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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.02 | Board of Education to Enforce Laws.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 117th General Assembly
As the supervisor of lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools and ministerial purposes, a board of education of a school district with such lands that have been allocated for the benefit of its district shall see that the laws relating to such lands are faithfully executed. The board may bring and prosecute an action to enforce any lease upon such lands, to restrain the illegal use of such lands or the commission of waste, or to recover damages arising out of the commission of such waste, or may bring any action that is otherwise necessary to enforce such laws. Such action shall be commenced in the county wherein the land or a major portion thereof is situated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.03 | Auditor of State and Department of Administrative Services - Duties.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 117th General Assembly
The auditor of state and the department of administrative services shall furnish to the board of education of each school district copies of deeds, leases, field notes, records, and other papers and documents that are in their possession, relating to the lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools and ministerial purposes that have been allocated for the benefit of that district, and such copies, when authenticated by the certificate and signature of the auditor of state, under the official seal of the auditor of state, shall be received as competent evidence and shall have the same force and effect as the originals. The auditor of state shall charge fees sufficient to defray the cost of preparing copies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.04 | Sale or Disposition of School Lands.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly
The board of education of each school district, with regard to lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools and ministerial purposes that have been allocated for the benefit of that district, may sell or dispose of such lands as provided in this section. Moneys received from their sale or disposition, or from annual rentals from leases that have not yet expired, shall belong to the school district for which such lands have been allocated. All funds held by the state from the sale or disposition of these lands and interest thereon before the effective date of this amendment shall be paid from the school district deposit fund in the custody of the treasurer of state to the school districts for whose benefit the lands have been allocated, on a pro rata basis. A school board may use moneys from the sale, disposition, or annual rentals of the lands to pay expenses it incurs in the operation and maintenance of these lands. If the total value of the lands credited to a school district under the terms of the original grant exceeds fifty thousand dollars, as determined by an appraisal conducted by at least two disinterested appraisers, the lands or any part thereof shall be sold upon specific authorization of the general assembly. In the event the sale of such lands has not been authorized and the lease or leases thereon expire, the school board may renew or lease anew such land. Lands and funds to the credit of any school district under the terms of the original grant shall be administered by the board of education of the school district, by an education foundation fund designated by the board, or by another person or entity designated by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.06 | Lands Appropriated by Congress for Support of Schools and Ministerial Purposes.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 497 - 117th General Assembly
Lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools and ministerial purposes include the following:
(A) Lands on which the lease has expired or will expire after a period of time, not to exceed twenty years after January 1, 1970;
(B) Lands on which the lease is determined to be for a period of time as defined in division (A) of this section and where substantial improvements have been added to the expense of the lessee;
(C) Lands leased for ninety-nine years, renewable forever, or leases which have been renewed for a like term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.07 | Appraisal and Sale of Lands.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Lands described in division (A) of section 501.06 of the Revised Code shall continue to be leased under the terms granted until such time as the lease may expire. At the time of expiration, subject to section 501.04 of the Revised Code, the land may be leased again by the board of education of the school district for whose benefit the land has been allocated or be offered for sale by public auction or by the receipt of sealed bids with the sale awarded by the school board to the highest bidder. Prior to the offering of these lands for sale, the school board shall have an appraisal made of these lands by at least two disinterested appraisers. Notification of the sale of these lands, including the minerals in or on these or other lands, shall be advertised once a week for two consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land is located. No bids shall be accepted for less than the appraised value of the land.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.08 | Substantial Improvements Added at Expense of Lessee.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 117th General Assembly
Lands described in division (B) of section 501.06 of the Revised Code upon which the lease expires may be leased again by the board of education of the school district for whose benefit the lands have been allocated, or be sold, subject to section 501.04 of the Revised Code, as provided in this section. Substantial improvements added at the expense of the lessee shall not be considered as a part of the land to be appraised or sold. Appraisal by at least two disinterested appraisers undertaken by the school board shall consist of the land offered for sale, plus any improvements undertaken at the board's expense. The lessee shall have first option to purchase the land at the appraised amount. If the lessee does not purchase the land within sixty days of the offer made by the school board, the property shall be sold as provided in section 501.07 of the Revised Code.
The lessee of land upon which a lease has not as yet expired may request that an appraisal be made of that land prior to expiration of the lease. The lessee shall have thirty days in which to accept an offer of the school board of the appraised value of the land and agree to purchase the land. Under such circumstances, the lease shall be canceled upon the lessee's payment of the purchase price, and the lessee shall receive a deed in fee simple to the property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.09 | Renewable Lease.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 117th General Assembly
The lessee of land appropriated for ministerial purposes which land is leased for ninety-nine years, renewable forever, or the lessee of such land the lease of which has been renewed for a like term may purchase the fee simple title to the land for an amount equal to the rent for one year. The receipt of all rents due and an amount equal to the rent for one year from a lessee is deemed an offer to purchase the land, which offer the board of education of the school district for whose benefit the land has been allocated shall accept. The school board shall cancel the lease and prepare a deed in fee simple to the land, which the governor shall execute and the secretary of state shall countersign.
The lessee of land appropriated for school purposes which land is leased for ninety-nine years, renewable forever, or the lessee of land the lease of which has been renewed for a like term may purchase the fee simple title to the land for an amount equal to the quotient of the annual rent divided by five one-hundredths. Upon receipt of that amount, if all unpaid rent due from the lessee for past years has been paid, the school board shall cancel the lease, and the auditor of state shall prepare a deed in fee simple to the land, which the governor shall execute and the secretary of state shall countersign.
Moneys received from the sale of any land shall be paid to the school district for whose benefit the land has been allocated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.10 | Sale or Lease Anew of Lands in Default of Rent Payment.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 497 - 117th General Assembly
When a lessee fails to make payment of any rent on lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools and ministerial purposes when due and payable, the school district to which the rent is due shall notify the lessee by certified mail of the amount of rent due. If such rent is not paid for lands described in division (A) or (B) of section 501.06 of the Revised Code within thirty days after such notice, the school district may lease anew or sell the land, as provided in section 501.07 or 501.08 of the Revised Code. If such rent is not paid for lands described in division (C) of section 501.06 of the Revised Code within thirty days after such notice, the school district shall sell the lands using the appraisal, notice, and sale procedures of section 501.07 of the Revised Code and subject to section 501.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.11 | Certification of Proceedings.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 497 - 117th General Assembly
When the successful bidder at the sale provided in this chapter makes payment to the school district selling the land, the school district shall certify receipt of such payment to the auditor of state. Following the payment to the school district, the auditor of state shall prepare a deed, conveying such lands in fee simple to the successful bidder, and deliver it to the governor, together with his certificate, under the seal of the auditor of state, that all papers required by law have been properly filed, that the proceedings are according to law, and that the purchase money is fully paid. When signed by the governor, countersigned by the secretary of state, and sealed with the great seal of the state, such deed shall be returned to the auditor of state who shall deliver it to the grantee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.12 | No Sale for Less Than Appraised Value.

Effective:
June 29, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 497 - 117th General Assembly
No lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools or for the ministerial purposes shall be sold for less than the appraised value thereof as determined in the manner provided by section 501.07 or 501.08 of the Revised Code. The school district selling the land shall determine the fee that each appraiser shall receive and such fees shall be paid out of the proceeds received from the sale of these lands.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Townships › Section 501.14 | State Policy.

Effective:
November 21, 1969
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 167 - 108th General Assembly
In the leasing of all of the lands which were reserved and given to Ohio for the support of schools and religion, which by a congressional act, Public Law 90-304, approved May 13, 1968, were released to Ohio to be sold and the revenue to be used for the support of education, it is the state's policy to sell the land and to use the revenue for the support of public education.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.01 | Corporate Powers and Duties of Civil Township.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 501 - 134th 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 section 5709.41 or 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.
Last updated January 24, 2023 at 12:27 PM
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 municipal corporation in the original township shall be considered as not being located in any township.
Last updated March 23, 2022 at 3:18 PM
2023 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.
2023 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 an order erecting a new township under section 503.09 of the Revised Code, shall include in such order a proper division of the 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.
Last updated March 24, 2022 at 8:24 AM
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.22 | Election in New Township.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a new township is set off, the board of county commissioners shall forthwith give at least ten days' public notice by advertisement, in three public places in such township, of the time and place of holding an election for township officers. At such time and place the electors of the township shall assemble and elect officers, who shall hold office until the next regular municipal election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.24 | Vacancy in Township Office.

Effective:
June 21, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 47 - 130th General Assembly
If there is a vacancy by reason of the nonacceptance, death, or removal of a person chosen to an office in any township at the regular election, or if there is a vacancy from any other cause, the board of township trustees shall appoint a person having the qualifications of an elector to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term or until a successor is elected.
If a township is without a board or if no appointment is made within thirty days after the occurrence of a vacancy, a majority of the persons designated as the committee of five on the last-filed nominating petition of the township officer whose vacancy is to be filled who are residents of the township shall appoint a person having the qualifications of an elector to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term or until a successor is elected. If at least three of the committee members who are residents of the township cannot be found, or if that number of such members fails to make an appointment within ten days after the thirty-day period in which the board of township trustees is authorized to make an appointment, then the presiding probate judge of the county shall appoint a suitable person having the qualifications of an elector in the township to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term or until a successor is elected.
If a vacancy occurs in a township elective office more than forty days before the next general election for municipal and township officers a successor shall be chosen at that election to fill the unexpired term, provided the term does not expire within one year from the day of the election. If the term expires within one year from the day of the next general election for municipal and township officers, a successor appointed pursuant to this section shall serve out the unexpired term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.241 | When Township Offices Deemed Vacant.

Effective:
October 14, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 100th General Assembly
Whenever any township officer ceases to reside in the township, or is absent from the township for ninety consecutive days, except in case of sickness or injury as provided in this section, his office shall be deemed vacant and the board of township trustees shall declare a vacancy to exist in such office.
Such vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by section 503.24 of the Revised Code. Whenever any township officer is absent from the township because of sickness or injury, he shall cause to be filed with the board of township trustees a physician's certificate of his sickness or injury. If such certificate is not filed with the board within ten days after the expiration of the ninety consecutive days of absence from the township, his office shall be deemed vacant and the board of township trustees shall declare a vacancy to exist in such office.
This section shall not apply to a township officer while in the active military service of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.25 | Notice to Officers Elected or Appointed.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
Immediately after the election or appointment of township officers as provided by sections 503.22 to 503.24 of the Revised Code, the township fiscal officer shall make a list of all the officers elected or appointed, stating the offices to which each is chosen or appointed, and the fiscal officer shall add to the list a requisition that the officers appear before the fiscal officer, or some other officer authorized to administer oaths, give bond, and take the oath of office prescribed by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code and Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution.
The fiscal officer shall immediately make service of, or deliver to any constable of the township who shall make service of, a copy of the list and requisition by delivering it to each person so elected or appointed. The list and requisition, with the time and manner of service on it, shall be returned and filed in the office of the fiscal officer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.26 | Certificate of Oath to Be Returned and Recorded.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
If a person elected or appointed to a township office takes the oath of office required by section 503.25 of the Revised Code before an officer other than the township fiscal officer, the officer before whom it is taken shall immediately deposit with the fiscal officer a certificate of the oath. The fiscal officer shall make a record of all official oaths.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.27 | Failure to Accept Office.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If, after receiving notice of his election or appointment to a township office, a person so elected or appointed fails to take the oath of office and give bond within the time required, he is deemed to have refused the office, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in section 503.24 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.28 | Delivery of Records and Property to Successor - Forfeiture.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 450 - 133rd General Assembly
All township officers shall deliver to their successors in office all books, records, documents, laws, obligations, papers, blanks, and all other articles and property belonging to their respective offices or deposited with them in their official capacity. Any person who has been a township officer and refuses to deliver over such property, or any part thereof, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by action, for the use of the township. The fiscal officer shall include an inventory of the items delivered in accordance with this section in a certificate of transition under section 117.171 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.30 | Street Markers and House Numbers in Unincorporated Areas.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A township may erect markers and assign numbers for houses on streets and roads in unincorporated areas. Such expenditures shall be paid for out of the general fund of the township.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.31 | Remnant of Township Within Boundaries of Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
October 14, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 46 - 100th General Assembly
Where a remnant of a township in which there are no resident freeholders is located entirely within the boundaries of a municipal corporation, such remnant shall be considered a part of such municipal corporation as though it had been annexed thereto for all purposes except the exercise of eminent domain as to said annexed area. In every such case, the clerk of council or village clerk shall prepare a description of the remnant and an accurate plat thereof, together with his certificate that the description and plat are correct, that the area is a remnant of a township now defunct, and that it lies entirely within the boundaries of the municipal corporation. One copy of such description, plat, and certificate shall be filed for record with the county recorder and one copy with the secretary of state. The procedure shall be the same as in the case of the filing of annexation transcripts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.40 | Massage Establishment Definitions.

Effective:
June 3, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 247 - 119th General Assembly
As used in sections 503.40 to 503.49 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Massage" means any method of exerting pressure on, stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating, or stimulating the external soft tissue of the body with the hands, or with the aid of any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance.
(B) "Massage establishment" means any fixed place of business where a person offers massages:
(1) In exchange for anything of value; or
(2) In connection with the provision of another legitimate service.
(C) "Masseur" or "masseuse" means any individual who performs massages at a massage establishment.
(D) "Sexual or genital area" includes the genitalia, pubic area, anus, perineum of any person, and the breasts of a female.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 503 | General Provisions › Section 503.42 | Permits - Licenses - Regulations.

Effective:
June 3, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 247 - 119th General Assembly
If a board of township trustees has adopted a resolution under section 503.41 of the Revised Code:
(A) No person shall engage in, conduct or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on in the unincorporated areas of the township, the operation of a massage establishment without first having obtained a permit from the board of township trustees as provided in section 503.43 of the Revised Code.
(B) No individual shall act as a masseur or masseuse for a massage establishment located in the unincorporated areas of the township without first having obtained a license from the board of township trustees as provided in section 503.45 of the Revised Code.
(C) No owner or operator of a massage establishment located in the unincorporated areas of the township shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Employ an unlicensed masseur or masseuse;
(2) Refuse to allow appropriate state or local authorities, including police officers, access to the massage establishment for any health or safety inspection conducted pursuant to a regulation adopted by the township under section 503.41 of the Revised Code;
(3) Operate during the hours designated as prohibited hours of operation by the board of township trustees;
(4) Employ any person under the age of eighteen.
(D) No person employed in a massage establishment located in the unincorporated area of the township shall knowingly do any of the following in the performance of duties at the massage establishment:
(1) Place his or her hand upon, touch with any part of his or her body, fondle in any manner, or massage the sexual or genital area of any other person;
(2) Perform, offer, or agree to perform any act which would require the touching of the sexual or genital area of any other person;
(3) Touch, offer, or agree to touch the sexual or genital area of any other person with any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance;
(4) Wear unclean clothing, no clothing, transparent clothing, or clothing that otherwise reveals the sexual or genital areas of the masseur or masseuse;
(5) Uncover or allow the sexual or genital area of any other person to be uncovered while providing massages.
(E) No licensed masseur or masseuse shall accept or continue employment at a massage establishment that does not have a current, valid permit issued by the board of township trustees.