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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.80 | Agreement for Regional System Between Governmental Instrumentalities of Adjacent States.

Effective:
August 9, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 427 - 111th General Assembly
One or more contiguous counties of this state, or one or more municipal corporations which are in the same county or in contiguous counties, any one of which is adjacent to another state, may enter into an agreement, to the extent and in the manner authorized by the laws of the United States, with entities or instrumentalities of government of other states or of the United States, to provide for the creation of a regional transit commission which will provide services and facilities for a service area within this state and within one or more states adjacent to this state, for the transportation of persons in a manner that will be in the best public interest in view of the geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of such service area. The exercise by a regional transit commission of the powers and duties conferred upon it shall be deemed to be the exercise of essential governmental functions of the states having territory included within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.81 | Adjacent States Definitions.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
As used in sections 306.80 to 306.90, inclusive, of the Revised Code:
(A) "Public agency" means this state or any adjacent state, or any political subdivision, taxing district, or board, commission, or authority of either, or the United States or any department, agency, board, commission, authority, or corporation thereof.
(B) "Regional transit commission" means a body politic and corporate created pursuant to sections 306.80 to 306.90, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and having territorial boundaries which include the territory of all counties of this state which enter into the agreement creating a regional transit commission, or thereafter join a regional transit commission, and the territory within one or more other states which has been included in a regional transit commission pursuant to such agreement or subsequent joinder.
(C) "Transit facility" means any street railway, motor bus, tramline, subway, monorail, rapid transit, aeroplane, helicopter, ferry, or other ground or water transportation system having as its primary purpose the regularly scheduled mass movement of passengers between locations within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit commission, including all rights-of-way, power lines, rolling stock, equipment, machinery, terminals, buildings, administration and maintenance and repair facilities, and supporting parking facilities, and franchise rights attendant thereto, but excluding therefrom trucks and facilities designed for use in the movement of property by truck; docks, wharves, warehouses, piers, and other port, terminal, or transportation facilities and marinas; facilities used, available for use, or designed for use to aid in the safe taking off or landing of aircraft, for the safety, storage, and maintenance of aircraft, for the comfort and accommodation of users of air transportation of persons, property, and mail, or for the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of an airport; and buildings and facilities as are reasonably necessary for the comfort and accommodation of the users of transit facilities; or any combination of the foregoing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.83 | Advancement or Donation of Money.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
Any political subdivision of this state within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit commission may advance or donate moneys to such regional transit commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.84 | No Property to Be Included in More Than One Regional Commission.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
No property within this state shall be included within the territorial boundaries of more than one regional transit commission, nor shall any regional transit authority be created pursuant to sections 306.30 to 306.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which includes any territory within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit commission. No regional transit commission shall be created which includes territory theretofore included within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit authority unless all of the territory within the territorial boundaries of such regional transit authority is included within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit commission, in which event, to the extent lawful, the regional transit authority shall be merged into the regional transit commission, and the regional transit commission shall assume and perform all of the obligations of such regional transit authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.85 | Bonds Are Lawful Investments.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Bonds of a regional transit commission are lawful investments of banks, savings banks, mutual savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, deposit guaranty associations, bond retirement funds or sinking funds of municipal corporations, boards of education, regional transit commissions, counties, the administrator of workers' compensation, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, and domestic insurance companies for life and other than life, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.86 | Conveyance, Lease, or Exchange of Personal or Real Property.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
Any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, or commission, board, or authority of this state, may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any regional transit commission, or such commission may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any political subdivision, taxing district, or board, commission, or authority of this state or any other state having territory within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit commission, without competitive bidding and at mutually agreeable terms, any personal or real property, or any interest therein.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.87 | Real and Personal Property Exempt From Taxation.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
A regional transit commission authorized under sections 306.80 to 306.90, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is exempt from and is not required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to such commission, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption does not apply to any property belonging to any commission while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing for tenancy for longer than one year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.88 | Filing Certified Copy of Agreement With County Recorder.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
A certified copy of any agreement made pursuant to sections 306.80 to 306.90, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be filed with the recorder of each county of this state which is party to the agreement or in which any other public agency which is party to such agreement has located, and with the secretary of state of Ohio. Such agreement has the status of an interstate compact, but in any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, the public agencies party thereto are the real parties in interest.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.89 | Federal and State Approval Necessary.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
The powers and duties provided in any agreement made pursuant to sections 306.80 to 306.90, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall become effective only when such agreement has been approved by the legislatures of all states having territory within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit commission and has received the consent of the Congress of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.90 | Severability.

Effective:
August 25, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 108th General Assembly
Each agreement made pursuant to sections 306.80 to 306.90, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be entered into and become effective in accordance with the applicable provisions of the constitution and statutes of this state, the other states having territory included within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit commission, and the United States. If any such agreement or any law pursuant to which such an agreement is entered into or any part of such an agreement or law is held unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause, such holding shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other law or agreement or any other part of such agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 306 | County Transit System; Regional Transit Authority; Regional Transit Commission › Section 306.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) No person shall violate any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to division (N) of section 306.04 of the Revised Code and whoever violates such a rule or regulation shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days or both.
(B) Whoever violates division (D)(4) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars on a first offense and not more than five hundred dollars on each subsequent offense.
Fines levied and collected for such violations shall be paid into the treasury of the regional transit authority. The regional transit authority may use such fine money for any purpose that is not inconsistent with sections 306.30 to 306.54 of the Revised Code.
Last updated January 24, 2022 at 2:58 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.023 | Contract for Acquisition or Use of Sports Facilities.

Effective:
September 19, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 310 - 121st General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, operate, lease, or otherwise contract for the acquisition or use of sports facilities, as defined in section 307.696 of the Revised Code. The authority granted by this section is not subject to the limitations imposed under sections 307.02 and 307.09 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.03 | Use of County Buildings for Public Library.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, permit the use of public grounds or buildings under its control for a public library or any other public purpose, upon such terms as it prescribes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.04 | Light, Heat, and Power Contracts.

Effective:
May 17, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 87 - 134th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may, at any time before or after the completion of any county building, award contracts for supplying such building with light, heat, or power for any period of time not exceeding ten years, except a contract entered into under section 9.48 of the Revised Code may exceed ten years. Sections 5705.41 and 5705.44 of the Revised Code shall not apply to any such contracts.
Last updated June 9, 2021 at 9:26 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.042 | Contracts to Regulate Utility Rates of Users of Municipal Utility.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
Unless provided for by contract between a county and a municipal corporation, a county may not regulate the utility rates of users of a municipal utility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.051 | County Emergency Medical, Fire and Transportation Service Organization Regulated by State Board.

Effective:
July 1, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly
As used in this section, "emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4766.01 of the Revised Code.
A board of county commissioners, by adoption of an appropriate resolution, may choose to have the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services license any emergency medical service organization it operates. If a board adopts such a resolution, Chapter 4766. of the Revised Code, except for sections 4766.06 and 4766.99 of the Revised Code, applies to the county emergency medical service organization. All rules adopted under the applicable sections of that chapter also apply to the organization. A board, by adoption of an appropriate resolution, may remove its emergency medical service organization from the jurisdiction of the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.052 | Creating Joint Emergency Medical Services District.

Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 405 - 121st General Assembly
The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may, by adoption of a joint resolution by a majority of the members of each such board, create a joint emergency medical services district for the purpose of providing emergency medical services to the district. The joint resolution shall provide for the financial support of the district by the participating counties, and shall provide for the division of the district's assets among the participating counties in the event the district is dissolved. A district so created shall be composed of all or any portions of the counties as are mutually agreed upon and shall be given a name different from the name of any participating county. No part of a county that is in a joint ambulance district may become part of a joint emergency medical services district without the approval of the board of trustees of the joint ambulance district.
As used in sections 307.052 to 307.058, "emergency medical service" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.054 | Executive Director Duties - Employees.

Effective:
November 11, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 384 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district shall employ an executive director, who shall be in the unclassified service, and fix his compensation. In addition to that compensation, the director shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties. The board may enter into an employment contract with the executive director for a period not to exceed three years. In the absence of contrary contractual provisions, the board may remove the director by a majority vote of the full membership, but only after holding a hearing on the matter if the director requests such a hearing.
Except as otherwise provided in this division, the board shall prescribe the director's duties and may authorize the director to act on its behalf in the performance of its administrative duties. In addition to those duties prescribed by the board, the director shall do all the following:
(1) Subject to the board's approval for each contract, execute contracts on the board's behalf;
(2) Supervise all services provided or contracted for and all facilities operated or contracted for, and ensure that emergency medical services are being lawfully administered in conformity with the Revised Code and the resolution creating the district;
(3) Recommend changes to the board that may increase the effectiveness of emergency medical services within the district;
(4) Employ persons for all positions authorized by the board and approve all personnel actions that affect classified employees;
(5) Approve compensation for employees within the limits set by the salary schedule and budget established by the board;
(6) Prepare an annual report of the services provided by the district, including a fiscal accounting, for the board to approve.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, employees of the district shall be treated the same as county employees for the purposes of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code and any other provisions of state law applicable to county employees. Instead of or in addition to appointing employees of the district, the board of trustees may contract with one or more of the participating counties for county employees to serve the district and for the district to share in their compensation in any manner that may be agreed upon in the joint resolution creating the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.056 | Powers of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
November 11, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 384 - 120th General Assembly
In addition to exercising its powers granted by section 307.055 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district may do any of the following:
(A) Maintain an office and such other facilities as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of emergency medical services;
(B) Pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, and sickness and accident insurance and group life insurance for its employees;
(C) Procure insurance against loss to the district from damage to its properties resulting from fire, theft, accident, or other casualty, or its liability for injury to persons or property occurring in the construction or operation of facilities under its jurisdiction or resulting from the conduct of its activities;
(D) Procure policies insuring members of the board of trustees against liability on account of damages or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission of a member in his official capacity as a member of the board or resulting solely from his membership on the board;
(E) Sue or be sued;
(F) Make contracts in the exercise of the district's rights, powers, and duties;
(G) Accept gifts, devises, and bequests for the district;
(H) Employ an attorney to serve as the district's legal advisor;
(I) Do all acts necessary or proper to carry out the duties and responsibilities imposed on or powers granted to the board to provide emergency medical services, and to control and manage the district under this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.057 | Levying Taxes - Issuing Bonds.

Effective:
November 11, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 384 - 120th General Assembly
Upon notification by the board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district to the board of county commissioners of each county located in whole or in part within the district that taxes need to be levied pursuant to Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code or that bonds or other evidences of indebtedness need to be issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code in order to provide the services and equipment necessary for the operation of the district, the boards of county commissioners of those counties may form themselves into a joint board for the purposes of levying taxes under Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code as the taxing authority of the district or issuing bonds or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code as the bond issuing authority for the district, for those taxes or indebtedness the joint board finds to be necessary for those district purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.06 | Board of County Commissioners May Employ Land Appraisers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Whenever it is necessary for the board of county commissioners to determine the value of any real property owned by the county, or which it proposes to acquire by purchase, lease, or appropriation, the board may employ competent appraisers to advise it of the value of such property, or expert witnesses to testify thereto it an appropriation proceeding, and shall pay a reasonable compensation for such services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.08 | Appropriation of Lands.

Effective:
May 6, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 411 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, when, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it is necessary to procure real estate, a right-of-way, or an easement for a courthouse, a jail, or public offices, for a bridge and the approaches to it, or for another structure, public market place, or market house, proceedings shall be had in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) For the purposes of division (B) of this section, either of the following constitutes a public exigency:
(a) A finding by the director of environmental protection that a public health nuisance caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency and suddenness due to unsanitary conditions compels the immediate construction of sewers for the protection of the public health and welfare;
(b) The issuance of an order by the board of health of a health district to mitigate or abate a public health nuisance that is caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency and suddenness due to unsanitary conditions and compels the immediate construction of sewers for the protection of the public health and welfare.
(2) If the board of county commissioners is unable to purchase property for the purpose of the construction of sewers to mitigate or abate the public health nuisance that is the subject of a finding of the director or an order of the board of health, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution finding that it is necessary for the protection of the public health and welfare to appropriate property that the board of county commissioners considers needed for that purpose. The resolution shall contain a definite, accurate, and detailed description of the property and the name and place of residence, if known or with reasonable diligence ascertainable, of the owners of the property to be appropriated.
The board of county commissioners shall fix in its resolution what it considers to be the value of the property to be appropriated, which shall be the board's determination of the compensation for the property and shall be supported by an independent appraisal, together with any damages to the residue. The board shall deposit the compensation so determined, together with an amount for the damages to the residue, with the probate court or the court of common pleas of the county in which the property, or a part of it, is situated. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the power to appropriate property for the purposes of this division shall be exercised in the manner provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code for an appropriation in time of public exigency. The board's resolution and a written copy of the independent appraisal shall accompany the petition filed under section 163.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.081 | Purchase or Appropriation of Real Property for Redevelopment.

Effective:
July 27, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 213 - 118th General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may purchase or appropriate real property in the unincorporated territory of the county in order to do all of the following:
(A) Sell or lease the property;
(B) After the property is leased or purchased from the county, exempt from real property taxes under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code part or all of an improvement to the property;
(C) Once an improvement to the property is exempted from taxation under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, charge the owner of the improvement a service payment under section 5709.79 of the Revised Code;
(D) Use the money collected from the service payments to finance the construction or repair of public infrastructure improvements that benefit the property and that are designated in the resolution adopted under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.082 | Agreements to Provide for Construction or Repair of Public Infrastructure Improvements.

Effective:
July 27, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 213 - 118th General Assembly
(A) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, enter into agreements to provide for the construction or repair of public infrastructure improvements that benefit a tract on which an improvement for which the county has granted an exemption from real property taxes under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code is located and that are designated in the resolution adopted under that section.
(B) The board may, by resolution, authorize the issuance of notes of the county to finance all costs pertaining to public infrastructure improvements to be made under division (A) of this section and division (D) of section 307.081 of the Revised Code. The notes shall be signed by the board, shall be attested by the signature of the clerk of the board, and shall bear interest in accordance with section 9.95 of the Revised Code. The notes are not subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of the notes shall pledge the appropriate account of the county's redevelopment tax equivalent fund to pay the interest on and principal of the notes. The resolution may also pledge other available funds of the county for this purpose; the resolution, however, shall not pledge to levy or collect an ad valorem property tax to pay the interest on and principal of the notes. The notes may contain a clause permitting prepayment at the option of the board and shall have such other terms as are set forth in the resolution authorizing their issuance. The notes shall be offered at public or private sale as directed in the resolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.083 | Method for Purchasing Real Estate at Public Auction.

Effective:
April 5, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 263 - 118th General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may purchase real estate at public auction by designating an individual to represent the board and tender bids at the auction, subject to a maximum purchase amount established by the board or an appraisal obtained prior to sale. A purchase made under this section is subject to division (D) of section 5705.41 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.084 | Purchase or Appropriation of Real Property for State or Federal Correctional Facility.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
When the board of county commissioners determines that it serves the interests of the county, the board may procure real estate within the county by purchase or by appropriation under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code and donate it to the state, the department of rehabilitation and correction, or the United States bureau of prisons for the construction of a state correctional institution or a federal correctional facility or complex.
The board shall attempt to obtain the best possible terms and conditions in relation to the donation, such as priority over courts or law enforcement agencies of other jurisdictions in placement in the institution, facility, or complex of nonstate or nonfederal prisoners, or an option for the county to repurchase the property on reasonable terms should it no longer be used as a state correctional institution or federal correctional facility or complex.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.091 | Sale of County Medical Facility to State Medical School or College.

Effective:
November 15, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may sell, lease, or transfer all or any part of the property and assets of a hospital or medical and health care facility or institution owned by the county to a medical school or college established and supported by this state, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed by the board of county commissioners and the board of trustees governing such medical school or college and subject to the approval of the Ohio board of regents.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.092 | Sale, Lease, or Transfer of County Property to Nonprofit Senior Citizens Organizations.

Effective:
May 17, 1978
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 402 - 112th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 307.09 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may sell, lease, or transfer any real property belonging to the county and not needed for public use to a nonprofit senior citizens' organization to be used for public purposes involving the provision of housing, health, social services, or recreational activities for the benefit of older persons, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the board of county commissioners and the organization. The nonprofit senior citizens' organization shall report annually to the board of county commissioners on the nature of the activities for which the property is being used and shall provide such other information regarding the property that the board may require. Any deed conveying real property under this section may state that if the real property is used at any time for purposes other than those enumerated in this section, all right, title, and interest in the property shall revert to the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.10 | Procedure for Sale, Lease, Transfer or Granting of Rights in Real Property.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) No sale of real property, or lease of real property used or to be used for the purpose of airports, landing fields, or air navigational facilities, or parts thereof, as provided by section 307.09 of the Revised Code shall be made unless it is authorized by a resolution adopted by a majority of the board of county commissioners. When a sale of real property as provided by section 307.09 of the Revised Code is authorized, the board may either deed the property to the highest responsible bidder, after advertisement once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, or offer the real property for sale at a public auction, after giving at least thirty days' notice of the auction by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The board may reject any and all bids. The board may, as it considers best, sell real property pursuant to this section as an entire tract or in parcels. The board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, may lease real property, in accordance with division (A) of section 307.09 of the Revised Code, without advertising for bids.
(B) The board, by resolution, may transfer real property in fee simple belonging to the county and not needed for public use to the United States government, to the state or any department or agency thereof, to municipal corporations or other political subdivisions of the state, to the county board of developmental disabilities, or to a county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code for public purposes upon the terms and in the manner that it may determine to be in the best interests of the county, without advertising for bids. The board shall execute a deed or other proper instrument when such a transfer is approved.
(C) The board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, may grant leases, rights, or easements to the United States government, to the state or any department or agency thereof, or to municipal corporations and other political subdivisions of the state, or to privately owned electric light and power companies, natural gas companies, or telephone or telegraph companies for purposes of rendering their several public utilities services, in accordance with division (B) of section 307.09 of the Revised Code, without advertising for bids. When such grant of lease, right, or easement is authorized, a deed or other proper instrument therefor shall be executed by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.11 | Board of County Commissioners May Execute Leases of Mineral Lands.

Effective:
September 24, 1986
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 312 - 116th General Assembly
When the county would be benefited, the board of county commissioners may make, execute, and deliver contracts or leases to mine iron ore, stone, coal, petroleum, gas, salt, and other minerals upon lands owned by such county, to any person complying with the terms prescribed by the board as to consideration, rights of way, and occupancy of ground for necessary purposes. All other matters of contract shall be such as the board deems most advantageous to the county.
Such contracts or leases shall be forfeited to the county for noncompliance with any of the terms of the contract, and shall not operate as a conveyance of the fee of any part of the realty. No contract or lease for the drilling or operation of a petroleum or gas well shall be valid for a longer term than forty years from the date of the contract or lease, and no contract or lease for the mining of iron ore, stone, coal, salt, or other minerals shall be valid for a longer term than fifteen years from such date. The consideration of such contracts and leases shall be a rental or royalty, payable at least once in each year to the county treasurer, who shall give a receipt for such amount, and be charged with it by the county auditor, with whom such receipts, contracts, and leases shall be deposited. The fund created by such payments shall be held and used for county purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.13 | Contracting for Services of Electrical Safety Inspector.

Effective:
November 22, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 918 - 110th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may contract for the services of an electrical safety inspector, as defined in section 3783.01 of the Revised Code, to conduct inspections of electrical installations within the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.14 | Legislative Authority and Contracting Subdivision Definitions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
As used in sections 307.14 to 307.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code:
(A) "Legislative authority" means the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or the board, council, or commission of a contracting subdivision;
(B) "Contracting subdivision" means any governmental subdivision or taxing district of the state which, by its legislative authority, enters into an agreement with a board of county commissioners under the authority of such sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.151 | Agreement With Municipalities for Control of Air and Water Pollution.

Effective:
September 27, 1963
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 105th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, and such legislative authority may enter into agreements with the board, whereby the legislative authority undertakes, and is authorized by the board of county commissioners to provide for facilities, personnel, and equipment for the control of air and water pollution, and to render such other services for such board of county commissioners as provided in the agreement. The contracting parties shall be bound by the terms, conditions, and stipulations as contained in the agreement. The municipal corporation may exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service on behalf of the board of county commissioners in carrying out the provisions of this section that the board of county commissioners may exercise, perform, or render.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.152 | Agreements With Planning Commission for Comprehensive Transportation and Land Use Studies.

Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with a county, municipal, or regional planning commission, or county engineer for the preparation in whole or in part of comprehensive transportation and land use studies and major thoroughfare reports, upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon.
Any agreement with a county, municipal, or regional planning commission may provide that contributions of county funds shall be credited to a separate fund of the planning commission from which expenditures for fulfilling the agreement are made. Any moneys contributed to a county, municipal, or regional planning commission for preparation of such plans may be credited to the county's portion of the cost of the preparation of such plans. The agreement may provide that county funds appropriated for the county's portion of such plans or in excess of the county's portion of the cost of such plans shall be refunded to the county fund out of which the contribution was originally appropriated, when the county, municipal, or regional planning commission receives federal or other funds in payment for such projects. The agreement may provide that only allowable reimbursable expenses shall be included in calculating the county's portion of the costs. The terms of the agreement may include other provisions mutually agreed upon.
The board of county commissioners may pay the costs of the agreement for the planning necessary to satisfy the continuing comprehensive transportation planning process from revenues derived from the motor vehicle license tax, the motor fuel excise tax levied by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, the county general fund, or any other county fund which may be expended for planning purposes and may also pay costs for other planning from the county general fund or any other county fund which may be expended for planning purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.153 | Agreements With Board of Health.

Effective:
October 31, 1967
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 255 - 107th General Assembly
A board of health of a city or general health district may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the health district is totally or partially located, and the board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with the board of health, whereby the board of health undertakes, and is authorized by the board of county commissioners, to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service, in behalf of the county commissioners, which the board of county commissioners may exercise, perform, or render.
Upon the execution of the agreement and within the limitations prescribed by it, the board of health may exercise the same powers as the board of county commissioners possesses with respect to the performance of any function or the rendering of any service, which, by such agreement, it undertakes to perform or render, and all powers necessary or incidental thereto, as amply as the powers are possessed and exercised by the board of county commissioners directly. Any agreement authorized by this section does not suspend the possession by the board of county commissioners of any power or function exercised or performed by the board of health in pursuance of the agreement. Nor shall the board of health, by virtue of any agreement entered into under this section, acquire any power to levy taxes in behalf of the board of county commissioners unless approved by a majority of the electors of the county.
Every agreement entered into under this section shall provide, either in specific terms or by prescribing a method for determining the amounts, for any payments to be made by the county commissioners into the health fund of the health district, in consideration of the performance of the agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.16 | Agreement to Provide Method of Payment.

Effective:
December 11, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 107th General Assembly
Every agreement entered into under sections 307.14 to 307.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall provide, either in specific terms or by prescribing a method for determining the amounts, for any payments to be made by the contracting subdivision into the county treasury, or by the county to the municipal corporation, in consideration of the performance of the agreement. In cases where it is deemed practicable, the agreement may provide that payment shall be made by the retention in the treasury of the amounts due from taxes collected for the contracting subdivision and the county auditor and county treasurer shall be governed by any such provision in settling the accounts for such taxes.
Any agreement entered into by and between two or more boards of county commissioners shall specify the method of payment for the joint exercise of any power, the joint performing of any function, or the joint rendering of any service which method of payment shall be authorized and binding on the counties so long as the agreement is in effect.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.17 | Duration of Agreement - Rescission.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In the absence from an agreement entered into under sections 307.14 to 307.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, of a specification of its own duration, such agreement shall continue in effect until it is rescinded. Every such agreement, whether for a definite term or of indefinite duration, may provide for its own rescission and the method of rescission. In the absence of any such provision, such agreement may, at any time, be rescinded by the agreement of both parties, and an agreement of indefinite duration may at any time be rescinded by resolution of either party to the agreement, effective at the end of the fiscal year, not sooner than six months after such rescinding resolution has been certified and delivered to the clerk or secretary of the other party.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.18 | Transfer of Property to County Commissioners.

Effective:
December 11, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 107th General Assembly
Any agreement entered into under sections 307.14 to 307.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may provide for the transfer to the board of county commissioners of any property, real or personal, used or useful, in the performance of functions or the rendering of services under such agreement. Such transfer may include the proceeds of bonds issued or to be issued by the contracting subdivision, appropriate to the powers, functions, or services under the agreement, such proceeds to be expended by the board subject to the same conditions as would govern the contracting subdivision. Such transfer may convey the absolute title to such property, subject, in the case of the disposal or encumbrance of such real property by the board, to the consent of the legislative authority of the contracting subdivision; or may convey its use only, or any estate or title less than absolute; may limit the power of the board to dispose of such property; and may provide for its return, disposition, division, or distribution, in the event of the rescission or expiration of the agreement.
Any such agreement may provide for transfer to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation of any property, real or personal, used or useful, in the performance of functions or the rendering of services under such agreement. Such transfer may include the proceeds of bonds issued or to be issued by the county, appropriate to the powers, functions, or services under the agreement, such proceeds to be expended by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation subject to the same conditions as would govern the county. Such transfer may convey the absolute title to such property, subject, in the case of the disposal or encumbrance of such real property by the legislative authority, to the consent of the board; or may convey its use only, or any estate or title less than absolute; may limit the power of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to dispose of such property; and may provide for its return, disposition, division, or distribution, in the event of the rescission or expiration of the agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 307 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers › Section 307.19 | Application of Sections.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Sections 307.14 to 307.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not repeal or abrogate other sections of the Revised Code authorizing contracts or agreements among particular classes of subdivisions, or modify or impair the force of such sections in respect of contracts or agreements entered into under such sections. Nor shall such other sections control or limit the making of agreements under sections 307.14 to 307.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code; it being intended that such sections shall be applied as fully as though such other sections did not exist.