reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
Ohio Rev Code § 505.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.47 | Payment of Costs of Footbridges - Approval of Tax Levy Required.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|The board of township trustees may pay the cost of the construction, rebuilding, or repair of footbridges authorized by section 505.46 of the Revised Code out of any funds, unappropriated for any other purpose, in the township treasury. If there be no funds in the township treasury available for these purposes, the board may levy a tax for the purpose of procuring the necessary funds for the construction, rebuilding, or repair of the footbridges. The tax shall be levied upon all of the taxable property in the township and shall be certified, levied, and collected in the manner prescribed for other township taxes. The money so raised shall be paid over to the township fiscal officer, and the fiscal officer shall pay it out on the order of the board, certified by the fiscal officer. The tax shall not be levied until it has been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the township, voting at any election at which the question shall be submitted. The election shall be called at a regular meeting of the board and shall be held within thirty days from the date of the resolution of the board calling for it. Twenty days' notice of the election shall be given by the posting of notices by the fiscal officer in ten public places of the township. Provisions for holding the election shall be made by the board of elections, upon receiving notice from the fiscal officer of the date and purpose of the election.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.483 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.483 | Resolution to Join Existing Joint Police District.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|A township or municipal corporation, or parts thereof, may join an existing joint police district by the adoption of a resolution by the township or of an ordinance by the municipal corporation requesting participation in the district and upon approval of the existing joint police district board.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.484 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.484 | Performance Bond.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The treasurer of the joint police district board, before entering upon the duties of that office, shall execute a bond payable to the state, in the amount and with surety to be approved by the joint police district board, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required by the treasurer. The bond shall be deposited with the president of the joint police district board, and a copy thereof, certified by the president, shall be filed with the county auditor.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.491 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.491 | Police Officer Guilty in Performance of Official Duty.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|Except as provided in division (D) of section 505.49 or in division (C) of section 509.01 of the Revised Code for a board of township trustees, and except as provided in division (D) of section 505.49 of the Revised Code for a joint police district board, if the board has reason to believe that a chief of police, patrol officer, or other township or joint police district employee appointed under division (B) of section 505.49 of the Revised Code or a police constable appointed under division (B) of section 509.01 of the Revised Code has been guilty, in the performance of the official duty of that chief of police, patrol officer, other township or joint police district employee, or police constable, of bribery, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, misconduct in office, neglect of duty, gross immorality, habitual drunkenness, incompetence, or failure to obey orders given that person by the proper authority, the board immediately shall file written charges against that person. The written charges shall set forth in detail a statement of the alleged guilt and, at the same time, or as soon thereafter as possible, serve a true copy of those charges upon the person against whom they are made. The service may be made on the person or by leaving a copy of the charges at the office or residence of that person. Return of the service shall be made to the board in the same manner that is provided for the return of the service of summons in a civil action.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.492 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.492 | Hearing of Charge Against Police Officer.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|Charges filed by the board of township trustees or joint police district board under section 505.491 of the Revised Code shall be heard at the next regular meeting thereof, unless the board extends the time for the hearing, which shall be done only on the application of the accused. The accused may appear in person and by counsel, examine all witnesses, and answer all charges against the accused.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.493 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.493 | Suspension of Officer Pending Hearing.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|Pending any proceedings under sections 505.491 and 505.492 of the Revised Code, an accused person may be suspended by the board of township trustees or joint police district board, but such suspension shall be for a period not longer than fifteen days, unless the hearing of such charges is extended upon the application of the accused, in which event the suspension shall not exceed thirty days.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.494 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.494 | Subpoena Power.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|For the purpose of investigating charges filed pursuant to section 505.491 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees or joint police district board may issue subpoenas or compulsory process to compel the attendance of persons and the production of books and papers before it and provide by resolution for exercising and enforcing this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.495 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.495 | Oaths - Compelling Testimony.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|In all cases in which the attendance of witnesses may be compelled for an investigation, under section 505.494 of the Revised Code, any member of the board of township trustees or of the joint police district board may administer the requisite oaths. The board has the same power to compel the giving of testimony by attending witnesses as is conferred upon courts. In all such cases, witnesses shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as are allowed witnesses in civil cases. Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section 1901.26 of the Revised Code, and the costs of all such proceedings shall be payable from the general fund of the township or joint police district.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.50 | Equipment and Buildings for Police Protection.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The board of township trustees of a township or of a township police district, or a joint police district board, may purchase, lease, lease with an option to purchase, or otherwise acquire any police apparatus, equipment, including a public communications system, or materials that the township, township police district, or joint police district requires and may build, purchase, lease, or lease with an option to purchase any building or buildings and site of the building or buildings that are necessary for the police operations of the township or either district. The boards of trustees of any two or more contiguous townships, or the boards of township trustees of one or more contiguous townships and the legislative authorities of one or more contiguous municipal corporations, by joint agreement, may unite in the joint purchase, lease, lease with an option to purchase, maintenance, use, and operation of police equipment for any other police purpose designated in sections 505.48 to 505.55 of the Revised Code, and to prorate the expense of that joint action on terms mutually agreed upon by the trustees in each affected township and the legislative authorities of each affected municipal corporation.The board of trustees of a township or of a township police district, or a joint police district board, may enter into a contract with one or more townships, a municipal corporation, a park district created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, or the county sheriff upon any terms that are mutually agreed upon for the provision of police protection services or additional police protection services either on a regular basis or for additional protection in times of emergency. The contract shall be agreed to in each instance by the respective board or boards of township trustees, the board of county commissioners, the board of park commissioners, the joint police district board, or the legislative authority of the municipal corporation involved. The contract may provide for a fixed annual charge to be paid at the time agreed upon in the contract.Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it is applicable to the operation of police departments, applies to the contracting political subdivisions and police department members when the members are serving outside their own political subdivision pursuant to such a contract. Police department members acting outside the political subdivision in which they are employed may participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer and are entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing services within the political subdivision.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.51 | Police District or Joint Police District Tax Levy.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) In the case of a township police district, the board of trustees of the township police district may levy a tax upon all of the taxable property in the township police district pursuant to sections 5705.19 and 5705.25 of the Revised Code to defray all or a portion of expenses of the township police district in providing police protection. (B) In the case of a joint police district, the joint police district board may levy a tax upon all of the taxable property in the joint police district pursuant to sections 5705.19 and 5705.25 of the Revised Code to defray all or a portion of expenses of the joint police district in providing police protection.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.52 | Police Equipment Fund.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The board of trustees of a township police district or a joint police district board may issue bonds for the purpose of buying police equipment in the manner provided for in section 133.18 and pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. The proceeds of the bonds issued under this section, other than any premium and accrued interest which is credited to the sinking fund, shall be placed in the township treasury or joint police district board treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the "police equipment fund." Money from the police equipment fund shall be paid out only upon order of the township board of trustees of the township police district or of the joint police district board.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.53 | Police District and Joint Police District Notes.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The board of trustees of a township police district or a joint police district board may issue notes for a period not to exceed three years for the purpose of buying police equipment or a building or site to house police equipment. One-third of the purchase price of the equipment, building, or site shall be paid at the time of purchase, and the remainder of the purchase price shall be covered by notes maturing in two and three years respectively. Notes may bear interest not to exceed the rate determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, and shall not be subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Such notes shall be offered for sale on the open market or given to a vendor if no sale is made.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.54 | Additional Training or Skills for Police Personnel.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The board of trustees of the township or the joint police district board may, upon nomination by the chief of police, send one or more of the officers, patrol officers, or other employees of the township police district or the joint police district to a school of instruction designed to provide additional training or skills related to the employees work assignment in the district. The trustees may make advance tuition payments for any employee so nominated and may defray all or a portion of the employee's expenses while receiving this instruction.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.541 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.541 | Parking Enforcement Unit.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The board of township trustees or a joint police district board, respectively, may establish, by resolution, a parking enforcement unit within a township police district or within a joint police district, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The chief of police of the district shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the board of township trustees by resolution or joint police district board, as appropriate, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking enforcement unit. The chief of police may appoint parking enforcement officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking enforcement officers. (B) The authority of the parking enforcement officers shall be limited to the enforcement of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code and any other parking laws specified in the resolution creating the parking enforcement unit. Parking enforcement officers shall have no other powers.(C) The training the parking enforcement officers shall receive shall include instruction in general administrative rules and procedures governing the parking enforcement unit, the role of the judicial system as it relates to parking regulation and enforcement, proper techniques and methods relating to the enforcement of parking laws, human interaction skills, and first aid.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.55 | Dissolution of Township Police District.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|In the event that need for a township police district ceases to exist, the township trustees by a two-thirds vote of the board shall adopt a resolution specifying the date that the township police district shall cease to exist and provide for the disposal of all property belonging to the district by public sale. Such sale must be by public auction and upon notice thereof being published once a week for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in such township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The last of such publications shall be made at least five days before the date of the sale. Any moneys remaining after the dissolution of the district or received from the public sale of property shall be paid into the treasury of the township and may be expended for any public purpose when duly authorized by the township board of trustees.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.551 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.551 | Withdrawal From and Dissolution of Joint Police District.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Any township or municipal corporation may withdraw from a joint police district created under section 505.482 of the Revised Code by adopting a resolution or an ordinance, respectively, ordering withdrawal. On or after the first day of January of the year following the adoption of the resolution or ordinance of withdrawal, the township or municipal corporation withdrawing ceases to be a part of the district, and the power of the district to levy a tax upon the taxable property in the withdrawing township or municipal corporation terminates, except that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of indebtedness within the territory of the district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred. (B) Upon the withdrawal of any township or municipal corporation from a joint police district, the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand and moneys and taxes in the process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment of indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either in money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective tax duplicates of the withdrawing township or municipal corporation and the remaining territory of the joint police district.(C) When the number of townships or municipal corporations comprising a joint police district is reduced to one, the joint police district ceases to exist by operation of law, and the funds, credits, and property remaining after apportionments to withdrawing townships or municipal corporations shall be assumed by the one remaining township or municipal corporation. When a joint police district ceases to exist and an indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of that indebtedness within the territory of the joint police district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.56 | Excise Tax on Transactions by Which Lodging Is Furnished to Transient Guests.

Effective: June 21, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 143 - 124th General Assembly|Subject to the limitation in division (A) of section 5739.08 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the board, levy an excise tax on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests. The board may establish all regulations necessary to provide for the administration and allocation of the tax. All funds arising from such an excise tax shall be deposited in the township treasury and may be expended for any lawful purpose. A board of township trustees shall not levy the tax authorized by this section in any city or village.As used in this section, "hotel" and "transient guests" have the same meaning as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.57 | Use of Proceeds of Lodging Tax Receipts by Local School District.

Effective: January 13, 1978|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 182 - 112th General Assembly|A board of township trustees of any township that contains a local school district in which is located a tax exempt, state-owned lodge, may, by resolution, use the proceeds of the tax imposed under section 505.56 of the Revised Code for the benefit of such district if the board determines and states in such resolution that the existence of such lodge creates a serious financial burden on such district. Upon adoption of the resolution by a majority of the members of the board, the board may pay any part of the proceeds of such tax to such district.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.58 | Contributions to Convention and Visitors' Bureaus From General Fund.

Effective: January 1, 1980|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 355 - 113th General Assembly|A board of township trustees may expend money from the general fund to make contributions to convention and visitors' bureaus operating within the county in which the township is located.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.59 | Withdrawal of Unincorporated Territory From Transit Authority; Tax Levy to Provide Transportation Services.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The board of township trustees of a township that withdraws or proposes by resolution to withdraw the unincorporated territory of the township from a regional transit authority under section 306.55 of the Revised Code may levy a tax on taxable property in the unincorporated area of the township under section 5705.72 of the Revised Code to provide transportation services for the movement of persons within, from, or to the unincorporated area of the township.
Ohio Rev Code § 505.601 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 505 | Trustees|Section 505.601 | Reimbursement of Officers and Employees for Health Care Premiums.

Effective: September 28, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly|If a board of township trustees does not procure an insurance policy or group health care services as provided in section 505.60 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may reimburse any township officer or employee for each out-of-pocket premium attributable to the coverage provided for that officer or employee for insurance benefits described in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code that the officer or employee otherwise obtains, if all of the following conditions are met: (A) The board of township trustees adopts a resolution that states that the township has chosen not to procure a health care plan under section 505.60 of the Revised Code and has chosen instead to reimburse its officers and employees for each out-of-pocket premium attributable to the coverage provided for them for insurance benefits described in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code that they otherwise obtain.(B) That resolution provides for a uniform maximum monthly or yearly payment amount for each officer or employee to cover themselves and their immediate dependents, beyond which the township will not reimburse the officer or employee.(C) That resolution states the specific benefits listed in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code for which the township will reimburse all officers and employees of the township. The township may not reimburse officers and employees for benefits other than those listed in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code.