Ohio Rev. Code § 303.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.12
§ 303.12. Amendments to zoning resolution
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Amendments to the zoning resolution may be initiated by motion of the county rural zoning commission, by the passage of a resolution by the board of county commissioners, or by the filing of an application by one or more of the owners or lessees of property within the area proposed to be changed or affected by the proposed amendment with the county rural zoning commission. The board of county commissioners may require that the owner or lessee of property filing an application to amend the zoning resolution pay a fee to defray the cost of advertising, mailing, filing with the county recorder, and other expenses. If the board of county commissioners requires such a fee, it shall be required generally, for each application. The board of county commissioners, upon the passage of such a resolution, shall certify it to the county rural zoning commission. (2) Upon the adoption of a motion by the county rural zoning commission, the certification of a resolution by the board of county commissioners to the commission, or the filing of an application by property owners or lessees as described in division (A)(1) of this section with the commission, the commission shall set a date for a public hearing, which date shall not be less than twenty nor more than forty days from the date of adoption of such a motion, the date of the certification of such a resolution, or the date of the filing of such an application. Notice of the hearing shall be given by the commission by one publication at least ten days before the date of the hearing, using at least one of the following methods: (a) In the print or digital edition of one or more newspapers of general circulation in each township affected by the proposed amendment; (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. (B) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict ten or fewer parcels of land, as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, written notice of the hearing shall be mailed by the county rural zoning commission, by first class mail, at least ten days before the date of the public hearing to all owners of property within and contiguous to and directly across the street from the area proposed to be rezoned or redistricted to the addresses of those owners appearing on the county auditor's current tax list. The failure of delivery of that notice shall not invalidate any such amendment. (C) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict ten or fewer parcels of land as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, the published and mailed notices shall set forth the time, date, and place of the public hearing and include all of the following: (1) The name of the county rural zoning commission that will be conducting the hearing; (2) A statement indicating that the motion, resolution, or application is an amendment to the zoning resolution; (3) A list of the addresses of all properties to be rezoned or redistricted by the proposed amendment and of the names of owners of these properties, as they appear on the county auditor's current tax list; (4) The present zoning classification of property named in the proposed amendment and the proposed zoning classification of that property; (5) The time and place where the motion, resolution, or application proposing to amend the zoning resolution will be available for examination for a period of at least ten days prior to the hearing; (6) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of the public hearing by publication, by mail, or by both publication and mail; (7) A statement that, after the conclusion of the hearing, the matter will be submitted to the board of county commissioners for its action; (8) Any other information requested by the commission. (D) If the proposed amendment alters the text of the zoning resolution, or rezones or redistricts more than ten parcels of land as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, the published notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the public hearing and include all of the following: (1) The name of the county rural zoning commission that will be conducting the hearing on the proposed amendment; (2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; (3) The time and place where the text and maps of the proposed amendment will be available for examination for a period of at least ten days prior to the hearing; (4) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of the hearing by publication; (5) A statement that, after the conclusion of the hearing, the matter will be submitted to the board of county commissioners for its action; (6) Any other information requested by the commission. Hearings shall be held in the county court house or in a public place designated by the commission. (E) Within five days after the adoption of the motion described in division (A) of this section, the certification of the resolution described in division (A) of this section, or the filing of the application described in division (A) of this section, the county rural zoning commission shall transmit a copy of it together with text and map pertaining to it to the county or regional planning commission, if there is such a commission. The county or regional planning commission shall recommend the approval or denial of the proposed amendment or the approval of some modification of it and shall submit its recommendation to the county rural zoning commission. The recommendation shall be considered at the public hearing held by the county rural zoning commission on the proposed amendment. The county rural zoning commission, within thirty days after the hearing, shall recommend the approval or denial of the proposed amendment, or the approval of some modification of it, and shall submit that recommendation together with the motion, application, or resolution involved, the text and map pertaining to the proposed amendment, and the recommendation of the county or regional planning commission on it to the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners, upon receipt of that recommendation, shall set a time for a public hearing on the proposed amendment, which date shall be not more than thirty days from the date of the receipt of that recommendation. Notice of the hearing shall be given by the board by one publication at least ten days before the date of the hearing, using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of one or more newspapers of general circulation in 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) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict ten or fewer parcels of land as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, the published notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the public hearing and include all of the following: (1) The name of the board of county commissioners that will be conducting the hearing; (2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; (3) A list of the addresses of all properties to be rezoned or redistricted by the proposed amendment and of the names of owners of those properties, as they appear on the county auditor's current tax list; (4) The present zoning classification of property named in the proposed amendment and the proposed zoning classification of that property; (5) The time and place where the motion, application, or resolution proposing to amend the zoning resolution will be available for examination for a period of at least ten days prior to the hearing; (6) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of the hearing by publication, by mail, or by both publication and mail; (7) Any other information requested by the board. (G) If the proposed amendment alters the text of the zoning resolution, or rezones or redistricts more than ten parcels of land as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, the published notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the public hearing and include all of the following: (1) The name of the board of county commissioners that will be conducting the hearing on the proposed amendment; (2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; (3) The time and place where the text and maps of the proposed amendment will be available for examination for a period of at least ten days prior to the hearing; (4) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of the hearing by publication; (5) Any other information requested by the board. (H) Within twenty days after its public hearing, the board of county commissioners shall either adopt or deny the recommendation of the county rural zoning commission or adopt some modification of it. If the board denies or modifies the commission's recommendation, a majority vote of the board shall be required. Except as provided in division (I) of this section, the proposed amendment, if adopted by the board, shall become effective in thirty days after the date of its adoption, unless, within thirty days after the adoption, there is presented to the board of county commissioners a petition, signed by a number of qualified voters residing in the unincorporated area of the township or part of that unincorporated area included in the zoning plan equal to not less than eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in that area at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected, requesting the board to submit the amendment to the electors of that area for approval or rejection at a special election to be held on the day of the next primary or general election occurring at least ninety days after the petition is submitted. Each part of this petition shall contain the number and the full and correct title, if any, of the zoning amendment resolution, motion, or application, furnishing the name by which the amendment is known and a brief summary of its contents. In addition to meeting the requirements of this section, each petition shall be governed by the rules specified in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. The form of a petition calling for a zoning referendum and the statement of the circulator shall be substantially as follows: "PETITION FOR ZONING REFERENDUM (if the proposal is identified by a particular name or number, or both, these should be inserted here) ________________________ A proposal to amend the zoning map of the unincorporated area of ______________ Township, ___________________ County, Ohio, adopted _______ (date) __________ (followed by brief summary of the proposal). To the Board of County Commissioners of __________________ County, Ohio: We, the undersigned, being electors residing in the unincorporated area of _______________ Township, included within the _________________ County Zoning Plan, equal to not less than eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in the area at the preceding general election at which a governor was elected, request the Board of County Commissioners to submit this amendment of the zoning resolution to the electors of _____________ Township residing within the unincorporated area of the township included in the _______________ County Zoning Resolution, for approval or rejection at a special election to be held on the day of the next primary or general election to be held on ________(date)_______, pursuant to section 303.12 of the Revised Code. Street Address Date of Signature or R.F.D. Township Precinct County Signing _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ STATEMENT OF CIRCULATOR I, _____________________(name of circulator)___________________, declare under penalty of election falsification that I am an elector of the state of Ohio and reside at the address appearing below my signature; that I am the circulator of the foregoing part petition containing _____(number)_______ signatures; that I have witnessed the affixing of every signature; that all signers were to the best of my knowledge and belief qualified to sign; and that every signature is to the best of my knowledge and belief the signature of the person whose signature it purports to be or of an attorney in fact acting pursuant to section 3501.382 of the Revised Code. _____________________________ (Signature of circulator) _____________________________ - (Address of circulator's - permanent residence in this - state) _____________________________ (City, village, or township, - and zip code) WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE." No amendment for which such a referendum vote has been requested shall be put into effect unless a majority of the vote cast on the issue is in favor of the amendment. Upon certification by the board of elections that the amendment has been approved by the voters, it shall take immediate effect. Within five working days after an amendment's effective date, the board of county commissioners shall file the text and maps of the amendment in the office of the county recorder and with the regional or county planning commission, if one exists. The failure to file any amendment, or any text and maps, or duplicates of any of these documents, with the office of the county recorder or the county or regional planning commission as required by this section does not invalidate the amendment and is not grounds for an appeal of any decision of the board of zoning appeals. (I) If a proposed amendment establishes or modifies planned-unit development regulations, the following apply in lieu of the contrary provisions of division (H) of this section: (1) The petition shall be signed by a number of registered electors residing in the territory where the planned-unit development regulations apply or will apply equal to not less than thirty-five per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in that territory at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected. (2) The board of elections shall determine the sufficiency and validity of the petition not later than thirty days after the petition is certified to the board of elections by the board of county commissioners. (3) If the board of elections determines there is an insufficient number of valid signatures, the board immediately shall notify the person who presented the petition. The person may submit additional signatures not later than ten days after the notification. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.051
§ 306.051. Use of funds expended for social services as local match to obtain funds for transit system
Status: in_force

July 3, 2019 House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "social services" includes all of the following: (1) Services for senior citizens; (2) Services for persons with developmental disabilities; (3) Services funded in whole or in part with federal funds provided for social services programs, including the community development block grant program established under Title I of the "Housing and Community Development Act of 1974," 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.; (4) Other services that have the purpose of assisting the overall social well being of individuals, families, and communities. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section and regardless of whether a county transit system is operated by a county transit board or board of county commissioners, funds that are appropriated by a board of county commissioners and expended for social services in the county served by the board may be used as the local match needed to obtain state or federal funds available for the county transit system. (C) Funds raised by a county tax levy may be used as local matching funds under division (B) of this section only to the extent that such use of the funds is consistent with the purpose for which the tax was levied. Funds may be used as local matching funds under division (B) of this section only to the extent that such use of the funds does not jeopardize the state's or county's eligibility to receive federal funds for one or more purposes. Prior to the use of funds raised by a county tax levy being used for purposes of division (B) of this section, the county transit system shall enter into an agreement with the local government department, agency, board, or commission responsible for administering those funds. The agreement shall establish the terms and conditions of the use of the funds by the county transit system as local matching funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.98 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.98
§ 307.98. Written partnership agreement with director of job and family services
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this section, "county grantee" has the same meaning as in section 5101.21 of the Revised Code. Each board of county commissioners and each other county grantee of the county shall jointly enter into one or more written grant agreements with the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth in accordance with section 5101.21 of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners shall enter into the agreement on behalf of the county family services agencies, other than a county family services agency that is a county grantee. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.09
§ 307.09. Sale, lease, or rent of county real estate - proceeds
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly (A) If the interests of the county so require, the board of county commissioners may sell any real property belonging to the county and not needed for public use, including all or portions of buildings acquired by the board to house county offices, or may lease or rent the same, but no such lease shall be for a longer term than five years, unless such lease is part of a lease-purchase agreement, in which case the lease may be for a period not exceeding twenty-five years, or unless the lease is to a commercial tenant who uses the property as a retail store room, office, or restaurant, and the leased property is located in a building initially acquired to house county offices or in a parking facility constructed or acquired to serve a building that houses county offices, in which case the lease may be for a period not exceeding twenty years, and may include provision for one or more renewals for lesser periods. In the case of real property used or to be used for the purpose of airports, landing fields, or air navigational facilities, including restaurants, parking lots, motels, gasoline service stations, public recreation facilities, public parks, office buildings, retail stores for merchandising or services, and industrial uses located or to be located thereon, or parts thereof, belonging to the county, the primary term of such lease shall not exceed twenty-five years and the board of county commissioners may renew such leases for one or more periods of years. The total of such renewal periods, when added to the primary term of such lease, shall not exceed sixty years. (B) The board may grant leases, rights, and easements to the United States government, to the state or any department or agency thereof, or to municipal corporations or other governmental subdivisions of the state for public purposes, or to privately owned electric light and power companies, or natural gas companies, or telephone or telegraph companies for purposes of rendering their several public utilities services, or to corporations not for profit for hospital, charitable, water, sewer, any of the purposes specified in section 1724.01 of the Revised Code, or recreational purposes, including among other such purposes memorial structures, parks, golf courses, and underground structures, poles, piers, towers, wires, pipelines, underground cables, and manholes, on or in lands owned by the county where such lease, right, or easement is not deemed by the board to be inconsistent with the need of such land for public use by the county. Any such lease, right, or easement granted to the United States government, to the state or any department or agency thereof, or to a municipal corporation or other governmental subdivision of the state, or to privately owned electric light and power companies, or natural gas companies, or telephone or telegraph companies for purposes of rendering their several public utilities services, or to corporations not for profit for hospital, charitable, water, sewer, or recreational purposes, may be for such length of time, upon such terms, for such purposes, and may provide for such renewals thereof as the board deems for the best interests of the county. (C) In case of the sale of such real property not used for county purposes, and in case of a lease of real property used or to be used for the purpose of airports, landing fields, or air navigational facilities, including restaurants, parking lots, motels, gasoline service stations, public recreation facilities, public parks, office buildings, retail stores for merchandising or services, and industrial uses, and in case of such a grant of lease, right, or easement to the United States government, to the state or any department or agency thereof or to a municipal corporation or other governmental subdivision of the state, or to privately owned electric light and power companies, or natural gas companies, or telephone or telegraph companies for purposes of rendering their several public utilities services, or to corporations not for profit for hospital, charitable, water, sewer, or recreational purposes, all or such part of the proceeds thereof as the board designates may be placed by the board in a separate fund to be used only for construction, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, or repair of the county buildings and the acquisition of sites therefor, or for the payment of principal of or interest on bonds of the county issued for any county building.
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.02
§ 329.02. County director of job and family services powers and duties
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly Under the control and direction of the board of county commissioners, the county director of job and family services shall have full charge of the county department of job and family services. The director shall prepare the annual budget estimate of the department and submit it to the board. Before submitting the budget estimate to the board, the director shall consider the recommendations of the county family services planning committee relative to that estimate. The director, with the approval of the board, shall appoint all necessary assistants and superintendents of institutions under the jurisdiction of the department, and all other employees of the department, except that the superintendent of each such institution shall appoint all employees in it and only the board may appoint administrators under section 329.021 of the Revised Code. Except for administrators appointed under section 329.021 of the Revised Code and up to five other administrative positions, the assistants and other employees of the department shall be in the classified civil service and may not be placed in or removed to the unclassified service. If no eligible list is available, a probationary appointment shall be made until an eligible list is available. Each director appointed on or after October 5, 1987, shall be in the unclassified civil service and serve at the pleasure of the board. If a person holding a classified position in the department is appointed as director on or after that date and is later removed by the board, except for a reason listed in section 124.34 of the Revised Code, the person so removed has the right to resume the position the person held in the classified service immediately prior to being appointed as director, or if that position no longer exists or has become an unclassified position, the person shall be appointed to a position in the classified service that the board, with the approval of the director of administrative services, determines is equivalent to the position the person held immediately prior to being appointed as director. The board, except as provided in this chapter, may provide by resolution for the coordination of the operations of the department and those of any county institution whose board or managing officer is appointed by the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may enter into a written contract with a county director of job and family services specifying terms and conditions of the director's employment. The period of the contract shall not exceed three years. In addition to any review specified in the contract, the contract shall be subject to review and renegotiation for a period of thirty days, from the sixtieth to the ninetieth days after the beginning of the term of any newly elected commissioner. Such a contract shall in no way abridge the right of the board to terminate the employment of the director as an unclassified employee at will, but may specify terms and conditions of any such termination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 308.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 308 / § 308.08
§ 308.08. Issuing revenue bonds
Status: in_force

July 6, 1967 House Bill 687 - 107th General Assembly A regional airport authority which proposes to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or proposes to construct, replace, extend, enlarge, maintain, or operate any airport or airport facility, and desires to raise money for any of such purposes or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds of the regional airport authority or pay any obligation assumed by it or of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds or notes of any political subdivision issued to acquire, construct, replace, extend, enlarge, or maintain any airport or airport facility acquired by the regional airport authority or repay any advances or loans made to the regional airport authority by any person or political subdivision, may issue revenue bonds therefor which bonds shall not be secured by the general credit of the regional airport authority or by the general credit of the state or any political subdivision. Such revenue bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments and shall be secured by a pledge of and a lien on the revenues of the regional airport authority derived from rentals, fees, charges, or other revenues from any airport or airport facility of the regional airport authority as are designated in said resolution, including but not limited to the airport or airport facility to be acquired, constructed, replaced, extended, enlarged, or maintained with the proceeds of said bond issue, after provision only for the reasonable cost of operating, maintaining, and repairing the airport or airport facility of the regional airport authority so designated, and revenue bonds may be secured otherwise or additionally by a pledge of and a lien on such pledges of gifts and receipts from sources other than taxation as may be provided in the resolution authorizing such bonds, the use of which is not otherwise obligated. Said bonds may further be secured by the covenant of the regional airport authority to maintain such rates or charges as will produce revenues sufficient to meet costs of operating, maintaining, and repairing such airport and airport facility, to meet the interest and principal requirements of such bonds and to establish and maintain reserves for the foregoing purposes. The board of trustees of the regional airport authority may, by resolution, provide for the issuance of additional revenue bonds from time to time, such bonds to be secured equally and ratably, without preference, priority, or distinction, with outstanding revenue bonds, but subject to the terms and limitations of any trust agreement entered into under section 308.09 of the Revised Code, and of any resolution authorizing bonds then outstanding. The board may designate additional airports and airport facilities of the regional airport authority, the revenues of which shall be pledged and be subject to a lien for service of the principal and interest requirements of revenue bonds theretofore authorized, to the same extent as the revenues above described.
Ohio Rev. Code § 349.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 349 / § 349.15
§ 349.15. Municipal annexation
Status: in_force

October 4, 1972 House Bill 1063 - 109th General Assembly If all or any portion of a new community district is annexed to a municipal corporation, the new community authority shall nevertheless continue in existence to carry out the new community development program for such district, and shall remain responsible for any bonds or notes issued pursuant to section 349.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.24
§ 303.24. Actions instituted to prevent violation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In case any building is or is proposed to be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, changed, maintained, or used, or any land is or is proposed to be used in violation of sections 303.01 to 303.25 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or of any regulation or provision adopted by any board of county commissioners under such sections, such board, the prosecuting attorney of the county, the county zoning inspector, the county building inspector, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specially damaged by such violation, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute injunction, mandamus, abatement, or any other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove such unlawful location, erection, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, change, maintenance, or use.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.674 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.674
§ 307.674. Cooperative agreement for sales tax levy and bond issuance for educational and cultural performing arts facilities
Status: in_force

March 27, 2020 House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Bonds" means: (a) Revenue bonds of the port authority described in division (B)(2)(a) of this section; (b) Securities as defined in division (KK) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code issued by the host municipal corporation, described in division (B)(3)(a) of this section; (c) Any bonds issued to refund any of those revenue bonds or securities. (2) "Corporation" means a nonprofit corporation that is organized under the laws of this state and that includes within the purposes for which it is incorporated the authorization to lease and operate facilities such as a port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility. (3) "Cost," as applied to a port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility, means the cost of acquiring, constructing, renovating, rehabilitating, equipping, or improving the facility, or any combination of those purposes, collectively referred to in this section as "construction," and the cost of acquisition of all land, rights of way, property rights, easements, franchise rights, and interests required for those purposes, the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any land to which those buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of public utility and common carrier relocation or duplication, the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for not more than three years after completion of construction, costs arising under guaranty agreements, reimbursement agreements, or other credit enhancement agreements relating to bonds, engineering, expenses of research and development with respect to such facility, legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, studies, estimates of costs and revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of acquiring or constructing the facility, administrative expense, and other expenses as may be necessary or incident to that acquisition or construction and the financing of such acquisition or construction, including, with respect to the revenue bonds of a port authority, amounts to be paid into any special funds from the proceeds of those bonds, and repayments to the port authority, host county, host municipal corporation, or corporation of any amounts advanced for the foregoing purposes. (4) "Debt service charges" means, for any period or payable at any time, the principal of and interest and any premium due on bonds for that period or payable at that time whether due at maturity or upon mandatory redemption, together with any required deposits to reserves for the payment of principal of and interest on those bonds, and includes any payments required by the port authority to satisfy any of its obligations under or arising from any guaranty agreements, reimbursement agreements, or other credit enhancement agreements described in division (C) of this section. (5) "Host county" means the county within the boundaries of which the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility is or will be located. (6) "Host municipal corporation" means the municipal corporation within the boundaries of which the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility is or will be located. (7) "Port authority" means a port authority created pursuant to section 4582.22 of the Revised Code. (8) "Port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility" means a facility that consists of a center for music or other performing arts, a theater or other facilities to provide programs of an educational, recreational, or cultural nature, or any combination of those purposes as determined by the parties to the cooperative agreement for which provision is made in division (B) of this section to fulfill the public educational, recreational, and cultural purposes set forth therein, together with all parking facilities, walkways, and other auxiliary facilities, real and personal property, property rights, easements, and interests that may be appropriate for, or used in connection with, the operation of the facility. (B) A host county, a host municipal corporation, and a port authority may enter into a cooperative agreement with a corporation under which, as further provided for in that agreement: (1) The host county may agree to do any or all of the following: (a) Levy and collect a tax under divisions (O) and (P) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code for the purposes, and in an amount sufficient for those purposes, described in divisions (B)(1)(b) and (c) of this section; (b) Pay to the port authority all or such portion as provided for in the cooperative agreement of the revenue from the tax, together with any investment earnings on that revenue, to be used to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating, rehabilitating, equipping, or improving the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility; (c) Pledge and pay to the corporation all or such portion as provided for in the cooperative agreement of the revenue from the tax, together with any investment earnings on that revenue, to be used to pay a portion of the costs to the corporation of leasing the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility from the port authority. (2) The port authority may agree to do any or all of the following: (a) Issue its revenue bonds pursuant to section 4582.48 of the Revised Code for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the costs of the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility; (b) Acquire, construct, renovate, rehabilitate, equip, and improve the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility; (c) Lease the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility to the corporation; (d) To the extent provided for in the cooperative agreement or the lease to the corporation, authorize the corporation to administer on behalf of the port authority the contracts for acquiring, constructing, renovating, rehabilitating, or equipping the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility; (e) Use the revenue derived from the lease of the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility to the corporation solely to pay debt service charges on revenue bonds of the port authority issued pursuant to division (B)(2)(a) of this section and to pay its obligations under or arising from any guaranty agreements, reimbursement agreements, or other credit enhancement agreements provided for in this section. (3) The host municipal corporation may agree to do either or both of the following: (a) Issue its bonds for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the costs of the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility, and pay the proceeds from the issuance to the port authority for that purpose; (b) Enter into a guaranty agreement, a reimbursement agreement, or other credit enhancement agreement with the port authority to provide a guaranty or other credit enhancement of the port authority revenue bonds referred to in division (B)(2)(a) of this section pledging taxes, other than ad valorem property taxes, or other revenues for the purpose of providing the funds required to satisfy the host municipal corporation's obligations under that agreement. The cooperative agreement may provide that the proceeds of such securities or of such guaranty agreement, reimbursement agreement, or other credit enhancement agreement be deposited with and administered by the trustee pursuant to the trust agreement authorized in division (C) of this section. (4) The corporation may agree to do any or all of the following: (a) Lease the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility from the port authority; (b) Operate and maintain the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility pursuant to the lease; (c) To the extent provided for in the cooperative agreement or the lease from the port authority, administer on behalf of the port authority the contracts for acquiring, constructing, renovating, rehabilitating, or equipping the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility. (C) The pledge and payments referred to in divisions (B)(1)(b) and (c) of this section and provided for in the cooperative agreement shall be for the period stated in the cooperative agreement but shall not extend longer than the period necessary to provide for the final retirement of the port authority revenue bonds referred to in division (B)(2)(a) of this section, and for the satisfaction by the port authority of any of its obligations under or arising from any guaranty agreements, reimbursement agreements, or other credit enhancement agreements relating to those bonds or to the revenues pledged to them. The cooperative agreement shall provide for the termination of the cooperative agreement, including the pledge and payment referred to in division (B)(1)(c) of this section, if the port authority revenue bonds referred to in division (B)(2)(a) of this section have not been issued, sold, and delivered within five years of the effective date of the cooperative agreement. The cooperative agreement shall provide that any port authority revenue bonds shall be secured by a trust agreement between the port authority and a corporate trustee that is a trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside the state but authorized to exercise trust powers within the state. The host county may be a party to that trust agreement for the purpose of better securing the pledge by the host county of its payment to the corporation pursuant to division (B)(1)(c) of this section. A tax levied pursuant to section 5739.09 of the Revised Code for the purposes specified in division (B)(1)(b) or (c) of this section is not subject to diminution by initiative or referendum or diminution by statute, unless provision is made for an adequate substitute reasonably satisfactory to the trustee under the trust agreement that secures the port authority revenue bonds. (D) A pledge of money by a host county under this section shall not be net indebtedness of the host county for purposes of section 133.07 of the Revised Code. A guaranty or other credit enhancement by a host municipal corporation under this section shall not be net indebtedness of the host municipal corporation for purposes of section 133.05 of the Revised Code. (E) If the terms of the cooperative agreement so provide, any contract for the acquisition, construction, renovation, rehabilitation, equipping, or improving of a port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility shall be made in such manner as is determined by the board of directors of the port authority, and unless the cooperative agreement provides otherwise, such a contract is not subject to division (A)(18)(b) of section 4582.31 of the Revised Code. The port authority may take the assignment of and assume any contracts for the acquisition, construction, renovation, rehabilitation, equipping, or improving of a port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility that had previously been authorized by any of the host county, the host municipality, or the corporation. Such contracts are not subject to division (A)(18)(b) of section 4582.31 of the Revised Code. Any contract for the acquisition, construction, renovation, rehabilitation, equipping, or improving of a port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility entered into, assigned, or assumed pursuant to this division shall provide that all laborers and mechanics employed for the acquisition, construction, renovation, rehabilitation, equipping, or improving of that facility shall be paid at the prevailing rates of wages of laborers and mechanics for the class of work called for by the port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility, which wages shall be determined in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code for the determination of prevailing wage rates. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in section 123.281 of the Revised Code, construction services and general building services for a port authority educational and cultural performing arts facility funded completely or in part with money appropriated by the state to the Ohio facilities construction commission may be provided by a port authority or a corporation that occupies, will occupy, or is responsible for that facility, as determined by the commission. The construction services and general building services to be provided by the port authority or the corporation shall be specified in an agreement between the commission and the port authority or corporation. That agreement, or any actions taken under it, are not subject to Chapters 123. or 153. of the Revised Code, but are subject to Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.14
§ 321.14. Duplicate receipts shall be given
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When money is paid to the county treasurer, except on account of taxes charged on the duplicate, he shall give to the person paying duplicate receipts, one of which such person shall deposit with the county auditor, who shall charge the treasurer with the amount of such receipt.
Ohio Rev. Code § 308.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 308 / § 308.061
§ 308.061. Contract with prosecuting attorney
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 34 - 132nd General Assembly The board of trustees of a regional airport authority may contract with the prosecuting attorney of a county, as provided in section 309.09 of the Revised Code, to obtain legal services from the prosecuting attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.091
§ 307.091. Sale of county medical facility to state medical school or college
Status: in_force

November 15, 1991 Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may sell, lease, or transfer all or any part of the property and assets of a hospital or medical and health care facility or institution owned by the county to a medical school or college established and supported by this state, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed by the board of county commissioners and the board of trustees governing such medical school or college and subject to the approval of the Ohio board of regents. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 353.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 353 / § 353.05
§ 353.05. Power to propose tax levy
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The board of directors of a lake facilities authority, by resolution, may propose the levy of a tax upon the taxable property in the impacted lake district pursuant to section 5705.55 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.803 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.803
§ 307.803. Funds of board
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any microfilming or image processing equipment, software, or services that the board determines is necessary, or that the county microfilming board or county board of information services and records management authorizes, from funds budgeted and appropriated by the board of county commissioners for such purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.03
§ 329.03. Direct deposit system for distributing cash assistance payments under Ohio works first or refugee assistance program
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "applicant" or "recipient" means either of the following: (1) An applicant for or participant in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (2) An applicant for or recipient of cash assistance provided under the refugee assistance program established under section 5101.49 of the Revised Code. (B) Each county department of job and family services shall establish a direct deposit system under which cash assistance payments to recipients who agree to direct deposit are made by electronic transfer to an account in a financial institution designated under this section. No financial institution shall impose any charge for such an account that the institution does not impose on its other customers for the same type of account. Direct deposit does not affect the exemption of Ohio works first from attachment, garnishment, or other like process afforded by section 5107.75 of the Revised Code. (C) Each county department of job and family services shall do all of the following: (1) Inform each applicant or recipient that the applicant or recipient must choose whether to receive cash assistance payments under the direct deposit system established under this section or under the electronic benefit transfer system established under section 5101.33 of the Revised Code; (2) Inform each applicant and recipient of the conditions under which the applicant or recipient may change the system used to receive the cash assistance payments; (3) Inform each applicant or recipient of the procedures governing the direct deposit system; (4) If an applicant or recipient chooses to receive cash assistance payments under the direct deposit system, obtain from the applicant or recipient an authorization form to designate a financial institution equipped for and authorized by law to accept direct deposits by electronic transfer and the account into which the applicant or recipient wishes the payments to be made; (5) If an applicant or recipient chooses to receive cash assistance payments under the electronic benefit transfer system established under section 5101.33 of the Revised Code, obtain from the applicant or recipient a signed form to that effect. The department may require a recipient to complete a new authorization form whenever the department considers it necessary. A recipient's designation of a financial institution and account shall remain in effect until withdrawn in writing or dishonored by the financial institution, except that no change may be made in the authorization form until the next eligibility redetermination of the recipient unless the county department determines that good cause exists for an earlier change or the financial institution dishonors the recipient's account. (D) An applicant or recipient without an account who completes an authorization form to receive cash assistance payments by direct deposit shall have ten days after receiving the authorization form to designate an account suitable for direct deposit. If within the required time the applicant or recipient does not make the designation, the recipient shall receive cash assistance payments under the electronic benefit transfer system established under section 5101.33 of the Revised Code. (E) The director of job and family services may adopt rules governing direct deposit systems established under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.70
§ 306.70. Resolution levying tax for regional transit purposes
Status: in_force

July 3, 2019 House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly A tax proposed to be levied by a board of county commissioners or by the board of trustees of a regional transit authority pursuant to sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code shall not become effective until it is submitted to the electors residing within the county or within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority and approved by a majority of the electors voting on it. Such question shall be submitted at a general election or at a special election on a day specified in the resolution levying the tax and occurring not less than ninety days after such resolution is certified to the board of elections, in accordance with section 3505.071 of the Revised Code. The board of elections of the county or of each county in which any territory of the regional transit authority is located shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of such question to the electors of the county or regional transit authority, and the election shall be held, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as regular elections for the election of county officers. Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory of the county or of the regional transit authority once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, notice of the election also shall be posted on that web site for thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state the type, rate, and purpose of the tax to be levied, the length of time during which the tax will be in effect, and the time and place of the election. More than one such question may be submitted at the same election. The form of the ballots cast at such election shall be: "Shall a(n) ________________ (sales and use) _____________ tax be levied by the __________________ (here insert name of the county or regional transit authority) for the purpose of ________________ (here insert the purpose or purposes of the levy) at a rate not exceeding ___________________ (here insert percentage) per cent for ________________ (here insert number of years the tax is to be in effect, or that it is to be in effect for a continuing period of time)?" If the tax proposed to be levied is a continuation of an existing tax, whether at the same rate or at an increased or reduced rate, or an increase in the rate of an existing tax, the notice and ballot form shall so state. If one of the purposes of the proposed tax is to fund public infrastructure projects as described in section 306.353 of the Revised Code, the notice and ballot shall also so state. When specified in a resolution adopted under section 5739.023 of the Revised Code, the notice and ballot may also state the percentage of the tax proceeds to be allocated among each of the purposes of the proposed tax and, if one of the purposes is to provide general revenue for the transit authority, the percentage of the proceeds to be allocated among the specific projects, functions, or other uses to be funded by that general revenue. The board of elections to which the resolution was certified shall certify the results of the election to the county auditor of the county or secretary-treasurer of the regional transit authority levying the tax and to the tax commissioner of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.611 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.611
§ 323.611. Contracting with financial institution to process payments, checks and fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) At the request of the county treasurer, a board of county commissioners may enter into a contract with any financial institution under which the financial institution, in accordance with the terms of the contract, receives real property and manufactured home tax payments at a post office box, opens the mail delivered to that box, processes the checks and other payments received in such mail and deposits them into the treasurer's account, and provides the county treasurer daily receipt information with respect to such payments. The contract shall not be entered into unless: (1) The contract is awarded in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code; (2) The treasurer's surety bond includes within its coverage any loss that might occur as the result of the contract; (3) The provisions of the contract do not conflict with accounting and reporting requirements prescribed by the auditor of state. (B) The records of the financial institution are subject to examination by the auditor of state to the same extent as if the services that the financial institution has agreed to perform were being performed by the treasurer of state. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.46
§ 306.46. Counties and municipalities - powers not limited
Status: in_force

November 1, 1965 House Bill 421 - 106th General Assembly Nothing in sections 306.30 to 306.47 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall limit the exercise of the power or authority granted to counties or municipal corporations by sections 307.20 , 717.01 , and 719.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.09
§ 303.09. Changes in text or maps - second public hearing
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly No change in or departure from the text or maps as certified by the county rural zoning commission, shall be made by the board of county commissioners unless it is first resubmitted to the county rural zoning commission for approval, disapproval, or suggestions. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the county rural zoning commission regarding the proposed changes, the board of county commissioners shall hold a second public hearing, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be given by one publication using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of one or more newspapers of general circulation in the townships affected; (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. If such changes are disapproved by the zoning commission, the provision so disapproved must receive the favorable vote of the entire membership of the board of county commissioners in order to be adopted. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.15
§ 307.15. Contracts with other governmental entities
Status: in_force

September 27, 1996 Senate Bill 81 - 121st General Assembly (A)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, the board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, township, port authority, water or sewer district, school district, library district, health district, park district, soil and water conservation district, water conservancy district, or other taxing district, or with the board of any other county, and such legislative authorities may enter into agreements with the board of county commissioners, whereby the board undertakes, and is authorized by the contracting subdivision, to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service, on behalf of the contracting subdivision or its legislative authority, that such subdivision or legislative authority may exercise, perform, or render; or whereby the legislative authority of any municipal corporation undertakes, and is authorized by the board of county commissioners, to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service, on behalf of the county or the board, that the county or the board may exercise, perform, or render. The board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with the board of township trustees of any township within the county, whereby the board of county commissioners or any county official designated by the board, purchases at the request of the township any materials for the construction, maintenance, or repair of any township road or for the maintenance or repair of any township building, and sells the materials to the township at the cost to the county, which cost shall include the purchase price and any expenses incurred in such purchase, providing the amount involved does not exceed one thousand dollars. (2) Upon the execution of an agreement described in division (A)(1) of this section, and within the limitations prescribed by the agreement, the board of county commissioners may exercise the same powers as the contracting subdivision possesses with respect to the performance of any function or the rendering of any service, which, by such agreement, it undertakes to perform or render, and all powers necessary or incidental thereto, as amply as such powers are possessed and exercised by the contracting subdivisions directly; and the legislative authority of any municipal corporation may exercise the same powers as the county possesses with respect to the performance of any function or the rendering of any service, which, by such agreement, it undertakes to perform or render, and all powers necessary or incidental thereto, as amply as such powers are possessed and exercised by the county directly. In the absence in the agreement of provisions determining by what officer, office, department, agency, or authority, the powers and duties of the board shall be exercised or performed, the board shall determine and assign such powers and duties. In the absence in the agreement of provisions determining by what officer, office, department, agency, or authority, the powers and duties of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall be exercised or performed, such legislative authority shall determine and assign such powers and duties. Sections 307.14 to 307.19 of the Revised Code, or any agreement authorized by those sections, shall not suspend the possession by a contracting subdivision of any power or function exercised or performed by the board, or the possession by a county of any power or function exercised or performed by the contracting municipal corporation, in pursuance of the agreement. Nor shall the board, by virtue of any agreement entered into under this section, acquire any power to levy taxes within, and on behalf of, a contracting subdivision unless approved by a majority of the electors of the contracting subdivision. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the boards of county commissioners of any two or more counties may contract with each other or by contract create any joint agency to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service which any board of county commissioners may exercise, perform, or render. (C) No board of county commissioners shall enter into any agreement pursuant to division (A) of this section or form a joint agency pursuant to division (B) of this section to exercise, with regard to public moneys, any investment powers, perform any investment function, or render any investment service on behalf of a contracting subdivision or its legislative authority, or, with respect to a joint agency, another board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.49
§ 319.49. Settlement by auditor with treasurer for taxes - certification of delinquent tax and assessment list by treasurer - liability of treasurer
Status: in_force

November 28, 1969 Senate Bill 305 - 108th General Assembly On or before the thirtieth day of June and on or before the thirty-first day of October of each year the county auditor shall attend at his office to make settlement with the county treasurer and ascertain the amount of general personal and classified property taxes with which such treasurer is to stand charged. At each October settlement, the auditor shall take from the duplicates previously put into the hands of the treasurer for collection a list of all such taxes as the treasurer has been unable to collect, describing in such list the assessments on which such delinquent taxes are charged, as described on the duplicates, and note on the list, in a marginal column, the several reasons assigned by the treasurer why such taxes could not be collected. Such list shall be signed by the treasurer, who shall testify to the correctness of the list, under oath to be administered by the auditor. After deducting the amount of such taxes as returned delinquent and the collection fees allowed the treasurer from the several taxes charged on the duplicates in a just and ratable proportion, the treasurer shall be held liable for the balance of such taxes. After first correcting any error which may have occurred in the apportionment of taxes at any previous settlement, the auditor shall certify the balance due the state, the balance due the county, and the balance due each other taxing district, and shall record such list of delinquencies in his office forthwith.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.27
§ 303.27. Rehabilitation or redevelopment of county renewal area by private enterprise
Status: in_force

October 21, 1959 House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly The board of county commissioners, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the county renewal area by private enterprise. The board shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under sections 303.26 to 303.56 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, including the formulation of a workable program, the approval of county renewal plans, consistent with the general plan of the county, the exercise of its zoning powers, the enforcement of other laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, the disposition of any property acquired, and the provisions of necessary public improvements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.17
§ 319.17. Warrants for funds payable to school district
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All warrants of the county auditor on the county treasurer for funds payable to a school district shall be stamped across their face "for deposit only."
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.69
§ 307.69. Agreements for protection of funds contributed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly For the purposes of co-operating with and safeguarding the respective interests of the contributing counties in the proportion of their respective contributions, and in respect of such contributions, the respective boards of county commissioners may enter into such proper arrangements and agreements with the secretary of defense, or any other public authority empowered to act in the premises under any act of congress or of the general assembly of this or the legislative authority of any other state, as is necessary for such purposes; and also with counties and other public authorities, of this or other states, with a view to harmonious and efficient action and proportionate contribution, as nearly as may be arrived at or found to be practicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 351.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 351 / § 351.20
§ 351.20. Investing money
Status: in_force

June 29, 1988 House Bill 772 - 117th General Assembly Moneys in the funds of a convention facilities authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its convention facilities authority bonds and notes or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited among funds as the authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and such investments may be sold at such time as the authority determines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 353.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 353 / § 353.01
§ 353.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly For purposes of this chapter: (A) "Lake facilities authority" means a body corporate and politic created pursuant to section 353.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Watershed" means a watershed as determined by the United States geological survey. (C) "Impacted watershed" means a watershed meeting both of the following conditions: (1) The watershed contains a natural or man-made lake of at least one-half square mile that has experienced levels of microcystin toxins in excess of eighty parts-per-billion, as measured by the Ohio environmental protection agency, during the twenty-fourmonth period immediately preceding the date the last resolution necessary for the creation of a lake facilities authority under section 353.02 of the Revised Code was adopted. (2) The watershed is partially or completely located within a state park, as defined in section 154.01 of the Revised Code, that has averaged at least four hundred thousand visitors per year for the four calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the last resolution necessary for the creation of a lake facilities authority under section 353.02 of the Revised Code was adopted. (D) "Impacted lake district" means the territory of all townships and municipal corporations having territory in an impacted watershed. (E) "Cost" as applied to a lake facilities authority facility means the cost of acquisition or construction of the facility; the cost of acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property rights, easements, franchise rights, and interests required for such acquisition; the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved; the cost of acquiring or constructing and equipping a principal office of the lake facilities authority; the cost of diverting highways, interchange of highways, and access roads to private property, including the cost of land or easements for the access roads, the cost of public utility and common carrier relocation or duplication, the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during any construction and for no more than eighteen months after completion of any construction; engineering; expenses of research and development with respect to an impacted lake district; legal expenses; expenses of developing or obtaining plans, specifications, engineering surveys, studies, and estimates of cost and revenues; expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of acquiring or constructing the facility or remediating the impacted lake district; administrative expense; and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition or construction of the facility, the remediation of the impacted lake district and other activities authorized by this chapter, the financing of such acquisition, construction or remediation, including the amount authorized in the resolution of the lake facilities authority providing for the issuance of lake facilities authority revenue bonds to be paid into any special funds from the proceeds of such bonds and the financing of the placing of the facility in operation, the cost of issuing the bonds, and the financing of remediation and other purposes authorized by this chapter. (F) "Revenues" means all rentals and other charges received by the lake facilities authority with respect to an impacted watershed; any gift or grant received with respect to any impacted watershed; money received in repayment of, and for interest on, any loans made by the authority to a person or governmental agency, whether from the United States or any department, administration, or agency thereof, or otherwise; proceeds of lake facilities authority revenue bonds to the extent the use thereof for payment of principal or of premium, if any, or interest on the bonds is authorized by the authority; proceeds from any insurance, appropriation, or guaranty pertaining to an impacted watershed or property mortgaged to secure bonds or pertaining to the financing of any activities authorized under this chapter; income and profit from the investment of the proceeds of lake facilities authority revenue bonds or of any revenues; and contributions of service payments in lieu of taxes generated pursuant to section 5709.40 , 5709.41 , 5709.73 , or 5709.78 of the Revised Code, and all other nontax revenues paid or payable to the lake facilities authority. (G) "Lake facilities revenue bonds," unless the context indicates a different meaning or intent, includes revenue notes, revenue renewal notes, and revenue refunding bonds. (H) "Authorized purpose" means activities that remediate, rehabilitate, enhance, foster, aid, improve, provide, or promote an impacted watershed within the jurisdiction of the lake facilities authority, including, without limitation, research and development efforts related thereto. (I) "Lake facilities authority facility" or "facility" means real or personal property, or any combination thereof owned, leased, or otherwise controlled or financed by a lake facilities authority and directly related to an authorized purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 301.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 301 / § 301.15
§ 301.15. Selection of seat of justice
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly Within sixty days after their appointment, the commissioners provided for by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, or any two of them, shall assemble at some convenient place in the new county. Twenty days' notice of the time, place, and purpose of such meeting shall be given using at least one of the following methods: (A) By publication in the print or digital edition of a newspaper of 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. When assembled, after having taken the oath of office prescribed by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code, such commissioners shall proceed to examine and select the most proper place as a seat of justice, as near the center of the county as possible, having regard to the situation, extent of population, quality of land, and the convenience and interest of the inhabitants. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.082 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.082
§ 317.082. Social security number not to be included in document filed for recording
Status: in_force

September 1, 2008 House Bill 46 - 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "preparer" means any mortgage company, bank, title agency, or other person responsible for filing documents with the office of a county recorder for recording under section 317.08 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (C) or (D) of this section, the preparer of any document to be recorded by a county recorder under section 317.08 of the Revised Code shall not include any individual's personal information in any document that is filed for recording in the office of the county recorder under that section. The county recorder shall not accept such a document for recording if it includes any individual's personal information. If a document presented for recording includes any individual's personal information and the county recorder refuses to accept that document for recording, the county recorder or the person who attempted to file the document with the county recorder may immediately redact the individual's personal information from the document. The preparer is not liable in damages in a civil action for any harm an individual allegedly sustains as a result of the inclusion of the individual's personal information on a document in violation of this division if the preparer establishes as an affirmative defense that the preparer made a good faith effort to comply with this division. The county recorder and the county recorder's employees are immune from liability in damages in a civil action brought against the county recorder or an employee of the county recorder to recover damages for any harm an individual allegedly sustains as a result of the county recorder or an employee of the county recorder accepting a document that includes the individual's personal information in violation of this division, unless the county recorder or an employee of the county recorder accepted that document with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner, or division (A)(6)(a) or (c) of section 2744.03 of the Revised Code applies. (C) An individual who executes a document that must be filed by a preparer for recording in the office of the county recorder under section 317.08 of the Revised Code may execute an affidavit consenting to the inclusion of the individual's personal information in the document. If an individual executes an affidavit consenting to the inclusion of the individual's personal information in the document under this division, division (B) of this section does not apply to the preparer of the document or to the county recorder and the county recorder's employees. (D) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Any document that originates with any court or taxing authority; (2) Any document that upon its filing for recording in the office of the county recorder under section 317.08 of the Revised Code constitutes a nonconsensual lien against an individual; (3) Any publicly recorded document that is required by federal or state law to include an individual's social security number or personal information. (E)(1) This section does not apply to documents that were executed by an individual prior to September 28, 2006. (2) This section, as amended by this amendment, does not apply to documents that were executed by an individual on or after September 28, 2006, and prior to the effective date of this amendment. (F) As used in this section, "personal information" has the same meaning as in section 149.45 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.02
§ 303.02. County commissioners may regulate building and land use in unincorporated territory
Status: in_force

June 30, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the interest of the public health and safety, the board of county commissioners may regulate by resolution, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, including tents, cabins, and trailer coaches, percentages of lot areas that may be occupied, set back building lines, sizes of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, the uses of buildings and other structures, including tents, cabins, and trailer coaches, and the uses of land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, or other purposes in the unincorporated territory of the county. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the interest of the public convenience, comfort, prosperity, or general welfare, the board, by resolution, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, may regulate the location of, set back lines for, and the uses of buildings and other structures, including tents, cabins, and trailer coaches, and the uses of land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, or other purposes in the unincorporated territory of the county, and may establish reasonable landscaping standards and architectural standards excluding exterior building materials in the unincorporated territory of the county. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the interest of the public convenience, comfort, prosperity, or general welfare, the board may regulate by resolution, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, for nonresidential property only, the height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, including tents, cabins, and trailer coaches, percentages of lot areas that may be occupied, sizes of yards, courts, and other open spaces, and the density of population in the unincorporated territory of the county. For all these purposes, the board may divide all or any part of the unincorporated territory of the county into districts or zones of such number, shape, and area as the board determines. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building or other structure or use throughout any district or zone, but the regulations in one district or zone may differ from those in other districts or zones. For any activities permitted and regulated under Chapter 1513. or 1514. of the Revised Code and any related processing activities, the board of county commissioners may regulate under the authority conferred by this section only in the interest of public health or safety. A zoning resolution authorized under this section shall provide for the activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code, and any related processing activities, as either a permitted use or a conditional use through the board of zoning appeals in any district or zone when such activities are to be added to an existing permit issued under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code. (B) A board of county commissioners that pursuant to this chapter regulates adult entertainment establishments, as defined in section 2907.39 of the Revised Code, may modify its administrative zoning procedures with regard to adult entertainment establishments as the board determines necessary to ensure that the procedures comply with all applicable constitutional requirements. Last updated April 27, 2023 at 12:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 305.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 305 / § 305.42
§ 305.42. Provisions apply to petitions filed under other chapters
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly Sections 305.32 to 305.41 and 305.99 of the Revised Code apply to petitions authorized by sections 307.791 , 322.021 , 4504.021 , and 5739.022 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.214 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.214
§ 303.214. Compliance with ORC section 5502.031
Status: in_force

August 15, 2012 House Bill 158 - 129th General Assembly County rural zoning commissions, boards of county commissioners, and county boards of zoning appeals shall comply with section 5502.031 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 315 / § 315.12
§ 315.12. Office to be maintained partially from motor vehicle taxes
Status: in_force

November 9, 1959 House Bill 676 - 103rd General Assembly (A) Two thirds of the cost of operation of the office of county engineer, including the salaries of all of the employees and the cost of the maintenance of such office as provided by the annual appropriation made by the board of county commissioners for such purpose, shall be paid out of the county's share of the fund derived from the receipts from motor vehicle licenses, as distributed under section 4501.04 of the Revised Code, and from the county's share of the fund derived from the motor vehicle fuel tax as distributed under section 5735.27 of the Revised Code. (B) Where employees of the county engineer are temporarily assigned to perform engineering and plan preparation work on a bond-financed project, their salaries and expenses for such work may be paid from the proceeds from the sale of such bonds, instead of from the fund as provided in division (A) of this section, from whence their salaries and expenses are ordinarily paid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.629 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.629
§ 307.629. Unauthorized dissemination of confidential information
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 House Bill 254 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section and sections 5153.171 to 5153.173 of the Revised Code, any information, document, or report presented to a child fatality review board, all statements made by review board members during meetings of the review board, all work products of the review board, and child fatality review data submitted by the child fatality review board to the department of health or a national child death review database, other than the report prepared pursuant to division (A) of section 307.626 of the Revised Code, are confidential and shall be used by the review board, its members, and the department of health only in the exercise of the proper functions of the review board and the department. (B) A review board may disclose the confidential information described in division (A) of this section to a fetal and infant mortality review team. (C) A review board may disclose the confidential information described in division (A) of this section to a domestic violence fatality review board established under section 307.651 of the Revised Code in the same county or region, and otherwise collaborate with a domestic violence fatality review board, if the child whose death is being reviewed died as a result of domestic violence. (D) No person shall permit or encourage the unauthorized dissemination of the confidential information described in division (A) of this section. (E) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Last updated February 21, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.851 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.851
§ 307.851. Contracting with corporation or association, profit or nonprofit, to provide health and human services or social services
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners of a county that has enacted a tax levy under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code, in addition to exercising the other powers granted to a board of county commissioners, may enter into a contract with any corporation or association, whether the corporation or association is for profit or nonprofit, for that corporation or association to provide the services described in this section and for the county to pay for those contracted services with the proceeds of that tax levy, if the proceeds from that tax levy are used only for the purpose or purposes for which the tax was levied. Services for which a contract may be entered into under this section are any or all health and human services or social services provided to the residents of the county. (B) Before entering into a contract as provided in division (A) of this section, the board of county commissioners first shall notify, in writing, the particular county agency, board, department, or other entity that is required to provide, oversee, or acquire related mandated or essential services, as appropriate for the services to be provided under the contract, of the board of county commissioner's intention to enter into a contract with a corporation or association to provide the health and human services or social services to the residents of the county. The notice shall identify the particular services to be so provided, identify the corporation or association with which the board proposes to contract, and indicate the amount proposed to be paid to the corporation or association for performing those services. The notified agency, board, department, or other entity has thirty days in which to inform the board of county commissioners of its intention to provide the services itself or authorize the board of county commissioners to contract with the proposed corporation or association to provide the services. If the board of county commissioners receives no response from a notified agency, board, department, or other entity within the thirty-day period, the notified agency, board, department, or other entity shall be deemed to have authorized the proposed contract. Once the contract is authorized by each notified agency, board, department, or other entity, the board of county commissioners may enter into a contract with the corporation or association, as proposed. (C) In addition to any other terms that the board of county commissioners finds appropriate, any agreement entered into under division (A) of this section shall provide all the following: (1) That the corporation or association shall keep current and accurate accounts of its use of the moneys it receives from the county; (2) That the corporation or association, at least annually, shall have an audit performed in accordance with rules adopted by the auditor of state under section 117.20 of the Revised Code, of any services it has performed with county moneys. A copy of the fiscal audit report shall be provided to the board of county commissioners, the county auditor, and the auditor of state. (3) That the corporation or association is liable to repay to the county any county moneys it receives that are improperly used; (4) That the corporation or association shall repay to the board of county commissioners all county moneys remaining unused at the end of the fiscal year or other accounting period for which the board paid the moneys, except that, when the recipient is to receive county moneys in the next succeeding fiscal year or other accounting period following the fiscal year or other accounting period for which the board paid the moneys, the recipient need not repay the county moneys remaining unused; (5) That the corporation or association shall provide the board of county commissioners annually a summary of the service activities it has performed with county moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.301 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.301
§ 306.301. Resolution designating part of township member of regional transit authority
Status: in_force

January 3, 1985 House Bill 729 - 115th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, "township" means either of the following: (1) An entire township; (2) Township territory that is designated as a township under division (B) of this section for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority. (B) A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution designating as a township, for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority, territory consisting of contiguous whole election precincts that make up less than the entire unincorporated area of the township, provided that none of the territory is already part of a regional transit authority. The resolution shall specify the precinct numbers of the precincts that make up the territory. Upon adopting such a resolution, the board of township trustees shall take appropriate action under section 306.32 or 306.321 of the Revised Code to enable the territory consisting of those precincts to become part of a contiguous regional transit authority. (C) The right to initiate proceedings to join a regional transit authority in accordance with this section shall terminate after June 30, 1986, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any portion of a township that has acted under this section prior to that date of the power to take any action necessary to continue in the regional transit authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.041
§ 307.041. Contracts to analyze reducing energy consumption in buildings owned by county
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "energy conservation measure" means an installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, an existing building, to reduce energy consumption. "Energy conservation measure" includes the following: (1) Insulation of the building structure and of systems within the building; (2) Storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, and other window and door system modifications that reduce energy consumption; (3) Automatic energy control systems; (4) Heating, ventilating, or air conditioning system modifications or replacements; (5) Caulking and weatherstripping; (6) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the system without increasing the overall illumination of a facility, unless such an increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable state or local building code for the proposed lighting system; (7) Energy recovery systems; (8) Cogeneration systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings; (9) Acquiring, constructing, furnishing, equipping, improving the site of, and otherwise improving a central utility plant to provide heating and cooling services to a building or buildings together with distribution piping and ancillary distribution controls, equipment, and related facilities from the central utility plant to the building or buildings; (10) Any other modification, installation, or remodeling approved by the board of county commissioners as an energy conservation measure. (B) For the purpose of evaluating county buildings for energy conservation measures, a county may contract with an architect, professional engineer, energy services company, contractor, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of energy conservation measures for an energy conservation report. The report shall include all of the following: (1) Analyses of the buildings' energy needs and recommendations for building installations, modifications of existing installations, or building remodeling that would significantly reduce energy consumption in the buildings owned by that county; (2) Estimates of all costs of those installations, those modifications, or that remodeling, including costs of design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and repairs; (3) Estimates of the amounts by which energy consumption could be reduced; (4) The interest rate used to estimate the costs of any energy conservation measures that are to be financed; (5) The average system life of the energy conservation measures; (6) Estimates of the likely savings that will result from the reduction in energy consumption over the average system life of the energy conservation measure, including the methods used to estimate the savings; (7) A certification under the seal of a registered professional engineer that the energy conservation report uses reasonable methods of analysis and estimation. (C)(1) A county desiring to implement energy conservation measures may proceed under either of the following methods: (a) Using a report or any part of an energy conservation report prepared under division (B) of this section, advertise for bids and, except as otherwise provided in this section, comply with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code; (b) Notwithstanding sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code, request proposals from at least three vendors for the implementation of energy conservation measures. A request for proposals shall require the installer that is awarded a contract under division (C)(2)(b) of this section to prepare an energy conservation report in accordance with division (B) of this section. Prior to sending any installer of energy conservation measures a copy of any request for proposals, the county shall advertise its intent to request proposals for the installation of energy conservation measures once a week for two consecutive weeks, using at least one of the following methods: (i) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the county; (ii) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (iii) On the web site and social media account of the county. The notice shall state that the county intends to request proposals for the installation of energy conservation measures; indicate the date, which shall be at least ten days after the publication, on which the request for proposals will be mailed to installers of energy conservation measures; and state that any installer of energy conservation measures interested in receiving the request for proposals shall submit written notice to the county not later than noon of the day on which the request for proposals will be mailed. (2)(a) Upon receiving bids under division (C)(1)(a) of this section, the county shall analyze them and select the lowest and best bid or bids most likely to result in the greatest energy savings considering the cost of the project and the county's ability to pay for the improvements with current revenues or by financing the improvements. (b) Upon receiving proposals under division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the county shall analyze the proposals and the installers' qualifications and select the most qualified installer to prepare an energy conservation report in accordance with division (B) of this section. After receipt and review of the energy conservation report, the county may award a contract to the selected installer to install the energy conservation measures that are most likely to result in the greatest energy savings considering the cost of the project and the county's ability to pay for the improvements with current revenues or by financing the improvements. (c) The awarding of a contract to install energy conservation measures under division (C)(2)(a) or (b) of this section shall be conditioned upon a finding by the contracting authority that the amount of money spent on the energy conservation measures is not likely to exceed the amount of money the county would save in energy, operating, maintenance, and avoided capital costs over the average system life of the energy conservation measures as specified in the energy conservation report. In making such a finding, the contracting authority may take into account increased costs due to inflation as shown in the energy conservation report. Nothing in this division prohibits a county from rejecting all bids or proposals under division (C)(1)(a) or (b) of this section or from selecting more than one bid or proposal. (D) A board of county commissioners may enter into an installment payment contract for the purchase and installation of energy conservation measures. Provisions of installment payment contracts that deal with interest charges and financing terms shall not be subject to the competitive bidding requirements of section 307.86 of the Revised Code, and shall be on the following terms: (1) Not less than a specified percentage, as determined and approved by the board of county commissioners, of the costs of the contract shall be paid within two years from the date of purchase. (2) The remaining balance of the costs of the contract shall be paid within the lesser of the average system life of the energy conservation measures as specified in the energy conservation report or thirty years. (E) The board of county commissioners may issue the notes of the county specifying the terms of a purchase of energy conservation measures under this section and securing any deferred payments provided for in division (D) of this section. The notes shall be payable at the times provided and bear interest at a rate not exceeding the rate determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code. The notes may contain an option for prepayment and shall not be subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Revenues derived from local taxes or otherwise for the purpose of conserving energy or for defraying the current operating expenses of the county may be pledged and applied to the payment of interest and the retirement of the notes. The notes may be sold at private sale or given to the contractor under an installment payment contract authorized by division (D) of this section. (F) Debt incurred under this section shall not be included in the calculation of the net indebtedness of a county under section 133.07 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.45
§ 329.45. Withdrawal from agreement
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) A board of county commissioners that has entered into an agreement under section 329.40 of the Revised Code establishing a joint county department of job and family services may adopt a resolution requesting to withdraw from the agreement. Upon adopting such a resolution, the board of county commissioners shall deliver a copy of the resolution to the board of directors of the joint county department. Upon receiving the resolution, the board of directors shall deliver written notice of the requested withdrawal to the boards of county commissioners of the other county or counties that formed the joint county department. Not later than thirty days after receiving the notice, each of those boards of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution either accepting the withdrawal or objecting to the withdrawal, and shall deliver a copy of the resolution to the board of directors. (2) If any of the boards of county commissioners that formed a joint county department adopts a resolution objecting to the requested withdrawal, the board of directors shall deliver written notice of the objection to each other board of county commissioners of the counties that formed the joint county department, including the board of county commissioners of the county proposing withdrawal. Not later than thirty days after sending the notice, the board of directors shall hold a meeting to discuss the objection. After the meeting, the board of directors shall determine whether the county requesting withdrawal desires to proceed with the withdrawal and, if the county does, the board of directors shall accept the withdrawal. Not later than thirty days after the determination was made, the board of directors shall deliver written notice of the withdrawal to the boards of county commissioners that formed the joint county department and to the board of county commissioners that requested withdrawal, and shall commence the withdrawal process under this section. (3) If all of the boards of county commissioners that formed a joint county department, except for the board of county commissioners requesting the withdrawal, each adopt a resolution accepting the withdrawal, the board of directors shall declare the withdrawal to be accepted. Not later than thirty days after the declaration, the board of directors shall deliver written notice of the withdrawal to all of the boards of county commissioners that formed the joint county department, including the board of county commissioners of the county requesting withdrawal, and shall commence the withdrawal process under this section. (4) The board of directors shall give notice to the Ohio department of job and family services of the withdrawal of a county under this section at least ninety days before the withdrawal becomes final. The director of job and family services shall adopt, as an internal management rule under section 111.15 of the Revised Code, the form in which the notice shall be given. (5) If a county requesting to withdraw decides to remain as a party to the agreement establishing a joint county department, the board of county commissioners of that county shall rescind its original resolution requesting withdrawal and shall deliver a copy of the rescission to the board of directors of the joint county department not later than thirty days after adopting the rescission. (B) If a county withdraws from an agreement under this section, the board of directors shall ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand, credits, and real and personal property of the joint county department, either in money or in kind, on an equitable basis between the joint county department and the withdrawing county according to the agreement entered into under section 329.40 of the Revised Code and consistent with any prior contributions of the withdrawing county to the joint county department. Any debt incurred individually shall remain the responsibility of that county, unless otherwise specified in the agreement establishing the joint county department. (C) A withdrawal becomes final not earlier than the first day of the calendar quarter following the ninety-day notice period required by division (A)(4) of this section. On and after that day, the withdrawing county ceases to be a part of the joint county department, and its members of the board of directors shall cease to be members of that board. (D) If the withdrawal of one or more counties would leave only one county participating in a joint county department, the board of directors shall ascertain, apportion, and order a final division of the funds on hand, credits, and real and personal property of the joint county department. On and after the day on which the latest withdrawal of a county becomes final, the joint county department is dissolved. When a joint county department is dissolved and any indebtedness remains unpaid, the boards of county commissioners that formed the joint county department shall pay the indebtedness of the joint county department in the amounts established by the agreement at the time the indebtedness was incurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.05
§ 323.05. Claims and certificates nonnegotiable - exception
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The liquidated claims and certificates described in sections 323.01 to 323.04 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be nonnegotiable for the purposes of such sections, except that where the tax is for property owned jointly by a husband and wife or by either of them when the other is the owner of a liquidated claim, such liquidated claim and certificate shall be accepted by the county treasurer in the manner provided by section 323.02 of the Revised Code in payment of taxes levied against the property owned by both or either of them. Such certificates shall only be used when a taxpayer or the husband or wife of such taxpayer holds a liquidated claim of record against the subdivision. The use of such certificates constitutes a reduction of the indebtedness of the subdivision to the taxpayer holding such certificates to the extent of the taxes credited on them. Any certificate issued under section 323.02 of the Revised Code may be used for any of the purposes of sections 323.01 to 323.05 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and failure of any fiscal officer of any subdivision to give a certificate may be enforced by mandamus. All certificates shall be subject to sections 323.03 and 323.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 305.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 305 / § 305.29
§ 305.29. County administrator - appointment
Status: in_force

August 30, 1957 House Bill 791 - 102nd General Assembly The board of county commissioners may appoint a county administrator, who shall be the administrative head of the county under the direction and supervision of the board and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. In the event that the county administrator is absent from his office by reason of illness, death, vacation, resignation, or removal, the chairman of the board or a qualified person designated by him with the approval of the board shall act as county administrator and perform all duties of such office, until such time as the county administrator returns to his duties or the board appoints a new county administrator to fill the vacancy. The board shall fix the salary of the county administrator and cause the same to be paid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.341 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.341
§ 321.341. Advance payment of unpaid taxes to taxing districts
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly (A) Within one hundred twenty days after the last day on which the first installment of current taxes may be paid without penalty, the county treasurer of a county in which a county land reutilization corporation is organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code, in the treasurer's sole discretion, may advance the payment of current year unpaid taxes that are due and payable to any of the taxing districts, upon presentation of the warrant by the county auditor. The treasurer may make advance payment of the current year unpaid taxes from one or more of the following: (1) Collections of taxes and assessments during the one-hundred-twenty-day period; (2) A line of credit established under section 307.781 or sections 135.341 and 321.36 of the Revised Code, or both; (3) Proceeds from the issuance of notes under section 133.082 of the Revised Code; (4) Any other source of funds lawfully available for that purpose. (B) Within one hundred twenty days after the last day on which the second installment of current taxes may be paid without penalty, the county treasurer, in the treasurer's sole discretion, may advance the payment of current year delinquent taxes to any of the taxing districts, upon presentation of the warrant by the county auditor. The treasurer may make advance payment of the current year delinquent taxes from one or more of the following: (1) Collections of taxes and assessments during the one-hundred-twenty-day period; (2) A line of credit established under section 307.781 or sections 135.341 and 321.36 of the Revised Code, or both; (3) Proceeds from the issuance of notes under section 133.082 of the Revised Code; (4) Any other source of funds lawfully available for that purpose. (C) All advance payments made under this section shall be made in the same manner provided for advance payments under section 321.34 of the Revised Code. The county treasurer shall give notice by electronic or other means to a taxing district any time an advance payment is made to the district under this section. Upon the collection of the current year unpaid taxes and current year delinquent taxes upon which advances were made under this section from sources other than their collection, the treasurer shall deposit those current year unpaid taxes and current year delinquent taxes into a special account and shall apply them to the repayment of any moneys borrowed for the purpose of making those advance payments, including, but not limited to, delinquent tax anticipation notes issued under section 133.082 of the Revised Code, including the interest thereon; or the reimbursement of draws under a line of credit and the payment of the interest due thereon, that funded the advance payment in either or both cases. The treasurer shall be entitled to retain, upon collection, any penalty and interest that was or will be charged on the current year unpaid taxes and the current year delinquent taxes advanced under this section. The treasurer shall deposit all such penalties and interest collected in the county land reutilization corporation fund established under section 321.263 of the Revised Code. No taxing district receiving advance payment under division (A) or (B) of this section shall be entitled to receive payment of penalties or interest when penalties or interest are collected by the treasurer on those current year unpaid taxes and current year delinquent taxes so advanced. (D) As used in the section: (1) "Current taxes" has the same meaning as in section 323.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Current year unpaid taxes" means the aggregate amount of the first installment of current taxes that remain unpaid after the last day on which the first installment of such taxes may be paid without penalty. (3) "Current year delinquent taxes" means the aggregate amount of current taxes that remain unpaid after the last day on which the second installment of such taxes may be paid without penalty.
Ohio Rev. Code § 308.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 308 / § 308.16
§ 308.16. Airport authority powers no limit on county or municipal powers
Status: in_force

January 23, 1963 House Bill 1 - 105th General Assembly Nothing in sections 308.01 to 308.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall limit the exercise of the power or authority granted to counties or municipal corporations by sections 307.20 , 717.01 , and 719.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.40
§ 329.40. Formation of joint county department of job and family services
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 House Bill 509, House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) The boards of county commissioners of any two or more counties, by entering into a written agreement, may form a joint county department of job and family services to perform the duties, provide the services, and operate the programs required under this chapter. The agreement shall be ratified by resolution of the board of county commissioners of each county that entered into the agreement. Each board of county commissioners that enters into an agreement shall give notice of the agreement to the Ohio department of job and family services at least ninety days before the agreement's effective date. The agreement shall take effect not earlier than the first day of the calendar quarter following the ninety-day notice period. The director of job and family services shall adopt, as an internal management rule under section 111.15 of the Revised Code, the form in which the notice shall be given. (2) The boards of county commissioners of the counties forming a joint county department shall constitute, collectively, the board of directors of the joint county department of job and family services. On the effective date of the agreement, the board of directors shall take control of and manage the joint county department subject to this chapter and all other sections of the Revised Code that govern the authority and responsibilities of a single board of county commissioners in the operation of a single county department of job and family services. (B)(1) An agreement to establish a joint county department shall specify all of the following: (a) The obligations of each board of county commissioners in operating the joint county department, including requiring each board to provide state, federal, and county funds to the operation of the joint county department and the schedule for provision of those funds; (b) How and which facilities, equipment, and personnel will be shared; (c) Procedures for the division of resources and obligations if one or more counties withdraw from the joint county department or the department ceases to exist; (d) Any contributions of participating counties establishing the joint county department and the rights of those counties in lands or personal property, or rights or interests therein, contributed to or otherwise acquired by the joint county department. (2) An agreement to establish a joint county department may set forth any or all of the following: (a) Quality, timeliness, and other standards to be met by each county; (b) Which family service programs and functions are to be included in the joint county department; (c) Procedures for the operation of the board of directors, including procedures governing the frequency of meetings and the number of members of the board required to constitute a quorum to take action; (d) Any other procedures or standards necessary for the joint county department to perform its duties and operate efficiently. (C) An agreement may be amended by a majority vote of the board of directors of the joint county department, but no amendment shall divest a participating county of any right or interest in lands or personal property without its consent. (D) Costs incurred in operating a joint county department shall be paid from a joint general fund created by the board of directors, except as may be otherwise provided in the agreement. (E) A joint county department established under this section is a public office as defined in section 117.01 of the Revised Code. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.203 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.203
§ 319.203. Adopting standards governing conveyances of real property in county
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly The county auditor and the county engineer of each county, by written agreement, shall adopt standards governing conveyances of real property in the county. These standards may include the requirements specified in section 315.251 of the Revised Code. The county auditor and county engineer may modify those standards from time to time as they consider necessary or desirable. The standards shall be adopted or modified only after the county auditor and county engineer have held two public hearings, not less than ten days apart, concerning adoption or modification of the standards. The standards shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the offices of the county auditor and county engineer. Before the county auditor transfers any conveyance of real property presented to the auditor under section 319.20 or 315.251 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall review the conveyance to determine whether it complies with the standards adopted under this section. The county auditor shall not transfer any conveyance that does not comply with those standards. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.27
§ 319.27. Delivery of property on retirement of auditor
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 450 - 133rd General Assembly Upon going out of or suspension from office by the board of county commissioners, each county auditor shall deliver to the auditor's successor or the appointee of the board, all documents, books, records, vouchers, papers, maps, and other property in the auditor's hands belonging to the county, and in the case of the death of an auditor, such property shall in like manner be delivered by the auditor's legal representatives. The county auditor shall include an inventory of the items delivered in accordance with this section in a certificate of transition under section 117.171 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 301.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 301 / § 301.14
§ 301.14. Appointment of commissioners to establish seat of justice
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a new county is established, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint three commissioners to fix and establish a seat of justice for such county. No person residing within or holding any real estate in the new county shall be appointed commissioner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.75
§ 339.75. County commissioners may contract for treatment
Status: in_force

October 10, 2000 Senate Bill 173 - 123rd General Assembly The board of county commissioners of any county may contract with the board of health of a city or general health district or any hospital or other health care facility for the provision of the tuberculosis treatment specified under section 339.73 of the Revised Code. The board shall pay to the board of health or health care facility with which it contracts the amount provided in the contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.06
§ 307.06. Board of county commissioners may employ land appraisers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever it is necessary for the board of county commissioners to determine the value of any real property owned by the county, or which it proposes to acquire by purchase, lease, or appropriation, the board may employ competent appraisers to advise it of the value of such property, or expert witnesses to testify thereto it an appropriation proceeding, and shall pay a reasonable compensation for such services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.772 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.772
§ 307.772. Agreements for facilitating water management projects
Status: in_force

April 19, 1961 House Bill 446 - 104th General Assembly For the purposes of facilitating any project set forth in section 307.77 of the Revised Code and safeguarding the respective interests of the contributing counties, the respective boards of county commissioners may enter into such agreements with any public authority empowered to act with respect to any public improvement set forth in division (B)(1) and (2) of section 307.77 of the Revised Code under any act of congress or of the general assembly of this state, or the legislative authority of any other state, and also with counties and other subdivisions set forth in division (A) of section 307.77 of the Revised Code, as are necessary, with a view to effective co-operative action and providing for contributions in such proportion to benefits as may be agreed upon or found practicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.53
§ 319.53. County auditor to report to tax commissioner
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly No county auditor shall fail to make and transmit to the tax commissioner, within the time required by law, a return or report which he is required to make to the tax commissioner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 329.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 329 / § 329.061
§ 329.061. References to county human services planning committee are to county family services planning committee
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly Wherever a county human services planning committee is referred to or designated in the Revised Code or any rule, contract, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to a county family services planning committee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.17
§ 313.17. Subpoenas - oath and testimony of witnesses
Status: in_force

August 6, 1976 House Bill 390 - 111th General Assembly The coroner or deputy coroner may issue subpoenas for such witnesses as are necessary, administer to such witnesses the usual oath, and proceed to inquire how the deceased came to his death, whether by violence to self or from any other persons, by whom, whether as principals or accessories before or after the fact, and all circumstances relating thereto. The testimony of such witnesses shall be reduced to writing and subscribed to by them, and with the findings and recognizances mentioned in this section, shall be kept on file in the coroner's office, unless the county fails to provide such an office, in which event all such records, findings and recognizances shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. The coroner may cause such witnesses to enter into recognizance, in such sum as is proper, for their appearance to give testimony concerning the matter. He may require any such witnesses to give security for their attendance, and, if any of them fails to comply with his requirements he shall commit such person to the county jail until discharged by due course of law. In case of the failure of any person to comply with such subpoena, or on the refusal of a witness to testify to any matter regarding which he may lawfully be interrogated, the probate judge, or a judge of the court of common pleas, on application of the coroner, shall compel obedience to such subpoena by attachment proceedings as for contempt. A report shall be made from the personal observation by the coroner or his deputy of the corpse, from the statements of relatives or other persons having any knowledge of the facts, and from such other sources of information as are available, or from the autopsy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.16
§ 339.16. Fringe benefits for county hospital employees
Status: in_force

March 30, 2007 Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly (A) A board of trustees of any county hospital may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure on behalf of any or all of its employees, the employees of the hospital, or such employees and their immediate dependents the following types of fringe benefits: (1) Group or individual insurance contracts which may include life, sickness, accident, disability, annuities, endowment, health, medical expense, hospital, dental, surgical and related coverage or any combination thereof; (2) Group or individual contracts with health insuring corporations or other providers of professional services, care, or benefits duly authorized to do business in this state. (B) A board of trustees of any county hospital may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure insurance contracts which provide protection for the trustees, the board's employees, and the employees of the hospital against liability, including professional liability, provided that this section or any insurance contract issued pursuant to this section shall not be construed as a waiver of or in any manner affect the immunity of the hospital or county. (C) All or any portion of the cost, premium, fees, or charges for the insurance benefits specified in divisions (A) and (B) of this section may be paid in such manner or combination of manners as the board of trustees may determine, including direct payment by an employee, and, if authorized in writing by an employee, by the board of trustees with moneys made available by deduction from or reduction in salary or wages or by the foregoing of a salary or wage increase. Notwithstanding sections 3917.01 and 3917.06 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees may purchase group life insurance authorized by this section by reason of payment of premiums therefor by the board of trustees from its funds, and such group life insurance may be issued and purchased if otherwise consistent with sections 3917.01 to 3917.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 301.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 301 / § 301.221
§ 301.221. Liability for loss of public funds
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 15 - 134th General Assembly The treasurer, auditor, or other officer having the duties of a county treasurer or a county auditor, for a county that has adopted a charter under Article X, Ohio Constitution, shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the officer has performed all official duties required of the office with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the officer's negligence or other wrongful act. Last updated June 30, 2022 at 5:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.07
§ 311.07. General powers and duties of sheriff
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 241 - 126th General Assembly (A) Each sheriff shall preserve the public peace and cause all persons guilty of any breach of the peace, within the sheriff's knowledge or view, to enter into recognizance with sureties to keep the peace and to appear at the succeeding term of the court of common pleas, and the sheriff shall commit such persons to jail in case they refuse to do so. The sheriff shall return a transcript of all the sheriff's proceedings with the recognizance so taken to such court. The sheriff shall, except as provided in division (C) of this section, execute all warrants, writs, and other process directed to the sheriff by any proper and lawful authority of this state, and those issued by a proper and lawful authority of any other state. The sheriff shall attend upon the court of common pleas and the court of appeals during their sessions, and, when required, shall attend upon the probate court. In the execution of official duties of the sheriff, the sheriff may call to the sheriff's aid such persons or power of the county as is necessary. Under the direction and control of the board of county commissioners, such sheriff shall have charge of the court house. A sheriff or deputy sheriff of a county may participate, as the director of an organized crime task force established under section 177.02 of the Revised Code or as a member of the investigatory staff of such a task force, in an investigation of organized criminal activity in any county or counties in this state under sections 177.01 to 177.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The sheriff of a county may call upon the sheriff of any other county, the mayor or other chief executive of any municipal corporation, and the chairperson of the board of township trustees of any township within this state, to furnish such law enforcement or fire protection personnel, or both, together with appropriate equipment and apparatus, as may be necessary to preserve the public peace and protect persons and property in the requesting sheriff's county. Such aid shall be furnished to the sheriff requesting it, insofar as possible without withdrawing from the political subdivision furnishing such aid the minimum police and fire protection appearing necessary under the circumstances. Law enforcement and fire protection personnel acting outside the territory of their regular employment shall be considered as performing services within the territory of their regular employment for the purposes of compensation, pension or indemnity fund rights, workers' compensation, and other rights or benefits to which they may be entitled as incidents of their regular employment. The county receiving aid shall reimburse, as provided in this section, the political subdivision furnishing it the cost of furnishing such aid, including compensation of personnel, expenses incurred by reason of the injury or death of any such personnel while rendering such aid, expenses of furnishing equipment and apparatus, compensation for damage to or loss of equipment or apparatus while in service outside the territory of its regular use, and such other reasonable expenses as may be incurred by any such political subdivision in furnishing aid. The cost of furnishing such aid may be paid from the sheriff's furtherance of justice fund created pursuant to section 325.071 of the Revised Code or from the law enforcement trust fund created pursuant to section 2981.13 of the Revised Code, or from the county general fund to the extent moneys have been appropriated for such purposes pursuant to section 5705.38 of the Revised Code unless the board of county commissioners adopts a resolution restricting or prohibiting the use of general fund moneys without the prior approval of the board of county commissioners. Nothing in this section shall be construed as superseding or modifying in any way any provision of a contract entered into pursuant to section 311.29 of the Revised Code. Law enforcement officers acting pursuant to this section outside the territory of their regular employment have the same authority to enforce the law as when acting within the territory of their regular employment. (C) The sheriff shall not execute process that is issued in a state other than this state, unless the process contains either of the following: (1) A certification by the judge of the court that issued the process stating that the issuing court has jurisdiction to issue the process and that the documents being forwarded conform to the laws of the state in which the court is located; (2) If the process is an initial summons to appear and defend issued after the filing of a complaint commencing an action, a certification by the clerk of the court that issued the process stating that the process was issued in conformance with the laws of the state in which the court is located. (D) As used in this section and section 311.08 of the Revised Code, "proper and lawful authority" means any authority authorized by law to issue any process and "process" means those documents issued in this state in accordance with section 7.01 of the Revised Code and those documents, other than executions of judgments or decrees, issued in a state other than this state that conform to the laws of the state of issuance governing the issuance of process in that state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.05
§ 311.05. Conduct of deputies
Status: in_force

October 5, 1983 House Bill 273 - 115th General Assembly The sheriff shall only be responsible for the neglect of duty or misconduct in office of any of his deputies if he orders, has prior knowledge of, participates in, acts in reckless disregard of, or ratifies the neglect of duty or misconduct in office of the deputy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.647 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.647
§ 307.647. Providing information to suicide fatality review committee
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Notwithstanding section 3701.17 and any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, any individual, law enforcement agency, or other public or private entity that provided services to a person whose death is being reviewed by a suicide fatality review committee, on the request of the review committee, shall submit to the review committee a summary sheet of information. (a) With respect to a request made to a health care entity, the summary sheet shall contain only information available and reasonably drawn from the person's medical record created by the health care entity. (b) With respect to a request made to any other individual or entity, the summary sheet shall contain only information available and reasonably drawn from any record involving the person that the individual or entity develops in the normal course of business. (c) On the request of the review committee, an individual or entity may, at the individual or entity's discretion, make any additional information, documents, or reports available to the review committee. (2) For purposes of the review, the committee shall have access to confidential information provided to the committee under this section or division (I)(4) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, and each member of the committee shall preserve the confidentiality of that information. (3) On the request of the review committee, a county coroner shall make available to the review committee the coroner's full and complete record as described in section 313.10 of the Revised Code that relates to the person whose death is being reviewed by the committee. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, no person, entity, law enforcement agency, or prosecuting attorney shall provide any information regarding the death of a person to a suicide fatality review committee while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney has agreed pursuant to section 307.645 of the Revised Code to allow review of the death. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.551 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.551
§ 306.551. Contract for transit services after withdrawal
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly Any municipal corporation or township that withdraws from a regional transit authority under section 306.55 of the Revised Code may enter into a contract with a regional transit authority or other provider of transit services to provide transportation service for persons who are elderly or who have disabilities and for any other service the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or township may determine to be appropriate. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 10:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 308.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 308 / § 308.051
§ 308.051. Meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 455 - 131st General Assembly (A) The requirement in division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code that a member of a public body be present in person at a meeting open to the public in order to be part of a quorum or to vote does not apply to the board of trustees of a regional airport authority if the board holds the meeting by interactive video conference or by teleconference in the following manner: (1) The board establishes a primary meeting location that is open and accessible to the public; (2) Meeting-related materials that are available before the meeting are sent via electronic mail, facsimile, hand-delivery, or United States postal service to each board member; (3) In the case of an interactive video conference, the board causes a clear video and audio connection to be established that enables all meeting participants at the primary meeting location to see and hear each board member; (4) In the case of a teleconference, the board causes a clear audio connection to be established that enables all meeting participants at the primary meeting location to hear each board member; (5) All board members have the capability to receive meeting-related materials that are distributed during a board meeting; (6) A roll call voice vote is recorded for each vote taken; and (7) The minutes of the board meeting identify which board members remotely attended the meeting by interactive video c onference or teleconference. If the board proceeds under this division, use of an interactive video conference is preferred, but nothing in this section prohibits the board from conducting its meetings by teleconference or by a combination of interactive video conference and teleconference at the same meeting. (B) A regional airport authority board of trustees shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. At a minimum, the rules shall do all of the following: (1) Authorize board members to remotely attend a board meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference, or by a combination thereof, in lieu of attending the meeting in person; (2) Establish a minimum number of board members that must be physically present in person at the primary meeting location if the board conducts a meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference; (3) Require that not more than one board member remotely attending a board meeting by teleconference is permitted to be physically present at the same remote location; (4) Establish geographic restrictions for participation in meetings by interactive video conference and by teleconference; (5) Establish a policy for distributing and circulating meeting-related materials to board members, the public, and the media in advance of or during a meeting at which board members are permitted to attend by interactive video conference or teleconference; and (6) Establish a method for verifying the identity of a b oard member who remotely attends a meeting by teleconference.
Ohio Rev. Code § 319.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 319 / § 319.43
§ 319.43. Settlement for real and public utility property taxes - certification of delinquent list
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly (A) On or before the fifteenth day of February and on or before the tenth day of August of each year, the county auditor shall attend at the auditor's office to make settlement with the county treasurer and ascertain the amount of real property taxes and assessments and public utility property taxes with which such treasurer is to stand charged. At each August settlement the auditor shall take from the duplicate previously put into the hands of the treasurer for collection a list of all such taxes and assessments as the treasurer has been unable to collect, describing in such list the property on which the delinquent taxes and assessments are charged as described on the duplicate, and note on the list, in a marginal column, the several reasons assigned by the treasurer why such taxes and assessments should not be collected. Such list shall be signed by the treasurer, who shall testify to its correctness, under oath to be administered by the auditor. (B) When making a settlement required by this section, if the county treasurer, under division (A) or (B) of section 321.341 of the Revised Code, has made advance payments to the several taxing districts of the current year unpaid taxes or current year delinquent taxes by means of a current unpaid or delinquent tax line of credit or by means of any other type of borrowing, the county auditor shall not apportion the current year unpaid taxes or current year delinquent taxes thereafter collected if the distribution of the taxes and assessments was made by means of such borrowing. The county treasurer shall apply the current year unpaid taxes or current year delinquent taxes, as applicable and upon collection, to repayment or reimbursement of the source from which the money to make the advance payments was borrowed. The county auditor shall not apportion the penalties and interest on such current year unpaid taxes and current year delinquent taxes collected thereafter to the several subdivisions. The county treasurer shall retain the penalties and interest in the county treasury and shall credit the penalties and interest to the county land reutilization corporation fund established under section 321.263 of the Revised Code pending appropriation to and for the benefit of a county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 339.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 339 / § 339.17
§ 339.17. Alternative statutory requirements
Status: in_force

March 30, 2007 Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly (A) Sections 140.03 and 140.05 of the Revised Code are alternatives to sections 339.02 to 339.13 of the Revised Code. Sections 339.02 to 339.14 of the Revised Code are not applicable with respect to hospital facilities and services provided for under leases or agreements entered into pursuant to section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code, except to the extent made applicable by section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code and the leases and agreements made thereunder. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, the requirements of section 339.091 of the Revised Code apply to an initial agreement with a board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission for the acquisition, operation, or lease of a county hospital operated by a board of county hospital trustees under section 339.06 of the Revised Code, entered into pursuant to section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code, but not to any amendment or renewal of such agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.63
§ 307.63. Establishing countywide public safety communications system
Status: in_force

March 15, 1993 House Bill 791 - 119th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "countywide public safety communications system" means a system of communications facilities, equipment, and services that helps to provide immediate field exchange of police, fire, and emergency medical services information between the county and participating states, political subdivisions, and other public entities, without regard to which jurisdiction holds title to real or personal property used in the system or employs the persons responsible to dispatch emergency personnel using the system. (B) A board of county commissioners may establish a countywide public safety communications system. The system shall be operated in accordance with division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. (1) In any county with a population of less than seven hundred fifty thousand, the county sheriff shall operate the countywide public safety communications system unless, before commencing operation of the system, the sheriff gives written notice to the board of county commissioners that he chooses not to do so. After the board of county commissioners receives such written notice from the sheriff, the board shall operate the system. Once the sheriff gives notice that he chooses not to operate the system, neither he nor any person occupying the office of county sheriff in the future may choose to operate the system at a later date, except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section. (2) In any county with a population of seven hundred fifty thousand or more, the board of county commissioners shall operate the system, unless the board and the county sheriff mutually agree that the sheriff will operate the system. (3) In any county, after the board of county commissioners commences operation of a public safety communications system, if the board chooses to stop operating the system, the county sheriff may operate the system. (C) The board of county commissioners may construct, acquire, or contract for communications facilities for the public safety communications system. In addition, the board may acquire or contract for computers and other equipment in connection with the system, provide equipment to the users of the system, maintain the facilities and equipment, employ personnel or contract for personal services, and exercise other powers as necessary to operate the system. The board may adopt policies or rules for the administration, operation, and maintenance of the system. If the county sheriff is the operator of the system, he may employ personnel in connection with the operation of the system. (D) The board of county commissioners may enter into agreements with this state, political subdivisions of this state, an adjoining state or any of its political subdivisions, or any other public entity concerning the use of the countywide public safety communications system. (E) A board of township trustees may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners pursuant to division (D) of this section. (F) the authority granted to a county sheriff under division (B) of this section to operate a countywide public safety communications system does not apply in any county where, on and before the effective date of this section, the board of county commissioners is providing public safety communications facilities to, or coordinating the public safety communications needs of, municipal corporations, townships, or other entities or officials by means of officials or with employees not under the direct supervision of the county sheriff. However, if such a board of county commissioners and the county sheriff mutually agree that the sheriff will operate a countywide public safety communications system, he may operate it. (G) Nothing in this section requires a county sheriff in a county with a population of less than seven hundred fifty thousand to use the public safety communications system to dispatch his employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 325.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 325 / § 325.071
§ 325.071. Allowance for expenses that sheriff incurs in performance of sheriff's official duties and in furtherance of justice
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly There shall be allowed annually to the sheriff, in addition to all salary and allowances otherwise provided by law, an amount equal to one-half of the official salary allowed under division (A) of section 325.06 and section 325.18 of the Revised Code, to provide for expenses that the sheriff incurs in the performance of the sheriff's official duties and in the furtherance of justice. Upon the order of the sheriff, the county auditor shall draw the auditor's warrant on the county treasurer, payable to the sheriff or any other person as the order designates, for the amount the order requires. The amounts the order requires, not exceeding the amount provided by this section, shall be paid out of the general fund of the county. Nothing shall be paid under this section until the sheriff, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, gives bond to the state in an amount not less than the sheriff's official salary, to be fixed by the court of common pleas or the probate court, with sureties to be approved by either of those courts. The bond shall be conditioned that the sheriff will faithfully discharge all the duties enjoined upon the sheriff, and pay over all moneys the sheriff receives in an official capacity. The bond, with the approval of the court of common pleas or the probate court of the amount of the bond and the sureties on the bond, shall be deposited with the county treasurer. The sheriff annually, before the first Monday of January, shall file with the county auditor an itemized statement, verified by the sheriff, as to the manner in which the fund provided by this section has been expended during the current year, and, if any part of that fund remains in the sheriff's hands unexpended, forthwith shall pay the remainder into the county treasury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 303.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 303 / § 303.57
§ 303.57. County wind and solar generation restriction definitions
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly As used in this section and sections 303.58 to 303.62 of the Revised Code: (A) "Economically significant wind farm" has the same meaning as in section 4906.13 of the Revised Code. (B) "Large wind farm" and "large solar facility" have the same meanings as in section 4906.01 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) "Material amendment" means an amendment to an existing power siting board certificate for the construction, operation, or maintenance of a utility facility that does any of the following: (a) For utility facilities: (i) Changes the facility's generation type from one type of utility facility to another; (ii) Increases the facility's nameplate capacity; (iii) Changes the boundaries of the facility, unless the new boundaries of the facility are completely within the previous boundaries of the facility or the facility components outside of the previous boundary are underground. (b) For large wind farms and economically significant wind farms: (i) Increases the number of wind turbines; (ii) Increases the height of a wind turbine. (2) Material amendments do not include the addition of a battery storage system to a utility facility. (D) "Utility facility" means an economically significant wind farm, a large wind farm, or a large solar facility. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.26
§ 323.26. Allegations in petition - evidence
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly Having made the proper parties in a suit under section 323.25 of the Revised Code, it shall be sufficient for the county treasurer to allege in the treasurer's petition that the taxes are charged on the tax duplicate against lands, lots, or parcels thereof, the amount of the taxes, and that the taxes are unpaid, and the treasurer shall not be required to set forth in the petition any other or further special matter relating to such taxes. A certified copy of the entry on the tax duplicate shall be prima-facie evidence of such allegations and the validity of the taxes. In the petition, the county treasurer of a county in which a county land reutilization corporation is organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code may invoke the alternative redemption period provided under section 323.78 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding the provisions for sale of property foreclosed under Chapters 323. and 5721. of the Revised Code, if the treasurer's petition invokes the alternative redemption period, upon the expiration of the alternative redemption period, title to the parcels may be transferred by deed to a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or a county land reutilization corporation in accordance with section 323.78 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.21
§ 311.21. Fees in cases relating to dower
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The sheriff shall be allowed fees as follows for service relating to dower: For summoning and swearing the board of county commissioners, traveling fees, to be computed from the place of return of his proceedings to the place where the land lies in which dower is to be assigned, at the rate of ten cents per mile.
Ohio Rev. Code § 345.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 345 / § 345.09
§ 345.09. Meetings of board of trustees
Status: in_force

October 25, 1978 House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly The appointing authority of the board of trustees provided by section 345.08 of the Revised Code, in making the appointments, shall fix a time and place for the first meeting of the board and shall give the trustees notice of such meeting. The time of such first meeting shall be not more than fifteen days after the date of their appointment. The board shall meet at the time and place appointed, and shall organize by the selection of a president, a vice-president, and a secretary, who need not be a member of the board, but who shall be a veteran, or the surviving spouse or parent of a deceased veteran who served in the armed forces of the United States in time of war. The compensation of such secretary shall be fixed by the board. The trustees shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed traveling and other expenses, which, with the compensation of the secretary and other necessary expenses of the board, shall be paid from the fund provided by section 345.11 of the Revised Code, on the order of the president and secretary, after being allowed and approved by the board at an authorized meeting. Vacancies in the office of trustee shall be filled in the manner provided by section 345.08 of the Revised Code. The board shall hold regular meetings at such time and place as it agrees upon, and special meetings shall be held under such regulations as it prescribes. The board shall keep a full record of its proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.05
§ 307.05. Ambulance, emergency medical and nonemergency patient transport service organizations
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section, "emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. A board of county commissioners may operate an ambulance service organization or emergency medical service organization, or, in counties with a population of sixty thousand or less, may operate a nonemergency patient transport service organization, or may enter into a contract with one or more counties, townships, municipal corporations, nonprofit corporations, joint emergency medical services districts, fire and ambulance districts, or private ambulance owners, regardless of whether such counties, townships, municipal corporations, nonprofit corporations, joint emergency medical services districts, fire and ambulance districts, or private ambulance owners are located within or without the state, in order to furnish or obtain the services of ambulance service organizations, to furnish or obtain additional services from ambulance service organizations in times of emergency, to furnish or obtain the services of emergency medical service organizations, or, in counties with a population of sixty thousand or less, to furnish or obtain services of nonemergency patient transport service organizations, or may enter into a contract with any such entity to furnish or obtain the interchange of services from ambulance or emergency medical service organizations, or, within counties with a population of sixty thousand or less, to furnish or obtain the interchange of services from nonemergency patient transport service organizations, within the territories of the contracting subdivisions. Except in the case of a contract with a joint emergency medical services district to obtain the services of emergency medical service organizations, such contracts shall not be entered into with a public agency or nonprofit corporation that receives more than half of its operating funds from governmental entities with the intention of directly competing with the operation of other ambulance service organizations, nonemergency patient transport service organizations, or emergency medical service organizations in the county unless the public agency or nonprofit corporation is awarded the contract after submitting the lowest and best bid to the board of county commissioners. Any county wishing to commence operation of a nonemergency patient transport service organization or wishing to enter into a contract for the first time to furnish or obtain services from a nonemergency patient transport service organization on or after March 1, 1993, including a county in which a private provider has been providing the service, shall demonstrate the need for public funding for the service to, and obtain approval from, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services or its immediate successor board prior to operating or funding the organization. When such an organization is operated by the board, the organization may be administered by the board, by the county sheriff, or by another county officer or employee designated by the board. All rules, including the determining of reasonable rates, necessary for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of such an organization shall be adopted by the board. A contract for services of an ambulance service, nonemergency patient transport service, or emergency medical service organization shall include the terms, conditions, and stipulations as agreed to by the parties to the contract. It may provide for a fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract, or for compensation based upon a stipulated price for each run, call, or emergency or the number of persons or pieces of apparatus employed, or the elapsed time of service required in such run, call, or emergency, or any combination thereof. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 325.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 325 / § 325.32
§ 325.32. Reduction or remission of fees
Status: in_force

July 31, 2003 Senate Bill 5 - 125th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 311.171 of the Revised Code, no county officer named in section 325.27 of the Revised Code shall make any reduction, abatement, or remission of any fees, costs, percentages, penalties, allowances, or perquisites of any kind, required to be charged and collected by the officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 315 / § 315.29
§ 315.29. Establishment of corners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the corners of a survey as provided in section 315.28 of the Revised Code have been destroyed, the owner of such survey or of other lands, the title of which is affected by the loss of any such corner, may call on the engineer of the county in which the land is situated, who shall attend on the ground where it is intended to establish such corners, at such time as the applicant appoints. The engineer shall issue a subpoena, directed to any constable or other person fit to execute it, to cause such witnesses, from outside as well as within his county, as the person demanding such warrant or other interested person requires, to come before him. The engineer shall examine such witnesses on oath, touching the existence and situation of such corners, or any other matter in relation to the entry or survey of such land, and he shall take the testimony in writing which shall be signed by the witnesses and certified and signed by the engineer. In making a survey of the land and planting stones or posts at the corners, as provided in section 315.28 of the Revised Code, the engineer shall have reference to and be governed by the depositions so taken, and shall specify them in his certificate of survey, in which shall also be mentioned the names of the persons present at the planting of any cornerstone or post. No person who resides outside the county where such depositions are to be taken shall be bound to attend unless traveling fees, both going and returning, and for one day's attendance, have been tendered him. No witness attending from outside the county shall be obliged to attend more than one day unless additional fees for such attendance are tendered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 308.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 308 / § 308.20
§ 308.20. Airport development districts - definitions
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 259 - 133rd General Assembly As used in sections 308.20 to 308.25 of the Revised Code: (A) "Qualifying airport" means an airport and any contiguous airport facilities owned, operated, or maintained by any of the following: (1) A regional airport authority under this chapter, provided the airport and facilities include territory located in two counties, one of which has a population greater than five hundred thousand but less than eight hundred thousand based on the most recent federal decennial census; (2) A port authority created under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code by two counties, each of which having a population greater than two hundred thousand but less than two hundred fifty thousand; (3) A municipal corporation that is the most populous municipal corporation in a county having a population greater than five hundred thousand but less than eight hundred forty thousand. The airport and facilities owned, operated, or maintained by such a municipal corporation may include territory located in two counties. (B) "Property owner" or "owner of property" means the person or persons in whose name a parcel is listed on the tax list or exempt list compiled by the county auditor under section 319.28 or 5713.08 of the Revised Code. (C) "Business owner" or "owner of business" means a partner of a partnership, a member of a limited liability company, a majority shareholder of an S corporation, a person with a majority ownership interest in any other kind of pass-through entity, or any officer, employee, or agent with authority to make decisions legally binding upon a business. (D) "Development charge agreement" means a voluntary agreement entered into under section 308.23 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.72
§ 307.72. Appropriating funds for police training
Status: in_force

October 2, 1953 House Bill 174 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may appropriate funds to pay the reasonable expenses of the sheriff or deputy sheriffs while going to, attending, and returning from any police training school, whether within or without the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 307.804 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 307 / § 307.804
§ 307.804. Chief administrator - employees
Status: in_force

July 17, 1978 House Bill 329 - 112th General Assembly The county recorder shall be the chief administrator of the county microfilming board and may employ a deputy who shall serve under his direction. The recorder or his deputy shall supervise the operation of the microfilming center. Subject to approval by the board, the administrator shall employ such other persons as are necessary for the operation of the center and shall fix the compensation of the deputy and all such employees. Salaries and expenses of the center shall be paid from funds budgeted and appropriated to the board by the board of county commissioners. The administrator may adopt such rules as are necessary for the operation of the center.
Ohio Rev. Code § 306.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 306 / § 306.35
§ 306.35. Regional transit authority - powers and duties
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly Upon the creation of a regional transit authority as provided by section 306.32 of the Revised Code, and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a vice-president, the authority shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in and conferred upon it by sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code. Subject to any reservations, limitations, and qualifications that are set forth in those sections, the regional transit authority: (A) May sue or be sued in its corporate name; (B) May make contracts in the exercise of the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon it; (C) May adopt and at will alter a seal and use such seal by causing it to be impressed, affixed, reproduced, or otherwise used, but failure to affix the seal shall not affect the validity of any instrument; (D)(1) May adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws for the administration of its affairs and rules for the control of the administration and operation of transit facilities under its jurisdiction, and for the exercise of all of its rights of ownership in those transit facilities; (2) The regional transit authority also may adopt bylaws and rules for the following purposes: (a) To prohibit selling, giving away, or using any beer or intoxicating liquor on transit vehicles or transit property; (b) For the preservation of good order within or on transit vehicles or transit property; (c) To provide for the protection and preservation of all property and life within or on transit vehicles or transit property; (d) To regulate and enforce the collection of fares. (3) Before a bylaw or rule adopted under division (D)(2) of this section takes effect, the regional transit authority shall provide for a notice of its adoption to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. (4) No person shall violate any bylaw or rule of a regional transit authority adopted under division (D)(2) of this section. (E) May fix, alter, and collect fares, rates, and rentals and other charges for the use of transit facilities under its jurisdiction to be determined exclusively by it for the purpose of providing for the payment of the expenses of the regional transit authority, the acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, repair, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities under its jurisdiction, the payment of principal and interest on its obligations, and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with purchasers or holders of any such obligations, or with any person or political subdivision; (F) Shall have jurisdiction, control, possession, and supervision of all property, rights, easements, licenses, moneys, contracts, accounts, liens, books, records, maps, or other property rights and interests conveyed, delivered, transferred, or assigned to it; (G)(1) Except as provided in division (G)(2) of this section, may acquire, construct, improve, extend, repair, lease, operate, maintain, or manage transit facilities within or without its territorial boundaries, considered necessary to accomplish the purposes of its organization and make charges for the use of transit facilities. (2) Beginning on July 1, 2011, a regional transit authority shall not extend its service or facilities into a political subdivision outside the territorial boundaries of the authority without giving prior notice to the legislative authority of the political subdivision. The legislative authority shall have thirty days after receiving the notice to comment on the proposal. (H) May levy and collect taxes as provided in sections 306.40 and 306.49 of the Revised Code; (I) May issue bonds secured by its general credit as provided in section 306.40 of the Revised Code; (J) May hold, encumber, control, acquire by donation, by purchase for cash or by installment payments, by lease-purchase agreement, by lease with option to purchase, by borrowing from any federal, state, or other governmental or private source, or by condemnation, and may construct, own, lease as lessee or lessor, use, and sell, real and personal property, or any interest or right in real and personal property, within or without its territorial boundaries, for the location or protection of transit facilities and improvements and access to transit facilities and improvements, the relocation of buildings, structures, and improvements situated on lands acquired by the regional transit authority, or for any other necessary purpose, or for obtaining or storing materials to be used in constructing, maintaining, and improving transit facilities under its jurisdiction; (K) May exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property or any interest in property, within or without its territorial boundaries, that is necessary or proper for the construction or efficient operation of any transit facility or access to any transit facility under its jurisdiction in accordance with section 306.36 of the Revised Code; (L) May provide by agreement with any county, including the counties within its territorial boundaries, or any municipal corporation or any combination of counties or municipal corporations for the making of necessary surveys, appraisals, and examinations preliminary to the acquisition or construction of any transit facility and the amount of the expense for the surveys, appraisals, and examinations to be paid by each such county or municipal corporation; (M) May provide by agreement with any county, including the counties within its territorial boundaries, or any municipal corporation or any combination of those counties or municipal corporations for the acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, maintenance, or operation of any transit facility owned or to be owned and operated by it or owned or to be owned and operated by any such county or municipal corporation and the terms on which it shall be acquired, leased, constructed, maintained, or operated, and the amount of the cost and expense of the acquisition, lease, construction, maintenance, or operation to be paid by each such county or municipal corporation; (N) May issue revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring, replacing, improving, extending, enlarging, or constructing any facility or permanent improvement that it is authorized to acquire, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, or construct, including all costs in connection with and incidental to the acquisition, replacement, improvement, extension, enlargement, or construction, and their financing, as provided by section 306.37 of the Revised Code; (O) May enter into and supervise franchise agreements for the operation of a transit system; (P) May accept the assignment of and supervise an existing franchise agreement for the operation of a transit system; (Q) May exercise a right to purchase a transit system in accordance with the acquisition terms of an existing franchise agreement; and in connection with the purchase the regional transit authority may issue revenue bonds as provided by section 306.37 of the Revised Code or issue bonds secured by its general credit as provided in section 306.40 of the Revised Code; (R) May apply for and accept grants or loans from the United States, the state, or any other public or any private source for the purpose of providing for the development or improvement of transit facilities, mass transportation facilities, equipment, techniques, methods, or services, and grants or loans needed to exercise a right to purchase a transit system pursuant to agreement with the owner of those transit facilities, or for providing lawful financial assistance to existing transit systems; and may provide any consideration that may be required in order to obtain those grants or loans from the United States, the state, or other public or private source, either of which grants or loans may be evidenced by the issuance of revenue bonds as provided by section 306.37 of the Revised Code or general obligation bonds as provided by section 306.40 of the Revised Code; (S) May employ and fix the compensation of consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, and such other engineering, construction, accounting and financial experts, attorneys, and other employees and agents necessary for the accomplishment of its purposes; (T) May procure insurance against loss to it by reason of damages to its properties resulting from fire, theft, accident, or other casualties or by reason of its liability for any damages to persons or property occurring in the construction or operation of transit facilities under its jurisdiction or the conduct of its activities; (U) May maintain funds that it considers necessary for the efficient performance of its duties; (V) May direct its agents or employees, when properly identified in writing, after at least five days' written notice, to enter upon lands within or without its territorial boundaries in order to make surveys and examinations preliminary to the location and construction of transit facilities, without liability to it or its agents or employees except for actual damage done; (W) On its own motion, may request the appropriate zoning board, as defined in section 4563.03 of the Revised Code, to establish and enforce zoning regulations pertaining to any transit facility under its jurisdiction in the manner prescribed by sections 4563.01 to 4563.21 of the Revised Code; (X) If it acquires any existing transit system, shall assume all the employer's obligations under any existing labor contract between the employees and management of the system. If the board acquires, constructs, controls, or operates any such facilities, it shall negotiate arrangements to protect the interests of employees affected by the acquisition, construction, control, or operation. The arrangements shall include, but are not limited to: (1) The preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits under existing collective bargaining agreements or otherwise, the preservation of rights and benefits under any existing pension plans covering prior service, and continued participation in social security in addition to participation in the public employees retirement system as required in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code; (2) The continuation of collective bargaining rights; (3) The protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment; (4) Assurances of employment to employees of those transit systems and priority reemployment of employees terminated or laid off; (5) Paid training or retraining programs; (6) Signed written labor agreements. The arrangements may include provisions for the submission of labor disputes to final and binding arbitration. (Y) May provide for and maintain security operations, including a transit police department, subject to section 306.352 of the Revised Code. Regional transit authority police officers shall have the power and duty to act as peace officers within transit facilities owned, operated, or leased by the transit authority to protect the transit authority's property and the person and property of passengers, to preserve the peace, and to enforce all laws of the state and ordinances and regulations of political subdivisions in which the transit authority operates. Regional transit authority police officers also shall have the power and duty to act as peace officers when they render emergency assistance outside their jurisdiction to any other peace officer who is not a regional transit authority police officer and who has arrest authority under section 2935.03 of the Revised Code. Regional transit authority police officers may render emergency assistance if there is a threat of imminent physical danger to the peace officer, a threat of physical harm to another person, or any other serious emergency situation and if either the peace officer who is assisted requests emergency assistance or it appears that the peace officer who is assisted is unable to request emergency assistance and the circumstances observed by the regional transit authority police officer reasonably indicate that emergency assistance is appropriate. Before exercising powers of arrest and the other powers and duties of a peace officer, each regional transit authority police officer shall take an oath and give bond to the state in a sum that the board of trustees prescribes for the proper performance of the officer's duties. Persons employed as regional transit authority police officers shall complete training for the position to which they have been appointed as required by the Ohio peace officer training commission as authorized in section 109.77 of the Revised Code, or be otherwise qualified. The cost of the training shall be provided by the regional transit authority. (Z) May procure a policy or policies insuring members of its board of trustees against liability on account of damages or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission of a member in the member's official capacity as a member of the board or resulting solely out of the member's membership on the board; (AA) May enter into any agreement for the sale and leaseback or lease and leaseback of transit facilities, which agreement may contain all necessary covenants for the security and protection of any lessor or the regional transit authority including, but not limited to, indemnification of the lessor against the loss of anticipated tax benefits arising from acts, omissions, or misrepresentations of the regional transit authority. In connection with that transaction, the regional transit authority may contract for insurance and letters of credit and pay any premiums or other charges for the insurance and letters of credit. The fiscal officer shall not be required to furnish any certificate under section 5705.41 of the Revised Code in connection with the execution of any such agreement. (BB) In regard to any contract entered into on or after March 19, 1993, for the rendering of services or the supplying of materials or for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of transit facilities in which a bond is required for the faithful performance of the contract, may permit the person awarded the contract to utilize a letter of credit issued by a bank or other financial institution in lieu of the bond; (CC) May enter into agreements with municipal corporations located within the territorial jurisdiction of the regional transit authority permitting regional transit authority police officers employed under division (Y) of this section to exercise full arrest powers, as provided in section 2935.03 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of preserving the peace and enforcing all laws of the state and ordinances and regulations of the municipal corporation within the areas that may be agreed to by the regional transit authority and the municipal corporation. (DD) If it has a centralized transfer transportation hub with six or more service routes and is located in a county with a population between five hundred thirty-five thousand and five hundred forty thousand, according to the most recent decennial census, shall enter into and maintain a contract with one or more local law enforcement entities to enforce laws and ensure safety at or in the vicinity of the hub. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 343.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 343 / § 343.08
§ 343.08. Fixing reasonable rates or charges
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 Senate Bill 147 - 136th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners of a county solid waste management district and the board of directors of a joint solid waste management district may fix reasonable rates or charges to be paid by every person, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision that owns premises to which solid waste collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery service is provided by the district and may change the rates or charges whenever it considers it advisable. Charges for collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery service shall be made only against lots or parcels that are improved, or in the process of being improved, with at least one permanent, portable, or temporary building. The rates or charges may be collected by either of the following means: (1) Periodic billings made by the district directly or in conjunction with billings for public utility rates or charges by a county water district established under section 6103.02 of the Revised Code, a county sewer district established under section 6117.02 of the Revised Code, or a municipal corporation or other political subdivision authorized by law to provide public utility service. When any such charges that are so billed are not paid, the board shall certify them to the county auditor of the county where the lots or parcels are located, who shall place them upon the real property duplicate against the property served by the collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery service. The charges shall be a lien on the property from the date they are placed upon the real property duplicate by the auditor and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes. (2) Certifying the rates or charges to the county auditor of the county where the lots or parcels are located, who shall place them on the real property duplicate against the lots or parcels. The rates or charges are a lien on the property from the date they are placed upon the real property duplicate by the auditor and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes. The county or joint district need not fix a rate or charge against property if the district does not operate a collection system. Where a county or joint district owns or operates a solid waste facility, either without a collection system or in conjunction therewith, the board of county commissioners or board of directors may fix reasonable rates or charges for the use of the facility by persons, municipal corporations, townships, and other political subdivisions, may contract with any public authority or person for the collection of solid wastes in any part of any district for collection, storage, disposal, transfer, recycling, processing, or resource recovery in any solid waste facility, or may lease the facility to any public authority or person. The cost of collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery under such contracts may be paid by rates or charges fixed and collected under this section or by rates and charges fixed under those contracts and collected by the contractors. All moneys collected by or on behalf of a county or joint district as rates or charges for solid waste collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery service in any district shall be paid to the county treasurer in a county district or to the county treasurer or other official designated by the board of directors in a joint district and kept in a separate and distinct fund to the credit of the district. The fund shall be used for the payment of the cost of the management, maintenance, and operation of the solid waste collection or other solid waste facilities of the district and, if applicable, the payment of the cost of collecting the rates or charges of the district pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. Prior to the approval of the district's initial solid waste management plan under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or the issuance of an order under that section requiring the district to implement an initial plan prepared by the director, as appropriate, the fund also may be used for the purposes of division (G)(1) or (3) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code. On and after the approval of the district's initial plan under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code or the issuance of an order under either of those sections, as appropriate, requiring the district to implement an initial plan prepared by the director, the fund also may be used for all of the purposes specified in division (G) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code. Those uses may include, in accordance with a cost allocation plan adopted under division (B) of this section, the payment of all allowable direct and indirect costs of the district, the sanitary engineer or sanitary engineering department, or a federal or state grant program, incurred for the purposes of this chapter and sections 3734.52 to 3734.572 of the Revised Code. Any surplus remaining after those uses of the fund may be used for the enlargement, modification, or replacement of such facilities and for the payment of the interest and principal on bonds and bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to section 343.07 of the Revised Code. In no case shall money so collected be expended otherwise than for the use and benefit of the district. A board of county commissioners or directors, instead of operating and maintaining solid waste collection or other solid waste facilities of the district with county or joint district personnel, may enter into a contract with a municipal corporation having territory within the district pursuant to which the operation and maintenance of the facilities will be performed by the municipal corporation. The products of any solid waste collection or other solid waste facility owned under this chapter shall be sold through competitive bidding in accordance with section 307.12 of the Revised Code, except when a board of county commissioners or directors determines by resolution that it is in the public interest to sell those products in a commercially reasonable manner without competitive bidding. (B) A board of county commissioners or directors may adopt a cost allocation plan that identifies, accumulates, and distributes allowable direct and indirect costs that may be paid from the fund of the district created in division (A) of this section and prescribes methods for allocating those costs. The plan shall authorize payment from the fund for only those costs incurred by the district, the sanitary engineer or sanitary engineering department, or a federal or state grant program, and those costs incurred by the general and other funds of the county for a common or joint purpose, that are necessary and reasonable for the proper and efficient administration of the district under this chapter and sections 3734.52 to 3734.572 of the Revised Code. The plan shall not authorize payment from the fund of any general government expense required to carry out the overall governmental responsibilities of a county. The plan shall conform to United States office of management and budget Circular A-87 "Cost Principles for State and Local Governments," published January 15, 1983. (C) A board of county commissioners or directors shall fix rates or charges, or enter into contracts fixing the rates or charges to be collected by the contractor, for solid waste collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery services at a public meeting held in accordance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code. In addition to fulfilling the requirements of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the board, before fixing or changing rates or charges for solid waste collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery services, or before entering into a contract that fixes rates or charges to be collected by the contractor providing the services, shall hold at least three public hearings on the proposed rates, charges, or contract. Prior to the first public hearing, the board shall publish notice of the public hearings as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties that would be affected by the proposed rates, charges, or contract. The notice shall include a listing of the proposed rates or charges to be fixed and collected by the board or fixed pursuant to the contract and collected by the contractor, and the dates, time, and place of each of the three hearings thereon. The board shall hear any person who wishes to testify on the proposed rates, charges, or contract. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 301.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 301 / § 301.06
§ 301.06. Settlement between boards of county commissioners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of a new county, created and organized from one or more counties, shall call on the boards of the counties from which such new county was taken for a settlement of the money which remains in the county treasuries of such counties. The boards of such old counties, when called on by the board of the new county, shall settle with it within three months thereafter, and give orders on the old county treasurers, in favor of the new county treasurer, for the amount due such new county, as provided in section 301.05 of the Revised Code, and the old treasurers shall pay such amount to the treasurer of the newly erected county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 305.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 305 / § 305.39
§ 305.39. Prohibited act
Status: in_force

December 12, 1967 House Bill 919 - 107th General Assembly No person shall accept anything of value for signing a referendum petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.23
§ 311.23. Adjournment of court
Status: in_force

August 6, 1976 House Bill 390 - 111th General Assembly If the judge of the court of common pleas, or a quorum of the judges of the court of appeals, fails to attend at the time and place appointed for holding such court, or if, after the calling of the court, the judge of the court of common pleas or a quorum of the judges of the court of appeals is unable, on account of sickness or from any other cause, to attend the daily sessions of such court, the sheriff shall adjourn the court from day to day, until such judge attends or such quorum is convened.
Ohio Rev. Code § 311.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 311 / § 311.26
§ 311.26. Organization of commission
Status: in_force

September 27, 1963 Senate Bill 127 - 105th General Assembly The county sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission shall elect one of its members as president, who shall preside at its meetings and who may call meetings. The commission may make its own bylaws.
Ohio Rev. Code § 305.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 305 / § 305.06
§ 305.06. Regular sessions
Status: in_force

August 5, 1998 House Bill 419 - 122nd General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners shall conduct at least fifty regular sessions each year, at an office provided for the board in the county seat or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section. Each of these sessions shall be conducted at a specific time fixed in advance. At each meeting the board shall transact such business as it considers necessary or as required by law. (B) The board of county commissioners may provide by resolution for the holding of any or all regular sessions of the board at a location in the county other than the office provided for the board in the county seat. The adoption of the resolution and the location where the session or sessions will be held shall be entered on the journal of the board. The board shall give reasonable public notice of its action taken pursuant to this division, in accordance with division (F) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 317.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 317 / § 317.16
§ 317.16. Force and effect of certified copies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly After copies of records have been recorded, as provided in sections 317.14 and 317.15 of the Revised Code, in the county in which such lands, tenements, or hereditaments lie, a copy of such record, certified by the county recorder of the county in which the premises are situated, shall be received in evidence in the same manner and have the same force and effect as if the record were of the original instrument.
Ohio Rev. Code § 321.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 321 / § 321.13
§ 321.13. Currency received and disbursed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Notes of the United States, notes of solvent national banks organized under an act of congress, notes of federal reserve banks, and silver certificates of the United States shall be received by county treasurers and the treasurer of state, and by them disbursed in payment of legal demands on the state and county treasuries.
Ohio Rev. Code § 309.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 309 / § 309.06
§ 309.06. Assistant prosecuting attorneys - clerks - stenographers
Status: in_force

March 2, 1994 House Bill 285 - 120th General Assembly (A) On or before the first Monday in January of each year, the judge of the court of common pleas or, if there is more than one judge, the judges of the court of common pleas in joint session may fix an aggregate sum to be expended for the incoming year for the compensation of assistants, clerks, and stenographers of the prosecuting attorney's office. The prosecuting attorney may appoint any assistants, clerks, and stenographers who are necessary for the proper performance of the duties of his office and fix their compensation, not to exceed, in the aggregate, the amount fixed by the judges of the court of common pleas. The compensation, after being so fixed, shall be paid to the assistants, clerks, and stenographers biweekly from the general fund of the county treasury, upon the warrant of the county auditor. (B) Subject to section 2921.421 of the Revised Code, a prosecuting attorney may appoint, as an assistant prosecuting attorney, clerk, stenographer, or other employee, a person who is an associate or partner of, or who is employed by, the prosecuting attorney or an assistant prosecuting attorney in the private practice of law in a partnership, professional association, or other law business arrangement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 323.158 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 323 / § 323.158
§ 323.158. Partial real property tax exemption
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 186 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "qualifying county" means a county to which both of the following apply: (1) At least one major league professional athletic team plays its home schedule in the county for the season beginning in 1996; (2) The majority of the electors of the county, voting at an election held in 1996, approved a referendum on a resolution of the board of county commissioners levying a sales and use tax under sections 5739.026 and 5741.023 of the Revised Code. (B) On or before December 31, 1996, the board of county commissioners of a qualifying county may adopt a resolution under this section. The resolution shall grant a partial real property tax exemption to each homestead in the county that also receives the tax reduction under division (B)(2) of section 323.152 of the Revised Code. The partial exemption shall take the form of the reduction by a specified percentage each year of the real property taxes on the homestead. The resolution shall specify the percentage, which may be any amount. The board may include in the resolution a condition that the partial exemption will apply only upon the receipt by the county of additional revenue from a source specified in the resolution. The resolution shall specify the tax year in which the partial exemption first applies, which may be the tax year in which the resolution takes effect as long as the resolution takes effect before the county auditor certifies the tax duplicate of real and public utility property for that tax year to the county treasurer. Upon adopting the resolution, the board shall certify copies of it to the county auditor and the tax commissioner. (C) After complying with sections 319.301 , 319.302 , 319.303 , 319.304 , and 323.152 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall reduce the remaining sum to be levied against a homestead by the percentage called for in the resolution adopted under division (B) of this section. The auditor shall certify the amount of taxes remaining after the reduction to the county treasurer for collection as the real property taxes charged and payable on the homestead. (D) For each tax year, the county auditor shall certify to the board of county commissioners the total amount by which real property taxes were reduced under this section. At the time of each semi-annual settlement of real property taxes between the county auditor and county treasurer, the board of county commissioners shall pay to the auditor one-half of that total amount. Upon receipt of the payment, the county auditor shall distribute it among the various taxing districts in the county as if it had been levied, collected, and settled as real property taxes. The board of county commissioners shall make the payment from the county general fund or from any other county revenue that may be used for that purpose. In making the payment, the board may use revenue from taxes levied by the county to provide additional general revenue under sections 5739.021 and 5741.021 of the Revised Code or to provide additional revenue for the county general fund under sections 5739.026 and 5741.023 of the Revised Code. (E) The partial exemption under this section shall not directly or indirectly affect the determination of the principal amount of notes that may be issued in anticipation of a tax levy or the amount of securities that may be issued for any permanent improvements authorized in conjunction with a tax levy. (F) At any time, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution amending or repealing the partial exemption granted under this section. Upon adopting a resolution amending or repealing the partial exemption, the board shall certify copies of it to the county auditor and the tax commissioner. The resolution shall specify the tax year in which the amendment or repeal first applies, which may be the tax year in which the resolution takes effect as long as the resolution takes effect before the county auditor certifies the tax duplicate of real and public utility property for that tax year to the county treasurer. (G) If a person files a late application for a tax reduction under division (B)(2) of section 323.152 of the Revised Code for the preceding year, and is granted the reduction, the person also shall receive the reduction under this section for the preceding year. The county auditor shall credit the amount of the reduction against the person's current year taxes, and shall include the amount of the reduction in the amount certified to the board of county commissioners under division (D) of this section. Last updated January 14, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 313.132 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 3 / Chapter 313 / § 313.132
§ 313.132. Screening for presence of buprenorphine, naltrexone, and methadone
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly If an autopsy includes a toxicological analysis, the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist shall screen for the presence of buprenorphine, naltrexone, and methadone.