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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.21 | Municipal Fire Regulations, Department, Companies, and Rescue Units.

Effective:
October 23, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 104th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may establish all necessary regulations to guard against the occurrence of fires, protect the property and lives of its citizens against damage and accidents resulting therefrom, and for such purpose may establish and maintain a fire department, provide for the establishment and organization of fire engine and hose companies and rescue units, establish the hours of labor of the members of its fire department who shall not be required to be on duty continuously more than six days in every seven, and provide such bylaws and regulations for the government of such companies and their members as is necessary and proper.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.222 | Employee Status of Volunteer Firefighter.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 130th General Assembly
A volunteer firefighter appointed pursuant to this chapter is a bona fide volunteer and not an employee for purposes of section 513 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 26 U.S.C. 4980H, if, for providing those fire protection services, the volunteer receives any of the benefits provided in Chapter 146., 4121., or 4123. or section 9.65, 505.23, 3333.26, 3923.13, or 4113.41 of the Revised Code.
Last updated November 23, 2021 at 3:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.23 | Schooling of Officers and Firemen of Fire Department.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may send any of the officers and firemen of its fire department to schools of instruction designed to promote the efficiency of firemen, and, if authorized in advance, may pay their necessary expenses from the funds used for the maintenance and operation of such department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.24 | Legislative Authority May Purchase Engines and Equipment.

Effective:
October 23, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 104th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may purchase the necessary fire engines and such other equipment as is necessary for the extinguishment of fires and the saving of lives, and may establish lines of fire alarm telegraph within the limits of the municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.25 | Buildings for Department.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide or erect necessary and suitable buildings containing rooms for fire engines, and other equipment, and provide for the meetings of the fire and hose companies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.27 | Investigation of Fires.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may invest any officer of the fire or police department with the power, and impose on him the duty, to be present at all fires, investigate the cause thereof, examine witnesses, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, and to do and perform all other acts necessary to the effective discharge of such duties.
Such officer may administer oaths, make arrests, and enter, for the purpose of examination, any building which, in his opinion, is in danger from fire. The officer shall report his proceedings to the legislative authority at such times as are required.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.28 | Erection of Houses and Business Structures - Removal.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may regulate the erection of houses and business structures and prohibit the erection of buildings within such limits as it deems proper, unless the outer walls are constructed of noncombustible material, and, on the petition of the owners of not less than two thirds of the ground included in any square or half-square, may prohibit the erection thereon of any building, or addition to any building more than ten feet high, unless the outer walls are made of iron, stone, brick and mortar, or of some of them, and may provide for the removal of any building or additions erected in violation of such prohibition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.29 | Property Recovered by Police.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Stolen or other property recovered by members of the police force of a municipal corporation shall be deposited and kept in a place designated by the mayor. Each such article shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, with the name of the owner, if ascertained, the person from whom taken, the place where found with general circumstances, the date of its receipt, and the name of the officer receiving it.
An inventory of all money or other property shall be given to the party from whom taken, and in case it is not claimed by some person within thirty days after arrest and seizure it shall be delivered to the person from whom taken, and to no other person, either attorney, agent, factor, or clerk, except by special order of the mayor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.31 | Disposition to Claimant.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If, within thirty days, the money or property recovered under section 737.29 of the Revised Code is claimed by any other person, it shall be retained by the custodian thereof until after the discharge or conviction of the person from whom it was taken and so long as it is required as evidence in any case in court. If such claimant establishes to the satisfaction of the court that he is the rightful owner, the money or property shall be restored to him, otherwise it shall be returned to the accused person, personally, and not to any attorney, agent, factor, or clerk of such accused person, except upon special order of the mayor after all liens and claims in favor of the municipal corporation have first been discharged and satisfied.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.32 | Sale or Donation of Unclaimed Property.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this section and unless the property involved is required to be disposed of pursuant to another section of the Revised Code, property that is unclaimed for ninety days or more shall be sold by the chief of police of the municipal corporation, marshal of the village, or licensed auctioneer at public auction, after notice of the sale has been provided by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The proceeds of the sale shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation and shall be credited to the general fund of the municipal corporation.
If authorized to do so by an ordinance adopted by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and if the property involved is not required to be disposed of pursuant to another section of the Revised Code, the chief of police or marshal may contribute property that is unclaimed for ninety days or more to one or more public agencies, to one or more nonprofit organizations no part of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and no substantial part of the activities of which consists of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, or to one or more organizations satisfying section 501(c)(3) or (c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.33 | Expenses of Storage and Sale - Notice.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon the sale of any unclaimed or impounded property as provided in section 737.32 of the Revised Code, if any such unclaimed or impounded property was ordered removed to a place of storage or stored, or both, by or under the direction of a chief of police of municipal corporation or marshal of the village, any expenses or charges for such removal or storage, or both, and costs of sale, provided the same are approved by such chief of police or marshal, shall first be paid from the proceeds of such sale. Notice shall be given by registered mail, thirty days before the date of such sale, to the owner and mortgagee, or other lien holder, at their last known address.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 737 | Public Safety › Section 737.41 | Municipal Probation Services Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which is established a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, that has a department of probation shall establish in the municipal treasury a municipal probation services fund. The fund shall contain all moneys paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation under section 2951.021 of the Revised Code for deposit into the fund. The treasurer of the municipal corporation shall disburse the money contained in the fund at the request of the municipal court department of probation, for use only by that department for specialized staff, purchase of equipment, purchase of services, reconciliation programs for offenders and victims, other treatment programs, including community addiction services providers, determined to be appropriate by the chief probation officer, and other similar expenses related to placing offenders under a community control sanction.
(B) Any money in a municipal probation services fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the treasury of the municipal corporation but shall be retained in the fund.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "County-operated municipal court" has the same meaning as in section 1901.03 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Community addiction services provider" has the same meaning as in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.01 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
In any municipal corporation having a sanitary police force supported in whole or in part at public expense, the legislative authority thereof, by ordinance, may declare it necessary to establish and maintain a sanitary police pension fund. Thereupon a board of trustees, who shall be known as "trustees of the sanitary police pension fund," shall be created, consisting of the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation and five members of the sanitary police force; provided, that upon petition of a majority of the members of the sanitary police force, such board or officer, may designate a lesser number than five to be elected as trustees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.02 | Election of Members - Notice.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
On the second Monday of the month following the determination of the board or officer having control of the health department of the municipal corporation to create a sanitary police pension fund, an election shall be held to choose five trustees from the sanitary police force. Such board or officer shall give notice thereof by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of such force. Between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of the day designated, each person in the sanitary police force who, by its rules, is designated a member thereof, shall send by mail or otherwise, in writing, the names of five members of the force who are his choice for trustees.
All votes so cast shall be counted and canvassed by such board or officer, who shall announce the result, and the five members receiving the highest number of votes shall be members of the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund for the ensuing year. If any two persons receive a tie vote for such office, it shall be decided by lot or in any other way agreed upon by the persons for whom such tie vote was cast.
The members so elected shall serve for one year. Elections for successors shall be held each year upon the second Monday of the same month in which the first election is held. In case of vacancy by death, resignation, or otherwise among such members, the remaining members of the board of trustees shall choose a successor who shall serve until the next election. Such board shall administer and distribute the sanitary police pension fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.03 | Organization of Board - Secretary.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The presiding officer of the board, or the officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation, shall be president of the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund, and the secretary or corresponding officer of the health department shall be secretary of the fund. In case there is no such officer, the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall appoint the secretary. The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the board of trustees, and such board may fix his compensation therefor, to be paid from such fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.04 | Tax to Maintain Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
In each municipal corporation maintaining a sanitary police pension fund, the legislative authority thereof each year, in the manner provided for other municipal levies and in addition to all other levies authorized by law, may levy a tax, not to exceed one-thirtieth of a mill on each dollar, upon all the real and personal property listed for taxation in such municipal corporation. In the matter of such levy, the board of trustees of the fund shall be subject to the law controlling the heads of departments in such municipal corporation and shall discharge all the duties required of such heads of departments.
A failure of such board to act in the manner required of the heads of departments of such municipal corporation, in the making of such levy, shall not limit the power of the legislative authority thereof to make such levy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.05 | Fines, Penalties, and License Fees Belonging to Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
All fines imposed upon any member of the sanitary police force of a municipal corporation, by way of discipline or punishment, by the authority having charge or control thereof, and the proceeds of all suits for penalties for the violation of the laws of this state or the ordinances of the municipal corporation, with the execution of which the health department of the municipal corporation is charged, and the license fees or other fees payable thereunder, shall be credited to the sanitary police pension fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.06 | Trustees of Fund May Receive Donations.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund may take by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, moneys or personal property, upon such terms as to the investment or expenditure thereof as are fixed by the grantor or determined by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.07 | Contributions From Members of Force.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund may receive such uniform amounts from each person designated by the rules of the sanitary police force as a member thereof as he voluntarily agrees to pay to the fund. The amount shall be deducted from his monthly pay and used as a fund to increase the pension which may be granted to such person or his beneficiaries.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.08 | Custodian of Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The treasurer of the municipal corporation shall be the custodian of the sanitary police pension fund and shall pay it out upon the proper order of the board of trustees thereof. The treasurer shall execute a bond in such sum and form as is satisfactory to the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties with respect to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.09 | Investments.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a sanitary police pension fund may invest moneys received by it, other than those raised by taxation, in interest-bearing bonds of the United States or of this state, or of any county, township, school district, or municipal corporation in the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.10 | Board of Trustees to Make Rules for Distribution of Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make all rules for the distribution of the fund, including the qualifications of those to whom any portion of the fund shall be paid and the amount thereof, but no rules shall be in force until approved by the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 738 | Sanitary Police Pension Fund › Section 738.11 | Annual Report.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make a report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation of the condition of such fund on the first day of January of each year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.01 | Payment of Municipal Indebtedness - Sinking Fund.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Municipal corporations having outstanding bonds or funded debts shall, through their legislative authorities, and in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, levy and collect annually a tax upon all the real and personal property in the municipal corporation sufficient to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund for the extinguishment of all bonds issued and funded debts incurred prior to August 17, 1921, and the taxes so raised shall be used for no other purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.02 | Trustees of the Sinking Fund.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
In each municipal corporation there shall be a board, designated as the "trustees of the sinking fund," which shall have the management and control of the sinking fund established under section 739.01 of the Revised Code.
In cities, such board shall consist of four citizens of such city, who shall be electors thereof, well known for their intelligence and integrity, to be appointed by the mayor for one, two, three, and four years respectively, and their successors shall be appointed for four years from the expiration of their respective terms. Such appointments shall be so distributed that not more than two members of the board belong the same political party. Any vacancy by death, resignation, removal from the city, or otherwise of any member shall be filled by appointment by the mayor for the unexpired portion of each term.
In villages, the mayor, clerk, and chairperson of the finance committee of the legislative authority shall be the members of such board.
Such members shall serve without compensation. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, such members shall give such bond as the legislative authority requires. A surety company authorized to sign such bonds shall be sufficient security, and the costs thereof, together with all other incidental and necessary expenses of such board, shall be paid by it from funds under its control.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.03 | Organization of Board of Trustees of Sinking Fund.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The members of the board of trustees of the sinking fund of a municipal corporation, immediately after their appointment and qualification, shall elect one of their number as president and another as vice-president, who, in the absence or disability of the president, shall perform his duties and exercise his powers, and such secretary, clerks, or employees as the legislative authority thereof provides by an ordinance which shall fix their duties, bonds, and compensation. Where no secretary or clerks are authorized, the city auditor of the city or clerk of the village shall act as secretary of the board.
The board shall make its own rules, its meetings shall be open to the public, and all questions relating to the purchase or sale of securities, payment of bonds, interest, or judgments, or involving the payment or appropriation of money, 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 approved by a majority of the whole board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.04 | Duty of Board With Respect to Bonded Indebtedness of Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The city auditor or clerk of a village shall, upon demand of the board of trustees of the sinking fund, report to it a full and detailed statement of the outstanding indebtedness of the municipal corporation for bonds issued, and the board shall take charge of and keep a complete record, and report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, at least once a year, a full detailed statement of such indebtedness, with the statement of the board's investments and the general financial business of the municipal corporation which statement shall be published in any annual report of the municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.05 | Auditor's or Clerk's Report to Board.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The city auditor or clerk of the village shall, upon demand of the board of trustees of the sinking fund, report to the board the balances belonging to such municipal corporation, to the credit of the sinking fund, interest accounts, or for any bonds issued for or by the municipal corporation, and all officers or persons having such balances shall immediately pay them over to the board, which shall deposit them in such place as a majority of such board selects.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.06 | Report of Board to Legislative Authority.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
On or before the first Monday in May of each year, the board of trustees of the sinking fund shall certify to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation the amount of tax necessary to provide a sinking fund for the future payment of bonds issued by the municipal corporation prior to August 17, 1921, for the payment of interest on such bonded indebtedness, the rents due on perpetual leaseholds of the municipal corporation not payable from a special fund, and the expenses incident to the management of the sinking fund. The legislative authority shall place the several amounts so certified in the tax ordinance before and in preference to any other item, and for the full amount certified. Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.07 | Investment of Moneys.

Effective:
January 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 538 - 121st General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall invest all moneys received by it in bonds of the United States, of this state, or of any municipal corporation, school, township, or county of this state, and shall hold in reserve only such sums as may be needed for effecting the terms of Title VII of the Revised Code. If the law or the instrument creating a trust for such moneys expressly permits investment in direct obligations of the United States or an agency thereof, unless expressly prohibited by the instrument, such moneys also may be invested in no front end load money market mutual funds consisting exclusively of obligations of the United States or an agency thereof and in repurchase agreements, including those issued by the fiduciary itself, secured by obligations of the United States or an agency thereof; and in collective investment funds established in accordance with section 1111.14 of the Revised Code and consisting exclusively of any such securities, notwithstanding division (A)(1)(c) of that section. All interest received by the board shall be invested in the same manner.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.08 | Payment of Obligations by Board.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall have charge of and provide for the payment of all bonds issued by the municipal corporation and the interest maturing thereon. Such board shall receive from the city auditor or the clerk of the village all taxes, assessments, and moneys collected for such purpose, and shall invest and disburse them in the manner provided by law. For the satisfaction of any obligations under its supervision, the board may sell or use any of the securities or moneys in its possession.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.09 | Deposit and Withdrawal of Funds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All securities or evidence of debt held by the board of trustees of the sinking fund for the municipal corporation shall be deposited with the treasurer thereof, or with a safety deposit company within the municipal corporation, or, if none exists, then in a place of safety to be indicated or furnished by the legislative authority thereof, and when so deposited they shall be withdrawn only upon the application of three members and in the presence of at least two members of the city board, or upon the application and in the presence of at least two members of the village board.
Money shall be drawn by check only, which shall be signed by the president and at least two members of the board, and attested by the secretary or clerk.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.10 | Powers and Duties - Investigation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sinking fund may investigate all transactions involving or affecting the sinking fund of any branch or department of the municipal government, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties, not inconsistent with the nature of the duties prescribed for the board by law, as are conferred or required by the legislative authority thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.11 | Records and Accounts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall keep a complete record of its transactions, a complete record of the funded debt of the municipal corporation specifying the dates, purposes, amounts, numbers, maturities, rates, maturities of interest installments thereof, where payable, and an account exhibiting the amount held in the sinking fund for the payment thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.12 | Board of Tax Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In each city, the trustees of the sinking fund shall be a board of tax commissioners, but as members of such board they shall receive no compensation for their services.
The members of such board, as such, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and of this state and to faithfully and honestly perform their duties as such tax commissioners.
The board shall organize by appointing one of its members president and another vice-president. A majority of the members thereof, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.13 | Record of Proceedings - Clerk.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of tax commissioners shall keep a complete record of all its proceedings. The city auditor shall be clerk of the board, but shall receive no additional salary or compensation for such services. He shall enter in a book, to be provided by the city for that purpose, a full and detailed statement of all proceedings of the board, which shall be signed by the president or vice-president and by such clerk.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 739 | Trustees of Sinking Fund › Section 739.14 | Powers and Duties of Board of Tax Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon receipt of the levies made by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the board of tax commissioners shall consider them and within ten days after such receipt shall return them to the legislative authority with its approval or rejection. In case of rejection the board shall give its reasons therefor. The board may approve or reject any part thereof, and the parts so rejected shall not become valid levies unless the legislative authority thereafter, by three-fourths vote of all members elected thereto, adopts such levy or part thereof.
If the board approves such levies, or if it neglects to return them with its approval or rejection within such ten day period, they shall be valid and legal. In no case shall the board have authority to increase such levy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.012 | Refund of Contributions to Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund Exceeding Salary Benchmarks.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly
Contributions made to the Ohio police and fire pension fund for salary that exceeds the salary benchmark calculated under division (G) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code shall be refunded in accordance with rules adopted by the trustees of the board under section 742.10 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.013 | Definitions for "Terminal Pay" and "Salary".

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly
The board may, by rule adopted under section 742.10 of the Revised Code, establish definitions of "terminal pay" and "salary" that differ from those in divisions (K) and (L) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code. In establishing the definitions, the board may use elements of the compensation provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code and the Internal Revenue Code form W-2, as those provisions are interpreted by the internal revenue service of the United States department of treasury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.02 | Creation and Purpose of Fund.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
There is hereby created an Ohio police and fire pension fund for the purpose of providing disability benefits and pensions to members of the fund and their surviving spouses, children, and dependent parents.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.031 | Orientation Program Required for New Members - Continuing Education.

Effective:
September 15, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly
Each newly elected member of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund and each individual appointed to fill a vacancy on the board, shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code.
Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not less than twice each year, attend one or more programs that are part of the continuing education component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.032 | Members With Excessive Travel Expenses Ineligible for Another Term.

Effective:
September 15, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly
A person who served as an elected or appointed member of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund for one or more entire fiscal years in fiscal years 2000, 2001, or 2002 is ineligible for re-election or reappointment to the board if the board paid travel-related expenses of the person or reimbursed the person for travel-related expenses that averaged more than ten thousand dollars annually for those fiscal years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.041 | No Election if Only One Candidate Nominated.

Effective:
April 1, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 535 - 123rd General Assembly
Notwithstanding sections 742.03 and 742.04 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund is not required to hold an election for a position on the board as an employee member, police retirant member, or firefighter retirant member if only one candidate has been nominated for the position by petition in accordance with section 742.04 of the Revised Code. The candidate shall take office as if elected. The term of office shall be four years beginning on the first Monday in June following the date the candidate was nominated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.043 | Filing of Statements - Prohibited Campaign Activities.

Effective:
September 15, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly
(A) No person shall knowingly fail to file a complete and accurate campaign finance statement or independent expenditure statement in accordance with section 742.042 of the Revised Code.
(B) No person, during the course of a person seeking nomination for, and during any campaign for, election to the board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the nomination or the outcome of the campaign do any of the following by means of campaign materials, an advertisement on radio or television or in a newspaper or periodical, a public speech, press release, or otherwise:
(1) With regard to a candidate, identify the candidate in a manner that implies that the candidate is a member of the board or use the term "re-elect" when the candidate is not currently a member of the board;
(2) Make a false statement concerning the formal schooling or training completed or attempted by a candidate; a degree, diploma, certificate, scholarship, grant, award, prize, or honor received, earned, or held by a candidate; or the period of time during which a candidate attended any school, college, community technical school, or institution;
(3) Make a false statement concerning the professional, occupational, or vocational licenses held by a candidate, or concerning any position the candidate held for which the candidate received a salary or wages;
(4) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has been indicted or convicted of a theft offense, extortion, or other crime involving financial corruption or moral turpitude;
(5) Make a statement that a candidate has been indicted for any crime or has been the subject of a finding by the Ohio elections commission without disclosing the outcome of any legal proceedings resulting from the indictment or finding;
(6) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has a record of treatment or confinement for mental disorder;
(7) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has been subjected to military discipline for criminal misconduct or dishonorably discharged from the armed services;
(8) Falsely identify the source of a statement, issue statements under the name of another person without authorization, or falsely state the endorsement of or opposition to a candidate by a person or publication;
(9) Make a false statement concerning the voting record of a candidate or board member;
(10) Post, publish, circulate, distribute, or otherwise disseminate a false statement concerning a candidate, either knowing the same to be false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, if the statement is designed to promote the election, nomination, or defeat of the candidate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.044 | Complaint Alleging Violation of Rc 742.043 - Procedure - Fine.

Effective:
September 15, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly
The secretary of state, or any person acting on personal knowledge and subject to the penalties of perjury, may file a complaint with the Ohio elections commission alleging a violation of section 742.043 of the Revised Code. The complaint shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the commission.
On receipt of a complaint under this section, the commission shall hold a hearing open to the public to determine whether the violation alleged in the complaint has occurred. The commission may administer oaths and issue subpoenas to any person in the state compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books, accounts, and reports. On the refusal of any person to obey a subpoena or to be sworn or to answer as a witness, the commission may apply to the court of common pleas of Franklin county under section 2705.03 of the Revised Code. The court shall hold contempt proceedings in accordance with Chapter 2705. of the Revised Code.
The commission shall provide the person accused of the violation at least seven days prior notice of the time, date, and place of the hearing. The accused may be represented by an attorney and shall have an opportunity to present evidence, call witnesses, and cross-examine witnesses.
At the hearing, the commission shall determine whether the violation alleged in the complaint has occurred. If the commission determines that a violation of division (A) of section 742.043 of the Revised Code has occurred, the commission shall either impose a fine under section 742.99 of the Revised Code or enter a finding that good cause has been shown not to impose the fine. If the commission determines that a violation of division (B) of section 742.043 of the Revised Code has occurred, the commission shall impose the fine described in section 742.99 of the Revised Code, refer the matter to the appropriate prosecutor, or enter a finding that good cause has been shown not to impose a fine or refer the matter to a prosecutor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.045 | Adoption of Election Rules - Certification of Nominating Petitions and Election Results.

Effective:
September 15, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, after consultation with the secretary of state, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, governing all of the following:
(1) The administration of elections of members of the board of trustees under section 742.04 of the Revised Code and elections held under section 742.05 of the Revised Code to fill vacancies on the board of trustees;
(2) Nominating petitions for the elections;
(3) Certification of the validity of nominating petitions for the elections;
(4) Certification of the results of the elections.
(B) The board may contract with the secretary of state or an independent firm to administer the elections, certify the validity of nominating petitions, and certify the results of the elections. The secretary of state and the independent firm shall perform these services in accordance with the rules adopted under division (A) of this section. Notwithstanding section 742.41 of the Revised Code, the board shall provide information necessary for the secretary of state or the independent firm to certify the election. If the board contracts with an independent firm to administer an election, the secretary of state may audit the election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.05 | Vacancy on Board of Trustees.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a vacancy occurs in the term of an employee or retirant member of the board, all the remaining members of the board shall elect a successor employee or retirant member. On certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 742.045 of the Revised Code, the successor member shall hold office until the first day of the new term that follows the next board election that occurs not less than ninety days after the successor member's election, or until the end of the term for which the successor member was elected, whichever is sooner; except that, the successor employee member representing firefighters who was elected to the board under this section on March 6, 2014, shall hold office until June 1, 2020, notwithstanding sections 742.03 and 742.04 of the Revised Code.
Elections under this section to fill a vacancy on the board shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under section 742.045 of the Revised Code.
If an employee member of the board ceases to be a member of the fund, a vacancy shall exist.
If as a result of changed circumstances a retirant member no longer qualifies for membership on the board as a retirant member, a vacancy shall exist.
Any elected or appointed member of the board who fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the board, without valid excuse, shall be considered as having resigned from the board and the board shall declare the member's office vacated and as of the date of the adoption of a proper resolution a vacancy shall exist.
(B) A successor member need not be elected under division (A) of this section to fill a vacancy if on the day the vacancy occurs less than ninety days remain in the vacated term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.06 | Oath or Affirmation of Office.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Each member of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, before entering upon the member's official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath of affirmation that the member will support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state of Ohio, and that the member will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of the member's office. Such oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.07 | Meetings of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Within three months after all of the first appointed members of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund have been appointed and qualified, the governor shall call the first meeting of the board, and thereafter meetings of the board shall be called in such manner and at such times as the board prescribes, provided, that the board shall meet at least four times annually. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and any portions of any sessions discussing medical records or the degree of disability of a member excluded from public inspection by section 742.41 of the Revised Code.
At its first meeting the board shall organize by electing from its membership a chairperson and a vice-chairperson who shall serve for a term of one year. Annually thereafter the board shall elect from its membership a chairperson and a vice-chairperson for a term of one year.
A majority of the full membership of the board shall constitute a quorum.