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Ohio Rev Code § 3.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.02 | Elective Office Filled by Appointment - Term of Appointee.

Effective: June 21, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 47 - 130th General Assembly|(A) When an elective office becomes vacant and is filled by appointment, such appointee shall hold the office until the appointee's successor is elected and qualified; and such successor shall be elected for the unexpired term, at the first general election for the office which is vacant that occurs more than forty days after the vacancy has occurred; provided that when the unexpired term ends within one year immediately following the date of such general election, an election to fill such unexpired term shall not be held and the appointment shall be for such unexpired term. (B) When an elective office becomes vacant and is filled by appointment, the appointing authority shall, immediately but no later than seven days after making the appointment, certify it to the board of elections and to the secretary of state. The board of elections or, in the case of an appointment to a statewide office, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of appointment to the appointee. Certificates of appointment shall be in such form as the secretary of state shall prescribe.(C) When an elected candidate fails to qualify for the office to which the candidate has been elected, the office shall be filled as in the case of a vacancy. Until so filled, the incumbent officer shall continue to hold office. This section does not postpone the time for such election beyond that at which it would have been held had no such vacancy occurred, or affect the official term, or the time for the commencement thereof, of any person elected to such office before the occurrence of such vacancy.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.03 | Vacancy in Office Filled by Appointment of Governor.

Effective: September 17, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 994 - 110th General Assembly|When a vacancy in an office filled by appointment of the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, occurs by expiration of term or otherwise during a regular session of the senate, the governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy and forthwith report such appointment to the senate. If such vacancy occurs when the senate is not in session, and no appointment has been made and confirmed in anticipation of such vacancy, the governor shall fill the vacancy and report the appointment to the next regular session of the senate, and, if the senate advises and consents thereto, such appointee shall hold the office for the full term, otherwise a new appointment shall be made. A person appointed by the governor when the senate is not in session or on or after the convening of the first regular session and more than ten days before the adjournment sine die of the second regular session to fill an office for which a fixed term expires or a vacancy otherwise occurs is considered qualified to fill such office until the senate before the adjournment sine die of its second regular session acts or fails to act upon such appointment pursuant to section 21 of Article III, Ohio Constitution.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.04 | Removal or Suspension of Appointee by Governor.

Effective: September 17, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 300 - 116th General Assembly|When not otherwise provided by law, an officer who holds his office by appointment of the governor with the advice and consent of the senate may be removed from office by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, if it is found that such officer is inefficient or derelict in the discharge of his duties, if the ethics commission created by section 102.05 of the Revised Code has found, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that the facts alleged in a complaint under section 102.06 of the Revised Code alleging a violation by the officer constitutes a violation of Chapter 102., section 2921.42, or section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, if the officer fails to file or falsely files a statement required by section 102.02 of the Revised Code, or if it is found that he has used his office corruptly. If, in the recess of the senate, the governor is satisfied that such officer is inefficient, derelict, committed such violation of Chapter 102., section 2921.42, or section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, or corrupt, he may suspend such officer from his office and report the facts to the senate at its next session. If in such report the senate advises and consents to the removal, such officer shall be removed, but otherwise he shall be restored to his office.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.05 | Suspension by Governor - Filling Vacancy.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In case of the suspension of an officer as provided for in section 3.04 of the Revised Code, the governor shall designate a person to perform the duties of the office during the period of such suspension. The person so designated shall give bond and take the oath of office, and during the time he performs the duties of the office he shall receive the full emoluments thereof, no part of which shall, for such time, go to such suspended officer. If the suspended officer is removed or his term expires before the action of the senate, a new appointment shall be made.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.06 | Deputies, Clerks - Blanket Bonds.

Effective: January 9, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly|(A) A deputy, when duly qualified, may perform any duties of his principal. A deputy or clerk, appointed in pursuance of law, holds the appointment only during the pleasure of the officer appointing him. The principal may take from his deputy or clerk a bond, with sureties, conditioned as set forth in this section. The principal is answerable for the neglect or misconduct in office of his deputy or clerk .(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law requiring an official bond to be conditioned substantially to the effect that an officer, clerk, or employee will faithfully perform his duties, in lieu thereof, with the consent and approval of the officer or governing body authorized to require the bond, any department or instrumentality of the state or any county, township, municipal corporation, or other subdivision or board of education or department or instrumentality thereof, may procure a blanket bond from any duly authorized corporate surety covering officers, clerks, and employees other than:(1) Treasurers or tax collectors by whatever title known;(2) Any officer, clerk, or employee required by law to execute or file an individual official bond to qualify for office or employment.(C) Such blanket bond shall indemnify against losses through one of the following conditions:(1) The failure of the officers, clerks, and employees covered thereunder faithfully to perform their duties or to account properly for all moneys or property received by virtue of their positions or employment;(2) Fraudulent or dishonest acts committed by the officers, clerks, and employees covered thereunder.Any such blanket bond shall be approved as to its form and sufficiency of the surety by the officer or governing body authorized to require it. The premium of any such blanket bond shall be paid as provided in section 3929.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.07 | Misconduct in Office - Forfeiture.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any person holding office in this state, or in any municipal corporation, county, or subdivision thereof, coming within the official classification in Section 38 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, who willfully and flagrantly exercises authority or power not authorized by law, refuses or willfully neglects to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed upon him by law, or is guilty of gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance is guilty of misconduct in office. Upon complaint and hearing in the manner provided for in sections 3.07 to 3.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such person shall have judgment of forfeiture of said office with all its emoluments entered thereon against him, creating thereby in said office a vacancy to be filled as prescribed by law. The proceedings provided for in such sections are in addition to impeachment and other methods of removal authorized by law, and such sections do not divest the governor or any other authority of the jurisdiction given in removal proceedings.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.08 | Removal of Public Officers.

Effective: May 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly|Proceedings for the removal of public officers on any of the grounds enumerated in section 3.07 of the Revised Code shall be commenced by the filing of a written or printed complaint specifically setting forth the charge and signed by qualified electors of the state or political subdivision whose officer it is sought to remove, not less in number than fifteen per cent of the total vote cast for governor at the most recent election for the office of governor in the state or political subdivision whose officer it is sought to remove, or, if the officer sought to be removed is the sheriff or prosecuting attorney of a county or the mayor of a municipal corporation, the governor may sign and file such written or printed complaint without the signatures of qualified electors. Such complaint shall be filed with the court of common pleas of the county where the officer against whom the complaint is filed resides, except that when the officer against whom the complaint is filed is a judge of the court of common pleas, such complaint shall be filed in the court of appeals of the district where such judge resides, and all complaints against state officers shall be filed with the court of appeals of the district where the officer against whom the complaint is filed resides. The judge or clerk of the court shall cause a copy of such complaint to be served upon the officer, against whom the complaint has been filed, at least ten days before the hearing upon such complaint. Such hearing shall be had within thirty days from the date of the filing of the complaint by said electors, or by the governor. The court may suspend the officer pending the hearing. The removal proceedings filed in the court of common pleas shall be tried by a judge unless a jury trial is demanded in writing by the officer against whom the complaint has been filed. If a jury is demanded, it shall be composed of twelve persons who satisfy the qualifications of a juror specified in section 2313.17 of the Revised Code. If nine or more persons of that jury find one or more of the charges in the complaint are true, such jury shall return a finding for the removal of the officer, which finding shall be filed with the clerk of the court and be made a matter of public record. If less than nine persons of that jury find that the charges on the complaint are true, the jury shall return a finding that the complaint be dismissed. The proceedings had by a judge upon such removal shall be matters of public record and a full detailed statement of the reasons for such removal shall be filed with the clerk of the court and shall be made a matter of public record.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.09 | Appeal in Removal Cases on Questions of Law by Court of Appeals.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The decision of the court of common pleas in all cases for the removal of officers may be reviewed on appeal on questions of law by the court of appeals. The transcript of the record and the notice of appeal shall be filed in the court of appeals in not more than thirty days after the decision is rendered and the journal entry made by the court of common pleas. Such notice of appeal may be filed only after leave has been granted by the court of appeals for good cause shown at a hearing of which the attorneys for both the officer and the prosecution have been notified. The court of appeals has jurisdiction to hear such case at any place in the judicial district in which such court may be sitting, and such court shall hear such case in not more than thirty court days after the filing of the notice of appeal. The decision of the court of appeals in refusing to allow a notice of appeal to be filed, or in the passing upon the merits of the case in the appellate proceedings, shall be final. If the court of appeals reviews the proceedings provided for in section 3.08 of the Revised Code in any county within its judicial district other than the county where the officer complained against resides, said court of appeals shall transmit its findings with the reasons therefor to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the officer complained against resides, with instructions to said clerk to make the findings of said court a matter of record upon the journal of said court in the county where the officer complained against resides. In all cases involving the removal of an officer against whom a complaint has been filed in the court of appeals, the officer has the right of review or appeal to the supreme court on leave first obtained, and such court shall hear such case in not more than thirty court days after leave has been granted. In other respects such hearing shall follow the regular procedure in appealable cases which originate in the court of appeals.If any officer is removed and the law provides no means for filling the vacancy, the board of elections in the county where the removed officer resides shall order a special election to fill such vacancy in the unit of government in which such officer was elected.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.10 | Subpoena of Witnesses - Fees.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In removal proceedings under sections 3.07 to 3.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas and the court of appeals may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance in the same manner as in civil cases. Process shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which the witness resides.The witness fees and other fees in connection with the removal proceedings shall be the same as in civil cases, and the expenses incurred in any of said removal proceeding shall be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.11 | Restrictions on Holding More Than One Office.

Effective: January 9, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly|No person shall hold at the same time by appointment or election more than one of the following offices: sheriff, county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, county recorder, prosecuting attorney, and probate judge.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.111 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.111 | Simultaneous Service as Member or Officer of Board of Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

Effective: October 29, 2018|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 18 - 132nd General Assembly|An elected officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation that has levied an excise lodging tax under section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code, or a designee appointed by such elected officer, may simultaneously serve in the elected or appointed position and as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a convention and visitors' bureau organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The simultaneous holding of the two positions shall not constitute the holding of incompatible offices or employment, notwithstanding Ohio common law or any contrary provision of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section prevents a municipal corporation or chartered county from adopting a more restrictive policy regarding the simultaneous holding of the positions described in this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.112 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.112 | Simultaneous Service as Member of Board of Transportation Improvement District.

Effective: July 3, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly|An elected officer or an employee of a county, township, or municipal corporation may simultaneously serve as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district created under Chapter 5540. of the Revised Code. Neither the simultaneous holding of the two positions nor the financial or contractual relationship between a county, township, or municipal corporation and the transportation improvement district shall constitute the holding of incompatible offices or employment and are permissible, notwithstanding Ohio common law or any contrary provision of the Revised Code. An elected officer or an employee of a county, township, or municipal corporation who serves simultaneously as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district does not have an unlawful interest in a public contract under section 2921.42 of the Revised Code by virtue of a financial or contractual relationship between the county, township, or municipal corporation and the transportation improvement district.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.12 | Personal Liability of Officer Making Contract Without Authority.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|An officer or agent of the state or of any county, township, or municipal corporation who is charged or entrusted with the construction, improvement, or keeping in repair of a building or work of any kind, or with the management of or providing for a public institution, shall make no contract binding or purporting to bind the state, or such county, township, or municipal corporation, to pay any sum of money not previously appropriated for the purpose for which such contract is made, and remaining unexpended and applicable thereto, unless such officer or agent has been authorized to make such contract. If such officer or agent makes or participates in making a contract without such appropriation or authority, he is personally liable thereon, and the state, county, township, or municipal corporation in whose name or behalf the contract was made shall not be liable thereon.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.13 | Recovery of Illegal Loans or Deposits.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The state or a county, township, municipal corporation, or school board shall not be precluded by the illegal loan or deposit by an officer or agent of public money, funds, bonds, securities, or assets belonging to it from suing for and recovering the same. Such suit shall not be held to be an adoption or satisfaction of such illegal transaction.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.14 | Plan for the Funding or Refunding of Indebtedness.

Effective: October 30, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly|All officers, boards, or commissions created under the constitution or laws of this state which have the power to invest funds in their charge or under their control in bonds issued by any political subdivision of this state, or which have power to sell any such bonds, may, in all cases in which they determine that it is in the interest of the state, the funds under their control and the beneficiaries thereof, and other persons interested in such funds, consent to any plan for the funding or refunding of indebtedness of any such subdivision in whose notes or bonds such funds are invested, and to exchange such notes or bonds, whether matured or unmatured, for refunding bonds, authorized and to be issued under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, in an amount not less than the principal amount due upon the notes or bonds to be exchanged, which bonds need not bear the same rate of interest as the notes or bonds exchanged. If such plan provides for the cancellation of overdue interest upon notes or bonds to be exchanged, including interest upon any overdue interest upon such notes or bonds, whether represented by coupons or otherwise, such officers, boards, or commissions may waive such interest pursuant to such plan without consideration.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.15 | Residency Requirements for Public Officials.

Effective: October 5, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 711 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, at all times during one's term of office:(1) Each member of the general assembly and each elected voting member of the state board of education shall be a resident of the district the member represents.(2) Each judge and each elected officer of a court shall be a resident of the territory of that court.(3) Each person holding an elective office of a political subdivision shall be a resident of that political subdivision.(4) Each member of a municipal legislative authority who represents a ward shall be a resident of the ward the member represents, and each member of a board of education of a city school district who represents a subdistrict shall be a resident of the subdistrict the member represents.(B) Any person who fails to meet any of the requirements of division (A) of this section that apply to the person shall forfeit the office. Division (A) of this section applies to persons who have been either elected or appointed to an elective office. Division (A) of this section does not apply to a member of the general assembly or the state board of education, to a member of a municipal legislative authority who represents a ward, or to a member of a board of education of a city school district who represents a subdistrict, during the remainder of the member's existing term of office after there is a change in the member's district's, ward's, or subdistrict's boundaries that leaves the member's permanent residence outside the district, ward, or subdistrict.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.17 | Failure to Attend Meetings.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|Any member of a board, commission, council, board of trustees of an institution of higher education, or other public body of the state, except a member of the general assembly or a judge of any court in the state, who fails to attend at least three-fifths of the regular and special meetings held by that board, commission, council, board of trustees, or public body during any two-year period forfeits the member's position on that board, commission, council, board of trustees, or public body.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.20 | Oath and Affirmation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When an oath is required or authorized by law, an affirmation in lieu thereof may be taken by a person having conscientious scruples against taking an oath. An affirmation has the same effect as an oath.