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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles › Section 521.04 | Hearing on Petition.

Effective:
November 9, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 115 - 120th General Assembly
At the time and place specified in the notice given under section 521.03 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall meet and hear any and all proof offered by any of the parties affected by the improvement, and by other persons competent to testify. The board shall go over and along the rights-of-way where the tiles in need of repair or maintenance are located, and, by actual view of them and of the premises along and adjacent to the area that would be benefited by the repair or maintenance, shall determine the necessity of the improvement. The board may find that the improvement will result in general as well as special benefits. The board may adjourn from time to time and to any place it considers necessary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles › Section 521.05 | Contracts for Maintenance and Repair Private Sewage Collection Tiles.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) If the total estimated cost of any improvement provided for in section 521.04 of the Revised Code is fifty thousand dollars or less, the contract may be let without competitive bidding. When competitive bidding is required, the board of township trustees shall post, in three of the most conspicuous public places in the township, a notice specifying the improvement to be made and the time, which shall be at least thirty days after the posting of the notices, and the place the board will receive bids to make the improvement. The board shall accept the lowest and best bid, if the successful bidder meets the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. The board may reject all bids.
(B) On accepting a bid, the board shall enter into a contract with the successful bidder for making the improvement according to specifications. The contract shall not be for a term longer than ten years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles › Section 521.06 | Special Assessments for Maintenance and Repair Private Sewage Collection Tiles.

Effective:
November 9, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 115 - 120th General Assembly
The cost and expenses of making the improvement made pursuant to a determination by the board under section 521.04 of the Revised Code shall be paid from a fund raised by special assessments against the lots and lands in the township that are benefited by the improvement, except that if the board of township trustees finds, by resolution, that the improvement will result in general as well as special benefits, there may be paid from the general fund of the township treasury such portion of the cost and expenses as is found to represent the value of the general benefit. If moneys are to be paid from the general fund of the township treasury, no improvement shall be made until the adoption of the resolution required under this division.
The assessments shall not exceed the special benefits resulting from the improvement, they shall be paid and collected in equal semiannual installments, equal in number to twice the number of years for which the contract is made, and they shall be paid and collected in the same manner as and at the same times that taxes are paid and collected. Any such assessment in the amount of five dollars or less, or with an unpaid balance of five dollars or less, shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise become due and payable. The assessments may be made and levied by any one or more of the following methods:
(A) By a percentage of the tax value of the property assessed;
(B) In proportion to the benefits that may result from the improvement;
(C) By the front footage of the property abutting the right-of-way;
(D) In an equal amount against each benefited lot, this amount to be determined by dividing the total cost per semiannual installment by the number of benefited lots in the township.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collection Tiles › Section 521.07 | Collecting and Disposing of Assessments.

Effective:
November 9, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 115 - 120th General Assembly
The board of township trustees shall, by resolution, assess against the benefited lots and parcels of land in the township, in accordance with section 521.06 of the Revised Code, such portion of the costs of the improvement, for the period of the contract and the proceedings in relation to the contract, as does not exceed the special benefits resulting from the improvement, and shall certify these costs to the auditor. The auditor shall annually place on the tax duplicate, for collection in semiannual installments as provided in that section, the two installments of the assessment for that year, which installments shall be paid and collected as provided in that section.
When collected, the assessments shall go into the township treasury and shall be used by the board only for the purpose for which they were levied and collected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 523 | Merged Townships › Section 523.01 | Merger to Create New Township.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The territory of one or more townships may be merged with that of a contiguous township to create a new township, in the manner provided under this chapter. The new township shall have all of, and only, the rights, powers, and responsibilities afforded by law to townships.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 523 | Merged Townships › Section 523.02 | Initiative Petition.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A resolution for a merger under this chapter may be proposed by initiative petition by the electors of each township being proposed for merger, and adopted by election by these electors under the same circumstances, in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as provided by sections 731.28 to 731.40 and 731.99 of the Revised Code for municipal corporations, except that all of the following apply:
(1) Each board of township trustees shall perform the duties imposed on the legislative authority of the municipal corporation under those sections;
(2) Initiative petitions shall be filed with the township fiscal officer of each township proposed for merger, who shall perform the duties imposed under those sections upon the city auditor or village clerk;
(3) Initiative petitions shall contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the total number of electors in a township proposed for merger who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general election in the township for that office;
(4) Each signer of an initiative petition shall be an elector of the township in which the election on the proposed resolution is to be held.
(B) The merger shall take effect one hundred twenty days after certification by the board or boards of elections that the merger has been approved by the electors of each township proposed for merger.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 523 | Merged Townships › Section 523.03 | Submission to Voters.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The boards of township trustees of two or more townships, by adopting resolutions by a majority vote of the board of township trustees of each township, may cause the appropriate board of elections for each township to submit to the electors of each township the question of merger under section 523.01 of the Revised Code. The question shall be voted upon at the next general election occurring not less than ninety days after the certification of the resolutions to the appropriate board of elections.
(B) In submitting to the electors of each township the question of merger, the board of elections shall submit the question in language substantially as follows:
"Shall the townships of ________________ (Names of all of the townships to be merged) be merged to create the new township of _______________ (Name of the new township)?"
(C) The merger shall take effect one hundred twenty days after certification by the board or boards of elections that the merger has been approved by the electors of each township proposed for merger.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 523 | Merged Townships › Section 523.04 | Merger Agreement.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Within one hundred twenty days after approval of the merger by the electors under section 523.02 or 523.03 of the Revised Code, each board of township trustees of the townships merged, by adopting a joint resolution approved by a majority of the members of each board, shall enter into a merger agreement that contains the specific terms and conditions of the merger. At a minimum, the merger agreement shall set forth all of the following:
(1) The names of the former townships that were merged;
(2) The name of the new township;
(3) The place in which the principal office of the new township will be located or the manner in which it may be selected;
(4) The territorial boundaries of the new township;
(5) The date on which the merger took effect;
(6) The governmental operations and organization for the new township, including a plan for electing officers at the next general election that is held not later than ninety days after the merger agreement is finalized;
(7) A procedure for the efficient and timely transition of specific services, functions, and responsibilities from each township and its respective offices to the new township;
(8) Terms for the disposition of the assets and property of each township, if necessary;
(9) The liquidation of existing indebtedness for each township, if necessary;
(10) A plan for the common administration and enforcement of resolutions of the townships merged, to be enforced uniformly within the new township;
(11) A provision that specifies whether there will be any zoning changes as a result of the merger, if applicable;
(12) A plan to conform the boundaries of an existing special purpose district with the new township, to dissolve the special purpose district, or to absorb the special purpose district into the new township. As used in this division, "special purpose district" has the meaning in division (F) of section 523.06 of the Revised Code.
(B) A copy of the joint resolution and the merger agreement adopted under this section shall be filed with the township fiscal officer of the new township. The merger agreement shall take effect on the day on which such filing is made.
(C) If no merger agreement, or if only a partial merger agreement, is entered into within the time period prescribed by division (A) of this section, the new township shall comply with and operate under a merger agreement that contains the terms and conditions required by section 523.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 523 | Merged Townships › Section 523.05 | Succession of Interests.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A new township created under this chapter shall succeed to the following interests of each township merged:
(1) All money, taxes, and special assessments, whether in the township treasury or in the process of collection;
(2) All property and interests in property, whether real or personal;
(3) All rights and interests in contracts, or in securities, bonds, notes, or other instruments;
(4) All accounts receivable and rights of action;
(5) All other matters not included in this section that are not addressed in the merger agreement.
(B) A new township created under this chapter is legally obligated for all outstanding franchises, contracts, debts, and other legally binding obligations for each township merged into the new township. A new township created under this chapter is legally responsible for maintaining, defending, or otherwise resolving any and all legal claims or actions of each township merged into the new township.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 523 | Merged Townships › Section 523.07 | Effect of Disapproval of Merger.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
If a merger is disapproved by a majority of those voting on it in the townships proposed to be merged, an identical merger shall not be considered for at least three years after the date of the disapproval.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 701 | General Provisions › Section 701.01 | General Provisions Definitions.

Effective:
August 7, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 53 - 127th General Assembly
In the interpretation of Title VII of the Revised Code, unless the context shows that another meaning was intended:
(A) "Person" includes a private corporation.
(B) "Writing" includes printing.
(C) "Oath" includes affirmation.
(D) "Property" includes real, personal, and mixed estates and interests.
(E) "Land" and "real estate" include rights and easements of an incorporeal nature.
(F) "Plan of sewerage," "system of sewerage," "sewer," and "sewers" include sewers, sewage disposal works and treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor.
This enumeration does not require a strict construction of any other words in such title.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 701 | General Provisions › Section 701.03 | Right of Visitation.

Effective:
July 6, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly
The general assembly, by a committee; the governor; the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by a committee; the mayor or the board of health of a municipal corporation; the judge of any court of this state; the grand jury of the county; or a duly authorized representative of the governor may at any time visit and inspect any of the benevolent or correctional institutions established by a municipal corporation, and examine the books and accounts thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 701 | General Provisions › Section 701.05 | Authority of Municipal Corporations.

Effective:
July 26, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 69 - 105th General Assembly
Municipal corporations operating under a charter which provides for or authorizes a method of procedure in the passage and publication of legislation, the making of improvements, and the levying of assessments differing from the method prescribed by general law, may pass and publish such legislation, make such improvements, and levy such assessments under the general law or in accordance with the procedure provided for or authorized by its charter. Assessments so levied by charter municipal corporations shall, as to their amount, be subject to the limitations, whether based on percentages of value of land to be assessed, proportion of cost and expense of the improvement, or other basis, as fixed by general law; provided that notwithstanding section 727.05 of the Revised Code, the entire cost may be assessed of sprinkling, sweeping, cleaning, removing snow from and treating the surface of municipal streets, alleys, and public ways.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 701 | General Provisions › Section 701.06 | Validating Previous Proceedings.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All legislative steps and all improvements and assessment proceedings taken by any charter municipal corporation prior to April 16, 1925, which would have been valid if this section and section 701.05 of the Revised Code had been in effect at the time, shall be legal and valid legislative steps, improvements, and assessments. All notes or bonds issued or authorized by any such charter municipal corporation prior to such date, which have been or will be sold for not less than par and accrued interest, and the proceeds thereof have been or will be paid into the treasury, which would have been valid if such sections had been in effect at the time, shall be valid and binding obligations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 701 | General Provisions › Section 701.10 | Unpaid Charges for Collection or Disposal Services.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation that has established a rate or charge, payable to the municipal corporation, for the provision of collection or disposal services for garbage, ashes, animal and vegetable refuse, dead animals, or animal offal may certify to the county auditor, by ordinance, the amount of the rate or charge that has not been paid in accordance with applicable requirements by a person using the collection or disposal services, when either of the following applies:
(a) The unpaid amount is equal to or greater than two hundred fifty dollars; or
(b) The unpaid amount is equal to or greater than the applicable annual rate or charge imposed by the municipal corporation upon the person using the collection or disposal services, regardless of the actual cost incurred by the municipal corporation in providing the collection or disposal services.
(2) The amount certified shall be a lien on the person's property to which services are provided, placed on the tax list in a separate column, collected as other taxes, and paid into the general fund of the municipal corporation.
(B) A municipal corporation that, on or before October 17, 2019, collected all rates or charges for such services in a manner consistent with the collection of other taxes, rather than making that rate or charge payable to the municipal corporation, may continue to collect amounts in such manner without being subject to the limitation in division (A)(1) of this section.
Last updated July 14, 2021 at 4:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.01 | Classification - Federal Census.

Effective:
October 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 189 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Municipal corporations, which, at the last federal census, had a population of five thousand or more, or five thousand registered resident electors or resident voters as provided in section 703.011 of the Revised Code, are cities. All other municipal corporations are villages. Cities, which, at any federal census, have a population of less than five thousand, shall become villages. Villages, which, at any federal census, have a population of five thousand or more, shall become cities.
(B)(1) No municipal corporation shall have its classification as a village changed to that of a city by virtue of there being counted, in determining the population of that municipal corporation, either of the following:
(a) College or university students in attendance at an educational institution located within the municipal corporation if the residential addresses of those students when not in attendance at the institution, or the residential addresses of the guardians of those students, as determined by the records of the institution kept by its registrar, are at a place other than the municipal corporation in which the institution is located;
(b) Persons under detention in a detention facility located within the municipal corporation if the residential addresses of those persons when not detained in that facility, as determined by the records of the facility, are at a place other than the municipal corporation in which the facility is located.
(2) After each decennial census, the secretary of state shall issue a proclamation certifying the number of permanent residents in a municipal corporation in which a college or university or in which a detention facility is located and the number of students attending a college or university or the number of persons detained in a detention facility located within the municipal corporation.
(3) As used in division (B) of this section, "detention facility" has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.011 | Village With More Than 5,000 Electors Becomes City.

Effective:
August 22, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
In addition to the method of determining classifications of municipal corporations set out in section 703.01 of the Revised Code, villages, which at the most recent general election had more than five thousand resident electors registered with the board of elections of the county in which the village is situated or, when more than five thousand resident electors have voted at the most recent general election, in such village, shall become cities. In such case, the board of elections of the said county shall immediately certify to the secretary of state the number of resident electors registered or voting within said village, and the secretary of state, upon receiving said certification from the board of elections, certifying that there are five thousand or more resident electors registered or voting within said village, shall issue a proclamation to that effect. A copy of the proclamation shall forthwith be sent to the mayor of the village, which copy shall forthwith be transmitted to the legislative authority of the village, read therein, and made a part of the records thereof. Thirty days after the issuance of the proclamation the village shall be a city.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.02 | Enumeration After Census.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the preliminary federal census report of a city indicates that such city will return to the status of a village, the legislative authority of the city may by resolution direct the city auditor to make an enumeration as provided in sections 703.03 to 703.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.03 | Report of Result of Enumeration.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon presentation of the resolution as provided in section 703.02 of the Revised Code, the city auditor shall cause an enumeration of the population of the city to be taken and shall report the results thereof to the legislative authority of the city and to the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.04 | Appointment of Enumerators - Compensation - Duties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Within five days from the time he is directed to cause an enumeration to be taken as provided in section 703.02 of the Revised Code, the city auditor shall appoint five persons to make the enumeration. The enumerators may be paid an amount necessary to assure competent personnel, but in no event shall the amount paid exceed ten dollars per day. Each person so appointed shall take an oath or affirmation to make such enumeration accurately and truly to the best of his skill and ability. Each enumerator shall be provided with a book in which he shall record correctly the name of each resident of the city with the name of the street and number of the house in which he lives.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.05 | Time for Completion - Oath of Enumerators.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Within ten days from the date of their appointment as provided in section 703.04 of the Revised Code, the enumerators shall complete the enumeration and return their books to the city auditor. With the return of the enumeration to the auditor, each enumerator shall certify with his affidavit that he has taken the census accurately and truly to the best of his knowledge and belief and such lists contain only the names of persons who were residents of such city at the time the said names were placed on the lists. Any officer authorized to administer oaths may administer such oath or affirmation, and take and certify such affidavit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.06 | Proclamation of Population.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the result of any federal census or an enumeration as provided in sections 703.02 to 703.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is officially made known to the secretary of state, he forthwith shall issue a proclamation, stating the names of all municipal corporations having a population of five thousand or more, and the names of all municipal corporations having a population of less than five thousand, together with the population of all such municipal corporations. A copy of the proclamation shall forthwith be sent to the mayor of each such municipal corporation, which copy shall forthwith be transmitted to the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, read therein, and made a part of the records thereof. Thirty days after the issuance of such proclamation each municipal corporation shall be a city or village as the case may be.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.07 | Status of City or Village Officers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Officers of a village advanced to a city, or of a city reduced to a village, shall continue in office until succeeded by the proper officers of the new municipal corporation at the regular municipal election, and the ordinances thereof not inconsistent with the laws relating to the new municipal corporation shall continue in force until changed or repealed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.08 | Reduction to Village by Action of Citizens.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A city, from which territory has been detached since the last federal census, may surrender its corporate rights as such city and be reduced to a village in the manner provided by sections 703.09 to 703.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.09 | Content of Petition.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A petition, requesting that the city, from which territory has been detached, surrender its corporate rights and be reduced to a village, signed by at least one hundred citizens of the city, shall be presented to the legislative authority setting forth that by reason of the detachment of territory the population of the city has been reduced to less than five thousand, and that a majority of the citizens thereof desire to surrender its corporate rights, and requesting that it be reduced to a village. Such petition shall also contain a prayer that the legislative authority authorize the taking of a census in the city for the purpose of ascertaining its population.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.10 | Resolution to Take Census.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon presentation of a petition as required by section 703.09 of the Revised Code the legislative authority, by resolution, at its next regular meeting, shall authorize the city auditor to take a census of the city and report the result thereof to the legislative authority. The resolution need be read but once, and it shall be published as are other resolutions of a general or permanent nature.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.11 | Census Enumerators.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The city auditor shall, within five days from the time he is authorized to take a census as provided by section 703.10 of the Revised Code, appoint five persons to take the enumeration, who shall each be allowed by the auditor, out of his contingent fund, three dollars per day as compensation for services. Each such person shall take an oath or affirmation to make such enumeration accurately to the best of his ability. For the purpose of taking such census, each enumerator shall be provided with a book in which he shall record correctly the name of each resident of the city, with the name of the street and the number of the house in which such resident lives.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.12 | Certification of Enumeration.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each census enumerator, with the return of the census enumeration to the city auditor, shall return the book containing the list of the names and addresses, and shall certify with his affidavit that he has taken and returned the census accurately to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that such list contains the names of all persons so enumerated and no others. The auditor or any officer authorized to administer oaths may administer such oath or affirmation, and may take and certify such affidavit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.13 | Resolution of Surrender.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The census enumerators shall, within ten days from the date of their appointment, complete the enumeration and return their books to the city auditor. Such auditor shall then make an abstract of the enumeration and transmit it to the legislative authority at its next regular meeting after the report of the enumerators to the auditor. If the result of the census shows that the population of such city is less than five thousand, the legislative authority, by resolution, shall declare the corporate rights of the city surrendered and that each city is reduced to a village.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.14 | Procedure Upon Failure to Act.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the legislative authority fails to authorize the city auditor to take the census of a city, or, if the auditor fails to proceed under authority properly given, upon the presentation of a copy of the original petition provided by section 703.09 of the Revised Code to the board of county commissioners, such board shall forthwith appoint five resident electors of such city as enumerators, who shall perform the duties provided in sections 703.11 and 703.12 of the Revised Code. Such enumerators shall take an oath or affirmation to take the census of the city accurately to the best of their ability.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.15 | Transcript to Be Transmitted to Legislative Authority.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The census enumerators provided for by section 703.14 of the Revised Code, within ten days from the date of their appointment, shall complete their work of enumerating and return their books, duly verified, to the board of county commissioners. Such board shall then canvass the result of such census, and the county auditor shall make a transcript thereof and transmit a certified copy of such transcript to the legislative authority of the city for which the enumeration was taken. A copy of such transcript shall be spread upon the journal of the legislative authority and if the census shows the population of such city to be less than five thousand the legislative authority shall pass a resolution as provided by section 703.13 of the Revised Code, and the city shall forthwith become a village.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.16 | Record of Resolution - Copy to Secretary of State.

Effective:
January 30, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly
The city auditor, upon the passage by the legislative authority of a resolution surrendering the corporate rights of the city, shall make two certified transcripts of such resolution, one of which shall forthwith be delivered to the county recorder, who shall record it in the official records, and the other shall be forwarded to the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.17 | Effect of Surrender of Corporate Rights.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The surrender of corporate rights by a city, as provided by sections 703.08 to 703.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, does not affect rights accrued or liabilities incurred by such city or the power to settle claims, dispose of property, or levy and collect taxes to discharge liabilities incurred. Such rights, liabilities, and powers, and the corporate character of such municipal corporation in respect thereto, shall remain in effect as though no surrender had been made.
After the presentation of a petition requesting such surrender, the city or legislative authority thereof shall not incur or create any new debt or liability, enter into any new contract, or increase the debts and liabilities of such city in any manner during the pendency of such petition until the result of the census is declared, except that current expenses may be paid or provided for.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.18 | Collection and Disbursement of Taxes.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Taxes which remain due and unpaid at the time of the surrender of corporate rights pursuant to sections 703.08 to 703.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be collected, and shall, with all moneys in the city treasury, be applied to the objects for which they were raised. Moneys which remain on hand after the debts and liabilities of the city are discharged shall be paid into the village treasury, and all property owned by the city at the time of the surrender shall become the property of, and the title thereto shall vest in, the village.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.19 | Payment of Expenses Incurred by Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the census of a city desiring to surrender its corporate rights as such city and be reduced to a village is taken pursuant to the order of the board of county commissioners under section 703.14 of the Revised Code, the necessary expenses thereof shall be paid from the county treasury as other county expenses, but shall be charged against the municipal corporation in which the census was taken, and the amount so paid by the county shall be retained by the county auditor from funds due such municipal corporation at the time of making the next semiannual distribution of taxes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.22 | Identical Municipal and Township Boundaries.

Effective:
February 14, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 107th General Assembly
When the limits of a municipal corporation become identical with those of a township, all township offices shall be abolished, and the duties thereof shall be performed by the corresponding officers of the municipal corporation. All property, moneys, credits, books, records, and documents of such township shall be delivered to the legislative authority of such municipal corporation. All rights, interests, or claims in favor of or against the township may be enforced by or against such municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.31 | Village Dissolution Definitions.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
As used in sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code:
"Date the dissolution is effective" means the date the election result is certified under section 703.33 of the Revised Code or the date the attorney general files a certified copy of a court's order of dissolution with the secretary of state, auditor of state, and county recorder, as applicable, under section 118.31 or 703.34 of the Revised Code.
"Period when a dissolution is in question" means the period beginning on the date a petition under section 703.33 of the Revised Code is presented or a legal action is filed by the attorney general under section 118.31 or 703.34 of the Revised Code and ending the date the result of the election under section 703.33 of the Revised Code is certified or the decision of the court of common pleas under section 118.31 or 703.34 of the Revised Code is declared.
"Transition period" means the period beginning on the date the dissolution is effective and ending on the date the transition supervisory board determines all outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village have been resolved, all real and personal property of the dissolved village has been transferred or otherwise disposed of, and all utility property and utility services have been transferred.
"Utility services" means electric, water, sewer, and other similar utilities.
Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:26 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.32 | Village Dissolution Process.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
The process for dissolving a village, whether the dissolution is determined under section 118.31, 703.33, or 703.34 of the Revised Code, shall be conducted in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:27 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.33 | [Former r.c. 703.20, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 703.33 by h.b. 101, 135th General Assembly, Effective 4/30/2024] Surrender of Corporate Power by Villages.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Villages may voluntarily dissolve upon the petition to the legislative authority of the village, or, in the alternative, to the board of elections of the county in which the largest portion of the population of the village resides as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, of at least thirty per cent of the electors thereof, to be determined by the number voting at the last regular municipal election, and by an affirmative vote of a majority of the electors at the next general election held in an even-numbered year occurring after the period ending ninety days after the filing of the petition with the legislative authority. If the result of the election is in favor of the surrender, the village clerk or, in the alternative, the board of elections shall certify the result to the secretary of state, the auditor of state, and the county recorder, who shall record it in their respective offices.
(B)(1) If the legislative authority of a village fails to act upon the petition within thirty days after receipt of the petition, the electors may present the petition to the board of elections to determine the validity and sufficiency of the signatures. The petition shall be governed by the rules of section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. The petition shall be filed with the board of elections of the county in which the largest portion of the population of the village resides. A petition filed under this division is only valid if filed during an even-numbered year on or after the first day of July, and at least ninety days before the next general election. If the petition is sufficient, the board of elections shall submit the question "Shall the village of __________ surrender its corporate powers?" for the approval or rejection of the electors of the village at the next general election held in an even-numbered year occurring after the period ending ninety days after the filing of the petition with the board. If the result of the election is in favor of the surrender, the board of elections shall certify the results to the secretary of state, the auditor of state, and the county recorder, who shall record it in their respective offices. The corporate powers of the village shall cease upon the recording of the certified election results in the county recorder's office.
(2) In addition to filing the petition with the board of elections as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, a copy of the petition shall be filed with the board of township trustees of each township affected by the surrender.
Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.35 | Pending Village Dissolution.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
During the period when a dissolution is in question, both of the following apply:
(A) The legislative authority of the village shall not create any new debts, obligations, or liabilities except to the extent the debt, obligation, or liability is necessary in connection with the continued provision of the village's utilities consistent with prudent utility practice.
(B) The legislative authority of the village shall select an official or employee of the village who is knowledgeable on village matters to serve as a representative during a dissolution, should one occur, as specified under section 703.361 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:32 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.36 | Post Village Dissolution.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
On the date the dissolution is effective, all of the following apply:
(A) The village ceases to exist.
(B) The corporate powers of the village cease.
(C) The village officials cease to hold office. An official elected to start a term on or after the date the dissolution is effective shall not take office.
(D) An issue voted on and scheduled to take effect on or after the date the dissolution is effective, other than tax levies and special assessments preserved under section 703.371 of the Revised Code, shall not take effect.
(E) A charter, if applicable, and all ordinances and resolutions of the village, except for tax levy and special assessment ordinances and resolutions preserved under section 703.371 of the Revised Code and ordinances and resolutions necessary to maintain such tax levies and special assessments, are extinguished. Except as provided in division (H) of section 703.371 of the Revised Code, all resolutions of the township or townships into which the village dissolved apply throughout the township's newly included territory, including zoning regulations enacted by a board of township trustees under Chapter 519. of the Revised Code except as provided in sections 303.22 and 519.22 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in sections 303.22 and 519.22 of the Revised Code, county zoning regulations enacted by a board of county commissioners apply throughout the township's newly included territory as applicable.
(F) A transition supervisory board exists, in accordance with section 703.361 of the Revised Code.
(G) The territory of the village becomes part of the township or townships in which the village territory is located, along existing township boundaries. If there is uncertainty in this regard, the transition supervisory board shall resolve the uncertainty.
(H) All leases to which the dissolved village was a party terminate in accordance with the lease agreement. If a lease agreement does not have a provision governing the circumstances, the transition supervisory board shall resolve the lease.
Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:28 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 703 | Classification › Section 703.361 | Transition Supervisory Board.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) A transition supervisory board consists of the following three voting members:
(a) The auditor of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located;
(b) A member of the board of county commissioners, selected by the board of county commissioners, of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located;
(c) The recorder of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located.
(2) A township trustee or the township fiscal officer, as determined by the board of township trustees, of each township assuming territory of the dissolved village shall serve on the board as a nonvoting member.
(3) If the general election that determined the date the dissolution is effective also included an election for an office for which the office holder is designated as a board member under division (A)(1) of this section, the individual declared as elected to the office shall serve on the board.
(4) An individual who is a resident of the dissolved village is prohibited from serving on the board. Such an individual who is designated as a board member shall designate a suitable replacement to serve on the board.
(B) The county auditor, or the county auditor's designee under division (A)(4) of this section, is the chair of the board.
(C) The board is a public body for purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
(D) The members of the board are not liable, and shall be held harmless, in any matter in which the board acts in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code, except for liability imposed as a result of a finding for recovery or other citation in an audit conducted by, or on behalf of, the auditor of state.
(E) The transition supervisory board shall appoint and supervise a receiver-trustee. The board shall select a receiver-trustee from a list of persons provided to the board by the auditor of state. The board may replace the receiver-trustee as necessary with approval of the auditor of state.
(F) The village representative selected under section 703.35 of the Revised Code, the person serving as fiscal officer of the village before it dissolved, and the person serving as the primary legal counsel for the village before it dissolved shall provide consultation to the board as requested by the board. If the legislative authority of a village failed to select a representative under section 703.35 of the Revised Code, the board shall select the village representative.
(G) The board shall continue in existence until the date the auditor of state provides the board the final audit or final agreed-upon procedure audit under section 703.38 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:29 PM