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Ohio Rev Code § 731.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 731 | Organization|Section 731.99 | Penalty.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 731.36 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.(B) Whoever violates section 731.40 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.(C) Whoever violates section 731.38 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.01 | Executive Power in Cities.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|The executive power of cities shall be vested in a mayor, president of council, auditor, treasurer, director of law, director of public service, director of public safety, and such other officers and departments as are provided by Title VII of the Revised Code.Such executive officers shall have exclusive right to appoint all officers, clerks, and employees in their respective departments or offices and remove or suspend any of such officers, clerks, or employees, subject to the civil service laws.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.02 | Mayor of City - Election - Term.

Effective: January 1, 1967|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 106th General Assembly|The mayor of a city shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the city.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.03 | General Powers of Mayor in Cities - Merger of Certain Departments.

Effective: September 6, 1965|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 358 - 106th General Assembly|The mayor shall be the chief conservator of peace within the city. He may appoint and remove the director of public service, the director of public safety, and the heads of the subdepartments of public service and public safety, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are conferred and required by law.In any city the legislative authority thereof may, by a majority vote, merge the office of director of public safety with that of director of public service, with one director to be appointed for the merged department, and the director of the merged department shall have those qualifications provided in section 735.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.04 | Appointment of Municipal Officers in Cities.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The director of public service, director of public safety, directors of the university, street commissioner, or any officer or member of a board, whose appointment is required by Title VII of the Revised Code shall be appointed not earlier than the second Monday in January and not later than the first Monday in February.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.05 | Consultation and Advice to Directors of Departments in Cities.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the mayor deems it necessary, the directors of the several departments of the city shall meet with him at the time and place he designates, for consultation and advice upon the affairs of the city.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.06 | Mayor and Officers of Cities Shall Attend Meetings of Legislative Authority - Mayor's Written Recommendations.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The mayor, the directors, and the several officers provided for in Title VII of the Revised Code shall attend the meetings of the legislative authority of the city when specifically requested by such legislative authority, and answer at such time questions put to any of them by any member of such legislative authority, relative to the affairs of the city under their respective management and control. The mayor shall make such recommendations, in writing, to the legislative authority for the welfare of the city as seem wise to him.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.07 | Acting Mayor in Cities.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the mayor is absent from the city, or is unable for any cause to perform his duties, the president of the legislative authority shall be the acting mayor. While such president is acting as mayor, he shall not serve as president of the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.08 | Vacancy in Office of Mayor of City.

Effective: September 13, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 63 - 131st General Assembly|(A) In case of the death, resignation, or removal of the mayor, the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of that city who are members of the city central committee if there is one, or if not then of the county central committee, of the political party that nominated the last occupant of the office as a candidate for that office for the current term. If the vacancy occurs because of the death, resignation, or inability to take office of a mayor-elect, an appointment to take the office at the beginning of the term shall be made by the members of the central committee who reside in the city where the vacancy occurs.Not less than five nor more than forty-five days after the vacancy occurs, the specified members of the city or county committee shall meet to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. Not less than four days before the date of the meeting the committee chairperson or secretary shall send, by mail to every member eligible to vote on filling the vacancy, a written notice stating the date, time, and place of the meeting and its purpose. A majority of the eligible members present at the meeting may make the appointment.If the last occupant of the office of mayor or the mayor-elect was elected to serve the current term as an independent candidate, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by election by the legislative authority.(B) If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs more than forty days before the next regular municipal election, a successor shall be elected at that election for the unexpired term unless the unexpired term ends within one year immediately following the date of that election, in which case an election to fill the unexpired term shall not be held and the person appointed or elected under division (A) of this section shall hold the office for the unexpired term. If an election is held under this division, the person appointed or elected by the legislative authority under division (A) of this section shall hold the office until a successor is elected and qualified under this division.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.09 | President of Legislative Authority of City.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the president of the legislative authority of a city shall be elected for a term of two years, commencing on the first day of January next after election. The president of the legislative authority shall be an elector of the city, and shall preside at all regular and special meetings of such legislative authority, but the president shall have no vote therein except in case of a tie. (B) A city legislative authority may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the city electors the question of whether the term of office of the president of the legislative authority should be changed from two to four years. The question shall be voted upon at the next general election occurring not less than ninety days after the certification of the resolution to the board of elections. If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in the affirmative, the term of office of the president of the legislative authority shall be four years effective on the first day of January following the next regular municipal election.A city legislative authority whose president's term of office is four years may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the city electors the question of whether the president's term should be changed from four to two years. The question shall be voted upon at the next general election occurring not less than ninety days after the certification of the resolution to the board of elections. If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in the affirmative, the term of the office of the president of the legislative authority shall be two years effective on the first day of January following the next regular municipal election.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.10 | City Auditor.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The auditor of a city shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the city.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.11 | Books and Accounts - Merger of Offices in Certain Cities.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The city auditor shall keep the books of the city and exhibit accurate statements of all moneys received and expended, of all property owned by the city and the income derived therefrom, and of all taxes and assessments. In cities having a population of less than twenty thousand the legislative authority thereof may, by a majority vote, merge the duties of the clerk of the water works, clerk of the board of control, and clerk of such legislative authority with the duties of the auditor, allowing him such additional assistants in performing such duties as the legislative authority determines.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.12 | Auditing Accounts.

Effective: July 1, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly|At the end of each fiscal year, or more often if required by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the city auditor or village clerk shall audit the accounts of all officers and departments. The auditor or clerk shall prescribe the form of accounts and reports to be rendered to his department and the form and method of keeping accounts by all other departments and, subject to the powers and duties of the auditor of state, shall have the inspection and revision thereof. Upon the death, resignation, removal, or expiration of the term of any officer, the auditor or clerk shall audit the accounts of the officer and, if he is found indebted to the municipal corporation, the auditor or clerk shall immediately give notice thereof to the legislative authority and to the village solicitor or city director of law, and the latter shall proceed forthwith to collect the indebtedness.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.13 | Overdrawing Appropriation - Proof of Claims.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|The city auditor or village clerk shall not allow the amount set aside for any appropriation to be overdrawn, or the amount appropriated for one item of expense to be drawn upon for any other purpose or allow a voucher to be paid unless sufficient funds are in the treasury of the municipal corporation to the credit of the fund upon which such voucher is drawn. When any claim is presented to the auditor or clerk, he may require evidence that such amount is due, and for this purpose may summon any agent, clerk, or employee of the municipal corporation, or any other person, and examine him upon oath or affirmation concerning such voucher or claim.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.14 | Detailed Statements - Receipts.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On the first Monday of each month, detailed statements of the receipts and expenditures of the several officers and departments of the municipal corporation for the preceding month shall be made to the city auditor or village clerk by the heads of the departments. The auditor or clerk shall countersign each receipt given by the treasurer of the municipal corporation before it is delivered to the person entitled to receive it, and shall charge the treasurer with the amount thereof. If the auditor or clerk approves any voucher contrary to Title VII of the Revised Code, he and his sureties shall be individually liable for the amount thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.15 | Certificate as to Election of Certain Officers.

Effective: February 14, 1967|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 2 - 107th General Assembly|The city auditor or village clerk shall certify to the court of common pleas, the election of every officer of the municipal corporation having power to discharge the duties of a judge of a county court, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, or to certify depositions or affidavits to be used within such municipal corporation, with the date of such election, and the time when such officer became legally qualified to discharge the duties of such office. Such certificate shall be made within ten days after such qualification.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.16 | Clerk of Court Shall Record Certificates.

Effective: January 1, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 405 - 119th General Assembly|The clerk of the court of common pleas shall record the certificates provided for in section 733.15 of the Revised Code in an appropriate record book. The same fees shall be allowed to the officers certifying and recording them as are allowed under division (R) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.17 | Forfeiture for Neglect to Make Report.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Each city auditor or village clerk who is required to make a certificate under section 733.15 of the Revised Code, and each clerk of the court of common pleas required to record such certificate when it is presented for record, who neglects or refuses to perform such duty, shall pay fifteen dollars to the treasurer of the municipal corporation for each such neglect or refusal, to be recovered in a civil action, at the suit of such municipal corporation and shall also be liable for all damages arising from such neglect or refusal.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.18 | Duty of City Auditor as to Receiving Bids.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When bids are required to be filed for the letting of contracts by the director of public service or the director of public safety, the city auditor or his chief deputy shall attend and assist at the opening thereof and inspect them.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.19 | Deputy Auditor in Cities.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The city auditor may, when authorized by ordinance, appoint a deputy who, in the absence or disability of such auditor, shall perform his duties.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.20 | Seal of City Auditor.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a city shall provide a seal for the city auditor, in the center of which shall be the name of the city, and around the margin the words "City Auditor," an impression of which seal shall be affixed to all transcripts, orders, certificates, or other papers requiring authentication.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.21 | Board of Control.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The mayor, director of public service, and the director of public safety constitute the board of control of a city. The mayor shall be ex officio president. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings. All votes shall be yeas and nays and entered on the record, and the vote of a majority of all the members of the board shall be necessary to adopt any question, motion, or order.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.22 | Approval of Contracts.

Effective: April 13, 1990|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 254 - 118th General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of section 713.23, and sections 125.04 and 5513.01 of the Revised Code, no contract in the department of public service or the department of public safety, in excess of five thousand dollars, shall be awarded except on the approval of the board of control of the city, which board shall direct the director of the appropriate department to enter into the contract. The members of the board shall prepare estimates of the revenue and expenditure of their respective departments to be submitted to the city legislative authority by the mayor, as provided by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.23 | Executive Power in Villages.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The executive power of villages shall be vested in a mayor, clerk, treasurer, marshal, street commissioner, and such other officers and departments thereof as are created by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.24 | Mayor of Village - Election - Term - Qualifications - Powers - Duties.

Effective: October 17, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 35 - 116th General Assembly|The mayor of a village shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the village and shall have resided in the village for at least one year immediately preceding his election. Such mayor shall be the chief conservator of the peace therein and shall have the powers and duties provided by law. He shall be the president of the legislative authority and shall preside at all regular and special meetings thereof, but shall have no vote except in case of a tie.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.25 | Vacancy in Office of Mayor of Village.

Effective: February 17, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 194 - 109th General Assembly|When the mayor is absent from the village, or is unable for any cause to perform his duties, the president pro tempore of the legislative authority shall be acting mayor. In case of the death, resignation, or removal of the mayor, such president pro tempore shall become the mayor and shall hold the office until his successor is elected and qualified. Such successor shall be elected to the office for the unexpired term, at the first regular municipal election that occurs more than forty days after the vacancy has occurred; except that when the unexpired term ends within one year immediately following the date of such election, an election to fill such unexpired term shall not be held and the president of the legislative authority of the city shall hold the office for such unexpired term.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.26 | Election, Term, and Qualifications of Village Clerk.

Effective: March 15, 1983|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 139 - 114th General Assembly|The village clerk shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of April next after his election. He shall be an elector of the village.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.27 | Powers and Duties of Village Clerk - Training Programs.

Effective: September 27, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 81 - 121st General Assembly|(A) The village clerk shall attend all meetings of the legislative authority of the village, and keep a record of its proceedings and of all rules, bylaws, resolutions, and ordinances passed or adopted, which shall be subject to the inspection of all persons interested. In case of the absence of the clerk, such legislative authority shall appoint one of its members to perform the clerk's duties.(B) The village clerk shall attend training programs for new village clerks and annual training programs of continuing education for village clerks that are provided by the auditor of state pursuant to section 117.44 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.28 | Books and Accounts - Merger of Offices.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The village clerk shall keep the books of the village, exhibit accurate statements of all moneys received and expended, of all the property owned by the village and the income derived therefrom, and of all taxes and assessments. The legislative authority of the village may, by majority vote, merge the duties of the clerk of the board of trustees of public affairs with those of the village clerk, allowing the village clerk such additional assistance and compensation in performing the additional duties as the legislative authority determines.
Ohio Rev Code § 733.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 733 | Officers|Section 733.29 | Seal of Village Clerk.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a village shall provide a seal for the village clerk, in the center of which shall be the name of the village, and around the margin "Village Clerk," an impression of which seal shall be affixed to all transcripts, orders, certificates, or other papers requiring authentication.