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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.262 | Township Buildings Finance and Construction.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 505.37 of the Revised Code or any other statute of this state, the board of township trustees of any township, by unanimous vote, may adopt a resolution allowing the township to contract for the purchase of equipment, buildings, and sites, or for the construction of buildings, for any lawful township purpose. The board may issue, by resolution adopted by unanimous vote, securities of the township to finance purchases and construction made pursuant to this division. The securities shall be signed by the board and attested by the signature of the township fiscal officer, and the maximum maturity of those securities is subject to the limitations in section 133.20 of the Revised Code. The securities shall bear interest not to exceed the rate determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code and shall not be subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of the securities shall provide for levying and collecting annually by taxation, amounts sufficient to pay the interest on and principal of the securities. The securities may contain a clause permitting prepayment at the option of the board. Securities shall be offered for sale on the open market or given to the vendor or contractor if no sale is made.
(B) No purchase or construction pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be undertaken unless the county auditor certifies that, if the purchase or construction is undertaken, the debt service charge for the purchase or construction in the first year, together with the debt service charge for that same year for any other purchase or construction already undertaken pursuant to division (A) of this section, does not exceed one-tenth of the township's total revenue from all sources. If the county auditor so certifies, in every year of the debt after the first year, the county budget commission shall include a debt charge in the township's annual tax budget submitted pursuant to sections 5705.01 to 5705.47 of the Revised Code sufficient to meet the annual debt incurred pursuant to division (A) of this section, if the debt charge is omitted from the budget.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.263 | Water Supply Improvement Contracts.

Effective:
March 1, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 75 - 118th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may enter into a contract with the board of county commissioners under which the trustees agree to pay all or any part of the cost of constructing, maintaining, repairing, or operating any water supply improvement established within the limits of the township pursuant to Chapter 6103. of the Revised Code. The contract shall be upon mutually agreed terms. For the purpose of meeting contractual obligations incurred pursuant to this section, the board of township trustees may levy taxes, subject to Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code, and issue bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.265 | Issuing Securities for Payment of Accrued Liability to Police and Firemen's Disability and Pension Fund.

Effective:
December 21, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 194 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) A township may enter into an agreement with the board of trustees of the police and firemen's disability and pension fund in accordance with section 742.30 of the Revised Code. The board of township trustees may issue securities under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, including Chapter 133. special obligation securities that pledge taxes, other than ad valorem property taxes, or other revenues for the purpose of providing some or all of the funds required to satisfy the township's obligation under the agreement.
(B) A township may enter into an agreement with one or more other townships or municipal corporations to issue on behalf of those townships or municipal corporations the securities described in division (A) of this section. The agreement may authorize the township issuing the securities to appoint one or more fiscal agents to perform any functions necessary to carry out an agreement entered into under this division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.27 | Collection, Transfer, and Disposal of Solid Wastes.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 413 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) Boards of township trustees, either severally or jointly, may provide, maintain, and operate facilities for the collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal of solid wastes or may enter into written contracts with the proper municipal or county authorities or with independent contractors for such services for the township or for a waste disposal district as provided in section 505.28 of the Revised Code.
(2)(a) If a board of township trustees enters into a contract with an independent contractor under division (A)(1) of this section, the contract may provide that the independent contractor is the exclusive provider of any or all of the services described in that division for the township or the waste disposal district. If the contract so provides, both of the following apply:
(i) The contract shall be entered into only by competitive bidding.
(ii) No other independent contractor or other person or entity shall provide, in the township or waste disposal district, the services agreed to in the contract during the contract period.
(b) Whoever violates division (A)(2)(a)(ii) of this section shall be fined one hundred fifty dollars for the first offense and five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. Each service provided in violation of that division constitutes a separate offense. Fines collected under that division shall be paid into the waste collection fund established under division (A) of section 505.31 of the Revised Code.
(B) When so required by rules adopted under division (G)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees, before constructing, enlarging, or modifying a solid waste facility as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, shall obtain approval for the facility from the board of county commissioners of the county or board of directors of the joint solid waste management district, or board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority if such has been formed under section 343.011 of the Revised Code, having jurisdiction for compliance with the initial or amended solid waste management plan of the district approved under section 3734.521, 3734.55, or 3734.56 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.28 | Creation of Waste Disposal District.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may create a waste disposal district under sections 505.27 to 505.33 of the Revised Code, by a unanimous vote of the board and give notice thereof by a publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the township. If, within thirty days after such publication, a protest petition is filed with the board, signed by at least fifty per cent of the electors residing in the district, the act of the board in creating such district shall be void. If a petition is filed with the board asking for the creation of such a district in the township, accompanied by a map clearly showing the boundaries of such district, and signed by at least sixty-five per cent of the electors residing therein, with addresses of such signers, the board shall, within sixty days, create such a district.
Each district shall be given a name, and the entire cost of any necessary equipment and labor shall be apportioned against each district by the respective boards.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.29 | Tax Levy for Waste and Leaf Disposal Service - Service Charge.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 413 - 131st General Assembly
The board of township trustees may levy, in any year, a sufficient tax within the ten-mill limitation upon all taxable property in a waste disposal district to provide and maintain waste collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services and to provide for the collection and disposal of tree leaves.
In the alternative, the board of township trustees of any township that has provided or contracted for the collection, transfer, recycling, or disposal of garbage or refuse on behalf of the township or any district may establish, by resolution, equitable charges of rents to be paid to the township for the use and benefit of that service by every person, firm, or corporation whose premises are so served. The charges shall constitute a lien upon the property served and, if not paid when due, shall be collected in the same manner as other township taxes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.30 | Liability for Damages.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The township or its officers shall not be liable for damages, from any cause in performing waste disposal service. Private parties or firms entering a contract to perform said service shall carry public liability and property damage insurance, in an amount acceptable to the board of township trustees, and shall present proper evidence of such insurance to the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.31 | Collection of Service Charges - Waste Collection Fund - Use of Fund.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 413 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the township fiscal officer shall collect the service charges for waste collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services and administer them under rules established by the board of township trustees. All of those service charges shall be kept in a separate fund designated as the waste collection fund and shall be appropriated and administered by the board. The fund shall be used for payment of the costs of the management, maintenance, and operation of the garbage and refuse collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal system in the township or several waste disposal districts. The board also may use the fund for payment of the costs incurred by the township in relation to the collection and disposal of tree leaves.
Service charges for waste disposal service collected from one district cannot be used for any other district. If a district is abandoned or discontinued, any balance remaining in the fund for that district shall be paid into the general fund of the township.
(B) When a board of township trustees contracts with an independent contractor for the collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal of solid wastes under section 505.27 of the Revised Code, the contract may provide for the independent contractor to collect and keep the service charges for the services the contractor provides.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.32 | Compensation of Fiscal Officer - Bond.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
For the services arising in each fiscal year under sections 505.27 to 505.33 of the Revised Code, the township fiscal officer shall be allowed the compensation fixed by the board of township trustees. The compensation shall be paid semiannually, and shall be charged back, and prorated against each waste disposal district as part of its operating costs. Any increase required by the board in the bond of the fiscal officer, and the costs of any necessary supplies, shall be prorated and charged back to each district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.33 | Delinquent List Certified to County Auditor - Collection.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
Annually, before the first day of October, the township fiscal officer shall certify to the county auditor the names of the property owners and a description of their lands that are delinquent as to waste disposal service charges. The auditor then shall place the charges on the tax duplicate for the ensuing December installment of taxes, for collection.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.34 | Compounding or Release of Claims Due From Banks.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may compound or release, in whole or in part, a debt, obligation, judgment, or claim due the township, from a bank in process of liquidation or operating under a conservatorship, or due the board, except where any member of such board is personally interested as a stockholder of the bank. The board shall enter upon its records a statement of the facts and the reasons for such compounding or release.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.35 | Expenditure of Funds.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
All funds arising from the sale of bonds for the construction or repair of viaducts, or for the purchase or condemnation of land for that purpose, shall be paid into the township treasury, and shall be paid out and expended upon the vouchers of the board of township trustees, or of the officers in the township having charge of the repair of public roads or streets.
Contracts for the improvements shall be made in the same manner as other contracts. Vouchers to pay for the contracts, or for any portion of the cost of the improvements, shall be drawn by the board or officers upon the township fiscal officer, who shall keep an accurate account of moneys so expended. The funds created by the sale of bonds for viaduct purposes shall be known as the viaduct fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.36 | Bond Issue for Viaduct Construction or Improvement.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the voters of a township determine to issue bonds for the construction or repair of viaducts, or for the purchase or condemnation of the land necessary for such improvements, the authority to make such improvements is hereby conferred and the money arising from the sale of the bonds shall be expended in the manner provided by section 505.35 of the Revised Code.
If a municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners determines to construct or repair a viaduct over any street, steam railroad tracks, or other place, where an overhead roadway or footway is deemed necessary, under any law authorizing the construction of bridges or viaducts or the elimination of grade crossings, and such construction or repair will benefit the township, the board of township trustees may, by agreement with such municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners, pay that part of the cost and expense of such improvement, including compensations for land taken and damages, as is deemed just by the board of township trustees. The cost so assumed by the township shall be paid out of any funds in the treasury of such township provided for the construction or repair of such viaduct, into the treasury of such municipal corporation or county, to the credit of such special fund, or, the board of township trustees may issue bonds for such purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.372 | Bond of Clerk of the Board of Fire District Trustees.

Effective:
December 10, 1971
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 584 - 109th General Assembly
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the clerk of the board of fire district trustees shall execute a bond, in the amount and with surety to be approved by the board of fire district trustees, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required of him. Such bond shall be deposited with the presiding officer of the board, and a copy thereof, certified by him, shall be filed with the county auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.373 | Adoption of Fire Code.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may, by resolution, adopt by incorporation by reference a standard code pertaining to fire, fire hazards, and fire prevention prepared and promulgated by the state or any department, board, or other agency of the state, or any such code prepared and promulgated by a public or private organization that publishes a model or standard code.
After the adoption of the code by the board, a notice clearly identifying the code, stating the purpose of the code, and stating that a complete copy of the code is on file with the township fiscal officer for inspection by the public and also on file in the law library of the county in which the township is located and that the fiscal officer has copies available for distribution to the public at cost, shall be posted by the fiscal officer in five conspicuous places in the township for thirty days before becoming effective. The notice required by this section shall also be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the township once a week for three consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If the adopting township amends or deletes any provision of the code, the notice shall contain a brief summary of the deletion or amendment.
If the agency that originally promulgated or published the code thereafter amends the code, any township that has adopted the code pursuant to this section may adopt the amendment or change by incorporation by reference in the same manner as provided for adoption of the original code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.374 | Fire Code Violations.

Effective:
November 21, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 192 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall violate a provision of a standard code or regulation adopted under section 505.373 or division (C) of section 505.375 of the Revised Code. Each day of continued violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.377 | Classification of Volunteer Firefighters.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 130th General Assembly
A volunteer firefighter appointed pursuant to this chapter is a bona fide volunteer and not an employee for purposes of section 513 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 26 U.S.C. 4980H, if, for providing those fire protection services, the volunteer receives any of the benefits provided in Chapter 146., 4121., or 4123. or section 9.65, 505.23, 3333.26, 3923.13, or 4113.41 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.39 | Tax Levy for Fire Protection and Other Services.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 413 - 131st General Assembly
The board of township trustees may, in any year, levy a sufficient tax upon all taxable property in the township or in a fire district, to provide protection against fire, to provide fire and rescue services, to provide and maintain fire apparatus, mechanical resuscitators, underwater rescue and recovery equipment, and other fire equipment and appliances, buildings and sites therefor, sources of water supply and materials therefor, to establish and maintain lines of fire-alarm communications, and to pay permanent, part-time, or volunteer fire-fighting companies to operate such equipment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.391 | Assessment of Charge for False Alarm From an Automatic Fire Alarm System at a Commercial Establishment.

Effective:
September 21, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 385 - 126th General Assembly
(A) If, after the fire department of a township, township fire district, or joint fire district, or a private fire company with which the fire department of a township, township fire district, or joint fire district contracts for fire protection, responds to a false alarm from an automatic fire alarm system at a commercial establishment or residential building, the board of township trustees gives written notice by certified mail that it may assess a charge of up to three hundred dollars for each subsequent false alarm occurring after three false alarms by that system within the same calendar year, the board of township trustees may assess that charge. This notice shall be mailed to the owner and the lessee, if any, of the building in which the system is installed. After the board gives this notice, the board need not give any additional written notices before assessing a charge for a false alarm as provided by this section.
(B) If payment of the bill assessing a charge for a false alarm is not received within thirty days, the township fiscal officer shall send a notice by certified mail to the manager and to the owner, if different, of the real estate of which the commercial establishment is a part, or to the occupant, lessee, agent, or tenant and to the owner, if different, of the real estate of which the residential building is a part, indicating that failure to pay the bill within thirty days, or to show just cause why the bill should not be paid within thirty days, will result in the assessment of a lien upon the real estate in the amount of the bill. If payment is not received or just cause for nonpayment is not shown within those thirty days, the amount of the bill shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, shall be a lien upon the real estate from the date of the entry, and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the township treasury to be earmarked for use for fire services.
(C) As used in this section, "commercial establishment" means a building or buildings in an area used primarily for nonresidential, commercial purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.40 | Bond Issue for Fire Protection Measures Limited.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 413 - 131st General Assembly
No bonds shall be issued by the board of township trustees for the purpose of providing and maintaining fire apparatus, mechanical resuscitators, underwater rescue and recovery equipment, and other fire equipment and appliances, buildings and sites therefor, sources of water supply and materials therefor, or for the establishment and maintenance of lines of fire-alarm communications, or for the payment of permanent, part-time, or volunteer fire-fighting companies to operate such equipment, unless approved by vote of the people in a township or fire district in the manner provided by section 133.18 of the Revised Code, and in no event in an amount exceeding the greater of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or two per cent of the total value of all property in the township as listed and assessed for taxation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.401 | Issuing Bonds for Firefighting Purposes.

Effective:
March 31, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 513 - 124th General Assembly
Pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a fire district organized under division (C) of section 505.37 of the Revised Code may issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring fire-fighting equipment, buildings, and sites for the district or for the purpose of constructing or improving buildings to house fire-fighting equipment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.41 | Members of Volunteer Fire Companies Are Township Employees.

Effective:
January 17, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 545 - 111th General Assembly
Members of volunteer fire companies, or persons employed by a township on a part-time basis to operate or maintain fire-fighting equipment, or persons employed in any manner incidental to the operation or maintenance of such equipment, are township employees for the purpose of workers' compensation insurance, the same as though regularly employed as designated in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.42 | Fire Equipment Fund.

Effective:
August 23, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 261 - 114th General Assembly
The proceeds of bonds issued under section 505.40 of the Revised Code, other than any premium and accrued interest which is credited to the sinking fund, shall be placed in the township treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as "the fire equipment fund." In the case of a joint fire district created under section 505.371 of the Revised Code, such proceeds shall be placed in the treasury of the joint fire district to the credit of the joint fire district fire equipment fund. Such fund shall be paid out on the order of the board of township trustees or, in the case of a joint fire district, the board of fire district trustees. Such board may enter into contracts for the purpose set forth in sections 505.37 to 505.42 of the Revised Code, subject to sections 731.14 to 731.16 of the Revised Code except as otherwise provided in sections 505.08 and 505.101 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.43 | Police Protection.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly
In order to obtain police protection, or to obtain additional police protection, any township may enter into a contract with one or more townships, municipal corporations, park districts created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, county sheriffs, joint police districts, or with a governmental entity of an adjoining state upon any terms that are agreed to by them, for services of police departments or use of police equipment, or the interchange of the service of police departments or use of police equipment within the several territories of the contracting subdivisions, if the contract is first authorized by respective boards of township trustees or other legislative bodies. The cost of the contract may be paid for from the township general fund or from funds received pursuant to the passage of a levy authorized pursuant to division (J) or (JJ) of section 5705.19 and section 5705.25 of the Revised Code.
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it is applicable to the operation of police departments, applies to the contracting political subdivisions and police department members when the members are rendering service outside their own subdivision pursuant to the contract.
Police department members acting outside the subdivision in which they are employed may participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the employing subdivision, and are entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service within the subdivision.
The contract may provide for a fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.431 | Resolution to Provide Police Protection to Other Public Entity.

Effective:
July 31, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 119th General Assembly
The police department of any township or township police district may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, or township of this state, to a park district created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, or to a governmental entity of an adjoining state without a contract to provide police protection, upon the approval, by resolution, of the board of township trustees of the township in which the department is located and upon authorization by an officer or employee of the police department providing the police protection who is designated by title of office or position, pursuant to the resolution of the board of township trustees, to give such authorization.
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, shall apply to any township police department or township police district and to its members when such members are rendering police services pursuant to this section outside the township or township police district by which they are employed.
Police department members acting, as provided in this section, outside the township or township police district by which they are employed shall be entitled to participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the township or township police district by which they are employed. Those members shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code to the same extent as while performing services within the township or township police district by which they are employed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.432 | Contract With Port Authority or Chautauqua Assembly.

Effective:
December 5, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 93 - 121st General Assembly
As used in this section, "Chautauqua assembly" has the same meaning as in section 4511.90 of the Revised Code.
Upon the approval, by resolution, of the board of township trustees of the township or township police district in which the department or office is located, the police department of any township or township police district or the office of any township police constable may contract with any port authority or Chautauqua assembly, and any port authority or Chautauqua assembly may contract with any such department or office, to have the department's members or the office's constables provide police protection to the port authority or Chautauqua assembly with which the deparment or office has contracted.
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, applies to any township police department, township police district, or township police constable's office, and to its members or constables when they are rendering service outside their own subdivision pursuant to a contract entered into under this section.
Police department members and constables acting outside the subdivision in which they are employed may participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the employing subdivision, and are entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service within the subdivision.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.441 | Collection and Retention of Fees for Service Runs.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 128 - 129th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "run" includes a call and an emergency to which a contracting party responds under a contract executed pursuant to section 505.44 of the Revised Code.
(B) A township that enters into a contract with another party for services pursuant to section 505.44 of the Revised Code may provide in the contract that the contracting party shall collect and retain any fee that the township may charge for each run involving ambulance service, emergency medical service, or nonemergency patient transport service. The contract shall require that once each month, the contracting party shall provide the township with a written report that shall include for the previous month the number of runs the contracting party made in the township, the amount that was billed for each run, and the amount received for each run from the person that was billed for that particular run. The report also shall include the total amount collected that calendar year to date and the total amount outstanding that calendar year to date.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.45 | Schooling of Officers and Firemen of Fire Department.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may send any of the officers and firemen of its fire department to schools of instruction designed to promote the efficiency of firemen, and, if authorized in advance, may pay their necessary expenses from the funds used for the maintenance and operation of such department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.46 | Township Trustees May Construct and Maintain Footbridges.

Effective:
May 30, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 157 - 124th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may construct, rebuild, and repair footbridges across rivers and streams when necessary, to provide convenient means of access to the public schools of the township by pupils residing in the school district in which a public schoolhouse is located. If a river or stream coincides with the boundary of two townships, either of the townships may construct, rebuild, or repair a footbridge across that river or stream at its own expense and subject to section 505.47 of the Revised Code. In no case shall the cost of the construction, rebuilding, or repair of any footbridge exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.47 | Payment of Costs of Footbridges - Approval of Tax Levy Required.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
The board of township trustees may pay the cost of the construction, rebuilding, or repair of footbridges authorized by section 505.46 of the Revised Code out of any funds, unappropriated for any other purpose, in the township treasury. If there be no funds in the township treasury available for these purposes, the board may levy a tax for the purpose of procuring the necessary funds for the construction, rebuilding, or repair of the footbridges. The tax shall be levied upon all of the taxable property in the township and shall be certified, levied, and collected in the manner prescribed for other township taxes. The money so raised shall be paid over to the township fiscal officer, and the fiscal officer shall pay it out on the order of the board, certified by the fiscal officer.
The tax shall not be levied until it has been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the township, voting at any election at which the question shall be submitted. The election shall be called at a regular meeting of the board and shall be held within thirty days from the date of the resolution of the board calling for it. Twenty days' notice of the election shall be given by the posting of notices by the fiscal officer in ten public places of the township. Provisions for holding the election shall be made by the board of elections, upon receiving notice from the fiscal officer of the date and purpose of the election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.483 | Resolution to Join Existing Joint Police District.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
A township or municipal corporation, or parts thereof, may join an existing joint police district by the adoption of a resolution by the township or of an ordinance by the municipal corporation requesting participation in the district and upon approval of the existing joint police district board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.484 | Performance Bond.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The treasurer of the joint police district board, before entering upon the duties of that office, shall execute a bond payable to the state, in the amount and with surety to be approved by the joint police district board, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required by the treasurer. The bond shall be deposited with the president of the joint police district board, and a copy thereof, certified by the president, shall be filed with the county auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.491 | Police Officer Guilty in Performance of Official Duty.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Except as provided in division (D) of section 505.49 or in division (C) of section 509.01 of the Revised Code for a board of township trustees, and except as provided in division (D) of section 505.49 of the Revised Code for a joint police district board, if the board has reason to believe that a chief of police, patrol officer, or other township or joint police district employee appointed under division (B) of section 505.49 of the Revised Code or a police constable appointed under division (B) of section 509.01 of the Revised Code has been guilty, in the performance of the official duty of that chief of police, patrol officer, other township or joint police district employee, or police constable, of bribery, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, misconduct in office, neglect of duty, gross immorality, habitual drunkenness, incompetence, or failure to obey orders given that person by the proper authority, the board immediately shall file written charges against that person. The written charges shall set forth in detail a statement of the alleged guilt and, at the same time, or as soon thereafter as possible, serve a true copy of those charges upon the person against whom they are made. The service may be made on the person or by leaving a copy of the charges at the office or residence of that person. Return of the service shall be made to the board in the same manner that is provided for the return of the service of summons in a civil action.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.492 | Hearing of Charge Against Police Officer.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Charges filed by the board of township trustees or joint police district board under section 505.491 of the Revised Code shall be heard at the next regular meeting thereof, unless the board extends the time for the hearing, which shall be done only on the application of the accused. The accused may appear in person and by counsel, examine all witnesses, and answer all charges against the accused.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.493 | Suspension of Officer Pending Hearing.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Pending any proceedings under sections 505.491 and 505.492 of the Revised Code, an accused person may be suspended by the board of township trustees or joint police district board, but such suspension shall be for a period not longer than fifteen days, unless the hearing of such charges is extended upon the application of the accused, in which event the suspension shall not exceed thirty days.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.494 | Subpoena Power.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
For the purpose of investigating charges filed pursuant to section 505.491 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees or joint police district board may issue subpoenas or compulsory process to compel the attendance of persons and the production of books and papers before it and provide by resolution for exercising and enforcing this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.495 | Oaths - Compelling Testimony.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
In all cases in which the attendance of witnesses may be compelled for an investigation, under section 505.494 of the Revised Code, any member of the board of township trustees or of the joint police district board may administer the requisite oaths. The board has the same power to compel the giving of testimony by attending witnesses as is conferred upon courts. In all such cases, witnesses shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as are allowed witnesses in civil cases. Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section 1901.26 of the Revised Code, and the costs of all such proceedings shall be payable from the general fund of the township or joint police district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.50 | Equipment and Buildings for Police Protection.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of township trustees of a township or of a township police district, or a joint police district board, may purchase, lease, lease with an option to purchase, or otherwise acquire any police apparatus, equipment, including a public communications system, or materials that the township, township police district, or joint police district requires and may build, purchase, lease, or lease with an option to purchase any building or buildings and site of the building or buildings that are necessary for the police operations of the township or either district.
The boards of trustees of any two or more contiguous townships, or the boards of township trustees of one or more contiguous townships and the legislative authorities of one or more contiguous municipal corporations, by joint agreement, may unite in the joint purchase, lease, lease with an option to purchase, maintenance, use, and operation of police equipment for any other police purpose designated in sections 505.48 to 505.55 of the Revised Code, and to prorate the expense of that joint action on terms mutually agreed upon by the trustees in each affected township and the legislative authorities of each affected municipal corporation.
The board of trustees of a township or of a township police district, or a joint police district board, may enter into a contract with one or more townships, a municipal corporation, a park district created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, or the county sheriff upon any terms that are mutually agreed upon for the provision of police protection services or additional police protection services either on a regular basis or for additional protection in times of emergency. The contract shall be agreed to in each instance by the respective board or boards of township trustees, the board of county commissioners, the board of park commissioners, the joint police district board, or the legislative authority of the municipal corporation involved. The contract may provide for a fixed annual charge to be paid at the time agreed upon in the contract.
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it is applicable to the operation of police departments, applies to the contracting political subdivisions and police department members when the members are serving outside their own political subdivision pursuant to such a contract. Police department members acting outside the political subdivision in which they are employed may participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer and are entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing services within the political subdivision.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.51 | Police District or Joint Police District Tax Levy.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) In the case of a township police district, the board of trustees of the township police district may levy a tax upon all of the taxable property in the township police district pursuant to sections 5705.19 and 5705.25 of the Revised Code to defray all or a portion of expenses of the township police district in providing police protection.
(B) In the case of a joint police district, the joint police district board may levy a tax upon all of the taxable property in the joint police district pursuant to sections 5705.19 and 5705.25 of the Revised Code to defray all or a portion of expenses of the joint police district in providing police protection.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.52 | Police Equipment Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a township police district or a joint police district board may issue bonds for the purpose of buying police equipment in the manner provided for in section 133.18 and pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. The proceeds of the bonds issued under this section, other than any premium and accrued interest which is credited to the sinking fund, shall be placed in the township treasury or joint police district board treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the "police equipment fund." Money from the police equipment fund shall be paid out only upon order of the township board of trustees of the township police district or of the joint police district board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.53 | Police District and Joint Police District Notes.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a township police district or a joint police district board may issue notes for a period not to exceed three years for the purpose of buying police equipment or a building or site to house police equipment. One-third of the purchase price of the equipment, building, or site shall be paid at the time of purchase, and the remainder of the purchase price shall be covered by notes maturing in two and three years respectively. Notes may bear interest not to exceed the rate determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, and shall not be subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Such notes shall be offered for sale on the open market or given to a vendor if no sale is made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 5 | Townships › Chapter 505 | Trustees › Section 505.54 | Additional Training or Skills for Police Personnel.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the township or the joint police district board may, upon nomination by the chief of police, send one or more of the officers, patrol officers, or other employees of the township police district or the joint police district to a school of instruction designed to provide additional training or skills related to the employees work assignment in the district. The trustees may make advance tuition payments for any employee so nominated and may defray all or a portion of the employee's expenses while receiving this instruction.