Court Opinion

ID: 3790044
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:37:58.796208+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:17:33.781380
License: Public Domain

OPINION — AG — (1) UNDER 51 Ohio St. 1971 6 [51-6] AND 68 Ohio St. 1979 Supp., 2457 [68-2457](A), A COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MAY NOT SERVE ON THE COUNTY EXCISE BOARD. (2) A DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT PROHIBITED UNDER 51 Ohio St. 1971 6 [51-6] OR 68 Ohio St. 1979 Supp., 2457 [68-2457], FROM SERVING ON THE COUNTY EXCISE BOARD. HOWEVER, IF A SUPERINTENDENT IS EMPLOYED BY AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN THE SAME COUNTY IN WHICH THE EXCISE BOARD FUNCTIONS, SUCH MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF 74 Ohio St. 1976 Supp., 1404 [74-1404] . (3) A COURT REPORTER IS NOT PROHIBITED UNDER 51 Ohio St. 1971 6 [51-6], OR 68 Ohio St. 1979 Supp., 2457 [68-2457] FROM SERVING ON THE COUNTY EXCISE BOARD. (4) THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF THE NEPOTISM LAWS WHERE AN EXCISE BOARD MEMBER'S WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY ELECTION BOARD. CITE: 20 Ohio St. 1971 106.2 [20-106.2], 20 Ohio St. 1972 Supp., 106.4 [20-106.4], 20 Ohio St. 1979 Supp., 106.9 [20-106.9] [20-106.9], 21 Ohio St. 1971 481 [21-481], 21 Ohio St. 1971 483 [21-483], 68 Ohio St. 1979 Supp., 2487 [68-2487], 70 Ohio St. 1971 5-106 [70-5-106], 70 Ohio St. 1972 Supp., 5-117 [70-5-117] 70 Ohio St. 1971, 1402 [70-1402], 74 Ohio St. 1976 Supp., 1404 [74-1404] OPINION NO. 77-154 , OPINION NO. JUNE 5, 1939, OPINION NO. JULY 15, 1950 (DUAL OFFICE  HOLDING) (PATRICIA R. DEMPS) 68 Ohio St. 2457 [68-2457], 68 Ohio St. 2486 [68-2486], 74 Ohio St. 1401 [74-1401]  == SEE OPINION NO. 88-554 (1988) ==