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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.362 | Receiver-Trustee.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
The receiver-trustee shall perform the following duties:
(A) Resolve the outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village;
(B) Approve necessary operations and budgetary functions of the dissolved village;
(C) Settle or resolve any legal claims against the dissolved village existing on the date the dissolution is effective or brought within ninety days after the day the receiver-trustee initially is appointed by the transition supervisory board, as provided under section 703.39 of the Revised Code;
(D) Administer and collect taxes and special assessments levied by the legislative authority of the dissolved village in accordance with section 703.371 of the Revised Code during the transition period;
(E) Wind down the involvement of the dissolved village in community improvement corporations, special improvement districts, and tax increment financing arrangements as provided in sections 703.376, 703.377, and 703.378 of the Revised Code;
(F) Dispose of or transfer the dissolved village's real and personal property as provided in section 703.373 of the Revised Code;
(G) Manage the dissolved village's utility services until the utility services are transferred under section 703.374 of the Revised Code;
(H) Manage the response to public records requests until the records are transferred under section 703.375 of the Revised Code;
(I) Perform all other duties assigned to the receiver-trustee under sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code or assigned to the transition supervisory board under those sections and delegated by the board to the receiver-trustee;
(J) Conduct all other necessary business of the dissolved village to conclude the village's affairs.
Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.37 | Transition Period.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
During the transition period, all of the following apply:
(A) The dissolved village's real and personal property shall be disposed of or transferred as provided under section 703.373 of the Revised Code.
(B) The dissolved village's utility services shall be managed and transferred as provided under section 703.374 of the Revised Code.
(C) The dissolved village's records shall be handled as provided under section 703.375 of the Revised Code.
(D) Any funds resulting from a legal settlement that should be provided to the dissolved village shall be provided to the receiver-trustee.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:42 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.372 | Unvoted Debt.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
Except as expressly provided in sections 703.377 and 703.378 of the Revised Code, the township or townships into which the territory of a village is dissolved do not assume the voted debts, obligations, or liabilities of the village.
Unvoted debt serviced by property taxes levied within the ten-mill limitation shall be assumed by the township or townships into which the territory of the village is dissolved in proportion to the total assessed valuation of territory that each township has within the former boundaries of the dissolved village as compared to the total assessed valuation of all territory within the former boundaries of the dissolved village. For the purpose of this section, the total assessed valuation of village territory shall be determined based on the tax year in which the dissolution is effective.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:43 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.373 | Disposal of Real and Personal Property.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
During the transition period, the dissolved village's real and personal property shall be disposed of by the receiver-trustee as follows:
(A) The receiver-trustee shall dispose of the village's liquidable assets, as necessary, to use the proceeds to pay the outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village.
(B) The receiver-trustee shall transfer real or personal property related to utility services as provided under section 703.374 of the Revised Code.
(C) The receiver-trustee shall facilitate the transfer of the remaining real and personal property to the township or townships into which the village dissolved, as follows:
(1)(a) If a village is dissolved into one township, the remaining real and personal property vests by operation of law in the township.
(b) If a village is dissolved into two or more townships, the receiver-trustee shall direct the townships to enter into an agreement regarding the distribution of the real and personal property not later than sixty days after the date the dissolution is effective. During that timeframe, the receiver-trustee shall assist the townships in evaluating the dissolved village's real and personal property as necessary. If the townships are not able to enter into an agreement during that timeframe, the receiver-trustee shall decide the distribution of the property to the townships.
(2) The receiver-trustee shall record one of the following with the county recorder of the county where an affected parcel of real property is located, along with one or more affidavits stating facts relating to the title as provided for in section 5301.252 of the Revised Code:
(a) A list of real property that vests by operation of law under this division;
(b) An agreement entered into under this division;
(c) The receiver-trustee's distribution in lieu of an agreement under this division.
(3) The county recorder shall make appropriate notations in the county records to reflect a transfer under this section. The notations shall include a reference to the county's recorded certificate of dissolution. The recording of a certificate of dissolution or a certified copy thereof, an item recorded under division (C)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, and supporting affidavits serve as sufficient evidence of a transfer of title from the dissolved village to a township or townships. The documents shall be recorded in the same manner as a deed of conveyance, except the receiver-trustee and the affected township or townships are exempt from any fees specified under section 317.32 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:44 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.374 | Utility Services.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
During the transition period, the dissolved village's utility services, if any, shall be handled as follows:
(A) The provision of utility services shall be uninterrupted.
(B) The receiver-trustee shall manage the continued provision of the utility services until the responsibility is transferred under this section.
(C) The receiver-trustee shall transfer management of the utility services, as appropriate, to another entity that lawfully may provide those utility services. The receiver-trustee shall transfer the respective real or personal property to the same entity.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:45 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.375 | Public Records.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
(A) During the transition period, the dissolved village's public records shall be handled as follows:
(1) The receiver-trustee shall evaluate the dissolved village's records retention schedule to determine if it is viable for future responses to public records requests. If it is viable, the receiver-trustee shall follow the schedule in responding to requests. If it is not viable, the receiver-trustee, with assistance from the county records commission of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located, shall create a records retention schedule applicable to the dissolved village's records.
(2) Requests for the dissolved village's public records shall be submitted to the receiver-trustee. The receiver-trustee shall respond to those requests in accordance with section 149.43 of the Revised Code. If the receiver-trustee transferred records under division (B) of this section before receiving a request, the receiver-trustee shall notify the requestor that the records may be available via request to the entity or township to which the records were transferred.
(B) Within the first ninety days after the date the dissolution is effective, the receiver-trustee, with assistance from the county records commission of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located, shall review the records of the dissolved village. The review shall determine which records may be disposed of, which records are related to utility services and shall be transferred to the entity assuming the management of the utility service, and which records shall be transferred to the township or townships into which the dissolved village dissolved. If necessary, the receiver-trustee and commission may seek the assistance of an entity or township for this purpose.
(C) Beginning on the date the transition period is over, the township or townships to which the records of the dissolved village were transferred under this section are responsible for responding to requests for those records.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:53 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.376 | Community Improvement Corporation.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
(A) If the dissolved village designated a community improvement corporation as its agency for the purposes described in division (A)(1) of section 1724.10 of the Revised Code, one of the following shall occur during the transition period:
(1) If the dissolving village is the only subdivision that designated the community improvement corporation as its agency, the community improvement corporation shall be dissolved;
(2) If more than one subdivision designated the community improvement corporation as its agency, the community improvement corporation shall either: (a) dissolve and apportion its remaining assets among each such subdivision in accordance with the articles of incorporation, or (b) apportion and liquidate the dissolving village's share of the community improvement corporation's assets and amend the articles of incorporation to reflect that the community improvement corporation is no longer the agency of the dissolving village.
(B) Assets of a community improvement corporation apportioned to a dissolving village under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section shall be disposed of by the receiver-trustee under section 703.373 of the Revised Code. Assets apportioned to subdivisions other than the dissolving village shall either be retained by the community improvement corporation if the community improvement corporation continues to exist, or disposed of under section 1724.07 of the Revised Code if the community improvement corporation is dissolved.
(C) The secretary of state shall cancel the articles of incorporation of a community improvement corporation dissolved under this section, and all rights, privileges, and franchises conferred upon that community improvement corporation by those articles of incorporation then shall cease.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:54 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.378 | Assumption of Rights and Responsibilities.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a township into which property subject to service payments in lieu of taxes required under section 725.04, 5709.42, or 5709.46 of the Revised Code, or services charges in lieu of taxes required under section 1728.11 or 1728.111 of the Revised Code, is dissolved in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code shall assume all rights and responsibilities under sections 725.04, 1728.11, 1728.111, 5709.40 to 5709.43, or 5709.45 to 5709.47 of the Revised Code of the dissolved village that granted exemption of the property.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:55 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.379 | Local Government Fund Payments.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "local government fund payments" means payments a dissolved village would receive under sections 5747.503, 5747.51, and 5747.53, and division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, as applicable, if not for the dissolution of the village.
(B) A county budget commission of a county in which all or part of the former territory of the dissolved village is located shall exclude the dissolved village from any apportionment plan adopted under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code on or after the first day of the transition period. A county budget commission shall not amend an apportionment plan adopted under one of those sections before the first day of the transition period for the purpose of reallocating county undivided local government fund payments apportioned to the dissolved village.
(C) All local government fund payments to a dissolved village shall continue as described in divisions (D) and (E) of this section until the end of the last calendar year for which an apportionment plan adopted by a county budget commission under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code includes allocations of county undivided local government fund revenue to the dissolved village.
(D) During the transition period, local government fund payments to the dissolved village shall be distributed to the receiver-trustee for disposal under section 703.373 of the Revised Code.
(E) After the transition period, local government fund payments to the dissolved village shall be distributed directly to the fiscal officer of the township that assumed the most dissolved village territory. The fiscal officer shall first apply the revenue to any outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village. Any remaining revenue shall then be dispensed to the township or townships into which the territory of the dissolved village was dissolved. Such remaining revenue shall be divided in the same proportions and used for the same purposes as tax and special assessment revenue under division (G) of section 703.371 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:56 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.38 | Final Audit.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
(A) On the date the transition period is over, the transition supervisory board shall notify the auditor of state and all entities affected by, or participating in, the dissolution that the transition period is over.
(B) Not later than thirty days after receiving the notice required under division (A) of this section, the auditor of state shall commence a final audit or final agreed-upon procedure audit. The auditor of state shall provide the completed final audit or final agreed-upon procedure audit to the transition supervisory board.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:58 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.39 | Claimants.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
Any potential claimant with a potential claim against the dissolving village shall bring the claim not later than ninety days after the day the receiver-trustee initially is appointed by the transition supervisory board. A claim brought after that date is invalid.
Last updated February 13, 2024 at 10:58 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.01 | Petition for Submission of Question of Organizing Municipal Corporation Under a Specific Plan.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
Whenever electors of any municipal corporation, equal in number to ten per cent of those who voted at the last regular municipal election, file a petition with the board of elections of the county in which such municipal corporation is situated, asking that the question of organizing the municipal corporation under any one of the plans of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 of the Revised Code, be submitted to the electors thereof, such board shall at once certify that fact to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the legislative authority shall, within thirty days, provide for submitting such question at a special election, to be held not less than ninety days after the filing of such petition. Any such election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws except as otherwise provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92 of the Revised Code, and the legislative authority of any municipal corporation holding such an election shall appropriate whatever money is necessary for the proper conduct of such election.
Last updated August 18, 2021 at 9:54 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.02 | Effect of Petition for Submission of Question of Choosing Commission to Frame Charter on Petition to Adopt Optional Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The proposition to adopt a plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not be submitted to the electors of any municipal corporation less than ninety days before a regular municipal election. If, in any municipal corporation, a sufficient petition is filed, requiring that the question of choosing a commission to frame a charter be submitted to the electors thereof, the proposition to adopt a plan of government provided in such sections shall not be submitted in that municipal corporation as long as the question of choosing such commission or of adopting a charter framed by such commission is pending therein. While the proposition of adopting any plan of government provided by such sections is pending in any municipal corporation, no other proposition provided for in such sections shall be submitted until the pending proposition is adopted or rejected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.03 | Form of Ballot in Submitting Question of Organizing Under Plan.

Effective:
August 22, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
In submitting to the electors of any municipal corporation the question of organizing under any one of the plans of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall have printed on the ballots the following question:
"Shall the (name the plan) plan of government, as provided in chapter ________ section ________ of the Revised Code be adopted?" Immediately following such question there shall be printed on the ballots the following propositions in the order here set forth:
"For the adoption of the (_______________) plan."
"Against the adoption of the (________________) plan."
When the question is on the adoption of the federal plan of government there shall also be submitted the question: "For councilmen-at-large," and "For councilmen-by-wards."
There shall also be printed on the ballots at any such election the following supplementary proposition:
"For the adoption of the recall;"
"Against the adoption of the recall."
Immediately to the left of each of the propositions shall be placed a square in which the electors may vote for or against any such propositions.
At least thirty days prior to any such election, the board shall mail a copy of the proposed plan of government and the supplementary propositions to each elector of the municipal corporation whose name appears on the pollbooks or registration books of the last general election, and each such copy shall contain, on the front cover thereof, a facsimile ballot and the date and hours of the election.
Any elector may, at least forty days prior to such election, file with such board a written argument of not more than three hundred words, for or against any proposed plan of government or for or against any other proposition submitted, and, upon payment of the cost of printing, the board shall have such written argument printed and a copy thereof mailed with the copy of the proposed plan to each elector, or otherwise distributed to every voter as far as practicable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.04 | Adoption of Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If, the proposition of adopting a plan of government submitted as provided by sections 705.01 to 705.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is approved by a majority of those voting thereon, such plan, together with any of the supplementary propositions approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, shall be the charter of such municipal corporation. When so adopted, sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall go into effect immediately, insofar as they apply to the nomination and election of officers provided for in such sections, and in all other respects such sections shall go into effect upon the first day of January following the next regular municipal election. All officers of any plan of government superseded by adoption of a plan provided in such sections, except members of the legislative authority, shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until the legislative authority elected under such sections provides by ordinances for the performance of the duties of such officers, whereupon the terms of all such officers shall expire and their offices be abolished.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.05 | Submission of Supplementary Propositions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In any municipal corporation in which a plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, has been adopted, any of the supplementary propositions not previously adopted may, at any municipal election, be independently submitted to the electors in the manner provided by sections 705.01 to 705.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code. If the proposition to adopt such a plan is rejected by the electors of a municipal corporation, it shall not again be submitted in that municipal corporation within one year after such rejection.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.06 | Board of Elections Shall File Certificate of Election Results.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Immediately after an election upon the adoption of any plan of government or proposition provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall file a certificate of the results thereof with the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.07 | Sections Applicable to Each Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Sections 705.07 to 705.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, apply to and are a part of each plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The powers conferred upon municipal corporations by Title VII of the Revised Code so far as applicable, shall govern unless otherwise provided by law. Each such plan may be proposed by the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, or by the electors of such municipal corporation by petition in the manner prescribed by law for the submission of initiative petitions. Such plan shall take effect and be in force when approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.08 | Treasurer - Duties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The treasurer shall be the custodian of all moneys of the municipal corporation, and shall keep the moneys in such manner and in such place as is determined by the legislative authority thereof. He shall pay out money only on warrants issued by the auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.09 | Auditor - Duties.

Effective:
November 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall choose an auditor, who shall keep an accurate account of all taxes and assessments, and of all money due to, all receipts and disbursements by, and of all assets and liabilities of the municipal corporation, and of all appropriations made by the legislative authority. The auditor shall, at the end of each fiscal year, and more often if required by the legislative authority, audit the accounts of the several departments and officers and shall audit all other accounts in which the municipal corporation is interested. The auditor may prescribe the form of reports to be rendered to his department, and the method of keeping accounts by all other departments, and he shall require daily reports, showing all money received and the disposition thereof, to be made to him by each department. The auditor shall, upon the death, resignation, removal, or expiration of the term of any officer, audit the accounts of the officer, and, if the officer is found indebted to the municipal corporation, the auditor shall immediately give notice thereof to the legislative authority and the village solicitor or city director of law, and the latter shall forthwith proceed to collect the indebtedness.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.10 | Clerk - Duties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall choose a clerk and such other officers and employees of its own body as are necessary. The clerk shall keep the records of the legislative authority and perform such other duties as are required by ordinance or resolution. All officers and employees chosen by the legislative authority shall serve during the pleasure thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.11 | Village Solicitor or City Director of Law - Duties.

Effective:
November 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
The village solicitor or city director of law shall act as the legal advisor to and attorney for the municipal corporation, and for all officers of the municipal corporation in matters relating to their official duties. He shall prepare all contracts, bonds, and other instruments in writing in which the municipal corporation is concerned, and shall indorse on each his approval of the form and the correctness thereof. No contract with the municipal corporation shall take effect until the approval of the village solicitor or city director of law is indorsed thereon. He or his assistants shall be the prosecutor in any police or municipal court, and shall perform such other duties and have such assistants and clerks as are required or provided.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.12 | Qualifications of Members of Legislative Authority.

Effective:
August 21, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 188 - 110th General Assembly
Members of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be electors of the municipal corporation. They shall not hold any other public office or employment, except that of notary public or member of the state militia, or state or county central committeeman of a political party, or state or county executive committeeman of a political party, or state or county officer of a political party, and shall not be interested in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work, or service for the municipal corporation. Any member who ceases to possess any of the qualifications required by this section shall forthwith forfeit his office. Any contract in which any such member is or becomes interested may be declared void by the legislative authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.13 | Salaries and Attendance of Members.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall, by ordinance, fix the salary of its members which shall be paid in equal monthly installments. For each absence from regular meetings of the legislative authority, unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of all members thereof, there shall be deducted a sum equal to two per cent of such annual salary. Absence for ten successive regular meetings shall operate to vacate the seat of a member, unless such absence is authorized by the legislative authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.14 | Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

Effective:
September 19, 1985
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 66 - 116th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in section 705.53 of the Revised Code, at the first meeting following each regular municipal election, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall elect one of its members as chairman and one other member as vice-chairman. The chairman shall preside at meetings of the legislative authority and perform such duties as are imposed upon him, as presiding officer, by the legislative authority. In municipal corporations in which a municipal court is not otherwise provided, the chairman shall perform all of the general duties provided in section 733.30 of the Revised Code, shall have such jurisdiction as is provided by section 1905.20 of the Revised Code, and shall be styled "police justice" in the performance of all judicial duties, and in such style he shall sign all processes and judicial records during the time he serves. He shall keep a docket in which he shall enter all cases brought before him. Such docket shall be provided by and be the property of the municipal corporation. At the end of each month, such police justice shall make a report to the legislative authority of all cases brought before him.
When the chairman of the legislative authority or police justice is absent from the municipal corporation, or is unable to perform his duties, or in case of death, resignation, or removal, the vice-chairman shall act as chairman and perform all of the duties provided for chairman and police justice, pending any future meeting of the legislative authority at which it may select one of its members, who has been elected as provided in sections 705.31 and 705.32 of the Revised Code, to become the chairman and police justice for the period of time that such chairman is absent from the municipal corporation, or is incapacitated for any cause, or in the event of his death, resignation, or removal. The member so selected shall become the chairman of the legislative authority and police justice for the unexpired term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.15 | Powers of Legislative Authority.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A majority of all members of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation constitutes a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the legislative authority is necessary to adopt any motion, ordinance, or resolution, and on the passage of every ordinance or resolution the vote shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays" and entered upon the journal. Each proposed ordinance or resolution shall be in written or printed form, and shall contain not more than one subject which shall be clearly stated in the title. General appropriation ordinances may contain the various subjects and accounts for which moneys are appropriated. No ordinance, unless it is declared an emergency measure, shall be passed until it has been read on three separate days, the first and second reading of which may be by title only, and if such measure is printed and a copy thereof placed on the desk of each member the third reading may be by title only. The rule requiring every ordinance to be read on three separate days may be suspended by a three-fourths vote of all members elected or appointed to the legislative authority, taken by "yeas" and "nays" on each ordinance and entered on the journal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.16 | Publication of Ordinances or Resolutions.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) All ordinances or resolutions shall be in effect after thirty days from the date of their passage, except as provided in section 705.75 of the Revised Code.
(B) A succinct summary of each ordinance and resolution of a general nature, or providing for public improvements, or assessing property shall, upon passage of the ordinance or resolution, be promptly published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation. Such publication shall be made in the body type of the paper under headlines in eighteen point type, which headlines shall specify the nature of such legislation. The publication shall contain notice that the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution may be obtained or viewed at the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and may be viewed at any other location designated by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. The city director of law, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of the municipal corporation shall review the summary of an ordinance or resolution published under this section prior to forwarding it to the clerk for publication, to ensure that the summary is legally accurate and sufficient.
(C) Upon publication of a summary of an ordinance or resolution in accordance with this section, the clerk of the legislative authority shall supply a copy of the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution to any person, upon request, and may charge a reasonable fee, set by the legislative authority, for each copy supplied. The clerk shall post a copy of the text at the clerk's office and at every other location designated by the legislative authority.
(D) No newspaper shall be paid a higher price for the publication of summaries of ordinances than its government rate established under section 7.10 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.17 | Annual Tax Ordinance.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
An annual tax ordinance to determine the amount of the tax levy shall be prepared by the mayor, the chairman of the commission, or the city manager, as the case may be, under the direction of the legislative authority. For the purpose of preparing such ordinances such officer shall require from the head of each office or department for which appropriations are made, a detailed statement, upon uniform blanks furnished by such officer, of the expenses of such office or department for the previous years and the estimated expense for the next year. The tax ordinance prepared by such officer shall set forth in detail the probable revenues of the municipal corporation from every source, in such form as to indicate the means by which it is proposed to provide for the estimated expenditures set forth in such ordinance, and shall also include detailed statements of the contemplated expenditures of the municipal corporation and of each office, department, and functional division thereof. After the tax ordinance is prepared by such officer, opportunity shall be given, after at least one week's notice, for public hearings thereon. The ordinance shall then be submitted to the legislative authority and by it to the county budget commission which shall fix the total maximum tax levy permitted to the municipal corporation for the ensuing year. The legislative authority shall then fix the actual tax levy for the ensuing year, but such levy shall not be higher than the estimate submitted by such officer or exceed the limit fixed by the county budget commission. Such levy shall not be higher than the maximum provided for by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.18 | Annual Appropriation Ordinance - Supplemental Appropriation.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
An annual appropriation ordinance shall be prepared by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation from estimates submitted by the mayor, the chairperson of the commission, or the city manager, as the case may be, in the manner provided in section 705.17 of the Revised Code for the annual tax ordinance. The annual appropriation ordinance shall be submitted to the legislative authority at its first meeting after the beginning of the municipal corporation's fiscal year, and the total of any appropriation ordinance passed by such legislative authority shall not exceed the total balances carried over from the previous fiscal year plus the estimated revenue of the current fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations shall not be made during the current fiscal year except from an contingent fund regularly set aside by the legislative authority in the annual appropriation ordinance or unless by an ordinance passed as an emergency measure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.19 | Limitation on Appropriations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No money shall be drawn from the treasury of a municipal corporation except in pursuance of appropriations made by the legislative authority, and whenever an appropriation is so made the clerk shall forthwith give notice to the auditor and treasurer. Appropriations may be made in furtherance of improvements or other objects or work of the municipal corporation which will not be completed within the current year. At the end of each year all unexpended balances of appropriations shall revert to the respective funds from which they were appropriated and shall then be subject to future appropriations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.20 | Payment of Claims - Procedure.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No warrant for the payment of any claim shall be issued by the auditor until such claim is approved by the head of the department for which the indebtedness was incurred. Each head of a department and his surety shall be liable to the municipal corporation for all loss or damage sustained by such municipal corporation by reason of the negligence or corrupt approval of any claim against the municipal corporation in his department. Whenever any claim is presented to the auditor he may require evidence that the amount claimed is justly due and is in conformity to law and ordinance, and, for that purpose, he may summon before him any officer, agent, employee of any department of the municipal corporation, or any other person, and examine him upon oath or affirmation relative thereto. Such oath or affirmation may be administered by the auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.21 | Investigations by Municipal Corporation - Production of Testimony.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or any committee thereof authorized by it, may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and other evidence at any meeting of such legislative authority or committee, and for that purpose may issue subpoenas or attachments in any case of injury or investigation, to be signed by the presiding officer of such legislative authority or chairman of such committee, which shall be served and executed by any officer authorized to serve subpoenas and other processes. If any witness refuses to testify to any acts within his knowledge, or to produce any papers or books in his possession, or under his control, relating to the matter under inquiry, before the legislative authority or any such committee, the legislative authority may commit the witness to prison for contempt. No witness shall be excused from testifying touching his knowledge or the matter under investigation in any such inquiry, but such testimony shall not be used against him in any criminal prosecution, except for perjury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.22 | Annual Report of Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
At the end of each year the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall have an annual report printed, in pamphlet form, giving:
(A) The classified statement of all receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities of the municipal corporation;
(B) A detailed comparison of such receipts and expenditures with those of the preceding year;
(C) A summary of the proceedings of the legislative authority and a summary of the operations of the administrative departments for the previous twelve months.
A copy of this report shall be furnished to the municipal library and any citizen of the municipal corporation who applies for the report at the office of the clerk. Similar reports may be printed quarterly. All meetings of the legislative authority or committees thereof shall be public, and any citizen of the municipal corporation shall have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.23 | Municipal Civil Service Commission - Qualifications, Term, and Vacancies of Members.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Within ten days after the first officers assume their duties, in any city adopting a plan of government as provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 inclusive, of the Revised Code, the commission in cities adopting the commission plan, the council in cities adopting the commission plan, the council in cities adopting the city manager plan, and the mayor in cities adopting the federal plan, shall appoint three persons who shall constitute the municipal civil service commission. Not more than two of such persons shall be of the same political party and they shall serve, one for two years, one for four years, and one for six years. Upon the expiration of the terms of office of such members of the municipal civil service commission, their successors shall be appointed to hold office for a term of six years, by the appointing authority. Any vacancy in the municipal civil service commission shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired term. The appointing authority may, at any time, remove any of the members of such municipal civil service commission from office for misconduct, neglect of duty, or for malfeasance in office. Any such member shall first be given an opportunity to be publicly heard, in person or by counsel, in his own defense. The legislative authority shall provide suitable rooms and all necessary supplies and equipment for the proper conduct of the duties of the municipal civil service commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.24 | Salaries and Duties of Commission Members.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly
The salaries of the members of the municipal civil service commission and of their assistants shall be determined by ordinance. The commission shall enforce Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, and shall make rules for the proper performance of its duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.25 | Disposition of Fees and Perquisites.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The salary of an elective officer shall not be changed during the term for which such officer was elected.
All fees and perquisites appertaining to any municipal office or officer shall be paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation, and shall be credited to the general fund. No officer or employee of the municipal corporation shall receive otherwise than as the representative of the municipal corporation and for the purpose of paying it into such treasury any fee, present, gift, or emolument, or share therein, for official services, other than his regular salary or compensation. Any officer violating this section shall thereby forfeit his office. No member of the legislative authority or other officer or employee thereof shall receive compensation for services rendered in any other department of the municipal corporation, nor shall they or any other officer, clerk, or employee of the municipal corporation act as agent or attorney for any person, company, or corporation, in relation to any matter to be affected by action of the legislative or any other department, or by the action of any officer of the municipal corporation. The violation of this section is cause for removal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.26 | Duties of Officers and Employees of a Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The duties of all officers and employees of a municipal corporation shall be those prescribed by sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or by ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.27 | Bonds.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the treasurer, auditor, and such other officers or employees of the municipal corporation as the legislative authority directs, shall give a bond to the municipal corporation for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sum as the legislative authority fixes by ordinance or resolution. Premiums on official bonds may be paid by the municipal corporation.