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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.20 | Powers Over Air Navigation Facilities.

Effective:
October 13, 1965
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 106th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners, in addition to its other powers, shall have the same authority, subject to the same limitations, with respect to airports, landing fields, and other air navigation facilities as is conferred upon municipal corporations by sections 717.01 and 719.01 of the Revised Code and may operate thereon public recreation facilities and public parks. The board of county commissioners may contract with any person, firm, or corporation to operate restaurants, parking lots, motels, gasoline service stations, public parks, office buildings, retail stores for merchandising or services, and industrial uses on airports, landing fields, and other air navigation facilities.
"Airport," "landing field," and "air navigation facility," as defined in section 4561.01 of the Revised Code, apply to this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.201 | Acquisition and Operation of Subway Transportation System.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners, in addition to its other powers, shall have the authority to acquire, construct, own, lease, and operate subways for transportation systems not owned by the county, and may issue revenue bonds therefor under section 133.08 of the Revised Code or general obligation bonds to be paid in part or in whole by general tax revenues, if fifty-five per cent of those voting upon the proposition vote in favor thereof. The taxing authority of subdivisions shall have authority to proceed with the issue of such bonds and the levy of a tax outside the ten-mill limitation sufficient in amount to pay the interest on and retire such bonds at maturity. The purposes for which such bonds are issued shall include any costs resulting from restoration, relocation, or duplication elsewhere of existing publicly or privately owned public utility facilities occupying streets and highways.
The board of county commissioners may, by agreement with the city council or the proper municipal officer or board charged with operation of a municipally owned transportation system, acquire, construct, own, lease, or operate a transportation system or part thereof, and may, both within or without municipal corporations, acquire, construct, own, lease, maintain, and operate subways for transportation systems not owned by the county.
All rentals, payments, and fees of every description and all other income, earnings, or revenues, received from all persons, firms, corporations, and municipal corporations for the use of subways constructed by a county for transportation systems not owned by the county with moneys acquired by the issuance of general obligation bonds shall be paid into a sinking fund of the county for the payment of interest on and the redemption of these bonds at maturity. To the extent that these funds are not sufficient for the payment of interest on the bonds and for the accumulation of a sinking fund sufficient for payment thereof at maturity issued for the construction of subways within and without municipal corporations, the county shall annually levy a tax sufficient for such purposes. The taxes for bonds authorized by a vote of the electors in the county shall not be considered in computing the debt limitation set forth in section 133.07 of the Revised Code, but the aggregate of such bonds outstanding shall in no event at any time exceed one per cent of the total value of all property in such county as listed and assessed for taxation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.202 | Development of Rail Property and Rail Service.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly
As used in this section, "rail property" and "rail service" have the same meanings as in section 4981.01 of the Revised Code.
The board of county commissioners may acquire, rehabilitate, and develop rail property and rail service, and may enter into agreements with the Ohio rail development commission, boards of township trustees, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, other boards of county commissioners, with other governmental agencies or organizations, and with private agencies or organizations in order to achieve those purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.203 | Appropriating Moneys for Railroad Grade Crossing Improvement Fund.

Effective:
October 27, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 207 - 123rd General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may appropriate moneys from the general fund for any purposes for which moneys in the railroad grade crossing improvement fund of the county created pursuant to section 5589.24 of the Revised Code may be used. After appropriation, such moneys may be transferred to that fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.21 | Bequests for War Memorial.

Effective:
October 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may receive bequests, donations, and gifts for the purpose of erecting, within its county, a monument in memory of those who died or were killed during any war or other military action in which the armed forces of the United States participated.
When, in the opinion of the board, the bequests, donations, or gifts received by it are sufficient, the board may erect such monument.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.22 | Bequests for Educational Purposes.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may receive bequests, donations, and gifts of real and personal property and money to promote and advance the cause of education in the county. All property and money so received by the board, or which has been bequeathed and bestowed upon such board and remains undisposed of, may be paid to any incorporated institution of learning in the county, or a part may be used each year to defray the expenses of the teachers institute, upon such terms as the board prescribes, having reference to the terms of the trust and safety of the fund and its proper application.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.23 | Historical Society Appropriations.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of any county may appropriate, out of the revenue fund not otherwise appropriated, money to be paid to the historical society of the county or to local societies for the preservation and restoration of historic and archaeological sites located in the county. The money may be used for the promotion of historical work within the borders of the county, for the restoration or reconstruction of historic buildings, for the collection, preservation, and publication of historical material, to disseminate historical information of the county, and in general to defray the expense of carrying on historical work in the county.
Other than for the restoration or reconstruction of historic buildings, funds appropriated under this section may not be used for the construction of buildings. No board may appropriate any funds for the benefit of any county historical society or preservation and restoration society unless such society is incorporated not for profit under the laws of this state. Application for the funds shall be made in the form of a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the applicant society.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.24 | Itemized Account.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No allowance for expenses, provided for in section 307.23 of the Revised Code, shall be made or paid unless an itemized account of such expenses, approved by the board of trustees or directors of an incorporated historical society, are presented to the board of county commissioners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.25 | Distribution of Books.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The publications provided for in section 307.23 of the Revised Code shall be placed in the custody of the incorporated historical societies and be distributed by them at such price and in such manner as the society directs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.26 | Organization and Maintenance of Civic and Social Centers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may, provide for the organization and maintenance of civic and social centers throughout the county, employ an expert director who shall superintend and administer the centers, and levy a tax and create a fund for the payment of all expenses involved in the social and educational work contemplated in this section. Any municipal corporations carrying on similar work shall, at the option of the city council or other governing body, be exempt from the operation of this section. The board may, or, upon petition of ten per cent of the qualified school electors of the county shall, refer the question of providing for this social, educational, and recreational work to a vote of the electors of the county or such portions of the county as are affected by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.27 | Contributions to Soil Conservation Districts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Boards of county commissioners may make contributions of money, supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other property or services, which will be of value or use to organized soil conservation districts, within or without the boundaries of such county, if said board determines that the work accomplished by such conservation districts will be of value to the general welfare and benefit of such county. Any money expended by the boards for such uses and purposes shall be drawn from the general fund in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated. Boards may anticipate the expenditure of such funds for such purposes and enter the expenditure in their annual statement to the county budget commission for its inclusion in such budget upon which rates of taxation are established and fixed in the manner provided by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.28 | Grant of Use of Land in Parks for Art Buildings.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners vested with the legal title to real estate dedicated and used for park purposes may grant the use and occupation of land situated in such park for the site of art buildings and for art purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.281 | Contributions for Park Projects.

Effective:
March 29, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 797 - 112th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of any county may make contributions of moneys, supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other personal property or services to any board of park commissioners established pursuant to Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code for the expenses of park planning, acquisition, management, and improvement. The board of park commissioners may accept such contributions without the approval of the terms by the probate judge.
Any moneys contributed by the board of county commissioners for such purposes shall be drawn from the general fund in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated or from the proceeds of bonds issued for such purpose under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners may anticipate the contributions of moneys for such purposes and enter the amount of such 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 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.282 | Creating Community Improvements Board.

Effective:
February 20, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 583 - 116th General Assembly
A board of county commissioners of any county that intends to adopt a resolution levying a tax under section 5739.026 of the Revised Code, any part of which is to be used to provide revenues for distribution through a community improvements board, shall adopt a resolution creating such a board.
A community improvements board shall consist of nine members. The mayor of the municipal corporation with the greatest population residing in the county, with the approval of that municipal corporation's legislative authority, shall appoint three members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. The board of county commissioners shall appoint six members, not more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party. Of the appointments made by the board of county commissioners, one member shall be the chief executive of a municipal corporation in the county that is not the municipal corporation with the greatest population residing in the county, one member shall be a trustee of a township in the county, and one member shall be appointed from among the following: a chief executive of a municipal corporation in the county that is not the municipal corporation with the greatest population residing in the county, a trustee of a township in the county, a representative of a major business trade association located in the county, or a representative of a labor organization located in the county. Members of a community improvements board may hold other elective or appointive public office. Terms shall be for three years. The first terms of all members appointed to the original board shall begin on the date of the appointment of the final member to that board. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointments. A vacancy in the membership of the board shall not impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all of the rights and perform all of the duties of a board.
Original appointments to the board shall be made within fifteen days after the board of county commissioners adopts the resolution to levy a tax under section 5739.026 of the Revised Code for the purpose of division (A)(4) of such section.
A majority of the membership of the board constitutes a quorum, and no action shall be taken without the affirmative vote of a majority of the members.
The members shall elect one member as chairman and one member as secretary for terms of one year. The office of the chairman shall alternate between a member appointed by the county commissioners and a member appointed by the mayor.
If a tax proposed under section 5739.026 of the Revised Code is disapproved by the electors, the board is dissolved upon the certification of the results of the election by the board of elections.
The community improvements board shall meet within ten days after the date of the appointment of the final member of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.284 | Issuing Bonds to Make Grants in Excess of Community Improvement Fund.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
As used in this section, "bonds" means notes or bonds.
When the county commissioners elect pursuant to section 307.283 of the Revised Code to make grant award payments in excess of the balance in the community improvement fund, the board may, for the purpose of making such payments, issue bonds in an amount that, when combined with the cost of the issuance of the bonds, does not exceed the total amount of such excess. The issuance of such bonds is subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code except that their maturity shall not extend beyond a period of ten years or the expiration of the tax imposed by section 5739.026 of the Revised Code, whichever is the shorter period of time, they shall not constitute general obligations of the county, and they shall not pledge the county's faith and credit, or revenue, except revenues from the taxes imposed under sections 5739.026 and 5741.023 of the Revised Code. No other tax shall be levied or pledged for the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds. The resolution authorizing the bonds shall appropriate the proceeds of the taxes, and such tax proceeds shall be deemed to be appropriated, first to the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds, and other appropriations from such tax proceeds shall be limited to any balance after paying in full such principal and interest.
All moneys raised by the issuance of such bonds, after payment of the costs of issuance and financing costs, shall be appropriated for the expense of making grants in compliance with section 307.283 of the Revised Code and for no other purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.29 | County May Lease to Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
January 1, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 205 - 111th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may, by agreement with the city council, the director of public safety or his successor, or the person or board charged with the erection, maintenance, or repair of police stations, jails, police and municipal courthouse and courtrooms, lease to any municipal corporation in the county suitable quarters in county buildings, erected or to be erected, for municipal courts, police stations, prosecutors' offices, probationers' offices, and other similar municipal purposes. Whenever the board of any county has made such an agreement with a municipal corporation the board may erect a county building anticipating and making provision for such municipal quarters.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.30 | Annual Report.

Effective:
March 6, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 235 - 116th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may publish an annual report, to be made available to the residents of the county, setting forth information showing the progress and activities of the various departments of the county government.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.31 | Order for Survey of County Lines.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When it appears to the board of county commissioners that the boundary lines of the county are not sufficiently ascertained, the board shall issue its order to the county engineer, requiring him to ascertain and survey such lines.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.32 | Notice to Board of County Commissioners of County Affected.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of a county where the county lines are to be run, shall give notice to the board of each county affected, declaring its intention of running the lines of such county. The board receiving the notice shall order the county engineer to run such lines with the engineers of the adjoining counties, at the time and in the manner fixed upon by the boards of such counties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.33 | Return of Survey.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each county engineer shall make a return of the survey provided for by section 307.31 of the Revised Code to the clerk of the court of common pleas of his county, who shall make a record thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.34 | Action to Establish Lines Between Counties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the board of county commissioners is unable to ascertain the boundary lines of the county with certainty, or having ascertained the boundary line, if the board or officers of the adjoining county disregard the true line, the board of the former may commence and prosecute a civil action in the court of common pleas of such adjoining county, against the board of that county, to ascertain and establish such boundaries.
The board of such adjoining county shall be made a party to the action and summoned as in other cases. If the court finds that the boundary line, to ascertain which such suit is commenced, is not sufficiently ascertained, or that the officers of such adjoining county disregard the true boundary line, the court shall appoint a surveyor, who is not a resident of either of such counties, to ascertain and survey such boundary line and make report of such line to the court. Unless, for good cause shown, the report is set aside, it shall be conclusive between such counties. If the survey is not set aside the court shall order a record of it to be made and a copy transferred to the county auditor of each of such counties, and order and decree that such line be established as the true boundary line between the counties. The court shall enforce the decree by injunction, attachment, or otherwise, against the officers of either of such counties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.35 | Decree as to Taxes Collected.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The court of common pleas of the county in which an action is brought, as provided in section 307.34 of the Revised Code, may make such decree, as to taxes previously collected by either county within the true boundary of the territory actually in the other, as is just.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.36 | Corners of Originally Surveyed Townships.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly
When the board of county commissioners considers that the public good so requires, it shall authorize and require the county engineer to ascertain, by actual survey and evidence, the corners of each or any of the originally surveyed townships in such county, and there place, perpendicularly in the ground, a stone post, not less than ten inches in diameter nor less than three feet long. The board shall furnish the posts, and all expenses of the county shall be paid from the county treasury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.38 | County Building Inspector - Duties.

Effective:
May 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly
(A) To administer and enforce any local building regulations or existing structures code the board of county commissioners adopts under section 307.37 of the Revised Code and the state residential and nonresidential building codes the board of building standards establishes pursuant to Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may create, establish, fill, and fix the compensation of the position of county building inspector in the unclassified service. In lieu of creating that position, the board may assign the duties of the office to an existing county officer who is certified pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) The board and a municipal corporation may enter into a contract under which one entity enforces for the other entity any local building regulations, existing structures code, or, if certified pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, the state residential and nonresidential building codes in the other entity's jurisdiction.
(C) Pursuant to a contract authorizing such action, the board may contract on behalf of one or more municipal corporations for another county or another municipal corporation to administer and enforce the state residential and nonresidential building codes, any local residential building regulations, and any existing structures code within the municipal corporations seeking those services. The contract the board enters into on behalf of these municipal corporations shall specify which county or municipal corporation is responsible for administering and enforcing the codes and regulations and obtaining the appropriate certification pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code.
(D) In any county that has a building department certified pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code and that has a board of building appeals certified pursuant to section 3781.20 of the Revised Code, any contract the board enters into with a municipal corporation or another county to administer and enforce the state residential and nonresidential building codes shall require the board of building appeals in the certified county to hear appeals from adjudication orders pertaining to the enforcement of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant to those chapters within the municipal corporation or county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.381 | Establishing County Board of Building Appeals.

Effective:
May 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The board of county commissioners of any county that has a building department certified pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code may by resolution establish a county board of building appeals, make appointments to the board, and fix the compensation, if any, of the board members.
(B) Upon certification under section 3781.20 of the Revised Code, the county board of building appeals shall hear and decide appeals from adjudication orders of the county building inspector or other officer assigned to perform the building official's duties pertaining to the enforcement within the jurisdiction of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant to those chapters.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.39 | Publication of Building Regulations.

Effective:
June 13, 1974
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 311 - 110th General Assembly
Building regulations, as adopted, amended, or changed by the board of county commissioners, shall be made available to the public at the office of the board, and the section numbers and a notice of the availablity of such regulations shall be published in at least one newspaper of general county-wide circulation within ten days after their adoption, amendment, or change.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.40 | Injunction.

Effective:
May 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly
(A)(1) No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential building as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, within the unincorporated portion of any county in which the board of county commissioners has created a building department to administer and enforce local building regulations or an existing structures code unless that person fully complies with the local building regulations and existing structures code.
(2) No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential building as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code within the unincorporated portion of any county in which a certified building department has jurisdiction to enforce the state residential building code unless that person fully complies with the state residential building code.
(B) In addition to any remedies provided by law, if any building is being erected, constructed, altered, repaired, or maintained in violation of the local building regulations, the existing structures code, or the state residential building code in a county in which a certified building department enforces the state code, the board, the prosecuting attorney, the county building inspector, or any owner of an adjacent, contiguous, or neighboring property who would be especially damaged by that violation may institute a suit for injunction, abatement, or other appropriate action to prevent the violation.
(C) Sections 307.37 to 307.40 of the Revised Code do not confer any power on any board of county commissioners with respect to the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use, or enlargement of any buildings or structures of any public utility or railroad, whether publicly or privately owned, or the use of land by any public utility or railroad for the operation of its business.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.41 | Purchase or Lease of Motor Vehicles.

Effective:
August 11, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 84 - 111th General Assembly
Whenever the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to purchase or lease motor vehicles for its use, or for the use of any department, commission, board, office, or agency under its direct supervision, or for the use of any elected county official or his employees, it shall adopt a resolution setting forth the necessity for such purchase or lease, together with a statement of the kind and number of vehicles required and the estimated cost of purchasing or leasing each. Upon adoption of the resolution the board may purchase or lease such vehicles, subject to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.42 | Use of Vehicles to Be Regulated.

Effective:
August 11, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 84 - 111th General Assembly
Motor vehicles purchased or leased as provided by section 307.41 of the Revised Code shall be for the use of the county commissioners or other county officials, their use to be subject to the regulation of the board of county commissioners. Vehicles shall be used by the officials, deputies, and employees in lieu of hiring vehicles unless the county vehicles are not available for such use. When vehicles are so purchased or leased, the board may purchase or lease supplies as are necessary. All vehicles shall be plainly and conspicuously lettered as the property of the county. No official or employee shall use or permit the use of any vehicle or any supplies for it, except in the transaction of public business or work of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.43 | Use of County Vehicle Except for Official Business Prohibited.

Effective:
May 21, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 331 - 114th General Assembly
No person shall use or drive any automobile, motorcycle, or other conveyance owned, hired, or leased by the board of county commissioners for the use of any county official or employee, for any purpose other than the transaction of official business or in a ridesharing arrangement established in accordance with section 1551.25 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.44 | Liability Insurance for Motor Vehicles Owned by County.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may procure policies of insurance insuring officers and employees of the county against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property, including liability on account of death by wrongful act, occasioned by the operation of a motor vehicle, motor vehicles with auxiliary equipment, or all self-propelling equipment or trailers owned or operated by the county. Whenever the board deems it necessary to procure such insurance, it shall adopt a resolution setting forth the necessity therefor, together with a statement of the estimated premium cost, and upon adoption of the resolution the board may purchase such insurance. The premium for such insurance or any other insurance covering county vehicular equipment may be paid out of the county road fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.45 | Using Property Tax Levied for Criminal Justice Services.

Effective:
April 21, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 677 - 120th General Assembly
(A) A board of county commissioners shall use money raised by a property tax levied for criminal justice services under division (LL) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code to provide financial support for any of the following:
(1) The county sheriff or the police department of a municipal corporation or township in the county;
(2) The court of common pleas, any municipal court having jurisdiction throughout the county, or any county court;
(3) The county prosecuting attorney, any municipal attorney in the county, and any public defender agency or appointed counsel;
(4) Any county or municipal jail or other detention facility as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code;
(5) The clerk of the court of common pleas, any clerk of a municipal court having jurisdiction throughout the county, or the clerk of any county court of all powers and duties vested in the clerk by law except, in the case of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the titling of motor vehicles or watercraft pursuant to Chapter 1548. or 4505. of the Revised Code;
(6) The county coroner;
(7) Any other public agency or private, nonprofit agency, the purposes of which in the county include the diversion, adjudication, detention, or rehabilitation of criminals or juvenile offenders.
(B) Before a private, nonprofit agency receives financial support from the board of county commissioners under this section, it shall enter into an agreement with the county providing for all of the following:
(1) That the agency shall keep current and accurate accounts of its uses of the money, shall conduct a financial audit of those uses at least annually, and shall provide a copy of each audit report to the board of county commissioners;
(2) That the agency is liable to repay to the county any money that is improperly used;
(3) Any other terms and conditions specified by the board of county commissioners.
(C) If the board of county commissioners discovers that a private, nonprofit agency has improperly used financial support provided under this section, it shall adopt and certify to the agency a resolution demanding that the agency repay the improperly used money. If the agency does not repay the money within a reasonable period of time, the board shall adopt a resolution directing the prosecuting attorney to bring a civil action to recover the money.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.46 | Expenses of Arrest - Payment.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a recognizance, given in a case of felony, is collected, in addition to the fees allowed by law, the board of county commissioners may pay the expenses incurred by a person in procuring the arrest of the accused from the amount so collected and paid into the county treasury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.47 | Relief for Persons Injured in Automobiles Commandeered by Police Officer.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners shall provide for the relief, out of the general funds of the county, of any person temporarily or permanently disabled by reason of his automobile being commandeered by any police officer of the county or other political subdivision in the discharge of his duty. Such board shall pay, out of the general funds of the county, to the husband or wife or other dependents of any person whose death is caused by reason of his automobile being commandeered by any police officer of the county or other political subdivision in the discharge of his duty, the sum not to exceed five thousand dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.48 | Proof of Validity of Claim.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may require such proof as it deems necessary to establish the validity of any claim under section 307.47 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.49 | Reward for Apprehension of Criminals.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may offer such rewards as the nature of the case requires, for the detection or apprehension of any person charged with or convicted of felony, and on the conviction of such person, pay it from the county treasury, together with all other necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for by law, incurred in making such detection or apprehension. The board may, on the collection of a recognizance given and forfeited by such person, pay the reward so offered, or any part thereof, together with all other necessary expenses so incurred and not otherwise provided for by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.50 | Expenses of Pursuit and Return of Felon.

Effective:
February 5, 1968
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 447 - 107th General Assembly
When any person charged with a felony has fled to any other state, territory, or country, and the governor has issued a requisition for such person or requested the president of the United States to issue extradition papers, or the prosecuting attorney of any county in the state seeking the return of a felon has received notice of waiver of extradition, the board of county commissioners may pay, from the county treasury to the agent designated in such requisition, request to the president, or order by the prosecuting attorney seeking return, all necessary expenses of pursuing and returning the person so charged, or so much of such expenses as seem just.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.512 | Law Library Resources Board Meetings.

Effective:
December 30, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 127th General Assembly
Within fifteen days after July 1, 2009, the county law library resources board shall hold its initial meeting at the office of the board of county commissioners at a time that the chairperson of the county law library resources board determines. Thereafter, the board shall meet at least four times a year, as determined by the chairperson or at any other time as determined by a majority of the board. A majority of the members of the county law library resources board constitutes a quorum at any regular or special meeting.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.513 | Annual Board Budget - Appropriations From General Fund.

Effective:
December 30, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The county law library resources board shall prepare an annual estimate of the revenue and expenditures of the board for the calendar year commencing January 1, 2010, and for each year thereafter, and shall submit that estimate to the board of county commissioners as provided in section 5705.28 of the Revised Code. The estimate of expenses shall be sufficient to provide for the operation of the county law library resources board. The estimate of revenue shall clearly specify the source of the revenue and shall include a specific request for monies to be appropriated to the county law library resources fund established pursuant to section 307.514 of the Revised Code from the county general fund for the ensuing fiscal year.
(B) The board of county commissioners may appropriate funds from the county general fund for the use of the county law library resources board. Within fifteen days after the adoption of the annual appropriation measure pursuant to section 5705.38 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall transfer fifty per cent of the annual general fund appropriation to the county law library resources fund and shall transfer the remaining fifty per cent of the annual general fund appropriation not later than July 15 of each year. The funds appropriated by the board of county commissioners from the county law library resources fund shall be disbursed by the county auditor's warrant drawn on the county treasury five days after receipt of a voucher approved by the county law librarian pursuant to procedures established by the county law library resources board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.514 | County Law Library Resources Fund.

Effective:
December 30, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 127th General Assembly
There is hereby created in each county treasury a county law library resources fund, effective January 1, 2010. The fund shall receive all revenue that is required to be deposited into the fund pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 307.51 and section 307.515 of the Revised Code, appropriated to the fund from the general fund by the board of county commissioners pursuant to section 307.513 of the Revised Code, or designated for deposit into the fund by gift or bequest from any person, firm, or corporation. Expenditures from the fund shall be made pursuant to the annual appropriation measure adopted by the board of county commissioners under section 5705.38 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.516 | Multi-County Law Library Resources Commission.

Effective:
December 30, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Upon the recommendation of the county law library resources boards of two or more adjacent counties, the boards of county commissioners of those counties may enter into a contract to form a multi-county law library resources commission for the purpose of collaborating on behalf of the member counties in carrying out any or all of the duties and responsibilities conferred upon a county law library resources board by sections 307.51 to 307.516 of the Revised Code. The commission shall administer the contract. Members of the commission shall consist of the chairperson of each participating county law library resources board and one member from each of the county law library resources boards, who shall be designated by the members of each of the county law library resources boards.
(B) The contract shall do all of the following:
(1) Prescribe the structure, management, and responsibilities of the commission;
(2) Provide for a process to establish the annual budget for the commission that includes a requirement that the annual budget be approved by all of the boards of county commissioners of the member counties;
(3) Apportion the annual operating costs of the commission to each member county;
(4) Designate the expenditure of funds from the county law library resources fund of each member county;
(5) Address amendments to the contract.
(C) The contract shall be for a period of not less than three calendar years and not more than five calendar years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.52 | Expert Witnesses.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon the certificate of the prosecuting attorney or his assistant that the services of an expert or the testimony of expert witnesses in the examination or trial of a person accused of the commission of crime, or before the grand jury, were or will be necessary to the proper administration of justice, the board of county commissioners may allow and pay the expert such compensation as it deems just and proper and as the court approves.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.53 | Procedure When County Auditor Unable to Sign Bonds Due to Absence or Disability.

Effective:
September 25, 1961
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 410 - 104th General Assembly
Whenever, in the issuing of bonds by the board of county commissioners or by the board of township trustees, the signature of the county auditor is necessary, either to such bonds or to any documents or certificates in connection therewith, and by reason of the absence or disability of the auditor it is impossible to obtain his signature, on application by the board of county commissioners or by the board of township trustees to the court of common pleas of the county, such court shall designate a deputy to the auditor, or if there is no such deputy available, some other suitable person, to sign the name of such auditor and, if necessary, to affix his seal to such bonds, documents, or certificates, in such case such deputy or other person shall sign his own name beneath that of the auditor, and his signature shall be preceded by the words "Signed by" and followed by the words "Pursuant to order of the court of common pleas of _______________ county." All bonds, documents, or certificates so signed shall have the same validity, force, and effect as though signed personally by the auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.54 | Registry and Redemption of Bonds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All bonds issued by the board of county commissioners shall be correctly numbered in the order in which issued, and registered by the county auditor in a book provided by him and kept in his office. All warrants drawn upon the county treasurer for the payment of the principal and interest on such bonds shall specify the fund on which they are drawn. Upon delivering to the holder of any such bond a warrant upon the treasurer for its redemption, the auditor shall receive the bond and write across the face of it, in red ink, the word "Redeemed," with the proper date, and sign his name. Upon receiving the warrant which contains the number of the bond for the redemption of which it is drawn, the treasurer shall proceed to the office of the auditor, and there, in the presence of the auditor, write, in red ink, across the registry of the bond, the word "Redeemed," with the proper date, and sign his name. The auditor shall then deliver to the treasurer the original bond, for which he shall be credited in his semiannual settlements with the auditor and board of county commissioners.