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Ohio Rev Code § 709.191 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.191 | Annual Payments to Compensate for Lost Tax Revenue.

Effective: February 2, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 19 - 114th General Assembly|In lieu of making any of the payments required by section 709.19 of the Revised Code and for any proposed annexation which does not require payments under that section, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation which proposes to annex unincorporated territory of a township may enter into an agreement with the board of township trustees of the township in which the territory to be annexed is located, whereby the municipal corporation agrees to make an annual payment to the township to compensate for lost tax revenues. The agreement shall set forth the amount of the annual payment and the number of payments to be made.If a municipal corporation fails to make an annual payment pursuant to an agreement entered into under this section, the board of township trustees shall notify the county budget commission in writing of the amount owed by the municipal corporation to the township. The county budget commission shall reduce the amount apportioned to the municipal corporation from the undivided local government fund pursuant to section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code by the amount of the payment due the township under the municipal-township agreement and shall increase, by an amount equal to this reduction, the amount apportioned to the township from the undivided local government fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.20 | Rights When Annexation Complete.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the annexation of the territory described in the petition mentioned in section 709.15 of the Revised Code has been completed, such territory is a part of the annexing municipal corporation, and the inhabitants residing in the territory shall have all the rights and privileges of the inhabitants residing within the original limits of such municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.21 | Errors Not Fatal to Proceedings.

Effective: March 27, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 5 - 124th General Assembly|No error, irregularity, or defect in the proceedings under sections 709.01 to 709.20 of the Revised Code shall render them invalid once annexation has become final and the annexed territory has been recognized as a part of the annexing municipal corporation, taxes levied upon it as such have been paid, and it has been subjected to the authority of the legislative authority of the annexing municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.22 | Annexation of Territory of One Municipal Corporation to a Contiguous Municipal Corporation.

Effective: June 13, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 111th General Assembly|Territory of a municipal corporation may be annexed to that of a contiguous municipal corporation in the manner provided in sections 709.23 to 709.34 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.23 | Arrangement of Conditions of Annexation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may propose annexation of its territory to that of any contiguous municipal corporation, and it shall thereupon pass an ordinance declaring its desire to be annexed and shall appoint three commissioners to represent it in such negotiations and to arrange the conditions of annexation.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.24 | Petition for Annexation - Appointment of Commission.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If there is presented to the legislative authority of a municipal corporation proposed to be annexed to an adjoining or contiguous municipal corporation, a petition signed by resident electors, who voted at the last regular municipal election, numbering not less than twenty-five per cent of the number of electors who voted in such election in the territory proposed to be annexed, representing their desire that such legislative authority take the necessary steps to select and appoint three commissioners to represent such municipal corporation in annexation proceedings, and if such petition is accompanied by a certificate verified on belief by oath, from the clerk of the board of elections of the county in which the municipal corporation is located, to the effect that the petition does contain the names of resident electors who voted at the last regular municipal election, of a number not less than twenty-five per cent of those who voted at such election, the legislative authority shall, within thirty days after the presentation of such petition, pass an ordinance declaring its intention to enter into negotiations with the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed and shall appoint the three commissioners to represent it in such negotiations.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.25 | Ordinance or Petition - Procedure.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The ordinance provided for in section 709.23 of the Revised Code, or the petition provided for in section 709.24 of the Revised Code, shall specify whether annexation is desired for corporate municipal purposes only, or for such purposes and for school purposes. In case annexation is desired both for corporate municipal purposes and for school purposes, such questions shall be submitted separately, but may be printed upon the same ballot. The legislative authorities in both municipal corporations in such case shall certify a copy of such ordinance or petition to the board of education of their respective municipal corporations, each of which shall, within thirty days, appoint three commissioners who shall meet forthwith and, within fifteen days, negotiate the terms of annexation for school purposes and certify such terms to their respective boards of education. Such boards shall, by resolution, submit the question of annexing such school district in the manner provided by law.Such question as to annexation for school purposes shall be submitted to the electors of the respective school districts in which such municipal corporations are situated, irrespective of deviations of school district boundaries from those of the affected municipal corporations.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.26 | Designation of Commissioners for Negotiation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon the passage of the ordinance provided for in section 709.23 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the legislative authority passing such an ordinance shall submit a certified copy of it to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed, and within thirty days after the receipt of such certified copy the legislative authority of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed may pass an ordinance designating three commissioners to represent it in such negotiations.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.27 | Procedure on Failure of Legislative Authority to Designate Commissioners.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If, within thirty days after receipt of a certified copy of an ordinance from a municipal corporation proposing annexation designating its three commissioners, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed fails to pass an ordinance designating three commissioners to represent it in such negotiations, then, on receipt of a petition signed by resident electors of a number not less than twenty-five per cent of the number of electors voting at the last previous regular municipal election of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed, petitioning the legislative authority thereof to take such action as is necessary to initiate such proceedings and to appoint three commissioners to represent it therein, the legislative authority shall pass an ordinance appointing such commissioners.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.28 | Conditions of Annexation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The commissioners appointed by the respective municipal corporations proposing annexation pursuant to sections 709.23 to 709.33, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall proceed to arrange the conditions of annexation and report the result of their action to the legislative authorities of their respective municipal corporations within one hundred twenty days from the date of the appointment of the commissioners of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed.If such commissioners are unable to agree upon the conditions of annexation within such time, the probate judge of the county in which the municipal corporations are situated shall appoint one additional commissioner, who shall not be a resident of either of such municipal corporations. The additional commissioner shall act with the other commissioners appointed as provided by such sections, in arranging conditions of such annexation, and the conclusions arrived at and agreed upon by any four of such commissioners shall be the conditions upon which said annexation shall be submitted to the voters of such municipal corporations, and the findings thus arrived at shall be reported by the commissioners to the legislative authority of each of such municipal corporations.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.29 | Submission of Question of Annexation to a Vote - Procedure.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|Within thirty days after filing the conditions of annexation as provided by section 709.28 of the Revised Code with the legislative authorities of the municipal corporations, the legislative authorities of both such municipal corporations shall order the question of annexation, upon the conditions contained in the report of such commissioners, to be submitted to a vote at the next regular election or primary election, occurring not less than ninety days after the filing of such conditions with the board of elections. Each ordinance shall prescribe the manner in which the submission shall be made and shall be published in its respective municipal corporation by posters or otherwise, for a period of at least twenty days, prior to the time fixed for the election, in such manner as the legislative authority deems most expedient, and a printed copy of such conditions shall be mailed to each voter of such municipal corporations, as shown by the registration books.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.30 | Assent to Annexation - Election.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a city to which the annexation of another city or village or part thereof is sought as provided in sections 709.22 to 709.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may by ordinance, and the board of education of a city school district to which the annexation of another city school district, exempted village school district, or local school district containing a village is sought as provided in such sections may by resolution, assent to such annexation and waive the submission of such question to the electors of the city or district to which such annexation is proposed. If, within thirty days of the passage or adoption of such ordinance or resolution, a petition, signed by twenty-five per cent of the voters of such district or city, is filed requesting that such election be held, such waiver shall be of no effect, and provision shall be made for the holding of such election as provided in section 709.29 of the Revised Code. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections, and upon finding such a petition sufficient such board of elections shall notify the legislative authority or board of education affected thereby, and shall prepare to conduct such election.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.31 | Election Results Certified.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If a majority of the electors of each municipal corporation, voting on the question submitted under section 709.29 of the Revised Code, are in favor of annexation, the board of elections shall thereupon certify the results of the election in each municipal corporation to the legislative authorities of both municipal corporations.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.32 | Clerk of Municipal Corporation to Certify Transcripts.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|Under the direction of the municipal corporation to which territory is proposed to be annexed, the auditor or clerk thereof shall make and certify two transcripts of all the ordinances, abstracts of the returns of the votes, and other papers relating to annexation, one of which shall be filed in the official records of the county recorder, and the other shall be forwarded to the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.33 | Effective Date of Annexation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the transcripts of annexation proceedings are certified as provided in section 709.32 of the Revised Code, and after one of them is delivered to the county recorder and the other forwarded to the secretary of state, the annexation shall be complete and the conditions of annexation shall thereupon become operative. The municipal corporation to which the annexation is made shall pass such ordinances as will carry into effect the conditions of annexation.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.34 | Government of the Municipal Corporations.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the annexation of a municipal corporation under sections 709.23 to 709.33, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is completed, the two former municipal corporations shall be governed as one, embracing the territory of both, and the inhabitants of all such territory shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to the conditions of annexation. The annexation shall not affect any rights or liabilities existing at the time of annexation, either in favor of or against such municipal corporations, except such as are affected by the conditions of annexation. Actions founded on such rights and privileges may be commenced, and pending actions prosecuted to final judgment and execution, as though the annexation had not taken place.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.37 | Adjustment of Boundaries of Adjoining Municipal Corporations by Mutual Consent.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any two adjoining municipal corporations may, by ordinance of their respective legislative authorities, agree to a change in the boundary line separating such municipal corporations, provided such change does not involve the transfer of territory, inhabited by more than five voters, from one to the other or from each to the other. The ordinances setting forth such agreement shall be certified to the board of county commissioners. Upon receipt of such certified ordinances, the board shall proceed by resolution to approve such change of boundary and to make such adjustment of funds, unpaid taxes, claims, indebtedness, and other fiscal matters as the board determines to be proper. Transcripts of the ordinances, agreement, and resolution certified by the board shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall also be filed and recorded in the office of the county recorder. All fees and costs for such filing and recording shall be assumed and paid by such municipal corporations in such proportions as the board determines.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.40 | Apportionment of Property, Funds, and Indebtedness.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|When territory is detached from a village in accordance with section 709.39 of the Revised Code, an apportionment of the property, funds, and indebtedness of the village shall be made between such village and the detached territory upon the basis of the respective tax duplicates in the village after such detachment and in the detached territory. All water pipes and sewers, laid either in such village or detached territory, shall be considered as property within the meaning of that term, as used in this section, in so far as such water pipes or sewers have been paid for out of the general funds of the village. If the village authorities and the public authorities in control of the detached territory are unable to agree upon such apportionment, it shall be made by the probate court, upon application by the authorities of either the village or the detached territory.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.41 | Petition for Detachment of Farm Land.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|The owner of unplatted farm lands, annexed to any municipal corporation after the incorporation thereof, may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which the lands are situated, in which such owner shall be named as plaintiff, and the municipal corporation shall be the defendant, setting forth the reasons why the land should be detached, and the relief prayed for. A summons shall issue on such petition as in other actions, and the case shall proceed as in other causes.No such action shall be brought, or detachment ordered or decreed, within five years from the time that such lands were annexed by any such municipal corporation under sections 707.01 to 707.30, inclusive, and sections 709.01 to 709.42, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.42 | Hearing - Decision.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If, upon the hearing of a cause of action as provided by section 709.41 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas finds that the lands are farm lands, and are not within the original limits of the municipal corporation, that by reason of the same being or remaining within the municipal corporation the owner thereof is taxed and will continue to be taxed thereon for municipal purposes in substantial excess of the benefits conferred by reason of such lands being within the municipal corporation, and that said lands may be detached without materially affecting the best interests or good government of such municipal corporation or of the territory therein adjacent to that sought to be detached; then an order and decree may be made by the court, and entered on the record, that the lands be detached from the municipal corporation and be attached to the most convenient adjacent township in the same county. Thereafter the lands shall not be a part of the municipal corporation but shall be a part of the township to which they have been so attached. The costs shall be taxed as may seem right to the court.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.43 | Merger Defined.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|As used in sections 709.43 to 709.48 of the Revised Code, "merger" means the annexation, one to another, of existing municipal corporations or of the unincorporated area of a township with one or more municipal corporations, or the merger of one or more municipal corporations with the unincorporated area of a township.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.44 | Territory That May Be Merged.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The territory of one or more municipal corporations, whether or not adjacent to one another, may be merged with that of an adjacent municipal corporation, and the unincorporated area of a township may be merged with one or more municipal corporations, or one or more municipal corporations, whether or not adjacent to one another, may be merged with that of an adjacent unincorporated area of a township, in the manner provided in sections 709.43 to 709.48 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.451 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.451 | Merger in Lieu of Petition.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) In lieu of filing a petition under section 709.45 of the Revised Code, if the legislative authorities of each political subdivision that may be merged as provided in section 709.44 of the Revised Code agree to a merger and adopt, by a two-thirds vote of each legislative authority, an ordinance or resolution proposing a merger, no election of a commission to draw up a statement of conditions for merger of the political subdivisions shall be held. Instead, the legislative authorities of those political subdivisions shall have one hundred twenty days to enter into a merger agreement that specifies the conditions of the proposed merger, in identical ordinances or a resolution adopted by a simple majority vote of each legislative authority. At a minimum, the proposed merger agreement shall include all of the following: (1) The names of the municipal corporations and township, if any, proposing the merger;(2) The territorial boundaries of the resulting municipal corporation or township;(3) The date that the proposed merger will take effect;(4) A procedure for the efficient and timely transition to the resulting municipal corporation or township of specified services, functions, and responsibilities from each municipal corporation or township and its respective departments and agencies;(5) A transition plan and schedule.(B) The merger shall take effect as provided in division (C) of section 709.452 of the Revised Code. On the effective date of the merger, a municipal corporation merging into a township only has the rights, powers, and responsibilities afforded by law to townships, and all other authority ceases to exist.