reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
Ohio Rev Code § 503.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.01 | Corporate Powers and Duties of Civil Township.

Effective: December 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 129 - 127th General Assembly|Each civil township is a body politic and corporate, for the purpose of enjoying and exercising the rights and privileges conferred upon it by law. It may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and receive and hold real estate by devise or deed, or receive and hold personal property for the benefit of the township for any useful purpose. The board of township trustees shall hold such property in trust for the township for the purpose specified in the devise, bequest, or deed of gift. Such board may also receive any conveyance of real estate to the township, when necessary to secure or pay a debt or claim due such township, and may sell and convey real estate so received. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the fund to which such debt or claim belonged. The board of township trustees may acquire real property within the unincorporated territory of the township in order to provide needed public improvements to the property pursuant to sections 5709.73 to 5709.75 of the Revised Code. The board of township trustees may enter into contracts with municipal corporations pursuant to section 715.70, 715.71, or 715.72 of the Revised Code, and with counties pursuant to division (D) of section 715.72 of the Revised Code, to create a joint economic development district. Whenever the board finds it necessary to determine the value of any real property the township owns or proposes to acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, the board may employ for reasonable compensation competent appraisers to advise it of the value of the property or expert witnesses to testify to the value in an appropriation proceeding.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.02 | Township Boundaries Changed by Partition or Division.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of county commissioners may change the boundaries of any civil township, or partition any township among other townships within the county, by attaching a part of one township to another, by dividing one township and attaching the parts to other townships, or by laying off and designating a new township from the territory of one or more townships of the same county or from territory not before included in a civil township, when it is made to appear necessary or expedient by a petition for that purpose, signed by a majority of the electors residing within the bounds of the townships to be affected by the partition or division, as determined by the number of votes cast in those townships for the office of governor at the most recent general election for that office. If the board receives a petition to partition a township that has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code, signed by a majority of the electors residing in that township, the board shall certify the question of whether or not the township shall remain intact to the board of elections. The board of elections shall determine the validity and sufficiency of the signatures on the petition and, if there are enough valid signatures, shall place the question on the ballot at a special election to be held on the day of the next general or primary election in the township occurring at least ninety days after the petition is filed, for a vote of the electors within that township. If a majority of those voting vote against keeping the township intact, the board of county commissioners shall proceed to partition the township. If a majority of those voting vote for keeping the township intact, the board of county commissioners shall not partition the township and shall deny the petition.(B) If a township is divided or partitioned under this section, the board of county commissioners shall apportion the funds in the township's treasury to the township to which portions of the divided or partitioned township are attached, or to the new townships established. This apportionment may take into account the taxable property valuation, population, or size of the portions created by the division or partition, as well as any other readily ascertainable criteria.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.03 | Area of Townships.

Effective: November 3, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 91 - 123rd General Assembly|Except as provided in section 503.09 of the Revised Code, no new township shall be laid off containing less than twenty-two square miles, but the boundaries of a township may be changed so as to reduce its territory below that quantity.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.04 | Notice of Hearing - Record of Boundaries.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Before action is taken on an application for partition, alteration, change, or laying off of the boundaries of a township by the board of county commissioners, at least thirty days' notice of the time for the hearing on such application or petition shall be given by advertisement, at three public places within the bounds of the territory proposed to be partitioned, altered, changed, or laid off. The board shall cause the boundaries of such township, so changed or altered, or new township laid off, to be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall give each new township, so laid off, an appropriate name. No two townships in any county shall be incorporated by the same name.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.05 | Adjustment of Disputed Boundaries.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|When a boundary line between townships is in dispute, the board of county commissioners, upon application of the board of township trustees of one of such townships, and upon notice in writing to the board of township trustees of such civil township, and on thirty days' public notice printed in a newspaper of general circulation within the county, shall establish such boundary line and make a record thereof as provided by section 503.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.06 | Marking Township Boundary Lines.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners and the county engineer shall determine and suitably mark the township boundary lines at all points where they intersect a public road when the point of such intersection is in dispute.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.061 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.061 | Highway Signs Indicating Boundaries of Township.

Effective: June 30, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly|A board of township trustees, irrespective of the population or any other characteristic of the township, may adopt and submit to the director of transportation a resolution requesting the department of transportation to erect signs in the rights-of-way of state highways, other than freeways and expressways, located within that township and outside the limits of an incorporated municipality, indicating the boundaries of that township. Upon receipt of the resolution, the director shall agree to erect the signs for the township.All signs erected under this section shall conform to the provisions contained in the manual adopted by the department of transportation pursuant to section 4511.09 of the Revised Code regarding the size, coloring, contents, lettering, and installation locations of the signs.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.07 | Conformity of Boundaries.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) When the limits of a municipal corporation do not comprise the whole of the township in which it is situated, or if by change of limits of the corporation include territory lying in more than one township, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by an affirmative majority vote of its members, may petition the board of county commissioners for a change of township lines in order to make them identical, in whole or in part, with the limits of the municipal corporation, or to erect a new township out of the portion of such township included within the limits of the municipal corporation. (B) At least ten days before the municipal legislative authority votes on a change of township lines, the legislative authority shall provide notice to any township that is the subject of the boundary change sought under this section. If the vote is not taken or does not result in an affirmative vote of the majority, notice shall be provided to any such township within ten days after the result is known or the vote is not taken. The notice shall be sent by ordinary mail or, if the municipal corporation has record of an internet identifier of record for the affected township, by that internet identifier of record. (C) The board of county commissioners, on presentation of the petition, with authentication of the proceedings of the legislative authority, at a regular or adjourned session, shall, upon the petition of a city, change the boundaries of the township or erect a new township out of the portion of the township included within the limits of the municipal corporation, and may, upon the petition of a village, change the boundaries of the township or erect such a new township. (D) As used in this section, "internet identifier of record" has the same meaning as in section 9.312 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.08 | Disposition of Remainder of Township - Name.

Effective: November 3, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 91 - 123rd General Assembly|After a change of boundaries is made as provided by section 503.07 of the Revised Code, any township not having a municipal corporation remaining within its limits may be partitioned as provided in section 503.02 of the Revised Code. Unless and until a partition is made under that section, the remaining township territory shall remain intact. If the changes made under section 503.07 of the Revised Code require the remaining township to acquire a new township name, the board of county commissioners shall name the remaining township and record the name in a book kept as required in section 503.04 of the Revised Code. No two townships in any county shall have the same name.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.09 | Petition to Erect New Township Excluding Territory of Municipal Corporation.

Effective: July 26, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 77 - 114th General Assembly|Where a township contains a municipal corporation, either in whole or in part, if a majority of the freehold electors owning land in the portion of such a township outside the municipal corporation's corporate limits, petitions, with a map accurately setting forth such territory, praying to have such territory erected into a new township, and excluding the territory within the municipal corporation, the board of county commissioners shall enter an order erecting such territory into a new township, the boundaries of which need not include twenty-two square miles of territory. Upon the erection of such new township, the territory lying within the limits of the new municipal corporation in the original township shall be considered as not being located in any township.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.10 | Apportionment of Indebtedness.

Effective: July 26, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 77 - 114th General Assembly|Before entering an order as provided by section 503.09 of the Revised Code, creating a new township, the board of county commissioners shall first ascertain and apportion the amount of existing indebtedness of the original township between the new township and the municipal corporation eliminated from the township. Such apportionment shall be made in proportion to the tax duplicates of the respective territories subject to levy, in order to provide for the payment of such indebtedness. After such an order is entered the respective subdivisions shall assume full responsibility for the levying and collecting of taxes for the payment of such indebtedness.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.11 | Division of Funds on Hand, Credits, and Properties.

Effective: July 26, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 77 - 114th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners, upon entering a order erecting a new township under section 503.09 of the Revised Code, shall include in such order a proper division of funds on hand, credits, and properties of the original township, between the new township and the municipal corporation eliminated from the township, on the basis of the respective tax duplicates subject to levy for the creation of such funds or credits, or subject to taxation for the creation of the fund from which the property was acquired.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.12 | Appointment of Township Officers.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon entering an order under section 503.09 of the Revised Code, creating a new township, the board of county commissioners shall appoint all township officers to serve until the next township election.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.13 | Completion of Proceedings.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|The petition, map, and order of the board of county commissioners, certified by the county auditor, shall be recorded in the official records of the county recorder, and as soon as a record is made, proceedings under sections 503.09 to 503.12 of the Revised Code for the erection of a new township shall be complete.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.14 | Method of Boundary Change.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the change of boundaries of townships is required by reason of the extension of the limits of a municipal corporation, such change shall be made by annexation to the township in which the municipal corporation or the greater part of it was previously situated, of such parts of other townships as are covered by such extension.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.15 | Boundary Change if Corporation Located in Two or More Counties.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a municipal corporation is situated in two or more counties, the application for change of township lines provided for by section 503.07 of the Revised Code may be made to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the change of boundaries is proposed, or, if the change is to be made in two or more counties, such application shall be made to the boards of the several counties as to the territory situated within them, respectively.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.16 | Change of Name of Township.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners, on petition of a majority of the electors of an incorporated township, for good cause shown, may alter the name of such township. Thirty days' previous notice of such intended application must be given by advertisement, at three public places in the township. Such change shall not affect the right of property or the internal concerns of the township.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.161 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.161 | Change of Township Name Election.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|(A) A board of township trustees, by a unanimous vote, may adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the electors of the unincorporated area of the township the question of whether the township's name should be changed. (B) The electors of the unincorporated area of a township may petition the board of township trustees to adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the electors the question of whether the township's name should be changed. Upon receipt of a petition signed by twenty per cent of the electors of the unincorporated area of the township, as determined by the total number of votes cast in that area for the office of governor at the preceding general election for that office, the board of township trustees shall adopt such a resolution.(C) The question of whether the township's name should be changed shall be voted upon at the next primary or general election occurring at least ninety days after the certification of the resolution adopted under division (A) or (B) of this section to the board of elections.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.162 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.162 | Election on Name Change Procedure.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) After certification of a resolution as provided in section 503.161 of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall submit the question of whether the township's name shall be changed to the electors of the unincorporated area of the township in accordance with division (C) of that section, and the ballot language shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the township of __________ (name) change its name to ________ (proposed name)?__________ For name change__________ Against name change"(B)(1) At least forty-five days before the election on this question, the board of township trustees shall provide notice of the election and an explanation of the proposed name change in a newspaper of general circulation in the township once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The board of township trustees shall post the notice and explanation in five conspicuous places in the unincorporated area of the township.(2) If the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, notice of the election and an explanation of the proposed name change shall be posted on that web site for at least thirty days before the election on this question.(C) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition of changing the township's name is in the affirmative, the name change is adopted and becomes effective ninety days after the board of elections certifies the election results to the fiscal officer of the township. Upon receipt of the certification of the election results from the board of elections, the fiscal officer of the township shall send a copy of that certification to the secretary of state.(D) A change in the name of a township shall not alter the rights or liabilities of the township as previously named.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.17 | Boundary Change Effect on Contracts.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a township is altered, diminished, or changed in any way by the formation of new townships, additions to other townships, or otherwise, such original township and all portions thereof shall remain liable to the same extent on contracts, engagements, or liabilities contracted by such township prior to the change as if no such alteration, diminution, or change had taken place.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.18 | Taxable Property.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In case of a division or change of a township which has retained its original name, the board of township trustees, in levying a tax for the payment of any legal or just claims against such township contracted prior to the change, shall procure a certified abstract from the county auditor, or, in case parcels of such township have been attached to townships of different counties, from the county auditors of the counties to which any portion of such township has been attached, of all the taxable property situated in such attached portions, with the names of the persons owning them.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.19 | Manner of Making Assessment.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In making the assessment and levy for the payment of any indebtedness as provided by section 503.18 of the Revised Code, or interest thereon, the board of township trustees shall levy an amount, not exceeding that limited by sections 5705.01 to 5705.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the payment of claims against townships, on the taxable property within the limits of such township as it was bounded before the change, and shall certify an abstract thereof to the county auditor of the proper county.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.20 | Divided Parcels.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If parcels of a township have been attached to territory in different counties, the board of township trustees shall certify an abstract of the tax levied under sections 503.18 and 503.19 of the Revised Code upon the property in such parcels to the county auditors of the respective counties, with the names of the persons so assessed, and the amount assessed to each. Such auditors shall thereupon enter such levies upon the tax list and duplicate, designating the persons taxed, and for what purpose the levy was made, and the taxes shall be collected on such property as in other cases.
Ohio Rev Code § 503.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 503 | General Provisions|Section 503.21 | Payment of Money to Board of Township Trustees by County Treasurer.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The county treasurer of a county collecting a tax as provided by sections 503.18 and 503.19 of the Revised Code, on demand, shall pay to the board of township trustees of the township, after each semiannual settlement, all moneys that have been collected for such township, and such treasurer shall be entitled to the same fees, and subject to the same liabilities, for duties performed under sections 503.17 to 503.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as in other cases.