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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.232 | Law Enforcement in Park District.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code.
(B) The employees designated by the board of park commissioners of a township park district may enforce the laws of the state and the regulations of the board within and adjacent to the lands under the jurisdiction and control of the board or when acting as authorized by section 511.235 or 511.236 of the Revised Code. Before exercising those powers, the designated employees shall comply with the certification requirement established in section 109.77 of the Revised Code, take an oath, and give a bond to the state, in the sum that the board prescribes, for the proper performance of their duties. This division is subject to division (C) of this section.
(C)(1) The board of park commissioners of a township park district shall not designate an employee as provided in division (B) of this section on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the employee previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.
(2)(a) The board of park commissioners of a township park district shall terminate the employment of an employee designated as provided in division (B) of this section if the employee does either of the following:
(i) Pleads guilty to a felony;
(ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the employee agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the employee under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(b) The board shall suspend from employment an employee designated as provided in division (B) of this section if the employee is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the employee files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the employee does not file a timely appeal, the board shall terminate the employment of that employee. If the employee files an appeal that results in that employee's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against the employee, the board shall reinstate that employee. An employee who is reinstated under division (C)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that employee's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the employee of the felony.
(3) Division (C) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.
(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of an employee under division (C)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.233 | Liability Insurance.

Effective:
August 3, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 259 - 114th General Assembly
A board of park commissioners of a township park district may purchase a policy or policies of insurance to insure the members of the board and its appointees, assistants, and employees against liability arising from the performance of their official duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.235 | Mutual Aid Contracts for Law Enforcement Purposes.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners of a township park district may enter into contracts with one or more townships, township police districts, joint police districts, municipal corporations, or county sheriffs of this state, with one or more park districts created pursuant to section 1545.01 of the Revised Code or other township park districts, or with a contiguous political subdivision of an adjoining state, and a township, township police district, joint police district board, municipal corporation, county sheriff, park district, or other township park district of this state may enter into a contract with a township park district upon any terms that are agreed to by them, to allow the use of the township park district law enforcement officers designated under section 511.232 of the Revised Code to perform any police function, exercise any police power, or render any police service in behalf of the contracting political subdivision that the subdivision may perform, exercise, or render.
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, shall apply to the contracting political subdivisions and to the members of their police force or law enforcement department when they are rendering service outside their own subdivisions pursuant to that contract.
Any members of the police force or law enforcement department acting pursuant to that contract outside the political subdivision in which they are employed shall be entitled to participate in any indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the employing subdivision. Those members shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service within the subdivision.
The contracts entered into pursuant to this section may provide for the following:
(A) A fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract;
(B) Compensation based upon the following:
(1) A stipulated price for each call or emergency;
(2) The number of members or pieces of equipment employed;
(3) The elapsed time of service required in each call or emergency.
(C) Compensation for loss or damage to equipment while engaged in rendering police services outside the limits of the subdivision that owns and furnishes the equipment;
(D) Reimbursement of the subdivision in which the police force or law enforcement department members are employed, for any indemnity award or premium contribution assessed against the employing subdivision for workers' compensation benefits for injuries or death to members of its police force or law enforcement department occurring while engaged in rendering service pursuant to the contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.236 | Providing Police Services Without a Contract.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The police force or law enforcement department of any township park district may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district of this state, to any other township park district or any park district created pursuant to section 1545.01 of the Revised Code, or to a governmental entity of an adjoining state without a contract to provide police protection, upon the approval, by resolution, of the board of park commissioners of the township park district in which the police force or law enforcement department is located and upon authorization by an officer or employee of the police force or department providing the police protection who is designated by title of office or position, pursuant to the resolution of the board of park commissioners, to give the authorization.
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, shall apply to any township park district and to members of its police force or law enforcement department when those members are rendering police services pursuant to this section outside the township park district by which they are employed.
Police force or law enforcement department members acting, as provided in this section, outside the township park district by which they are employed shall be entitled to participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the township park district by which they are employed. Those members shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code to the same extent as while performing services within the township park district by which they are employed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.24 | Appropriating Land and Materials for Park Purposes.

Effective:
December 23, 1986
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 393 - 116th General Assembly
When the board of park commissioners cannot, by deed of gift or by purchase, procure the lands or materials desired for park purposes upon terms which it regards as reasonable, the board may appropriate such lands or materials for that purpose under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. If it is desired at any time to acquire additional grounds for enlarging and improving such park or parks, the board may purchase, appropriate, or accept a deed of gift for such lands in the manner provided for by sections 511.18 to 511.23 of the Revised Code, and improve them.
The board may accept and receive from any school, college, or university located within its boundaries, funds, land, or property for use in the improvement, expansion, or construction of athletic fields, stadia, or recreational facilities located within said park grounds, and may, upon such terms, conditions, and for such periods of time as it deems advisable, enter into leasing agreements for the use of said athletic fields, stadia, or recreational facilities with those schools, colleges, or universities having contributed such funds, land, or property, provided that the facilities erected upon said park land shall become and remain public property and shall remain open for public use except for the regular admission charge or parking charge levied by such school, college, or university for entrance to an athletic contest or recreational event. Such leasing agreements may provide for the school, college, or university's exclusive use of the necessary portion of the property during the period of an athletic contest or recreational event. The construction on such a facility shall not commence until the board of park commissioners is assured that adequate funds for its completion are available. The terms of each such contribution of funds, land, or property and the terms of each leasing arrangement shall first be approved by the court of common pleas, or by the board of township trustees if the board of park commissioners is appointed by the board of township trustees, before the board of park commissioners may accept such contribution or enter into such leasing arrangement.
When gravel or other material is desired for the construction, improvement, or repair of the roadway or other improvement authorized by sections 511.18 to 511.31 of the Revised Code, the board may appropriate and take such material, and for this purpose such board may go outside the township.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.241 | Exchange of Real Property With Township.

Effective:
September 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 417 - 123rd General Assembly
The board of park commissioners may acquire lands for use by the township park district through an exchange of real property in which the board leases or conveys to the township all or part of the lands located within the township to which the park district holds title, in exchange for the lease or conveyance of township land from the board of township trustees to the board of park commissioners. Before any such exchange becomes effective, the county auditor shall certify in writing to the board of township trustees and the board of park commissioners that the current market value of the land that each board will receive is at least equal to the current market value of the land exchanged, plus any cash or other consideration that will be received as part of the exchange. The exchange may include terms agreed to between the board of park commissioners and the board of township trustees not otherwise prohibited by law. This section does not authorize exchanges by a board of township trustees that are otherwise prohibited by law. Section 511.25 of the Revised Code does not apply to exchanges authorized by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.25 | Sale and Disposal of Park Lands.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
If the board of park commissioners of a township park district finds that any lands that the board has acquired are not necessary for the purposes for which they were acquired, it may sell and dispose of those lands upon terms that the board considers advisable and may reject any purchase bid received under this section that the board determines does not meet its terms for sale.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, no lands shall be sold without first giving notice of the board's intention to sell the lands by publication once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall contain an accurate description of the lands being offered for sale and shall state the time and place at which sealed bids for the lands will be received. If the board rejects all of the purchase bids, it may reoffer the lands for sale in accordance with this section.
The board also may sell park lands not necessary for district purposes to another political subdivision, the state, or the federal government without giving the notices or taking bids as otherwise required by this section.
No lands acquired by a township park district may be sold without the approval of the court of common pleas of the county in which the park district is located, if the court appointed the board under section 511.18 of the Revised Code, or the approval of the board of township trustees, if the board of township trustees appointed the board of park commissioners under section 511.18 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.26 | Disposition of Money From Sale of Park Lands.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Money arising from the sale of park land under section 511.25 of the Revised Code may be expended by the board of park commissioners or the purchase of other land for park purposes, or it may be applied to the payment of any outstanding bonds which are unprovided for. Any money not so expended shall be deposited in the particular fund by which such property was acquired, or in the general fund of the township, unless such general fund has ceased to exist under section 703.22 of the Revised Code, in which event it shall be deposited with the treasurer of the municipal corporation, to become a portion of the park fund of that municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.261 | Disposition of Moneys for Sale or Lease of Park District Mineral Rights.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
If a township park district enters into an agreement for the sale or lease of mineral rights regarding a park within the district, any royalties or other moneys resulting from the sale or lease shall be deposited into a special fund that the board of park commissioners shall establish under division (F) of section 5705.09 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used exclusively for maintenance of parks within the district and for the acquisition of new park lands.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.29 | Collection of Tax - Bond Issue.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
When a tax is levied under sections 511.27 and 511.28 of the Revised Code, the township board of park commissioners shall cause it to be certified to the county auditor for collection, and it shall be collected as other taxes. For the purpose of raising money to pay for and improve parks or recreational facilities, the board may issue the bonds of the park district, in any sum not in excess of the taxes authorized by such sections, to be denominated township park district bonds. The issuance of the bonds is governed by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.31 | Obligations of Park Board.

Effective:
June 29, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1100 - 110th General Assembly
Every township board of park commissioners regardless of the manner in which it was created shall function under and be governed by sections 511.18 to 511.31, 511.34 to 511.37, 755.14, 755.16, 755.17, and 755.18 of the Revised Code. All obligations incurred by any such board under any former law, whether constitutional or otherwise, shall become the lawful obligations of the board provided for by such sections, and the title to all property acquired by any such former board shall pass to and be vested in the board provided for by such sections, in trust, for park purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.32 | Improvement of Public Parks, Squares, and Grounds.

Effective:
June 29, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1100 - 110th General Assembly
The board of township trustees of any township having within its limits a public park, public square, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes, and which are not under the control of a board of park commissioners, may:
(A) Control, care for, grade, and improve any such park, square, or grounds;
(B) Plant or place therein and care for trees, shrubbery, and plants, and maintain lawns in good condition;
(C) Construct and maintain fountains;
(D) Lay out, construct, reconstruct, repair, and maintain in good condition suitable driveways and walks constructed of such materials as are most suitable, and provide and maintain suitable and sufficient lights in any such park, square, or grounds;
(E) Construct, reconstruct, repair, and maintain therein all necessary sewers, drains, and ditches;
(F) Protect and preserve to public uses for park purposes all of such property and improvements, and, to that end, adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for the government and control of any such park, square, or grounds and the driveways and walks therein, and protect them and the trees, shrubbery, plants, and improvements from misuse, injury, or destruction, and provide for the enforcement of such rules and regulations by fines and penalties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.33 | Appropriations and Tax Levy.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
In paying any expenses of park management and of improvements authorized by section 511.32 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may appropriate and use for these purposes any funds in the township treasury then unappropriated for any other purpose. If there are no available funds in the treasury or an insufficient amount to pay for the desired park management and improvements in any year, the board may levy a tax in order to pay for the park management and improvements. The tax shall be levied upon all of the taxable property in the township and shall be certified, levied, and collected in the manner prescribed for the certification, levy, and collection of other township taxes. The money so raised shall be paid over to the township fiscal officer, and the fiscal officer shall pay the money out on the order of the board. If a sum greater than two thousand dollars is to be expended by the board for park management and improvement purposes in any one year, and the sum is not available from any unappropriated money in the township treasury, the question of levying the additional tax shall, before making a levy that will amount to more than two thousand dollars, be submitted to and approved by a majority of the electors of the township voting on the question. If the election is necessary, it shall be called at a regular meeting of the board, and the resolution shall be certified to the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the election.
Twenty days' notice of the election shall be given by the posting of notices of the election by the township fiscal officer in ten public places in the township, and provisions for holding the election shall be made by the board of elections upon receiving notice of the date and purpose of the election from the fiscal officer. This section and section 511.32 of the Revised Code do not repeal, affect, or modify any law relating to park commissioners, or prevent the appointment of park commissioners in the future.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.35 | Construction and Meaning.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
It is hereby declared that the proper construction and meaning of sections 511.18 to 511.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, heretofore, has been that the said boards of township park commissioners therein provided for, were officers of park districts coterminous with the geographic township, wherein they existed, that said boards of park commissioners constituted bodies politic and corporate, and that the offices of said park commissioners were not township offices, within the meaning of that term in section 703.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.36 | Sale of Public Grounds for Park Purposes to Annexing Municipality.

Effective:
November 1, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 841 - 106th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners or the township trustees may sell to an annexing municipality, upon terms and conditions mutually agreed upon, the whole or any part of any public square, public park, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes owned by such board or trustees when any such square, park, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes is or has been annexed by such municipality. Such board or trustees may sell by bid or otherwise to any purchaser any of its park equipment used on such square, park, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.37 | Contributions of Property or Funds to Park Districts With Overlapping Territory.

Effective:
September 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 417 - 123rd General Assembly
The board of township trustees of any township may make contributions of moneys, lands, supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other personal property or services to any board of park commissioners of a park district that is established pursuant to section 511.18 or Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code and whose territory overlaps the territory of the township in whole or in part, for the purposes of park planning, acquisition, management, and improvement. The board of park commissioners may accept the contributions without the approval of the terms by the appointing authority, if applicable.
Any moneys contributed by the board of township trustees for those purposes shall be drawn from the general fund in the township treasury not otherwise appropriated. The board of township trustees may anticipate the contributions of moneys for those purposes and enter the amount of the contributions in its annual statement to the county budget commission for inclusion in the budget upon which rates of taxation are based.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks › Section 511.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 112th General Assembly
Whoever violates division (F) of section 511.23 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.01 | Tax for Hospital Purposes.

Effective:
October 2, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 100th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may annually levy and collect a tax, not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the township, and pay it to a hospital association which maintains and furnishes a free public hospital for the benefit of the inhabitants of such township, or to a hospital association, which maintains a public hospital which is not free except to such inhabitants of the township as, in the opinion of the trustees of such hospital, are unable to pay or to a municipal corporation contracting to furnish hospital service to the inhabitants of such township.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.02 | Compensation - Annual Report - Unauthorized Payment.

Effective:
October 2, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 100th General Assembly
The payment to a hospital association or to a municipal corporation, as provided by section 513.01 of the Revised Code, shall be made as compensation for the use and maintenance of such hospital. Without change or interference with the organization thereof, the board of township trustees shall require the treasurer of such corporation or association to make an annual report, setting forth all the money and property which has come into its hands during the preceding year and the disposition thereof, with recommendations as to its future necessities. This section and section 513.01 of the Revised Code do not authorize or permit the payment of public funds to a religious or sectarian hospital association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.03 | Exemption From Tax Levy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In a township in which there is a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of which has already levied a tax for hospital purposes, the board of township trustees may make such levy only on the taxable property of the township outside of the limits of such municipal corporation.
Last updated March 23, 2022 at 3:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.04 | Certification by County Auditor of Amount Collected From Levy.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
If a tax has been levied for hospital purposes, the county auditor shall certify, at the semiannual collection of taxes, the amount collected from the levy to the township fiscal officer, who shall forthwith draw a warrant for the amount on the township treasury, payable to the treasurer of the hospital association or to the municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.05 | Agreement With Nonprofit Corporation or Municipality for the Erection and Management of Hospital.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may agree with a corporation organized for charitable purposes and not for profit or with a municipal corporation for the erection and management of a hospital suitably located, for the treatment of persons of the township who are sick or have disabilities, or for an addition to such hospital, and for a permanent interest therein to such extent and upon such terms as are agreed upon between the board and such corporation. The board shall provide for the payment of the amount agreed upon for such interest, either in one payment or in annual installments, as agreed. Such agreement shall not become operative until approved by a vote of the electors of such township under section 513.06 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:01 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.06 | Submission of Question to Electors.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
Upon the execution of the agreement provided for in section 513.05 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall submit the question of the ratification of such agreement to the electors of the township at the next general election occurring not less than ninety days after the certification of the resolution to the board of elections. If the sums to be paid by the township under such agreement are not available from current general revenue of such township, the board shall also submit to the electors, at the same election, the question of the issue of bonds of the township, in the amount specified in such agreement, for the purpose of providing funds for the payment thereof. The proceedings in the matter of such election and in the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be as provided by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Such agreement shall not be effective, and no bonds shall be issued, unless the electors approve both the agreement and the bond issue, if the question of the issue of bonds is submitted.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.07 | Joint Township District Hospital Board.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly
The boards of township trustees of any two or more contiguous townships, whether or not within the same county, may, by a two-thirds favorable vote of each such board, form themselves into a joint township district hospital board for the purpose of establishing, constructing, and maintaining a joint township district general hospital or other hospital facilities as defined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code, and such townships shall be a part of a joint township hospital district.
Such joint township district hospital board shall organize within thirty days after the favorable vote by the last board of trustees joining itself into the joint township district hospital board. The chairperson of the board of township trustees of the most populous township participating shall give notice of the time and place of organization to each member of the board of township trustees of each township comprising the district. Such notice shall be signed by the chairperson of the board of township trustees of the most populous township comprising the district, and shall be sent by registered mail to each member of the board of township trustees of the townships affected, at least five days prior to such organization meeting, which meeting shall be held in one of the participating townships. All members of the board of township trustees of the townships so participating shall comprise the joint township district hospital board. Two-thirds of all the township trustees of the townships constituting such district constitutes a quorum. Such members of the boards of township trustees shall, at the organization meeting of such joint township district hospital board, proceed with the election of a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, and such other officers as they deem proper and necessary, and shall transact such other business as properly comes before such board.
In the formation of such a hospital district, such action may be taken by or on behalf of part of a township, by excluding that portion of the township lying within a municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.08 | Agreement for Participation in Construction and Maintenance of Municipal Hospital - Bond Issue Submitted to Electors.

Effective:
November 15, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly
A joint township district hospital board, or a board of county commissioners may, in lieu of proceeding to establish, construct, and maintain a joint township hospital, or in the case of a county, a county-hospital, enter into an agreement with a municipal corporation, which proposes to establish, or has established, a municipal hospital, for participation by such district or county in the erection or enlargement of such municipal hospital, or in its maintenance and operation, or both. Such agreement may provide for the amounts to be contributed by the district or county for such construction or enlargement and for maintenance and operation, the rights and privileges to be enjoyed by the district or county and its inhabitants by virtue of such contributions, and the rights or representation by the district or county upon the municipal corporation's board of hospital commissioners or board of governors, or both.
If, under such agreement, the district or county is obligated to contribute a sum for the erection or enlargement of the municipal hospital, the district hospital board shall submit to the electors of such joint township hospital district, voting as a subdivision, or the county shall submit to the electors of the county, the question of the issue of bonds of such district or county, in the amount necessary to provide such sum. The proceedings in the matter of such election and in the issuance and sale of such bonds, if authorized by the electors, shall conform to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. The aggregate net indebtedness created or incurred by a joint township hospital district, or by a county, for the purposes of this section, shall not exceed two per cent of the tax valuation of such district or county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.09 | Contributions by District - Appropriation - Tax Levy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Where an agreement under section 513.08 of the Revised Code provides for contributions to be made, from time to time, by a joint township hospital district, or by the county, for the maintenance and operating charges of a municipal hospital, the boards of township trustees of the townships comprising such district, or the board of county commissioners of such county, may appropriate unencumbered funds for such purpose as provided in section 513.12, or sections 5705.38 to 5705.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The joint township hospital board may, in the manner provided in sections 513.13 and 513.14 of the Revised Code, and the board of county commissioners may, in the manner provided in sections 5705.01 to 5705.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code, submit the question of levying a tax for such purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.10 | District or County Representatives on Municipal Hospital Board.

Effective:
January 18, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 375 - 126th General Assembly
If an agreement under section 513.08 of the Revised Code provides for representation of a joint township hospital district, or of a county, on the board of hospital commissioners or board of governors of a municipal hospital, or both, the representatives of the district shall be appointed by the joint township district hospital board and shall be electors of the district; in the case of a county, the representatives of the county shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners and shall be electors of the county or of an adjacent county; and, in the case of membership on the board of governors, at least one elector, so appointed, shall be a doctor of medicine. In the case of a joint township hospital district, not more than one elector from any township included in the district shall be appointed to either board unless each township has first had an elector of that township appointed to that board.
District or county representatives appointed to a board of hospital commissioners shall serve until the duties of the board, pursuant to sections 749.06 to 749.14 of the Revised Code, have terminated.
District or county representatives on the board of governors of a municipal hospital shall be appointed in the following manner:
(A) When the terms of the members presently holding office expire, of those first appointed thereafter:
(1) One shall be appointed for a term of one year.
(2) One shall be appointed for a term of two years.
(3) One shall be appointed for a term of three years.
(4) If more than three are to be appointed, the remaining appointments shall be for a term of four years.
(B) Thereafter, as the respective terms expire, appointments shall be made in each case for a term of four years.
(C) Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment in like manner for the unexpired term of the original appointment.
The joint township district hospital board or the board of county commissioners, by a majority vote of its members, may remove any appointee to either board, for good and sufficient cause, after a hearing upon written charges.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.11 | Contiguous Township May Join With Municipal Hospital.

Effective:
June 17, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 570 - 108th General Assembly
Any contiguous township, desiring to become a part of a joint township hospital district which has effected an agreement under section 513.08 or section 513.081 of the Revised Code, may, if the terms of such agreement so permit, and subject to such terms, become a part of the district upon compliance with section 513.18 of the Revised Code, including, if required, the submission to the electors of such township, in the manner provided in such section, of the question of levying a tax for the purpose of sharing the existing obligations of the district imposed by such agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.12 | Issuance of Bonds.

Effective:
November 15, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly
Upon the establishment of a joint township hospital district and after the organization of such joint township district hospital board, under section 513.07 of the Revised Code, the hospital board of the district shall determine the amount of bonds to be issued and such other matters as pertain thereto, and shall, when approved by the vote of the electorate of the district voting as a subdivision, issue, and sell such bonds to the extent and in the amount so determined, to pay the costs of hospital facilities as defined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code. Such bonds shall be issued and sold as provided by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.
All necessary expenses for the operation of such hospital facilities may be paid out of any moneys derived from the special levy approved for such purposes by such voters, or out of any other moneys received from hospital income or services rendered, or from unencumbered funds from any other source. The board of township trustees of the townships participating in such district may appropriate and pay over to the joint township hospital board, for maintenance of such hospital facilities, any unencumbered funds of the township. Moneys received from hospital income or services rendered, or funds from any other source, including the issuance of bonds, except moneys derived from the special levy for operation and funds appropriated by township trustees for maintenance, may be used for the replacement of necessary equipment, the purchase of a site, construction, equipping, or furnishing of additions to the hospital facilities, or the purchase or construction of capital improvements to the hospital facilities, and to pay other costs of hospital facilities as defined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code.
Such necessary expenses as are incurred by the board of township trustees in meeting with other boards of township trustees for the consideration of proposals to proceed under sections 513.07 to 513.18 of the Revised Code, shall be paid from the general fund of the township incurring such expenses. When such hospital board has funds of its own, derived from the special levy approved by the electors of the district, as provided in section 513.13 of the Revised Code, or unencumbered funds from any other source, then the expenses incidental to such hospital facilities shall be paid by the hospital board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.13 | Submission of Tax Levy for Operation of Hospital Facilities.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
The board of elections of the county in which a joint township hospital district, or the most populous portion of such district, lies shall, by resolution approved by a two-thirds vote of the joint township district hospital board, place upon the ballot for submission to the electorate of such district, at the next primary or general election, occurring not less than ninety nor more than one hundred thirty-five days after the request is received from such joint township district hospital board, the question of levying a tax, not to exceed one mill outside the ten-mill limitation, for a period not to exceed five years, to provide funds for the payment of necessary expenses incurred in the operation of hospital facilities or, if required by agreement made under section 140.03 of the Revised Code, for costs of hospital facilities or current operating expenses of hospital facilities, or both. Such resolution shall be certified to the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the election. If a majority of the electors in such district voting on the proposition, vote in favor thereof, the county auditor of each county in which such district lies shall annually place a levy on the tax duplicate against the property in such district, in the amount required by the joint board of trustees of the district, but not to exceed one mill.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.14 | Advertisement of Proposed Question.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of elections shall advertise the proposed tax levy question mentioned in section 513.13 of the Revised Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed township hospital district, once a week for two consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the election. If the board operates and maintains a web site, the board also shall advertise that proposed tax levy question on its web site for thirty days prior to the election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.15 | Title and Interest - Appropriation of Lands - Devise - Bequest.

Effective:
November 15, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly
The ownership of a joint township district hospital, including all right, title, and interest in and to all property, both real and personal, pertaining thereto, shall vest in the joint township district hospital board. In the selection and acquisition of a site for such hospital, the board shall have the same powers for the appropriation of lands as are conferred upon state departments, institutions, boards, or commissions. Such board may receive and hold in trust for the benefit of the hospital, any grant or devise of land, and any donation or bequest of money or other personal property that is made for the establishment or support thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.16 | Board of Hospital Governors.

Effective:
July 31, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 276 - 113th General Assembly
The joint township district hospital board, as soon as possible after its organization, shall appoint one elector from each township represented and three electors-at-large from the district, one of whom shall be a doctor of medicine, to constitute a board to be known as "the board of hospital governors" and control the operation of such hospital and perform such other duties as are provided by section 513.17 of the Revised Code, except that, if a lease of the hospital is made pursuant to section 513.171 of the Revised Code, control of the operation of the hospital shall be vested in the lessee thereunder. Each of the governors shall be appointed for a term of three years, except that at the initial appointment of the board of hospital governors, one of the governors-at-large shall be appointed for a term of one year, and one of the governors-at-large shall be appointed for a term of two years. Any vacancy shall be filled by an appointment, in like manner, for the unexpired term of the original appointment.
The joint township district hospital board may, by a majority vote of its members, remove any hospital governor for good and sufficient cause, after a hearing upon written charges.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospital Districts › Section 513.171 | Lease of Hospital to Charitable Organization.

Effective:
November 15, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly
In lieu of vesting the control and operation of the hospital owned by a joint township hospital district in the board of hospital governors pursuant to sections 513.16 and 513.17 of the Revised Code, a joint township district hospital board may, upon such terms as are agreed upon between such board and a constituted and empowered nonsectarian Ohio corporation, organized for charitable purposes and not for profit, a majority of whose members reside in the county or counties in which said joint township hospital district is located, lease to such corporation for use as a general hospital, the lands, buildings, and equipment of any such joint township district general hospital, including any enlargements thereof.
Such lease may be from year to year or may provide for a term of not more than thirty years and may provide that such board has the option to renew such lease at the expiration thereof for a further term of not more than thirty years upon such terms as are provided for in such lease. Such leasing agreement shall also make provisions for rendering at least annually to the board of hospital governors an accounting of all receipts and expenditures of such nonprofit corporation, for filing with said board of rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said corporation, and for the due provision and maintenance of the facilities of such general hospital. In the event that the nonprofit corporation fails faithfully and efficiently to administer, maintain, and operate such hospital as a public general hospital, admitting patients without regard to race, creed, or color, then, after an opportunity is given to be heard upon written charges, such agreement may be terminated and the control and management of such hospital, together with all additions, improvements, and equipment, shall revert to and become the property of the joint township hospital district board to be operated as provided by law.