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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.04 | District Created in County Containing City With Population of 500,000 or More.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
(A) In lieu of the procedure set forth in section 3381.03 of the Revised Code, any county with a population of five hundred thousand or more, at any time before the creation of a regional arts and cultural district under that section, may create a regional arts and cultural district by adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners of that county. The resolution shall state all of the following:
(1) The purposes for the creation of the district;
(2) That the territory of the district shall be coextensive with the territory of the county;
(3) The official name by which the district shall be known;
(4) The location of the principal office of the district or the manner in which the location shall be selected.
(B) The district provided for in the resolution shall be created upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of county commissioners of that county. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the county and the municipal corporations and townships contained in the county shall not thereafter be a part of any other regional arts and cultural district.
(C) The board of trustees of any regional arts and cultural district formed in accordance with this section shall be comprised of five members appointed by the board of county commissioners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.05 | Appointment of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
Within sixty days after a regional arts and cultural district has been created, the board of trustees of the district shall be appointed as provided in this section.
Members of a board of trustees of a regional arts and cultural district created by the exclusive action of a county shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county. A board of trustees of a district created by two or more political subdivisions shall consist of the number of members, and shall be appointed by the public officers or bodies, as shall be provided in the resolutions or ordinances creating the district, or any amendments to them.
All members of a board of trustees of a regional arts and cultural district shall be persons who have broad knowledge and experience in the arts or cultural heritage and shall have other qualifications as are specified in the resolutions or ordinances creating the district, or any amendments to them; provided that at least two members of the board of trustees shall be persons who devote a major portion of their time to practicing, performing, or teaching any of the arts or who are professional administrators in any field of the arts or cultural heritage, and the resolutions or ordinances creating the district shall so provide. All members of the board of trustees also shall be qualified electors in the district's territory.
The appointing authority shall consider for appointment as members of the board of trustees, but need not appoint, persons nominated by area arts councils, as defined in section 757.03 of the Revised Code, located within the district; provided that all those persons shall meet the qualifications specified in this section and the resolutions or ordinances creating the district. The resolutions or ordinances creating the district may, but need not, provide that the members of an area arts council located within the district shall constitute the board of trustees of the district.
The appointing authority, at any time, may remove a member of the board of trustees for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office.
The initially appointed members of the board of trustees of any regional arts and cultural district shall serve staggered terms of one, two, and three years. Thereafter, each member shall serve a term of three years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to only the unexpired term. Any member is eligible for reappointment, except as otherwise provided in the resolutions or ordinances creating the district, or any amendment to them.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.051 | Organization and Meetings.

Effective:
November 7, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly
A majority of the board of trustees of the regional arts and cultural district constitutes a quorum, the affirmative vote of which is necessary for any action taken by the district. No vacancy in the board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all the duties of the district.
Each member of the board, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of his office
After each member of the board has taken the oath required by this section the board shall meet and organize by electing one of its members as president and another as vice-president, who shall hold their respective offices until the next annual meeting of the board. At each annual meeting thereafter the board shall elect from its membership a president and a vice-president who shall serve for a term of one year.
The board shall appoint and fix the compensation of an executive director, who shall be the fiscal officer and shall not be a member of the board and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each member of the board is entitled to receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses in the performance of his duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.06 | Power and Authority of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
All the power and authority granted to a regional arts and cultural district shall be vested in and exercised by its board of trustees, which shall manage and conduct its affairs. The board, within the limitations of this chapter, shall provide, by rules, the procedure for its actions, the manner of selection of its president, vice-president, executive director, and other officers and employees, their titles, terms of office, compensation, duties, number, and qualifications, and any other lawful subject necessary or desirable to the operation and administration of the district and the exercise of the powers granted to it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.08 | Issuance of Bonds - Purposes for Issuance - Anticipation Notes.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
The regional arts and cultural district may submit to the electors within its territory the question of issuing bonds of such district and also the necessity of a tax outside the limitation of Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire such bonds. Such bonds when approved by the electors may be issued by the district to purchase, acquire, construct, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, renovate, remodel, equip, or furnish any artistic or cultural facility, provided that the net indebtedness, as defined for a municipal corporation in section 133.05 of the Revised Code, incurred by a district shall never exceed five per cent of the tax valuation of the district, and that no part of the proceeds of such bonds shall at any time be used to meet or defray any of the normal operating expenses of the district or any qualifying arts or cultural organization. The proceedings for such election and for the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be as provided by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, provided that such a bond issue may be submitted to the electors and the bonds may be issued for any one or more of the purposes set forth in this section. Notes may be issued in anticipation of such bonds as provided in section 133.22 of the Revised Code. The board of trustees shall be the taxing authority or bond issuing authority of the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.09 | Bonds to Be Free From State Taxation.

Effective:
November 7, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly
Bonds issued under section 3381.08 of the Revised Code, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.10 | Duties and Bond of Executive Director.

Effective:
November 7, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly
The executive director of the regional arts and cultural district shall be the fiscal officer of the district and the custodian of its funds and records, and shall assist the board of trustees in such manner as it directs.
Before receiving any moneys, the executive director shall furnish bond in an amount determined by the board with surety satisfactory to it. The executive director shall deposit all funds received by him to the account of the district in one or more depositories as are qualified to receive deposits of county funds, which deposits shall be secured in the same manner as county funds. No disbursements shall be made from such funds except in accordance with rules adopted by the board of trustees of the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.11 | Contracts Which Do and Do Not Require Competitive Bidding Procedure.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a regional arts and cultural district or any officer or employee designated by such board may make any contract for the purchase of supplies or material or for labor for any work, under the supervision of the board, the cost of which shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. When an expenditure, other than for the acquisition of real estate, the discharge of noncontractual claims, personal services, or for the product or services of public utilities, exceeds ten thousand dollars, such expenditure shall be made only after a notice calling for bids has been published once a week for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation within the territory of the district or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The board may then let said contract to the lowest and best bidder, who shall give a good and approved bond with ample security conditioned on the carrying out of the contract. Such contract shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by or shall refer to plans and specifications for the work to be done, approved by the board. The plans and specifications shall at all times be made and considered part of the contract. The contract shall be approved by the board and signed on behalf of the district and by the contractor. No sale of any real or personal property or a lease thereof having a term thereof in excess of five years shall be made except with the highest and best bidder after publication of notice for bids in the manner above provided.
Competitive bidding under this section is not required when:
(A) The board, by a two-thirds affirmative vote of its members, determines that a real and present emergency exists and such determination and the reasons therefor are entered in the proceedings of the board, when:
(1) The estimated cost is less than fifteen thousand dollars; or
(2) There is actual physical damage to structures or equipment.
(B) Such purchase consists of supplies or a replacement or supplemental part or parts for a product or equipment owned or leased by the district and the only source of supply for such supplies, part, or parts is limited to a single supplier;
(C) The lease is a renewal of a lease for electronic data processing equipment, services, or systems;
(D) Services or supplies are available from a qualified nonprofit agency pursuant to sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code;
(E) With respect to any contract, agreement, or lease by a district with any arts or cultural organization or any governmental body or agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.12 | Contracts or Arrangements With Governmental Bodies or With Corporations.

Effective:
November 7, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a regional arts and cultural district may enter into such contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with the state government of this or any other state, with counties, municipal corporations, townships, or other governmental agencies created by or under the authority of the laws of this state or any other state, with persons, and with public or private corporations as may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of the powers granted by this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.13 | Status of Employees.

Effective:
September 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly
All employees of a regional arts and cultural district shall be considered public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and its employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.14 | Procurement of Medical Insurance for Employees and Dependents.

Effective:
June 4, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 67 - 122nd General Assembly
A regional arts and cultural district may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or sickness and accident insurance or a combination of any of the foregoing for the employees of the district and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.15 | County Commissioners May Appropriate Annually Portion of Expense of District.

Effective:
June 30, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of any county, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of any township, included within a regional arts and cultural district may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county, the municipal corporation, or the township and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the district to be paid by the county, municipal corporation, or township as provided in the resolution creating or enlarging the district adopted under section 3381.03 of the Revised Code, or by any amendment to the resolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.17 | Annual Grants to Arts or Cultural Organizations - Limitation - Suggestions of Area Arts Council.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 164 - 134th General Assembly
From the funds available therefor from a tax levy authorized under section 3381.16 or, if applicable, sections 5743.021, 5743.321, 5743.511, 5743.621, and 5743.631 of the Revised Code, a regional arts and cultural district by action of its board of trustees shall make annual grants to support the operating or capital expenses of such of the arts or cultural organizations located within the territory of the district as the board of trustees shall determine; provided, however, that not more than ten per cent of the amount granted in any calendar year shall be granted to arts and cultural organizations that are not qualifying arts or cultural organizations; and further provided that prior to making any grants in any calendar year, the board of trustees shall afford an opportunity for the presentation, either in person or in writing, of the suggestions of any area arts council, as defined in section 757.03 of the Revised Code, located within the district. Any such grant to an arts or cultural organization shall be on such terms and conditions as the board considers advisable.
Last updated February 8, 2023 at 4:07 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.19 | Conveyances, Leases or Exchanges of Property Between District and Political Subdivision or Qualified Organization Without Competitive Bidding.

Effective:
November 7, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly
The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any regional arts and cultural district or any district may convey or lease to, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision, taxing district, or any arts or cultural organization, without competitive bidding and at mutually agreeable terms, any personal or real property, or any interest therein, to be used by the recipient for its purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.20 | District Exempted From Property Taxes - Exception.

Effective:
November 7, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly
A regional arts and cultural district created under this chapter shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to any such district, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to any district while a private enterprise, other than an arts or cultural organization, is a lessee of such property under written lease providing for tenancy for longer than one year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.21 | Cooperation With Governmental Agencies.

Effective:
November 7, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly
A regional arts and cultural district may cooperate with other governmental agencies of this state, or of the United States, to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3381 | Arts and Cultural Affairs › Section 3381.22 | Provision for Dissolution of District or Dissolution by Board.

Effective:
November 7, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly
Subject to making due provisions for the payment and performance of its obligation, the resolution or ordinance creating a regional arts and cultural district may provide for its dissolution under circumstances described therein, or a district may be dissolved by its board of trustees with the consent of the subdivision or subdivisions creating such district. In the event of dissolution the properties of the district shall be transferred to the subdivision creating it, or if created by more than one subdivision, to the subdivisions creating it in such manner as may be agreed upon by such subdivisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.01 | Property on Loan to Museum Definitions.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Loan" and "on loan" mean a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property.
(B) "Museum" means any institution located in this state that is operated by a governmental agency or nonprofit corporation primarily for educational, scientific, aesthetic, historic, or preservation purposes and that acquires, owns, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or catalogs property. "Museum" includes, but is not limited to, historical societies, historic sites or landmarks, parks, monuments, libraries, arboreta, and zoos.
(C) "Property" means any tangible, nonliving object in a museum's possession that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, educational, or cultural value.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.02 | Vesting of Title of Property on Loan.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Property on loan to a museum other than pursuant to a written agreement shall be considered to be abandoned, and title to the property shall vest in the museum, free from all claims of the owner and of all persons claiming under the owner, if all of the following apply:
(1) The property has been held by the museum within the state for at least seven years and, during that time, it remained unclaimed.
(2) The museum gave notice of the abandonment of the property in accordance with section 3385.03 of the Revised Code.
(3) No written assertion of title to the property was made by the owner of the property within ninety days after the date the notice was mailed or, if applicable, within ninety days after the date of the last published notice.
(B) With respect to property on loan to a museum pursuant to a written agreement, the loan shall be considered to be terminated, and title to the property shall vest in the museum, free from all claims of the owner and of all persons claiming under the owner, if all of the following apply:
(1) If the loan was for an indefinite term, the museum has held the property for at least seven years. If the loan was for a specified term, that term has expired.
(2) The museum gave notice of the termination of the loan in accordance with section 3385.03 of the Revised Code.
(3) No written assertion of title to the property was made by the owner of the property within six months after the date the notice was mailed or, if applicable, within six months after the date of the last published notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.03 | Notice of Abandonment of Property or Termination of Loan.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
(A) A museum shall send notice of abandonment of property or termination of a loan by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the property at the owner's last known address as shown by the records of the museum. If the museum has no address on record, or the museum does not receive written proof of receipt of the notice within thirty days after the date the notice was mailed, the museum shall publish notice, at least twice over a sixty-day period, in a newspaper of general circulation in both the county in which the museum is located and the county in which the last known address of the owner, if available, is located.
For purposes of this division, "records of the museum" means documents created or held by the museum in its regular course of business.
(B) The mailed and published notices shall contain the following:
(1) The date of the notice;
(2) A general description of the property;
(3) The name and, if available, the last known address of the owner of the property;
(4) The approximate date the property was loaned to the museum;
(5) The name and address of the appropriate museum official to be contacted regarding the notice;
(6) For published notices, a request that anyone who may know the whereabouts of the owner of the property provide written notice to the museum;
(7) For published notices, the publication date of the last notice.
(C)(1) A notice of abandonment of property shall include a statement in substantially the following form:
"The (name of museum) hereby asserts title to the following property: (general description of property). If you claim ownership or other legal interest in this property, you must contact (name of museum) in writing, establish ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property. If you fail to do so within ninety days, the property will be considered abandoned and will become property of (name of museum)."
(2) A notice of termination of a loan of property shall include a statement in substantially the following form:
"The records of (name of museum) indicate that you have property on loan to it. The (name of museum) hereby terminated the loan. If you desire to claim the property, you must contact the (name of museum) in writing, establish ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property. If you fail to do so within six months, you will be considered to have waived any claim you may have had to the property."
(D) For purposes of this section, if a loan of property was made to a branch of the museum, the museum shall be considered to be located in the county in which the branch is located. Otherwise, the museum is considered to be located in the county in which it has it principal place of business.
Last updated July 22, 2021 at 9:54 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.04 | Conservation Measures.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a museum may apply conservation measures to property on loan to the museum without notice to the owner or the owner's permission, if such measures are necessary to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum or if the property on loan is a hazard to the health and safety of the museum staff or the public, and if either of the following applies:
(1) The museum attempts but is unable to notify the owner at the owner's last known address not later than three days before the date the museum intends to apply the conservation measures.
(2) The museum notifies the owner not later than three days before the date the museum intends to apply the conservation measures, the owner does not agree to those measures, and the owner does not terminate the loan and retrieve the property within three days after receipt of the notice.
(B) If a museum applies conservation measures in accordance with division (A) of this section or with the agreement of the owner, both of the following apply:
(1) The museum shall acquire a lien on the property in the amount of the expenses incurred by the museum, unless the agreement provides otherwise.
(2) The museum is not liable for injury to or loss of the property, if the museum did both of the following:
(a) Reasonably believed at the time the conservation measures were taken that the measures were necessary to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum, or that the property on loan was a hazard to the health and safety of the museum staff or the public;
(b) Exercised reasonable care in the choice and application of the conservation measures.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.05 | Museum to Provide Owner of Property Written Summary of Provisions.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
Upon accepting property on loan, a museum shall provide a written summary of the provisions of this chapter to the owner of the property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.06 | Owner to Give Notice of Change of Address or Change in Ownership of Property.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
The owner of any property on loan to a museum shall promptly notify the museum in writing of any change of the owner's address or change in ownership of the property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.07 | Presumption of Gift to Museum.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
Any property that, on or after the effective date of this section, is delivered to a museum or left on museum property, is not solicited by the museum, is from an unknown source, and might reasonably be assumed to have been intended as a gift to the museum, shall conclusively be presumed to be a gift to the museum, if there is no claim of ownership to the property within ninety days after the museum receives or otherwise discovers the property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.09 | Application of Escheat Law.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Property on loan to a museum shall not escheat to the state under any applicable escheat law, but shall pass to the museum under the provisions of this chapter.
(B) This chapter does not apply to property interests other than those specifically described in this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3385 | Property on Loan to Museum › Section 3385.10 | Transfer of Property by Museum.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
A museum that acquires title to property in accordance with this chapter passes good title when transferring that property with the intent to pass title.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.011 | Legal Mark of Registered Elector.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, and except as otherwise provided in any section of Title XXXV of the Revised Code to the contrary, as used in the sections of the Revised Code relating to elections and political communications, whenever a person is required to sign or affix a signature to a declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, initiative petition, referendum petition, recall petition, or any other kind of petition, or to sign or affix a signature on any other document that is filed with or transmitted to a board of elections or the office of the secretary of state, "sign" or "signature" means that person's written, cursive-style legal mark written in that person's own hand.
(B) For persons who do not use a cursive-style legal mark during the course of their regular business and legal affairs, "sign" or "signature" means that person's other legal mark that the person uses during the course of that person's regular business and legal affairs that is written in the person's own hand.
(C) Any voter registration record requiring a person's signature shall be signed using the person's legal mark used in the person's regular business and legal affairs. For any purpose described in division (A) of this section, the legal mark of a registered elector shall be considered to be the mark of that elector as it appears on the elector's voter registration record.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.012 | Voter Application Not to Be Refused Due to Specified Requirements.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the secretary of state or a board of elections shall not refuse to accept and process an otherwise valid voter registration application, absent voter's ballot application, uniformed services and overseas absent voter's ballot application, returned absent voter's ballot, returned uniformed services and overseas absent voter's ballot, or federal write-in absentee ballot from an individual who is eligible to vote as a uniformed services voter or an overseas voter in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6 due to any requirements regarding notarization, paper type, paper weight and size, envelope type, or envelope weight and size.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.02 | General Election - Time for Holding.

Effective:
August 15, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly
General elections in the state and its political subdivisions shall be held as follows:
(A) For the election of electors of president and vice-president of the United States, in the year of 1932 and every four years thereafter;
(B) For the election of a member of the senate of the United States, in the years 1932 and 1934, and every six years after each of such years; except as otherwise provided for filling vacancies;
(C) For the election of representatives in the congress of the United States and of elective state and county officers including elected members of the state board of education, in the even-numbered years; except as otherwise provided for filling vacancies;
(D) For municipal and township officers, members of boards of education, judges and clerks of municipal courts, in the odd-numbered years;
(E) Proposed constitutional amendments or proposed measures submitted by the general assembly or by initiative or referendum petitions to the voters of the state at large may be submitted to the general election in any year occurring at least sixty days, in case of a referendum, and ninety days, in the case of an initiated measure, subsequent to the filing of the petitions therefor. Proposed constitutional amendments submitted by the general assembly to the voters of the state at large may be submitted at a special election occurring on the day in any year specified by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code for the holding of a primary election, when a special election on that date is designated by the general assembly in the resolution adopting the proposed constitutional amendment.
No special election shall be held on a day other than the day of a general election, unless a law or charter provides otherwise, regarding the submission of a question or issue to the voters of a county, township, city, village, or school district.
(F)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, any question or issue, except a candidacy, to be voted upon at an election shall be certified, for placement upon the ballot, to the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the election.
(2) Any question or issue that is certified for placement on a ballot on or after the effective date of this amendment shall be certified not later than the ninetieth day before the day of the applicable election, notwithstanding any deadlines appearing in any section of the Revised Code governing the placement of that question or issue on the ballot.
Last updated November 3, 2021 at 3:41 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.021 | Certification in Electronic or Paper Form.

Effective:
January 1, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a political subdivision or other entity that certifies a question or issue to a board of elections for placement on the ballot may make that certification in electronic or paper form.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.022 | When August Special Election May Be Held.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A political subdivision or taxing authority may hold a special election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August for an office, question, or issue if the political subdivision is under a fiscal emergency under section 118.03 of the Revised Code, or the taxing authority that is a school district is under a fiscal emergency under division (B) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, at the time the board of elections certifies the office, question, or issue for placement on the ballot for that special election.
(B) The deadlines applicable to a special election held by a political subdivision or taxing authority under division (A) of this section shall be the same as the deadlines specified to place the office, question, or issue on the ballot on the day of a primary or general election.
(C) The entire cost of a special election held under division (A) of this section shall be charged to the political subdivision or taxing authority in accordance with division (D) of section 3501.17 of the Revised Code.
Last updated January 31, 2023 at 4:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.03 | Notice of Election.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
At least ten days before the time for holding an election the board of elections shall give public notice by a proclamation, posted in a conspicuous place in the courthouse and city hall, or by one insertion in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
The board shall have authority to publicize information relative to registration or elections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.04 | Secretary of State Is Chief Election Officer.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The secretary of state is the chief election officer of the state, with such powers and duties relating to the registration of voters and the conduct of elections as are prescribed in Title XXXV of the Revised Code. He shall perform these duties, in addition to other duties imposed upon him by law, without additional compensation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.051 | Simulated Election Programs for Minors.

Effective:
February 25, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the secretary of state may authorize, in one or more precincts in one or more counties, a program allowing individuals under the age of eighteen to enter the polling place and vote in a simulated election held at the same time as a general election. Any individual working in or supervising at a simulated election may enter the polling place and remain within it during the entire period the polls are open.
(B) A program established under division (A) of this section shall require all of the following:
(1) That the duties imposed on precinct election officials and peace officers under section 3501.33 of the Revised Code be performed by those officials and officers in regard to simulated elections and all activities related to simulated elections;
(2) That volunteers provide the personnel necessary to conduct the simulated election, except that employees of the secretary of state, employees or members of boards of elections, and precinct election officials may aid in operating the program to the extent permitted by the secretary of state;
(3) That individuals under the age of fourteen be accompanied to the simulated election by an individual eighteen years of age or over;
(4) Any other requirements the secretary of state considers necessary for the orderly administration of the election process.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.052 | State Officials Not to Serve as Campaign Officials.

Effective:
May 2, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The secretary of state shall not serve as campaign treasurer or in any other official capacity for any campaign committee for any state or local office other than an office to which the secretary of state is seeking election.
(B) The secretary of state shall not serve as campaign treasurer or in any other official capacity for any principal campaign committee or other authorized committee for any federal office other than an office to which the secretary of state is seeking election.
(C) The secretary of state shall not serve as a treasurer or in any other official capacity for any committee named in an initiative petition, any committee named in a referendum petition, any person making disbursements for the direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications, or any other committee regulated under Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code.
(D) The attorney general shall not serve as a treasurer or in any other official capacity for any committee named in an initiative petition or any committee named in a referendum petition.
(E) As used in this section:
(1) "Authorized committee" and "principal campaign committee" have the same meanings as in the Federal Election Campaign Act.
(2) "Campaign committee," "campaign treasurer," and "Federal Election Campaign Act" have the same meanings as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Electioneering communication" has the same meaning as in section 3517.1011 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.053 | Instructions Regarding Conduct of Elections - Web Publication.

Effective:
August 15, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The secretary of state may issue instructions as to the proper method of conducting elections to members of the boards of elections by permanent or temporary directives.
(1) The secretary of state shall establish a process to allow public review and public comment of proposed directives. Prior to issuing any permanent directive, the secretary of state shall provide reasonable notice of the issuance of the directive and allow a reasonable amount of time for public review and public comment of the proposed directive under this division.
No permanent directive shall be issued during the period beginning ninety days prior to the day of an election and ending on the fortieth day following the day of that election.
(2) Temporary directives shall only be issued, and shall only have effect, during the period beginning ninety days prior to the day of an election and ending on the fortieth day following the day of that election. Temporary directives shall not be subject to public review and public comment under division (A)(1) of this section.
A temporary directive shall not become a permanent directive unless the temporary directive is proposed as a permanent directive and subject to public review and public comment under division (A)(1) of this section.
If the situation prompting the establishment of a temporary directive appears likely to recur, the secretary of state shall establish a permanent directive addressing the situation.
(B) In addition to any other publication of directives and advisories issued by the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall publish those directives and advisories on a web site of the office of the secretary of state as soon as is practicable after they are issued, but not later than the close of business on the same day as a directive or advisory is issued. The secretary of state shall not remove from the web site any directives and advisories so posted. The secretary of state shall provide on that web site access to all directives and advisories currently in effect and maintain an archive of all directives and advisories previously published on that web site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.054 | Public Officials and Election-Related Activities.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "public official" means any elected or appointed officer, employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law.
(B) No public official that is responsible for administering or conducting an election in this state shall collaborate with, or accept or expend any money from, a nongovernmental person or entity for any costs or activities related to voter registration, voter education, voter identification, get-out-the-vote, absent voting, election official recruitment or training, or any other election-related purpose, other than the following:
(1) The collection of any fee that is authorized by law;
(2) The use of any building to conduct an election, including as a polling place;
(3) The donation of food for precinct election officials at a polling place on election day.
(C) This section does not apply to any money to be deposited in the address confidentiality program fund established under section 111.48 of the Revised Code or the women's suffrage centennial commission fund established under Section 1 of S.B. 30 of the 132nd general assembly, as amended.
Last updated July 14, 2021 at 1:15 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; Election Officials › Section 3501.06 | County Board of Elections.

Effective:
February 25, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly
(A) There shall be in each county of the state a board of elections consisting of four qualified electors of the county, who shall be appointed by the secretary of state, as the secretary's representatives.
(B)(1) On the first day of March in the years 2014 and 2016, the secretary of state shall appoint two of such board members for a term of three years. One of those board members shall be from the political party which cast the highest number of votes for the office of governor at the most recent regular state election, and the other shall be from the political party which cast the next highest number of votes for the office of governor at such election.
(2) Beginning in 2017, on the first day of March in odd-numbered years, the secretary of state shall appoint two of such board members for a term of four years. One of those board members shall be from the political party which cast the highest number of votes for the office of governor at the most recent regular state election, and the other shall be from the political party which cast the next highest number of votes for the office of governor at such election. Thereafter, all appointments shall be made on the first day of March in odd-numbered years for a term of four years.
(C) All vacancies filled for unexpired terms and all appointments to new terms shall be made from the political party to which the vacating or outgoing member belonged, unless there is a third political party which cast a greater number of votes in the state at the most recent regular state election for the office of governor than did the party to which the retiring member belonged, in which event the vacancy shall be filled from such third party.