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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 191 | Broadband Pole Replacement and Undergrounding › Section 191.37 | Periodic Report by Broadband Expansion Program Authority.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Not later than one year after each time money in the broadband pole replacement fund created in section 191.27 of the Revised Code is exhausted, the broadband expansion program authority shall identify, examine, and report on the deployment of qualifying broadband infrastructure under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program and the technology facilitated by the program reimbursements the authority has awarded. The report shall be published on the department of development web site.
Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:31 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 191 | Broadband Pole Replacement and Undergrounding › Section 191.40 | Rules.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section , the director of development shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for successful and efficient administration of the broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program.
Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:32 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 191 | Broadband Pole Replacement and Undergrounding › Section 191.43 | Cessation Date of Reimbursements From Broadband Pole Replacement Fund.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
On the date that is six years after the effective date of this section , payments under the Ohio broadband pole replacement fund shall cease and section 191.27 of the Revised Code shall not be in force or have further application, except as described in sections 191.44 and 191.45 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:32 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 191 | Broadband Pole Replacement and Undergrounding › Section 191.44 | Review of Applications After Cessation Date.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of development in coordination with the Ohio broadband expansion program authority shall do the following, for the period ending six months after the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code:
(A) Complete the review of any program applications that were submitted prior to the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code and pay program reimbursements for the approved applications;
(B) Complete the review of any program applications submitted not later than four months after the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code and pay program reimbursements for the approved applications, if the reimbursements are for costs that were incurred prior to the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 191 | Broadband Pole Replacement and Undergrounding › Section 191.45 | Money in Broadband Pole Replacement Fund After Final Reimbursement.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
If there is an outstanding balance in the broadband pole replacement fund after the Ohio broadband pole replacement program reimbursements are paid pursuant to section 191.44 of the Revised Code, the remaining balance shall be returned to the original funding sources as determined by the department of development.
Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 195 | Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force › Section 195.01 | Duties.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this chapter, "internet crimes against children task force" means the Ohio internet crimes against children task force recognized by the United States department of justice's internet crimes against children task force program in this state.
(B) The Ohio internet crimes against children task force shall do all of the following:
(1) Consistent with its federal duties, coordinate a state network of local law enforcement agencies that assist federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technologically facilitated sexual exploitation of children, internet crimes against children, and victim identification;
(2) Consistent with available funding, support the state network of law enforcement agencies by funding personnel with agencies who have demonstrated the ability to investigate and prosecute internet crimes against children;
(3) Support the state network of law enforcement agencies by coordinating and providing investigative training and digital forensic support through on-scene forensic facilities, laboratory computer forensic services, or by funding computer forensic hardware and software licensing to agencies who employ trained computer forensic personnel; and
(4) Conduct or support internet safety presentations and community outreach events throughout the state aimed at educating the public about the dangers of the internet and how to keep children safe while they are online.
(C) Not later than the last day of January of each year, the Ohio internet crimes against children task force and the office of the attorney general shall compile and provide a summary of the previous calendar year's expenditures, including any money appropriated for the task force in a previous year that is carried over, and progress in combating internet crimes against children, to the general assembly. The task force and the office of the attorney general shall include in the report annual statistics, including statistics from affiliated agencies, consistent with the reporting requirements of the United States department of justice, office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention's internet crimes against children task force program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 195 | Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force › Section 195.02 | Administration.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The attorney general shall use money appropriated to the internet crimes against children task force to support the operation of the task force including equipment, personnel, and training only and for no other purpose.
The attorney general shall disburse money appropriated for the purposes of this section in the following manner:
Sixty per cent to the Ohio internet crimes against children task force;
Twenty per cent, in coordination with the task force, to local internet crimes against children affiliated agencies in good standing with the task force; and
Twenty per cent to the crimes against children initiative within the office of the attorney general for investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technologically facilitated sexual exploitation of children, internet crimes against children, and victim identification.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 197 | Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission › Section 197.01 | Definitions.

Effective:
December 29, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Genocide" means an internationally recognized crime where the following acts are committed against a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group's members with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the group:
(1) Killing;
(2) Causing serious bodily or mental harm;
(3) Deliberately inflicting life conditions calculated to bring about physical destruction, in whole or in part;
(4) Imposing measures intended to prevent births;
(5) Forcibly transferring a group's children to another group.
(B) "Holocaust" means the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. Other victims, including the Roma and Sinti, also known as Gypsies, homosexuals, Poles, people with disabilities, and Jehovah's Witnesses, were also persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 197 | Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission › Section 197.04 | Commission Membership.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall consist of fifteen members as follows:
(1) Two members shall be members of the house of representatives appointed by the governor after consultation with the speaker of the house of representatives, with one member being from the majority party and one member being from the minority party, to serve a term of the remainder of the general assembly during which the representative is appointed.
(2) Two members shall be members of the senate appointed by the governor after consultation with the president of the senate, with one member being from the majority party and one member being from the minority party, to serve a term of the remainder of the general assembly during which the senator is appointed.
(3) Three nonvoting ex officio members, to serve until the ex officio member ceases to hold the applicable office:
(a) The director of education and workforce;
(b) The chancellor of higher education;
(c) The director of veterans services.
(4) Eight members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, to serve a term of three years, as follows:
(a) At least three members shall be involved in Holocaust and genocide memorial and education or have a personal connection or experience with the Holocaust or genocide.
(b) At least three members shall have expertise regarding the Holocaust and investigation, analysis, or research regarding genocide.
(B) Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided under division (A) of this section. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any appointed member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration of that member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
Last updated September 5, 2023 at 5:22 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 197 | Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission › Section 197.05 | Commission Meetings, Officers, Rules.

Effective:
December 29, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall meet not less than six times during a calendar year.
(B) On the first meeting, the commission shall elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and other officers from the voting members.
(C) The commission shall adopt rules governing the commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 197 | Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission › Section 197.06 | Quorum.

Effective:
December 29, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly
Eight voting members of the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission constitute a quorum of the commission. No action of the commission shall be taken without the affirmative vote of eight voting members.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 197 | Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission › Section 197.07 | Reimbursement.

Effective:
December 29, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly
Members of the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 197 | Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission › Section 197.08 | Commission Duties.

Effective:
December 29, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly
The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall do the following:
(A) Gather and disseminate Holocaust and genocide information throughout this state;
(B) Take inventory of current statewide Holocaust and genocide memorial and education programs and initiatives, and propose programming to fill program and initiative gaps;
(C) Secure appropriate recognition of the accomplishments and contributions of Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators, and Ohioans active in rescue and resettlement efforts, and make their stories accessible for educational purposes;
(D) Promote public awareness of issues relating to Holocaust and genocide memorial and education through public education programs;
(E) Partner with public and private organizations that serve Holocaust and genocide survivors, veterans, and liberators, including the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and humanity center, the national veterans memorial and museum, the Maltz museum of Jewish heritage, the national museum of the United States air force, and local, state, national, or international historical societies, museums, and memorials for educational purposes;
(F) Advise and educate the governor, general assembly, and state departments and agencies regarding the nature, magnitude, and priorities of Holocaust and genocide memorial and education, and develop policies and programs to address those needs;
(G) Seek opportunities to provide resources for schools to teach effectively about the Holocaust and genocide;
(H) Review and approve grants that are administered or subcontracted by the commission or the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office established under section 197.11 of the Revised Code;
(I) Coordinate with and provide information regarding available state services to meet the needs of Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators, educators, students, and public safety and law enforcement;
(J) Review and approve the annual report prepared by the office under section 197.13 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 197 | Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission › Section 197.12 | Director.

Effective:
December 29, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly
The director of the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission. The director shall, with the commission's approval, appoint employees as necessary to carry out the duties of the office. The employees shall serve at the director's pleasure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 197 | Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission › Section 197.13 | Office Duties.

Effective:
December 29, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly
The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office shall do the following:
(A) Advise and provide information to the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission on statewide programs and new opportunities to further Holocaust and genocide memorial and education;
(B) Serve as a clearinghouse to review, comment on, and propose initiatives submitted to the office that meet Holocaust and genocide memorial and education needs;
(C) Apply for and accept grants and gifts from public and private sources to be administered by the office or subcontracted to local public or nonprofit agencies that shall use the grants and gifts for the purpose intended;
(D) Monitor and evaluate all programs subcontracted to local public or nonprofit agencies and ensure that any grants or gifts are being used for the purpose intended;
(E) Endeavor to ensure that Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators, educators, and others involved in Holocaust and genocide education and memorial have access to decision-making bodies in local, state, national, and international departments, agencies, and genocide education and memorial organizations;
(F)(1) Establish advisory committees for special subjects, as needed, to facilitate and maximize community participation and subject matter expertise in the operation of the commission;
(2) Advisory committees shall be comprised of members representing community organizations, charitable institutions, elementary and secondary schools, higher education institutions, faith-based organizations, public officials, and other persons as determined by the office.
(G) Establish relationships with local and state governments, federal officials, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector to promote and ensure the highest standards of Holocaust and genocide memorial and education;
(H) Submit a written annual report of the office's activities, accomplishments, and recommendations to the commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.01 | Petition Relating to New County or County Seat.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
When a petition, memorial, or remonstrance is presented to the general assembly for or against the erection of a new county, or for the location or relocation of a county seat, the petitioners must be eighteen years of age and resident taxpayers or voters within the several townships in which they reside. The petition shall set forth the name of the township and county in which the petitioners reside, and that their residence is within or out of the bounds of the proposed new county, as the case may be. The foregoing requirements shall be proven by the certificate of a township fiscal officer or by the oath of a respectable freeholder or voter, certified by a person authorized to administer oaths. The certificate or oath shall specify on the petition, memorial, or remonstrance the number of signers there were to the paper at the time of the certifying or oath.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.02 | Notice of Intention to Present Petition.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Previous to the presentation of a petition to the general assembly praying that a new county be erected, or for the location or relocation of a county seat, notice of the intention to present such petition shall be given, at least thirty days before the ensuing session of the general assembly, by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in each county from which such new county is intended to be taken. If no newspaper is of general circulation within the county, notice shall be given by advertisement affixed to the door of the house where courts are held for such county, for such period of thirty days. The notice shall set forth the boundary lines of the new county, or the place where it is proposed to locate such county seat.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.03 | Maximum Circulation Time for Petition.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No petition, memorial, or remonstrance, relative to the erection of a new county, or the change of a county seat, that has been in circulation a longer time than six months previous to the beginning of the session at which it is presented shall be received by the general assembly, nor shall any names of petitioners be written on a separate paper or sheet and attached to such petition, memorial, or remonstrance.
At the time such petition or memorial is presented, the speaker of the house of representatives or president of the senate, to which it is offered, shall inquire whether notice has been given as required by section 301.02 of the Revised Code, and whether such petition or memorial has been a longer time in circulation than is allowed by this section. If satisfactory proof of such requirements is produced, the petition or memorial shall be received, and not otherwise.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.04 | Petition Must Show Desired Location of Seat of Justice.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All persons petitioning the general assembly for the erection of a new county, or a review or removal of a seat of justice, shall, in their petition, identify the place where they wish the seat of justice to be fixed, and present therewith the notice required by section 301.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.05 | Division of Funds With New County.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a new county is created and organized, the money remaining in the county treasuries of the counties from which the new county is taken, after deducting all just debts and demands due or owing at the time of setting off the new county, except debts contracted for public buildings in the old county, shall be divided according the land and other taxable property within the new county, and within the counties from which the new county was taken, from which the tax was paid. The county treasurers of the old counties shall pay over such money to the treasurer of the new county. Moneys donated to such county by individuals for erection of public buildings or other purposes, or received as clear profit on the sale of county town lots, the property of such old counties, shall not be subject to division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.06 | Settlement Between Boards of County Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of a new county, created and organized from one or more counties, shall call on the boards of the counties from which such new county was taken for a settlement of the money which remains in the county treasuries of such counties. The boards of such old counties, when called on by the board of the new county, shall settle with it within three months thereafter, and give orders on the old county treasurers, in favor of the new county treasurer, for the amount due such new county, as provided in section 301.05 of the Revised Code, and the old treasurers shall pay such amount to the treasurer of the newly erected county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.07 | Enforcing Settlement.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the board of county commissioners of an old county refuses or neglects, when called on, to settle with the board of a new county, and to give such board an order on its county treasurer for the amount found due such new county, the court of common pleas of the old county shall, upon the application of the board of the new county, proceed in a summary manner, upon notice, to compel the board of such old county to make settlement and give such order. Such court shall enforce any order it makes in the premises by attaching the persons of the commissioners of the old county until such order is complied with and the costs of the application are paid.
If there is no money in the county treasury of the old county to pay such order when presented, the treasurer of the old county shall pay the order from the first money received by him for county purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.08 | Representation of New Counties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A new county shall be represented in the house of representatives of the state, during the decennial period in which it is created, in the same manner as if the law creating it had not been passed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.13 | Forfeiture for Delinquency of Duty.

Effective:
October 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly
An officer who neglects or refuses to perform a duty charged under sections 301.05 to 301.08 of the Revised Code, relating to funds, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars, at the discretion of the court of common pleas.
All forfeitures imposed by this section shall be recovered, with costs of suit, in a civil action in the name of the state for the use of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.14 | Appointment of Commissioners to Establish Seat of Justice.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a new county is established, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint three commissioners to fix and establish a seat of justice for such county. No person residing within or holding any real estate in the new county shall be appointed commissioner.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.15 | Selection of Seat of Justice.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Within sixty days after their appointment, the commissioners provided for by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, or any two of them, shall assemble at some convenient place in the new county. Twenty days' notice of the time, place, and purpose of such meeting shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, or by being posted in three of the most public places in such county. When assembled, after having taken the oath of office prescribed by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code, such commissioners shall proceed to examine and select the most proper place as a seat of justice, as near the center of the county as possible, having regard to the situation, extent of population, quality of land, and the convenience and interest of the inhabitants.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.16 | Report of Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
After having agreed upon the place for the seat of justic as provided in section 301.15 of the Revised Code, the commissioners, provided for by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, shall make a report to the next court of common pleas to be held in such county, if it has been organized. If the county has not been organized, such report shall be made to the court of common pleas of any county to which such new county, or any part thereof, is attached for judicial purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.19 | Commissioners May Select Another Site.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the land agreed on by the commissioners, appointed as provided by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, cannot be purchased at the price limited, or if a good title in fee simple cannot be obtained, the commissioners shall select the next most eligible place for the seat of justice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.20 | Bribery of Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any commissioner, appointed as provided by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, who receives money or any property as a bribe, either directly or indirectly, in the execution of his office , shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than three hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, for the use of the county, with costs of suit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.21 | Compensation of Commissioner.

Effective:
October 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly
Each commissioner, appointed as provided by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, shall receive three dollars for each day he is employed in discharging the duties required of him by sections 301.14, 301.15, 301.16, 301.19, 301.20, and 301.22 of the Revised Code, and his actual expenses while engaged in such duties, to be paid from the county treasury of the county where such proceedings are returned, and to which the new county is attached, the amount of which, with the interest thereon, shall be refunded by the new county as soon as it is organized.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.22 | County Declared Body Politic and Corporate.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Every county adopting a charter or an alternative form of government is a body politic and corporate for the purpose of enjoying and exercising the rights and privileges conveyed under it by the constitution and the laws of this state. Such county is capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.221 | Liability for Loss of Public Funds.

Effective:
September 13, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 15 - 134th General Assembly
The treasurer, auditor, or other officer having the duties of a county treasurer or a county auditor, for a county that has adopted a charter under Article X, Ohio Constitution, shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the officer has performed all official duties required of the office with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the officer's negligence or other wrongful act.
Last updated June 30, 2022 at 5:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.23 | County Civil Service Commission.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly
The electors of any county may establish, by charter provision, a county civil service commission, personnel office, or personnel department. In any county which, by its charter, creates such a commission, office, or department, and provides a system for appointment to the county service on the basis of merit and fitness, as ascertained by competitive examination, Chapter 124. of the Revised Code is not operative; but the director of administrative services has the same powers and duties with respect to all county civil service commissions, personnel offices, and personnel departments as it possesses with reference to municipal civil service commissions.
Last updated March 9, 2022 at 12:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.24 | County Health Department or Agency.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The electors of any county may establish, by charter provision, a county department or agency for the administration of public health services. The authorities provided in accordance with the county charter shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties which are vested in or imposed upon the authorities of city or general health districts. All health districts shall thereupon by abolished within the county, and the county shall succeed to the property, rights, and obligations of such districts. The department of health shall have the same powers with respect to a county health department or agency as it possesses with reference to a general health district. A county health department or agency may participate in any state grants for the expenses of local health administration on the same basis and to the same degree as a general health district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.25 | Noninstitutional Relief for Needy Persons.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In addition to other powers vested in it, the board of county commissioners of any county may provide for needy persons in the county, whose condition requires it, such noninstitutional support, care, assistance, or relief as they are entitled to received at public expense, and establish a suitable office or agency for its administration.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.26 | Acquisition, Maintenance, and Operation of County Parks by Board of County Commissioners.

Effective:
March 14, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 356 - 113th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of any county may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, operate, and protect parks, parkways, and forests, and provide an agency for their administration. For such purposes the board may acquire real estate in fee or a lesser interest, and may receive and execute the terms of gifts and bequests of money, lands, or other properties.
This section does not authorize a county to appropriate any property acquired by a park district pursuant to section 1545.11 of the Revised Code. The board may make contributions to a park district pursuant to section 307.281 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 301 | Organization › Section 301.30 | Tax, Fee, Assessment on Auxiliary Containers by Charter Counties.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
No county that has adopted a charter under Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, may impose a fee, tax, assessment, or other charge on auxiliary containers, on the sales, use, or consumption of such containers, except as authorized in Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code, or on the basis of receipts received from the sale of such containers. As used in this section, "auxiliary container" has the same meaning as in section 3767.32 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 5, 2021 at 1:58 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.01 | Electors May Adopt Alternative Form of County Government.

Effective:
October 16, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 855 - 104th General Assembly
The electors of any county may adopt an alternative form of county government authorized by the provisions of sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Upon adoption as provided by such sections, said alternative form of government shall take the place of the form of government then existing in such county and the provisions of sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, applicable to the adopted alternative form of government shall be controlling in such county as to all matters to which they relate, and other provisions of the general laws of the state shall be operative therein only insofar as they are not inconsistent with the aforesaid provisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.02 | County Executive in Alternative Form of County Government.

Effective:
October 16, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 855 - 104th General Assembly
An alternative form of county government shall include either an elective county executive as provided for by section 302.15 of the Revised Code or an appointive county executive as provided by section 302.16 of the Revised Code, and all those provisions of sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which have not been specifically designated as applicable only to the elective county executive plan or the appointive county executive plan.
The alternative form of county government providing for the office of the elective county executive shall be known as the elective executive plan, and the alternative form providing for the office of appointive county executive shall be known as the appointive executive plan.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.03 | Petition on Question of Adopting One of the Alternative Forms of County Government.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The board of county commissioners of any county may, by a two-thirds vote of the board, or shall, upon petition by three per cent of the electors of the county as determined by the number of votes cast therein for the office of governor at the most recent gubernatorial election, by resolution, cause the board of elections in the county to submit to the electors of the county the question of adopting one of the alternative forms of county government authorized by sections 302.01 to 302.24 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 resolution to the board of elections.
(B) If, in any county, a resolution is adopted by the board of county commissioners requiring that the question of choosing a commission to frame a county charter be submitted to the electors thereof prior to the resolution provided for in this section, the proposition to adopt an alternative form of county government provided in sections 302.01 to 302.24 of the Revised Code, shall not be submitted in that county as long as the question of choosing such commission or of adopting a charter framed by such commission is pending therein.
(C) Any proposition for an alternative form of county government shall specify the number of members of the board of county commissioners, how many shall be elected at large, or how many shall be elected by districts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.04 | Ballot Language Commissioners Elected at Large.

Effective:
December 13, 1967
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 346 - 107th General Assembly
In submitting to the electors of any county the question of adopting an alternative form of county government whereby the entire board of county commissioners are elected at large, the board of elections shall submit the question in language substantially as follows:
"Shall the county of ___________________ adopt the form of county government known as the county (name of plan) plan with a board of (number) county commissioners elected as provided for in sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code?
( ) For adoption of the county (name of plan) plan.
( ) Against adoption of the county (name of plan) plan."
At least forty-five days prior to the election thereon the board of county commissioners shall cause a copy of the alternative form to be distributed to each elector of the county so far as may be reasonably possible. Immediately following said election the board of elections shall file a certificate of the results thereof with the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.041 | Ballot Language Commissioners Elected by District.

Effective:
December 13, 1967
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 346 - 107th General Assembly
In submitting to the electors of any county the question of adopting an alternative form of county government whereby any members of the board of county commissioners are elected by district, the board of elections shall submit the question in language substantially as follows:
"Shall the county of ____________________ adopt the form of county government known as the county (name of plan) plan with a board of (number) county commissioners, of which (number) shall be elected at large and (number) shall be elected by districts, as provided for in sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, under which form each county commissioner shall receive annual compensation equal to (number) per cent of that provided in section 325.10 of the Revised Code?
( ) For adoption of the county (name of plan) plan.
( ) Against adoption of the county (name of plan) plan."
The proposition for such alternative form shall establish the percentage of the annual compensation provided in section 325.10 of the Revised Code which each county commissioner shall receive as annual compensation in lieu of the amount provided in section 325.10 of the Revised Code.
If the proposition for the alternative form fails to divide the county into county commissioner districts, the board of elections shall divide the county into such districts in the manner provided in section 302.082 of the Revised Code, within forty-five days prior to the election on the question of adopting an alternative form.
At least forty-five days prior to the election thereon the board of county commissioners shall cause a copy of the alternative form to be distributed to each elector of the county so far as may be reasonably possible. The board of elections shall display a map indicating the boundaries of each county commissioner district, in a conspicuous place at each polling place at such election. Immediately following such election the board of elections shall file a certificate of the results thereof with the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.05 | Process When Alternative Form Adopted.

Effective:
December 13, 1967
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 346 - 107th General Assembly
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition of adopting an alternative form of county government is in the affirmative, then such form shall thereby be adopted and become the form of government of the county. If more than one alternative form receives a majority of votes cast on the proposition in an election, the form receiving the largest number of votes shall be adopted. The provisions of sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as they apply to the nomination and election of county officers, shall be in effect immediately. All other provisions of sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall take effect on the first Monday in January following the next regular state election.
Under an alternative form whereby any members of the board of county commissioners are elected by districts, each county commissioner shall receive, in lieu of the annual compensation provided by section 325.10 of the Revised Code, the percentage thereof specified in the adopted plan.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.06 | Proposition to Discontinue an Alternative Form of County Government.

Effective:
October 16, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 855 - 104th General Assembly
A proposition to discontinue an alternative form of county government under sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or to adopt another alternative form of county government pursuant to sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be submitted to the electors of the county at any general election in the manner provided for the submission of an alternative form of county government pursuant to section 302.03 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.07 | Adoption or Discontinuance of Alternative Form of County Government Not to Affect Present Acts.

Effective:
October 16, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 855 - 104th General Assembly
The adoption or discontinuance of an alternative form of county government in any county as provided in sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not affect any act done, ratified, or affirmed, or any contract or other right or obligation other than contracts for personal services, accrued or established, or any action, prosecution, or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time such change in form of government takes effect; nor shall the adoption or discontinuance of such form of government affect causes of such action, prosecutions, or proceedings existing at the time it takes effect; but such rights shall attach to, and actions, prosecutions, or proceedings may be prosecuted and continued, or instituted and prosecuted against, by, or before the department having jurisdiction or power of the subject matter to which such action, prosecution, or proceedings pertains. All rules, regulations, and orders lawfully promulgated prior to such adoption shall continue in force and effect until amended or rescinded in accordance with sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
On the effective date of the adoption or discontinuance of an alternative form of county government causing a transfer of rights, duties, and powers from one department or office to another, all books, records, papers, documents, property, real and personal, funds, appropriations and balances of appropriations, and pending business in any way pertaining to such rights, powers, and duties shall be similarly transferred.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.081 | Alternative Form of County Government Must Include Board of County Commissioners.

Effective:
June 22, 1984
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 37 - 115th General Assembly
An alternative form of county government shall include a board of county commissioners, elected either at large as provided in sections 302.04 and 302.08 of the Revised Code, or by districts as provided in sections 302.041 and 302.082 of the Revised Code, and in all those provisions of sections 302.01 to 302.24 of the Revised Code, which have not been specifically designated as applicable only in the case whereby the entire board is elected at large, or in the case whereby any of the members are elected by districts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 302 | Alternative Form of County Government › Section 302.082 | Electing of County Commissioners by Districts in Alternative Form.

Effective:
December 13, 1967
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 346 - 107th General Assembly
(A) Under all alternative forms of county government whereby any members of the board of county commissioners are elected by districts there shall be a board of county commissioners who shall have the qualifications and shall be nominated and elected as provided by general law, except as otherwise provided for in this section.
(B) The board shall consist of such odd number of members, not less than three nor more than twenty-one members, as is provided in the proposition for the alternative form that has been adopted. If the proposition provides for seven or more members, no more than half shall be elected at large.
Any or all districts for county commissioners may be multi-member districts, but the division of the county into districts for county commissioners shall conform to the constitutional standards for division of the state into districts for election of members of the general assembly. If the proposition for the alternative form adopted provides that any county commissioners shall be elected by districts, the board of county commissioners shall, every ten years, commencing in 1971 and every ten years thereafter, divide the county into county commissioner districts, using the most recent decennial federal census.
(C) The term of office of county commissioners shall be four years, except as provided in division (C) of this section. If the proposition for the alternative form adopted changes the number of county commissioners, or changes the number of commissioners who are elected by districts, the total number of commissioners shall be elected at the first regular state election following the adoption of the alternative form. The board of elections shall assign a number to each county commissioner position established by the provisions of the alternative form. Candidates shall file for and be elected to a specifically numbered position. The odd-numbered positions shall be filled for a term of four years, and the even-numbered positions shall be filled for a term of two years at the first election and for four years thereafter.