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Ohio Rev Code § 731.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.19 | Subject and Amendment of Bylaws, Ordinances, and Resolutions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No ordinance, resolution, or bylaw shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. No bylaw or ordinance, or section thereof, shall be revived or amended, unless the new bylaw or ordinance contains the entire bylaw, ordinance, or section revived or amended, and the bylaw, ordinance, or section so amended shall be repealed. Each such bylaw, resolution, and ordinance shall be adopted or passed by a separate vote of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the journal.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.20 | Authentication and Recording.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|Ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. A succinct summary of ordinances of a general nature or providing for improvements shall be published as provided by sections 731.21 and 731.22 of the Revised Code before going into operation. No ordinance shall take effect until the expiration of ten days after the first publication of such notice. As soon as a bylaw, resolution, or ordinance is passed and signed, it shall be recorded by the clerk in a book furnished by the legislative authority for that purpose.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.21 | Publication of Ordinances and Resolutions.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A succinct summary of each municipal ordinance or resolution and all statements, orders, proclamations, notices, and reports required by law or ordinance to be published shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation. Proof of the publication and required circulation of any newspaper used as a medium of publication as provided by this section shall be made by affidavit of the proprietor of the newspaper, and shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative authority. (B) The publication shall contain notice that the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution may be obtained or viewed at the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and may be viewed at any other location designated by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. The city director of law, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of the municipal corporation shall review the summary of an ordinance or resolution published under this section prior to forwarding it to the clerk for publication, to ensure that the summary is legally accurate and sufficient.(C) Upon publication of a summary of an ordinance or resolution in accordance with this section, the clerk of the legislative authority shall supply a copy of the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution to any person, upon request, and may charge a reasonable fee, set by the legislative authority, for each copy supplied. The clerk shall post a copy of the text at the clerk's office and at every other location designated by the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.211 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.211 | Method of Giving Notice of Proposed Charter Amendments.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|In accordance with Section 9 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, notice of proposed amendments to municipal charters shall be given in one of the following ways: (A) Not less than thirty days prior to the election at which the amendment is to be submitted to the electors, the clerk of the municipality shall mail a copy of the proposed charter amendment to each elector whose name appears upon the poll or registration books of the last regular or general election held therein.(B) The full text of the proposed charter amendment shall be published once a week for not less than two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, with the first publication being at least fifteen days prior to the election at which the amendment is to be submitted to the electors.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.22 | Times of Publication Required.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The publication required in section 731.21 of the Revised Code shall be for the following times: (A) Summaries of ordinances or resolutions, and proclamations of elections, once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code;(B) Notices, not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code;(C) All other matters shall be published once.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.23 | Publication and Certification of Ordinances in Book Form.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|When ordinances are revised, codified, rearranged, published in book form, and certified as correct by the clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and the mayor, such publication shall be a sufficient publication, and the ordinances so published, under appropriate titles, chapters, and sections, shall be held the same in law as though they had been published in a newspaper. A new ordinance so published in book form, a summary of which has not been published as required by sections 731.21 and 731.22 of the Revised Code, and which contains entirely new matter, shall be published as required by such sections. If such revision or codification is made by a municipal corporation and contains new matter, it shall be a sufficient publication of such codification, including the new matter, to publish, in the manner required by such sections, a notice of the enactment of such codifying ordinance, containing the title of the ordinance and a summary of the new matters covered by it. Such revision and codification may be made under appropriate titles, chapters, and sections and in one ordinance containing one or more subjects. Except as provided by this section, a succinct summary of all ordinances, including emergency ordinances, shall be published in accordance with section 731.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.231 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.231 | Adopting Standard or Technical Ordinances and Codes.

Effective: October 2, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 470 - 104th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipality may adopt standard ordinances and codes, prepared and promulgated by the state, or any department, board, or other agency thereof or any code prepared and promulgated by a public or private organization which publishes a model or standard code, including but not limited to codes and regulations pertaining to fire, fire hazards, fire prevention, plumbing code, electrical code, building code, refrigeration machinery code, piping code, boiler code, heating code, or air conditioning code, by incorporation by reference.The publication required by sections 731.21 to 731.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall clearly identify such code, shall state the purpose of the code, shall state that a complete copy of such code is on file with the clerk of the legislative authority for inspection by the public and also on file in the law library of the county or counties in which the municipality is located and that said clerk has copies available for distribution to the public at cost. If the adopting municipality amends or deletes any provisions of such code, the publication shall contain a brief summary of such deletion or amendment.If the agency which originally promulgated or published the code thereafter amends said code, any municipality which has adopted a code by the provisions of this section may adopt such amendment or change by incorporation by reference in an amending ordinance by the same procedure as required for the adoption of the original code without the necessity of setting forth in full in the amending ordinance the provisions of the original ordinance or code.Ordinances or codes adopted by a municipality under the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be a full and complete compliance with sections 731.21 to 731.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and no other publication is necessary.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.24 | Certificate of Clerk as to Publication.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|Immediately after the expiration of the period of publication of summaries of ordinances required by section 731.22 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall enter on the record of ordinances, in a blank to be left for such purpose under the recorded ordinance, a certificate stating in which newspaper and on what dates such publication was made, and shall sign the clerk's name thereto officially. Such certificate shall be prima-facie evidence that legal publication of the summary of the ordinance was made.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.25 | Publication When No Newspaper in Municipal Corporation.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|In municipal corporations in which no newspaper is generally circulated, publication of summaries of ordinances and resolutions, and publication of all statements, orders, proclamations, notices, and reports, required by law or ordinance to be published, shall be accomplished by posting copies in not less than five of the most public places in the municipal corporation, as determined by the legislative authority, for a period of not less than fifteen days prior to the effective date thereof. Notices to bidders for the construction of public improvements and notices of the sale of bonds shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in such municipal corporation, for the time prescribed in section 731.22 of the Revised Code.Where such publication is by posting, the clerk shall make a certificate as to such posting, and as to the times when and the places where such posting is done, in the manner provided in section 731.24 of the Revised Code, and such certificate shall be prima-facie evidence that the copies were posted as required.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.26 | Effect of Not Making Publication.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|It is a sufficient defense to any suit or prosecution under an ordinance, to show that no publication or posting was made as required by sections 731.21 to 731.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.27 | Mayor's Veto in Cities.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Every ordinance or resolution of a legislative authority of a city shall, before it goes into effect, be presented to the mayor for approval. The mayor, if he approves such ordinance or resolution, shall sign and return it forthwith to the legislative authority. If he does not approve it, he shall, within ten days after its passage or adoption, return it, with his objections, to the legislative authority, or, if it is not in session, to the next regular meeting thereof, which objections shall be entered upon its journal. The mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any item of an ordinance appropriating money. If he does not return such ordinance or resolution within the time limited in this section, it shall take effect in the same manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislative authority, by adjournment, prevents its return. When the mayor disapproves an ordinance or resolution, or any part thereof, and returns it with his objections, the legislative authority may, after ten days, reconsider it, and if such ordinance, resolution, or item, upon such reconsideration, is approved by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected, it shall then take effect as if signed by the mayor.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.28 | Ordinances and Measures Proposed by Initiative Petition.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|Ordinances and other measures providing for the exercise of any powers of government granted by the constitution or delegated to any municipal corporation by the general assembly may be proposed by initiative petition. Such initiative petition must contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor in the municipal corporation. When a petition is filed with the city auditor or village clerk, signed by the required number of electors proposing an ordinance or other measure, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days, transmit a certified copy of the text of the proposed ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the certified copy of the proposed ordinance or other measure. The board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors who signed the petition.The board shall submit such proposed ordinance or measure for the approval or rejection of the electors of the municipal corporation at the next general election occurring subsequent to ninety days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and validity of the initiative petition to the board of elections. No ordinance or other measure proposed by initiative petition and approved by a majority of the electors voting upon the measure in such municipal corporation shall be subject to the veto of the mayor.As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting it is a true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or other measure.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.29 | Petition for Referendum.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|Any ordinance or other measure passed by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be subject to the referendum except as provided by section 731.30 of the Revised Code. No ordinance or other measure shall go into effect until thirty days after it is filed with the mayor of a city or passed by the legislative authority in a village, except as provided by such section. When a petition, signed by ten per cent of the number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor in the municipal corporation, is filed with the city auditor or village clerk within thirty days after any ordinance or other measure is filed with the mayor or passed by the legislative authority of a village, or in case the mayor has vetoed the ordinance or any measure and returned it to council, such petition may be filed within thirty days after the council has passed the ordinance or measure over the veto, ordering that such ordinance or measure be submitted to the electors of such municipal corporation for their approval or rejection, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days, and not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of election, transmit a certified copy of the text of the ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the certified copy of the ordinance or measure. The board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors who signed the petition. The board shall submit the ordinance or measure to the electors of the municipal corporation, for their approval or rejection, at the next general election occurring subsequent to ninety days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and validity of the petition to the board of elections.No such ordinance or measure shall go into effect until approved by the majority of those voting upon it. Sections 731.28 to 731.41 of the Revised Code do not prevent a municipal corporation, after the passage of any ordinance or other measure, from proceeding at once to give any notice or make any publication required by such ordinance or other measure.As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact reproduction of the original ordinance or other measure.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.30 | Application of Sections.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Whenever the legislative authority of a municipal corporation is required to pass more than one ordinance or other measure to complete the legislation necessary to make and pay for any public improvement, sections 731.28 to 731.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall apply only to the first ordinance or other measure required to be passed and not to any subsequent ordinances and other measures relating thereto. Ordinances or other measures providing for appropriations for the current expenses of any municipal corporation, or for street improvements petitioned for by the owners of a majority of the feet front of the property benefited and to be especially assessed for the cost thereof, and emergency ordinances or measures necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety in such municipal corporation, shall go into immediate effect. Such emergency ordinances or measures must, upon a yea and nay vote, receive a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the legislative authority, and the reasons for such necessity shall be set forth in one section of the ordinance or other measure.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.31 | Presentation of Petition.

Effective: March 23, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1062 - 113th General Assembly|Any initiative or referendum petition may be presented in separate parts, but each part of any initiative petition shall contain a full and correct copy of the title and text of the proposed ordinance or other measure, and each part of any referendum petition shall contain the number and a full and correct copy of the title of the ordinance or other measure sought to be referred. Each signer of any such petition must be an elector of the municipal corporation in which the election, upon the ordinance or measure proposed by such initiative petition, or the ordinance or measure referred to by such referendum petition, is to be held. Petitions shall be governed in all other respects by the rules set forth in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. In determining the validity of any such petition, all signatures which are found to be irregular shall be rejected, but no petition shall be declared invalid in its entirety when one or more signatures are found to be invalid except when the number of valid signatures is found to be less than the total number required by this section.The petitions and signatures upon such petitions shall be prima facie presumed to be in all respects sufficient. No ordinance or other measure submitted to the electors of any municipal corporation, and receiving an affirmative majority of the votes cast thereon, shall be held ineffective or void on account of the insufficiency of the petitions by which such submission of the ordinance or measure was procured, nor shall the rejection, by a majority of the votes cast thereon, of any ordinance or other measure submitted to the electors of such municipal corporation, be held invalid for such insufficiency.Ordinances proposed by initiative petition and referendums receiving an affirmative majority of the votes cast thereon, shall become effective on the fifth day after the day on which the board of elections certifies the official vote on such question.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.32 | Copy of Proposed Ordinance or Measure Filed With Auditor or Clerk.

Effective: October 10, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 192 - 119th General Assembly|Whoever seeks to propose an ordinance or measure in a municipal corporation by initiative petition or files a referendum petition against any ordinance or measure shall, before circulating such petition, file a certified copy of the proposed ordinance or measure with the city auditor or the village clerk.As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or measure or of the original ordinance or measure.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.33 | Words Which Shall Be Printed in Red.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|At the top of each part of the petition mentioned in section 731.32 of the Revised Code, the following words shall be printed in red:NOTICEWhoever knowingly signs this petition more than once, signs a name other than his own, or signs when not a legal voter is liable to prosecution.