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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.14 | Withdrawal From Support and Maintenance of Joint Workhouse.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In any county in which, prior to May 20, 1920, there has been constructed and maintained a joint municipal and county workhouse, either the municipal corporation or the county may withdraw therefrom, may decline to further participate in the expense of maintaining such institution, and may sell its interest in such institution.
In the event of a sale thereof by such municipal corporation or county, the proceeds thereof shall be used in the payment of such indebtedness as was incurred in behalf of such municipal corporation or county in the management, control, and operation of such workhouse, and any balance remaining shall be placed in the general fund of such municipal corporation or county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.15 | Workhouses - Management by Joint Board - Privatization.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, in a city, a workhouse erected for the joint use of the city and the county in which such city is located shall be managed and controlled by a joint board composed of the board of county commissioners and the board of control of the city, and in a village by the board of county commissioners and the board of trustees of public affairs. Such joint board shall have all the powers and duties in the management, control, and maintenance of such workhouse as are conferred upon the director of public safety in cities, and in addition thereto it may construct sewers for such workhouse and pay therefor from funds raised by taxation for the maintenance of such institution.
The joint board may lease or purchase suitable property and buildings for a workhouse, or real estate for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a workhouse thereon, but it shall not expend more than fifty thousand dollars for any such purpose unless such amount is approved by a majority of the voters of the county, exclusive of the municipal corporation, voting at a general election.
(B) In lieu of forming a joint board to manage and control a workhouse erected for the joint use of the city and the county in which the city is located, the board of county commissioners and the legislative authority of the city may enter into a contract for the private operation and management of the workhouse as provided in section 9.06 of the Revised Code, but only if the workhouse is used solely for misdemeanant inmates. In order to enter into a contract under section 9.06 of the Revised Code, both the board and the legislative authority shall approve and be parties to the contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.161 | Receiving Prisoners From Out of County or From State.

Effective:
October 16, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 121st General Assembly
(A) For each person who is confined in a workhouse as provided in section 753.16 of the Revised Code, the county, municipal corporation, or district, as the case may be, may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan and, if the person has such coverage, what terms and conditions are imposed by it for the filing and payment of claims.
(B) If, pursuant to division (A) of this section, it is determined that the person is covered under a policy, contract, or plan and, while that coverage is in force, the workhouse renders or arranges for the rendering of health care services to the person in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, then the person, county, municipal corporation, district, or provider of the health care services, as appropriate under the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, shall promptly submit a claim for payment for the health care services to the appropriate third-party payer and shall designate, or make any other arrangement necessary to ensure, that payment of any amount due on the claim be made to the county, municipal corporation, district, or provider, as the case may be.
(C) Any payment made to the county, municipal corporation, or district pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the governmental entity that incurred the expenses.
(D) This section also applies to any person who is under the custody of a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the person's confinement in the workhouse.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.17 | Officers to Have Police Powers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The superintendent, assistant superintendent, and each guard of a workhouse shall have such powers of policemen as are necessary for the proper performance of the duties of their positions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.18 | Religious Services in City Jail or Workhouse.

Effective:
July 6, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly
Each administrative board or other authority in the state having charge or control of a city jail or workhouse shall provide for holding religious services therein each week, and may employ a clergyman or religious organization to conduct such services. Any expense so incurred by such board or authority shall be paid from the general fund of the city.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.19 | Chief Law Enforcement Officer to Give Notice of Escape and of Apprehension of Escapee.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) If a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of an offense escapes from a jail or workhouse of a municipal corporation or otherwise escapes from the custody of a municipal corporation, the chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer of that municipal corporation immediately after the escape shall report the escape, by telephone and in writing, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the place where the person escaped from custody, to the state highway patrol, to the department of rehabilitation and correction if the escaped person is a prisoner under the custody of the department who is in the jail or workhouse, to the prosecuting attorney of the county, and to a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which part of the municipal corporation is located. The written notice may be by either facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or mail. A failure to comply with this requirement is a violation of section 2921.22 of the Revised Code.
(B) Upon the apprehension of the escaped person, the chief law enforcement officer shall give notice of the apprehension of the escaped person by telephone and in writing to the persons notified under division (A) of this section.
Last updated August 9, 2023 at 11:57 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.22 | Commissary - Fund.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The director of public safety or the joint board established pursuant to section 753.15 of the Revised Code may establish a commissary for the workhouse. The commissary may be established either in-house or by another arrangement. If a commissary is established, all persons incarcerated in the workhouse shall receive commissary privileges. A person's purchases from the commissary shall be deducted from the person's account record in the workhouse's business office. The commissary shall provide for the distribution to indigent persons incarcerated in the workhouse necessary hygiene articles and writing materials.
(B) If a commissary is established, the director of public safety or the joint board established pursuant to section 753.15 of the Revised Code shall establish a commissary fund for the workhouse. The management of funds in the commissary fund shall be strictly controlled in accordance with procedures adopted by the auditor of state. Commissary fund revenue over and above operating costs and reserve shall be considered profits. All profits from the commissary fund shall be used to purchase supplies and equipment for the benefit of persons incarcerated in the workhouse and to pay salary and benefits for employees of the workhouse, or for any other persons, who work in or are employed for the sole purpose of providing service to the commissary. The director of public safety or the joint board established pursuant to section 753.15 of the Revised Code shall adopt rules and regulations for the operation of any commissary fund the director or the joint board establishes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.31 | Access by Prisoners to Exercise Equipment or Participation in Fighting Skills Programs.

Effective:
March 17, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 293 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Free weight exercise equipment" means any equipment or device that is designed to increase the muscle mass and physical strength of the person using it. "Free weight exercise equipment" includes, but is not limited to, barbells, dumbbells, weight plates, and similar free weight-type equipment and other devices that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in rules adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to increase muscle mass and physical strength.
(2) "Fixed weight exercise equipment" means any equipment, machine, or device that is not designed primarily to increase muscle mass and physical strength but rather to keep a person in relatively good physical condition. "Fixed weight exercise equipment" includes, but is not limited to, weight machines that utilize weight plates, tension bands, or similar devices that provide weight training resistance like universal and nautilus equipment. "Fixed weight exercise equipment" includes machines that are usually assembled as a unit, are not readily dismantled, and have been specifically modified for prison use so as to make them secure and immobile.
(3) "Municipal correctional officer" means a person who is employed by a municipal corporation as an employee or officer of a municipal jail, municipal workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.
(4) A person is "employed by a municipal corporation" if the person is employed by, or receives any compensation or benefits from, any official, officer, office, agency, board, commission, department, or other entity that is a branch of municipal government, that is established by a municipal corporation, or that serves a municipal corporation, including, but not limited to, a chief law enforcement officer of a municipal corporation.
(5) "Multicounty-municipal" has the same meaning as in section 307.93 of the Revised Code.
(B) No municipal correctional officer shall do any of the following:
(1) Provide a prisoner access to free weight or fixed weight exercise equipment;
(2) Allow a prisoner to provide or receive instruction in boxing, wrestling, karate, judo, or another form of martial arts, or any other program that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in rules adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to improve fighting skills.
(C) Nothing in this section prohibits a municipal correctional officer from allowing a prisoner to participate in jogging, basketball, stationary exercise bicycling, supervised calisthenics, or other physical activities that are not designed to increase muscle mass and physical strength or improve fighting skills.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions › Section 753.32 | Improper Internet Access - Municipal Facilities.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Municipal correctional officer" has the same meaning as in section 753.31 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Computer," "computer network," "computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Municipal correctional facility" means a municipal jail, municipal workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.
(B) No municipal correctional officer shall provide a prisoner access to or permit a prisoner to have access to the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply:
(1) The prisoner is accessing the internet solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's municipal correctional facility or by the managing officer's designee.
(2) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) No prisoner in a municipal correctional facility under the control of a municipal corporation shall access the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply:
(a) The prisoner is accessing the internet solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's municipal correctional facility or by the managing officer's designee.
(b) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code.
(2) Whoever violates division (C)(1) of this section is guilty of improper internet access, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Last updated March 8, 2023 at 10:56 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.01 | Board of Park Commissioners - Election.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
When five per cent of the qualified electors of a city petition the board of elections of the county for the privilege of determining by ballot whether there shall be a board of park commissioners, such board shall submit at the next general election held within such city at least ninety days after the petition is filed, or at a special election occurring at least ninety days after the petition is filed, if the petition requests a special election, the questions presented in the petition, to the electors of the city. Such special election shall be held at the usual place for holding municipal elections and shall be governed by the same rules, regulations, and laws as govern the holding of municipal elections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.02 | Board of Park Commissioners.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
If a majority of the electors voting at an election under section 755.01 of the Revised Code vote in favor of the appointment of a board of park commissioners, the mayor shall immediately appoint three electors of the city as members of such board, to be known as the "board of park commissioners." Such members shall be appointed for terms of one, two, and three years, respectively, and their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. In case of the death or resignation of a member of such board, the mayor shall immediately appoint a successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. The mayor may remove, with the consent of a majority of those elected to the legislative authority of the city, any member of such board for incompetency or official misconduct.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.03 | Organization of Board of Park Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners, after the appointment and qualification of its members, shall elect one of such members president and another vice-president, who, in the absence or disability of the president, shall perform his duties and exercise his powers. The board shall make its own rules, its meetings shall be open to the public, and all questions acted upon shall be decided by a yea and nay vote with the name of each member voting recorded on the journal. No question shall be decided unless it is approved by a majority of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.04 | Disbursements.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All disbursements of money by the board of park commissioners shall be made by the city treasurer upon warrants drawn by the city auditor, and no warrant shall be drawn by the auditor or paid by the treasurer unless it is approved and attested by the signatures, in their own handwriting, of the president and secretary of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.05 | Control and Management of Parks.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners shall have the control and management of parks, park entrances, parkways, boulevards, connecting viaducts, subways, children's playgrounds, and public baths and stations of public comfort located in such parks, of all improvements thereon, and the acquisition, construction, repair, and maintenance thereof. The board shall exercise exclusively all the powers and perform all the duties, in regard to such property, vested in and imposed upon the director of public service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.06 | Expenditure of Moneys.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The board of park commissioners shall have the expenditures of all moneys appropriated by the legislative authority of the city or received from any other source for the purchase, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, equipment, or enjoyment of all property mentioned in section 755.05 of the Revised Code, but no liability shall be incurred or expenditure made unless the money required therefor is in the treasury to the credit of the park fund and not appropriated for any other purpose.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, if the legislative authority of a municipal corporation enters into an agreement for the sale or lease of mineral rights regarding lands that the board of park commissioners manages or controls, any royalties or other moneys resulting from the sale or lease shall be deposited into a special fund that the legislative authority shall establish under division (F) of section 5705.09 of the Revised Code. The board of park commissioners shall use the fund exclusively for maintenance of lands that the board manages or controls and for the acquisition of new park lands.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.07 | Rules and Regulations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners may adopt and enforce regulations as to the proper use and protection of all property mentioned in section 755.05 of the Revised Code and the improvements thereon, and may impose penalties for the violation of such regulations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.08 | Establishment and Extension of Parks and Other Facilities.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners may establish or extend parks, parkways, boulevards, connecting viaducts, subways, public comfort stations, children's playgrounds, and public baths located in such parks, within such city or the territory contiguous thereto, and may acquire or appropriate, in the manner provided by sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the necessary real estate for such purposes, and in the same manner may appropriate, for parkway or boulevard purposes, any street, avenue, or public way of such city.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.09 | Employees of Board of Park Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners may employ a secretary, general superintendent, engineer, clerks, and other necessary employees for carrying into effect the purposes of its creation, and the board shall fix the compensation and term of service of such employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.10 | The Park Fund.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All moneys received by the city from taxation or otherwise for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, and maintaining parks, park entrances, parkways, boulevards, connecting viaducts, subways, children's playgrounds, and public baths, and stations of public comfort located in such parks, shall be deposited in the city treasury and transferred by warrants on the city auditor to the credit of the board of park commissioners in a fund designated as "the park fund." All expenditures incurred by such board shall be by warrant of the city auditor drawn in pursuance of the regularly authorized attested voucher of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.11 | Contracts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners, in the letting of contracts, shall be governed by sections 735.05 to 735.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.12 | Municipal Corporations, Townships, and Counties May Maintain and Operate Recreation Facilities.

Effective:
March 14, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 356 - 113th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of township trustees, or the board of county commissioners of any county may designate and set apart for use as parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, or indoor recreation centers, any lands or buildings owned by any such municipal corporation, township, or county and not dedicated or devoted to other public use. Such municipal corporation, township, or county may, in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of land or buildings for public purposes in such municipal corporations, township, or county, acquire lands or buildings therein for such use.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.13 | Supervision and Maintenance of Recreation Facilities.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The authority to supervise and maintain parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, or indoor recreation centers, may be vested in any existing body or board, or in a recreation board, as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the board of township trustees, or the board of county commissioners determines. The local authorities of any such municipal corporation, township, or county may equip, develop, operate, and maintain such facilities as authorized by sections 755.12 to 755.18 of the Revised Code. Such local authorities may, for the purpose of carrying out such sections, employ play leaders, recreation directors, supervisors, superintendents, or any other officers or employees, and may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of a policy or policies insuring such officers or employees against liability on account of damage or injury to persons or property arising from the performance of their official duties.
(B) The board of township trustees may expend funds from the township general fund, or revenue derived from property taxes levied for parks and recreational purposes, for the public purpose of presenting community events that are open to the public at such parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, or indoor recreation centers.
(C) The board of county commissioners may adopt rules for the preservation of good order within parks, playfields, and reservations of land under its jurisdiction and on adjacent highways, rivers, riverbanks, and lakes, and the preservation of property and natural life therein. Such rules shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county once a week for two consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, before taking effect. In counties in which no newspaper is generally circulated, notice shall be accomplished by posting copies in not less than five of the most public places in the district, as determined by the board of county commissioners, for a period of not less than fifteen days before the rules take effect. The rules shall be enforced by a "law enforcement officer" as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. No person shall violate a rule adopted under this division. Whoever violates a rule adopted under this division shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. If the offender has previously been convicted of a violation of the rule, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. All fines collected for any violation of any rule adopted under this division shall be paid into the general fund of the county treasury.
Last updated September 25, 2023 at 2:49 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.15 | Organization of Boards.

Effective:
August 31, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 111 - 111th General Assembly
The members of boards established pursuant to section 755.14 of the Revised Code shall elect their own chairman and secretary, select all other necessary officers to serve for a period of one year, and may employ such other persons as are needed. Such boards may adopt rules for the conduct of all business within its jurisdiction.
A joint recreation district board of trustees formed pursuant to division (C) of section 755.14 of the Revised Code shall appoint one of its members or employ another as fiscal officer of the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.17 | Issuance of Bonds.

Effective:
July 20, 1988
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 318 - 117th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of township trustees of any township, the board of township park commissioners of any township park district, the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of education of any school district that has entered into an agreement for the joint operation of recreational facilities or community centers with the municipal corporation that embraces all or a major part of such school district, and a joint recreation district pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, in order to exercise the authority conferred by section 755.16 of the Revised Code, may issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring lands or buildings, or extending, enlarging, or improving existing lands, facilities, or buildings for parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, swimming pools, public baths, indoor recreation centers, or community centers, and for the equipment thereof. Land acquired by a municipal corporation for a swimming pool may be within or without the limits of such municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.171 | Sales and Use Tax Levy to Retire Bonds and Notes for Joint Recreation District.

Effective:
November 19, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly
For the purpose of paying debt charges on bonds issued pursuant to section 755.17 of the Revised Code or notes issued in anticipation of such bonds, the board of county commissioners of a county that is joined in a joint recreation district under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may pledge and contribute revenue from a tax levied under division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code or the portion of the revenue from a tax levied under those sections that is allocated to the purpose described in that division. Any bonds or notes to the payment of which the board pledges and contributes revenue under this section shall be secured by a trust agreement between the issuer, whether the issuer is the board of county commissioners or the joint recreation district board, and a corporate trustee that is a trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside this state. The trust agreement shall pledge or assign to the retirement of the bonds or notes all money paid by the county under this section. The tax, the revenue from which is pledged to the retirement of bonds or notes under this section, shall not be subject to diminution by initiative, referendum, or statute, unless provision is made by the initiative, referendum, or statute for an adequate substitute for that revenue reasonably satisfactory to the trustee under the trust agreement securing the bonds or notes.
If the board of county commissioners pledges and contributes revenue from a tax levied under division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code to the payment of bonds or notes issued under section 755.17 of the Revised Code, the bonds or notes do not constitute general obligations of the county or of the joint recreation district, and the bonds or notes shall not pledge the faith and credit or revenue of the county or of the joint recreation district other than revenue from the tax levied under division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code. No other tax shall be levied or pledged for the payment of debt charges on such bonds or notes. The legislation authorizing the bonds or notes shall include a covenant to appropriate the revenue from that tax first to the payment of the debt charges on such bonds or notes. The portion of the revenue from such a tax determined by the board of county commissioners to be necessary to pay the actual costs of administering the tax shall not be so pledged and contributed. Any other appropriations from the revenue from that tax shall be limited to the balance, if any, of the revenue remaining after the annual debt charges on such bonds or notes have been paid or deposited into a fund for the payment of those charges.
A pledge of revenue by a board of county commissioners under this section is not net indebtedness of the county under section 133.07 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.18 | Payment of Expenses.

Effective:
May 6, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 16 - 126th General Assembly
All expenses incurred in the operation of parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, swimming pools, public baths, indoor recreation centers, and community centers, established as provided by sections 755.12 to 755.17 of the Revised Code, shall be payable from the treasury of the municipal corporation, township, township park district, county, or school district, or in the case of a joint recreational district or an educational service center, from its general fund. The local authorities of a municipal corporation, county, township, township park district, or school district having power to appropriate money may annually appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation an amount for the purpose of maintaining and operating those parks, recreational facilities, and community centers.
A joint recreation district may levy a tax, subject to Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code, to acquire, maintain, and operate recreational facilities and community centers.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.19 | Care of Property Donated for Park Purposes.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In any municipal corporation which is the owner or trustee of property for park purposes, or of funds to be used in connection therewith, by deed of gift, devise, or bequest, such property or funds shall be managed and administered in accordance with the provisions or conditions of such deed of gift, devise, or bequest.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.20 | Board of Park Trustees for Donated Property.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a deed of gift, devise, or bequest of property or funds to a municipal corporation for park purposes requires the investment or change of investment of the principal of such property or funds, or any part thereof, to be made upon the approval of an advisory committee appointed by a court or judge, or by an advisory committee appointed by a civic organization of the municipal corporation, or by the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, then such property or funds, and any park for the improvement of which in whole or in part such fund is to be used, or any property for the care or management of which, in whole or in part such fund is used, shall be managed, controlled, and administered by a board of park trustees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.21 | Appointment and Term - Vacancies.

Effective:
October 2, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 171 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park trustees mentioned in section 755.20 of the Revised Code, shall consist of four resident electors of the municipal corporation, who shall be appointed by the mayor, and shall serve without compensation for the term of four years. The park trustees shall be appointed in the first instance to serve for one, two, three, and four years respectively, and thereafter their successors shall be appointed one each year to serve for the term of four years, but not more than two shall be of the same political party. Vacancy in the board by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled in like manner for the remainder of the term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.22 | Powers of Board.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park trustees shall have the entire management and control of any property or funds acquired as provided by section 755.19 of the Revised Code, all improvements within any such park, moneys derived from levies made for park purposes, moneys from the general fund appropriated by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation for such purposes, proceeds of bonds issued or sold for park purposes, moneys or other property donated to any such municipal corporation for park purposes, and of all other park property legally acquired. All such moneys shall be placed in a special fund called the "park fund," and shall be disbursed by the treasurer of the municipal corporation, only upon a warrant of the auditor or clerk thereof, drawn in accordance with the order of the board.
Such board shall have the control and management of parks, park entrances, parkways, boulevards, connecting viaducts, subways, children's playgrounds, and public baths and stations of public comfort located in such parks, of all improvements thereon, and the acquisition, construction, repair, and maintenance thereof. The board shall exercise exclusively all the powers and perform all the duties in regard to such property vested in and imposed upon the director of public service.
The board may apply, control, invest, and reinvest the funds coming or arising from gift, devise, or bequest according to the terms on which acquired.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.23 | Compensation - Oath - Bond.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
The members of the board of park trustees shall serve without compensation. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, they shall each take the oath of office prescribed by section 733.68 of the Revised Code, and, except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, conditioned according to section 733.71 of the Revised Code, and to the approval of the mayor and legislative authority of the municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.24 | Meetings - Rules and Regulations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park trustees shall hold meetings at least once a month, and shall adopt necessary rules for the regulation of its business. It shall keep a complete record of its proceedings, which record, or a copy thereof, certified by the clerk of the board, shall be competent evidence of its transactions in the courts of this state. The yeas and nays shall be called upon the passage of every resolution or order. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but no resolution or order shall be adopted unless three members vote in its favor. The auditor or clerk of the municipal corporation shall act as the clerk of the board of park trustees, but shall receive no additional salary or compensation for such services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.25 | Contracts - Rules and Regulations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park trustees may make contracts for the improvements of the grounds, the erection of the necessary bridges and structures therein, and adopt rules for the protection, care, and government of the parks under its charge, and such rules, when approved by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall have the same effect and may be enforced by the same penalties as ordinances.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.26 | Power to Incur Liability.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park trustees shall not incur any liability for park purposes beyond the amount of the funds levied therefor or appropriated to its order by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation for such purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.27 | Employees of Board of Park Trustees.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park trustees may employ such superintendents, landscape gardeners, and other employees as are necessary for the execution of its duties, and fix their salaries or compensation. Any such persons may be removed by the board at any time.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.28 | Control of Improvement of Natural Watercourses.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park trustees shall have the entire management and control of all work of straightening, cleaning, deepening, or otherwise improving any natural watercourse, whether partly or wholly used for sewer purposes or not, within the city, may purchase, acquire, or condemn any water rights, easements, or privileges in connection with any natural watercourse through such city, and may acquire or condemn such real estate as is necessary for such purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.29 | Bids Required.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly
The board of park trustees, before entering into any contract for the performance of any work, the cost of which exceeds fifty thousand dollars, shall cause plans and specifications and forms of bids to be prepared, and when adopted by the board, shall have them printed for distribution among bidders.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.30 | Notice for Proposals.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly
The board of park trustees shall not enter into any contract for work or supplies, where the estimated cost thereof exceeds fifty thousand dollars, without first giving thirty days' notice in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation that sealed proposals may be received for doing the work or furnishing such materials and supplies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.31 | Bond to Accompany Bids.

Effective:
August 1, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly
Each bid for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement to be performed for the board of park trustees shall meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. Each bid concerning other work to be performed for the board of park trustees shall be accompanied by a bond, signed by sufficient security, for the acceptance of the contract if awarded by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.32 | Bids Shall Be Under Seal.

Effective:
September 1, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 338 - 111th General Assembly
Bids for work and supplies to be furnished the board of park trustees shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and deposited with the clerk of the board, such envelope shall have indorsed thereon the nature of the bid, and all bids shall be opened at the time, date, and place specified in the notice to bidders or specifications. The time, date, and place of bid openings may be extended to a later date by the board of park trustees, provided that written or oral notice of the change shall be given to all persons who have received or requested specifications no later than ninety-six hours prior to the original time and date fixed for the opening.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.33 | Awarding Contracts.

Effective:
August 1, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly
The board of park trustees shall enter into the contract mentioned in section 755.29 of the Revised Code with the lowest responsible bidder. The board shall be the final judge as to who are the responsible bidders. Where the contract is for other than the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement, the board shall enter into the contract when the bidder gives bond to the municipal corporation, with sureties approved by the board, that he will perform the work or furnish the material and supplies in accordance with his contract. On the failure of such bidder, within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the board, to so enter into bond with surety, the contract may be made with the next lowest responsible bidder, and so on until the contract is effected by the contractor giving bond. The board may reject any bid, and no member of the board shall be in any manner, either directly or indirectly, interested in any contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.34 | Reports and Estimates.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of park trustees, on the first Monday of January each year, shall make a written report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation of its proceedings, with a detailed statement of its receipts and expenditures during the year. The board shall at the proper time submit to the legislative authority a detailed estimate of the amount of money necessary to maintain and improve parks for the ensuing year, and to dredge, straighten, clean, deepen, and otherwise improve watercourses and purchase and acquire water rights, easements, and privileges.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation › Section 755.41 | Vacation of Unimproved and Unused Park Lands.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
When lands lying within the limits of a municipal corporation have been dedicated to or for the use of the public for parks or park lands, and where such lands have remained unimproved and unused by the public for a period of twenty-one years and there appears to be little or no possibility that such lands will be improved and used by the public, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which said lands are located may, by ordinance, declare such parks or park lands vacated upon the petition of a majority of the abutting freeholders. No such parks or park lands shall be vacated unless notice of the pendency and prayer of the petition is given, in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation in which such lands are situated for three consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, preceding action on such petition. No such lands shall be vacated prior to a public hearing had thereon.