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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.541 | Parking Enforcement Unit.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The board of township trustees or a joint police district board, respectively, may establish, by resolution, a parking enforcement unit within a township police district or within a joint police district, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The chief of police of the district shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the board of township trustees by resolution or joint police district board, as appropriate, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking enforcement unit. The chief of police may appoint parking enforcement officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking enforcement officers.
(B) The authority of the parking enforcement officers shall be limited to the enforcement of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code and any other parking laws specified in the resolution creating the parking enforcement unit. Parking enforcement officers shall have no other powers.
(C) The training the parking enforcement officers shall receive shall include instruction in general administrative rules and procedures governing the parking enforcement unit, the role of the judicial system as it relates to parking regulation and enforcement, proper techniques and methods relating to the enforcement of parking laws, human interaction skills, and first aid.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.55 | Dissolution of Township Police District.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
In the event that need for a township police district ceases to exist, the township trustees by a two-thirds vote of the board shall adopt a resolution specifying the date that the township police district shall cease to exist and provide for the disposal of all property belonging to the district by public sale. Such sale must be by public auction and upon notice thereof being published once a week for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in such township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The last of such publications shall be made at least five days before the date of the sale. Any moneys remaining after the dissolution of the district or received from the public sale of property shall be paid into the treasury of the township and may be expended for any public purpose when duly authorized by the township board of trustees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.551 | Withdrawal From and Dissolution of Joint Police District.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Any township or municipal corporation may withdraw from a joint police district created under section 505.482 of the Revised Code by adopting a resolution or an ordinance, respectively, ordering withdrawal. On or after the first day of January of the year following the adoption of the resolution or ordinance of withdrawal, the township or municipal corporation withdrawing ceases to be a part of the district, and the power of the district to levy a tax upon the taxable property in the withdrawing township or municipal corporation terminates, except that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of indebtedness within the territory of the district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred.
(B) Upon the withdrawal of any township or municipal corporation from a joint police district, the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand and moneys and taxes in the process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment of indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either in money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective tax duplicates of the withdrawing township or municipal corporation and the remaining territory of the joint police district.
(C) When the number of townships or municipal corporations comprising a joint police district is reduced to one, the joint police district ceases to exist by operation of law, and the funds, credits, and property remaining after apportionments to withdrawing townships or municipal corporations shall be assumed by the one remaining township or municipal corporation. When a joint police district ceases to exist and an indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of that indebtedness within the territory of the joint police district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.56 | Excise Tax on Transactions by Which Lodging Is Furnished to Transient Guests.

Effective:
June 21, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 143 - 124th General Assembly
Subject to the limitation in division (A) of section 5739.08 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the board, levy an excise tax on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests. The board may establish all regulations necessary to provide for the administration and allocation of the tax. All funds arising from such an excise tax shall be deposited in the township treasury and may be expended for any lawful purpose. A board of township trustees shall not levy the tax authorized by this section in any city or village.
As used in this section, "hotel" and "transient guests" have the same meaning as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.57 | Use of Proceeds of Lodging Tax Receipts by Local School District.

Effective:
January 13, 1978
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 112th General Assembly
A board of township trustees of any township that contains a local school district in which is located a tax exempt, state-owned lodge, may, by resolution, use the proceeds of the tax imposed under section 505.56 of the Revised Code for the benefit of such district if the board determines and states in such resolution that the existence of such lodge creates a serious financial burden on such district. Upon adoption of the resolution by a majority of the members of the board, the board may pay any part of the proceeds of such tax to such district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.58 | Contributions to Convention and Visitors' Bureaus From General Fund.

Effective:
January 1, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 355 - 113th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may expend money from the general fund to make contributions to convention and visitors' bureaus operating within the county in which the township is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.59 | Withdrawal of Unincorporated Territory From Transit Authority; Tax Levy to Provide Transportation Services.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The board of township trustees of a township that withdraws or proposes by resolution to withdraw the unincorporated territory of the township from a regional transit authority under section 306.55 of the Revised Code may levy a tax on taxable property in the unincorporated area of the township under section 5705.72 of the Revised Code to provide transportation services for the movement of persons within, from, or to the unincorporated area of the township.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.601 | Reimbursement of Officers and Employees for Health Care Premiums.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly
If a board of township trustees does not procure an insurance policy or group health care services as provided in section 505.60 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may reimburse any township officer or employee for each out-of-pocket premium attributable to the coverage provided for that officer or employee for insurance benefits described in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code that the officer or employee otherwise obtains, if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The board of township trustees adopts a resolution that states that the township has chosen not to procure a health care plan under section 505.60 of the Revised Code and has chosen instead to reimburse its officers and employees for each out-of-pocket premium attributable to the coverage provided for them for insurance benefits described in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code that they otherwise obtain.
(B) That resolution provides for a uniform maximum monthly or yearly payment amount for each officer or employee to cover themselves and their immediate dependents, beyond which the township will not reimburse the officer or employee.
(C) That resolution states the specific benefits listed in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code for which the township will reimburse all officers and employees of the township. The township may not reimburse officers and employees for benefits other than those listed in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.602 | Group Life Insurance for Township Officers and Employees.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 413 - 131st General Assembly
A board of township trustees may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group life insurance to insure the lives of officers and employees of the township. The amount of group life insurance coverage provided by the board to insure the lives of officers of the township shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars per officer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.603 | Benefits to Officers and Employees Through a Cafeteria Plan or Health and Wellness Benefit Program.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly
(A) In addition to or in lieu of providing benefits to township officers and employees under section 505.60, 505.601, or 505.602 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may offer benefits to officers and employees through a cafeteria plan that meets the requirements of section 125 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 125, as amended, after first adopting a policy authorizing an officer or employee to receive a cash payment in lieu of a benefit otherwise offered to township officers or employees under any of those sections, but only if the cash payment does not exceed twenty-five per cent of the cost of premiums or payments that otherwise would be paid by the board for benefits for the officer or employee under an offered policy, contract, or plan. No cash payment in lieu of a benefit shall be made pursuant to this section unless the officer or employee signs a statement affirming that the officer or employee is covered under another health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan in the case of a health benefit, or a life insurance policy in the case of a life insurance benefit, and setting forth the name of the employer, if any, that sponsors the coverage, the name of the carrier that provides the coverage, and an identifying number of the applicable policy, contract, or plan.
(B) In addition to providing the benefits to township officers and employees under section 505.60, 505.601, or 505.602 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may offer a health and wellness benefit program through which the township provides a benefit or incentive to township officers, employees, and their immediate dependents to maintain a healthy lifestyle, including, but not limited to, programs to encourage healthy eating and nutrition, exercise and physical activity, weight control or the elimination of obesity, and cessation of smoking or alcohol use.
(C) The township fiscal officer may deduct from a township employee's salary or wages the amount authorized to be paid by the employee for one or more qualified benefits available under section 125 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 26 U.S.C. 125, and under the sections listed in division (B) of this section, if the employee authorizes in writing that the township fiscal officer may deduct that amount from the employee's salary or wages, and the benefit is offered to the employee on a group basis and at least ten per cent of the township employees voluntarily elect to participate in the receipt of that benefit. The township fiscal officer may issue warrants for amounts deducted under this division to pay program administrators or other insurers for benefits authorized under this section or those sections listed in division (B) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.61 | Liability Insurance for Police Personnel.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may purchase a policy or policies of insurance to indemnify township constables appointed under Chapter 509. of the Revised Code or the chief of police, patrol officers, and other employees of a township police district established under sections 505.48 to 505.55 of the Revised Code against liability arising from the performance of their official duties.
A joint police district board may purchase a policy or policies of insurance to indemnify the chief of police, patrol officers, and other employees of a joint police district established under section 505.482 of the Revised Code against liability arising from the performance of their duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.62 | Appropriations for Potential or Pending Annexation Actions.

Effective:
March 27, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 5 - 124th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may enter into a contract with, and may appropriate township general revenue fund moneys for the services of, an attorney to represent the township, expert witnesses, and other consultants as the board determines are necessary for any potential or pending annexation action, including proceedings before a board of county commissioners or any court. The board also may appropriate general revenue fund moneys for any other expenses it considers necessary that are related to any potential or pending annexation actions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.63 | Liability Insurance for Firefighting Personnel.

Effective:
March 3, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 76 - 114th General Assembly
A board of township trustees or a board of fire district trustees may purchase a policy or policies of insurance insuring each township or fire district officer and the board's employees and appointees against liability arising from the performance of their official duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.66 | Snow Removal on Public School Property.

Effective:
December 3, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 168 - 109th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may remove snow from public school property, or other public property, at the request of the board of education of a city, exempted village, local school district, legislative authority, or governing body. Such board of education, legislative authority, or governing body may reimburse the township for the cost of labor and materials utilized for any such maintenance at a fee mutually agreed upon by the board of education, legislative authority, or governing body and the board of township trustees.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.69 | Acquire, Rehabilitate, and Develop Rail Property and Rail Service.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly
As used in this section, "rail property" and "rail service" have the same meanings as in section 4981.01 of the Revised Code.
The board of township trustees may acquire, rehabilitate, and develop rail property and rail service, and may enter into agreements with the Ohio rail development commission, boards of county commissioners, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, other boards of township trustees, with other governmental agencies or organizations, and with private agencies or organizations in order to achieve those purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.70 | Financial Assistance to and Cooperate With Other Agencies for Senior Citizen Services.

Effective:
August 7, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 827 - 113th General Assembly
(A) The trustees of any township may participate in, give financial assistance to, and cooperate with other agencies or organizations, either private or governmental, in establishing and operating any federal program enacted by the congress of the United States, and for such purpose may adopt any procedures and take any action not prohibited by the constitution of Ohio and not in conflict with the laws of this state.
(B) The trustees may participate in, give financial assistance to, and cooperate with public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations in establishing and operating programs to provide necessary social services to meet the needs of older persons, in addition to those agencies and organizations receiving federal funds for this purpose. The trustees may contract with one or more other townships to form a district, comprised of all the territory of the contracting townships, for the purpose of jointly financing the building or renovation of or the operation of a multipurpose senior center as provided for in sections 173.11 and 173.12 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of this division, payments to the township under the "State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972," 86 Stat. 919, 31 U.S.C.A. 1221, as amended, shall be considered to be township general funds. If the trustees find that any agency or organization receiving funds pursuant to this division uses them for any purpose not clearly a public purpose authorized by this division and by the trustees or fails to comply with accounting and reporting requirements under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, the trustees shall withhold further payments of such funds to such agency or organization.
The trustees of a township operating a multipurpose senior center and the trustees of townships that have contracted to form a district for the purpose of jointly financing the operation of a multipurpose senior center may use township general funds to pay for the operating expenses of the multipurpose senior center which may include, but need not be limited to, the purchase of food, supplies, and equipment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.701 | Community Improvement Corporations.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
The board of trustees of any township, through unanimous vote of its membership, may designate, participate in, and cooperate with any community improvement corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code and may give financial or other assistance, including any fees generated by the corporation, to that corporation to defray the expenses of the corporation. The corporation may use the board's contributions for any of its functions under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code subject to any limitations as may be provided by resolution of the board of trustees. Any moneys contributed by the board to the corporation shall be drawn from the general fund of the township not otherwise appropriated.
In addition, the board may purchase real property for the purpose of transferring that property to the community improvement corporation. In order to finance the purchase of that real property, the board may issue general obligation bonds of the township in accordance with Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, for which the full faith and credit of the township shall be pledged.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.702 | Neighborhood Crime Watch Programs.

Effective:
July 26, 1989
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 40 - 118th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may appropriate township general revenue fund moneys not appropriated for any other purpose for the purpose of establishing, promoting, and operating neighborhood crime watch programs in the township.
If the board finds that any neighborhood crime watch program receiving funds pursuant to this section uses them for any purpose not clearly a public purpose authorized by this section and by the board, or that any such program fails to comply with accounting and reporting requirements under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, the board shall withhold further payments of funds to that program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.703 | Funds to County Office of Economic Development.

Effective:
April 10, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may appropriate township general revenue fund moneys not appropriated for any other purpose to a county office of economic development created pursuant to section 307.07 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.704 | Participation and Contribution to Regional Cooperation and Improvement Organization.

Effective:
April 10, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly
The board of trustees of any township may participate in and contribute to a nonprofit organization that is incorporated under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code, that consists of units of government, and that has as its purpose regional cooperation and improvement. The board may appropriate contributions to the organization from the township's general fund. As used in this section, "organization" does not include any organization created pursuant to a law or ordinance that expressly names the organization and its purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.705 | Appropriations for Water or Sewerage Systems.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may agree to appropriate township general revenue fund moneys to, and may agree to grant or lend moneys from the township general revenue fund to, any political subdivision with authority to provide water, sanitary sewerage, or storm water drainage within the township, for the purpose of providing moneys to the political subdivision to pay for the planning of or actual costs, fees, debt retirement, or any other expense, including, but not limited to, administrative and professional fees, incurred in supplying one or more of these purposes within the township, or the planning of or actual construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of water, sanitary sewerage, or storm water drainage within the township. A board of township trustees that grants or lends moneys to a political subdivision for this purpose shall expressly state the terms of the grant or loan agreement in a written memorandum.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.707 | Appropriations for Organization Serving Community Purpose.

Effective:
April 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 315 - 123rd General Assembly
A board of township trustees may appropriate from the township general revenue fund moneys not appropriated for any other purpose to an organization that the board determines serves a community purpose and that is exempt from federal taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.721 | Joint Ambulance District - Reasonable Charges for Use of Services.

Effective:
November 5, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 148 - 125th General Assembly
As used in this section, "authorized medicare reimbursement rate" means such rate established for the locality under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.
A board of trustees of a joint ambulance district may establish reasonable charges for the use of ambulance or emergency medical services. The board may establish different charges for district residents and nonresidents, and, in its discretion, may waive all or part of the charge for any district resident. The charge for nonresidents shall be an amount not less than the authorized medicare reimbursement rate, except that, if prior to the effective date of this section, the board had different charges for residents and nonresidents and the charge for nonresidents was less than the authorized medicare reimbursement rate, the board may charge nonresidents less than the authorized medicare reimbursement rate.
Charges collected under this section shall be kept in a separate fund designated as the ambulance and emergency medical services fund, and shall be appropriated and administered by the board. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the payment of the costs of the management, maintenance, and operation of ambulance and emergency medical services in the district. If ambulance and emergency medical services are discontinued in the district, any balance remaining in the fund shall be allocated in amounts proportionate to the percentage of the district's total population served and paid accordingly into the general funds of the participating political subdivisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.73 | Model or Standard Building Code.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The board of township trustees may, by resolution, adopt by incorporation by reference, administer, and enforce within the unincorporated area of the township an existing structures code pertaining to the repair and continued maintenance of structures and the premises of those structures. For that purpose, the board shall adopt any model or standard code prepared and promulgated by this state, any department, board, or agency of this state, or any public or private organization that publishes a recognized model or standard code on the subject. The board shall ensure that the code adopted governs subject matter not addressed by the state residential building code and that it is fully compatible with the state residential and nonresidential building codes the board of building standards adopts pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) The board shall assign the duties of administering and enforcing the existing structures code to a township officer or employee who is trained and qualified for those duties and shall establish by resolution the minimum qualifications necessary to perform those duties.
(C)(1) After the board adopts an existing structures code, the township fiscal officer shall post a notice that clearly identifies the code, states the code's purpose, and states that a complete copy of the code is on file for inspection by the public with the fiscal officer and in the county law library and that the fiscal officer has copies available for distribution to the public at cost.
(2) The township fiscal officer shall post the notice in five conspicuous places in the township for thirty days before the code becomes effective and shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the township for three consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If the adopting township amends or deletes any provision of the code, the notice shall contain a brief summary of the deletion or amendment.
(D) If the agency that originally promulgated or published the existing structures code amends the code, the board may adopt the amendment or change by incorporation by reference in the manner provided for the adoption of the original code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.74 | Model or Standard Building Code Violations.

Effective:
October 20, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 285 - 117th General Assembly
No person shall violate a standard existing structures code as adopted pursuant to section 505.73 of the Revised Code. Each day of continued violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.76 | Availability of Township Residential Building Code.

Effective:
May 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly
Local residential building regulations a board of township trustees adopts under section 505.75 of the Revised Code and an existing structures code the board adopts pursuant to section 505.73 of the Revised Code shall be made available to the public at the office of the board, and the section headings and numbers and a notice of the availability of the regulations shall be published in at least one newspaper of general townshipwide circulation within ten days after their adoption or amendment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.77 | Building Prohibitions.

Effective:
May 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly
(A)(1) No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential building, as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, within the unincorporated portion of any township in which a building department has authority to administer and enforce local residential building regulations or an existing structures code unless that person complies with the regulations and code.
(2) No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential building, as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, within the unincorporated portion of any township in which a certified building department has jurisdiction to enforce the state residential building code unless that person fully complies with the state residential building code.
(3) No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential, commercial, or industrial buildings or structures within the unincorporated area of any township, if a board of township trustees has enacted building regulations under section 505.75 of the Revised Code that are necessary for participation in the national flood insurance program, without complying with those regulations.
(4) In addition to any remedies provided by law, if any building is being erected, constructed, altered, repaired, or maintained in violation of the building regulations, existing structures code, or state residential building code in townships in which a certified building department has jurisdiction, the board, the township building inspector, or any owner of an adjacent, contiguous, or neighboring property who would be especially damaged by the violation may institute a suit for injunction, abatement, or other appropriate action to prevent the violation of the building regulations or the state residential building code relating to the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of that building.
(B) Sections 505.75 to 505.77 of the Revised Code do not confer any power on any board with respect to the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use, or enlargement of any buildings or structures of any public utility or railroad, whether publicly or privately owned, or the use of land by any public utility or railroad for the operation of its business. Local building regulations the board adopts and the building code that the building department administers and enforces do not affect buildings or structures that exist or on which construction has begun on or before the date on which the building department begins enforcement of the building code or the date the board adopts the building regulations.
(C) No person shall violate any building regulation the board adopts under division (A) of section 505.75 of the Revised Code. Each day during which an illegal location, erection, construction, floodproofing, repair, alteration, or maintenance continues may be considered a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.78 | Effective Date of Building Regulations.

Effective:
May 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly
(A)(1) A board of township trustees shall not adopt an existing structures code pursuant to section 505.73 of the Revised Code in any county in which the board of county commissioners has adopted an existing structures code pursuant to section 303.37 of the Revised Code.
(2) If a board of township trustees adopts an existing structures code and the board of county commissioners of the county in which the township is located subsequently adopts an existing structures code, the code the board of township trustees adopts shall be of no force and effect one year after the effective date of the code the board of county commissioners adopts or at an earlier date, as provided by the board of township trustees.
(B)(1) A board of trustees shall not adopt local residential building regulations pursuant to section 505.75 of the Revised Code in any county in which the board of county commissioners has adopted such regulations pursuant to section 303.37 of the Revised Code.
(2) If a board of township trustees adopts local residential building regulations and the board of county commissioners subsequently adopts such regulations, the township regulations shall be of no force and effect one year after the county regulations become effective or at an earlier date as the board of township trustees provides.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.79 | Collection and Disposal of Tree Leaves.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 123rd General Assembly
The board of township trustees may acquire, maintain, and operate equipment and facilities for the collection and disposal of tree leaves. The cost of providing this service shall be paid from the general fund of the township, from the waste collection fund of the township created under section 505.31 of the Revised Code, or from any fund created pursuant to section 505.29 of the Revised Code into which moneys arising from tax levies under that section are deposited.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.80 | Encouraging Economic Development of Township or Area Through Promotion of Tourism.

Effective:
April 26, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1033 - 111th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a township may appropriate moneys from its general fund to be expended by the township or by joint agreement with one or more other political subdivisions or by private, nonprofit organizations for the public purpose of encouraging economic development of the township or area through promotion of tourism.
Semiannual reports on the use of the expenditures shall be made to the board of trustees by the chief officer implementing the joint agreement, or the chief officer or board of directors of the private, nonprofit organizations.
As used in this section, "promotion of tourism" is the encouragement through advertising, educational and informational means, and public relations, both within the state and outside of it, of travel by persons away from their homes for pleasure, personal reasons, or other purposes, except to work, to the township, or to the local area.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.84 | Reasonable Charges for Use of Ambulance or Emergency Medical Services.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 128 - 129th General Assembly
As used in this section, "authorized medicare reimbursement rate" means such rate established for the locality under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.
A board of township trustees may establish reasonable charges for the use of fire and rescue services, ambulance services, or emergency medical services. The board may establish different charges for township residents and nonresidents, and may, in its discretion, waive all or part of the charge for any resident. The charge for ambulance transportation for nonresidents shall be an amount not less than the authorized medicare reimbursement rate, except that, if prior to September 9, 1988, the board had different charges for residents and nonresidents and the charge for nonresidents was less than the authorized medicare reimbursement rate, the board may charge nonresidents less than the authorized medicare reimbursement rate.
Except as provided in section 505.441 of the Revised Code, charges collected under this section shall be kept in a separate fund designated as "the fire and rescue services, ambulance services, and emergency medical services fund," and shall be appropriated and administered by the board. The fund shall be used for the payment of the costs of the management, maintenance, and operation of fire and rescue services, ambulance services, and emergency medical services in the township. If the fire and rescue services, ambulance services, and emergency medical services are discontinued in the township, any balance remaining in the fund shall be paid into the general fund of the township.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.85 | Disposal, Storage or Impoundment of Motor Vehicles.

Effective:
March 5, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 50 - 127th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may contract with a motor vehicle salvage dealer, as defined in section 4738.01 of the Revised Code, or a scrap metal processing facility, as defined in section 4737.05 of the Revised Code, for the removal or disposal of motor vehicles pursuant to section 505.173 or 505.871 or sections 4513.60 to 4513.64 of the Revised Code, and a board may contract with a storage facility or other similar facility for the storage or impoundment of motor vehicles pursuant to section 505.173 or sections 4513.60 to 4513.64 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.881 | Township Special Assessment to Fund Residential Broadband Expansion.

Effective:
May 17, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly
(A) If a program grant is awarded for an eligible project under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees in which the project is situated, by resolution, may levy a special assessment upon residential property within the township for the purpose of providing a contribution from the township towards the broadband funding gap for the eligible project. Assessments under this section shall be levied only upon the residential property that is subject to the eligible project. Before adopting the resolution, the board shall send written notice to each affected property owner stating the estimated assessment for that property. If an owner objects to the stated estimated assessment, the owner shall file a written objection with the board not later than two weeks after the notice is mailed. The board shall review the written objection and may revise the estimated assessment before adopting the resolution. If the property owner objects to the final assessment for the property levied in the resolution, the owner may appeal the final assessment under Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code.
(B) The assessment shall be at a rate that will produce a total assessment that is not more than the township's contribution towards the funding gap for the eligible project as described in the application under section 122.4020 of the Revised Code. The board shall certify the amount to be levied upon each affected property to the county auditor, who shall enter the amount on the tax duplicate for collection by the county treasurer in equal semiannual installments in the same manner and at the same times as the collection of taxes on real property. Assessments shall be paid by owners of the properties upon which assessments are levied.
(C) The assessments, when collected, shall be paid by the county auditor by warrant on the county treasurer into a special fund in the township treasury created for the purpose of funding an eligible project for which a program grant is awarded under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code and that is located in the township. The board may expend moneys from the fund only for the purposes for which the assessments were levied.
Last updated June 9, 2021 at 1:05 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.89 | Curfew - Violations.

Effective:
March 9, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 580 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Whenever a board of township trustees considers it necessary to adopt a curfew for persons under eighteen years of age in any of the unincorporated areas of the township, the board may adopt a resolution setting forth the provisions of the curfew and declaring the necessity for it, together with a statement of the reasons for the necessity, and providing for its enforcement within the unincorporated area of the township.
(B) Any person under eighteen years of age who violates a curfew adopted under division (A) of this section shall be charged as being an unruly child and taken before juvenile court as provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.90 | Agreements to Provide Maintenance, Repair, and Improvement of Township and Municipal Roads Located Within the Townships and Municipal Corporations.

Effective:
June 30, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
The board of township trustees of one or more townships and the legislative authority of one or more municipal corporations may enter into an agreement to jointly provide for the maintenance, repair, and improvement of township and municipal roads located within the townships and municipal corporations. An agreement entered into under this section shall include provisions governing all of the following:
(A) The sharing and use of facilities, equipment, and materials necessary for road maintenance, repair, and improvement;
(B) The use of township and municipal employees for purposes of the agreement;
(C) The payment of costs associated with the maintenance, repair, and improvement of roads conducted under the agreement;
(D) Any other matter determined to be necessary for purposes of implementing and executing the agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.93 | Prohibiting Boxing Matches or Exhibitions.

Effective:
July 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 60 - 114th General Assembly
A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution prohibiting in the unincorporated area of the township boxing matches or exhibitions to which sections 3773.31 to 3773.58 of the Revised Code apply.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.94 | Registration and Regulation of Transient Vendors.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) A board of township trustees may, by resolution, require the registration of all transient vendors within the unincorporated territory of the township and may regulate the time, place, and manner in which these vendors may sell, offer for sale, or solicit orders for future delivery of goods. A board of township trustees also may, by resolution, prohibit solicitation at any residence at which the owner or tenant has posted a sign on the property prohibiting solicitation or for which the owner or tenant has filed a no solicitation registration form with the township, on a form prescribed by the board. If the board requires the registration of all transient vendors, it may establish a reasonable registration fee, not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars for a registration period, and this registration shall be valid for a period of at least ninety days after the date of registration.
Any board of township trustees that provides for the registration and regulation of transient vendors under this section shall notify the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the township is located of its registration and regulatory requirements. No transient vendor shall fail to register or to comply with regulations established by a board of township trustees under this division.
This division does not authorize a board of township trustees to apply a resolution it adopts under this division to any person invited by an owner or tenant to visit the owner's or tenant's premises to sell, offer for sale, or solicit orders for future delivery of goods.
(B) As used in this section:
(1) "Goods" means goods, wares, services, merchandise, periodicals, and other articles or publications.
(2) "Transient vendor" means any person who opens a temporary place of business for the sale of goods or who, on the streets or while traveling about the township, sells or offers for sale goods, solicits orders for future delivery of goods, or attempts to arrange an appointment for a future estimate or sales call. "Transient vendor" does not include any person who represents any entity exempted from taxation under section 5709.04 of the Revised Code, or any person licensed under Chapter 4707. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.95 | Regulating Resale of Tickets to Public Amusements.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution to regulate in the unincorporated area of the township, by license or otherwise, the resale, by parties not acting as agents of those issuing them, of tickets to theatrical or sporting events or to other public amusements.
(B) The board of township trustees may establish a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each separate violation of any resolution adopted under division (A) of this section. Fifty per cent of the moneys arising from the collection of the fine shall be deposited in the township's general fund. The remaining fifty per cent of those moneys shall be deposited in the county's general fund.
(C) Any person allegedly aggrieved by a violation of a resolution adopted under division (A) of this section may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in connection with the act or practice that violates that resolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
Whoever violates section 505.374, 505.74, 505.75, 505.76, 505.77, or 505.94 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.991 | Penalty - Neglect or Refuse to Deposit Property in Possession of a Person Arrested.

Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 55 - 123rd General Assembly
Whoever violates section 505.106 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twice the value of any property not deposited as provided by that section, but not more than three thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.