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Ohio Rev Code § 521.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles|Section 521.02 | Petition for Maintenance and Repair Private Sewage Collection Tiles.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|Upon a petition filed with the township fiscal officer by one or more property owners whose property is served by a private sewage collection tile, or upon the board's own initiative by the adoption of a resolution, the board of township trustees may repair or maintain a private sewage collection tile within a township road right-of-way in the township as provided in this chapter. On receiving a petition, the township fiscal officer shall give to the board of township trustees a notice of the filing of the petition and a copy of the petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 521.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles|Section 521.03 | Notice of Hearing on Petition.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|On receiving a petition filed under section 521.02 of the Revised Code, or at the request of the board of township trustees, the township fiscal officer shall fix a time, not more than thirty days after the date of giving notice of the filing to the board or the date of receiving the request from the board, and place for a hearing on the issue of repair or maintenance of the tiles. The township fiscal officer shall prepare a notice in writing directed to the lot and land owners and to the corporations, either public or private, affected by the improvement. The notice shall set forth the substance of the petition or board request, and the time and place of the hearing on it. If the hearing is to be held in response to a petition, the township fiscal officer shall deliver a copy of the notice to any of the petitioners, who shall see that the notice is served on each lot or land owner or left at the lot or land owner's usual place of residence, and served on an officer or agent of each corporation affected by the improvement, at least fifteen days before the date set for the hearing. If the hearing is to be held at the request of the board, the board shall see that the notice is so served. On or before the day of the hearing, the person serving the notice shall certify, under oath, the time and manner of service, and shall file this certification with the township fiscal officer.The township fiscal officer shall give notice of the hearing to each nonresident lot or land owner, by publication once, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the township is situated, at least two weeks before the day set for the hearing. This notice shall be verified by affidavit of the printer or other person knowing the fact, and shall be filed with the township fiscal officer on or before the day of the hearing. No further notice of the petition or the proceedings under it shall thereafter be required.
Ohio Rev Code § 521.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles|Section 521.04 | Hearing on Petition.

Effective: November 9, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 115 - 120th General Assembly|At the time and place specified in the notice given under section 521.03 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall meet and hear any and all proof offered by any of the parties affected by the improvement, and by other persons competent to testify. The board shall go over and along the rights-of-way where the tiles in need of repair or maintenance are located, and, by actual view of them and of the premises along and adjacent to the area that would be benefited by the repair or maintenance, shall determine the necessity of the improvement. The board may find that the improvement will result in general as well as special benefits. The board may adjourn from time to time and to any place it considers necessary.
Ohio Rev Code § 521.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles|Section 521.05 | Contracts for Maintenance and Repair Private Sewage Collection Tiles.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) If the total estimated cost of any improvement provided for in section 521.04 of the Revised Code is fifty thousand dollars or less, the contract may be let without competitive bidding. When competitive bidding is required, the board of township trustees shall post, in three of the most conspicuous public places in the township, a notice specifying the improvement to be made and the time, which shall be at least thirty days after the posting of the notices, and the place the board will receive bids to make the improvement. The board shall accept the lowest and best bid, if the successful bidder meets the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. The board may reject all bids. (B) On accepting a bid, the board shall enter into a contract with the successful bidder for making the improvement according to specifications. The contract shall not be for a term longer than ten years.
Ohio Rev Code § 521.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles|Section 521.06 | Special Assessments for Maintenance and Repair Private Sewage Collection Tiles.

Effective: November 9, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 115 - 120th General Assembly|The cost and expenses of making the improvement made pursuant to a determination by the board under section 521.04 of the Revised Code shall be paid from a fund raised by special assessments against the lots and lands in the township that are benefited by the improvement, except that if the board of township trustees finds, by resolution, that the improvement will result in general as well as special benefits, there may be paid from the general fund of the township treasury such portion of the cost and expenses as is found to represent the value of the general benefit. If moneys are to be paid from the general fund of the township treasury, no improvement shall be made until the adoption of the resolution required under this division.The assessments shall not exceed the special benefits resulting from the improvement, they shall be paid and collected in equal semiannual installments, equal in number to twice the number of years for which the contract is made, and they shall be paid and collected in the same manner as and at the same times that taxes are paid and collected. Any such assessment in the amount of five dollars or less, or with an unpaid balance of five dollars or less, shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise become due and payable. The assessments may be made and levied by any one or more of the following methods:(A) By a percentage of the tax value of the property assessed;(B) In proportion to the benefits that may result from the improvement;(C) By the front footage of the property abutting the right-of-way;(D) In an equal amount against each benefited lot, this amount to be determined by dividing the total cost per semiannual installment by the number of benefited lots in the township.
Ohio Rev Code § 521.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles|Section 521.07 | Collecting and Disposing of Assessments.

Effective: November 9, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 115 - 120th General Assembly|The board of township trustees shall, by resolution, assess against the benefited lots and parcels of land in the township, in accordance with section 521.06 of the Revised Code, such portion of the costs of the improvement, for the period of the contract and the proceedings in relation to the contract, as does not exceed the special benefits resulting from the improvement, and shall certify these costs to the auditor. The auditor shall annually place on the tax duplicate, for collection in semiannual installments as provided in that section, the two installments of the assessment for that year, which installments shall be paid and collected as provided in that section.When collected, the assessments shall go into the township treasury and shall be used by the board only for the purpose for which they were levied and collected.
Ohio Rev Code § 523.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 523 | Merged Townships|Section 523.01 | Merger to Create New Township.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The territory of one or more townships may be merged with that of a contiguous township to create a new township, in the manner provided under this chapter. The new township shall have all of, and only, the rights, powers, and responsibilities afforded by law to townships.
Ohio Rev Code § 523.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 523 | Merged Townships|Section 523.02 | Initiative Petition.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A resolution for a merger under this chapter may be proposed by initiative petition by the electors of each township being proposed for merger, and adopted by election by these electors under the same circumstances, in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as provided by sections 731.28 to 731.40 and 731.99 of the Revised Code for municipal corporations, except that all of the following apply: (1) Each board of township trustees shall perform the duties imposed on the legislative authority of the municipal corporation under those sections;(2) Initiative petitions shall be filed with the township fiscal officer of each township proposed for merger, who shall perform the duties imposed under those sections upon the city auditor or village clerk;(3) Initiative petitions shall contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the total number of electors in a township proposed for merger who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general election in the township for that office;(4) Each signer of an initiative petition shall be an elector of the township in which the election on the proposed resolution is to be held.(B) The merger shall take effect one hundred twenty days after certification by the board or boards of elections that the merger has been approved by the electors of each township proposed for merger.
Ohio Rev Code § 523.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 523 | Merged Townships|Section 523.03 | Submission to Voters.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The boards of township trustees of two or more townships, by adopting resolutions by a majority vote of the board of township trustees of each township, may cause the appropriate board of elections for each township to submit to the electors of each township the question of merger under section 523.01 of the Revised Code. The question shall be voted upon at the next general election occurring not less than ninety days after the certification of the resolutions to the appropriate board of elections. (B) In submitting to the electors of each township the question of merger, the board of elections shall submit the question in language substantially as follows:"Shall the townships of ________________ (Names of all of the townships to be merged) be merged to create the new township of _______________ (Name of the new township)?"(C) The merger shall take effect one hundred twenty days after certification by the board or boards of elections that the merger has been approved by the electors of each township proposed for merger.
Ohio Rev Code § 523.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 523 | Merged Townships|Section 523.04 | Merger Agreement.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Within one hundred twenty days after approval of the merger by the electors under section 523.02 or 523.03 of the Revised Code, each board of township trustees of the townships merged, by adopting a joint resolution approved by a majority of the members of each board, shall enter into a merger agreement that contains the specific terms and conditions of the merger. At a minimum, the merger agreement shall set forth all of the following: (1) The names of the former townships that were merged;(2) The name of the new township;(3) The place in which the principal office of the new township will be located or the manner in which it may be selected;(4) The territorial boundaries of the new township;(5) The date on which the merger took effect;(6) The governmental operations and organization for the new township, including a plan for electing officers at the next general election that is held not later than ninety days after the merger agreement is finalized;(7) A procedure for the efficient and timely transition of specific services, functions, and responsibilities from each township and its respective offices to the new township;(8) Terms for the disposition of the assets and property of each township, if necessary;(9) The liquidation of existing indebtedness for each township, if necessary;(10) A plan for the common administration and enforcement of resolutions of the townships merged, to be enforced uniformly within the new township;(11) A provision that specifies whether there will be any zoning changes as a result of the merger, if applicable;(12) A plan to conform the boundaries of an existing special purpose district with the new township, to dissolve the special purpose district, or to absorb the special purpose district into the new township. As used in this division, "special purpose district" has the meaning in division (F) of section 523.06 of the Revised Code.(B) A copy of the joint resolution and the merger agreement adopted under this section shall be filed with the township fiscal officer of the new township. The merger agreement shall take effect on the day on which such filing is made.(C) If no merger agreement, or if only a partial merger agreement, is entered into within the time period prescribed by division (A) of this section, the new township shall comply with and operate under a merger agreement that contains the terms and conditions required by section 523.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 523.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 523 | Merged Townships|Section 523.05 | Succession of Interests.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A new township created under this chapter shall succeed to the following interests of each township merged: (1) All money, taxes, and special assessments, whether in the township treasury or in the process of collection;(2) All property and interests in property, whether real or personal;(3) All rights and interests in contracts, or in securities, bonds, notes, or other instruments;(4) All accounts receivable and rights of action;(5) All other matters not included in this section that are not addressed in the merger agreement.(B) A new township created under this chapter is legally obligated for all outstanding franchises, contracts, debts, and other legally binding obligations for each township merged into the new township. A new township created under this chapter is legally responsible for maintaining, defending, or otherwise resolving any and all legal claims or actions of each township merged into the new township.
Ohio Rev Code § 523.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 523 | Merged Townships|Section 523.07 | Effect of Disapproval of Merger.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|If a merger is disapproved by a majority of those voting on it in the townships proposed to be merged, an identical merger shall not be considered for at least three years after the date of the disapproval.
Ohio Rev Code § 701.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 701 | General Provisions|Section 701.01 | General Provisions Definitions.

Effective: August 7, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 53 - 127th General Assembly|In the interpretation of Title VII of the Revised Code, unless the context shows that another meaning was intended: (A) "Person" includes a private corporation.(B) "Writing" includes printing.(C) "Oath" includes affirmation.(D) "Property" includes real, personal, and mixed estates and interests.(E) "Land" and "real estate" include rights and easements of an incorporeal nature.(F) "Plan of sewerage," "system of sewerage," "sewer," and "sewers" include sewers, sewage disposal works and treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor.This enumeration does not require a strict construction of any other words in such title.
Ohio Rev Code § 701.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 701 | General Provisions|Section 701.03 | Right of Visitation.

Effective: July 6, 1982|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly|The general assembly, by a committee; the governor; the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by a committee; the mayor or the board of health of a municipal corporation; the judge of any court of this state; the grand jury of the county; or a duly authorized representative of the governor may at any time visit and inspect any of the benevolent or correctional institutions established by a municipal corporation, and examine the books and accounts thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 701.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 701 | General Provisions|Section 701.05 | Authority of Municipal Corporations.

Effective: July 26, 1963|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 69 - 105th General Assembly|Municipal corporations operating under a charter which provides for or authorizes a method of procedure in the passage and publication of legislation, the making of improvements, and the levying of assessments differing from the method prescribed by general law, may pass and publish such legislation, make such improvements, and levy such assessments under the general law or in accordance with the procedure provided for or authorized by its charter. Assessments so levied by charter municipal corporations shall, as to their amount, be subject to the limitations, whether based on percentages of value of land to be assessed, proportion of cost and expense of the improvement, or other basis, as fixed by general law; provided that notwithstanding section 727.05 of the Revised Code, the entire cost may be assessed of sprinkling, sweeping, cleaning, removing snow from and treating the surface of municipal streets, alleys, and public ways.
Ohio Rev Code § 701.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 701 | General Provisions|Section 701.06 | Validating Previous Proceedings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All legislative steps and all improvements and assessment proceedings taken by any charter municipal corporation prior to April 16, 1925, which would have been valid if this section and section 701.05 of the Revised Code had been in effect at the time, shall be legal and valid legislative steps, improvements, and assessments. All notes or bonds issued or authorized by any such charter municipal corporation prior to such date, which have been or will be sold for not less than par and accrued interest, and the proceeds thereof have been or will be paid into the treasury, which would have been valid if such sections had been in effect at the time, shall be valid and binding obligations.
Ohio Rev Code § 701.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 701 | General Provisions|Section 701.10 | Unpaid Charges for Collection or Disposal Services.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation that has established a rate or charge, payable to the municipal corporation, for the provision of collection or disposal services for garbage, ashes, animal and vegetable refuse, dead animals, or animal offal may certify to the county auditor, by ordinance, the amount of the rate or charge that has not been paid in accordance with applicable requirements by a person using the collection or disposal services, when either of the following applies: (a) The unpaid amount is equal to or greater than two hundred fifty dollars; or (b) The unpaid amount is equal to or greater than the applicable annual rate or charge imposed by the municipal corporation upon the person using the collection or disposal services, regardless of the actual cost incurred by the municipal corporation in providing the collection or disposal services. (2) The amount certified shall be a lien on the person's property to which services are provided, placed on the tax list in a separate column, collected as other taxes, and paid into the general fund of the municipal corporation. (B) A municipal corporation that, on or before October 17, 2019, collected all rates or charges for such services in a manner consistent with the collection of other taxes, rather than making that rate or charge payable to the municipal corporation, may continue to collect amounts in such manner without being subject to the limitation in division (A)(1) of this section. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 4:10 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 703.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 703 | Classification|Section 703.01 | Classification - Federal Census.

Effective: October 29, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 189 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Municipal corporations, which, at the last federal census, had a population of five thousand or more, or five thousand registered resident electors or resident voters as provided in section 703.011 of the Revised Code, are cities. All other municipal corporations are villages. Cities, which, at any federal census, have a population of less than five thousand, shall become villages. Villages, which, at any federal census, have a population of five thousand or more, shall become cities.(B)(1) No municipal corporation shall have its classification as a village changed to that of a city by virtue of there being counted, in determining the population of that municipal corporation, either of the following:(a) College or university students in attendance at an educational institution located within the municipal corporation if the residential addresses of those students when not in attendance at the institution, or the residential addresses of the guardians of those students, as determined by the records of the institution kept by its registrar, are at a place other than the municipal corporation in which the institution is located;(b) Persons under detention in a detention facility located within the municipal corporation if the residential addresses of those persons when not detained in that facility, as determined by the records of the facility, are at a place other than the municipal corporation in which the facility is located.(2) After each decennial census, the secretary of state shall issue a proclamation certifying the number of permanent residents in a municipal corporation in which a college or university or in which a detention facility is located and the number of students attending a college or university or the number of persons detained in a detention facility located within the municipal corporation.(3) As used in division (B) of this section, "detention facility" has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.