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Ohio Rev Code § 731.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.34 | Designation of Committee Filing Petition.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The petitioners may designate in any initiative or referendum petition a committee of not less than three of their number, who shall be regarded as filing the petition. After a petition has been filed with the city auditor or village clerk it shall be kept open for public inspection for ten days. If, after a petition proposing an ordinance or other measure has been filed with such auditor or clerk, the proposed ordinance or other measure, or a substitute for the proposed ordinance or measure approved by such committee, is passed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the majority of the committee shall notify the board of elections in writing and such proposed ordinance or measure shall not be submitted to a vote of the electors.If, after a verified referendum petition has been filed against any ordinance or measure, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation repeals such ordinance or measure, or it is held to be invalid, the board of elections shall not submit such ordinance or measure to a vote of the electors.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.35 | Itemized Statement by Circulator of Petition.

Effective: March 23, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1062 - 113th General Assembly|(A) The circulator of an initiative or referendum petition, or his agent, shall, within five days after such petition is filed with the city auditor or village clerk, file an itemized statement, made under penalty of election falsification, showing in detail:(1) All moneys or things of value paid, given, or promised for circulating such petition;(2) Full names and addresses of all persons to whom such payments or promises were made;(3) Full names and addresses of all persons who contributed anything of value to be used in circulating such petitions;(4) Time spent and salaries earned while circulating or soliciting signatures to petitions by persons who were regular salaried employees of some person who authorized them to solicit signatures for or circulate the petition as a part of their regular duties.(B) The statement provided for in division (A) of this section shall not be required from persons who take no other part in circulating a petition than signing declarations to parts of the petition and soliciting signatures to them.(C) Such statement shall be open to public inspection for a period of one year.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.36 | Prohibited Practices Relative to Petitions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall, directly or indirectly:(A) Willfully misrepresent the contents of any initiative or referendum petition;(B) Pay or offer to pay any elector anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition;(C) Promise to help another person to obtain appointment to any office provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or by the ordinances of any municipal corporation, or to any position or employment in the service of the state or any political subdivision thereof as a consideration for obtaining signatures to an initiative or referendum petition;(D) Obtain signatures to any initiative or referendum petition as a consideration for the assistance or promise of assistance of another person in securing an appointment to any office or position provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or by the ordinance of any municipal corporation therein, or employment in the service of the state or any subdivision thereof;(E) Alter, add to, or erase any signatures or names on the parts of a petition after such parts have been filed with the city auditor or village clerk;(F) Fail to file the sworn itemized statement required in section 731.35 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.38 | Prohibition Against Accepting Premium for Signing.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall accept anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.40 | Prohibition Against Threats in Securing Signatures.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall, directly or indirectly, by intimidation or threats, influence or seek to influence any person to sign or abstain from signing, or to solicit signatures to or abstain from soliciting signatures to an initiative or referendum petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.41 | Charter Municipal Corporations.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Sections 731.28 to 731.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to any municipal corporation which adopts its own charter containing an initiative and referendum provision for its own ordinances and other legislative measures.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.42 | Bylaws and Ordinances as Evidence.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The printed copies of the bylaws or ordinances of a municipal corporation, published under its authority, and transcripts of any bylaws, resolutions, or ordinances, or of any act or proceeding of a municipal corporation, recorded in any book or entered on any minutes or journal kept under the direction of such municipal corporation, and certified by its clerk, shall be received in evidence throughout the state for any purpose for which the original books, ordinances, minutes, or journals would be received.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.44 | Judge of Election and Qualification of Members - Quorum and Special Meetings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members. A majority of all the members elected shall be a quorum, but a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as are prescribed by ordinance. The legislative authority shall provide rules for the manner of calling special meetings.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.45 | Rules - Journal - Expulsion of Members.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall determine its own rules and keep a journal of its proceedings. It may punish or expel any member for disorderly conduct or violation of its rules, and declare his seat vacant for absence without valid excuse, where such absence has continued for two months. No expulsion shall take place without the concurrence of two thirds of all the members elected, and until the delinquent member has been notified of the charge against him and has had an opportunity to be heard.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.46 | Meetings of Legislative Authority.

Effective: October 17, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 936 - 101st General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall not be required to hold more than one regular meeting in each week. The meetings may be held at such time and place as is prescribed by ordinance and shall, at all times, be open to the public. The mayor, or any three members of the legislative authority may call special meetings upon at least twelve hours' notice to each member, served personally or left at his usual place of residence.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.47 | General Powers.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority shall have the management and control of the finances and property of the municipal corporation, except as otherwise provided.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.48 | Contract Restrictions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall not enter into any contract which is not to go into full operation during the term for which all the members of such legislative authority are elected.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.49 | Failure to Take Oath or Give Bond.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may declare vacant the office of any person elected or appointed to such office who, within ten days after he has been notified of his appointment or election, or obligation to give a new or additional bond, fails to take the required official oath or to give any bond required of him.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.50 | Notice When New Bond Required.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation declares by resolution that an officer shall give a new bond, written notice shall be served by its clerk upon the officer designated, and a copy of the notice, with a statement of the time and place of service, shall be recorded in the proceedings of the legislative authority.If the officer fails to give such new bond, with sureties, to the satisfaction of the mayor, within ten days after such service, the legislative authority shall declare the office vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in Title VII of the Revised Code.When the new bond is accepted or the legislative authority declares the office vacant, the sureties in the original bond shall cease to be liable for the acts of such officer done thereafter, but shall continue to be liable for his acts then already done.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.51 | Notice to Owner to Cut Noxious Weeds or Remove Litter - Service.

Effective: August 6, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 294 - 111th General Assembly|(A) Upon written information that noxious weeds are growing on lands in a municipal corporation, and are about to spread or mature seeds, the legislative authority shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of such land, notifying him that noxious weeds are growing on such lands and that they must be cut and destroyed within five days after the service of such notice.(B) Upon a finding by the legislative authority that litter has been placed on lands in a municipal corporation, and has not been removed, and constitutes a detriment to public health, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner and, if different, upon the lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the littered land, notifying him that litter is on the land, and that it must be collected and removed within fifteen days after the service of the notice.As used in this section and section 731.53 of the Revised Code, "litter" includes any garbage, waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.If the owner or other person having charge of the land is a nonresident of the municipal corporation whose address is known, the notice shall be sent to his address by certified mail. If the address of the owner or other person having charge of the land is unknown it is sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.This section does not apply to land being used under a municipal building or construction permit or license, a municipal permit or license, or a conditional zoning permit or variance to operate a junk yard, scrap metal processing facility, or similar businesses, or a permit or license issued pursuant to Chapter 3734., sections 4737.05 to 4737.12, or Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.52 | Fees for Service and Return.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A marshal, police officer, clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or a deputy, may make service and return of the notice provided for in section 731.51 of the Revised Code and the fees therefor shall be the same as are allowed for service and return of summons in civil cases before a magistrate.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.53 | Procedure When Owner Fails to Comply With Notice.

Effective: August 6, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 294 - 111th General Assembly|If the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of the lands mentioned in section 731.51 of the Revised Code, fails to comply with the notice required by such section, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall cause such noxious weeds to be cut and destroyed or such litter removed and may employ the necessary labor to perform the task. All expenses incurred shall, when approved by the legislative authority, be paid out of any money in the treasury of the municipal corporation not otherwise appropriated.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.54 | Written Return to County Auditor - Amount a Lien Upon Property.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall make a written return to the county auditor of its action under sections 731.51 to 731.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, with a statement of the charges for its services, the amount paid for the performing of such labor, the fees of the officers who made the service of the notice and return, and a proper description of the premises. Such amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, shall be a lien upon such lands from the date of the entry, and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the municipal corporation with the general fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.55 | Insurance for City Funds or Securities - Costs.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All funds or securities in the possession or custody of any city official in his official capacity, or any funds or securities the possession or custody of which is charged to any city official, including funds or securities in transit to or from any bank or trust company, may be insured by the legislative authority of the city in such amount as is found necessary in the public interest. All costs of such insurance shall be paid by the city by ordinance adopted by the legislative authority thereof, in the same manner as other legal claims against the city are allowed and paid.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.56 | Investment of City Funds.

Effective: March 5, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 144 - 116th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by ordinance, provide that whenever there are moneys in the treasury of such municipal corporation which will not be required to be used by such municipal corporation for a period of six months or more, such moneys may be invested in obligations of such municipal corporation, obligations made eligible for the deposit or investment of interim moneys of subdivisions of the state under section 135.14 of the Revised Code, bonds of this state, and bonds of any municipal corporation, county, township, or other political subdivision of this state, as to which there is no default of principal, interest, or coupons. Such investments shall not be made at a price in excess of the current market value of such bonds or other interest-bearing obligations. Such bonds or other interest-bearing obligations may be liquidated or sold for cash and for a sum not less than their current market price, in the manner prescribed in sections 731.57 to 731.59 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.57 | Investment Authorized - Limitations - Procedure.

Effective: September 27, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 81 - 121st General Assembly|Whenever the money in the treasury of any municipal corporation is to be invested as provided for in section 731.56 of the Revised Code, the auditor or other chief fiscal officer shall submit to the mayor, or to the chief executive officer if the mayor is not such, and to the village solicitor or city director of law of such municipal corporation, a statement of moneys in the treasury or in the process of collection, and a schedule showing the probable requirements of money for the use of the municipal corporation for a period of not less than six months as the ordinance under section 731.56 of the Revised Code, or as the chief executive officer directs, together with a recommendation as to whether any moneys in the treasury shall be invested in such obligations. The mayor or other chief executive officer, the village solicitor or city director of law, and the auditor or other chief fiscal officer may thereupon order such investments, at not more than the current market value, as they deem advisable, in the interest of the municipal corporation. It is unnecessary to advertise bonds before such investment is made. No investment, other than an interim deposit as authorized by section 731.56 and division (B)(3) of section 135.14 of the Revised Code shall be made except in obligations which have been passed upon and approved as to validity by a reputable firm of bond attorneys.Whenever it is necessary to convert any such investment into cash, it shall be done by first offering the obligations held by the municipal corporation to the sinking fund commission, and if the sinking fund commission declines to take any of them, they shall be sold in any manner authorized by law for the sale of investments by the sinking fund. No obligations shall be liquidated or sold for less than the current market value.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.58 | Treasury Investment Account.

Effective: January 9, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly|The chief accounting officer of the municipal corporation shall maintain an account, to be known as the "treasury investment account," in which he shall enter all transactions relating to the investment of treasury funds under sections 731.56 and 731.57 of the Revised Code. He shall maintain a record and furnish to the treasurer of the municipal corporation a duplicate of all items entered thereon, showing all bonds or other securities purchased or sold for the treasury account, with the number, maturity, date, and interest rate of each. Such accounting officer shall keep a record of the number and maturity of interest coupons, and whenever any such securities or interest coupons are due he shall issue his order for their collection, in the same manner as other receipts are collected.
Ohio Rev Code § 731.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.59 | Custody of Municipal Securities.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|All securities belonging to the treasury of any municipal corporation or to any fund thereof, other than the sinking fund, may be placed in the custody of any member of the federal reserve banking system, upon the issuance by such member of its custodian or other bailment receipt to the treasurer of the municipal corporation. Such custody shall be as a qualified trustee pursuant to division (E) of section 135.18 of the Revised Code, which shall be required to report to the treasurer, auditor of state, or an authorized outside auditor at any time upon request as to the identity, market value, and location of the document evidencing each security. Such securities, if not kept in the custody of a member of the federal reserve banking system, shall be in the custody of such treasurer and shall be kept in a safe deposit box or vault belonging to a regular depository of the municipal corporation. If such securities are so kept, such safe deposit box or vault shall be opened only in the presence of one or more of the three officers named in section 731.57 of the Revised Code, and only upon a warrant or order of the chief accounting officer directing the deposit or removal of securities purchased or sold or the clipping of interest coupons for collection. A report of whatever is placed in or removed from such safe deposit box or vault upon any such occasion shall be signed by the treasurer and by the witness required by this section, and shall be returned to the chief accounting officer upon the same day. Whenever any securities are so held for the municipal corporation the officers having power to make such investments shall be bonded in amounts to be stipulated by ordinance. Such bonds may cover other contingencies in which such officers might become liable to the municipal corporation. In the event securities are deposited with a member of the federal reserve banking system, such securities may be withdrawn or sold only upon order of the three officers named in such section.All investments, except for investments by the municipal corporation in the issues of such municipal corporation, shall be made only through a member of the national association of securities dealers, inc., through a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association regulated by the superintendent of financial institutions, or through an institution regulated by the comptroller of the currency, federal deposit insurance corporation, board of governors of the federal reserve system, or federal home loan bank board. Payment for investments shall be made only upon the delivery of securities representing such investments to the treasurer or qualified trustee. If the securities transferred are not represented by a certificate, payment shall be made only upon receipt of confirmation of transfer from the custodian by the treasurer, governing board, or qualified trustee.