force

July 7, 2010 House Bill 313 - 128th General Assembly A county treasurer of a county in which a county land reutilization corporation has been organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code may enter into an agreement with the county land reutilization corporation for the benefit of the holders of debt obligations of the corporation for the repayment of which will be pledged the penalties and interest on current year unpaid taxes and current year delinquent taxes, as defined in and available under section 321.341 of the Revised Code. The pledge agreement may include, without limitation, a pledge by the county treasurer of and a grant of a security interest in the penalties and interest deposited into the county land reutilization fund to the payment of debt service on the debt obligations and a covenant of the county treasurer to continue to make the special tax advances authorized under section 321.341 of the Revised Code when the debt obligations remain outstanding if necessary to generate from the penalties and interest at least the amount needed to pay the debt service on the debt obligations when due. The penalties and interest so pledged and so deposited are immediately subject to the pledge and security interest without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The pledge and security interest are valid, binding, and enforceable against all parties having claims of any kind against the county land reutilization corporation or the county treasurer, irrespective of notice thereof, and such pledge and grant of a security interest creates a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, without the necessity for separation or delivery or possession of the pledged penalties and interest, or for the filing or recording of the document by which the pledge and security interest are created. The penalties and interest so deposited may be applied to the purposes for which pledged without necessity for any act of appropriation. The performance under this pledge agreement is expressly determined and declared to be a duty specifically enjoined by law upon the county treasurer and each officer and employee having authority to perform the duty of the county treasurer resulting from an office, trust, or station, within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code, enforceable by writ of mandamus.
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.89
§ 306.89. Federal and state approval necessary
Status: in_force

August 25, 1970 Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly The powers and duties provided in any agreement made pursuant to sections 306.80 to 306.90 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall become effective only when such agreement has been approved by the legislatures of all states having territory within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit commission and has received the consent of the Congress of the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.83
§ 306.83. Advancement or donation of money
Status: in_force

August 25, 1970 Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly Any political subdivision of this state within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit commission may advance or donate moneys to such regional transit commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 340.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 340 / § 340.11
§ 340.11. Liability insurance
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly A board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring board members or employees of the board or providers with which the board contracts against liability arising from the performance of their official duties. If the liability insurance is unavailable or the amount a board has procured or is able to procure is insufficient to cover the amount of a claim, the board may indemnify a board member or employee as follows: (A) For any action or inaction in the capacity of board member or employee or at the request of the board, whether or not the action or inaction is expressly authorized by this or any other section of the Revised Code, if both of the following apply: (1) The board member or employee acted in good faith and in a manner that the board member or employee reasonably believed was in or was not opposed to the best interests of the board; (2) With respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the board member or employee had no reason to believe the board member's or employee's conduct was unlawful. (B) Against any expenses, including attorneys' fees, the board member or employee actually and reasonably incurs as a result of a suit or other proceeding involving the defense of any action or inaction in the capacity of board member or employee or at the request of the board, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter raised in connection with the defense of such an action or inaction, to the extent that the board member or employee is successful on the merits or otherwise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 315 / § 315.32
§ 315.32. Plat or certified copy and deposition evidence - exception
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The plat and certificate made by any county engineer, or the depositions taken by such engineer, as provided by sections 315.28 to 315.31 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or a certified copy of such plat, certificate, or depositions from the engineer's office shall be evidence in any court in any cause in which the title of any land to which they apply is affected, but the depositions of witnesses so recorded shall only be received when such witnesses are dead or outside the jurisdiction of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 351.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 351 / § 351.99
§ 351.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

February 20, 1986 House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly Whoever violates division (J)(2) of section 351.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.07
§ 329.07. Duties and qualifications of Ohio works first ombudsperson
Status: in_force

June 30, 2000 Senate Bill 245 - 123rd General Assembly As used in this section, "Ohio works first" and, "Title IV-A" have the same meanings as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code. Each county department of job and family services shall have at least one Ohio works first ombudsperson. A county department may provide for an Ohio works first participant who resides in the county the county department serves and is qualified to perform the duties of an ombudsperson to be an ombudsperson. If no Ohio works first participant residing in the county the county department serves is qualified to perform the duties of an ombudsperson, the county department shall provide for one or more employees of the county department to be ombudspersons or contract with a person or government entity for the person or entity to perform the duties of an ombudsperson for the county department. To the extent permitted by federal law, the county department may use funds available under Title IV-A to provide for county department employees or a person or government entity under contract with the county department to perform the duties of an ombudsperson. An Ohio works first ombudsperson shall help Ohio works first applicants and participants resolve complaints the applicants and participants have about the administration of Ohio works first. The department of job and family services shall maintain a toll-free telephone number an Ohio works first assistance group may call to obtain the telephone number of an Ohio works first ombudsperson.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.72
§ 339.72. Designation of tuberculosis control unit
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) Each board of county commissioners shall provide for the county to be served by a tuberculosis control unit by designating a county tuberculosis control unit or by entering into an agreement with one or more boards of county commissioners of other counties under which the boards jointly designate a district tuberculosis control unit. The entity designated as the county or district tuberculosis control unit may be any of the following: (1) A communicable disease control program operated by a board of health of a city or general health district pursuant to section 3709.22 of the Revised Code; (2) A tuberculosis clinic established by a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 339.76 of the Revised Code; (3) A hospital that provides tuberculosis clinic services under a contract with a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 339.75 of the Revised Code. (B) The entity designated under division (A) of this section as the tuberculosis control unit shall accept that designation and fulfill its duties as the tuberculosis control unit specified under sections 339.71 to 339.89 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.88
§ 307.88. Bid contents
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A) Bids submitted pursuant to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code shall be in a form prescribed by the contracting authority and filed in the manner and at the time and place mentioned in the notice. The bids received shall be opened and tabulated at the time stated in the notice. Each bid shall contain the full name of each person submitting the bid. If the bid is in excess of the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code and for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement, it shall meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. If the bid is in excess of the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code and for any other contract authorized by sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code, it may be accompanied by a bond or certified check, cashier's check, or money order on a solvent bank or savings and loan association in a reasonable amount stated in the notice but not to exceed five per cent of the bid, conditioned that the bidder, if the bidder's bid is accepted, shall execute a contract in conformity to the invitation and the bid. (B) The board of county commissioners, by a unanimous vote of the entire board, may permit a contracting authority to exempt a bid from any or all of the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code if the estimated cost is one hundred thousand dollars or less. If the board exempts a bid from any but not all of those requirements, the bid notice published pursuant to section 307.87 of the Revised Code shall state the specific bid guaranty requirements that apply. If the board exempts a bid from all requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code, the notice shall state that none of the requirements of that section apply. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.678 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.678
§ 307.678. Tourism development facility or project cooperative agreements
Status: in_force

March 27, 2020 House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Bureau" means a nonprofit corporation that is organized under the laws of this state that is, or has among its functions acting as, a convention and visitors' bureau, and that currently receives revenue from existing lodging taxes. (2) "Cooperating parties" means the parties to a cooperative agreement. (3) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement entered into pursuant to or as contemplated by this section. (4) "Credit enhancement facilities" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Debt charges" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, except that "obligations" shall be substituted for "securities" wherever "securities" appears in that section. (6) "Eligible county" means a county within the boundaries of which any part of a tourism development district is located. (7) "Eligible transit authority" means a regional transit authority created pursuant to section 306.31 of the Revised Code or a county in which a county transit system is created pursuant to section 306.01 of the Revised Code, within the boundaries of which any part of a tourism development district is located. (8) "Existing lodging taxes" means taxes levied by a board of county commissioners of an eligible county under divisions (A) to (L) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code. (9) "Financing costs" means all costs, fees, and expenses relating to the authorization, including any required election, issuance, sale, delivery, authentication, deposit, custody, clearing, registration, transfer, exchange, fractionalization, replacement, payment, and servicing, of obligations, including, without limitation, costs and expenses for or relating to publication and printing, postage, delivery, preliminary and final official statements, offering circulars, placement memoranda, and informational statements, travel and transportation, underwriters, placement agents, investment bankers, paying agents, registrars, authenticating agents, remarketing agents, custodians, clearing agencies, companies, or corporations, securities depositories, issuers, financial advisory services, certifications, audits, federal or state regulatory agencies, accounting and computation services, legal services and obtaining approving legal opinions and other legal opinions, credit ratings, paying redemption premiums, and credit enhancement facilities. Financing costs may be paid from any money available for the purpose, including, unless otherwise provided in the proceedings, from the proceeds of the obligations to which they relate and, as to future financing costs, from the same sources from which debt charges on the obligations are paid and as though debt charges. (10) "Host municipal corporation" means a municipal corporation within the boundaries of which any part of a tourism development district is located. (11) "Host school district" means a school district within the boundaries of which any part of a tourism development district is located. (12) "Incremental sales tax growth" has the same meaning as in section 5739.213 of the Revised Code, except that, in the case of an eligible county, "incremental sales tax growth" shall include only the amount of taxes levied under sections 5739.021 and 5739.026 of the Revised Code credited to the county's general fund. (13) "Issuer" means a port authority, a new community authority, or any other issuer, as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, and any corporation. (14) "Maintenance and repair costs" means costs and expenses incurred by a cooperating party from the party's own revenues for maintaining or repairing a project. (15) "Net lodging tax proceeds" means the proceeds of an existing lodging tax that remain after deduction by an eligible county of the real and actual costs of administering the tax and any portion of such proceeds required to be returned to a municipal corporation or township under division (A) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code. (16) "Net tourism development district revenues" means the tourism development district revenues remaining after deduction by the host municipal corporation of an amount, not to exceed one per cent of any admissions tax revenues, prescribed in any legislation by which, or agreement pursuant to which, tourism development district revenues are pledged, or agreed to be pledged or contributed, by an eligible county, an eligible transit authority, or a host municipal corporation, or any combination thereof, in accordance with division (B), (E), (F), or (G) of this section. (17) "New community authority" means a new community authority established under section 349.03 of the Revised Code by an organizational board of commissioners that is or includes the board of county commissioners of an eligible county or the legislative authority of a host municipal corporation. (18) "Obligations" means obligations issued or incurred by an issuer pursuant to Chapter 133., 349., or 4582. of the Revised Code, or otherwise, for the purpose of funding or paying, or reimbursing persons for the funding or payment of, project costs, and that evidence the issuer's obligation to repay borrowed money, including interest thereon, or to pay other money obligations of the issuer at any future time, including, without limitation, bonds, notes, anticipatory securities as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, certificates of indebtedness, commercial paper, or installment sale, lease, lease-purchase, or similar agreements. "Obligations" does not include credit enhancement facilities. (19) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, eligible county, eligible transit authority, host municipal corporation, port authority, new community authority, and any other political subdivision of the state. (20) "Port authority" means a port authority created under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code. (21) "Project" means acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, equipping, furnishing, or otherwise improving a tourism facility or any component or element thereof. (22) "Project cost" means the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, equipping, financing, refinancing, furnishing, or otherwise improving a project, including, without limitation, financing costs; the cost of architectural, engineering, and other professional services, designs, plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates of costs; financing or refinancing obligations issued by, or reimbursing money advanced by, any cooperating party or any other person, where the proceeds of the obligations or money advanced was used to pay any other cost described in this division; inspections and testing; any indemnity or surety bond or premium related to insurance pertaining to development of the project; all related direct and indirect administrative costs and costs of placing a project in service; fees and expenses of trustees, escrow agents, depositories, and paying agents for any obligations; interest on obligations during the planning, design, and development of a project and for up to eighteen months thereafter; funding and replenishing reserves for the payment of debt charges on any obligations; all other expenses necessary or incident to planning, or determining the feasibility or practicability of, a project, including, without limitation, advocating the enactment of legislation to facilitate the development and financing of a project; and any other costs of a project that are authorized to be financed by the issuer of obligations at the time the obligations are issued. (23) "Taxing authority" means the board of county commissioners of an eligible county, the legislative authority, as that term is defined in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, of an eligible transit authority, or the legislative authority of a host municipal corporation. (24) "Tourism development district" means an area designated by a host municipal corporation under section 715.014 of the Revised Code. (25) "Tourism development district revenues" means money received or receivable by a host municipal corporation from incremental sales tax growth pursuant to section 5739.213 of the Revised Code, from a tax levied by the host municipal corporation pursuant to division (C) of section 5739.101 of the Revised Code, from a tax levied by the host municipal corporation pursuant to section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code on the provision of lodging by hotels located in the tourism development district, from a tax levied by the host municipal corporation with respect to admission to any tourism facility or parking or any other activity occurring at any location in the tourism development district, or from any tax levied by an eligible county, eligible transit authority, or host municipal corporation, except for a tax on property levied by an eligible county, with respect to activities occurring, or property located, in the tourism development district, if and to the extent that revenue from any such tax is authorized to be used, or is not prohibited by law from being used, to foster and develop tourism in the tourism development district and is authorized, contracted, pledged or assigned by the respective taxing authority to be used to fund or pay, or to reimburse other persons for funding or payment of, project costs or maintenance and repair costs. (26) "Tourism facility" means any permanent improvement, as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, located in a tourism development district. (B) The board of county commissioners of an eligible county, an eligible transit authority, a host municipal corporation, the board of education of a host school district, a port authority, a bureau, a new community authority, and any other person, or any combination thereof, may enter into a cooperative agreement for any purpose authorized under this section and under which any of the following apply: (1) The board of county commissioners of the eligible county and the bureau agree to make available to a cooperating party or any other person net lodging tax proceeds, not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars each year, to fund or pay, or to reimburse other persons for funding or payment of, project costs or debt charges on obligations. (2) The board of county commissioners of the eligible county agrees, for the purpose of funding or paying or supporting, or for reimbursing other persons for funding or payment of, project costs, including debt charges on obligations, may do either of the following: (a) Make available to a cooperating party or other person an amount equal to incremental sales tax growth or all or a portion of the county's tourism development district revenues; (b) Provide, from receipts of a tax levied by the county under division (K) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code, credit enhancement facilities in connection with the funding or payment of project costs, including debt charges on obligations, or any portion or combination thereof. (3) The taxing authority of an eligible transit authority agrees to make available to a cooperating party or any other person an amount equal to incremental sales tax growth or all or a portion of the transit authority's tourism development district revenues. (4) The host municipal corporation agrees to make available credit enhancement facilities or net tourism development district revenues, or any portion or combination thereof, to fund, pay, or support, or to reimburse other persons for funding or payment of, project costs, including debt charges on obligations, or maintenance and repair costs, or both. Any agreement to use net tourism development district revenues to pay or reimburse other persons for payment of maintenance and repair costs shall be subject to authorization by any cooperating party providing such funding to the host municipal corporation and to annual appropriation for such purpose by the legislative authority of the host municipal corporation and shall be subordinate to any covenant made to or by an issuer in connection with the issuance of obligations or credit enhancement facilities to pay project costs. (5) The cooperating parties agree, subject to any conditions or limitations provided in the cooperative agreement, to any of the following: (a) The conveyance, grant, or transfer to a cooperating party or any other person of ownership of, property interests in, and rights to use real or personal property to create a tourism facility or with respect to a tourism facility as the facility exists at the time of the agreement or as it may be improved by a project; (b) The respective responsibilities of each cooperating party for the management, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of a tourism facility, including any project undertaken with respect to the facility, which may include authorization for a cooperating party to contract with any other person for any such purpose; (c) The respective responsibilities of each cooperating party for the development and financing of a project, including, without limitation, the cooperating party or parties that shall be responsible for contracting for the development of a project and administering contracts entered into by the party or parties for that purpose; (d) The respective responsibilities of each cooperating party to provide money, credit enhancement facilities, or both, whether by issuing obligations or otherwise, for the funding, payment, financing, or refinancing, or reimbursement to a cooperating party or other person for the funding, payment, financing, or refinancing, of project costs; (e) The respective responsibilities of each cooperating party to provide money, credit enhancement facilities, or other security for the payment of debt charges on obligations or to fund or replenish reserves or otherwise provide for the payment of maintenance and repair costs. (C) Any conveyance, grant, or transfer of ownership of, property interests in, or rights to use a tourism development facility or project, including any project undertaken with respect to an existing tourism facility, that is contemplated by a cooperative agreement may be made or entered into by a cooperating party, in such manner and upon such terms as the cooperating parties may agree, without regard to ownership of the tourism facility or project, notwithstanding any other provision of law that may otherwise apply, including, without limitation, any requirement for notice, competitive bidding or selection, or the provision of security. (D) The board of county commissioners may amend any previously adopted resolution providing for the levy of an existing lodging tax to permit the use of any portion of the net lodging tax proceeds from such tax as provided in this section if and to the extent such use is not inconsistent with a cooperative agreement. A host municipal corporation may amend any previously passed ordinance providing for the levy of lodging taxes under section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code to permit the use of any portion of such lodging taxes as provided in this section. (E)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The board of county commissioners of an eligible county may provide, from receipts of a tax levied by the county under division (K) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code, credit enhancement facilities in connection with any project, including, without limitation, for the provision of any infrastructure necessary to support a tourism facility. (b) The board of county commissioners of an eligible county and a bureau may agree to make available to any person, on such terms and conditions as the board and the bureau may determine and agree, net lodging tax proceeds. (c) The board of county commissioners of an eligible county may agree to make available to any person, on such terms and conditions as the board may determine and agree, incremental sales tax growth and all or a portion of the county's tourism development district revenues. (2) Any amount made available under division (E)(1)(b) or (c) of this section shall be used to fund or pay, or to reimburse other persons for funding or payment of, project costs, including, without limitation, the payment of debt charges on obligations, the provision of credit enhancement facilities and the funding, and funding and replenishing reserves for that purpose or, subject to annual appropriation, to pay, or reimburse other persons for payment of, repair and maintenance costs. (3) The board of county commissioners, the bureau, or both, may pledge net lodging tax proceeds, and the board of county commissioners may pledge incremental sales tax growth and any tourism development district revenues, or any part or portion or combination thereof, to the payment of debt charges on obligations and the funding, or to fund or replenish reserves for that purpose; provided that, the total amount of net lodging tax proceeds made available for such use each year shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars. The lien of any such pledge shall be effective against all persons when it is made, without the requirement for the filing of any notice, and any such net lodging tax proceeds, incremental sales tax growth, and tourism development district revenues, or any part or portion or combination thereof, so pledged and required to pay debt charges on obligations, to provide any credit enhancement facilities or to fund, or to fund or replenish reserves, or any combination thereof, shall be paid by the county or bureau at the times, in the amounts, and to such payee, including, without limitation, a corporate trustee or paying agent, to which the board of county commissioners and bureau agree with respect to net lodging tax proceeds and to which the board of county commissioners agree with respect to incremental sales tax growth or tourism development district revenues. (F) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a host municipal corporation may agree to make available to any person, on such terms and conditions to which it may determine and agree, and any person may use, net tourism development district revenues, or any part or portion thereof, to fund or pay, or to reimburse other persons for funding or payment of, project costs, including, without limitation, the payment of debt charges on obligations and the funding, and funding and replenishing reserves for that purpose, or, subject to annual appropriation, to pay, or to reimburse other persons for payment of maintenance and repair costs, and the host municipal corporation may pledge net tourism development district revenues, or any part or portion thereof, to the payment of debt charges on obligations and to fund and replenish reserves for that purpose and may provide credit enhancement facilities. The lien of any such pledge shall be effective against all persons when it is made, without the requirement for the filing of any notice, and any net tourism development district revenues so pledged and required to pay debt charges on obligations or to fund and replenish reserves shall be paid by the host municipal corporation at the times, in the amounts, and to such payee, including, without limitation, a corporate trustee or paying agent, to which the host municipal corporation agrees. (G) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligible transit authority may agree to make available, on such terms and conditions to which it may determine and agree, to any person, and any person may use, incremental sales tax growth and tourism development district revenues, or any part or portion or combination thereof, to fund or pay, or to reimburse other persons for funding or payment of, project costs, including, without limitation, the payment of debt charges on obligations and the funding and replenishing of reserves for that purpose, or, subject to annual appropriation, to pay, or to reimburse any other person for payment of, maintenance and repair costs, and the eligible transit authority may pledge incremental sales tax growth and tourism development district revenues, or any part or portion or combination thereof, to the payment of debt charges on obligations and the funding and replenishing of reserves for that purpose. The lien of any such pledge shall be effective against all persons when it is made, without the requirement for the filing of any notice, and any incremental sales tax growth and tourism development district revenues, or any part or portion or combination thereof, so pledged and required to pay debt charges on obligations or to fund and replenish reserves shall be paid by the eligible transit authority at the times, in the amounts, and to such payee, including, without limitation, a corporate trustee or paying agent, to which the eligible transit authority agrees. (H) Except as provided herein with respect to agreements for the payment or reimbursement of maintenance and repair costs, if the term of an agreement made pursuant to division (B), (E), (F), or (G) of this section extends beyond the end of the fiscal year of the eligible county, eligible transit authority, or host municipal corporation in which it is made, the agreement shall be subject to section 5705.44 of the Revised Code, and subject to the certification required by that section, the amount due under any such agreement in each succeeding fiscal year shall be included in the annual appropriation measure of the eligible county, eligible transit authority, or host municipal corporation for each such fiscal year as a fixed charge. The obligation of an eligible county, eligible transit authority, or host municipal corporation, and of each official thereof, to include the amount required to be paid in any such fiscal year in its annual appropriation measure as a fixed charge and to make such payments from and to the extent of the amounts so pledged, or agreed to be contributed or pledged, shall be a duty specially enjoined by law and resulting from an office, trust, or station under section 2731.01 of the Revised Code, enforceable by writ of mandamus. (I)(1) Each tourism facility and project constitutes a "port authority facility" within the meaning of division (D) of section 4582.01 and division (E) of section 4582.21 of the Revised Code, and a port authority may issue obligations under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code, subject only to the procedures and requirements applicable to its issuance of revenue bonds as provided in division (A)(4) of section 4582.06 of the Revised Code or of port authority revenue bonds as provided in division (A)(8) of section 4582.31 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of issuing any such obligations, any net lodging tax proceeds, net tourism development district revenues, amounts provided pursuant to any credit enhancement facilities, and revenue from any other tax pledged, assigned, or otherwise obligated to be contributed to the payment of the obligations shall be treated as revenues of the port authority for the purposes of division (A)(4) of section 4582.06 of the Revised Code and revenues, as defined in section 4582.21 of the Revised Code. Any obligations issued under division (I)(1) of this section shall be considered revenue bonds issued under division (A)(4) of section 4582.06 of the Revised Code or port authority revenue bonds issued under division (A)(8) of section 4582.31 and section 4582.48 of the Revised Code for all purposes. In addition to all other powers available to a port authority under this section or under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code with respect to the issuance of or provision for the security for payment of debt charges on obligations, and with respect to any tourism facility or project, the port authority may take any of the actions contemplated by Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code, including, without limitation, any actions contemplated by section 4582.06 , 4582.31 , or 4582.47 of the Revised Code. Obligations issued by a port authority pursuant to division (I)(1) of this section shall be special obligations of the port authority and do not constitute bonded indebtedness, a general obligation, debt, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state, the port authority, or any other political subdivision of the state. (2) Each tourism facility and project constitutes "community facilities" within the meaning of division (I) of section 349.01 of the Revised Code, and a new community authority may issue obligations pursuant to Chapter 349. of the Revised Code subject only to the procedures and requirements applicable to its issuance of bonds or notes as used in and pursuant to section 349.08 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of issuing any such obligations, net lodging tax proceeds, net tourism development district revenues, and revenue from any other tax pledged, assigned, or otherwise obligated to be contributed to the payment of the obligations shall be treated as an income source, as defined in section 349.01 of the Revised Code. Any obligations issued under division (I)(2) of this section shall be considered bonds issued under section 349.08 of the Revised Code. In addition to all other powers available to a new community authority under division (I)(2) of this section or under Chapter 349. of the Revised Code with respect to the issuance of or provision for the security for payment of debt charges on obligations, and with respect to any tourism facility or project, the new community authority may take any of the actions contemplated by Chapter 349. of the Revised Code. Obligations issued by a new community authority pursuant to division (I)(2) of this section shall be special obligations of the new community authority and do not constitute bonded indebtedness, a general obligation, debt, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state, the new community authority, or any other political subdivision of the state. (J) Each project for which funding or payment of project costs is provided, in whole or in part, by the issuance of obligations secured by a pledge of net lodging tax proceeds or net tourism development district revenues, or both, and any agreement to provide credit enhancement facilities or to fund or pay, and the funding or payment of, such project costs and any maintenance and repair costs of the project from net lodging taxes and net tourism development district revenues, are hereby determined, regardless of the ownership, leasing, or use of the project by any person, to constitute implementing and participating in the development of sites and facilities within the meaning of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, including division (D)(3) of that section, and any such obligations are hereby determined to be issued, and any such credit enhancement facilities and agreements to fund or pay, and funding and payment of, project costs and any maintenance and repair costs of the project, are determined to be made, under authority of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, for and in furtherance of site and facility development purposes within the meaning of division (E) of that section, pursuant to provision made by law for the procedure for incurring and issuing obligations, separately or in combination with other obligations, and refunding, retiring, and evidencing obligations, and pursuant to division (F) of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, such that provision for the payment of debt charges on the obligations, credit enhancement facilities, or both, the purposes and uses to which and the manner in which the proceeds of those obligations or credit enhancement facilities or money from other sources are to be or may be applied, and other implementation of those development purposes as referred to in this section, including the manner determined by an issuer to participate for those purposes, are not subject to Sections 4 and 6 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. No obligations may be issued under this section to fund or pay maintenance and repair costs. (K) No obligations may be issued under this section unless the issuer's fiscal officer determines that the net lodging tax proceeds, net tourism development district revenues, or both, pledged, assigned, or otherwise obligated to be contributed to the payment of debt charges on such obligations and all other obligations issued, outstanding and payable therefrom, are expected to be sufficient to pay all debt charges on all such obligations except to any extent that such debt charges are to be paid from proceeds of obligations or refunding obligations deposited or to be deposited into a pledged fund or account, including any reserve fund or account, or investment earnings thereon. (L)(1) A board of county commissioners shall not repeal, rescind, or reduce the levy of an existing lodging tax or the source of any other revenue to the extent revenue from that tax or source is pledged to the payment of debt charges on obligations, and any such lodging tax or other revenue source shall not be subject to repeal, rescission, or reduction by initiative, referendum, or subsequent enactment of legislation by the general assembly, so long as there remain outstanding any obligations as to which the payment of debt charges is secured by a pledge of the existing lodging tax or other revenue source. (2) The legislative authority of a host municipal corporation shall not repeal, rescind, or reduce the levy of any tax the proceeds of which constitute tourism development district revenues if its proceeds are pledged to the payment of debt charges on obligations, and any such tax shall not be subject to repeal, rescission, or reduction by initiative, referendum, or subsequent enactment of legislation by the general assembly, so long as there remain outstanding any obligations as to which the payment of debt charges is secured by a pledge of those net tourism development district revenues. (3) A transit authority shall not repeal, rescind, or reduce the levy of any tax the proceeds of which are pledged to the payment of debt charges on obligations, and any such tax shall not be subject to repeal, rescission, or reduction by initiative, referendum, or subsequent enactment of legislation by the general assembly, so long as there remain outstanding any obligations as to which the payment of debt charges is secured by the pledge of such tax proceeds. (M) A pledge, assignment, or other agreement to contribute net lodging tax proceeds or other revenues or credit enhancement facilities made by an eligible county under division (B) or (E) of this section; a pledge, assignment, or other agreement to contribute net tourism development district revenues or credit enhancement facilities made by a host municipality under division (B) or (F) of this section; and a pledge, assignment, or other agreement made by an eligible county or eligible transit authority or agreement to contribute revenue from taxes that constitute tourism development district revenues under division (B), (E), or (G) of this section, do not constitute bonded indebtedness, or indebtedness for the purposes of Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, of an eligible county, eligible transit authority, or host municipal corporation. (N) The authority provided by this section is supplemental to, and is not intended to limit in any way, any legal authority that a cooperating party or any other person may have under any other provision of law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.18
§ 307.18. Transfer of property to county commissioners
Status: in_force

December 11, 1967 House Bill 487 - 107th General Assembly Any agreement entered into under sections 307.14 to 307.19 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, may provide for the transfer to the board of county commissioners of any property, real or personal, used or useful, in the performance of functions or the rendering of services under such agreement. Such transfer may include the proceeds of bonds issued or to be issued by the contracting subdivision, appropriate to the powers, functions, or services under the agreement, such proceeds to be expended by the board subject to the same conditions as would govern the contracting subdivision. Such transfer may convey the absolute title to such property, subject, in the case of the disposal or encumbrance of such real property by the board, to the consent of the legislative authority of the contracting subdivision; or may convey its use only, or any estate or title less than absolute; may limit the power of the board to dispose of such property; and may provide for its return, disposition, division, or distribution, in the event of the rescission or expiration of the agreement. Any such agreement may provide for transfer to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation of any property, real or personal, used or useful, in the performance of functions or the rendering of services under such agreement. Such transfer may include the proceeds of bonds issued or to be issued by the county, appropriate to the powers, functions, or services under the agreement, such proceeds to be expended by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation subject to the same conditions as would govern the county. Such transfer may convey the absolute title to such property, subject, in the case of the disposal or encumbrance of such real property by the legislative authority, to the consent of the board; or may convey its use only, or any estate or title less than absolute; may limit the power of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to dispose of such property; and may provide for its return, disposition, division, or distribution, in the event of the rescission or expiration of the agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.21
§ 317.21. Plats, records, and documents for use of county and municipal authorities
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever the county recorder, county auditor, and county treasurer, or a majority of them, determines to provide, for the convenience of the various county officials and the more efficient performance of their duties, including those prescribed by sections 5309.01 to 5309.98 and 5310.01 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, plats, records, abstracts, books, copies of records, abstracts of records, existing or destroyed by fire or otherwise, or other documents or instruments affecting the title of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments within the county, they may acquire the same by purchase, lease, or rental. When acquired, such property shall be kept up and maintained in the office of the recorder or auditor, as such officials determine, and shall be at all times subject to the use, examination, and inspection of the public, and all officials of the county and the municipal corporations therein.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.25
§ 307.25. Distribution of books
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The publications provided for in section 307.23 of the Revised Code shall be placed in the custody of the incorporated historical societies and be distributed by them at such price and in such manner as the society directs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.10
§ 329.10. Property and records transferred to county department of job and family services
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly All the property, records, files, and other documents and papers used in and necessary for the performance of the functions belonging to or in the possession of any board, agency, or department, the powers and duties of which are transferred to the county department of job and family services, and the proceeds of all tax levies in process of collection for the use of such boards, agencies, or departments shall be transferred to the county department of job and family services, when established. At the time the exercise of any powers and duties of any other board, agency, or department are transferred to the county department of job and family services, or to any other board, agency, or department, all the property, records, files, and other documents and papers, the unexpended balances of all current appropriations, and the unappropriated proceeds of all tax levies then in process of collection for the use of such board, agency, or department shall be deemed transferred to the board, agency, or department to which such duties have been transferred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 351.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 351 / § 351.11
§ 351.11. Lawful investments
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinking funds of municipal corporations, boards of education, port authorities, and counties and political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of this state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the retirement boards of the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the public employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and of insurance companies, including domestic life insurance companies and domestic insurance companies other than life, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.621 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.621
§ 307.621. Establishing child fatality review board
Status: in_force

October 5, 2000 House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly A board of county commissioners shall appoint a health commissioner of the board of health of a city or general health district that is entirely or partially located in the county in which the board of county commissioners is located to establish a child fatality review board to review the deaths of children under eighteen years of age. The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may, by adopting a joint resolution passed by a majority of the members of each participating board of county commissioners, create a regional child fatality review board to serve all participating counties. The joint resolution shall appoint, for each county participating as part of the regional review board, one health commissioner from a board of health of a city or general health district located at least in part in each county. The health commissioners appointed shall select one of their number as the health commissioner to establish the regional review board. The regional review board shall be established in the same manner as provided for single county review boards. In any county that has a body acting as a child fatality review board on the effective date of this section, the board of county commissioners of that county, in lieu of having a health commissioner establish a child fatality review board, shall appoint that body to function as the child fatality review board for the county. The body shall have the same duties, obligations, and protections as a child fatality review board appointed by a health commissioner. The board of county commissioners or an individual designated by the board shall convene the body as required by section 307.624 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.12
§ 323.12. Payment of taxes
Status: in_force

October 14, 1997 Senate Bill 59 - 122nd General Assembly (A) Each person charged with taxes shall pay to the county treasurer the full amount of such taxes on or before the thirty-first day of December, or shall pay one-half of the current taxes together with the full amount of any delinquent taxes before such date, and the remaining half on or before the twentieth day of June next ensuing. When taxes are paid by installments, each payment shall be apportioned among the several funds for which taxes have been assessed. (B) A tax is paid on or before the dates set forth in this section if the tax payment is received by the county treasurer or if prepayments are applied by the treasurer toward the payment of taxes as provided by section 321.45 of the Revised Code on or before the last day for payment of such tax, or if the tax payment is received after such date in an envelope that was postmarked by the United States postal service on or before the last day for payment of such tax. In the event there is more than one date of postmark on the envelope, the earliest date imprinted by the United States postal service shall be the date of payment. A private meter postmark on an envelope is not a valid postmark for purposes of establishing the date of payment of such tax. (C) The treasurer may delay the closing of the treasurer's books for any collection period for the purpose of receiving and processing such payments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.83
§ 307.83. Reversionary interest in parks and park lands
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly When real estate which has been dedicated to or for the use of the public for parks or park lands is vacated by the board of county commissioners pursuant to division (A) of section 307.81 of the Revised Code or is to be sold or leased for nonpark use under division (B) of that section, and where reversionary interests have been set up in the event of the non-use of such lands for the dedicated purpose, such reversionary interests shall accelerate and vest in the holders thereof upon such vacation, or prior to the acceptance of an offer to buy or lease the land. Thereupon the auditor of the county shall place the lands on the tax duplicate of the county in the names of such reversioners as are known to the board of county commissioners. If the board is unable to establish the names of such reversioners, it shall fix a date on or before which claims to such real estate may be asserted and after which such real estate shall be sold or leased. The board shall give notice of such date and of the sale or lease to be held thereafter, once each week for four consecutive weeks using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein such lands are located; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (C) On the web site and social media account of the county wherein such lands are located. In the event that no claims to such lands are asserted or found to be valid, the lands shall be sold pursuant to section 307.82 of the Revised Code in the case of a vacation of the lands pursuant to division (A) of section 307.81 of the Revised Code, or be sold or leased pursuant to division (B) of section 307.81 of the Revised Code if an agreement with a political subdivision is entered into under that division, and the title of any holders of reversionary interests shall be extinguished. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.30
§ 303.30. Prerequisites for approval county renewal project for county renewal area
Status: in_force

October 21, 1959 House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly A board of county commissioners shall not approve a county renewal project for a county renewal area unless it has, by resolution, determined such area to be a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof and designated such area as appropriate for a county renewal project. The board shall not approve a county renewal plan until a general plan for the county has been prepared by the planning commission of the county. A board shall not acquire real property for a county renewal project unless it has approved the county renewal project in accordance with section 303.33 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.31
§ 303.31. Preparing county renewal plan
Status: in_force

October 21, 1959 House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly A board of county commissioners may itself prepare or cause to be prepared a county renewal plan, or any person or agency, public or private, may submit such a plan to the county. Prior to its approval of a county renewal project, the board shall submit such plan to the planning commission of the county for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the county. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed county renewal plan to the board within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if no recommendations are received within thirty days, then without such recommendations, the board may proceed with the hearing on the proposed county renewal project.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.645 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.645
§ 307.645. No review while investigation or prosecution pending
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly A suicide fatality review committee may not conduct a review of a death while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney agrees to allow the review. The law enforcement agency conducting the criminal investigation, on the conclusion of the investigation, and the prosecuting attorney prosecuting the case, on the conclusion of the prosecution, shall notify the chairperson of the review committee of the conclusion. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.05
§ 317.05. Deputies
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly The county recorder may appoint deputies to aid in the performance of the county recorder's duties. Such an appointment or removal shall be in writing and filed with the county treasurer. The county recorder and the recorder's sureties shall be responsible for the deputies' neglect of duty or misconduct in office. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the deputies shall take the oath of office as prescribed in section 317.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.22
§ 313.22. Rights of administrator or executor
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 311.01 to 311.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not interfere with the rights of any appointed and qualified administrator or executor, but moneys and effects taken by the coroner shall be delivered to such administrator or executor, whether before or after return thereof to the probate court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 341.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 341 / § 341.24
§ 341.24. Health insurance claims for workhouse inmates
Status: in_force

October 16, 1996 Senate Bill 163 - 121st General Assembly (A) For each person who is confined in a workhouse as provided in section 341.23 of the Revised Code, the county, district, or municipal corporation, as the case may be, may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan and, if the person has such coverage, what terms and conditions are imposed by it for the filing and payment of claims. (B) If, pursuant to division (A) of this section, it is determined that the person is covered under a policy, contract, or plan and, while that coverage is in force, the workhouse renders or arranges for the rendering of health care services to the person in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, then the person, county, district, municipal corporation, or provider of the health care services, as appropriate under the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, shall promptly submit a claim for payment for the health care services to the appropriate third-party payer and shall designate, or make any other arrangement necessary to ensure, that payment of any amount due on the claim be made to the county, district, municipal corporation, or provider, as the case may be. (C) Any payment made to the county, district, or municipal corporation pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the governmental entity that incurred the expenses. (D) This section also applies to any person who is under the custody of a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the person's confinement in the workhouse.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.133 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.133
§ 323.133. Payment of portion of taxes where application for exemption is pending
Status: in_force

January 10, 1991 Senate Bill 332 - 118th General Assembly (A) A taxpayer may tender, and the county treasurer shall accept, payment of a portion of any taxes charged against real property that is the subject of an application for exemption from taxation under section 5715.27 of the Revised Code that is pending before the tax commissioner. The treasurer shall issue a receipt to the taxpayer, and credit such payment against any unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest charged against the property. The treasurer shall enter any such payment on the treasurer's tax duplicate and apportion the payment among the several funds for which taxes have been assessed and applied to the items of taxes charged in the order in which they became due. This division does not authorize the commissioner to accept an application for exemption for property against which delinquent taxes are outstanding at the time of application, except as provided in section 5713.081 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon receipt of the tax commissioner's final determination concerning an application for exemption, the county auditor shall correct the tax lists for the years covered in the application and any other year that elapsed while the application was under review or appeal. For each such year, the auditor shall compute the amount of any unpaid taxes and any penalties and interest thereon that were charged against the property. If the auditor determines that in any such year an overpayment of taxes was made, the auditor shall treat the amount as an overpayment of real property taxes as provided in section 5715.22 of the Revised Code, except that no application need be made by the person who overpaid the taxes in order for the auditor to issue a refund. If the auditor determines that an unpaid balance remains after crediting any overpayments, or if no overpayment was made and there are unpaid taxes and penalties or interest on such taxes, he shall certify the amount of the unpaid balance to the county treasurer, who shall collect such amount in the manner prescribed by law for the collection of delinquent taxes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.058 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.058
§ 307.058. Joint ambulance district or county may join joint emergency medical services district
Status: in_force

November 11, 1994 House Bill 384 - 120th General Assembly (A) Once a joint emergency medical services district is formed, any joint ambulance district located in a county that is a participant in the joint emergency medical services district may join that joint emergency medical services district by adopting a resolution requesting inclusion and presenting it to the board of trustees of the joint emergency medical services district. Upon the board's approval of this request, the joint ambulance district shall become a part of the joint emergency medical services district and the joint ambulance district shall be considered to have ceased to exist by operation of law for purposes of section 505.72 of the Revised Code. (B) Any county may join an existing joint emergency medical services district by adopting a resolution requesting such membership and upon approval of the board of trustees of the district. Any county may withdraw from a district by adopting a resolution ordering withdrawal and giving written notice of the resolution to the district on or before the first day of September of the year preceding the year in which the withdrawal is to become effective. On or after the first day of January of the year following the adoption of the resolution of withdrawal, the withdrawing county ceases to be a part of that district and the power of the district to levy a tax on taxable property in the withdrawing county terminates, except that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of indebtedness within the territory of the district as it existed at the time the indebtedness was incurred. (C) Upon the withdrawal of any county from a district, the board of trustees shall ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand, credits, moneys and taxes in the process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment of indebtedness, and real and personal property, either in money or in kind, between the district and the withdrawing county on any equitable basis consistent with the joint resolution creating the district and any agreements between the withdrawing county and the district, taking into consideration the prior contributions of the withdrawing county. (D) The district may dissolve upon the adoption by the board of trustees of a resolution to dissolve. Such a dissolution shall be effective on the first day of January of the year following the adoption of the resolution. Whenever the withdrawal of one or more counties would leave only one county participating in a joint district, the district shall be dissolved and the board of trustees shall ascertain, apportion, and order a final division of the funds on hand, credits, and real and personal property of the joint district consistent with the provisions regarding dissolution of the district in the joint resolution creating the district. On the first day of January of the year following the adoption of the latest resolution or resolutions ordering withdrawal that would leave only one county in the district, the joint district shall be dissolved. Whenever a joint district is dissolved and an indebtedness remains unpaid, the boards of county commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of the indebtedness in support of the joint district in the amounts established by the agreement at the time the indebtedness was incurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.86
§ 339.86. Detaining noncomplying individual
Status: in_force

October 10, 2000 Senate Bill 173 - 123rd General Assembly (A) If an individual fails to comply with an injunction issued under section 339.85 of the Revised Code, the county or district tuberculosis control unit may request that the probate court of the appropriate county issue an order under which the unit is granted the authority to detain the individual in a hospital or other place to be examined or treated for tuberculosis. In the request, the unit shall provide the following information: (1) The name of the individual; (2) The purpose of making the request for detention; (3) An individualized assessment that contains a description of the circumstances and behavior of the individual that constitutes the basis for making the request; (4) A recommendation for the length of time that the individual should be detained; (5) A recommendation of a hospital or other place to be used for the detention. (B) The court may issue an order for detention for an initial period of not more than one hundred eighty days. At the end of the initial period of detention, the court shall review the case and may extend the order for subsequent periods of not more than ninety days. At the end of each subsequent period of detention, the court shall review the case. When the court receives satisfactory evidence that the individual subject to the order no longer has active tuberculosis, the court shall terminate the order for detention. (C) An individual who has been detained under this section may provide the tuberculosis control unit with the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of relatives and friends to be notified of the detention, and the unit shall notify all or a reasonable number of those individuals. An individual who has been detained shall not be subject to forcible administration of antituberculosis medication. The individual may, at any time, submit a request to the tuberculosis control unit to be released from detention. During any proceeding pertaining to an individual's detention or proposed detention, the individual has the right to be represented by counsel. If the individual is indigent, the individual may apply for court-appointed counsel. The court may appoint counsel for the individual if it determines that the individual is indigent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 349.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 349 / § 349.16
§ 349.16. Liberal construction of chapter
Status: in_force

October 4, 1972 House Bill 1063 - 109th General Assembly Chapter 349. of the Revised Code shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.25
§ 321.25. Confidential property records
Status: in_force

April 29, 2022 House Bill 93 - 134th General Assembly The county treasurer shall keep confidential information that is subject to a real property confidentiality notice under section 111.431 of the Revised Code, in accordance with that section. Last updated February 10, 2022 at 5:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 340.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 340 / § 340.01
§ 340.01. Alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Addiction," "addiction services," "alcohol and drug addiction services," "alcohol use disorder," "certifiable services and supports," "community addiction services provider," "community mental health services provider," "drug addiction," "gambling addiction services," "included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports," "mental health services," "mental illness," "recovery housing residence," and "recovery supports" have the same meanings as in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Medication-assisted treatment" means alcohol and drug addiction services that are accompanied by medication approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment of alcohol use disorder or drug addiction, prevention of relapse, or both. (B) An alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district shall be established in any county or combination of counties having a population of at least fifty thousand. With the approval of the director of behavioral health, any county or combination of counties having a population of less than fifty thousand may establish such a district. Districts comprising more than one county shall be known as joint-county districts. The board of county commissioners of any county participating in a joint-county district may submit a resolution requesting withdrawal from the district together with a comprehensive plan or plans that are in compliance with rules adopted by the director of behavioral health under section 5119.22 of the Revised Code to the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, to the boards of county commissioners of each county in the district, and to the director. The plan or plans shall include all of the following: proposed bylaws for the operation of the newly established district; a list of potential board members; a list of the behavioral health services available in the newly established district, including inpatient, outpatient, prevention, and housing services; equitable adjustment and division of all services, assets, property, debts, and obligations of the former joint-county district; a plan ensuring no disruption in behavioral health services in the newly established district; and provision for the employment of an executive director of the newly established district. The director shall approve the plan not later than one year after the date the resolution was adopted by the board of county commissioners. No county participating in a joint-county district may withdraw from the district without the consent of the director of behavioral health nor earlier than one year after the submission of such resolution unless all of the participating counties agree to an earlier withdrawal. Any county withdrawing from a joint-county district shall continue to have levied against its tax list and duplicate any tax levied by the district during the period in which the county was a member of the district until such time as the levy expires or is renewed or replaced. (C) For any tax levied under section 5705.19 of the Revised Code by a board of a joint-county district formed on or after April 3, 2023, revenue from the tax shall only be expended for the benefit of the residents of the county from which the revenue is derived. For the purpose of this division, a joint-county district is not formed by virtue of a county joining or withdrawing from a district or if a joint-county service district merges with another joint-county district. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.36
§ 321.36. Unpaid or delinquent tax line of credit
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly The county treasurer of a county in which a county land reutilization corporation is organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code may enter into a current unpaid or delinquent tax line of credit with the county investment advisory committee for the purpose of borrowing money from the county treasury to make advance payment of the current year unpaid taxes or the current year delinquent taxes, or both, to the several taxing districts in accordance with section 321.341 of the Revised Code. The current unpaid or delinquent tax line of credit shall conform to the requirements of division (G) of section 135.341 of the Revised Code, and the county treasurer is hereby authorized to do all things necessary and appropriate for the execution and delivery of the line of credit under that division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 315 / § 315.22
§ 315.22. Survey as evidence
Status: in_force

April 4, 1985 House Bill 562 - 115th General Assembly No survey made by the county engineer or his deputy, unless made by an order of the court of common pleas, or made in accordance with sections 315.15 to 315.18 of the Revised Code, shall be considered evidence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.71
§ 306.71. Election on question of decrease in tax rate
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly The question of the decrease of the rate of a tax approved for a continuing period of time by the voters of a county or regional transit authority pursuant to sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code may be initiated by the filing of a petition with the board of elections of the county, or in the case of a regional transit authority with the board of elections as determined pursuant to section 3505.071 of the Revised Code, prior to the ninetieth day before the general election in any year requesting that an election be held on such question. Such petition shall state the amount of the proposed decrease in the rate of the tax and shall be signed by at least ten per cent of the number of qualified electors residing in such county, or in the territory of the regional transit authority, who voted at the last general election. After determination by it that such petition is valid, the board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of the county or regional transit authority at the succeeding general election. The election shall be conducted, notice thereof shall be given, and the results thereof shall be certified in the manner provided in section 306.70 of the Revised Code. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on such question approve the proposed decrease in rate, such decrease in rate shall become effective on the first day of the second January after such election. In any case where bonds, or notes in anticipation of bonds, of a regional transit authority have been issued under section 306.40 of the Revised Code without a vote of the electors while the tax proposed to be reduced was in effect, the board of trustees of the regional transit authority shall continue to levy and collect under authority of the original election authorizing the tax a rate of tax in each year which the authority reasonably estimates will produce an amount in that year equal to the amount of principal of and interest on such bonds as is payable in that year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.38
§ 319.38. Deductions from valuation for injured or destroyed property
Status: in_force

May 19, 2022 House Bill 51 - 134th General Assembly Whenever it is made to appear to the county auditor, based on an inspection by the county auditor or based on notice provided to the county auditor, on a form prescribed by the department of taxation, by a property owner or two disinterested persons who are residents of the township or municipal corporation in which the property is or was situated, that property that is listed for taxation for the current year has been destroyed or injured after the first day of January of the current year, the county auditor shall investigate the matter and adjust the valuation of the property, on the tax list for the current year, as prescribed by divisions (A) through (D) of this section: (A) If the injury or destruction occurred during the first calendar quarter, the county auditor shall deduct from the valuation of the property an amount that, in the county auditor's judgment, fairly represents the extent of the injury or destruction; (B) If the injury or destruction occurred during the second calendar quarter, the county auditor shall deduct from the valuation of the property seventy-five per cent of the amount that, in the county auditor's judgment, fairly represents the extent of the injury or destruction; (C) If the injury or destruction occurred during the third calendar quarter, the county auditor shall deduct from the valuation of the property fifty per cent of the amount that, in the county auditor's judgment, fairly represents the extent of the injury or destruction; (D) If the injury or destruction occurred during the fourth calendar quarter, the county auditor shall deduct from the valuation of the property twenty-five per cent of the amount that, in the county auditor's judgment, fairly represents the extent of the injury or destruction. No such deduction shall be made in the case of an injury or destruction resulting in damage of less than one hundred dollars. If a form has not been filed with the county auditor by either an owner or two disinterested persons but it appears to the county auditor, based on an inspection and investigation, that the owner's property is listed for taxation for the current year and has been destroyed or injured after the first day of January of the current year, the county auditor may complete the form on behalf of an owner. To obtain a deduction under division (A), (B), or (C) of this section, an owner or two disinterested persons shall file the form with the county auditor, or the county auditor shall complete the form on behalf of an owner, not later than the thirty-first day of December of the year in which the injury or destruction occurred. To obtain a deduction under division (D) of this section, an owner or two disinterested persons shall file the form with the county auditor, or the county auditor shall complete the form on behalf of an owner, not later than the thirty-first day of January of the year after the year in which the injury or destruction occurred. The county auditor shall certify the deductions made under this section to the county treasurer, who shall correct the tax list and duplicate in accordance with such deductions. If the deduction cannot be entered upon the current tax list and duplicate, the county auditor shall proceed in the manner prescribed under section 5715.22 of the Revised Code to refund or credit to the taxpayer the amount of the reduction in taxes attributable to the deduction in valuation made under this section. Last updated February 22, 2022 at 12:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.321 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.321
§ 306.321. Inclusion of additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships in regional transit authority
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly The resolution or ordinance creating a regional transit authority may be amended to include additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships by the adoption of an amendment by the board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of each township which has created or, prior to the adoption of the amendment, joined or proposes to join the regional transit authority. After each county, municipal corporation, and township which has created or, prior to the adoption of the amendment, joined or proposes to join the regional transit authority has adopted its resolution or ordinance approving inclusion of additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships in the regional transit authority, a copy of each resolution or ordinance shall be filed with the clerk of the board of the county commissioners of each county, the clerk of the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the fiscal officer of the board of trustees of each township proposed to be included in the regional transit authority. Any ordinances or resolutions adopted pursuant to this section approving inclusion of additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships in the regional transit authority shall provide that the board of trustees of the regional transit authority must, not later than the tenth day following the day on which the filing of the ordinances or resolutions, as required by the immediately preceding paragraph, is completed, adopt its resolution providing for submission to the electors of the regional transit authority as enlarged, of the question pursuant to section 306.49 of the Revised Code, of the renewal, the renewal and increase, or the increase of, or the imposition of an additional, ad valorem tax, or of the question pursuant to section 306.70 of the Revised Code, of the renewal, the renewal and increase, or the increase of, or the imposition of an additional, sales and use tax. The resolution submitting the question of the tax shall specify the date of the election, which shall be not less than ninety days after certification of the resolution to the board of elections and which shall be consistent with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. The inclusion of the territory of the additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships in the regional transit authority shall be effective as of the date on which the resolution of the board of trustees of the regional transit authority is adopted submitting the question to the electors, provided that until the question is approved, existing contracts providing payment for transit services within the added territory shall remain in effect and transit services shall not be affected by the inclusion of the additional territory. The resolution shall be certified to the board of elections and the election shall be held, canvassed, and certified as provided in section 306.49 of the Revised Code in the case of an ad valorem tax or in section 306.70 of the Revised Code in the case of a sales and use tax. If the question of the tax which is submitted is not approved by a majority of the electors of the enlarged regional transit authority voting on the question, as of the day following the day on which the results of the election become conclusive, the additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships, which had been included in the regional transit authority as of the date of the adoption of the resolution submitting to the electors the question, shall be removed from the territory of the regional transit authority and shall no longer be a part of that authority without any further action by either the political subdivisions which were included in the authority prior to the adoption of the resolution submitting the question to the electors or of the political subdivisions added to the authority as a result of the adoption of the resolution. The regional transit authority reduced to its territory as it existed prior to the inclusion of the additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships, shall be entitled to levy and collect any ad valorem or sales and use taxes which it was authorized to levy and collect prior to the enlargement of its territory and for which authorization has not expired, as if the enlargement had not occurred. If the question of the tax which is submitted provides for a sales and use tax to be imposed and the question is approved, and the regional transit authority had previously been authorized pursuant to section 306.49 of the Revised Code to levy an ad valorem tax, the regional transit authority shall appropriate from the first moneys received from the sales and use tax in each year, the full amount required in order to pay the principal of and interest on any notes of the regional transit authority issued pursuant to section 306.49 of the Revised Code, in anticipation of the collection of the ad valorem tax; and shall not thereafter levy and collect the ad valorem tax previously approved unless the levy and collection is necessary to pay the principal of and interest on notes issued in anticipation of the tax in order to avoid impairing the obligation of the contract between the regional transit authority and the note holders. If the question of the additional or renewal tax levy is approved, the tax may be levied and collected as is otherwise provided for an ad valorem tax or a sales and use tax imposed by a regional transit authority, provided that if a question relating to an ad valorem tax is approved at the general election or at a special election occurring prior to a general election, but after the fifteenth day of July, the regional transit authority may amend its budget for its next fiscal year and its resolution adopted pursuant to section 5705.34 of the Revised Code or adopt such resolution, and the levy shall be placed on the current tax list and duplicate and collected as all other taxes are collected from all taxable property within the enlarged territory of the regional transit authority including the territory within each political subdivision which has been added to the regional transit authority pursuant to this section, provided further that if a question relating to sales and use tax is approved after the fifteenth day of July in any calendar year, the regional transit authority may amend its budget for the current and next fiscal year and any resolution adopted pursuant to section 5705.34 of the Revised Code, to reflect the imposition of the sales and use tax and shall amend its budget for the next fiscal year and any resolution adopted pursuant to section 5705.34 of the Revised Code to comply with the immediately preceding paragraph. If the budget of the regional transit authority is amended pursuant to this paragraph, the county auditor shall prepare and deliver an amended certificate of estimated resources to reflect the change in anticipated revenues of the regional transit authority. The procedures of this section are in addition to and an alternative to those established in section 306.32 of the Revised Code for joining to a regional transit authority additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.32
§ 303.32. Public hearing on county renewal project
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on a county renewal project. Publication of the hearing shall be made on at least two successive days by the board at least fifteen days before the scheduled hearing date, using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper having general circulation in the county; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (C) On the web site and social media account of the county. The notice shall describe the time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing; shall generally identify the county renewal area covered by the county renewal plan; and shall outline the general scope of the county renewal project under consideration. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.071
§ 323.071. Advance payment of installments of special assessment - cancellation of installments - use of money
Status: in_force

September 21, 1982 House Bill 379 - 114th General Assembly The taxing authority of any political subdivision which levies any special assessment or reassessment payable in installments over a period of more than one year may by resolution authorize its fiscal officer to accept payment in cash of all of the installments of such assessments or reassessments charged against any lot or parcel of land and not due at the time such resolution is adopted. Such taxing authority may waive the payment of interest included in such installments, except that if such installments are pledged to the payment of outstanding bonds or notes, interest upon such installments must be collected at the rate borne by such bonds or notes up to the time when an amount of such bonds or notes, not less than the amount of such installments, can be paid, redeemed, or purchased according to their terms or by agreement with their holders. If such installments have been certified to the county auditor for collection, the fiscal officer of the subdivision shall, upon the payment of such installments, certify the fact of payment to said auditor, who shall thereupon cancel such installments upon his records. If any bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the levy or collection of such installments are outstanding, the money derived from such payments shall be used only for the payment, redemption, or purchase of, and the payment of interest on, such bonds or notes, and if the subdivision has no such bonds or notes outstanding, such money shall be used for the payment of any other funded debt of the subdivision. If the subdivision has no funded debt, such money shall be credited to its general fund and used for the purposes thereof. Any assessment in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less, or any unpaid balance of twenty-five dollars or less, shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise become due and payable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 315 / § 315.33
§ 315.33. Fees of engineer
Status: in_force

October 27, 1981 Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly County engineers, chainmen, and markers shall receive a fee for services rendered under sections 315.28 to 315.32 of the Revised Code, but the fee shall not exceed the actual cost incurred by the county for labor, equipment, and materials. Witnesses shall receive the same fees and mileage as allowed by section 2335.06 of the Revised Code. All such expenses shall be paid by the persons applying for a survey and depositions, who may recover, from the persons owning the adjoining lands that are benefited by the perpetuation of such testimony, their equal proportion of the expense incurred in obtaining such evidence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 305.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 305 / § 305.09
§ 305.09. Proceedings of board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

July 18, 2008 Senate Bill 84 - 127th General Assembly All the proceedings of the board of county commissioners shall be public, at the office provided for the board in the county seat, or at another location, as provided in division (B) of section 305.06 or division (B) of section 305.07 of the Revised Code, and, as far as possible, shall be in conformity with the rules of parliamentary law. If the clerk of the board maintains the full record of the proceedings by electronic means, the chairperson of the board, prior to complying with section 305.11 of the Revised Code, shall announce that the record is being maintained in such a manner and, during the proceedings, shall ensure that each person self-identifies prior to speaking during the proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 340.036 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 340 / § 340.036
§ 340.036. Authority of board to contract for services and supports
Status: in_force

March 30, 2026 House Bill 96 (GA 136), Senate Bill 138 (GA 136) (A) Subject to division (B) of this section and rules adopted by the director of behavioral health after consultation with relevant constituencies as required by division (A)(10) of section 5119.21 of the Revised Code, each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services shall provide for the continuum of care pursuant to section 340.032 of the Revised Code by entering into contracts with all of the following: (1) Public and private facilities for the operation of facility services; (2) Community addiction services providers for addiction services and recovery supports; (3) Community mental health services providers for mental health services and recovery supports. (B) No board shall do any of the following: (1) Contract with a residential facility required to be licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code unless the facility is so licensed; (2) Contract with a community addiction services provider or community mental health services provider for certifiable services and supports unless the certifiable services and supports are certified under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code; (3) Contract with a community addiction services provider or community mental health services provider for recovery supports that are required by the director to meet quality criteria or core competencies unless the recovery supports meet the criteria or competencies. (C) When a board contracts with a community addiction services provider or community mental health services provider for addiction services, mental health services, or recovery supports, all of the following apply: (1) The board shall consider both of the following: (a) The cost effectiveness and quality of the provider's services and supports; (b) Continuity of care. (2) The board may review cost elements specific to the provider's services and supports under contract with the board. (3) The board may establish, in a way that is most effective and efficient in meeting local needs, a utilization review process as part of the contract. (4) The board may contract with a government entity, for-profit entity, or nonprofit entity. Any such entity may be faith-based. (5) The contract shall include terms that specify a process by which either contracting party may terminate the contract before it is scheduled to expire, with at least thirty days' notice, for any cause the party considers necessary for the early termination of the contract. The process shall include procedures under which the party subject to the early termination decision may appeal that decision to the terminating party's governing board. (6) The contract shall provide for the transition of care, when applicable to client services, for an additional sixty days under the terms of the current contract, in both of the following circumstances: (a) If notice is provided that the contract will be terminated early as permitted under the terms of the contract pursuant to division (C)(5) of this section; (b) If the contract is not entered into for a subsequent term pursuant to division (D) of this section. (D) If a party to a contract entered into under this section intends not to enter into a contract for a subsequent term, the other party shall be given written notice at least sixty days before the expiration date of the current contract. If neither party provides such notice, a subsequent contract shall be entered into upon successful negotiation of contract terms. (E) Section 307.86 of the Revised Code does not apply to contracts entered into under this section, but a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services may choose to use a competitive selection process to enter into contracts for services and supports. The board's selection determinations shall allow for compliance with the notice requirements of divisions (C)(5) and (D) of this section. Any competitive selection process used under this section shall prohibit conflicts of interest and shall include the following elements: (1) Notice of opportunity for submission of applications for contracts; (2) Eligibility criteria for applicants; (3) Consideration of the scope of services and supports proposed by applicants; (4) Selection criteria; (5) Timelines for application submission and the award of contracts. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated March 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.03
§ 313.03. Bond
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the coroner shall give a bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state and to be approved by the board of county commissioners, or, at the option of such coroner, signed by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond, over and above all encumbrances to the state, in a sum not less than five thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars, fixed by the board. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of coroner. The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bonds, with the approval of the board and the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code, indorsed thereon, shall be filed with the county auditor and kept in the county auditor's office. The board may require the coroner, at any time during employment as coroner, to give additional sureties on the coroner's bond, or to give a new bond, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code. No judge or clerk or any court or attorney at law shall be received as surety on such bond. If the coroner fails to give a bond within the time required, or fails to give additional sureties on such bond or a new bond within ten days after receiving written notice that the board so requires, the board shall declare the office of such coroner vacant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 351.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 351 / § 351.02
§ 351.02. Creating convention facilities authority
Status: in_force

February 20, 1986 House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly A county may create a convention facilities authority by resolution of the county commissioners, provided that in no case shall the same county create more than one convention facilities authority. A convention facilities authority created pursuant to this section is a body corporate and politic which may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and has the powers and jurisdiction enumerated in this chapter. The exercise by an authority of the powers conferred upon it shall be deemed to be essential governmental functions of this state but no authority is immune from liability by reason thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 322.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 322 / § 322.04
§ 322.04. Instituting actions to recover taxes and penalty due
Status: in_force

December 12, 1967 House Bill 919 - 107th General Assembly A county levying a real property transfer tax, by proper suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, may recover the amount of such taxes due the county and not paid to the county at the time specified in section 322.02 of the Revised Code, together with a penalty of ten per cent of the amount of such tax.
Ohio Rev. Code § 341.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 341 / § 341.09
§ 341.09. Separation of prisoners in county jails
Status: in_force

July 6, 1982 Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly When the design of a county jail will permit, the separation of prisoners shall be as required in the minimum standards for jails in Ohio. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall, when necessary, initiate appropriate judicial proceedings for the enforcement of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.37
§ 311.37. Regulation of transient vendors
Status: in_force

June 21, 2002 Senate Bill 143 - 124th General Assembly (A) No transient vendor, as defined in section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, who obtains a transient vendor's license pursuant to section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, intending to provide goods and services of a retail value of more than five hundred dollars, shall negligently fail to file with the county sheriff all of the following before doing business as a transient vendor anywhere in that county: (1) Proof of the transient vendor's identity and proof that a transient vendor's license has been obtained in this state; (2) A statement describing the goods or services to be provided by the transient vendor and an estimate of the amount of the goods or services that the vendor expects to sell in that county, as documented by invoices indicating the wholesale value of goods to be sold; (3) The transient vendor's permanent business address; (4) The times and days during which, and the temporary places of business, as defined in section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, at which the transient vendor plans to do business in that county. (B) The sheriff shall maintain a record of the information required under division (A) of this section for a period of two years, which shall be open to the inspection of any person. The sheriff shall be allowed a fee of up to one hundred dollars for collection of the bond required by this section. The bond shall be fifty per cent of the wholesale value of the goods and services provided, but in no case shall the bond exceed ten thousand dollars. The bond shall be in a form approved by the attorney general. The bond shall remain in effect for two years after the transient vendor last does business in that county. (C) No transient vendor, as defined in section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, intending to provide goods and services of a retail value of more than five hundred dollars, shall negligently fail to file a bond within ten days before doing business as a transient vendor anywhere in that county. (D) The bond filed by any transient vendor pursuant to this section shall be given to the attorney general by the county sheriff within ten working days after a transient vendor ceases to do business in that county, and shall be in favor of the state for the benefit of any person who suffers loss or damage as a result of the purchase of goods from the transient vendor or as the result of the negligent or intentionally tortious acts of the transient vendor in the conduct of business in the county. The bond may be used to compensate any state or local agency for damages caused by the transient vendor, for costs incurred by the agency for the illegal acts of the transient vendor, or for failure to pay any amount owed by the transient vendor to the state or local agency. The bond also may be used to compensate the state for any sales tax not paid by the transient vendor. Except for the amount of unpaid sales taxes to be deducted from the bond, if any, the attorney general shall pay any portion of the bond to any person or agency in accordance with the order of a court without making an independent finding as to the amount of the bond that is payable to that person or agency. (E) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) A transient vendor making retail sales at a temporary exhibition, show, fair, world trade center, flea market, or similar event, as permitted by section 5739.17 of the Revised Code; (2) Any nonprofit corporation, community chest, fund, or foundation organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes when no part of the entity's earnings benefit any private shareholder or individual; (3) Any person who operates a permanent business in this state, occupies temporary premises, and prominently displays the permanent business' name and permanent address while business is conducted from the temporary premises. (4) Any person who sells goods by sample, brochure, or catalog for future delivery or any person who makes sales as the result of the invitation of an owner or occupant of a residence to the person. (5) Any person who sells handmade or handcrafted items, or who sells fresh farm produce. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the legislative authority of a municipal corporation from adopting an ordinance regulating transient vendors, as defined in section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, except that a municipal corporation may not require a transient vendor who obtains a bond in compliance with this section to obtain or pay for any additional bond or require that persons exempt pursuant to division (E) of this section obtain a bond. A municipal corporation may require that a transient vendor exhibit the transient vendor's license and any proof of bond required to such officer or employee of the municipal corporation as the municipal corporation designates by ordinance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.011
§ 323.011. Taxes defined for certain sections
Status: in_force

September 21, 1982 House Bill 379 - 114th General Assembly As used in sections 323.02 to 323.05 of the Revised Code, "taxes" means taxes levied against real estate and general taxes levied against tangible personal property and all delinquencies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.41
§ 307.41. Purchase or lease of motor vehicles
Status: in_force

August 11, 1975 House Bill 84 - 111th General Assembly Whenever the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to purchase or lease motor vehicles for its use, or for the use of any department, commission, board, office, or agency under its direct supervision, or for the use of any elected county official or his employees, it shall adopt a resolution setting forth the necessity for such purchase or lease, together with a statement of the kind and number of vehicles required and the estimated cost of purchasing or leasing each. Upon adoption of the resolution the board may purchase or lease such vehicles, subject to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 341.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 341 / § 341.13
§ 341.13. Sheriffs of adjoining counties to receive prisoners
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 215 - 127th General Assembly The sheriff of a county in this state to which a prisoner has been removed as provided by section 341.12 of the Revised Code shall, on being furnished a copy of the process or commitment, receive the prisoner into custody. The sheriff of a contiguous county of an adjoining state to which a prisoner has been removed as provided in section 341.12 of the Revised Code may, on being furnished a copy of the commitment, receive the prisoner into the sheriff's custody. Each receiving sheriff shall be liable for escapes or other neglect of duty in relation to the prisoner, as in other cases, and neither the conveying sheriff nor any county commissioner of the county that employs the conveying sheriff is liable in damages in a civil action for any injury, death, or loss to person or property suffered or caused by the prisoner while the prisoner is in the custody of the receiving sheriff. Each receiving sheriff shall receive from the treasury of the county from which the prisoner was removed, such fees as are allowed in other cases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.02
§ 319.02. Bond of county auditor - oath of office
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, the county auditor shall give a bond signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state and to be approved by the board of county commissioners, or, at the auditor's option, by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond over and above all encumbrances to the state, in a sum of not less than five thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars, as the board requires, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of office. The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bond, with the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the General Code, and Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and the approval of the board indorsed upon it shall be deposited by such board with the county treasurer, who shall record and carefully preserve it. If an auditor-elect fails to give bond and take the oath of office, as required by this section, on or before the day on which the auditor is required to take office, such office shall become vacant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.83
§ 339.83. Notice to individual diagnosed with active or communicable tuberculosis
Status: in_force

October 10, 2000 Senate Bill 173 - 123rd General Assembly When a county or district tuberculosis control unit becomes aware that an individual with active or communicable tuberculosis is not in compliance with section 339.82 of the Revised Code, the unit shall inform the individual that section 339.82 of the Revised Code requires compliance and that the unit may issue an order under section 339.84 of the Revised Code compelling the individual to comply.
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.07
§ 317.07. Delivery of seal, books, and records to successor
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly Upon leaving office, each county recorder shall deliver to the county recorder's successor, the seal of office, all books, records, and other instruments of writing belonging to the office, and take the successor's receipt for them. In case of the county recorder's death, the county recorder's personal representatives shall deliver the seal, books, records, and instruments to the successor in office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 340.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 340 / § 340.021
§ 340.021. County alternatives for providing alcohol and drug addiction services
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) In an alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district where the board of county commissioners has established an alcohol and drug addiction services board, the community mental health board established under former section 340.02 of the Revised Code shall serve as the entity responsible for providing mental health services in the county. A community mental health board has all the powers, duties, and obligations of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services with regard to mental health services. An alcohol and drug addiction services board has all the powers, duties, and obligations of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services with regard to addiction services. Any provision of the Revised Code that refers to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services with regard to mental health services also refers to a community mental health board and any provision that refers to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services with regard to alcohol and drug addiction services also refers to an alcohol and drug addiction services board. An alcohol and drug addiction services board shall consist of eighteen members or fourteen members, at the election of the board. Not later than January 1, 2014, each alcohol and drug addiction services board shall notify the department of behavioral health of its election to operate as an eighteen-member board or to operate as a fourteen-member board. The election shall be final. Failure to provide notice of its election to the department on or before January 1, 2014, shall constitute an election to continue to operate as an eighteen-member board. If an existing board provides timely notice of its election to operate as a fourteen-member board, the number of board members may decline from eighteen to fourteen by attrition as current members' terms expire. However, the composition of the board must reflect the requirements set forth in this section and in applicable provisions of section 340.02 of the Revised Code for fourteen-member boards. For boards operating as eighteen-member boards, six members shall be appointed by the director of behavioral health and twelve members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. The director of behavioral health shall ensure that at least one member of the board is a person who has received or is receiving services for alcohol, drug, or gambling addiction, at least one member is a parent or relative of such a person, and at least one member is a clinician with experience in the delivery of addiction services. The membership of the board shall, as nearly as possible, reflect the composition of the population of the service district as to race and sex. Members shall be residents of the service district and shall be interested in alcohol, drug, or gambling addiction services. Requirements for membership, including prohibitions against certain family and business relationships, and terms of office shall be the same as those for members of boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. A community mental health board shall consist of eighteen members or fourteen members, at the election of the board. Not later than January 1, 2014, each community mental health board shall notify the department of behavioral health of its election to operate as an eighteen-member board or to operate as a fourteen-member board. The election shall be final. Failure to provide notice of its election to the department on or before January 1, 2014, shall constitute an election to continue to operate as an eighteen-member board. If an existing board provides timely notice of its election to operate as a fourteen-member board, the number of board members may decline from eighteen to fourteen by attrition as current members' terms expire. However, the composition of the board must reflect the requirements set forth in this section and in applicable provisions of section 340.02 of the Revised Code for fourteen-member boards. For boards operating as eighteen-member boards, six members shall be appointed by the director of behavioral health and twelve members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. The director of behavioral health shall ensure that at least one member of the board is a person who has received or is receiving mental health services, at least one member is a parent or relative of such a person, and at least one member is a clinician with experience in the delivery of mental health services. The membership of the board as nearly as possible shall reflect the composition of the population of the service district as to race and sex. Members shall be residents of the service district and shall be interested in mental health services. Requirements for membership, including prohibitions against certain family and business relationships, and terms of office shall be the same as those for members of boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. (B)(1) If a board of county commissioners subject to division (A) of this section did not adopt a final resolution providing for a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services on or before July 1, 2007, the board of county commissioners may establish a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services on or after September 23, 2008. To establish the board, the board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution providing for the board's establishment. The composition of the board, the procedures for appointing members, and all other matters related to the board and its members are subject to section 340.02 of the Revised Code, with the following exceptions: (a) For initial appointments to the board, the county's community mental health board and alcohol and drug addiction services board shall jointly recommend members of those boards for reappointment and shall submit the recommendations to the board of county commissioners and the director of behavioral health. (b) The appointing authorities shall appoint the initial members from among the members jointly recommended under division (B)(1)(a) of this section unless the appointment is otherwise prohibited by law. (2) If a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services is established pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, the board has the same rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties that were possessed by the county's community mental health board and alcohol and drug addiction services board. When the board is established, all property and obligations of the community mental health board and alcohol and drug addiction services board shall be transferred to the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.02
§ 311.02. Bond
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the sheriff shall, within ten days after receiving the sheriff's commission and before the first Monday of January next after being elected, give a bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state and to be approved by the board of county commissioners, or, at the option of such sheriff, signed by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond, over and above all encumbrances to the state, and in a sum not less than five thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars, which sum shall be fixed by the board. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of sheriff. The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bonds, with the approval of the board and the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code, and Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, indorsed thereon, shall be filed with the county auditor and kept in the auditor's office. The board may require the sheriff, at any time during the sheriff's term of office, to give additional sureties on the sheriff's bond, or to give a new bond, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code. No judge or clerk of any court or attorney at law shall be received as surety on such bond. If the sheriff fails to give a bond within the time required, or fails to give additional sureties on such bond or a new bond within ten days after receiving written notice that the board so requires, the board shall declare the office of such sheriff vacant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.648 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.648
§ 307.648. Immunity
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) An individual or public or private entity providing information, documents, or reports to a suicide fatality review committee is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that otherwise might be incurred or imposed as a result of providing the information, documents, or reports to the review committee. (B) Each member of a review committee is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the member's participation on the review committee. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.981 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.981
§ 307.981. Designating entities as family services agencies
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) As used in the Revised Code: (a) "County family services agency" means all of the following: (i) A child support enforcement agency; (ii) A county department of job and family services; (iii) A public children services agency. (b) "Family services duty" means a duty state law requires or allows a county family services agency to assume, including financial and general administrative duties. "Family services duty" does not include a duty funded by the United States department of labor. (2) As used in sections 307.981 to 307.989 of the Revised Code, "private entity" means an entity other than a government entity. (B) To the extent permitted by federal law, including, when applicable, subpart F of 5 C.F.R. part 900, and subject to any limitations established by the Revised Code, including division (H) of this section, a board of county commissioners may designate any private or government entity within this state to serve as any of the following: (1) A child support enforcement agency; (2) A county department of job and family services; (3) A public children services agency; (4) A county department of job and family services and one other of those county family services agencies; (5) All three of those county family services agencies. (C) To the extent permitted by federal law, including, when applicable, subpart F of 5 C.F.R. part 900, and subject to any limitations of the Revised Code, including division (H) of this section, a board of county commissioners may change the designation it makes under division (B) of this section by designating another private or government entity. (D) If a designation under division (B) or (C) of this section constitutes a change from the designation in a grant agreement between the director of job and family services, or the director of children and youth, and the board under sections 307.98 and 5101.21 of the Revised Code, the directors may require that the directors and board amend the grant agreement and that the board provide the directors written assurances that the newly designated private or government entity will meet or exceed all requirements of the family services duties the entity is to assume. (E) Not less than sixty days before a board of county commissioners designates an entity under division (B) or (C) of this section, the board shall notify the director of job and family services and department of children and youth and publish notice of the board's intention to make the designation and reasons for the designation using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the county; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the county. (F) A board of county commissioners shall enter into a written contract with each entity it designates under division (B) or (C) of this section specifying the entity's responsibilities and standards the entity is required to meet. (G) This section does not require a board of county commissioners to abolish the child support enforcement agency, county department of job and family services, or public children services agency serving the county on October 1, 1997, and designate a different private or government entity to serve as the county's child support enforcement agency, county department of job and family services, or public children services agency. (H) If a county children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code serves as a public children services agency for a county, the board of county commissioners may not redesignate the public children services agency unless the board of county commissioners does all of the following: (1) Notifies the county children services board of its intent to redesignate the public children services agency. In its notification, the board of county commissioners shall provide the county children services board a written explanation of the administrative, fiscal, or performance considerations causing the board of county commissioners to seek to redesignate the public children services agency. (2) Provides the county children services board an opportunity to comment on the proposed redesignation before the redesignation occurs; (3) If the county children services board, not more than sixty days after receiving the notice under division (H)(1) of this section, notifies the board of county commissioners that the county children services board has voted to oppose the redesignation, votes unanimously to proceed with the redesignation. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.22
§ 317.22. Prerequisites to recording
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly No deed of absolute conveyance of land or any conveyance, absolute or otherwise, of minerals or mineral rights shall be recorded by the county recorder until: (A) The conveyance presented to the county recorder bears the stamp of the county auditor stating the conveyance has been examined and the grantor has complied with section 319.202 of the Revised Code; (B) Such conveyance has been presented to the county auditor, and by the county auditor indorsed "transferred," or "transfer not necessary." Before any real estate, the title to which has passed under the laws of descent, is transferred from the name of the ancestor to the heir at law or next of kin of such ancestor, or to any grantee of such heir or next of kin; and before any deed or conveyance of real estate made by any such heir or next of kin is presented to or filed for record by the recorder, the heir or next of kin, or that person's grantee, agent, or attorney shall present to the auditor the affidavit of such heir or next of kin, or of two persons resident of this state, each of whom has personal knowledge of the facts. Such affidavit shall set forth the date of the ancestor's death, and the place of residence at the time of death; the fact that the ancestor died intestate; the names, ages, and addresses, so far as known and can be ascertained, of each of such ancestor's heirs at law and next of kin, who, by the ancestor's death, inherited such real estate, the relationship of each to the ancestor, and the part or portion of such real estate inherited by each. Such transfers shall be made by the auditor in accordance with the statement contained in the affidavit, and the auditor shall indorse upon the deed or conveyance the fact that such transfer was made by affidavit. The affidavit shall be filed with the county recorder of the county in which such real estate is situated, at or before the time such deed or conveyance is filed with the county recorder, and shall be recorded by the county recorder of the county in the official records and indexed in the direct and reverse indexes in the county recorder's office, in the name of such ancestor as grantor and of each such heir or next of kin as grantee, in the same manner as if such names occurred in a deed of conveyance from the ancestor to such heirs at law. The county recorder shall receive the same fees for such indexing and recording as provided by section 317.32 of the Revised Code. (C) The record of such affidavit shall, in the trial of any cause, so far as competent, be prima-facie evidence. (D) No county recorder shall record a conveyance if the indorsement, indorsements, or stamps of indorsement of a county auditor indicating compliance with section 319.202 of the Revised Code on the conveyance are in whole or in part defaced, illegible, or incomplete.
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.10
§ 313.10. Records to be public - certified copies as evidence
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the records of the coroner who has jurisdiction over the case, including, but not limited to, the detailed descriptions of the observations written during the progress of an autopsy and the conclusions drawn from those observations filed in the office of the coroner under division (A) of section 313.13 of the Revised Code, made personally by the coroner or by anyone acting under the coroner's direction or supervision, are public records. Those records, or transcripts or photostatic copies of them, certified by the coroner shall be received as evidence in any criminal or civil action or proceeding in a court in this state, as to the facts contained in those records. The coroner of the county where the death was pronounced shall be responsible for the release of all public records relating to that death. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) or (E) of this section, the following records in a coroner's office are not public records: (a) Preliminary autopsy and investigative notes and findings made by the coroner or by anyone acting under the coroner's direction or supervision; (b) Photographs of a decedent made by the coroner or by anyone acting under the coroner's direction or supervision; (c) Suicide notes; (d) Medical and psychiatric records provided to the coroner, a deputy coroner, or a representative of the coroner or a deputy coroner under section 313.091 of the Revised Code; (e) Records of a deceased individual that are confidential law enforcement investigatory records as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code; (f) Laboratory reports generated from the analysis of physical evidence by the coroner's laboratory that is discoverable under Criminal Rule 16. (3) In the coroner's discretion, photographs of a decedent may be used for medical, legal, or educational purposes. (B) All records in the coroner's office that are public records are open to inspection by the public, and any person may receive a copy of any such record or part of it upon demand in writing, accompanied by payment of a record retrieval and copying fee, at the rate of twenty-five cents per page or a minimum fee of one dollar. (C)(1) The coroner shall provide a copy of the full and complete records of the coroner with respect to a decedent to a person who makes a written request as the next of kin of the decedent. The following persons may make a request pursuant to this division as the next of kin of a decedent: (a) The surviving spouse of the decedent; (b) If there is no surviving spouse, or if the surviving spouse has died without having made a request pursuant to this division, any child of the decedent over eighteen years of age, with each child over eighteen years of age having an independent right to make a request pursuant to this division; (c) If there is no surviving spouse or child over eighteen years of age, or if the surviving spouse and all children over eighteen years of age have died without having made a request pursuant to this division, the parents of the decedent, with each parent having an independent right to make a request pursuant to this division; (d) If there is no surviving spouse, child over eighteen years of age, or parents of the decedent, or if all have died without having made a request pursuant to this division, the brothers and sisters of the decedent, whether of the whole or the half blood, with each having an independent right to make a request pursuant to this division. (2) If there is no surviving person who may make a written request as next of kin for a copy of the full and complete records of the coroner pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, or if all next of kin of the decedent have died without having made a request pursuant to that division, the coroner shall provide a copy of the full and complete records of the coroner with respect to a decedent to the representative of the estate of the decedent who is the subject of the records upon written request made by the representative. (D) A journalist may submit to the coroner a written request to view suicide notes, photographs of the decedent made by the coroner or by anyone acting under the coroner's discretion or supervision, or preliminary autopsy and investigative notes and findings but not records of a deceased individual that are confidential law enforcement investigatory records as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The request shall include the journalist's name and title and the name and address of the journalist's employer and state that the granting of the request would be in the best interest of the public. If a journalist submits a written request to the coroner to view the records described in this division and the final autopsy is not yet completed, the coroner may grant the journalist's request. After the final autopsy report and final death certification are complete, if a journalist submits a written request to the coroner to view the records described in this division, the coroner shall grant the journalist's request. A journalist shall not copy the preliminary autopsy and investigative notes and findings, suicide notes, or photographs of the decedent. (E)(1) An insurer may submit to the coroner a written request to obtain a copy of the full and complete records of the coroner with respect to a deceased person. The request shall include the name of the deceased person, the type of policy to which the written request relates, and the name and address of the insurer. (2) If an insurer submits a written request to the coroner to obtain a copy of records pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section, the coroner shall grant that request. (3) Upon the granting of a written request to obtain a copy of records by the coroner, the insurer may utilize the records for the following purposes: (a) To investigate any first party claim or third party claim asserted under a policy of insurance issued by the insurer that arises from the death of the deceased person; (b) To determine coverage for any first party claim or third party claim asserted under a policy of insurance issued by the insurer that arises from the death of the deceased person; (c) To determine the insurer's liability for any first party claim or third party claim asserted under a policy of insurance issued by the insurer that arises from the death of the deceased person. (4) Prior to the delivery of records that are the subject of a request made pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section, the coroner may require the insurer who submitted the written request for the records to provide a payment to the coroner of a record retrieval and copying fee at the rate of twenty-five cents per page or a minimum fee of one dollar. (5) Any records produced by the coroner in response to a written request under division (E)(1) of this section shall remain in the care, custody, and control of the insurer and its employees or representatives at all times. The insurer may not release or disclose the records to any other person unless any of the following apply: (a) The release of the records is reasonably necessary to further a purpose described in division (E)(3) of this section. (b) A court of competent jurisdiction orders the insurer to produce the records. (c) The insurer is required to produce the records in response to a civil or criminal subpoena. (d) The insurer is responding to a request for the records from a law enforcement agency, the department of insurance or a department of insurance from another state, or another governmental authority. (F) The coroner may contact the decedent's next of kin to inform the next of kin that a journalist or an insurer has submitted a written request pursuant to division (D) or (E) of this section and whether the coroner has granted the journalist's or the insurer's request. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Full and complete records of the coroner" includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) The detailed descriptions of the observations written by the coroner or by anyone acting under the coroner's direction or supervision during the progress of an autopsy and the conclusions drawn from those observations that are filed in the office of the coroner under division (A) of section 313.13 of the Revised Code; (b) Preliminary autopsy and investigative notes and findings made by the coroner or by anyone acting under the coroner's direction or supervision; (c) Photographs of a decedent made by the coroner or by anyone acting under the coroner's direction or supervision; (d) Suicide notes; (e) Medical and psychiatric records provided to the coroner, a deputy coroner, or a representative of the coroner or a deputy coroner under section 313.091 of the Revised Code; (f) Records of a deceased individual that are confidential law enforcement investigatory records as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code; (g) Laboratory reports generated from the analysis of physical evidence by the coroner's laboratory that is discoverable under Criminal Rule 16. (2) "Insurer" has the same meaning as in section 3901.07 of the Revised Code. (3) "Journalist" has the same meaning as in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.73
§ 307.73. Contract for private construction of water and sewer lines
Status: in_force

August 23, 1972 Senate Bill 193 - 109th General Assembly The board of county commissioners for any unincorporated portion of the county, upon application by any individual, organization, or agency of private enterprise, may grant permission by resolution to such individual, organization, or agency to construct water or sewer lines, or both, under the supervision of the board. Such resolution, and any contract entered into pursuant to such resolution, shall authorize the collection of prorated shares of the cost of such improvement as provided in this section. The board shall collect and return to such individual, organization, or agency a prorated share of the cost of such improvement in any instance in which such improvement is tapped into by a nonparticipant in the original cost. The prorated share shall be based on the front footage of improvement to the nonparticipant and shall not be in excess of the amount chargeable to such nonparticipant if such nonparticipant had participated in the aforesaid improvements. No subsequent assignee or grantee of such individual, organization, or agency shall be considered a nonparticipant in the original cost. A copy of the resolution granting permission to construct water or sewer lines and authorizing the collection of a prorated share shall be filed by the applicant with the county auditor, who shall keep an index by location of all such resolutions. The filing of such resolution constitutes constructive notice thereof. The county auditor shall charge a fee of one dollar for each resolution filed. No nonparticipant shall be required to pay the prorated share of the cost of such improvement permitted by a resolution adopted after the effective date of this section without such notice. The county commissioners may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to administer this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.56
§ 307.56. Appeal from decision of board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

March 14, 1985 House Bill 486 - 115th General Assembly A person aggrieved by the decision of the board of county commissioners may appeal to the court of common pleas, as provided by and under the authority of Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code. The court shall advance such appeal when perfected for immediate trial. Where a board of county commissioners has adopted administrative regulations pursuant to various enabling sections of the Revised Code, such regulations may provide for an appeal or variance therefrom to a higher administrative authority, or board of appeals or variances, which authority or board is appointed by the board of county commissioners. The decisions of such higher authority or board of appeals or variances shall be considered, a "final order" as described in section 2506.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.061
§ 339.061. Charter county hospitals; disposition of income
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "charter county hospital" means a county hospital based in a county that has adopted a charter under Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution. (B) The board of county hospital trustees of a charter county hospital shall hold and administer all money received from the operation of the county hospital, including money arising from rendering medical services to patients, whether received from the patient or on behalf of the patient, including inpatient and outpatient fees, laboratory and other procedure fees, physician services, and all other fees, deposits, charges, receipts, and income received as a result of the operation of the county hospital and medical staff. (C) The board of county hospital trustees of a charter county hospital shall invest money described in division (B) of this section pursuant to an investment policy adopted by the board in a public meeting. The investment policy does not take effect unless it is approved by the county investment advisory committee established pursuant to section 135.341 of the Revised Code. The investment policy shall provide for all of the following: (1) That all fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; (2) That at least twenty-five per cent of the average amount of the investment portfolio over the course of the preceding fiscal year shall be invested, as a reserve, in securities of the United States government or of its agencies or instrumentalities, the treasurer of state's Ohio subdivisions fund, obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state, certificates of deposit of any national bank located in this state, written repurchase agreements with any eligible financial institution in this state that is a member of the federal reserve system or federal home loan bank, money market funds, or bankers acceptances maturing in two hundred seventy days or less that are eligible for purchase by the federal reserve system; (3) That money not required to be invested as a reserve under division (C)(2) of this section may be pooled with other institutional funds and invested in accordance with section 1715.52 of the Revised Code; (4) The establishment of an investment committee within the board of county hospital trustees, which shall meet at least quarterly, to review and recommend revisions to the board's investment policy and to advise the board on investments made under division (C) of this section for the purpose of assisting the board in meeting its obligations as a fiduciary under that division. The policy shall authorize the committee to retain the services of an investment advisor who meets both of the following qualifications: (a) The advisor is licensed by the division of securities under section 1707.141 of the Revised Code or is registered with the United States securities and exchange commission. (b) The advisor has experience in the management of investments of public funds, especially in the investment of state government investment portfolios, or is an institution eligible to be a public depository as described in section 135.03 of the Revised Code. (D) Title to investments made by a board of county hospital trustees with money described in division (B) of this section shall not be vested in the county but shall be held in trust by the board. (E) Authority provided by this section is supplemental to the authority granted under division (D) of section 339.06 of the Revised Code and authority granted under the ordinances or charter of the county.