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Ohio Rev Code § 733.581 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.581 | Taxpayer Named as Party Defendant.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|If the village solicitor or city director of law, upon the written request of any taxpayer of the municipal corporation, makes any application provided for by section 733.56, 733.57, or 733.58 of the Revised Code, the taxpayer may be named as a party defendant and if so named shall have the right to assist in presenting all issues of law and fact to the court in order that a full and complete adjudication of the controversy may be had.In any civil action or proceeding involving the public interest the court shall grant the application of any person to intervene if the court believes that the public interest will be better protected or justice will be furthered.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.59 | Taxpayer's Suit.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|If the village solicitor or city director of law fails, upon the written request of any taxpayer of the municipal corporation, to make any application provided for in sections 733.56 to 733.58 of the Revised Code, the taxpayer may institute suit in his own name, on behalf of the municipal corporation. Any taxpayer of any municipal corporation in which there is no village solicitor or city director of law may bring such suit on behalf of the municipal corporation. No such suit or proceeding shall be entertained by any court until the taxpayer gives security for the cost of the proceeding.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.60 | Limitation of Action.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No action to enjoin the performance of a contract entered into or the payment of any bonds issued by a municipal corporation shall be brought or maintained unless commenced within one year from the date of such contract or bonds.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.61 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.61 | Duty of Court.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the court hearing a case under section 733.59 of the Revised Code is satisfied that the taxpayer had good cause to believe that his allegations were well founded, or if they are sufficient in law, it shall make such order as the equity of the case demands. In such case the taxpayer shall be allowed his costs, and, if judgment is finally ordered in his favor, he may be allowed, as part of the costs, a reasonable compensation for his attorney.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.62 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.62 | Annual Report.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|The city director of law shall make a report to the legislative authority of the city, at its first regular meeting in January, of the business of his office, the moneys by him collected during the year preceding, and such other matters as he deems proper to promote the good government and welfare of the city.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.621 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.621 | Appointment of Assistants or Employees.

Effective: December 22, 1992|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 359 - 119th General Assembly|As used in this section, "chief legal officer" means a city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation.A chief legal officer of a municipal corporation may appoint, as an assistant legal officer, prosecutor, clerk, stenographer, or other employee, a person who is an associate of, or who is employed by, the chief legal officer, assistant legal officer, or prosecutor in the private practice of law in a partnership, professional association, or other law business arrangement. In a municipal corporation having an official who is designated as prosecutor and who has authority to appoint assistants and employees, the prosecutor may appoint, as an assistant prosecutor, clerk, stenographer, or other employee, a person who is an associate of, or is employed by, the chief legal officer, the prosecutor, an assistant legal officer, or an assistant prosecutor in the private practice of law in a partnership, professional association, or other law business arrangement.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.63 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.63 | Sealer of Weights and Measures.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The mayor of a municipal corporation may appoint a sealer of weights and measures, who shall hold office coextensive with the term of office of the mayor who made his appointment, unless otherwise removed from office.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.64 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.64 | Qualification and Compensation of Sealer.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The sealer of weights and measures of a municipal corporation shall be a competent person for the position, and shall receive a salary fixed by ordinance, to be paid by the municipal corporation, which salary shall be in lieu of all fees or charges.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.65 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.65 | Oath and Bond of Sealer - Appointment of Inspectors.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly|The sealer of weights and measures, before entering upon official duties, shall take the oath of office required by section 733.68 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the sealer shall give bond to the municipal corporation in such amount as is prescribed by ordinance, with security to the approval of the mayor, and conditioned for the faithful performance of official duties. The sealer may appoint inspectors to assist the sealer in the sealer's duties if authorized by the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.66 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.66 | Comparison With State Standards.

Effective: July 26, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 203 - 110th General Assembly|The sealer of weights and measures of a municipal corporation shall, at such times as may be required by regulation of the director of agriculture, submit all of his standards to the state sealer for comparison with the state standards.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.671 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.671 | Seeking Injunction Against Violation of Weights and Measures Laws.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly|The municipal sealer may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of the weights and measures laws or regulations of the director of agriculture issued pursuant thereto.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.68 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.68 | Qualifications of Municipal Officers - Oaths.

Effective: January 25, 2002|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 143 - 124th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section or in another section of the Revised Code, each officer of a municipal corporation, or of any department or board of a municipal corporation, whether elected or appointed as a substitute for a regular officer, shall be an elector of the municipal corporation and, before entering upon official duties, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state and an oath that the officer will faithfully, honestly, and impartially discharge the duties of the office to which elected or appointed. These provisions as to official oaths shall extend to deputies, but they need not be electors.(B) Neither this section nor any other section of the Revised Code requires, or shall be construed to require, that a city fire chief be an elector of the city or that a village fire chief be an elector of the village.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.69 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.69 | Bond of Municipal Officers.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, each officer of a municipal corporation required by law or ordinance to give bond shall do so before entering upon the duties of the office. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority thereof may at any time require each officer to give a new or additional bond. Each bond except that of the municipal auditor or municipal clerk, upon its approval, shall be delivered to the auditor or clerk, who shall immediately record it in a record provided for that purpose and file and carefully preserve it in the auditor's or clerk's office. The bond of the auditor or clerk shall be delivered to the municipal treasurer, who shall in like manner record and preserve it.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.70 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.70 | Approval of Bonds.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|The official bonds of all officers of a municipal corporation shall be prepared by its village solicitor or city director of law. Except as otherwise provided in Title VII of the Revised Code, the bonds shall be in such sum as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation prescribes by general or special ordinance and shall be subject to the approval of the mayor. The mayor's bond shall be approved by the legislative authority, or, if it is not legally organized, by the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipal corporation or the large part thereof is situated.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.71 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.71 | Certain Facts Shall Not Invalidate Bond.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In each bond mentioned in section 733.70 of the Revised Code, the condition that the person elected or appointed shall faithfully perform the duties of the office shall be sufficient. The fact that the instrument is without a seal, that blanks, for example the date or amount, have been filled subsequent to its execution but before its acceptance, without the consent of the sureties, that all the obligees named in the instrument have not signed it, that new duties have been imposed on the officers, or that any merely formal objection exists shall not be available in any suit on the instrument.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.72 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.72 | Charges Against Municipal Officers Filed With Probate Judge - Proceedings.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|When a complaint under oath is filed with the probate judge of the county in which a municipal corporation or the larger part thereof is situated, by any elector of the municipal corporation, signed and approved by four other electors thereof, the judge shall forthwith issue a citation to any person charged in the complaint for his appearance before the judge within ten days from the filing thereof, and shall also furnish the accused and the village solicitor or city director of law with a copy thereof. The complaint shall charge any of the following:(A) That a member of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation has received, directly or indirectly, compensation for his services as a member thereof, as a committeeman, or otherwise, contrary to law;(B) That a member of the legislative authority or an officer of the municipal corporation is or has been interested, directly or indirectly, in the profits of a contract, job, work, or service, or is or has been acting as a commissioner, architect, superintendent, or engineer in work undertaken or prosecuted by the municipal corporation, contrary to law;(C) That a member of the legislative authority or an officer of the municipal corporation has been guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance in office.Before acting upon such complaint, the judge shall require the party complaining to furnish sufficient security for costs.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.73 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.73 | Appearance of Counsel - Jury.

Effective: May 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly|On the day fixed by the probate judge for the return of the citation issued pursuant to section 733.72 of the Revised Code, the village solicitor or city director of law shall appear on behalf of the complainant to conduct the prosecution, and the accused may also appear by counsel. A time shall be set for hearing the case, which shall be not more than ten days after such return. If a jury is demanded by either party, the probate judge shall direct the summoning of twelve jurors in the manner provided by Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code. In a municipal corporation having no village solicitor or city director of law, or in case the village solicitor or city director of law is accused of any misfeasance or malfeasance in office, the prosecuting attorney shall appear on behalf of the complainant to conduct the prosecution.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.74 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.74 | Challenge of Jurors.

Effective: May 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly|On the day fixed for trial under section 733.73 of the Revised Code, if a jury is impaneled, either party, in addition to the peremptory challenges allowed by law in other cases, may object for good cause to any juror summoned, and vacancies occurring for any cause may be filled by the probate judge from the bystanders until the panel is full, unless the party charged, or the party's counsel, demands that additional jurors be summoned to fill such vacancy.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.75 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.75 | Proceedings on the Trial.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|On the day designated under section 733.73 of the Revised Code for the trial, the trial shall take place, unless continued on affidavit for good cause to another time not exceeding ten days. On the trial, the village solicitor or city director of law shall appear for the prosecution, examine witnesses designated by the complainant, and such others as he discovers, and either party may have process from the probate judge to compel the attendance of witnesses.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.76 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.76 | Removal of Officer if Found Guilty.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If, on trial, the charges in the complaint mentioned in section 733.72 of the Revised Code are sustained by the verdict of the jury, or by the decision of the probate judge when there is no jury, such judge shall enter the charges and findings thereon upon the record of the court, make an order removing such officer from office, and forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, whereupon the vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.77 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.77 | Payment of Costs.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The cost and expenses of the trial shall be charged against the party filing the complaint under section 733.72 of the Revised Code, the accused, or the municipal corporation, or apportioned among them, as the probate judge directs, and shall be collected as in other cases. No costs or expenses shall be charged to the accused if he is acquitted upon trial. If an appeal on questions of law is instituted by the officer complained of, to reverse or vacate the order of the probate court, such officer shall not exercise the functions of his office until order is finally reversed or vacated.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.79 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.79 | Municipal Officers May Attend Conference or Convention - Expenses.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any elected or appointed municipal officer, deputy, assistant, or an employee of any municipal corporation may attend, at the expense of the municipal corporation, any conference or convention relating to municipal affairs, if authorized by the mayor, the chairman of the commission, or the city manager of such municipal corporation, and, if the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation certifies that funds are appropriated and available for such purpose, such person shall be reimbursed for his expense so incurred.A request for such allowance shall be made in writing to the mayor, the chairman of the commission, or the city manager showing the necessity for such attendance and an estimate of the costs thereof to the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.80 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.80 | Duties of Fire Engineer, Engineer, Superintendent of Markets - Compensation.

Effective: October 24, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 367 - 111th General Assembly|In each municipal corporation having a fire engineer, engineer, or superintendent of markets, each such officer shall perform the duties prescribed by Title VII of the Revised Code and such other duties, not incompatible with the nature of his office, as the legislative authority by ordinance requires, and shall receive for his services such compensation by fees or salary, or both, as is provided by ordinance.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.85 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.85 | Municipal Income Tax Administration in Noncharter Municipalities.

Effective: July 26, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 477 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "municipal corporation" means any municipal corporation, including a municipal corporation organized under Chapter 705. of the Revised Code, that is not operating under a charter adopted or amended pursuant to Section 7 or 9 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution.(B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide, by ordinance or resolution, for the method of appointing and removing an officer who shall be responsible for the collection and deposit to the municipal treasury of municipal income taxes and the enforcement and administration of the municipal corporation's income tax ordinances, resolutions, and rules, including the powers, duties, and functions of the responsible administering officer and employees serving under the administering officer's direction and control. If no such ordinance or resolution is adopted, the city auditor or village clerk shall be the officer responsible for the collection and deposit to the municipal treasury of income taxes and the enforcement and administration of the municipal corporation's income tax ordinances, resolutions, and rules.(C) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the responsible administering officer described in division (B) of this section to promulgate, revise, and repeal rules with respect to the administration and enforcement of the municipal corporation's income tax ordinances and resolutions. The rules shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative authority and made available for public inspection at the offices of the administering officer. The rules shall not conflict with the municipal corporation's ordinances and resolutions.(D) This section shall apply to any municipal ordinance or resolution existing on September 14, 1981, or thereafter enacted or amended.
Ohio Rev Code § 735.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 735 | Public Service|Section 735.01 | Director of Public Service - Qualifications - Powers.

Effective: September 6, 1965|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 358 - 106th General Assembly|In each city there shall be a department of public service which shall be administered by a director of public service. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and need not be a resident of the city at the time of his appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six months after his appointment unless such residence requirement is waived by ordinance. He shall make rules and regulations for the administration of the affairs under his supervision.
Ohio Rev Code § 735.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 735 | Public Service|Section 735.02 | General Duties - Records.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The director of public service shall manage and supervise all public works and undertakings of the city, except as otherwise provided by law.The director shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, wharves, docks, landings, market houses, bridges, viaducts, aqueducts, sidewalks, playgrounds sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, ship channels, streams, and watercourses, the lighting, sprinkling, and cleaning of public places, and the construction of public improvements and public works, except those having reference to the department of public safety, or as otherwise provided in Title VII of the Revised Code.The director shall manage municipal water, lighting, heating, power, garbage, and other undertakings of the city, and parks, baths, playgrounds, market houses, cemeteries, crematories, sewage disposal plants, and farms, and shall make and preserve surveys, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates. He shall supervise the construction and have charge of the maintenance of public buildings and other property of the city not otherwise provided for in Title VII. He shall have the management of all other matters provided by the legislative authority of the city in connection with the public service thereof.Such director shall keep a record of his proceedings, a copy of which, certified by him, shall be competent evidence in all courts.