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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.22 | Times of Publication Required.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The publication required in section 731.21 of the Revised Code shall be for the following times:
(A) Summaries of ordinances or resolutions, and proclamations of elections, once a week for two consecutive weeks;
(B) Notices, not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks;
(C) All other matters shall be published once.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 4:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.23 | Publication and Certification of Ordinances in Book Form.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
When ordinances are revised, codified, rearranged, published in book form, and certified as correct by the clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and the mayor, such publication shall be a sufficient publication, and the ordinances so published, under appropriate titles, chapters, and sections, shall be held the same in law as though they had been published in accordance with section 731.21 of the Revised Code. A new ordinance so published in book form, a summary of which has not been published as required by sections 731.21 and 731.22 of the Revised Code, and which contains entirely new matter, shall be published as required by such sections. If such revision or codification is made by a municipal corporation and contains new matter, it shall be a sufficient publication of such codification, including the new matter, to publish, in the manner required by such sections, a notice of the enactment of such codifying ordinance, containing the title of the ordinance and a summary of the new matters covered by it. Such revision and codification may be made under appropriate titles, chapters, and sections and in one ordinance containing one or more subjects.
Except as provided by this section, a succinct summary of all ordinances, including emergency ordinances, shall be published in accordance with section 731.21 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 4:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.231 | Adopting Standard or Technical Ordinances and Codes.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipality may adopt standard ordinances and codes, prepared and promulgated by the state, or any department, board, or other agency thereof or any code prepared and promulgated by a public or private organization which publishes a model or standard code, including but not limited to codes and regulations pertaining to fire, fire hazards, fire prevention, plumbing code, electrical code, building code, refrigeration machinery code, piping code, boiler code, heating code, or air conditioning code, by incorporation by reference.
The publication required by sections 731.21 to 731.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall clearly identify such code, shall state the purpose of the code, shall state that a complete copy of such code is on file with the clerk of the legislative authority for inspection by the public and also on file in the law library of the county or counties in which the municipality is located and that said clerk has copies available for distribution to the public at cost. If the adopting municipality amends or deletes any provisions of such code, the publication shall contain a brief summary of such deletion or amendment.
If the agency which originally promulgated or published the code thereafter amends said code, any municipality which has adopted a code by the provisions of this section may adopt such amendment or change by incorporation by reference in an amending ordinance by the same procedure as required for the adoption of the original code without the necessity of setting forth in full in the amending ordinance the provisions of the original ordinance or code.
Ordinances or codes adopted by a municipality under the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be a full and complete compliance with sections 731.21 to 731.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and no other publication is necessary.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 4:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.24 | Certificate of Clerk as to Publication.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Immediately after the expiration of the period of publication of summaries of ordinances required by section 731.22 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall enter on the record of ordinances, in a blank to be left for such purpose under the recorded ordinance, a certificate stating in which manner and on what dates such publication was made, and shall sign the clerk's name thereto officially. Such certificate shall be prima-facie evidence that legal publication of the summary of the ordinance was made.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 4:18 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.25 | [Former r.c. 731.26, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Effect of Not Making Publication.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
It is a sufficient defense to any suit or prosecution under an ordinance, to show that no publication or posting was made as required by sections 731.21 to 731.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 5, 2023 at 4:44 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.27 | Mayor's Veto in Cities.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Every ordinance or resolution of a legislative authority of a city shall, before it goes into effect, be presented to the mayor for approval. The mayor, if he approves such ordinance or resolution, shall sign and return it forthwith to the legislative authority. If he does not approve it, he shall, within ten days after its passage or adoption, return it, with his objections, to the legislative authority, or, if it is not in session, to the next regular meeting thereof, which objections shall be entered upon its journal. The mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any item of an ordinance appropriating money. If he does not return such ordinance or resolution within the time limited in this section, it shall take effect in the same manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislative authority, by adjournment, prevents its return. When the mayor disapproves an ordinance or resolution, or any part thereof, and returns it with his objections, the legislative authority may, after ten days, reconsider it, and if such ordinance, resolution, or item, upon such reconsideration, is approved by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected, it shall then take effect as if signed by the mayor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.28 | Ordinances and Measures Proposed by Initiative Petition.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
Ordinances and other measures providing for the exercise of any powers of government granted by the constitution or delegated to any municipal corporation by the general assembly may be proposed by initiative petition. Such initiative petition must contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor in the municipal corporation.
When a petition is filed with the city auditor or village clerk, signed by the required number of electors proposing an ordinance or other measure, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days, transmit a certified copy of the text of the proposed ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the certified copy of the proposed ordinance or other measure. The board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors who signed the petition.
The board shall submit such proposed ordinance or measure for the approval or rejection of the electors of the municipal corporation at the next general election occurring subsequent to ninety days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and validity of the initiative petition to the board of elections. No ordinance or other measure proposed by initiative petition and approved by a majority of the electors voting upon the measure in such municipal corporation shall be subject to the veto of the mayor.
As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting it is a true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or other measure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.29 | Petition for Referendum.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
Any ordinance or other measure passed by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be subject to the referendum except as provided by section 731.30 of the Revised Code. No ordinance or other measure shall go into effect until thirty days after it is filed with the mayor of a city or passed by the legislative authority in a village, except as provided by such section.
When a petition, signed by ten per cent of the number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor in the municipal corporation, is filed with the city auditor or village clerk within thirty days after any ordinance or other measure is filed with the mayor or passed by the legislative authority of a village, or in case the mayor has vetoed the ordinance or any measure and returned it to council, such petition may be filed within thirty days after the council has passed the ordinance or measure over the veto, ordering that such ordinance or measure be submitted to the electors of such municipal corporation for their approval or rejection, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days, and not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of election, transmit a certified copy of the text of the ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the certified copy of the ordinance or measure. The board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors who signed the petition. The board shall submit the ordinance or measure to the electors of the municipal corporation, for their approval or rejection, at the next general election occurring subsequent to ninety days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and validity of the petition to the board of elections.
No such ordinance or measure shall go into effect until approved by the majority of those voting upon it. Sections 731.28 to 731.41 of the Revised Code do not prevent a municipal corporation, after the passage of any ordinance or other measure, from proceeding at once to give any notice or make any publication required by such ordinance or other measure.
As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact reproduction of the original ordinance or other measure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.30 | Application of Sections.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Whenever the legislative authority of a municipal corporation is required to pass more than one ordinance or other measure to complete the legislation necessary to make and pay for any public improvement, sections 731.28 to 731.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall apply only to the first ordinance or other measure required to be passed and not to any subsequent ordinances and other measures relating thereto. Ordinances or other measures providing for appropriations for the current expenses of any municipal corporation, or for street improvements petitioned for by the owners of a majority of the feet front of the property benefited and to be especially assessed for the cost thereof, and emergency ordinances or measures necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety in such municipal corporation, shall go into immediate effect. Such emergency ordinances or measures must, upon a yea and nay vote, receive a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the legislative authority, and the reasons for such necessity shall be set forth in one section of the ordinance or other measure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.31 | Presentation of Petition.

Effective:
March 23, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1062 - 113th General Assembly
Any initiative or referendum petition may be presented in separate parts, but each part of any initiative petition shall contain a full and correct copy of the title and text of the proposed ordinance or other measure, and each part of any referendum petition shall contain the number and a full and correct copy of the title of the ordinance or other measure sought to be referred. Each signer of any such petition must be an elector of the municipal corporation in which the election, upon the ordinance or measure proposed by such initiative petition, or the ordinance or measure referred to by such referendum petition, is to be held. Petitions shall be governed in all other respects by the rules set forth in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. In determining the validity of any such petition, all signatures which are found to be irregular shall be rejected, but no petition shall be declared invalid in its entirety when one or more signatures are found to be invalid except when the number of valid signatures is found to be less than the total number required by this section.
The petitions and signatures upon such petitions shall be prima facie presumed to be in all respects sufficient. No ordinance or other measure submitted to the electors of any municipal corporation, and receiving an affirmative majority of the votes cast thereon, shall be held ineffective or void on account of the insufficiency of the petitions by which such submission of the ordinance or measure was procured, nor shall the rejection, by a majority of the votes cast thereon, of any ordinance or other measure submitted to the electors of such municipal corporation, be held invalid for such insufficiency.
Ordinances proposed by initiative petition and referendums receiving an affirmative majority of the votes cast thereon, shall become effective on the fifth day after the day on which the board of elections certifies the official vote on such question.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.32 | Copy of Proposed Ordinance or Measure Filed With Auditor or Clerk.

Effective:
October 10, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 192 - 119th General Assembly
Whoever seeks to propose an ordinance or measure in a municipal corporation by initiative petition or files a referendum petition against any ordinance or measure shall, before circulating such petition, file a certified copy of the proposed ordinance or measure with the city auditor or the village clerk.
As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or measure or of the original ordinance or measure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.33 | Words Which Shall Be Printed in Red.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
At the top of each part of the petition mentioned in section 731.32 of the Revised Code, the following words shall be printed in red:
NOTICE
Whoever knowingly signs this petition more than once, signs a name other than his own, or signs when not a legal voter is liable to prosecution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.34 | Designation of Committee Filing Petition.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The petitioners may designate in any initiative or referendum petition a committee of not less than three of their number, who shall be regarded as filing the petition. After a petition has been filed with the city auditor or village clerk it shall be kept open for public inspection for ten days. If, after a petition proposing an ordinance or other measure has been filed with such auditor or clerk, the proposed ordinance or other measure, or a substitute for the proposed ordinance or measure approved by such committee, is passed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the majority of the committee shall notify the board of elections in writing and such proposed ordinance or measure shall not be submitted to a vote of the electors.
If, after a verified referendum petition has been filed against any ordinance or measure, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation repeals such ordinance or measure, or it is held to be invalid, the board of elections shall not submit such ordinance or measure to a vote of the electors.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.35 | Itemized Statement by Circulator of Petition.

Effective:
March 23, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1062 - 113th General Assembly
(A) The circulator of an initiative or referendum petition, or his agent, shall, within five days after such petition is filed with the city auditor or village clerk, file an itemized statement, made under penalty of election falsification, showing in detail:
(1) All moneys or things of value paid, given, or promised for circulating such petition;
(2) Full names and addresses of all persons to whom such payments or promises were made;
(3) Full names and addresses of all persons who contributed anything of value to be used in circulating such petitions;
(4) Time spent and salaries earned while circulating or soliciting signatures to petitions by persons who were regular salaried employees of some person who authorized them to solicit signatures for or circulate the petition as a part of their regular duties.
(B) The statement provided for in division (A) of this section shall not be required from persons who take no other part in circulating a petition than signing declarations to parts of the petition and soliciting signatures to them.
(C) Such statement shall be open to public inspection for a period of one year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.36 | Prohibited Practices Relative to Petitions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person shall, directly or indirectly:
(A) Willfully misrepresent the contents of any initiative or referendum petition;
(B) Pay or offer to pay any elector anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition;
(C) Promise to help another person to obtain appointment to any office provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or by the ordinances of any municipal corporation, or to any position or employment in the service of the state or any political subdivision thereof as a consideration for obtaining signatures to an initiative or referendum petition;
(D) Obtain signatures to any initiative or referendum petition as a consideration for the assistance or promise of assistance of another person in securing an appointment to any office or position provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or by the ordinance of any municipal corporation therein, or employment in the service of the state or any subdivision thereof;
(E) Alter, add to, or erase any signatures or names on the parts of a petition after such parts have been filed with the city auditor or village clerk;
(F) Fail to file the sworn itemized statement required in section 731.35 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.40 | Prohibition Against Threats in Securing Signatures.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person shall, directly or indirectly, by intimidation or threats, influence or seek to influence any person to sign or abstain from signing, or to solicit signatures to or abstain from soliciting signatures to an initiative or referendum petition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.41 | Charter Municipal Corporations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Sections 731.28 to 731.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to any municipal corporation which adopts its own charter containing an initiative and referendum provision for its own ordinances and other legislative measures.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.42 | Bylaws and Ordinances as Evidence.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The printed copies of the bylaws or ordinances of a municipal corporation, published under its authority, and transcripts of any bylaws, resolutions, or ordinances, or of any act or proceeding of a municipal corporation, recorded in any book or entered on any minutes or journal kept under the direction of such municipal corporation, and certified by its clerk, shall be received in evidence throughout the state for any purpose for which the original books, ordinances, minutes, or journals would be received.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.44 | Judge of Election and Qualification of Members - Quorum and Special Meetings.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members. A majority of all the members elected shall be a quorum, but a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as are prescribed by ordinance. The legislative authority shall provide rules for the manner of calling special meetings.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.45 | Rules - Journal - Expulsion of Members.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall determine its own rules and keep a journal of its proceedings. It may punish or expel any member for disorderly conduct or violation of its rules, and declare his seat vacant for absence without valid excuse, where such absence has continued for two months. No expulsion shall take place without the concurrence of two thirds of all the members elected, and until the delinquent member has been notified of the charge against him and has had an opportunity to be heard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.46 | Meetings of Legislative Authority.

Effective:
October 17, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 936 - 101st General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall not be required to hold more than one regular meeting in each week. The meetings may be held at such time and place as is prescribed by ordinance and shall, at all times, be open to the public. The mayor, or any three members of the legislative authority may call special meetings upon at least twelve hours' notice to each member, served personally or left at his usual place of residence.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.48 | Contract Restrictions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall not enter into any contract which is not to go into full operation during the term for which all the members of such legislative authority are elected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.49 | Failure to Take Oath or Give Bond.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may declare vacant the office of any person elected or appointed to such office who, within ten days after he has been notified of his appointment or election, or obligation to give a new or additional bond, fails to take the required official oath or to give any bond required of him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.50 | Notice When New Bond Required.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation declares by resolution that an officer shall give a new bond, written notice shall be served by its clerk upon the officer designated, and a copy of the notice, with a statement of the time and place of service, shall be recorded in the proceedings of the legislative authority.
If the officer fails to give such new bond, with sureties, to the satisfaction of the mayor, within ten days after such service, the legislative authority shall declare the office vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in Title VII of the Revised Code.
When the new bond is accepted or the legislative authority declares the office vacant, the sureties in the original bond shall cease to be liable for the acts of such officer done thereafter, but shall continue to be liable for his acts then already done.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.51 | Notice to Owner to Cut Noxious Weeds or Remove Litter - Service.

Effective:
August 6, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 294 - 111th General Assembly
(A) Upon written information that noxious weeds are growing on lands in a municipal corporation, and are about to spread or mature seeds, the legislative authority shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of such land, notifying him that noxious weeds are growing on such lands and that they must be cut and destroyed within five days after the service of such notice.
(B) Upon a finding by the legislative authority that litter has been placed on lands in a municipal corporation, and has not been removed, and constitutes a detriment to public health, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner and, if different, upon the lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the littered land, notifying him that litter is on the land, and that it must be collected and removed within fifteen days after the service of the notice.
As used in this section and section 731.53 of the Revised Code, "litter" includes any garbage, waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
If the owner or other person having charge of the land is a nonresident of the municipal corporation whose address is known, the notice shall be sent to his address by certified mail. If the address of the owner or other person having charge of the land is unknown it is sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
This section does not apply to land being used under a municipal building or construction permit or license, a municipal permit or license, or a conditional zoning permit or variance to operate a junk yard, scrap metal processing facility, or similar businesses, or a permit or license issued pursuant to Chapter 3734., sections 4737.05 to 4737.12, or Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.52 | Fees for Service and Return.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A marshal, police officer, clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or a deputy, may make service and return of the notice provided for in section 731.51 of the Revised Code and the fees therefor shall be the same as are allowed for service and return of summons in civil cases before a magistrate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.53 | Procedure When Owner Fails to Comply With Notice.

Effective:
August 6, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 294 - 111th General Assembly
If the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of the lands mentioned in section 731.51 of the Revised Code, fails to comply with the notice required by such section, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall cause such noxious weeds to be cut and destroyed or such litter removed and may employ the necessary labor to perform the task. All expenses incurred shall, when approved by the legislative authority, be paid out of any money in the treasury of the municipal corporation not otherwise appropriated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.54 | Written Return to County Auditor - Amount a Lien Upon Property.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall make a written return to the county auditor of its action under sections 731.51 to 731.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, with a statement of the charges for its services, the amount paid for the performing of such labor, the fees of the officers who made the service of the notice and return, and a proper description of the premises. Such amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, shall be a lien upon such lands from the date of the entry, and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the municipal corporation with the general fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.55 | Insurance for City Funds or Securities - Costs.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All funds or securities in the possession or custody of any city official in his official capacity, or any funds or securities the possession or custody of which is charged to any city official, including funds or securities in transit to or from any bank or trust company, may be insured by the legislative authority of the city in such amount as is found necessary in the public interest. All costs of such insurance shall be paid by the city by ordinance adopted by the legislative authority thereof, in the same manner as other legal claims against the city are allowed and paid.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.56 | Investment of City Funds.

Effective:
March 5, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 144 - 116th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by ordinance, provide that whenever there are moneys in the treasury of such municipal corporation which will not be required to be used by such municipal corporation for a period of six months or more, such moneys may be invested in obligations of such municipal corporation, obligations made eligible for the deposit or investment of interim moneys of subdivisions of the state under section 135.14 of the Revised Code, bonds of this state, and bonds of any municipal corporation, county, township, or other political subdivision of this state, as to which there is no default of principal, interest, or coupons. Such investments shall not be made at a price in excess of the current market value of such bonds or other interest-bearing obligations. Such bonds or other interest-bearing obligations may be liquidated or sold for cash and for a sum not less than their current market price, in the manner prescribed in sections 731.57 to 731.59 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.57 | Investment Authorized - Limitations - Procedure.

Effective:
September 27, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 81 - 121st General Assembly
Whenever the money in the treasury of any municipal corporation is to be invested as provided for in section 731.56 of the Revised Code, the auditor or other chief fiscal officer shall submit to the mayor, or to the chief executive officer if the mayor is not such, and to the village solicitor or city director of law of such municipal corporation, a statement of moneys in the treasury or in the process of collection, and a schedule showing the probable requirements of money for the use of the municipal corporation for a period of not less than six months as the ordinance under section 731.56 of the Revised Code, or as the chief executive officer directs, together with a recommendation as to whether any moneys in the treasury shall be invested in such obligations. The mayor or other chief executive officer, the village solicitor or city director of law, and the auditor or other chief fiscal officer may thereupon order such investments, at not more than the current market value, as they deem advisable, in the interest of the municipal corporation. It is unnecessary to advertise bonds before such investment is made. No investment, other than an interim deposit as authorized by section 731.56 and division (B)(3) of section 135.14 of the Revised Code shall be made except in obligations which have been passed upon and approved as to validity by a reputable firm of bond attorneys.
Whenever it is necessary to convert any such investment into cash, it shall be done by first offering the obligations held by the municipal corporation to the sinking fund commission, and if the sinking fund commission declines to take any of them, they shall be sold in any manner authorized by law for the sale of investments by the sinking fund. No obligations shall be liquidated or sold for less than the current market value.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.58 | Treasury Investment Account.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
The chief accounting officer of the municipal corporation shall maintain an account, to be known as the "treasury investment account," in which he shall enter all transactions relating to the investment of treasury funds under sections 731.56 and 731.57 of the Revised Code. He shall maintain a record and furnish to the treasurer of the municipal corporation a duplicate of all items entered thereon, showing all bonds or other securities purchased or sold for the treasury account, with the number, maturity, date, and interest rate of each. Such accounting officer shall keep a record of the number and maturity of interest coupons, and whenever any such securities or interest coupons are due he shall issue his order for their collection, in the same manner as other receipts are collected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.59 | Custody of Municipal Securities.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
All securities belonging to the treasury of any municipal corporation or to any fund thereof, other than the sinking fund, may be placed in the custody of any member of the federal reserve banking system, upon the issuance by such member of its custodian or other bailment receipt to the treasurer of the municipal corporation. Such custody shall be as a qualified trustee pursuant to division (E) of section 135.18 of the Revised Code, which shall be required to report to the treasurer, auditor of state, or an authorized outside auditor at any time upon request as to the identity, market value, and location of the document evidencing each security. Such securities, if not kept in the custody of a member of the federal reserve banking system, shall be in the custody of such treasurer and shall be kept in a safe deposit box or vault belonging to a regular depository of the municipal corporation. If such securities are so kept, such safe deposit box or vault shall be opened only in the presence of one or more of the three officers named in section 731.57 of the Revised Code, and only upon a warrant or order of the chief accounting officer directing the deposit or removal of securities purchased or sold or the clipping of interest coupons for collection. A report of whatever is placed in or removed from such safe deposit box or vault upon any such occasion shall be signed by the treasurer and by the witness required by this section, and shall be returned to the chief accounting officer upon the same day. Whenever any securities are so held for the municipal corporation the officers having power to make such investments shall be bonded in amounts to be stipulated by ordinance. Such bonds may cover other contingencies in which such officers might become liable to the municipal corporation. In the event securities are deposited with a member of the federal reserve banking system, such securities may be withdrawn or sold only upon order of the three officers named in such section.
All investments, except for investments by the municipal corporation in the issues of such municipal corporation, shall be made only through a member of the national association of securities dealers, inc., through a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association regulated by the superintendent of financial institutions, or through an institution regulated by the comptroller of the currency, federal deposit insurance corporation, board of governors of the federal reserve system, or federal home loan bank board. Payment for investments shall be made only upon the delivery of securities representing such investments to the treasurer or qualified trustee. If the securities transferred are not represented by a certificate, payment shall be made only upon receipt of confirmation of transfer from the custodian by the treasurer, governing board, or qualified trustee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 731 | Organization › Section 731.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 731.36 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
(B) Whoever violates section 731.40 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(C) Whoever violates section 731.38 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 733 | Officers › Section 733.01 | Executive Power in Cities.

Effective:
November 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
The executive power of cities shall be vested in a mayor, president of council, auditor, treasurer, director of law, director of public service, director of public safety, and such other officers and departments as are provided by Title VII of the Revised Code.
Such executive officers shall have exclusive right to appoint all officers, clerks, and employees in their respective departments or offices and remove or suspend any of such officers, clerks, or employees, subject to the civil service laws.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 733 | Officers › Section 733.02 | Mayor of City - Election - Term.

Effective:
January 1, 1967
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 106th General Assembly
The mayor of a city shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the city.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 733 | Officers › Section 733.03 | General Powers of Mayor in Cities - Merger of Certain Departments.

Effective:
September 6, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 358 - 106th General Assembly
The mayor shall be the chief conservator of peace within the city. He may appoint and remove the director of public service, the director of public safety, and the heads of the subdepartments of public service and public safety, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are conferred and required by law.
In any city the legislative authority thereof may, by a majority vote, merge the office of director of public safety with that of director of public service, with one director to be appointed for the merged department, and the director of the merged department shall have those qualifications provided in section 735.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 733 | Officers › Section 733.04 | Appointment of Municipal Officers in Cities.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The director of public service, director of public safety, directors of the university, street commissioner, or any officer or member of a board, whose appointment is required by Title VII of the Revised Code shall be appointed not earlier than the second Monday in January and not later than the first Monday in February.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 733 | Officers › Section 733.05 | Consultation and Advice to Directors of Departments in Cities.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the mayor deems it necessary, the directors of the several departments of the city shall meet with him at the time and place he designates, for consultation and advice upon the affairs of the city.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 733 | Officers › Section 733.06 | Mayor and Officers of Cities Shall Attend Meetings of Legislative Authority - Mayor's Written Recommendations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The mayor, the directors, and the several officers provided for in Title VII of the Revised Code shall attend the meetings of the legislative authority of the city when specifically requested by such legislative authority, and answer at such time questions put to any of them by any member of such legislative authority, relative to the affairs of the city under their respective management and control. The mayor shall make such recommendations, in writing, to the legislative authority for the welfare of the city as seem wise to him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 733 | Officers › Section 733.07 | Acting Mayor in Cities.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the mayor is absent from the city, or is unable for any cause to perform his duties, the president of the legislative authority shall be the acting mayor. While such president is acting as mayor, he shall not serve as president of the legislative authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 733 | Officers › Section 733.08 | Vacancy in Office of Mayor of City.

Effective:
September 13, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 63 - 131st General Assembly
(A) In case of the death, resignation, or removal of the mayor, the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of that city who are members of the city central committee if there is one, or if not then of the county central committee, of the political party that nominated the last occupant of the office as a candidate for that office for the current term. If the vacancy occurs because of the death, resignation, or inability to take office of a mayor-elect, an appointment to take the office at the beginning of the term shall be made by the members of the central committee who reside in the city where the vacancy occurs.
Not less than five nor more than forty-five days after the vacancy occurs, the specified members of the city or county committee shall meet to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. Not less than four days before the date of the meeting the committee chairperson or secretary shall send, by mail to every member eligible to vote on filling the vacancy, a written notice stating the date, time, and place of the meeting and its purpose. A majority of the eligible members present at the meeting may make the appointment.
If the last occupant of the office of mayor or the mayor-elect was elected to serve the current term as an independent candidate, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by election by the legislative authority.
(B) If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs more than forty days before the next regular municipal election, a successor shall be elected at that election for the unexpired term unless the unexpired term ends within one year immediately following the date of that election, in which case an election to fill the unexpired term shall not be held and the person appointed or elected under division (A) of this section shall hold the office for the unexpired term. If an election is held under this division, the person appointed or elected by the legislative authority under division (A) of this section shall hold the office until a successor is elected and qualified under this division.