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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.23 | Petition by Landowner to Relocate Road or Trail - Vacation of Unimproved Public Roads.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
If a person through whose land a public road has been established, which is under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners, desires to turn or change or relocate such road or any part thereof through any part of the person's land, the person may file a petition with the board of county commissioners setting forth briefly the particular change desired. Upon the receipt of such petition, the board shall give notice by publication once not later than two weeks prior to the date for the hearing on such petition in a newspaper of general circulation in said county, stating that such petition has been filed and setting forth the change desired in such road and the date and place for the hearing on said petition. If a public road was once established for public convenience through private lands, but has not been improved by public funds and for more than twenty-one years has not been used, the owner of such land may petition the board to vacate the road in accordance with proceedings under sections 5553.04 to 5553.11 of the Revised Code.
A person through whose land a trail right of way has been preserved under section 5553.044 of the Revised Code may file a petition to turn or change the route of the trail right of way in the manner provided in this section, and such petition shall be acted upon in the manner set forth in sections 5553.23 to 5553.31 of the Revised Code. Notice of the hearing in such case shall also be made by first class mail to the director of natural resources. If the board turns or changes the route of the trail right of way, it shall furnish the director with a full and accurate description or map of the change.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.24 | Survey and Report of County Engineer on Desired Change in Road.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon the receipt of the petition provided for in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall order the county engineer to make a survey of the ground over which the road is proposed to be changed and to make a report in writing, together with a plat and survey of the proposed change and his opinion as to its advantage or disadvantage. The report of such engineer shall be filed with the board prior to the hearing on such petition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.25 | Hearing Upon Petition to Change Road - Finding of Board.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
At the hearing had upon the petition provided for in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may hear evidence for or against changing the road, and if it is satisfied that the proposed change will not cause serious injury or disadvantage to the public, it may make a finding of such fact in its journal and authorize the petitioner to change such road in conformity with the prayer of the petition. The board may grant the change as prayed for in the petition, or it may order such change of the route of such road as will, in its judgment, be for the best interest of the public.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.26 | Petitioner Shall Pay Cost of Changing Road - Bond.

Effective:
August 1, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 109 - 101st General Assembly
Upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the road has been changed as authorized by it under section 5553.25 of the Revised Code, and opened to the legal width and improved as required by it, the board of county commissioners shall declare such new road a public highway and cause a record thereof to be made and at the same time vacate so much of the old road as is rendered unnecessary by the new road. The person petitioning for such change shall in all cases pay all costs and expenses in connection with the proceedings, as found and determined by the board, and the expense of making such change including the cost of relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or other equipment or appliances of any public utility, located on, over or under such road. The petitioner shall, on the filing of the petition for such change, give bond to the satisfaction of the board in such amount as it determines to secure payment of the costs of the proceeding and to cover the expense of making the change called for by the proposed improvement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.27 | Procedure to Change Road Located in Two or More Counties - Proceedings by Joint Board.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the road which a landowner proposes to turn or change as provided in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code is located in two or more counties, he may file his petition with the board of county commissioners of either county. Such board shall within ten days thereafter cause a copy of said petition to be certified to the boards of the other counties interested and shall at the same time fix a time not later than thirty days for a hearing upon such petition. Such proceedings shall be had before the joint board of county commissioners as are provided for in proceedings had before a single board. The joint board at its first meeting shall require the petitioner to file a bond to cover the costs of the proceeding and the expense of the proposed change in such road.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.28 | Majority Vote of Joint Board Required.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In all hearings before a joint board of county commissioners under sections 5553.01 to 5553.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, a majority vote of the board of each county shall be necessary to establish any improvement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.29 | Adjournment of Hearing - Proceedings of Joint Board Certified to Other Counties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners or the joint board of county commissioners may adjourn any hearings under sections 5553.01 to 5553.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as the necessities of the case require. Such adjournment shall be taken to a day certain to be fixed by the board or joint board at the time of such adjournment. The proceedings of the joint board shall be certified to each of the counties interested in the proceedings.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.30 | Appeal From Order Dismissing or Refusing to Grant Petition for Improvement.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
Any petitioner may appeal from the order of the board of county commissioners, or joint board of county commissioners, dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of the petition for an improvement. Any person interested may appeal from an order granting such improvement. Such appeal may be perfected in the manner provided in sections 5563.01 to 5563.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and if the order appealed from is that of a joint board, an appeal may be taken to the probate court of any county in which said improvement or any part thereof is situated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.31 | Dedication of Land for Road Purposes - Proceedings.

Effective:
September 26, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1099 - 112th General Assembly
Any person may, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, dedicate lands for road purposes. A definite description of the lands to be dedicated with a plat of such lands thereto attached and signed by the party dedicating such lands, with the approval and acceptance of the board indorsed thereon, shall be placed upon the proper road records of the county in which such road is situated. The board shall not approve and accept the dedication of any land for road purposes until any lien attached to such land under division (A) of section 505.82 of the Revised Code is satisfied. If the lands so dedicated contemplate a change in an existing road, the same proceedings shall be had thereon, after the board by proper resolution approves and accepts the lands for such purpose, as are provided in cases where the board by unanimous vote declares its intention to locate, establish, widen, straighten, vacate, or change the direction of a road without a petition therefor, but otherwise the proposal to dedicate lands for road purposes, together with the acceptance of the grant by the board, constitutes the lands so dedicated a public road without any further proceedings thereon.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.41 | Petition to Obtain Road Through Lands of Another.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to secure for the use of the public a road leading from any land owned by said person, firm, or corporation through the land of another person to a public highway may file a petition with the board of county commissioners describing the road so desired and giving the respective names and places of residence of the owners of all the land through which the proposed road will pass.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.42 | Notice of Filing Petition to Obtain Road Through Lands of Another - Service.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners shall give notice to the owners of lands through which the proposed road will pass of the filing of the petition provided for in section 5553.41 of the Revised Code and the date and place of the hearing thereon. Such notice shall be served on such owners personally, or by leaving a copy of such notice at the usual place of residence of such owners at least five days before the date of the hearing on said petition. Proof of service of such notice shall be made by affidavit of the person serving such notice. If any of such owners are nonresidents of the county, the board shall give notice to such nonresidents by publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. A copy of the newspaper containing such notice shall be mailed by the county auditor to each nonresident whose post-office address is known to such auditor. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing on claims for compensation and damages.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation › Section 5553.43 | Establishing Road - Right of Entry.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
If the board of county commissioners finds the road petitioned for will serve the public convenience or welfare, it shall establish such road; or it may establish a road for the use of the public, with such changes or alterations in the route or course thereof as it deems necessary for the protection of the rights of other owners. The amounts of compensation due the owner shall be determined in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
When the petitioner for said road has paid to the owners of lands through which said road will pass the amount found due them for compensation or damages, he may enter upon the premises and open up the road.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.01 | County Road Improvement Definitions.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Cost" or "costs" includes compensation, damages, and expenses that are incident to an improvement covered by this chapter and all items of cost described in division (B) of section 133.15 of the Revised Code that are incident to an improvement covered by this chapter.
(B) "Public obligations" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Road" includes any state or county road or part of any state or county road, or any state or county road and any municipal corporation street, or part of a road or street of those types, which form a continuous road improvement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.02 | General Powers of Board of County Commissioners Relating to Public Roads.

Effective:
June 10, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 299 - 125th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may construct a public road by laying out and building a new road, or by improving, reconstructing, or repairing any existing public road or part of an existing public road by grading, paving, widening, altering, straightening, vacating, changing the direction, draining, dragging, graveling, macadamizing, resurfacing, applying dust preventives, or otherwise improving the same, and, where an established road has been relocated, the board may construct and maintain connecting roads between the old and new locations as will provide reasonable access thereto. The board also may place a county road on nonmaintained status pursuant to section 5541.05 of the Revised Code. The board may purchase or lease, erect, and maintain automatic traffic signals at intersections of public highways outside municipal corporations as necessary for the protection of the public traveling upon those highways. Automatic traffic signals shall not be placed at intersections of public highways on the state highway system unless the board first obtains the approval of the director of transportation.
This section does not apply to roads or highways on the state highway system, except such portions as the board constructs under plans and specifications approved by the director and under the director's supervision and inspection.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.021 | Improving Approaches to Rural Mail Boxes.

Effective:
October 13, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 256 - 106th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may construct, improve, maintain, or repair the berm of any road under its jurisdiction, in order to provide a hard surface or other improved approach to rural mail boxes located on public highways.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.03 | Petition to Board by Fifty-One per Cent of Landowners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any public road or part thereof and signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land or lot owners, residents of such county, who are to be specially taxed or assessed for said improvement, the board shall, within thirty days after such petition is presented, go upon the line of the proposed improvement and, after viewing it, determine whether the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made. The petition shall state the method of paying the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement desired by the petitioners, who may request that such compensation, damages, and expenses be apportioned and paid in any one of the methods provided by section 5555.41 of the Revised code.
When such a petition is filed with the board, said improvement may be determined upon and all orders with reference thereto may be made by a majority vote of the board. The procedure for such improvement shall otherwise be the same as it is when the board proceeds without a petition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.04 | Landowners Must Be Specially Taxed to Be Counted as Petitioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Lot or land owners who are not otherwise taxed than to raise the proportion of the cost and expenses of the improvement, petitioned for pursuant to section 5555.03 of the Revised Code, to be paid by the township, or by the county as a whole, shall not be considered as specially taxed or assessed for said improvement, and such persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement in determining whether the required number of persons have signed the petition for said improvement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.05 | Certain Persons Shall Not Be Counted as Petitioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In determining whether the required number of persons necessary to give the board of county commissioners jurisdiction of the improvement have signed the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code asking for such improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement:
(A) Resident landowners whose only real estate within the legal assessment distance of the improvement is located in a municipal corporation shall not be counted.
(B) Owners of life and leasehold estates shall not be counted.
(C) Minors and other persons under legal disability shall not be counted unless represented by legal guardians, in which case the action of such guardian shall be binding upon such persons.
(D) All tenants in common of any undivided estate, resident within the county, shall be counted as a unit, and if all are not united, either for or against the improvement, none of such tenants in common shall be counted in determining whether the requisite number of persons have signed such petition.
No person signing a petition shall be permitted to withdraw therefrom unless the board finds there was fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining his signature.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.06 | Resolution by Board - Plans by County Engineer.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may by resolution adopted by a unanimous vote find that the public convenience and welfare require the improving of any public road or part thereof by grading, draining, paving, straightening, or widening such road and constructing or reconstructing any bridges and culverts necessary for such improvement. The resolution shall fix the route and termini of such improvement, and shall apportion the cost thereof, which apportionment may be made upon different bases for various portions of any road to be improved. Such cost shall be apportioned and paid in any one of the methods provided by section 5555.41 of the Revised Code.
The board shall in said resolution order the county engineer to prepare the necessary surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates of cost, and specifications for the improvement, together with an estimated assessment, based upon the estimates of cost upon the real estate to be charged therewith, of such part of the estimated damages and expenses of such improvement as are to be specially assessed. Such estimated assessment shall be according to the benefits which will result to such real estate. In making such estimated assessment, the engineer may take into consideration any previous special assessment made upon such real estate for road improvements.
The board may order the engineer to make alternate surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, providing therein for different widths of roadway, different materials, or other similar variations. The engineer may, without instructions from the board, prepare and submit to the board alternate surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, providing therein for different widths of roadway, different materials, or other similar variations.
If alternate surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications are approved by the board of county commissioners or submitted by the engineer on his own motion, the board of county commissioners and the engineer acting together shall constitute a board for the selection of the particular plan, profile, cross sections, estimate, and specifications to be used and shall, after the opening of bids, determine by a majority vote of such board which of said surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications shall be finally adopted for the improvement.
After the passage of the resolution provided for in this section, all subsequent proceedings of the board of county commissioners with respect to said improvement may be had by a majority vote.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.07 | Copies of Surveys, Plans, and Estimates Transmitted to Board - Notice, Hearing.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The county engineer shall prepare and file with the board of county commissioners, by the time fixed therefor by the board, copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates of costs, and specifications for the improvement and estimated assessments upon lands benefited thereby. Thereupon such board shall file such copies in its office for the inspection and examination of all persons interested. Except in a case involving the improvement of a public road in which no land or property is taken or assessed, the board shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, for the period of two weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, notice that a resolution has been adopted providing for said improvement, and that copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, together with estimated assessments upon the lands benefited by such improvement for the proportion of the cost thereof to be assessed therefor, are on file in the office of the board for the inspection of persons interested therein. Such notice shall state the time and place for hearing objections to said improvement and to such estimated assessments. In a case involving the improvement of a public road in which no land or property is taken or assessed, the board shall publish the notice required by this section once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code.
At such hearing the board may order said surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications to be changed or modified and shall make such adjustments of the estimated assessments as seem just to it. Thereupon the board may approve such surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, specifications, and estimates and approve and confirm estimated assessments as made by the engineer or as modified and changed by the board. Such assessments when so approved and confirmed shall be certified to the county auditor of the county and shall thereupon become a lien upon the land charged therewith. The board may declare against said improvement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.08 | Confirmation of Estimated Assessments - Certification to County Auditor.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may defer its consideration, adjustment, approval, and confirmation of the estimated assessments until all questions of compensation and damages have been determined and until the contract for the improvement has been let and the exact cost of the improvement, including compensation and damages, has been ascertained. If a board approves and confirms the estimated assessments, as made by the county engineer, or as modified and changed by the board, under authority of section 5555.07 of the Revised Code and prior to the determination of the exact cost of the improvement, such board shall, after all questions of compensation and damages have been determined, and after the improvement has been completed, cause the exact cost thereof to be determined. The board shall thereupon certify to the county auditor the estimated cost and the actual cost, including all compensation and damages allowed, and the auditor shall thereupon correct and adjust the assessment against each parcel of real estate, so that the total amount to be paid by the owner of each such parcel is based upon the actual cost of the improvement, including compensation and damages.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.09 | Appropriation of Land for Improvements.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
If the surveys, plans, profiles, and cross sections prepared by the county engineer pursuant to section 5555.07 of the Revised Code show that lands will be required for the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.13 | Order After Determination.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
After the determination of claims for compensation for lands taken, if the board of county commissioners is still satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made, and that the cost of such improvement will not be excessive in view of the public utility thereof, the board shall order by resolution that it proceed with such improvement. The board shall adopt the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for such improvement, together with the assessments against property benefited by such improvement, as reported by the county engineer, or with any modifications made by the board or court, and shall order an assessment upon lands benefited by said improvement in accordance with such report of estimated assessments, or in accordance with any modification thereof made by the board or by the court on appeal.
If, in view of the amount of compensation and damages allowed by the court, the board is of the opinion that said improvement should not be made, the board shall so order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.21 | Petition Relating to Improvement in More Than One County.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the proposed improvement is in two or more counties or along the county line between two or more counties in this state or extends from one county into or through one or more adjoining counties in this state, the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code may be filed with the board of county commissioners of any one of the interested counties. The board with which said petition is filed shall cause a certified copy thereof to be filed with the board of each of the other counties in which some part of the proposed improvement is situated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.22 | Action by Joint Board on Petition.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The boards of county commissioners shall meet as a joint board at the time and place designated by the board of the county where the original petition is filed pursuant to section 5555.21 of the Revised Code. The time so designated for the joint meeting shall be within thirty days from the date of the filing of the petition. Such joint board shall determine whether the petition has been signed by the requisite number of landowners who are to be specially assessed for such improvement, and it shall thereupon go upon the line of the road and shall jointly act in the same manner as though the proceedings were had before a single board. A majority of such joint board may order the construction of such road, but such majority shall be composed of at least one commissioner from each county in which the improvement is located.
No person signing a petition shall be permitted to withdraw therefrom unless the joint board finds there was fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining his signature.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.23 | Improvement by Joint Board Without Petition.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, acting as a joint board, may, by a resolution passed by unanimous vote, order the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any road located in said counties, or extending from one of said counties into or through adjoining counties, or along the line between said counties, and the joint board shall thereupon proceed with the improvement as if it were constructed upon a petition filed therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.24 | Appointment of County Engineer by Joint Board - Copies of Surveys Transmitted to Each Board.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
After the joint board of county commissioners has granted the improvement, it shall appoint a county engineer of one of the counties interested, who shall make such surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications as are necessary and transmit copies of them to each board interested in said improvement. If a majority of the joint board is unable to agree as to the appointment of an engineer, the joint board shall thereupon certify that fact to the director of transportation who shall designate a county engineer of one of the interested counties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.25 | Method of Payment and Proportion of Costs - Notice of Assessments - Apportionment by Director of Transportation.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
When a joint board of county commissioners is proceeding upon a petition for a road improvement, the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement shall be apportioned and paid in the method specified in the petition, which may be any one of the methods provided by section 5555.41 of the Revised Code. When a joint board acts by unanimous vote and without the filing of a petition, it shall set forth in its resolution declaring the necessity for the improvement the method of apportioning and paying the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement, which may be any one of the methods provided by such section. The joint board shall also determine the proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of such improvement to be paid by each of the several counties interested in the improvement.
The board of each interested county shall, with the assistance of the county engineer of that county, make the assessments against the real estate within said county to be charged therewith of the proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of said improvement to be raised by special assessment against the benefited real estate within such county. In making such assessments, like notice shall be given and the same proceedings had by each interested board as in the case of improvements wholly within one county.
If the joint board cannot agree on the apportionment of the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement among the several counties interested in such improvement, the joint board shall certify that fact to the director of transportation who shall thereupon make such apportionment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.26 | Each County May Choose Different Method of Apportionment.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a petition asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of a road in two or more counties, or along the county line between two or more counties in this state, is filed with the board of county commissioners of any one of said counties, the petitioners are not limited to the statement of a single method of paying the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement, but may request in the petition that the share of each interested county be apportioned by a different method, subject to the limitation that as to each county the method requested must be one of the methods provided by section 5555.41 of the Revised Code.
A joint board acting by unanimous vote and without the filing of any petition, and ordering the improvement of a road in two or more counties, or along the county line between two or more counties in this state, may order the proportionate part of the compensation, damages, and expenses of each county to be paid in a different method, subject to the limitation that as to each county the method selected must be one of the methods provided by sections 5555.41 to 5555.43, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.27 | Hearing for Objections by Joint Board - Notice.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
As soon as the county engineer has transmitted to the several boards of county commissioners copies of the engineer's surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for the improvement, the joint board of county commissioners shall, except in cases of reconstruction or repair of roads where no lands or property are taken, fix a time and place for hearing objections to said improvement. The joint board shall thereupon, except in cases of reconstruction or repair of roads where no lands or property are taken, publish in a newspaper of general circulation within each interested county, once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, a notice that such improvement is to be made and that copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications therefor are on file in the office of the board of each interested county for the inspection and examination of all persons interested therein. Such notice shall also state the time and place for hearing objections to said improvement. Proceedings for the appropriation of land needed for such improvement shall be maintained in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.30 | Decision of Joint Board as to Improvement.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
After all questions relating to compensation and damages have been disposed of, the joint board shall decide whether it will proceed with the improvement, and if it decides to proceed therewith, it shall adopt the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for the improvement as reported by the county engineer or with such modifications as the joint board and the engineer agree upon.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.31 | Procedure When Improvement Is in One County but Within Assessment Distance of Another.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the proposed improvement is wholly within one county but within less than the legal assessment distance of the county line, and a petition is filed asking for such improvement, signed by fifty-one per cent of the persons to be specially assessed therefor, such improvement shall be regarded as joint county improvement, and shall be made in accordance with sections 5555.21 to 5555.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.32 | Joint Board May Place Portion of Improvement Wholly Within One County.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A joint board of county commissioners has jurisdiction to provide for the construction of a portion a road improvement wholly within one county when it is necessary to avoid some place on the county line where the construction thereof would be unusually expensive or difficult.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.33 | Bond Issue by Each County.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If bonds are issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes and assessments on account of the improvement, such bonds as are required shall be issued separately by each county to cover its proportion of the costs and expenses of such improvement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.34 | Single County Procedure Applicable to Joint Board.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Sections 5555.01 to 5555.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code relating to improvements wholly within one county shall when applicable apply to improvements authorized by a joint board of county commissioners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.43 | All Costs May Be Paid by County - Agreement With Townships to Pay Proportion.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
The board of county commissioners, unless acting pursuant to section 5555.022 of the Revised Code, or the joint board of county commissioners, upon a unanimous vote, may order, without a petition, that all of a county's costs for constructing any improvement be paid out of the proceeds of any tax levies for road purposes on the grand duplicate of the county or out of any road improvement fund available for the payment of those costs, or may enter, by a similar vote and without a petition, into an agreement with the boards of township trustees of the townships in which the improvement is situated in whole or in part, whereby the entire cost of the improvement is paid by the county and townships, or one or more of them, in the agreed upon proportion or amount of the cost.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.44 | Funds From Which Costs Are Paid.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the compensation, damages, and expenses of an improvement, other than the portion thereof to be specially assessed against benefited real estate, are to be paid in part by the county and in part by the townships in which such improvement is situated, under an agreement between the board of county commissioners and the boards of township trustees entered into under section 5555.41 or 5555.43 of the Revised Code, the part of such compensation, damages, and expenses to be paid by the interested townships may be paid from the proceeds of any levy made by the board of county commissioners under section 5555.49 of the Revised Code or from the proceeds of any levy made by the boards of township trustees under section 5573.13 of the Revised Code. When bonds are issued to provide funds for any such improvement, the shares of the county and of the townships and of the real estate specially assessed may be provided by a bond issue by the board of county commissioners under section 5555.51 of the Revised Code; or in lieu of such method of providing the necessary funds, the board of county commissioners may issue bonds under section 5555.51 of the Revised Code in an amount sufficient to provide the share of the county and of the real estate specially assessed and the remainder of the necessary funds, being the share of the interested townships, may be provided by the boards of township trustees by an issue of bonds under section 5573.14 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.45 | Assessment of Property Separated From Improvement by Canal or Railway.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly
If property is separated from an improvement by a canal, street or interurban railway, steam railway, or in any other similar manner, such property shall be regarded for the purpose of assessment under the road improvement laws as property abutting upon said improvement. Land owned or occupied by such street or interurban railway or steam railroad and the land lying back thereof shall be assessed on account of said improvement in the manner provided by law.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.46 | Special Duplicate of Assessments - Collection - Installments.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
All assessments, with interest accrued on them, made under sections 5555.01 to 5555.72 of the Revised Code shall be placed by the county auditor upon a special duplicate to be collected as taxes, and the principal of the assessments shall be payable in not more than forty semiannual installments extending over a period of not more than twenty years, as determined by the board of county commissioners. If any assessment is twenty-five dollars or less, or if the unpaid balance of any assessment is twenty-five dollars or less, it shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise become due and payable.
If public obligations are issued or incurred to pay the costs of the improvement, the principal sum of the assessments shall be payable in a number of semiannual installments that will provide a fund for the redemption of the public obligations so issued or incurred. The assessments shall bear interest from the date of the issuance of the public obligations and at the same rate or rates as the public obligations, and the interest shall be collected in the same manner as the principal of the assessments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.47 | Apportionment Between Owners of Life Estate and Fee - Appeal.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
If any lands to be assessed are subject to a life estate, the assessment made therein shall, upon application of the life tenant to the board of county commissioners, be apportioned between the owner of the life estate and the owner of the fee in proportion to the value of their respective estates. Upon the filing of the application, the board shall fix a date for hearing it and cause notice of such hearing to be served on the owner of the fee in the manner provided by section 5555.09 of the Revised Code. Either party to such apportionment may appeal to the probate court from the decision of the board relating to the apportionment of such assessment by giving the notice provided for in section 5563.02 of the Revised Code and by filing the bond provided for in such section. Thereafter, such proceedings shall be had upon such appeal as are provided in sections 5563.01 to 5563.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.48 | Payment of County's Share - Tax Levy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement to be paid by the county shall be paid out of any road improvement fund available therefor.
For the purpose of providing by taxation a fund for the payment of the county's proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing roads under sections 5555.01 to 5555.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may levy annually a tax not exceeding two mills upon each dollar of the taxable property of the county. Said levy shall be in addition to all other levies authorized by law for county purposes, and subject only to the limitation on the combined maximum rate for all taxes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.49 | Payment of Township's Share - Tax Levy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
For the purpose of providing by taxation a fund for the payment of the proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement to be paid by the townships in which such improvement is situated in whole or in part, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax not exceeding three mills in any one year upon all the taxable property of such townships. Such levy shall be in addition to all other levies authorized by law for township purposes, and subject only to the limitation on the combined maximum rate for all taxes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.50 | Procedure for Paying Expenses Applicable to Joint County Improvement.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Sections 5555.41 to 5555.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to the proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of any improvement to be paid by any county or township if such improvement is authorized and constructed by any joint board of county commissioners, or by agreement entered into between such joint board and the board of township trustees of one or more townships.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement › Section 5555.51 | Issuing Anticipation Public Obligations for Road Improvements.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
The board of county commissioners, in anticipation of the collection of taxes, or taxes and assessments, for a road improvement or any part of a road improvement may issue and sell, or incur, public obligations of the county under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code to pay the estimated costs of the improvement. The making of any special assessments referred to in sections 5555.41 to 5555.50 of the Revised Code shall not be a condition precedent to the issuance or incurrence of public obligations under this section, and the special assessments may be made either before or after the issuance or incurrence of the public obligations.